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helping you win your leagues and win that cash. I got my boy Chris Bocona with me on the ones and twos keeping it so hot that we sweat steam. Got a great show for you on a Thursday. Okay, listen, we have been going team by team. We've been focused on the NFC East this week, and we keep that going as we preview the Dallas Cowboys. I gotta tell you the truth. I've been trying to hold back on the Cowboys, waiting until we hear a word on Ezekiel
elliott suspension. But that news still has yet to come. So we're gonna operate as though. You know, I kind of think he might miss some time. But we'll talk about the impact of that as we preview the Cowboys. We also have the last entry of our Elite eight in our Greatest Sports Movie of All Time tournament, we are finishing up in the football region to make the last one of our Elite eight. We have the one seed, Rudy, Rudy, Rudy going up in It's the Cinderella Story of the tournament.
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in earnest today. There are seven games, So I'm gonna tell you what I'm looking for in each game. If you're starting to watch right now, some of them are kicking off, I'm gonna tell you what I think you need to keep an eye on in this preseason Week one of the NFL. Also, uh, I have news that Michael Phelps is defending what he did racing the Shark.
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you something. I decided to switch it up a little bit. Okay. First of all, in this spot what I'm usually doing here on the Fantasy Freestyles, I'm telling you about DFS starting pitchers that you could use to win some cash. I gotta tell you the truth. Now, if you listen to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, you hear me from six to seven o'clock with my man Tony Sencada, and we are breaking down every single game, the starters to use,
the hitters to use, the game totals, the weather, everything. Okay, So if you need DFS Baseball moving forward, you don't need to listen to the Fantasy Freestyle. You should listen to the Fantasy Freestyle for so many other reasons. But you can catch me and Tony Sankada every week night from six to seven pm, right before the games on the East Coast get going. Okay, So if you need that in your life, you know, just subscribe to not one, but two shows that feature the spitting statistician. What I
do want to do. I'll still give you some news and notes around baseball, but I'm telling you it's football season, okay. So we're gonna use this segment primarily to to react to some of the preseason games, to preview some of the preseason games in terms of what it is the trained I should be looking for and how that may impact season long fantasy football drafts that are coming up. I do have some news and notes to give you still around Major League Baseball, and then will turn the
page to football. The Indians and the Mets made a trade yesterday. Okay. J Bruce is going to Cleveland. This could be in response to Michael Brantley going on the d L and in the American League. Remember J Bruce could also d H. This is a guy who has twenty nine home runs seventy five verbies so far. He will be a free agent in the off season, so this maybe a two month rental for the Cleveland Indians, but they need those power bats with some of the
injuries they have had. Speaking of injuries, Yankees rookie phenom outfielder Clint Fraser tweeked his oblique in batting practice yesterday, they scratched him and they also sent him to the disabled list. Today. In a corresponding move, they activated outfielder Aaron Six and he is in the two spot of that lineup today. He came back from an oblique injury himself. Raised starting pitcher Jake oder Rizzi. He was left after being hit by a line drive in last night's start.
They are listing him as day to day, but it's a scary situation. You want to keep your eye out on that. I think he was hitting the foot though it wasn't like he was hitting the head like Robbie Ray and other pitchers in the past. But still keep an eye on jacoder Rizzi if he makes his next start. Cubs catcher Wilson Contreras, who was absolutely raking and killing
it recently. He left yesterday's game against the Giants with what looks to be a pretty bad hamstring injury, is going for an m r I. Head coach manager Joe Madden is saying that a d L stint is likely in his future. And also the Royals starting pitcher Trevor k Hill. He got lit up a bunch last night and today he goes on the disabled list with a shoulder injury. Maybe that is part of the reason why he had an eight point one eight e r A since coming over to the American League with the Kansas
City Royals. Alright, let's get into football. Like I said, there are seven games tonight, but if I first want to take a look back at the game that happened last night. Okay, Houston Texans and Carolina Panthers. A lot of people are talking about DeShawn Watson, saying that he looked good, that he may be serving notice to Tom Savage. I'm not so sure. Okay, Yes, Deshaun Watson looked decent. He went fifteen to twenty five for a hundred and
seventy nine yards. He also ran three times or twenty four yards, including the highlight that you probably saw him running for about a fifteen yard touchdown run. Steve Mariucci the Mooch said on Twitter, and I quote in my humble opinion, we are watching the Texans quarterback DeShawn Watson show tonight while he will be a franchise quarterback in our league. Hold on a second, I just pumped the brakes a little bit on Deshaun Watson. Yeah, fifteen out
of five. That's a six completion percentage. Okay, that's great. He really had easy plays. They were moving the pocket with him a lot of one reads. Don't get me wrong, I think of Shawn Watson does have a future in this league. But let's not go a little bit too far. A lot of times after Week one of the preseason, they're gonna be these preseason darlings that get ridiculously overhyped. And before we start making the busting canton for Deshaun Watson,
let's just calm down because honestly, Savage went nine of eleven. Okay, he went nine of eleven sixty nine yards. Yes, he had three and ounce against the Panthers starters, but then he had a nice little drive, connecting with DeAndre Hopkins a few times. So I think that's interesting. I still think ultimately Tom Savage will be the starting quarterback. In Week one for the Houston Texans, we saw Christian McCaffrey's debut. He had, He had a nice little twelve yard run.
He made some guys miss uh so flashes of what you know creates so much buzz around him. He had seven carries for thirty three yards. I think something you want to keep an eye on though. Deontay Foreman, the rookie had of Texas, and uh Alfred Blue. These are two guys that I think are gonna be fighting for that role to be backing up Lamar Miller. Okay, and Mark Miller only had two carries, didn't get any yards. Okay,
He's gonna be just fine. The question really is is Alfred Blue or Deontay Foreman going to be the backup? That is something to watch because if you're gonna be in leagues handcuffing Lamar Miller later on on your draft, you want to know is it Blue or will it be Foreman? These are the kinds of things you need to know. And so there are seven games tonight on the preseason slate. I want to touch on all of them and give you a little bit of an insight as to what the trained I should be looking on.
We call this speeds is spin moving forward? Okay, first game we got Falcons and the Dolphins of course with Miami with what you want to see is if Jay Cutler gets any action? Okay, can he start to build any chemistry with a guy like Devonte Parker? Right? The question I ask is what about Matt Moore. Listen, Matt Morris, he sternly has chemistry and familiarity with that second team, right he knows them. It's really unfortunate that Jay Cutler got to leap frog Matt More. But if Cutler plays
any and that's that's no lock either. I want to see if he could build any chemistry with guys like Devantay Parker or Jervis Landry on the Atlanta side of things. Okay, first of all, congratulations to DeVante Freeman. Here's five year, forty two some odd million dollar deal. The question for me is, I'm looking at these pass catchers that are not named Julio Jones. I want to know who is Matt Ryan's number two option. Is it Tyler Gabriel, Is
it Mohammed Sunu? If these guys get burned, I want to see if any of these guys look like they are prioritized in Mattie ICE's eyes. The other guy I'm gonna tell you is I. When we did the NFC South before, I think it was like hashtag sleeper Weekend, I talked about Austin Hooper. This is a guy I want to keep an eye on in the preseason Austin Hooper right now was going outside the top twelve in tight ends, okay, and a lot of people have him
ranked lower. But this is an offense that is going to put up production, and the question remains, who is the second pass catcher behind Julio Jones. Could Austin Hooper in his second year to a little bit of a step and be one of those tight ends that you might be able to rely on week to week. That's what I'm looking at in that game. We got Minnesota in Buffalo tonight as well. For Minnesota, I'm looking at
this offensive line. The offensive line was the worst in football last year, okay, and now you've got this rookie, Dalvin Cook. I want to see what he looks like. I have been high on him. I know guys like Jake Seey have also been high on him. I want to see what he looks like with this offensive line in real game action. We also know, um there's been news that Laquelle Treadwell Lakwan Treadwell will not play tonight because he had a fight in practice with teammates. I'm
looking at Laquelle Treadwell and Michael Floyd. I want to see, you know, you know Adam Feeling, you know Stefon Diggs. I want to see if there's room for a third receiver in that offense when it comes to Buffalo. There have been reports that Tyrod Taylor, t Mobile as I like to call him, has been struggling in camp. So I'm gonna keep an eye and see if they play Tyrod and if they play him more than what you see a lot of starters get so you can iron some kinks out. We got another game I want to
touch on before we go to commercial. It's the Washington football team staying in the Beltway to take on the Ravens for Washington. My eyes are on the rookie Soma J. P Ryan. We talk about mixing, we talk about cook we talked about all these other rookies. Soma J. P Ryan has a path too, has a path to opportunity, just like any of these guys. Okay. I want to see if he looks the part and if he shows any flashes where I could see that he might take the job away from fat Rob Kelly. I also want
to see Terrell Prior and Jamison Crowder. Most people have Terrell Prior way ahead, ranked way ahead of Jamison Crowder. I have them very close. I know my man Corey Parson, the Fantasy executive, also has them close. I want to see, you know, Kirk Cousins is going to start for the Washington football team tonight. I want to see if he's um, you know, trying to build with Terrell Prior, or if
his eyes continue to lock on Jamison Crowder. When it comes to Baltimore, I'm looking at these new acquisitions, Jeremy Maclan, Danny Woodhead. I'm gonna see if they get integrated into the offense. We know Joe Flacco is hurt with this disc injury in his back. We know Ryan Mallett has been uh not looking so good in practice and been throwing tantrums. Try quite frankly, if he doesn't look good today, might the name Colin Kaepernick come back on the radar
in Baltimore. That's something to keep an eye on as well. We got a couple more games to talk about that are going down tonight. One team that is not in action tonight, as Dallas Cowboys. Will give you my season preview for them when we come back, dropping stats over beats Right here on the Fantasy Freestyle, I'm your boy, Dame Martinez speeds the spitting statistician right here on the
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drinks though. Okay, I'm not trying to pay any top shelf stuff for you guys. All right, but come on over, have some fun. You can come on and do a segment with me. We still have some more games tonight on the preseason slate. The next game that I want to talk about Jacksonville at New England, kind of David and Goliath matchup for preseason for Jacksonville. Honestly, I want to see if Blake Bortles is an NFL starting quarterback or not. Okay, he needs to get some reps in.
I think he needs to do a little bit to prove to the new regime Doug Moron and Tom Coughlin. Remember, there's been a lot of talk about how they just want to run the ball, run the ball. That would be perfect if Borders had zero attempts per game. I want to see if they really do adapt this exotic smash mouth and turning hand the ball over to guys like Lennon four Net, Chris Ivory and t J. Yelden,
or if they're still just throwing the ball. I want to see if the scheme is different for Jacksonville in New England. Now, a lot of the starters are not going to play at all today. You know, Tom Brady is not gonna play, Gronk will probably not play. You know. What I do want to see is this running back room, as you know, and something we've talked about a lot on the Fantasy Freestyle and on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.
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you gotta fade the New England Patriots running backs. You don't know on a week tweek basis who it's gonna be, right, Will it be Gilles Lei, Will it be Burkehead, will it be White? Will it be Dion Lewis? And I would love to try to gain some insight into that. Who is the lead pass catching back, Who's the lead behind the tap between the tackles back. I don't think Bill Belichick is going to show his cards, but if there's one thing I was looking for, that would be it.
In another game, we have the New Orleans Saints. They're going to Cleveland for their preseason opener in New Orleans. I want to see if Adrian Peterson gets any snaps out of the shotgun. Remember Adrian Peterson, his entire career has been in the deep eye set about eight yards under center and behind the quarterback. Drew Brees is in the shotgun all the time. I want to see if Peterson gets any runs from the shotgun formation and how he looks there. I'm also interested to see there. I
guess third running back Alvin Kamara. I want to see if Alvin Kamara gets any burned. And this would be a guy to play in preseason DFS. Okay, you know they're not gonna burn Adrian Peterson. Mark Ingram is the starter. Alvin Kamara could be a guy on your DFS slate. I'm also interested in the wide receiver room. You know they listed now Ted Gett Jr. As the two wide out over Willie Snead, So i want to see how
that battle shakes out. Which one of them do they line up in the slot, which one of them is outside opposite Michael Thomas. Those are the kinds of things I'm looking at from the Saints in preseason from Cleveland. I told you earlier this week they're actually starting brock Oswidler. They're starting brock Oswidler in this game. I want to see how Brock does. I want to see the rookie Deshaun Kaiser and Cody Kessler will be running with the
third team. I also, you know, I told you how much I love the offensive line moves that they've made, So I want to see how that looks when their ones against the ones. And I also want to see do any of these young kids that they've accumulated over the last couple of years, does anybody flash? Does anybody flash? You know, I'm talking about Myles Garrett, the rookie number one pick, Jabille Pepper's rookie out of Michigan. They're tight
end out of Miami, David and Joku. Well what about their draft pick last year, Corey Coleman, the wide receiver. You know, I want to see if any of these guys flash because I want to be early with it when ultimately the Cleveland Browns do rise to relevance. We got the Philadelphia Eagles and the Green Bay Packers. I want to see Carson Wentz development. I want to see if how he's doing with all those weapons they put
around them. I'm gonna see if alshon Jeffrey Tory Smith, that's what that sort of thing that rookie Derek Barnett out of Tennessee. I also want to see if he gets any um pressure rushing the passer in Green Bay. I told you, Jamal Williams. I've been telling you, Jamal Williams. My man all in kid, Jake Seely has been telling you Jamal Williams. I want to see how he does in pass protection. A lot of times, past protection is
the hardest thing for rookies to pick up. He's actually already been praised for past protection so far, so I want to see how that works and if he really is pushing time Montgomery to start at running back. The last game that we're gonna see tonight is the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears. For Denver, I think we got a real quarterback battle, uh, you know, between Paxson Lynch and Trevor Simeons. So I think this is a real at all. I want to see who operates with the ones,
who operates with the two's. They've listed them as co starters on the depth chart, so I really want to see which one of these guys outperforms this. I do think this job is I think the only one, to be quite honest, in the NFL that will actually be won by performance in preseason games. I want to see
how similar and Lynch do. I also want to see if there's anything left in the tank for Jamal Charles, because I personally don't think there is, but there's opportunity now with Davante Booker out, So I want to see if Jamal Charles has anything left. I do want to give you a piece of news, okay, news out of Pittsburgh. There's two things that have happened out of Pittsburgh. Okay. First of all, Steelers wide receiver Martevis Bryant. He has
been cleared for preseason games and practice. Remember he's been going through that process to get reinstated in the NFL. He has now been cleared to practice and play in preseason games for the Steelers. However, their general manager Kevin Colbert says that it is time for the Steelers to quote unquote prepare for life after Ben. Now, if you listen to the Fantasy Freestyle, you know I have been saying I think this maybe Ben Roethlisberger's last season. I
talked to you about how he's considered retirement. I talked to you about how he's gotten all banged up. His wife was urging him to retire. He took that study about of football players with CT very seriously. And now the GM is even coming out and saying it okay, And remember they did draft Josh Dobbs in the fourth round, the quarterback out of Tennessee. Maybe he's the heir apparent, so you want to want want to watch him in
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to talk about the Dallas Cowboys. And I gotta tell you the truth. I expect regression, regression, regression for the Dallas Cowboys this year, and it starts at the quarterback position. Dak Prescott. Dak Prescott was quarterback six last year. He had thirty sixty seven yards, any three touchdowns, and four interceptions. Maybe I'm just skeptical, okay, but there is no way that Dak Prescott has another season of only four interceptions. And that's what made him so good that was really
um an outlier. Okay, Aaron Rodgers, Matt Ryan who won the m v P Award. They had seven interceptions. Dak Prescott had four. I don't think there's a way that continues. Me and Corey are very split on them. I have him all the way down as QB fourteen. I don't think you spend on him at it all. If you're going zero QB Scott strategy, you want to wait. He might be a quarterback you wind up with. Corey Parson has him as Quarterbacks seven. He will not be on
any of my teams. I expect heavy regression from Dak Prescott if you look at the running back situation. Okay, Zeke Elliott right, Zeke Elliott. To be quite honest, I believe is the number three overall player in all of fantasy football this year, behind only Levian Bell and David Johnson. Here's the catch. As you know, we are all expecting word that Ezekiel Elliott will, in my opinion, be suspended for I think he's gonna be suspended for two games,
maybe one. We don't know, so we don't know what the impact that is on his fantasy football production and ultimately on where you should draft him. Here's what I'm gonna say. Though, last year we had a similar situation with a guy like Levian Bell, who we knew was gonna be out. He was still a back that you wanted. Okay, here's the thing. When you're building your team, if you're worth your salt in fantasy football, and if you're listening to the Fantasy Sports radio network, I'm sure you are,
you are not playing for week one. You are playing to have the best possible roster for weeks fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen. That's when champions are decided in the fantasy playoffs. So if Ezekiel Elliott is sitting there for you and you're drafting, you know, number five overall, and people are passing on him because he's gonna miss like the opener against the Giants, I still say jump on him because by the time it's week fourteen of the season, he'll
be there. He'll be at the top of the rushing list of the NFL, and you'll be glad that you didn't pass on him. Okay, there's plenty of other ways to make up the first few games of the season. For example, if you're gonna draft the Zekiel Elliott. Go ahead later on and draft my man Pop Quiz Jock Quiz Rodgers. He's gonna be the starter in Tampa for the first few weeks when Doug Martin is injured. That's the kind of thing you can do. And then Zeke
will be back and he'll be ready to go. That's why I think you should play the Ezekiel Elliott situation. He is still going to be a top running back. His season long numbers will look a little bit less, but he's still gonna have yards. Something like that will be locked and loaded RB one when you need him in your fantasy playoff push and in the fantasy playoffs them selves when we come back. You know what, First, let me tell you something. I'm fading Jason Witten. Okay,
don't go for the name value of Jason Witten. He was tight end the Levin last year, but he lacks upside. Okay, He's just gonna continue to go downhill. He's an aging superstar. Do not be fooled by the name value. He's a fool gazey. You need to forget about. There are other tight ends that are ascending. Eric Ebron, Hunter, Henry those guys I'd much rather have than Jason wentten. When we come back, though, we're gonna talk wide receivers. We're gonna
talk to Dallas schedule. We're gonna see what you guys say on the pole, and we'll see what the bounty hunter things about the division rival Dallas Cowboys. All that and more when we come back on the Fantasy Freestyle. Have you ever wanted to have a fantasy expert in the palm of your hand? For better yet, in the pocket of your capis. We'll check it out now you can. It's a Fantasy Sports Radio Network app. Download it down
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only word people know of that song. But I'm grooving over here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Dane Martin has got my Man. Chris Bavona the bouncy gether right there on the ones and dudes, even it's so hot that we sweat steam. We have been talking about the Dallas Cowboys. I am sorry Corey Parson, but I am fading Dak Prescott. I'm fading Jason Winton. I'm okay with Ezekiel Elliott despite any uh, you know,
in an imminent suspension that may be coming. I think it's gonna be one or two games, and I think you're gonna be happy that you wound up with Ezekiel Elliott, you know, when you're in late September and beyond. But I want to also talk about wide receiver real quick. I think Dez Bryant is primed for a bounce back here. Okay, des Bryan had thirteen games last year called fifty ball, seven nineties, six yards and eight touchdowns. This guy is
a touchdown monster. Okay. This is a guy in the red zone who is strong at the point of attack. This is a guy who does get touchdowns. You know, sometimes I say what receivers touchdowns are flukey? Dez Bryant is one of the few exceptions. Okay, if he plays sixteen games, I think he will get double digit touchdowns. I like Dez Bryant. Dez Bryant is a wide out one. People forget about Dez Bryant. He is a wide out one. He is one of those wide receivers who can win
you your week. I like Dez Briant. I have him rated as my eighth wide receiver overall, so that means late first round, early second round. I expect Dez Bryant to be coming off the board. The Fantasy executive my man, Corey Parson, he's got him even higher. He has him as wide out six in his rankings. Okay, so definitely a first round pick. If you're at the turn and you have Dez Bryant as an option, I say take
him and be happy you did. I think Dez Bryant is the cowboy that is primed to outperform last season. He's the only one who I think will uh, what's the opposite of regression? You know, have it in the positive way. Dak Prescott I think will turn the ball over a lot more than four times. I'd be willing to bet anything. Corey Parson, if you're listening, if you think that Dak Prescott will throw fewer than six interceptions
this year. Next time you see me, come find me and shake my hand so we can make that bet. I think Zeke Elliott may regress because of the two maybe a one or two games suspension. Jason Witten is just old. Their defense is not as good, but Dez Bryant is someone who I do believe will bounce back. Look at this schedule, though, I'm a little bit concerned for the beginning of their schedule whether they have Zeke
back or not. Okay, whether he's there. Listen to the first four teams they face and talk to me about their run stopping defensive line. The New York Giants. Yeah, they've got a pretty good front. I'm talking about my man Snacks Harrison back there. Then they play the Denver Broncos. Yeah, that's a stud defense. Then they play the Arizona Cardinals. They have a pretty good front, so good that they
could let Calais Campbell walk. And then they finish up week four the Los Angeles Rams and a guy named Aaron Donald. I think their run game may struggle to get going. Whether it's Zeke Elliott, whether it's Darren McFadden, or whether it's Alfred Morris. I'm a little bit worried about that. Also, that's the beginning of this schedule. The end of their schedule, three of their last four games are on the road and against teams that I think
will all be playoff contenders. Their only home game is against the team that I think is gonna easily win their division. Listen to their last four games at New York Giants at the Oakland Raiders. Their lone home game is for the Sea Cattle Seahawks in Week sixteen, and then week seventeen in a battle for the NFCS at Philadelphia. I do not think that is a good schedule. They have West coast trips to Arizona, San Francisco, Oakland, and they're at Mile High to play Denver at on Week two.
The over under for this team is nine and a half. They are the third highest win total in the NFC, behind only Green Bay and Seattle. They are a ten to one chance right now in Vegas to win the Super Bowl. They're like the fourth choice behind the Raiders, the Pats, and the Packers. I think this team is prime for regression. One point that I forgot to make. Also, this offensive line, which has been known as the best in football for the last three years. They have Jonathan
Cooper now at guard. That's a step back. I think this team is prime for regression. I say take the under on the nine and a half. You know, I like the Eagles better. I like the Giants better as well. I think the Cowboys fall all the way to third place in this division as I look at the poll. However, as I look at the poll right now, you guys are pretty split on the Dallas Cowboys. Okay, you guys are of you say take the over on nine and a half. So you guys think that the Cowboys will
win ten games or more. Forty five of you agree with me. Say take the under that they're gonna regress a little bit. Fiftcent say nine and a half is a good line, thinking they'll finish right around there. Chris Bavone and I know you watch the NFC East a lot as a Giants fan. What do you think about my takes on the Cowboys. I think you're absolutely right. I don't know why everyone thinks that the Cowboys are gonna be so good this year. They really did nothing
to help them. And yeah, I'm really worried about what's gonna happen Mentally, with Ezekiel Elliott with the suspension. This isn't this isn't necessarily him getting injured. This is a suspension that is about his character exac that could really really hurt him. I know that, I know Dallas is one of those teams they don't really care that much about your personal lives. Yeah, Jerry Jones has taken a shot on guys before. I remember they signed Greg Hardy
a couple of years ago exactly. And that's why I'm saying I'm a little worried about Zeke Elliott from a mental uh purpose. I'd be fine with taking him if he falls meats and in the number eight spots. But again, I'm just I'm really that worried about him down the road are you taking? Are you taking Melvin Gordon or Devonte Freeman over Ezekiel Elliott because Freeman over Zeke. I
don't know about Melvin Gordon. Interesting, Okay, I wanted to see how fall, how far he would fall in your opinion, If you want to make your voice heard, because it is close, take the under, only say take the over. Get at us at F and T s Y Radio on Twitter. You can always follow me at Spitting speeds and answer the polls that way as well. And if you listen to this show, you know we got another
poll up. Okay, we are finishing the Sweet sixteen. After this pole, we will me have eight sports movies remaining. There is one spot left in the Elite eight. We've got the football region come into its regional final. The one seed is still alive. It is Rudy, the Golden domers out there in Notre Dame, or the twelve seed. What is now the Cinderella of this tournament is Adam Sandler and the water Boy. It's a one twelve matchup. You know, I love Rudy even though he was offsides
on that play. It's it's one of the sports movies that has made me shed a tear. There's that guy Rock you know. Um, he used to be the star of a show called Rock. You know, the guy like the janitor guy who let him sleep there, the black the ball black guy. I love that one. But I'm talking about the water Boy man. You know, the Modula Blangada slap hands. Um, that was a great movie as well. Where are you going on this one, Chris? Rudy is one of those movies. It's a great story about a
true story. Actually, but the problem is it got disneyfied everything that happened. How you said, like he was off sides. I want to hear something funny. Yeah, that last play that Rudy apparently got in, he didn't play. No, there's a story. There's a rumor he did not play. He was on the bench, but he did not play. He dressed, but he never actually got into game action in real life. Yes, and the and the whole chant the Rudy Rudy that didn't happen, or at least it happened in the locker room.
It did not happen. So just like that, just like they did with Miracle, there was some disnification, uh in these movies. I'm fading Rudy and I voted for the water but we're voting for the water Boy. Interesting. And you know what, you know what's interesting. We got my man Howie Balaban on Twitter that's been replying to a lot of these polls, and um, when you come back next week. And for you those of you who don't know, my man Chris Bavona, the bounty Hunter has taken a
little bit of a vacation here in the summer. After this show, we are not going to see him again until next Thursday, Okay, but don't worry about it. My man, Mike Florio is gonna be holding me down to morrow and for the early part of this week. We gotta get his take on some of these teams and on
some of these movies. But um, Chris, as you know Howie Balaban has been chiming in on Twitter a lot, and Um, I am actually going to invite him to come on our show when you're back, when we have the final four, to get his perspective and we can chop it up a little bit about what is really the greatest sports movie of all time? And I bring that up because if you remember, yesterday he talked about
how in the Natural Roy Hobbs actually lost the game. Remember, so now you're saying in Rudy that that was also not entirely factually based and correct. So I think it's very interesting, like you said, almost to Hollywood or the Dignification. How he responded as well to this poll. He says, this one will be close. He went with Rudy, but won't argue with anybody who goes with the water Boy.
It is tight, right, now. Okay, it is still viable for you to get out there right now at F and T s Y Radio at spitting Speeds and make your voice heard right now. However, the one Seed Rudy does have a slight edge. Okay, Rudy is up right now fifty six percent of the vote for the water Boy. But if you're like my man, Chris Bovona, and you want to see the water Boy continue It's Cinderella's story and let Adam Sandler get all the way to the Elite eight, you still have time to get out there
and vote. I kind of think though, that Rudy is gonna win, and that would make only a few one seeds still left. Rocky is a one seed that's still alive, and Rudy in a close matchup right now against the water Boy. There is still time to have your vote counted. Get on Twitter right now, at F and T s Y radio or at Spitting Speeds and you can answer
the poll. One more thing I wanted to talk to you about here today, Chris, before you go, You remember a few weeks ago we had this thing to start off Shark Week, and Michael Phelps was raising the Shark and our voters actually thought that Michael Phelps had a better chance against the shark than Con McGregor had against Floyd Mayweather. Well, apparently, Michael Phelps has caught a lot of flak for this race. For the exact thing that I talked about. He wasn't actually racing a shark as
you saw. It was like the c g I digitized superimposed shark that they did weird experiments trying to like get the shark to like, you know, go chasing food and then they superimpose that in like a lane against Michael Michael Phelps. Well, listen, Michael Phelps is catching heat on this and he has responded. Michael Phelps says, and I quote, you can believe whatever you want. Everything was either presented on air during interviews that I did throughout
Shark Week or at the beginning of the show. Sorry people feel that way, but for me, it's something I always wanted to do and I was honored to be able to do it. Some people just decide not to listen to some of the things that we do. It's not my fault you don't do that. It's pretty easy to open up your ears and listen to what the TV is saying what the announcers are saying or what I'm saying in interviews. It's hard to swim in a cage when you're next to a shark like I wouldn't
be able to move at the right speed. So how we did it was the best way we could and it turned out incredible. Again, I'm gonna say that for the rest of my life because I absolutely loved it. Michael Felt defending this ridiculous UH publicity stunt for Shark Week about him racing the shark. What do you think about this, Chris? In terms of Michael Felt actually having to come out and make comments about the heat he was catching, I mean, what else is he gonna say.
He's not gonna go up there and say, you know, this is the stupidest thing I ever did in my life. I think he knows the dumbest thing he ever did was getting caught with that bong. But maybe maybe what I'm gonna say is that I believe that he had no choice he had to say something like this. I know that if I had to do this, I know someone will probably be telling me like, look, I don't care what you think, we need you to say. This is the best thing ever. Yeah, I hear you, but
I gotta tell you, they suckered me in. I watched it. I talked about it on this very show, you know, but honestly, it was like the c g I thing really didn't do it for me. It reminded me of like when you go to the ballpark here, like at Yankee Stadium and they do like the subway race. It always looks close, you know, they always manipulated so that it looks close. Or when they do like the hot dog race, you know at ballparks, it always looks like
it's gonna be close, but that's not real. It's all choreographed. It always looks like it's gonna be a big fight in wrestling, but it's not real. I thought we were gonna see Michael Phelps racist shark the same way we saw like you saying Bolt race a horse or Jesse Owens race a giraffe, something like that. It let me down, and apparently I'm not the only one, because Phelps had to say something back about it. When we come back, we tie a bow. On this next episode of Fantasy Freestyle,
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Going around the mid league. Major League Baseball Real Quick Royal's up on the Cardinals, one nothing in the second inning, Indians up on Blake Snell and the Rays one nothing as well that game. In the third, Blue Jays have a one nothing lead on the Yankees. In the third, Gean Carlo Stanton has gone yard for the thirty ninth time this year, that leads the major leagues, and the Marlins have a two nothing lead on the Nationals. The only other game going on right now Mets all over
Vince Velasquez and the Phillies. There are for nothing in the third Neil Walker and Wilma Flores have gone yard. In those preseason games that have started, there's only been one touchdown scored, and it's been by the team that scored the most points in the NFL last season, the Atlanta Falcons. Pretty good work Matt Ryan with a night three three completions from three attempts, thirty two yards and a touchdown to the new forty million dollar man. Davante
Freeman caught a fifteen yard touchdown. Everything looking good in Atlanta. Remember, I'm looking at guys like uh Austin Hooper, Mohammed Sunu to see if any of those guys really get some traction. Checking in on the polls again, more people are saying that the nine and a half wind total for the Cowboys is actually a good line. That has increased. Less people are saying to take the under. Still say take the over. The under is still winning at forty two.
That's where I would go. I expect regression for the Dallas Cowboys. And then when it comes to our movies, we got a tight one Rudy and the water Boy. They Rudy the one Seed does have a lead. But you can still go on f N T s Y radio or spitting speeds on Twitter and still vote for the water Boy like my man Chris Bovona did to try to make that and upset Cinderella. Moving on to the Elite Eight. Hey, Chris, have a great vacation. Okay, where are you going? Man? Um going to visit the
future X Mrs Bevona in Memphis? WHOA, I hope she's not listening. She's I hope she's not listening. I hope her family is not listening. So you're gonna be in Memphis, Tennessee, which is great because we preview the a f C South next week. Maybe I can get you to call in on Tennessee Titans Day when we're talking Exotic smash Mouth. Have a great time. We'll see you when you get back.
I'll be here tomorrow with Mikey Florio previewing, uh, you know, recapping the NFC East, previewing the Elite Eight, and uh breaking down all the preseason action. Okay, Dane Martinez fantasy freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, see you tomorrow.