Fantasy Football - 10 Tips & Tricks to Win Your League - Podcast for 8/13

But another name, like you talk about the mystery bag, Mason Taylor's going to start. He's back at practice. Yeah. Mason Taylor is going to start for the Jets from week one, a rookie tight end, Elijah Arroyo in Seattle, maybe Chigacanquo again. Jason mentioned him the other day. You can do the tight end dance and win. So that's my final tip. Number three. This tip is really important for who are listening right now and about to draft in two weeks, which is everybody. This is beware over drafting. pre-season hype machines. Oh, boy. It don't work. Oh, boy. It doesn't work. The preseason, look, we, we come in and we do the pre-season power up and we tell you what we're seeing and the depth chart. Oh, man, but that train gets out of control. We like the hype trains. That train was the Abdullah Express. How dear you. The, uh, boy, that train really keeps going. That train goes, goes on. I guess I got to stop the train. You can't. Alborland's looking at me. Stop the train. You stop. Trains can't.

Anyways, you know, in the early days of the podcast, we had the Amir Abdullah's cut heard around the world. Yeah. The one jump cut that lofted him up to like the fourth round. Because it was awesome. It was unbelievable. But it turns out. It was a preseason play. It didn't actually change things. More recently, do you guys remember when Marquez Callaway and the Saints? He had a couple touchdowns in preseason went all the way up to the eighth round. The year after, Damien Pierce. I mean. I was out on him all off season going into 2022. And then he had such a good preseason. And I was like, dang. Am I wrong? I guess I was wrong. And then he was a bust pick in the fifth round. The next year, Kenny Pickett. Oh, that perfect Steelers offense. Oh, what a preseason. Five preseason drives, five touchdowns. Then two full seasons of real football later. And he, can he picket has the worst touchdown. Second worst touchdown rate of.

all time. That one's crazy. Last year, Caleb Williams, he had this insane off balance out of the pocket, deep completion to Roma Dunzee. Do you guys remember that? I hope you don't because this is an actual tweet from the Bears. This is an actual tweet from the Bears. Oh, it is. They said nobody will remember. Your salary, how busy you were, how many hours you worked, people will remember. Caleb Williams to Roma Dunesay in the third preseason game of 2024. Okay. We don't remember. This is our job. The Bears fans have been upset. I'm not completely sure why the way that we talk about the Bears because we want them to be good. We like their skill players. Everything is just, is Caleb Williams good enough. Okay.

This is not helping your case. Talk to the social media people. They were a hype machine in preseason last year. It didn't work. It also works in reverse. You know, Jamar Chase, his rookie preseason. He can't catch the football. Dealt with drops through training camp and had one bed preseason drive. He was done. You know, Gentie and Caleb Johnson this year. Oh, he's. He's dead. His career's over because he, you know, he dropped the pass in preseason. And he's holding to it. But my point is, no, I was saying his career is certainly not over one preseason game. That's, that is my point. It's like, do not overreact to this preseason. Have fun. Watch football. Try to take some glimmers of maybe some second, third string players who seem like they're going to crack into the starting roster. Maybe that matters for your late. Oh my gosh. Please ignore stat lines.

Oh, yes. Oh, yes. The only thing I look at, genuinely, is the athleticism of a player and how they look compared to other NFL players. I can't remember like Julius Thomas preseason with Peyton Manning in Denver. Hyper athletic tight-in. Nobody had heard of him. You start to see some plays yards after the catch. You're like, wow, that player looks special on an NFL field. That's the stuff to pay attention to. Yeah, and if you look over time. All the things that really preseason let us, I mean, you're bringing up Julius Thomas. That's a great, that's a great example. I remember. I will never forget how important that preseason was. What year was that? That was probably 20, 17, 18 or something stupid. Exactly. Like we got to dig deep for the real positive. We got a win from this preseason glimmer. Although you can't talk Mike out of Isaac Tislaw. No, you cannot.

Because the one caveat here is if they're on your team, the preseason super matters. Well, that's great because then you can't avoid this tip, which is you can't overdraft them. Yeah, I already got them. Yeah, you already got them. That's a good point. Now just get hyped. That's fine. Just don't overdraft based on preseason. You can ask Brian, my Tesla hype is. Oh, so you are inappropriate. So you are like fully hoping like James Williams leaves due to contractual. Yeah, next year. Next year. Yeah, yeah. No, no, I want Jameson Williams this year. No, I know, but I can, I know already what you're hoping for. Yeah. A departure to another team. Number two. Dynasty is the long game, man. You got to, you got to see a path a year in front. Yeah, your team doesn't need any more players. All right. We're going to call this one mix and match. And this is honestly a newer strategy that over the last couple years, you know, I've, I've become more open to it and to the fact of like, no, now I,

not just open to the idea. I think it's a good idea. And it's in a single quarterback league, be willing to draft two quarterbacks in your league. And this is more, this is more of a tip for a, if I draft a stud quarterback, I'm not doing this. But if I wait on my quarterback, then I'm real, real open to drafting a second quarterback because you're trying to find a breakout guy. And in the past, It had been easier to find those guys late. Patrick Mahomes, Lamar, Jane Daniels, Josh Allen. It was like, especially when they run, it's an easier thing for fantasy football to see that player really paying off where they're being drafted. But if I'm waiting on a quarterback, I still want to take multiple shots at finding that breakout quarterback. Because as the rounds go on,

You know, of course we want to find the super late round running back or wide receiver who's really going to step up and make a difference for your team. But listen to this. Last year of the 36 non-defense or kicker players taken in rounds 13 to 15, you know, essentially the last three rounds for most leagues out there. Only a handful of running backs. We're talking five players were valuable at any part of the season after week one. If you were drafted beyond round 13? Yes. Yeah, that's like a, that's like a very low. That's not a mystery bag. That's a bag of poop. Yeah. So last year, Jacoby, Rico, Jerry Judy, Josh Downs. At best, you're hoping for some corn in that. You know, it's like, that's it. Nass. So there's at least something in. I don't know what. That's the five. I don't know why you had to get in on the bag joke with some, just let it go. So these players.

Going in those rounds, more often than not, are just nothingness. Yeah, you cut them. You end up cutting them for free agent picks. Yeah, for waiver day on your first waiver, which it's nice to have a player. I can see in week one. Is something going to happen? Nope. Okay, just give me someone who I know is going to do something. But taking a second shot at one of these later round quarterbacks, because the names are extremely enticing. These are quarterbacks who are going, you know, in double-digit rounds. Justin Herbert, Purdy, Dak, Caleb, Jordan Love, Justin Fields, Stroud, and Drake May. Like, of that list, it would not surprise me to see at least three or four of those guys inside the top 12 at the end of the year. And so instead of a huge grab bag of veterans going in the 13th round, Justin Fields is a running quarterback who has given you fantasy success in the past. Drake May.

Jason loves him. He rushes too more than you actually realize. Dak historically when healthy, a stud. A stud for fantasy football. So I'm willing to take, if I'm going later with my quarterback, I want to pair two of these guys instead of a running back that I'm going to cut after week one. No, it's, it is interesting and it gives you, I've seen some trade opportunities born out of that strategy before because let's say both your guys hit. I mean, you do have leverage there. Somebody's got a disappointing quarterback. There's going to be disappointments in the first few weeks. And exactly what you know is of the quarterbacks who are drafted as the top ten at the position, multiple guys in that top ten are going to fail. Yeah, no, it happens every single year. All right, we got one left. Number one. All right, I'm going to title this one. This is the one we all share, and it's good advice. It's called wiping the slate clean.

Throw a little quote in here, guys. See if you can get deep with me here. The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence. Oh, man. I like that. That has a little too deep. A little too deep for the show that just talked about corn and poop. I feel like what I would say instead of that quote, I would say something more along the lines of like upgrade from toilet paper to a bidet. Thank you. Yeah, that's what this show is. Really wipe it clean. Wipe it clean. Look. More of a wash it clean. Yeah, it's okay. He's close. Let go. Let go of the pain. Let go of the burns. Let go of the resentment. Let go of the frustration. Let go of the bitterness. Let go of the baggage. Let go the what-ifs. Oh, my gosh, the what-ifs. Free yourself of the burden, my friends. Free your last year is gone, right?

We've learned our lessons. We've done our reflection. That was back in February and March. It is time to move forward. Don't let any of those old burns hold you back from good choices than this year's draft. You're just telling Mike to draft CMC at 101. I think I accidentally did. Look, there is one. Don't got to tell me nothing. There is one person. I've been here. Very clean. One person in your draft that should be bringing up the past. Mike. And that is the champion. Your job is to make everybody else look backwards. The champ's job is to make them look backwards and bow to you. Everybody else needs to wipe the slate clean. Forget that it existed. Honestly, I've almost forgotten that I was in the title game against Al. It's just not, I don't even remember who won that game. That's right. I don't even know. Because you don't reside in the past. I don't reside in the past. So wipe the slate clean and it's a brand new year. You are currently undefeated.

Foot Clan on the season. Oh, man, I pulled up, um, because I, I hadn't watched yet, but I pulled up hard knocks. Oh yeah. Yeah, I was meaning to do that. I was watching, watching, you know, it's just, you know, the sleep show, have it on. Wife's getting ready in the, the bathroom for sleep. She walks out. She's like, oh no. Oh, really? The horns. She's like, that means the season is starting. The music lets her know exactly what's happening. I was like, yeah, you hear this. Oh, man. That theme song, oh, man. So she's remembering the past. Yeah. It was, it was. Oh, no. That's amazing. Well, it's your job, Mike. You have no choice. I know. And it's wonderful. All right, mock draft episode tomorrow. We got something special in store for that. We got my guys on Friday. Official my guys delivered to you on Friday. Are we locked?

We're locked. We're locked, baby. We're locked for now. And I feel really good about all nine of us. Yeah, no, this, I was saying this is the first year. I've kind of felt like, I mean, we make them individually. Sometimes we're going to have differences of opinion. I feel pretty good about the group. So looking forward to it. Hey, this is Bree. Andy's white. Oh, are you going to the past. Biggest congratulations to. Oh, Al's doing what you said. All is playing. Okay. He's bringing up the fact that he's the champ and. I was confused. Oh, we did forget. I mean, we didn't, we didn't call this out, but we do have a special guest today. Oh, that's right. Keanu couldn't make it on yesterday. Yeah, I mean, we've talked about it. We've got our, we've got our arch rival, you know, the new height show, and we kind of called them out because we passed them in the sports rankings. And that's what you do. Like I said, you know, you kind of got a gloat when you pass somebody. And they, they were kind of scrambling. They were desperate. They're like, I don't know what to do. We got to get our ranking up.

And so they decided, I guess, based on us to have a musical artist. Who was it again? Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift went on there. Well, you know who we got on our show? We've got. Taylor Swift. That's right, baby. We had we had her on our show first. That's right. Taylor Swift is back. I mean. Hey guys. That's not AI for all the YouTube out there. I had my 13th album to announce on today's show. Oh, man. So a very special guest today. We had to get back up on the charts. Just only there on YouTube. Yeah, yeah. That didn't work well on the podcast. All right. That'll do it for today's show. Thank you for joining us. Avail yourself of the UDK Ultimate DraftKit.com. Back with more shows tomorrow. Take care, everybody. Goodbye.

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