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Start/Sit Courage + Hungry For More, TNF Preview - Fantasy Football Podcast for 12/18
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momentSemifinal football arrives in blood-pressure micro-doses
Andy and Jason seek Mr. Rogers cardigan calm while Al's projection anxiety continues in Deucer's Alley; scattered Thursday and Saturday games are described as micro-doses of football points and matching doses of blood-pressure medication.
momentThe Falcon's combo mailbag hits like a freight train
Asked to perform a Deucer's Alley combo mailbag, Matt screams into the microphone so loudly the hosts call it a car wreck and freight-train impact, say they can see sound, compare it to smelling salts, and plan to repair the audience mix or mute him. Papa Josh and Al disown the failure, and the close thanks everyone but the Falcon.
momentPre-congratulation pizza weaponizes playoff kindness again
The hosts call pre-congratulation a common follower strategy opposite to trash talk: buy the opponent pizza, perhaps spell CONGRATS in olives or send a heart-shaped pie. Sending Brooks a pizza preceded a win over him, while forgetting Al's pizza preceded an 80-point loss and an on-air apology. The discussion itself makes the Falcon request pizza for lunch.
momentLeague of Record waivers process live during the mailbag
A waiver notification visibly derails Andy's answer. The hosts immediately report that Al played defense by grabbing Madison, Andy landed Jalen McMillan and Brenton Strange, and Kyle and Mike's League of Record team had already been eliminated for months.
momentKyle cannot give an unbiased Cade Otton ruling
Andy asks eliminated League of Record manager Kyle to settle Brenton Strange versus Cade Otton, but the hosts immediately call Kyle in love with Otton and identify him as an Otton truther whose answer is always Otton.
summaryEpisode notes
Andy and Jason host without Mike and open semifinal week by contrasting Mr. Rogers cardigan calm with Al Borland's continuing anxiety. The scattered Thursday and Saturday games become 'micro-dosing the football,' delivering small point totals and repeated doses of blood-pressure medicine across the weekend. The signature crew event arrives when the hosts request a Deucer's Alley combo mailbag drop. Matt screams into the microphone at freight-train volume; the desk calls it a car wreck, says it can see sound, compares it favorably to smelling salts, threatens to mute Matt, and assures listeners that the released mix will be repaired. Papa Josh and Al refuse to be lumped in with the failure, and the close thanks the Deucers minus the Falcon. A listener then invokes the show's pre-congratulation strategy: buy a playoff opponent pizza and shower them with kindness before trash talking after victory. The hosts recall that sending Brooks a pizza preceded beating him, while failing to send Al one preceded an 80-point loss; the prolonged discussion prompts the Falcon to request pizza for company lunch. Near the close, waivers process live, visibly distracting Andy. Al grabs Madison defensively, Andy lands Jalen McMillan and Brenton Strange, and Kyle—whose League of Record team with Mike has long been eliminated—is asked to arbitrate Strange versus Cade Otton before being exposed as an Otton truther.
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