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So this game is called nine times. Yeah, the premises it is. It's great, it's called and it's the way that this game works. Matt. If we magically played this season nine times, how many times would something happen? And I'll explain to something in each of these cases. So this is a game in which there is no right or wrong. That's just all your opinion. I will ask the questions, you'll give the answers. Okay, all right, so

you don't have to worry about being wrong. We'll save that for the we'll save that for the regular season. Tough questions. Once we get into three tough questions, you can disagree with exactly. As a reminder, Guillotine leads dot com open for business. We are forming leagues every day. We have private leagues. We've got public leagues where you can join contests when cash who you're doing it? Nine times? We're doing nine times. That's right, nine times every single day. Uh.

And our brand new zombie mode at Guillotine dot Com. Okay, here we go. Question number one, if this season were played, how many times would Carolina running back Christian McCaffrey be

the top scoring running back? Okay, well, he's played about nine times in the last two years, actually played ten total games, sorry, about nine, about nine about nine When he was able to play, he was very good, but he was not the dominant running back he was back in which was also run Rivera's last season in Carolina. If this season were played nine times, I think he'd play all seventeen games only three times, and of those three seasons, i'd give CMC the top spot in one

of the three. If healthy, he's got that upside, but I worry that the mileage is catching up to him, and considering he just hasn't been healthy for two years, it's tough to think that he can get through a full season unscathed. So final answer, one out of nine. I like your answer, and I think I'm fundamentally impored with that. I worry about soft tissue injuries a lot more than like a broken leg. You know, I know what you're gonna come back from with the broken leg.

You know it's gonna be fine. Players with a history of soft tissue injuries they tend to escalate and get worse over time. I'm worried about that part. If this season we're played, how many times would Rams wide receiver Cooper Cup repeat as the highest scoring wide receiver. Dude had a hundred and ninety one targets last year. That was more than That's a lot twenty more than anyone else. By the way, Cooper Cup had a number four overall year in twenty nineteen with Jared Goff as this quarter ac.

I mean there's injury to consider with god with a Cup, as he did miss half a year with injuries once in his five year career. There's also a couple of other good candidates that could just pop up and and get him. Jefferson, I have Davante Adams on the shortlist. Stefon Diggs I think has a chance to be a guy who goes off with Josh Allen and Jamaar Chase. I don't think anybody would be surprised if one of those guys had a crazy good year. But still, the

connection with Stafford is so good. They have breakfast together. The offense runs through Cooper Cup there in l A. So I'm gonna take out two of those nine seasons with weird injury stuff Stafford gets hurt hurt either one. I'm gonna take two more with just outlandish play from another wide receiver. I think he finishes as the top wide receiver in five of those nine seasons. It doesn't happen often, but it could happen here. There's not a

good reason for him not to repeat. And Antonio Brown did exactly this for like four years in a row in in Pittsburgh. So I think that Cooper Cup has that ability can be done nine times. Question number three, if this season we're played, how many times would quarterback Tray Lance finishes a top ten quarterback? By the way, charge, how many times are we going to ask questions? Well? How nine times? Okay, that's good because you have to right,

gotta do nine questions? Yes, um. I highlighted this in last week's podcast Time not a Tray Lance believer and I am, and you are and four of the least optimist yeah, and four. The last five years San Francisco's offense set a bottom half quarterback position in Fantasy points. But that's Jimmy Gray Lance. He just brings a whole another factor. I mean, yeah, rushing. If he's actually good,

I just don't trust the situation at all. But if the and it's aligned, I must concede that Lance could run his way to an absolutely huge season and pass accurately enough that Deebo could take some five yard passes and take them to distance. I'll give him two out of nine times for Trey Lance yeah, I'm probably double the optimism. But you know it makes sense. You know,

he's he's all upside and downside. We did our Make or Break podcast a couple of weeks ago, and you know, I think he's Now we've talked about Tray Lance in three straight weeks. But yeah, how many of these do you think in these nine seasons? Does Trey Lance start all seventeen games? That's a big ask for every quarterball, But I would say in half of the nine, now, yeah, maybe, well if if half of the nine, yeah, alright, so

then I'm saying two out of those. Actually, you know what, the way, when you present it that way, that sounds reasonable. Let's go to uh question number four. If this season we're played, how many times would Falcons tight end? I'll pit score nine times, nine times, like exactly nine times or more nine or more times, because it's exactly it's very hard to do. Pretty sweet. You can get a sports book on that one. Uh. So let's operate on

nine or more. Um, let's look at how many total tight ends have scored nine times or more over the last four years. Last year there were four tight ends who scored exactly nine times, and that was it we scored more than that. UM in nineteen and twenty or sorry, in it happened three times. In eighteen it only happened twice each year. And in seventeen, by the way, going back five years, it was only Jimmy Graham, the Seattle Seahawk.

Jimmy Graham. I forgot that he had a ten touchdown season as a must have been right after they got executed. That right, it must have been so as a whole. Even with you know, legendary Travis Kelsey years and George Kittle and Mark Andrews and all these great players, it's a rarity that any tight end gets there. So I'm gonna say that three tight ends could get there this year. Three Okay, I bet Pits is in that group at

least twice. So I'm gonna evoke why cleft and say to time to time, UM, I think it's maybe a little more than that, but not much. I think you're in the right ballpark here, two, three, four times out of nine. With Kyle, we're looking at times, we're looking at maybe half a chance that any tight end gets there. And then which guy to be a guy who scored one time last year and has a nine x increase

in touchdowns behind the passing arm of Marcus Mariotte. Well, whatever amount of touchdowns he gets this year, it's that many X question number four. If this season we're played, how many times would Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams outscore last year's Packers receiver Davante Adams. It's a very meta question, right, this year's Davante Adams versus last year Super Bowl prop that questions, um, well, he won't get the complete target share he saw in Green Bay. I think that we

could agree on that, right. Renfrew and Waller are just too good for them to be cast aside. Uh and and Derek carrs developed some good trust there. That means either Derek Carr will have to throw a lot more than Aaron Rodgers did last year, which he did, by the way, through like sixty more passes than Aaron Rodgers did last day through the exact same amount of passes, maybe each through the same amount. Uh or Davanta Adams is going to need to be extraordinarily efficient with the

with the targets he does get. Um So, in order for Adams to beat the target total, I think car would probably have to throw six the thirty times next year, which would put him in the top five, and passes attempted, not the top guy, not the bottom guy, he'd be right in the top five there. I'm not sure that's what Josh McDaniels will want to do with his offense. Maybe he will. He's got a lot of weapons there.

But then you also have to think that twenty nine year old Davante Adams, who turns thirty in December, will need to be more dynamic. And it's worth noting that Adams hasn't played a full season in three years. He's gonna miss a game or two or here there with injury. Too many special things need to happen for him to beat last year. So I'm gonna say he'll only do it once out of nine times. We're gonna take a break. We came back, you will. You gotta tell me what

you think about I think that's about right. Okay, one or two times is about right. I mean, you know, obviously here in Rogers an amazing quarterback. I like, I'm way higher and Derek Carr than other people are, you know, factoring that part, and I think Derek carrs is capable of being of of being a top seven eight quarterback in this degree. So you know, I think that I think the opportunities there, So I'd give him like two out of two or three out of Stavante Adams. Last

year's pretty day. It's pretty good. Last year he was when we come back. Four more questions as we continue with the Nine Times Games. Fantasy Football Weekly, Segment number two Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Churching Matt Harrison with you. We are playing the nine Times game. This is a new game. Do you love it? Do you hate it? Let us know on Twitter. I'm at Paul Churching, You're at explosive output and tweet us more than once, maybe eight seven times? About nine If this season we're played,

this is question number six. If this season we're played, turns how many times would Seattle running back Rashad Penny outscore teammate rookie runner Kenneth Walker. Seattle is really weird as a city now as a city. I love it, but it's it's it's it's weird. Just man Walker seems like the way better option. But they're just weirdly loyal to Penny there, who they could have just let go at the end. Of last season. Penny must be like a big Pete Carroll guy, a big locker room guy,

just one of those guys that that Pete really loves. Frankly, he's going to get the first crack. Is the starting running back this year? I think? Um. And let's say Penny stays completely healthy for four of these nine seasons, because he doesn't have a very good track record of health, So completely healthy for ye, generous, that's generous out of those four years. He maybe holds the job with his talent. Want maybe zero half a time? Alright, one half one, one half of a can you go a ninth of one?

Ninth ninth? Very good time? Yes, I'm with you on that. I guess I'm not a big believer in Richard Penn, even though you know, he admittedly looked very good in December last year, but that is it. The whole rest of his career has been disappointing for sure. Question number seven, if this season were played, how many times would Rob Gronkowski unretired? This was like this one. This was the most ridiculous question that you asked of me, and so

I gave you a ridiculous answer. What number would GROUNK pair with nine six six question nine times. Question number eight. If this season we're played nine times nine, how many times would Ronald Jones lead the yeves backfield and fantasy points? This question just makes me Sad's design I was Ronald Jones should make you sad. Okay, it just makes me.

Look at Clyde Edwards Hilaire and the NFL draft, and if the Chiefs would have selected Jonathan Taylor, any of the next four skill players, they would have had Tee Higgins, Michael Pittman, DeAndre Swift or Jonathan Taylor, just any of the next four. Oh man, that's bad um. Unfortunately, Clyde Edwards Hilaire is just a guy. So the Chiefs went out and got someone who might be even more of

just a guy. So here comes Ronald Jones. They're both so bland that there's an outside shot that Derek Gore or Jerick McKinnon or rookie Isaiah Pacheco caught one of those nine years. I'm gonna say that each of those guys in this fictitious nine times world, each of them steal one year the top running back, and then there's six years left and we're just gonna split it in half between Clyde and Ronald Jones because they're both so so I'll say three times Ronald Jones finishes as a

as the top Chiefs runner. I think that might be generous. To be honest, I wish I wish there was more better competition so I could just zero. I wish so too, But this is not a strong backfield right now, and Ronald Jones I have very little confidence in. But so do you think do you think between Ronald Jones and Clyde Edwards Hilaire like one of them is significantly better than the other the way they've used Clyde Edwards a layer, No, but I think I swear they haven't used him to

the best of his abilities. They never throw to a guy who's a good pass catcher, They never give him any space to work with. He's elusive, but you know, he's always finds himself trying to, you know, run behind lines that don't give him much space. And it's so weird. That's that's why I think that they just split there the rest of those ugly times. All right, let's go for our our final, our ninth can we can we

use a different sounder for this question. Please, if this season we're played nine times, how many times would nope, Sad Trombone Ski, Yes, Mitch Drabinsky. How many times would Mitch Robinsky start seventeen games for the Pittsburgh Steelers. So, Church, this is a sneaky schedule question, a little bit um. The Steelers start this way at since oops, New England at Cleveland, Jets at home at Buffalo Tampa. That's the

first six weeks. That feels like one win. They're gonna start the season one in five if things play out as as just if the favorite wins, I think Trubisky would have to go four and two to keep the job, because if you want to get a rookie ready and not feed them to the Wolves, you'd don't throw him in those first six games. You start him on Sunday Night Football against Miami in week seven, bright lights, big City.

Then they get Philly the next week, followed by a by to correct any issues and let Kenny Pickett kind of start his reign as the quarterback there. So I don't think true Bisky can go four and two in those six games. So I'll say Sad Trombone Ski stays Sad. In every one of these nine seasons, he would start seventeen games, zero out of nine times. You know, you

make a compelling case. This is uh we feel. I'm optimistic that he's going to be better with a year removed from Chicago and learning from in a good Buffalo offense and a good system. I want to believe he's gonna be better. But man, you know, I hadn't factored in that schedule so much, and you're right those that is a brutal start to the season. I could see him being out by the bye week or earlier. Yeah, kind of weird that true Bisky didn't end up in

New York with Brian Dable. Yeah, a little bit. But know I think you wanted a chance to start. I think you would have had a chance to start New York. Yeah maybe, Danny, I don't know. It seems like they've got a certain commitment to him for whatever we be. You're right, sooner or later there was a decent chance that at some point, Sad trombone, can we have the extended one? Please? I really should have played it underneath the whole thing. It's so bad. It's the worst trombone

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