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a bad offense i know he can adrian peterson will his way into into top fantasy production i'm not denying that fact but there is there will be a ceiling because of the offense levi on bell the injury is still a little has me a little bit wary and antonio brown two two finishes back-to-back years as the top wide receiver give me brown

I'm going to say that while I agree with everything you just said, 100% of it. No, 100% of it. All of it. I'm actually not going to take who you took because I'm not going to take a guy on this list.

You don't have that option. In a standard, yes, he's the first overall pick. I'm saying if I'm in a standard league first overall, I'm taking O'Dell Beckham Jr. I've got him ranked highest in my wide receivers in a standard league. He is a touchdown monster. His yards per reception are great. He's so young. I think as crazy as it sounds, we might not have seen yet what O'Dell Beckham can be. His ceiling he has not reached yet.

And so I'm going to take the risk there because I don't think it's a huge. That sounded like Yoda. Really? His ceiling, he has not reached yet. Well, there you go. Sounded like a sentence to me. But either way. That would be my pick. If not, if you're between those three guys, I would go Antonio Brown. I think I'm going to say Brown for one of the first times. Yeah. All right. But I like the, Brown if you, thinking outside the box here with the Beckham. Brown, if you want to be safe, Lev Bell, if you don't.

And you're really in good shape. So it's not really consideration for you? No. Okay. All right. Let's go to a voicemail question. Hey, guys. This is C-Balls. I once heard a statement made about NFL wide receivers that guys make the biggest jump from their rookie year to their sophomore in year two. Do you guys have any data to back this up? Because I feel like...

If it's not that it might be a third year where you see the biggest jump for a breakout wide receiver. Anyways, if you could discuss and let me know, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, guys. Bye. So I have a quick response for you on that one. Generally, the third-year rule is what you're thinking about, where third-year wide receivers make a big jump. And the data backs up that that is true. There are third-year wide receivers, a lot of them, that have made a very large jump. That being said...

the rule statistically should probably be something like the second to fourth year rule because it depends on where the guys drafted and the opportunity and the data backs that up as well depending on where they're drafted some guys it's that second year some guys it's the fourth year and so really what you're saying is that at that point you're saying some wide receivers that have been drafted make a leap and i think that's the big point here is look for the guys second or third year that are in a position to make a leap

To be in the right, do they have the pedigree? Okay, Jason talks about Watkins. The season where so many great wide receivers were drafted. Watkins hasn't had the opportunity. This is an opportunity for him to make a leap. Is this Watkins' third year? Yes, it is. So Watkins' third year, the pedigree of a first-round draft pick. The opportunity ahead. It's not very often that you have a wide receiver drafted in the fifth, sixth, seventh round.

that makes these type of leaps statistically. It just doesn't happen. So you're talking about, you know, opportunity mixed with those things. So the third year rule is a nice general rule for you to apply. It's a good way to look for wide receivers. Like just look for some guys that are going into the third year that haven't had monster seasons. There is definitely, I feel like a little bit more and more guys going from one to two, they have their break out there. But I agree that the...

The rule that I'd look for is the third year. Yeah. So, okay, let me get one more question in here before we have to close out the show. Let's go to this one here. Bryson in Salt Lake City says, hey, guys, my league mates admit that they plan to sabotage my auction. Boom, brum, good for them. What can I do to stop them? He's 99% sure they are serious.

because he's won the league four out of the past five years, and they are sick of me. Wow, that's great. Also, he says he has a question about which guy to keep, but I only have a list of one. He only included one. I would go with that guy. So to the sabotage question, here's what I said. How do you sabotage someone? You end up sabotaging yourself. I mean, if the league is trying to like, how do you do that in auction? You try to, uh,

you know, gang up and be like, hey, we're not going to let them buy any of these guys. We're going to, we're going to overspin and keep all the good guys from. Well, then they're going to overspend and they're going to make bad moves. You're about to get your next footland title again. I would say the sabotage comes with the territory, too. I mean, if you're going to win titles, you're going to have people trying to mess you up. Jason has historically tried to ruin my off seasons over and over and over again. Every time I post that I want to list a guy for trade.

within like five minutes he has posted his guys he wants for trade and bump you down and knocked me down the list so now it's just a battle but yeah that's a natural part you know certainly if i was talking to your league mates i would say you never want to actually clude with one another no uh in terms of like trading right like if a sabotage is done by trade that is collusion

But otherwise, it just comes to the territory. And like Jason said, let them spin their minds into a mess because you've won so many leagues. Look, you look them in the eye. You look them in the eye. And you say, can't stand this. I know you planned it. I'm going to set it straight this water gate. All right, all right. Sorry. I had you back there, Mike. I appreciate it. And if you do that, please videotape it and tweet us. And you need the full cop sunglasses and the mustache.

and kick open the door. You guys jump in together very well. I am impressed. This is good. We've had more requests, by the way, for your mailbag drop, and now you're showing up to the show up to the show primal scream to be ringtone. Oh, my. I'm going to have to look into this because I thought the demand wasn't there. But, all right, we got to wrap this up. Speaking of the primal scream, it's coming up. We do. We got show up to the show coming. But before I close out the show, I want to remind everybody, because this is our last chance to mention it before Sunday.

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