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of the Yet Martinez, you know what it is. It's your boy, Dane Martinez, a k A. Speeds ak to Spitting Statistician, and you are listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. As usual, give a big shout out to our sports byline affiliates around the country and to the service men and women out there listening on American Forces Radio Network getting a little taste to home from Speeds helping you

win your leagues and win that cash. I got my man, Chris Bona. There is Chris on the ones and twos. Keep it. It's so hot that we sweat steam on a Monday. As we start to get into the first real week of preseason football, so we're gonna have a lot of stuff to talk to you about. As you know, I go team by team, I am highlighting a different team this week, we are in the NFC East and we kick it off with the Washington Football team today.

We also I'm gonna get be giving you my starting pitchers that you may use to win a little bit of cash and DFS. If you may have been listening before on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, I just came off the DFS Lineup block show with my man Tony Senkada. We were breaking it down, so I got a little bit of extra insight into who you may want to play tonight. We also um we're crowning the greatest sports movie of all time. We are in the Sweet six

team we go into the football region. We got an interesting matchup of high school football movies set in Texas, the seven seed Varsity Blues and the eleven seed Friday Night Lights. These guys have both moved on. We're also gonna hear what Aaron Rodgers thinks is the best sports movie of all time. It's not only on Fantasy Freestyle we're talking about it. A lot of people are talking about it. If you want to get down and make your voice heard, you can at F and T s

Y Radio, on Twitter at spitting speed. You could always vote on the polls. I'll at you, boy. You could also, you know, ask me some questions and I'll answer them on the show. With doing the Washington football team, the over under for them on the season is seven and a half. You think that's a good line? Would you take the over? Would you take the under? Let us

know we got a lot to cover. I'm gonna tell you about why I was killing it in DFS over the weekend with my starting pitchers, and I'll tell you who you need tonight to win some cash. That's your boy, Dane Martinez right here on the Fantasy Freestyle and the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Quarterback to Receiver hook Ups, running Back depth Analysis, Rookie values, and Dynasty Leagues, Deep Sleepers,

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winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. It's your boy, Dane Martinez and the bounty hunter Chris bo Vona holding you down on a Monday. Listen. I don't know if you're excited, but I'm excited because there is real deal preseason football this week. We're gonna start to see the answers on some of these camp battles things of that nature. How the running back room and those committees are gonna shake out. So keep a lock to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.

This is the time when you gain the advantage on the other people in your league, so you know what to do before everybody else. So whether it's from Jake Seeley, whether it's Tony Sencada, Greg Sussman, Mike Florio, or your boy Dane Martinez, the spitting statistician, we are here to hold you down. Let's get into real quick the starting lineups there in Major League Baseball. I have some news breaking over the weekend that you need to know about.

First of all, Yankees outfielder Matt Holliday was sent to the d L dealing with the back injury. The Yankees have recalled Garrett Cooper. Remember they traded for him a couple of weeks ago, he was a stud in the Triple A system of Milwaukee. So far this year hasn't really had consistent at bats much with the Yankees, but it looks like he will be filling in. Remember they always have Headley and the newly acquired Todd Fraser in the corner infield spots as well. The Indians have activated

all star Jason Witness their second basement. He missed a month with that hamstring injury, but they have activated him. He is ready to roll for Cleveland moving forward. Also interesting to note, remember when we were talking the last couple of weeks about how the trading deadline was coming and oh, these teams are gonna make moves, and a lot of teams did. July one is the trading deadline. However, you then still have another full month to make trades

as long as the people are clearing waivers. And so the piece of news that I have for you is that Tiger's stud starting pitcher, justin Verlander, has in fact cleared waivers and that means he can now be trade. Did listen, He's got a four point to e r A, but he is still justin Verland. There he has been better lately. So if there's a win now team that's going for it and wants that kind of stability or experience in their rotation him the Houston Astros, per chance

that is still a viable option. And there is news that the Astros and Tigers are in fact in talks about Justin Verlander, so not as happy news. Angels starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker, he's going to have surgery, effectively ending his season. He's got a nerve issue in his forearm, is gonna go under the knife, ending the season of Matt Shoemakers. So you need to know, and you could drop him with confidence in any kind of redraft or

dynasty leagues. Also, Twins third baseman Miguelson, know who had such a great All Star weekend in the home run derby going into the finals. Um, he's gonna have an m r I today. Okay, he got picked by a pitch in his hand on Friday, missed the entire weekend. He is still not in that lineup, so he's gonna go ahead and have an m r I A lot of times. Remember with that ten day d L that they can offer, and he could be retroactive if they

don't like what they see, don't get it twisted. You may see Miguilson no very quickly on the ten day DL, just to kind of give him a little bit extra time keeping moving though here on the Fantasy Freestyle, I gave you a lot of pictures over the weekend. Okay, some days and some guys were really really good calls and others I most admit, I must admit that maybe you shouldn't have followed me. But we start on Friday, where de Graham and Madison bum Gardner were the chalk.

I told you that another way to go could be about James Paxton for Seattle against Kansas City. How he had four excuse me, had seven straight quality starts and had struck out fifty five guys over his last forty six innings. Well, he got another quality start. Okay, he got the win as the Mariners beat the Royals five to two on Friday, making Packson now twelve and three

on the season. He went six innings, giving up only two runs, getting that quality start for you and striking out seven over six innings, evening that strike out upside. So hopefully you listen to me about Paxton. But the opposite is true about Brad Peacock. I thought Peacock had been good with his thirty two strikeout rate that was fourth in all a Major League baseball. I told you about that, but he put up, Oh, he put up a dumpster fire of an effort on Friday. And here's

the funny part. He won six innings, but he gave up seven runs. The funny part is those seven runs were still good enough to get a win because the Houston Astros offense was deep, and they won that game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, sixteen to seven. Brad Peacock is now ten and one on the season, But you don't like the seven runs he gave up on Saturday. I told you that Rich Hill would be a great option against the Mets. The only question is

would he go six innings? Well, guess what he did not. He only went five innings, but still struck out eight, only giving up three runs. So you get a little feaster famine there with Rich Hill. I also told you about Charlie Morton against those same Blue Jays for the Astros. Charlie Morton, with strikeout upside, got your seven k's in seven innings only giving up three runs. Another quality start for Charlie Martin on Sunday. There were two guys that

I gave you. Both of them turned out to be good. I told you about Luis Severino. He struck out nine, going almost seven innings, giving up only one run as the Yankees one eight to one. Severino improves the nine and four on the season. And I also told you about the strikeout upside of Archer going against the Milwaukee Brewers. Okay, and he went six innings, giving up only one run, striking out seven. So that was a nice another call

by your boy, Dame Martinez speeds the spitting statistician tonight. However, there's only seven games on the slate and Max Scherzer at eleven thousand, one hundred on fan duel is the obvious chalk is the obvious answer. Remember, I love Max Scherzer. I have said I even think he is now the best pitcher in all of baseball. However, there is a little bit of a rain issue. Okay, there is rain in the forecast later on too night in our nation's capital,

so keep an eye out on that. I still think Sherza is worth the price, worth the money to go all the way up to eleven thousand, one hundred on fan duel. If you're not interested in that, let me make let me give you two other options. Okay, First is Irwin Santana. Irwin Santana is at ninety three hundred, so still pretty expensive. But he is at home against the Milwaukee Brewers. I told you about the Milwaukee Brewers

and how they strike out a lot. I like pictures that are against the Brewers because the the strikeouts come. I told you about Archer yesterday on Sunday, and he struck out seven Brewers in six innings. I think the same might happen tonight. Even though Irwin Santana is not a big time strikeout picture, I like the fact that he's been good. Listen his last start, he had a complete game effort against the Padres, giving up only two runs and he struck out nine Padres in nine innings

his last time out. Okay, the Padres all the fourth hi his team in terms of striking out a Major League Baseball The Milwaukee Brewers strike out more than any team in Major League Baseball. I think Irwin Santana is gonna have a good effort tonight and at dred that will save you some money if you don't want to spend up all the way for Max Scherzer. The other person that I think is viable is uh J c Ramirez.

J c Ramirez is facing Dylan Bundy tonight, okay, as the Orioles take on the Angels, And this is the great idea to explain the difference between cash games and tournaments. Okay, J c Ramirez at seventy he's a guy who I think is a safer play. Okay, He's a safer floor kind of guy, and he's been decent Okay, in his last three starts. He has three quality starts in his last three outings, giving up only three runs in twenty and almost twenty one innings. Okay, so you like that.

That's a kind of floor that I like. So in a cash game, I think he's a viable option at seventy undred if you're gonna play in a tournament, though, Dill and Bundy maybe a place to go. Okay, he's been very inconsistent, and I acknowledge that. Okay. In his last eight starts, for example, five times he's given a five or more runs. Okay. The other three starts have been really good, have been about twenty five Draft Kings points for three x return. I think it's you know,

that's the difference. Okay, So if you're gonna be in a tournament play, you kind of want to have the guy that no one else has, and Dylan Bundy may be that guy. However, if you're gonna play in a cash game tonight and you don't want to spend up for surezer, I think J. C. Ramirez could be a viable option. So keep an eye on that game on the West Coast, especially if you've got some late swap opportunity. J C. Ramirez verse Dylan Bundy. I think that's somewhere

where you could go. So tomorrow, when we're back here on the Fantasy Freestyle, um, you know, feel free to chime on in at eight four four four three six eight seven nine if that helds you down and one you some cash, and if it didn't, feel free to hit me up on Twitter at spitting speed, because I know everybody loves to troll when you know things don't go so well. When we come back, though, we turn the page, we go to football, We preview the Washington

football team. We gotta we gotta pull up right now about their over under um My man, Gabe Morency red heat and rage. He actually thinks Washington is gonna be

the definition of mediocre this year. So we're gonna get into any kind of fantasy football goodness and if there's any viable bet here on their over underwind total all that and more when we come back right here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy sports radio network, Dan Martinez, Let's go Quarterback to receiver hook ups, running back depth analysis, rookie values in dynasty leagues, deep sleepers,

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Radio and check out for your special discounts. Nowadays, everybody want to talk like they got something to say, but nothing comes out when they moved the lips, just a bunch of gibberish and act like you forgot about dre Mr boy Day Martinez right here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. We dropped stats over beat to mom man Chris Bavona. He is the bounty hunter right there on the ones and twos, making it so hot that we sweat steam. And you know,

football season is upon us officially. You know, last week we had the Hall of Fame game. We had some guys get enshrined into the Hall of Fame over the weekend. And the preseason starts in earnest this week, so we have north shortage of news and notes to get to you. As you know. The big news the Miami Dolphins have signed uh I guess, retired free agent, retired, whatever you want to call him. Broadcaster Jay Cutler has been signed

by the Dolphins or one year, ten million dollar deal. Now, listen, I told you this on Friday when we were here on Friday leaving, I said, by the time we're here on Monday, we're gonna hear that Ryan Tannehill had ligament damage and we're gonna hear that Jay Cutler is the quarterback of the Miami Dolphins. Well, here we are, and I hate to say I told you so, but you know what it is. I told you, I think this is a good fit. And here's why, because he has

experience with the head coach Adam Gays. Gays was his offensive coordinator when they were in Denver. If you look at some of the stats that you can find, Cutler and Tannehill have eerily similar production in terms of their QB rating, in terms of their touchdown interception ratio, in terms of their yards per game. So it may not be any kind of big change for the Miami Dolphins. Head coach Adam Gays has also said that Cutler did, quote unquote, didn't come out of retirement to be a backup.

You know who I think is the worst in all this is Matt Moore. Matt Moore was one of those backup quarterbacks that it's on the fringe where people think like kind of like Mike glennon right where he could have had an opportunity maybe to start somewhere else, but he played the good soldier route, stayed as the backup, and then they let Jay Cutler just leap frog him. So keep an eye on that and look what Jay Cutler does. He will be the quarterback of the Miami

Dolphins moving forward. In Denver, the Broncos have listed on their depth chart quote unquote Simeon or Lynch as their QB one. This is another battle to watch in preseason. Will it be Simeon Will it be Paxton Lynch under

center for the Denver Broncos. Remember when I spotlighted the Denver Broncos though I was fading this team, picking them to finish last in the a f C West, and quite frankly, this is the reason why I love their defense, as you know, but I do not believe in Simeon or Lynch as a QB one for the Broncos if they hope to make a return to the playoffs this year. Also, we have another interesting quarterback competition in Cleveland where we have you know, Cody Kessler is listed at the top

of the jet chart. You know they signed the excuse me, they drafted Deshaun Kaiser with their second round pick, which is really like thirty three overall, and they have big ideas for him. But guess who is going to start their first preseason game. You may remember him. I called him the seventy two million dollar noose around another franchise. It's brock Oswaidler. Brock Oswidler is going to start the

preseason game opener for the Cleveland Browns. Now, don't get over excited Oswiler fans, and I know you're out there. Apparently this is just a way for the team to get him reps with the first team because he has not gotten first team reps in practice. Here's what head coach Hugh Jackson had to say at this stage of the evaluation process of our quarterbacks, we're gonna have Brock start the preseason opener against the Saints on Thursday. A lot goes into our evaluation, but it's always gonna be

about efficiently and effectively running the offense. You want your starter to get first team reps, but Brock hasn't gotten any first team reps, so this will be his chance. We look forward to seeing what he could do with this opportunity during the week and against the Saints. So it sounds like they're just gonna throw him to the fire and see if he can do anything in live action Week one of the preseason against the New Orleans Saints and their number one defense in Miami Dolphins wide

receiver Jarvis Landry. Apparently there is a battery investigation going on against him in a kind of domestic domestic dispute. This clearly does not help the Miami Dolphins already losing Tannehill. I told you about alignment that went down now Jarvis Landry. But for him personally, remember this is a contract year for him, He's supposed to be showing up, showing out, being the PPR machine so that he can get a contract. I don't know if this helps to have some kind

of baggage. However, let's spin it positively because there is a buzz I have to report on another wide receiver. We go back to Kansas City. This is not the first time we are hearing positive buzz on this guy. I'm talking about their standout wide receiver, Tyreek Hill. Okay, they think that Tyreek Hill is going to be a complete breakout wide receiver one. Remember Macklin is not there anymore. Remember we've heard about the chemistry building with him and

quarterback Alex Smith. They have now confirmed that they're pulling Tyreek Hill off of punt returns for this season. Okay, he may still do kickoff returns, but I don't think that's why you were drafting Tyreek Hill, because I know he did have special teams touchdowns last year. But you gotta love the upside of Tyreek Hill even if he's not the return man there, because he is their legitimate

number one wide receiver. We do have some injuries. Josh Dockson wide receiver for Washington left uh left practice on Sunday with a hamstring issue. Remember a lot of people getting hurt, a lot of people pulling hamstrings early in seasons because they haven't worked their way into full shape. Also sad news for the New York Jets. They're presumptive number one wide receiver. Quincy E. Noon Noir had a neck injury in their scrimmage on Saturday. He's been placed

on injured reserve, ending his season before it even got started. Now, I was high on Quincy and Noon while because I said someone's gotta catch balls for the New York Jets. Well, now I even double down on that point. Who is going to catch passes for the New York Jets this season in a season where we think they're gonna be down and behind and a lot of games and throwing the ball? Next man up is undrafted rookie excuse me, undrafted free agent Robbie Anderson. Remember they signed guys like

Lucky Whitehead. We're talking about draft picks like um because Hansen, Darius Stewart. These are all guys who may actually get burned for the Jets this year. Vikings running back Latavius Murray has been cleared to practice. Remember he was battling the recovery from that ankle surgery. He has been clear to practice. However, Dalvin Cook has gotten a real good head started on him and is listed a top the

depth chart. We also got to go to the Buffalo Bills, who today signed and Kwan Bolden to a one year, two point seven five million dollars deal. The thirty six year old receiver was coming off a pretty good season with sixty seven catches, five four yards and eight touchdowns. Let's see if he could do that again in Buffalo. All right, we gotta keep it moving here. I told

you I preview a different team every day. We are starting in the NFC East with the Washington football team, and we go position by position, We look at the schedule, I give you everything you need to know, and then at the end we check in on that poll. So if you want to vote on how you think they're gonna do relative to their season win total. You can get out there right now at F and T s Y Radio, at Spitting Speeds on Twitter and make your voice heard. First of all, we start with Washington with

Kirk Cousins. Kirk Cousins was QB five on the Player Raider last year. Okay, this guy had over yards passing touchdowns, only twelve interceptions. Granted he lost some weapons, you know, Pierre Garson gone, DeShawn Jackson gone, but he does have Terrell Prior now and a guy that I really like, Jamison Crowder, that he's building a rapport with. Listen, I think that Kirk Cousins is going to have another similar season. Okay yards put it down. That's the way their offense goes.

This is a passing offense. Kirk Cousins will have more attempts than most quarterbacks. I have him ranked as my QB eight, So does my man Corey Parts in the Fantasy Executive. So to me, your QB eight, your QB nine, those are the first guys that are gonna go in this tier that I'm telling you to wait for. If you remember here on the Fantasy Freestyle, I'm telling you not to dry after quarterback early. No Amaron Rodgers, no

Tom Brady, no Drew Brees. Kirk Cousins to me is like the best quarterback you can get if you waited so long. Okay, if you're waiting and gonna watch, you know the Cam Newton's, the Matthew Staffords, the Philip Rivers. Kirk Cousins to me is the best of those guys. So if you wait on all the quarterbacks after say Matt Ryan and Andrew Lauck and Derek Carr, then is the time. Whether it's like the seventh, eighth, ninth round, that's when you pounce on a guy like Kirk Cousins.

I think in that situation he will return incredible value. I think he's gonna have a good year because remember he continues to bet on himself, so he needs to continue to produce for whoever he's playing for next season. As we looked at the running backs on the Washington football team, this could be interesting. Okay, you got Fat Rob Kelly, Like whoa. He ran for seven hundred and four yards and six touchdowns as the presumptive starter last year.

They're now saying they like what he's doing in camp. I'm staying away from Fat Rob Kelly. Lee. I'm also staying away from some a G. P. Rhyan. I know a lot of people like this kid, the rookie out of Oklahoma, and you know, from a skill standpoint, I like what I see. Okay, A lot of people compare him just as favorably to Joe Mixon, who was also

at Oklahoma. And everybody knows how much, you know, the skills that we think Joe Mixon brings some A G. P. Ryan is not much different, and he's got, in terms, in my opinion, a better opportunity. He doesn't have Jeremy Hill or Giovanni Bernard like Mixon does, blocking him or sharing opportunity. The only problem is, I think this is a three headed monster. You got that Rob in the early work right, But the guy maybe to own, especially

in PPR leagues, is Chris Thompson. Chris Thompson got you know, three hundred fifty rushing yards but also fifty catches for three fifty receiving yards. He had sixty two targets last year as a running back. That was top ten in the NFL among running backs. The only other guys that weren't just like Bell cow workhorse backs like a shady coy or David Johnson Levy on Bell. The only other

pass catching backs that had that many targets. Well, guys that you've heard of, Guys like Theo Riddick, Guys like Darren Sprawls, James White, and Duke Johnson. Chris Thompson for Washington is on that level. When we talk about a PPR back, he maybe the running back to own in Washington. I'm gonna tell you real quick before we go to break, I'm fading Jordan Read. Okay. I know some people think he's even the top tight end on the board. Corey Parson has him as tight end one this year. I

don't buy his health. I think he is an injury risk. I love him, but I'm not gonna spend the draft capital to get Jordan Read. I think is a big stack of tight ends further down that could be viable. I am fading Jordan Read hard. We'll talk more about the Washington football team when we come back. But this is Dane Martinez Fantasy Freestyle in the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Have you ever wanted to have a fantasy expert in

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to the Fantasy Freestyle. Right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. My man Chris Bavone on the ones and twos, bringing you in with a little Jada Kiss. That's why uh I had an opportunity to see Jada Kiss live yesterday in the b X or a free concert. You know, I gotta love me some Jada Kiss. All right. We were getting into the Washington football team before the break, and I'm about to get into the wide receiver room. But I gotta tell you first of all, listen, it

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Premium package, enter the promo code Dane. That's right, d A N E Dane, and you will get a special discount. I told you before to break I was fading Jordan Read now listen. Great talent, okay, and let the NFL in like points per game at the tight end position last season. But the problem is he only plays like eleven or twelve games every season. He seems to be one of those guys with the soft tissue injuries that has always hurt. So I'm not gonna spend up for

my tight end and think I haven't locked. Only like in week five or week six to start thinking about that, I gotta stream or find a tight end on the waiver wire. I am not going to do that with my one and only tight end. He's one of those fantasy full gazes. To me, I will not be on Jordan Reed. But I told you I wanted to get into the wide receiver room because like in Oakland, how I told you I like crab Tree better than Cooper, Like in Denver, how I told you I like Sanders

better than DT. I think this is another situation where their number two wide receiver. I am actually a little higher on relative to a DP than their number one wide out. They signed Terrell Prior in the off season, and Terrell Prior was wide out twenty last year. Okay, this guy had over a thousand yards receiving with the Cleveland Browns, for God's sakes, had seventies seven catches and four touchdowns as well. Remember in his first full season

as a wide receiver. He was playing quarterback before that, all the way back to Ohio State. There's no reason now going from the Browns offense to the Washington offense that there's not more opportunity there as the wide out one. I do think TP three could be primed for a nice season. I have Terrell Prior as my wide out twenty five. Corey Parkson, the Fantasy executive, has him as wide out twenty four, So you see where we are on him. But I gotta tell you something. I am

est slightly higher on Jamison Crowder. Listen last year, if you will listen to the Fantasy freestyle, I told you about Jamison Crowder, and I told you to stash him in dynasty leagues. I told you because the Redskins would lose their number one and number two wide receivers to free agency. That was Pierre Gosson and de Shaan Jackson. While both of those things happened, okay, and Jamison Crowder, I think is the guy that Kirk Cousins eyes will

go to first. I think they have chemistry. I really think that he was wide receiver twenties six last year. I think he can do better than that this year. The wide receiver I love for Washington that I am going to invest in is not Tarrell Prior. Instead, it is the Duke product. And you never thought you'd say that the Duke wide receiver that you really want on your fantasy football team. I think Jamison Crowder is a viable high end wide receiver three and maybe in deeper

leagues a low end wide receiver to those. Those are my two diamonds in the rough for this team. Him. I like Chris Thompson, the pass catching back out of the backfield. He was on the field a ton last year, and you like the pass catching back in this offense. Remember, his targets were like tenth most among running backs in the NFL, including some kind of like workhorse guys. And I love Jamison crowd Or. I think both of these

guys are going to be undervalued this year. Our poll has the overrunder for the Washington football team at seven and a half. So, Chris Bovona, let me ask you, where do you see the fantasy goodness on Washington this year? And where do you see the Washington football team finishing in the NFC's Are you over or under seven and

a half? I'm gonna say I think it's about right. Okay, I'm gonna say I'm gonna pass on this one because I think they will be either maybe they go nine and seven, Maybe they go eight and eight, maybe they go seven and nine. I don't think. I don't think anything higher than that. I like. I like Kirk Cousins for quarterback value. I like the idea of picking him in like the seventh round and skipping out on guys like Brady and Brees because he's still getting the same

amount of value. Because of all the guys that I love on this as much as I love Jordan Reed for his athletic ability, You're absolutely right, he's on my Dynasty team. I don't want him anymore because I just fear his injuries. I have Eric Ebron as my backup. I'm probably gonna keep him instead. The one guy I agree with you wholeheartedly and the reason why I'm high on Kirk Cousins is Jamison Crowder. We love Jamison Crowder here on the Fantasy Freestyle. One last note that I

didn't mention. You know, we talked about the risk of Jordan Reed. There is another tight end in Washington and it's Vernon Davis. Okay, and Vernon Davis they signed to another deal. They like Vernon Davis, whether it's an insurance policy for Jordan Reed or because they want to run two tight ends. Vernon Davis is viable at the tight end position. And if and when Jordan Reed goes down, especially for a guy like you, Chris Um, Vernon Davis

could be a guy to have. So it sounds like you are passing on this bet and you think it's a good line, They're gonna be sitting right around that seven and a half line. I personally am taking the under. I am down on this team. Okay, they still have a pretty bad defense if you want to know the truth. And I know we don't talk about that in fantasy as much, but they finished twenty eight in the NFL on total defense, given up three hundred seventy eight yards a game. I don't think they did a ton to

improve that defense. And I also think that Listen kirk Cousins does have a little bit less weapons. I think it's gonna take a little time for Prior to assimilate. I do think Jordan Reed is an injury risk. You're gonna be counting on a guy like Rob Kelly or maybe a rookie p Ryan. I take the under. I actually think that Washington finishes in last place in the a f C East. I haven't got around ten wins. So when I see this over under of seven and

a half, I say take the under. However, fifty two percent of you do not agree with Chris or I and say take the over. Over half of you think that the Washington football team will win at least a games. My man Gabe Morancy on Red Heat and Rage, who follows us on the Fantasy Sports Network, he thinks the Redskins will go eight and eight, defining mediocrity. If you still think you want to get out there and vote

right now, please do. But fifty two percent of you say take the under holler at your boy, okay, because I will make that bet with you. I think the Washington football team does not get to eight victories this season, all right, Chris, we gotta we gotta get into it, because we got the Sweet sixteen of the greatest sports movie of all time going on right now. We are in the Sweet sixteen, and uh, you know, the one seeds did not do so well in uh last week's action. Okay,

we had we had some one seeds go down. Okay, we had Field of Dreams lose to the sand Lot. We have Hoop Dreams that lost to Space Jam a one seed Rocky did advance. But we go now to the football region where I gotta tell you, man, I gotta tell You've got a lot of Cinderella's right. You got the one seed Rudy, but you got the twelve seed water Boy, eleven seed Friday Night Lights and the seven seed Varsity Blues. We gotta matchup right now of high school football in Texas. Billy Bob as a character

in the movie with Varsity Blues. Billy Bob as the actor Billy Bob Thornton in Friday Night Lights. What I want to do, though, is you know, it's great to hear that we're not the only people thinking about sports movies at this point in time, Chris, you know who else is commenting on this. Aaron Rodgers is also commenting on this, and you know, he was asked in a recent podcast, uh, what his favorite football movies are, and it's interesting he's kind of in line with what the

people are saying. So, Chris, I want you to play what Aaron Rodgers has to say, and then we're gonna break down what the poll says and uh, the previous m vps thinking on these football movies. All right, let's get what Aaron Rodgers has to say about the greatest football movies of ball time. And it's harder to five. It's a lot harder to five. Yeah, but I'm as far as like the original, um like Orange, Yellow and Red. I usually went with the orange. What is your favorite

football football moment? I'm moving moving in general, Yeah, football football moments. Fall movie good Tough. Varsity Blues was kind of the first one that really meant something to me. All right, So there you hear it. Aaron Rodgers is into Varsity Blues. He goes on to talk about a whole mess of other football movies as well, and then at the very end he fades Friday Night Lights. Specifically, he says that he does not like Friday Night Lights,

that he likes Varsity Blues. So Aaron Rodgers is big on Varsity Blues. I also voted Varsity Blue. Who's here, Chris Bavona, my cinephile? Uh? Who you got in this matchup? I have to go with Varsity Blues as well. I gotta go with Aaron Rodgers and you on this one. There's no way that I grew up on Varsity Blues. I like Friday Night Lights. I love me Billy Bob Thornton. I think he's a great actor, but there's a one problem with that movie. And his name is Lucas Black.

He plays the quarterback in Friday Night Lights. He is an awful actor. He was. He started off in the movie Sling Blade with Billy Bob Thorton as well, but he just he just plays the same exact part, just that same you know southern boy who who you just really wish he could just act better. And it's just so bad. So fading off, fading on Friday Night Lights, Loving Me Billy Bob and Tweeter and John and and Moxin and Lance Harbor Varsity Blues. It is well, there

you have it. And right now of you who have voted agree with me, agree with Aaron Rodgers, agree with our man the Bounty Hunter, and are going with Varsity Blues. We also have a couple of responses. Some people feel strongly about this movie matchup, and I want to ask your opinion on this one. First of all, someone says, um, a man Steve Zoe Mick out there says, absolute horrific travesty if people think Varsity Blues is a better movie, okay.

And then a response, though, my man Howie Balaban out there, who's in chiming in a lot of these matchups, says, I'd say Varsity Blues is a better movie, but Friday Night Lights is better if you're basing your vote on the TV series, which was outstanding. Now a lot of people do think about Friday Night Lights the TV clear eyes, Full Hearts, can't lose that sort of thing. Do you think your opinion of the TV show should factor into your decision here at all? In this case? Absolutely not not.

It has nothing to do with that movie. It has nothing to do with that team. You gotta remember Friday Night Lights. That movie is based on a book, based on a true story. The whole Friday Nights Night Lights, the TV series, it has nothing to do with that movie. It has nothing, So sorry, I'm sure listen, I've actually never seen Friday Nightlights the TV show. I just know for a fact that has nothing to do with the movie.

So that's why you cannot base you can't base your vote on a TV series that has nothing to do with the movie. Alright, strong hot take out of Chris Bavona and Chris, you did another, uh, you did another matchup on the producers yesterday. We had yesterday, right, it was Caddie Shack and Talladega Nights. Um. So here's what we're gonna do. I would love to hear the results of that pole as well, but we're gonna do that when we come back because we're up against the break

right now. Do you want to let you know Nationals have an early lead on the Marlins, one nothing in the third, Pirates of one nothing on the Tigers, Red's up one nothing on the Padres. All those games in the third inning, those are the games that are going on. Remember a short slate today, no big run so far, so all those pictures are doing just okay. When we come back right here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network, We're gonna hear why uh.

We're gonna hear why uh, Chris, what Chris Pavona did on the Producers with Caddy Shack Verse, the ballad of Rickey Bobby. Okay, so we're gonna close that out Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Dan Martinez, the spitting stat station holding you down. Let's go, get on, Lord to the fastest growing fantasy sports radio network in the business, featuring the f s T a

award winning all in Target Fantasy. The Fantasy Sports Radio Network is the Rookie of the Year in the industry and it's only growing fantasy sports radio network at ft s Y dot com slash Radio. Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. I'm getting more responses from Howie. Howie Balaband responded right away to me, saying, get this, Bavona saying, Chris is right.

I voted Varsity Blues. I guess that means that, Uh, he did not consider the TV show for Friday Night Lights going straight from the movies voting Varsity Blues. How he also says, you know how, I'm making all my picks over the weekend. I bet your picks over the weekend didn't include Synder Guards scoring a kill. Of course. Uh, he's referencing Game of Thrones out there, saying, unfortunately Las Vegas did not have any odds on that. Thank you

as always to my man Howie Balaban chiming in. But Chris, Caddy Shack and Ricky Bobby had that play out over the weekend on the producers Oh my god, my bad man. And uh, let me tell you something. I thought that this would be a lot closer than I thought it would be between Caddy Shacking, Talla Diagon Knights, Talla Digging Night to being one of our Cinderella teams. But as I kind of expected, I think the Cinderella story was not for the other region where you had the two

big juggernauts in Rocky and Caddy Shack. And Caddy Shack took that to heart and they ended up winning with a score of six to thirty three. Absolutely, and so our first kind of like Elite eight matchup is set to see who will get to the final four and whoever did this seeding is the man I don't know who it was, but in this wild card region we will be left with the number one seed Rocky and

the number two seed Caddy Shack. I know we got some strong opinions about what might advance there, including Rocky, which did in fact win a Best Picture Oscar. So we'll see if Rocky gets it all the way to the final four. Tomorrow. We will keep it moving in our tournament as we chug along to the Elite eight.

We will also continue to preview the NFC East. I'm gonna tell you right now, I'm gonna try and keep the Dallas Cowboys back as far as I can this week so that we get news of any suspension around Ezekiel Elliott that has still been up in the air. So tomorrow, don't get it twisted, we are gonna be talking about the New York Football Giants. Uh, should Old Dell Beckham get his money? Does Eli Manning have anything left? And what about that defense? Will it be a top

five defense this year? All that and more tomorrow here on the Fantasy Freestyle Red Heat and Rage Coming up next on a Fantasy Sports Radio Network with my boy gave More and c will check out and see how their horse is doing as we head towards the Breeders Cup and the Travers and the Spa up at Saratoga, Come on back tomorrow. Dave Martinez Fantasy Freestyle Peace