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Andy appears in Jason's black-shirt-and-black-hat look, accepts the claim that they are twins, and turns his hat backward through an awkward cool-guy tutorial. Near the outro, the hat returns forward because the show is shutting down, its aura is fading, and listeners have supposedly left.
Jason's growing collection of golf gadgets earns him the title of ultimate pay-to-win, which he embraces across every part of life. Al audibly confirms that matching the purchases is making him go broke faster, while Mike's lone golf appearance ended after he beat everyone and went looking for real competition.
A host invents a voice for Ricky Pearsall while imagining him responding to George Kittle, gets asked whether that really is Ricky's voice, and lands on Ricky Mouse. The desk says the voice happened accidentally during an attempted insult.
The sleeper round reverses the prior order and gives Mike consecutive speaking turns. The desk realizes this forms a Mike Sandwich, places him in the middle as the meat, and Mike claims that is what he is known for.
Mike describes sifting late running backs for gold through an offense filter and recalls using Javonte Williams in the prior YouTube Sensation shorts series Just the Tips. The method is supposed to feel disgusting because the useful players are being ignored.
Jacory Croskey-Merritt is again compressed into Bill during the Washington backfield discussion. The dedicated drop fires, and a host says the cue itself makes him agree before analysis continues under the Bill name.
Kyle shares that Rashad White is listed as number one for Washington. A host reacts as though Kyle has found a depth-chart ranking before learning that the note only refers to White's jersey number.
The hosts identify Schneider as the office member behind an emphatic Ted Hurst prediction, then quote the mandate: Hurst has to break out and the breakout has to become a thing.
Andy opens in the same black-shirt-and-black-hat look as Jason, turns his cap backward, and spends the show as Jason's allegedly young, hip twin; at the close, the hat turns forward because the show's aura is shutting down and nobody is listening anymore. Before the golf stories begin, Schneider is identified as the office member insisting that Ted Hurst has to break out and that the prediction has to become a thing. Golf reveals the hosts' competing archetypes. Gadget buyer Jason happily accepts the title of ultimate pay-to-win across every part of life, while Al audibly confirms that buying the same equipment is draining his money faster. Mike needed only one outing, beat everyone, retired early, and says he is waiting for real competition. The episode also improvises a squeaky Ricky Pearsall voice into Ricky Mouse, structures its reversed speaker order as a Mike Sandwich with Mike as the meat, and remembers the prior YouTube shorts series Just the Tips while deliberately searching for disgusting sleeper picks. Jacory Croskey-Merritt again becomes Bill, whose drop instantly wins agreement, and Kyle's live note that Rashad White is number one creates a brief depth-chart misunderstanding before it is clarified as jersey number.
I just—I still just worry whether or not he's going to be on the field. I know weeks 10, 11, 12, Brian Thomas Jr. missed last year. And that's kind of when the breakout started for Parker Washington. And so trying to remember it last year, it felt like it was opportunity. But at the same time, he was good with it. Yeah, I mean, wide receiver 3-8-8 the last three games of the season. We'll see what happens. I think a lot of what this show is about is picking some names that are not going to be the most published names in breakout categories, sleeper categories out there.
So there should be disagreement, and there should be questions. This is just a player that when I looked at the film and the numbers, I kind of started to fall in love with. I am ranked higher than both of you guys by quite a bit. We'll see what happens. It's still, I think, Trevor Lawrence is where you want to go for that. We all want a piece of the Jaguars offense. This Liam Cohen Jaguars offense looks great. But with so many receiving options, it feels like, well, you know, you just—you go Trevor Lawrence and get them all. Okay. Who wants to go next?
I'll hop in. Probably Jason after this. Ha ha! Oh, man. You got him. All right, Mike. What do you got? You got him. No, I'm just kidding. Got him. Jason. My breakout player for 2026 is Jackson Dart. Last year, rookie quarterback for the New York Giants, Jackson Dart was incredible. I mean, he was like a fantasy revelation as a rookie with no wide receivers. I mean, you didn't have Malik Nabors when Jackson Dart was playing. He didn't get his first start until week four. And it's really—it comes down to one thing, and it's a stupid thing, but it's the most important thing for fantasy when it comes to quarterbacks.
It's rushing. If you want the true breakout, if you want the guy who's going to break fantasy, you want the guy who's going to win, like, 25% of leagues, like, had this player, it's a quarterback who rushes for an outrageous amount. And that's what Jackson Dart was doing last year. How insane was his rushing? 41 rushing yards per game in his starts. That's the fifth best among rookie quarterbacks ever of all time. So his 17-game pace in his starts would have been 13 rushing touchdowns, which is unbelievably great. Almost 700 rushing yards on over 100 attempts. Only Josh Allen scored more total rushing fantasy points last year at the quarterback position.
I know, you know, we had some injuries to Lamar Jackson. We had an injury to Jaden Daniels. But the point is, he's up there with, like, the elite of the elite when it comes to rushing. And really, Lamar is who he reminds me of. He doesn't run and have the body of, like, Josh Allen, of younger Jalen Hurts. This is a Lamar Jackson type of guy who's just out there making ridiculous little whoop, whoop. You know, just no one can catch him. He's very slippery out there. What does he do again? Whoop, whoop. That's what he does. You know, look.
Cam Scadamoo's over there going like, yeah! Just screaming. I mean, 4-4 and 6. A lot of sounds from the Giants. Exactly. They're going to make some noise. Right now, it's a good time to be a sports fan in New York. You know? Do you hold your breath at all with the breakout prediction of Jackson Dart? No, I hold my breath with the break prediction of Jackson Dart. The way that he plays is obviously putting himself there. He missed games with a concussion last year. He exited games. He probably should have missed more. He should have missed more. There's certainly... He's not 6'5", 245 like Cam Newton and Josh Allen.
There is physical health risk. But when he is out there, he is very valuable for fantasy football. Among 38 qualifying quarterbacks with 200-plus dropbacks, he was tied for fourth in fantasy points per dropback. When he had the ball in his hands, he scored fantasy points. Josh Allen was ahead of him. Lamar Jackson was ahead of him. Brock Purdy, and he was tied with Drake May. That's it. And that was as a rookie. He should get better as a passer. He has better weapons this year. Where he's being drafted right now, late seventh round, he is the guy that I'm targeting where you could see,
if you want that guy who took last year's Drake May leap or the guy that did the Lamar Jackson break fantasy leap, to me that is Jackson Dart. Why is his draft spot there? I think because people are afraid that he's going to get injured. You saw him get injured a lot last year. Right now, Malik Nabors, the fact that he's... He's the number one target, Wandale's gone. Wandale's gone, and Malik Nabors is currently having very bad publicity limping around the bases. His knee has terrible publicity. Yeah, the videos are not going well. He hired a horrible publicist for his knee who told him to go play softball
in front of a camera. Yeah. The timeline for Malik Nabors' injury really genuinely hasn't changed. If you know what the surgery was and the timeline of the surgery, I have said this for months. He should start on the pup. He is not going to be ready for week one. But by the end of the year, Malik Nabors should be darn near full strength. That should be the timeline. That's what I'm sticking to right now. And that means towards fantasy championships, you've got an alpha out there and a mobile Russian quarterback. I love the idea of drafting a year two quarterback.
Like, you did it last year with Jaden Daniels. It didn't work out because obviously he got injured. But he cost so much. He was like the third quarterback being drafted. Right now, you're not doing that with Jackson Dart. You're drafting him as like the 10th quarterback being drafted. I'm all about that. That's the upside that wins fantasy championships. So I would say that every part of me wants Jackson Dart to be the next breakout quarterback that we love in fantasy and in the NFL. I think it's fun. I think he's a dynamic player. I do wonder if he has to make adjustments to his game.
I think it's fair to say he has not proven as a passer at the NFL level yet. No. He was on pace for 3,200 passing yards last year as a rookie. Right. But a touchdown a game passing. So that is where you start to ask if he slows down the running, if he takes a bunch of sacks in this offense, if the exposure risk for injury, and he isn't that good of a passer. Not even that good of a passer. He just doesn't throw enough touchdowns. The nice thing is his touchdown pace was, you talk about, you know, near one touchdown a game.
It was over that. He was on a 21 passing touchdown pace in his starts, but also 13 rushing touchdowns. Like, you can't pass a touchdown if you rush a touchdown, and they're worth more in fantasy usually and mostly. Did you take a game out of that sample? I see 18. I see 1.1 a game. Let me look at the weeks. Is what I'm looking at in games played. Are you looking at the starts? I believe I am. Oh, no, I'm not. Yeah. So that's... I was looking at the two. I missed the two. Yeah. His first two weeks he played.
21. Yeah. That's not enough. You say it's not enough, but if you add 13 rushing touchdowns, it's totally enough. Oh, he's not getting 13. Well, I mean, that was his pace last year. Yeah. This is why I have my alarm bells going off. He won't make it through the season at 13 rushing touchdowns. I mean, that's just not realistic, I don't think. I'm not saying what he's going to do. I'm saying his pace last year was 21.3 passing and 12.8 rushing touchdowns. That's not like what I'm projecting him for. That's what he did. Yeah. As a rookie with Malik Neighbors.
I think the biggest fear... Context matters, right? Yeah, for sure. Losing Malik Neighbors and losing Cam Scadaboo. He never had Neighbors. He had him for like half a game. They didn't have him, right? Oh, the team. Yes. I'm saying the team lost him and Scadaboo. Yes. Very much when I watched the Giants last year, it felt like Jackson's our versus the world. That's all I'm saying. Yes. So if you want to run a John Harbaugh offense, it's not going to be Jackson Dart against the entire world. It's going to be more balanced. It's going to be a good defense that I think is getting better and better and better and
not exposing your quarterback to risk, which is why he's going where he's going. The biggest problem for me with Jackson Dart, and I don't have that many, is just Matt Nagy. Just, I hate the fact that that's his offensive coordinator. You should. Yeah. I don't like that guy. I think that there is risk with Jackson Dart, and I think more of it is volatility. I think you're going to have big games from him no matter what. Because if you run like that, you're going to have monster games. He had that weird game at the end of the year where he had like a point.
Yes. Out of nowhere. And he took 35 sacks. I mean, that is going to be an issue. If he doesn't get the ball out, if you're taking sacks, there's a little trade out there. That's all. I mean, somebody else is thinking that. He'll be volatile for sure. But I mean, so is Lamar Jackson. And, you know, you have those games where Lamar just doesn't have a lot of fantasy points. I really like him. I mean, he scored a lot. And I do agree with you, Andy. Last year, it did feel like Jackson Dart versus the world. It was like, okay, what are we doing this play?
Put the ball in Jackson Dart's hands and hope and pray. And I also remember some Nick Foles-y luck with interceptions. Yes. He had a lot of passes that I felt like were errant and should have been picked off. He's going to be fun to watch. But the upside is undeniable. And that's why he's a breakout pick for me. This isn't like a sleeper where I think he's going to be better than his value. I'm looking for someone who can win me a league. He'll be on a lot of your teams with the draft value. You said the upside's undeniable. The question is, is Mike's guy's upside deniable, Jason?
Well, just real quick for Jackson Dart. And this could just be, you know, echoing the, oh, he didn't have weapons. But in the red zone, 47 attempts, nine touchdowns. Like, that's a horrifically bad ratio of if you're going to actually take the next step. So do you believe in, out of curiosity, just quick sidebar, do you believe in Isaiah Likely as a weapon for him? A mediocre weapon. I think Theo is a better tight end than Likely. I know they paid Likely money, but both of them will be on the field, and we've seen enough of Likely to make me not really believe he's a great weapon.
He's fine. He's at it. He's better than not having him. But I don't look at him as a great target hog. All right. My guy, I'm in on Dart, but I want to bring this player's name up as well. He is also a second-year quarterback. We're going with Tyler Shuck of the New Orleans Saints, who is, if you like Jackson Dart's draft price, you're going to love Tyler Shucks, who is currently going on sleeper as the QB20, the QB19 on underdog. His, Kyle had just pointed it out to me, that his ADP has actually gone down over the past month or so, which is-
So weird. Which is, it's very strange. So here's my argument for Tyler Shuck. From weeks 14 through 18, which is not a huge sample, but it's just pointing out what he can possibly do, he averaged 20 points, 70% completion, and 27 rushing yards per game. This is not Jackson Dart level of rushing, but this is, he's giving you enough on the ground that it is making a difference. You know, his 17-game rushing pace over those five games would have been over 450 rushing yards. We will take that every day of the week. And then in terms of passing, intermediate passing, this matters so much.
Like, we all, the deep home run, the sexy ball, we're chucking it down the field, we're getting 50-yard touchdowns. Those are fantastic. But we need people to crush in the intermediate part. Think of Nico Collins just destroying teams over and over on a dig route down the middle of the field about 20 yards. So 11 to 19 yards down the field, number one in completion, third in yards per pass attempt. And this team has gotten better. They added Travis A. Chan Jr., a.k.a. Rumbelaya, who, in my opinion, is a much better pass catcher than an actual running back between the tackles.
And Jordan Tyson in the first round. If you're Team Tate, if you're Team Tyson, it doesn't matter. You know that they're both great players. And adding Jordan Tyson to a roster with Chris Olave, who is already a number one in my opinion, like, that's wild. It's wild that this team could have two legitimate number one wide receivers on the team. And, of course, third-round pick Oscar Delp La Jolla at the tight end position. The schedule is pretty rough. I will add to open. You know, you have on the road against Detroit, on the road against Baltimore. But that game against Detroit, week one, it's a 48.5 point over-under.
So we're already projecting big things for the New Orleans Saints. And after those first two weeks, at home against Vegas, Atlanta, and Minnesota. So maybe Shuck is not someone you're leaving your draft saying, this is the only quarterback I have and we're going to ride through the good and the bad. At QB 20, he's someone that is probably a quarterback, too, that is going to be on your bench. But I'm looking for him to have a true breakout with all the weapons, with Kellen Moore giving you all those extra plays, which really, really add up over the course of the season.
And at QB 20, there's no one in that range, in my opinion, that can end up with the ceiling that Tyler Shuck, at least what I saw on the field of last year. Are you in on Shuck, Jason? I am in on Shuck. I have very similar concerns with Shuck to Dart. But I worry about his rushing upside to make up the gap. I mean, I think last year he was a 10 to 6 touchdown to interception ratio. Kind of. I know if you look at the first month of him playing, he threw basically like no touchdowns. After that, he was much, much better in the touchdown to interception ratio.
I remember talking about this with Bo Nix, where we would always take out the first month of his rookie and look how he did down the stretch. It seemed more realistic. His first two starts for Tyler Shuck, by the way, his first two NFL starts on the road against the Rams and then on the road against Carolina. Two playoff defenses. So, I mean, we're absolutely... Yeah, his yardage... To be thrown into the fire as your first two starts as an NFL quarterback, that's pretty wild. And then after the bye week, things really did get going. Yeah. His last six games, seven touchdowns to three interceptions.
So it just got better. I mean, I believe in Tyler Shuck as a good quarterback. I really do. I think the weapons that he's adding is good. I love the Kellen Moore system. So I'm kind of in on the Saints. I don't... Like, my hesitation with Shuck is I don't know that he can really be someone who wins you a championship. I don't think he's going to put up enough stats. He's not going to be someone that I'm projecting to throw for 4,500 and 30. And since he's not going to rush for 800 yards... The 400 is a nice baseline.
He'll be a quality player. A good streaming option. I just don't know if he's... The pace of which the... Look, seven games played on a pace for 4,300 passing yards. With the 400 rushing yards. That's the most impressive. I mean, Saints are projected for seven and a half wins this year. They're winning that division this year. The other question mark I have with him versus Dart is development. Tyler Shuck's 26. Oh, he's developed. He's already done. Like, when you look at runway for development and an upside, I think we might have less room for Shuck to move than we do Jackson Dart.
So that would be, I guess, my other thing. I couldn't get there. Like, I gave him 4,200 yards. I gave him 25 touchdowns. But that puts him as my fantasy 19. I mean, I don't care if you take a shot at it personally. I like Tyler Shuck. But when you talk about a pocket passer, is he going to rush for 350 yards? Yes. He will. Yeah. I mean, 350 is fine. But I don't know if that's enough to make you happy you start him every week. He's older than Brock Purdy. Hey, man, it is what it is. But he's seasoned and he was ready to come in and play.
All right. We'll take a break and we'll get into some sleeper picks. Sleepers. All right. Individual sleeper picks for 2026. We'll reverse order this time. We'll let Mike go first. How about that? Oh, I'm talking two times in a row. All right. Yep. These are sleeper picks every... But then never again. You know what I mean? You talk twice a month and never... Like, you can leave. I can't. You can just walk out. I can unplug and get out of here. That really makes this a Mike Sandwich episode. That's a... Where he's in the... He's the meat. You know? That's what I'm known for.
All right. Over the past couple of years, I have brought things up about the running back position. And specifically talking about players who... Teams that don't have a running back being drafted in the top 24. And yet, every year, we have, you know, five or so of these teams that a quarterback slips into the top 24 and becomes a very usable player for fantasy football. And it's really not that complicated. Did you mean quarterback there? Did I... You did say quarterback. I meant running back. I'm sorry. That's what I thought. It's not that complicated of a recipe. It is... Hey.