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Undervalued Players + Dynasty Drafts, Stattin’ Island - Fantasy Football Podcast for 5/9

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Undervalued Players + Dynasty Drafts, Stattin’ Island | Fantasy Football 2023 - Ep. 1401

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Episode notes & curated moments 12 records
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Jason enters the stat cave while Andy vacations on Stattin Island

Jason says his brain lives inside Google Sheets, may respond with formulas, and emits a recorded 'beep-a-boop.' He describes his own process as a cave while Andy takes spreadsheets to a pleasant porch in the woods that Al names Stattin Island.

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The best wall jersey goes to the Foot Clan

The hosts put a signed Justin Jefferson jersey into a free Foot Clan giveaway even though they admit the best memorabilia is normally kept for their own wall.

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Dynasty Week names its companion-podcast crew

The main show identifies the weekly Dynasty podcast as Matthew Betz, Kyle Borgognoni, and some combination of Mike and Jason, calls it a smashing success, and plays a dedicated Dynasty Week drop.

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Andy and Brooks are the no-pick crew

Andy and Brooks run their shared dynasty team like the Los Angeles Rams: veterans only, no rookies. Each new draft class merely unlocks picks farther in the future for Andy to trade; he already offered a 2026 pick and expects them gone within a month.

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Jason locks rookie tight ends inside a candy-filled bear trap

Jason says Kincaid will fail because he is a tight end and no tight ends are good, restates his first-round rookie-tight-end ban, and puts the historical success chance near 10 percent. The hosts visualize Kincaid as a golden bear trap filled with ice cream, candy, and a million-dollar lottery ticket that probably costs the drafter a leg.

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Brooks cannot subtract one from the UDK countdown

Brooks initially asks the desk to hold for the countdown, then later recovers today's 23-day answer from yesterday's Slack post of 24, prompting the warning not to make Brooks do that math.

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Clyde is mold Mike cannot rage-drop

Mike sees Clyde Edwards-Helaire as mold in the walls of his overfilled dynasty roster. The hosts plan a luxurious rage drop in a bubble bath with wine and adult contemporary music and call the eventual release Thanos-level inevitable, but Mike still cannot do it because a future backup opportunity might revive hope.

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Al dusts off the Postman drop

Dan Arnold's signing prompts 'The postman is back,' and the hosts can see Al searching for the old drop, ask whether it had dust, and confirm he cleaned it off before use.

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Mike Evans gets an empty-bag retirement ceremony

The hosts recommend riding Mike Evans into the sunset until football stops; one day only an empty bag will remain in the manager's hands, and they imagine a backyard thank-you ceremony. The discussion then invokes the Champ Champ Champ team's championship success.

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Andy's steamiest projection sends commuters into ravines

Andy's model accidentally places Terry McLaurin above CeeDee Lamb. The desk calls it potentially the steamiest take in show history; Mike says he would smash the computer, hide the result, and start over, while listeners' cars are imagined falling into ravines and AAA receives calls.

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Owl spends years pre-building before the fire sale

Asked how he has remained in a four-to-eight-year rebuild, Owl says he was actually mediocre and middle-of-the-pack for years before beginning the true rebuild last season. The hosts name that phase 'pre-building,' praise the burn, and cite his eventual fire sale and decision to keep DeAndre Swift as a cautionary example while admitting that punching Al is always fun.

summary

Episode notes

During Dynasty Week, Jason says his brain is inside Google Sheets and may answer questions with formulas and a recorded 'beep-a-boop.' Andy contrasts Jason's stat cave with a porch-and-woods rankings retreat that Al names Stattin Island. The show launches a signed Justin Jefferson jersey giveaway despite admitting the best memorabilia is usually kept for the studio wall, then identifies the weekly Dynasty podcast crew as Matthew Betz, Kyle Borgognoni, and some combination of Mike and Jason. Andy and Brooks are the no-pick crew, managing their shared dynasty team like the Los Angeles Rams; Andy already offered a 2026 pick and expects all the future selections to disappear within a month. Jason's established rookie-tight-end hostility dominates the Dalton Kincaid debate: the odds are only 10 to 12 percent, the temptation becomes a golden bear trap packed with candy and a million-dollar lottery ticket, and failure may cost the drafter a leg. Brooks struggles to turn yesterday's Slack countdown of 24 UDK days into today's 23. Mike calls Clyde Edwards-Helaire mold in his dynasty walls and imagines a ceremonial rage drop performed in a bubble bath with wine and adult contemporary music, but says the Thanos-like release is inevitable and still cannot press the button. Al dusts off the Dan Arnold Postman drop. Mike Evans's eventual decline becomes a backyard thank-you ceremony for an empty bag, followed by a reminder that the Champ Champ Champ team won again. Andy's accidental Terry McLaurin-over-CeeDee Lamb projection is called potentially the steamiest take in show history; Mike would smash the computer and start over, while the hosts apologize to commuters whose cars have fallen into ravines. Finally, Al is interrogated about rebuilding for four to eight years, corrects that to years of mediocrity followed by recent rebuilding, and accepts 'pre-building' as the label before the hosts revisit his fire sale and DeAndre Swift linchpin. Direct-video review shows the ordinary three-host desk throughout and a three-human Deucers Alley cutaway during Brooks's corrected countdown; it does not show Jay, a stat cave, bear trap, spa ritual, dusty drop, smashed computer, or ravine. Those are dialogue-rooted ideas for later animation, not footage claims.

Inside the episode

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Go with that gut. Do it. Jonathan Taylor, if you think he's going to be himself, he's fine to be that pick. And then obviously, Terry McLaren's in contention as well. Right, right. I mean, do you go Bijon or Terry McClearn at 101? That is it for today's show. Footclan giveaway.com. A sign Justin Jefferson jersey. Oh, man. I can't wait for Twitter. All right. Footclan giveaway.com. Go get that jersey. We'll talk to you on Thursday. Goodbye. Goodbye. you for listening to another episode of the fantasy footballers podcast join our fantasy football community on join the foot dot com and follow us on twitter at the ffballers