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Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. As always, I want to give a shout out to our sports byline affiliates around the country and to the service men and women out there listening on the American Forces Radio Network looking to get a little taste the home from your boy Speeds and Spitting Statistician as we help you win your leagues and win that cash. For the first time in a while, I got my man, the love Dr Donnie Burns back with me on the ones and

Twol's keeping. It's so hot that we sweat steam and we got a good show for you here on a Monday. As usual, I'm gonna be giving you my starting line up in Major League baseball. I'm gonna tell you how I hit over the weekend with some starters and what starters you need to play tonight. I don't know if you just heard on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, but I was in for Tony Senkada on DFS Lineup Locks, so I got a couple of others stacks for you as well. My man Benny Richardi helped me do that.

We're also gonna go into my team by team preview for the NFL. You know we've been doing that. We covered the NFC West last week. This week we're going to go to the a f C North and we are starting with the Cincinnati Bengals. I'm gonna tell you everything you need to know about Marvin Lewis and the Red Rifle and their prospects this year. We're also gonna get into the mind of Derek Carr, he the one hundred and twenty five million dollar man. We have some

audio from him to share. And also listen, Donnie hasn't been here, but we have been doing the sports movie Greatest of All Time tournament. We are going to keep track of that. UM big shout out to my men Chris Bavona and petnsa dory that held a couple of matchups over the weekend on their show, the producers, we're

gonna update the brackets, but listen as usual. If you want to get at me this weekend, you can at eight four four eight four three six eight seven nine, and you can check us out on Twitter, at F and T s Y Radio. You could always follow me ask me questions at Spitting Speeds. We got some poll questions up. We're asking you what you think about the Cincinnati Bengals season. And we also got those movie matchups

in the baseball region. We got Bad News Bears versus Mr. Three thousand, and we also want to find out out of these basketball movies Hoosiers or Semi pro which will be moving on, will the recency biases that have been happening so far will it hold true? The love Dr Donnie Burns and Speeds the Spitting Statistician Here on a Monday on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network Fantasy freest I'll come all right back, let's go. Welcome back to the

Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Copy Boy Dane Martinez Speeds the Spitting Statistician, Holding you down and I got my boy Donnie Burns with me on the ones in twos back after a little bit of a break. We had the Night Owl and for a bunch of last week. But Donnie Burns is back. He has a percent, and he is ready to be so hot that we sweat steam. Let's get into our starting lineup and we start with news and notes from around

Major League Baseball. Listen, dynasty owners, season long owners, fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers, this is bad news for us that broke over the weekend. Didn't have a chance to explain to you guys. Starting pitcher Julio Urius, the stud who has been the prize jewel of the Dargers form system for a while, he is going to have surgery on his shoulder and missed the next twelve to fourteen months. The question is, if you haven't been a dynasty league, do you hold him because you think he'll

be back for the second half of next year. As I reported at the top of the show, if you listen to the news update at the top of the hour, the Washington Nationals have signed k rod Francisco Rodriguez. Listen. I have been telling you guys for a while that the Nationals were in the market for a closer. I told you they were looking at people like Brad hand. I told you they were looking at people like David

Robertson and others. Pat Nie Shack, for example. Maybe k Rod is the guy they signed him to a minor league contract, but listen, he's gonna be up with the big club right away. This very much hurts guys like code to Glover, Sean Kelly and others that they have been using in the revolving door in that role. The Yankees made a couple of roster moves today as well.

Aaron Hicks, who has been hot, has been moved to the ten day d L because of the oblique issue he has, but he will be replaced by returning Jacobe Ellsbury. Ellsbury coming back off the concussion d L today. Madison bum Gardner is starting to have rehab starts. Okay, he was very strong in his first rehab start. He went three no hit innings. But the issue is his fastball has to be still built back up. He was sitting between eight and ninety one. We also have some people

returning from the d L this week. The Indians have activated Michael Brantley from the d L. Remember he was on paternity leave then had an ankle issue. He's back on the active roster, but is not in the starting lineup tonight for the Indians. Uh. Carlos Gonzalez breaking news. He is also going to the d L for the Colorado Rockies. He has a shoulder injury as well. Last piece I'll give you later on this week. You could expect the debut this season of Carlos Rodon, been battling

a bicep injury. Finally gonna come back for the Childe Socks to debut against the Yankees on Wednesday. That is going to be a very interesting start. Rodon might be another guy who could be uh pursued by teams at the trading deadline. All right, I's going to the starting lineup here. I gave you guys all weekend long, and if you listen to me, you probably made a little bit of cash. On Friday, I told you that Archer and Stroudsburg were probably the chalk because they were the

most expensive. But I gave you a guy to beat him with, and hopefully you listen to me, because Stroudsburg did not have a good outing on Friday. He gave up five runs in five innings. That's not what you want to see. Archer also gave up four runs. He did go seven, struck out only four. Gotta win. But I told you that the guy to go with was Alex Would. I told you Alex Would had been hot. I told you Alex Would has been on fire since late April. Had won six of his last seven starts.

Now you can make that seven out of eight. I told you that he had struck out fifty eight guys in his last forty eight innings. Well, he kept that pace up, going six innings and striking out seven, only giving up one run as the Dodgers won six to one on Friday night. On Saturday, listen, I told you it was Ace Day and there was some chalk, and boy did they continue to perform. Corey Kluber seven shutout innings with thirteen k's I was on that. I also

Clayton Kershaw. Obviously, he had six shutout innings, struck out eight as the Dodgers won. For nothing, guys, I told you though, that could be interesting. I told you that Garrett Cole has been better recently. He went six innings, giving up only one run. Striking out five as the Pirates beat the Cardinals seven to three. Also, Garrett Cole maybe pitching for his next team. Okay, he's a guy who was probably on the trade block and may move

in the next month. I also told you that I liked Lance mccullor's and his return from the d l against Seattle. He only went five, but did strike out eight, only giving up a run as the Astros one on Saturday five to two. And then, listen, I've been saying it all season long. My man Robbie Ray went on Saturday. He didn't have the strikeouts that he usually does, surprising because he was facing the Phillies, not a lineup that

scares you. He did, however, go six and a third, gave up only two, struck out five as the Diamondbacks one on Saturday nine to two. Yesterday, Listen, I didn't know Brad Peacock's wife was gonna have a kid. Okay. I told you that Brad Peacock was someone with swing and miss stuff, and that he was getting stretched out, going longer and longer. I thought he might have gone six innings, but instead, No One won six innings for the Astros on Sunday. They played it as a bullpen game.

It ultimately worked for them, but hey, it wasn't. Brad Peacock. His start has been pushed back, but we do want to hear at the Fantasy Freestyle congratulate him on the birth of a child tonight. And if you will listen to the DFS lineup block, you know there is not many places to go. It is only a six game slate, and you got two big time matchups. You got Burials Vers Sale in Boston and then you got Hammill's Verse

Carrasco in Cleveland. Those are the guys that are highest up on the board eleven thousand, seven hundred for sale and both Hamils and Carrasco are over nine thousand. I say there are places you can go. I wouldn't mind a guy like Jeff so Marja or Raman Marquez. Okay, that game that's happening in San Francisco tonight. I would rather go there for my starters as opposed to these games in uh Boston or in Cleveland. But hey, that's

just me. I do want to bring up, though, one extra point that was a story from over the weekend that I think is interesting because you know, here we talk about everything, not only how to help you win net cash, but also the news and notes that are

out there. I found this situation with um Roberto Ozuna very very interesting and all even more interesting because healthcare is in the news right now, as you know, when we talk about the potential to repeal and replace, you know, we talked about these different things that are pre existing conditions and blah blah blah, and we also talk about mental health and robertoo. Zuna was in essence unavailable over

of the weekend. Okay, the Blue Jays actually blew a save in a five four lost to Kansas City on Friday. Manager John Gibbons came out and said that Ozuna is not feeling well and quote unquote, that's all you need to know. Then later on this week, Ozuna, over the weekend Ozuna comment came out and said the following, I don't really know how to explain it. I just feel anxious. I feel like I'm lost a little bit right now. This has nothing to do with me being on the field.

I feel great out there. It's just when I'm out of baseball. When I'm not on the field, I feel weird and a little bit lost. Ozuna has been doing it okay, He's saved nineteen out of twenty to save opportunities to four eight e r a a point seven six whip. This guy is thirty seven strikeouts and only three walks and twenty nine innings. He is performing as you would expect him to. But I find it very

interesting that he's got something else going on. So my question is this, do we respect this in the sports world. I mean, my man clearly has some anxiety going on, me space and spitting statistician. I mentioned it with Zach Grinky, who got his ninth win of the season today. All the time he had bouts with anxiety. It sounds like

Ozoona is as well. And here's the thing. We have the ten day d L right now, right we also have the seven day concussion d L. And so let me ask you, because I know how teams need the roster spots. I've been talking about how the Dodgers are manipulating roster spots and sending people up and down because they want to have in essence of seven man rotation. Do you think it's time for us to have a

different kind of designation for something like this. Listen, if people have brain injuries or on the concussion d L, that is something different. Should there be a spot where we in fact respect the mental health of baseball players out there right now? I personally think it is because it's hard, especially in the sports world, when you have a guy who you know, quite frankly is brave enough to come forward and say something like this that he

feels anxious that he's lost. I think that professional sports, and in this case Major League Baseball, need to recognize this, wrap their arms around this, and not make it hard for a player to declare something like this, or for a team to manage the roster in order to support a player going through about something like this. Now, I don't want it to get to a point where you could just you know, put someone in a different designation because they're feeling a little bad. But this seems to

be legit. And uh so, here at the fantasy freestyle, I just wanted to say out there, we're behind you, Roberto Rozuna. We hope that you know you are able to work through whatever it is, not just so you could get back on the field and support these fantasy stats, right, but so that you are actually you know, you know what they say, you can't help anybody until you help yourself first. So hopefully Roto Rozuna is okay, and hopefully the Blue Jays and Gibbons continue to treat this appropriately.

When we come back here, though, we're gonna give our team by team preview. We're going into the Cincinnati Bengals, and I got a lot of stuff to talk about with my man Donnie Burns. It's been a while, so come on back Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle here in the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Dane Martinez speeds the spitting statistician in with my man Donnie Burns on the one

and to the love Doctor. As we get into the cipher here, let's kick it off our NFL time of day. Remember this is like a dark period really in the NFL. So like I said, the news and notes are gonna be short, and there's gonna be a lot of these greatest shape of his life stories. If you listen to the Fantasy Freestyle, you know I have been talking about that for a couple of weeks, and we're gonna get

into the Cincinnati Bengals. So I want to remind you at F and T s Y Radio on Twitter right now at Spitting Speeds, we gotta pull question up asking you what you think about the Cincinnati Bengals. The overall win total for them this season is at eight and a half. Do you think the Bengals are gonna be better than that? Worse than that? Contending five hundred a threat to pick high in the draft next year? Let us know at F and T s Y Radio and at Spitting Speeds on Twitter, we got that pole question

up there for you right now. I also want to let you know that UM Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has started throwing again. Okay, he's starting to remember he had that surgery on his shoulder. They're going to push him very slowly, but they're saying that he looks good and he will be ready for the start of actual training camp. And I bring this up because remember last week we heard Andrew Luck who also had surgery around the same time. He is still not ready just yet, and there is

a little concern for Andrew Luck. It's good for Panthers fans to hear that for Cam Newton, no such issues seems to be the case. Also, quarterback news in Denver. They're saying reports out there are saying that now Paxton Lynch has closed the gap on Trevor Simeon. In O. T A. S this is going to be one of the quarterback battles in the NFL that we need to definitely watch throughout the summer and into camp. Paxson Lynch or Trevor Simeon. I'm not sure who's gonna be under

center Week one for the Broncos. Whoever it is, they'll have Damarrius Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders to throw too, so it's important to keep an eye on that. And like I said, greatest shape of his life story. Out in Washington, head coach Jay Gruden says third year wide receiver Jamison Crowder is quote unquote an excellent, dynamic player and continues to prove every day why we like him so much.

If you listen to the fantasy freestyle. Ever since last football season, I've been telling you about Jamison Crowder, and I told you especially in dynasty leagues, because I told you that DeShawn Jackson, I told you that Pierre Garson would not be on the Washington football team this year, and that Jamison Crowder was gonna get targets a plenty. Well, here you go and Jay Gruden talking up Jamison Crowder. Okay, so now let me get into my team by team

previews today. We're going after the Cincinnati Bengals. And here's what it comes down to. It comes down to did they get the right kind of help for Andy Dalton. Here's what I mean about that. You may see their draft and be like, oh, they got the speedster John Ross. He have the four point two to forty time and you may say, Yo, that really helps the Cincinnati Bengals. That really helps a guy like a j Green. Then they turn around in the second raft, the second round,

they draft Joe Mixon. Joe Mixon is a guy with a checkered pass who had a lot of baggage, but no one denies his talent on the football field, saying that he some people thought he was the best running back skills wise in the in the draft this year. Yes over Leonard four Nette, Yes over Dalvin Cook, Yes over Christian McCaffrey. So they have mixing, they have Ross. But here's the thing. On that offensive side of the ball, they lost two Pro Bowl caliber offensive line man on

the left side. They lost, they lost Whitworth, and they lost their guard Zeitler. I think that is a huge drawback for the Cincinnati Bengals that people are not talking about. Why because I don't have faith in Andy Dalton. I think remember all NFL teams their their quarterbacks fall in one of five categories. You are either in the searching category, the ascending category, the uninspiring category, the elite category, or the sunsetting category. My thesis has been the worst of

those five is the uninspiring category. If you know you don't have a quarterback, you're gonna be good faster than if you have one of these uninspiring quarterbacks. And to me, Andy Dalton is solidly in that category. Um A man Corey Parts in the Fantasy Executive has him right at quarterback eighteen for Andy Dalton, and I kind of agree. I would even say less. Andy Dalton is okay if he has a clean pocket, but when there is a rush in his face, Andy Dalton is prone to making mistakes.

And I don't care if you've got John Ross blowing the top off the defense. I don't care if you have a hobbled you know, Tyler Eifford, if he's getting pressure. Andy Dalton will make mistakes. So I think losing these two offensive lineman is going to prove very costly for the Cincinnati Bengals. We look into the backfield, let me tell you something. They like Joe mix Mixon. I like Joe mixon skill set as well. I'm here to tell you this will be Joe Mixon's backfield by the end

of the season. They quite frankly, would not take the public relations risk on this guy unless if they thought he was a stud and going to be there running back for years to come. Already, they already have pr nonsense around guys like Pacman Jones, around guys like Vontes Perfect. Okay, why take on another one of these characters unless they think it is worth it in terms of the production. Clearly Cincinnati does. I think it might be too. I think Joe Mixon is going to be a sneaky RB

two in many drafts. Okay, Giovanni Bernard is fine if you have a PPR league. I think he will once again get forty to fifty receptions this year. The issue is Jeremy Hill. Jeremy Hill's time has passed. He is the one who does not have a seat when the music stops. This is gonna be Joe Mixon in early downs, and then when they're down or in passing situations or in the two minute drill, it's gonna be all Giovanni Bernard. If you have Jeremy Hill in the Dynasty League, you

can try and get something for him. Let's move to the wide receivers, though. A J. Green I think is going to have a monster season. And here's why. There are a few top five, top seven wide outs that had the other side of the field changing for them. I'm talking about a guy like Mike Evans who has DeShawn Jackson now on the other side of the field.

I'm talking about a guy like Odell Beckham who now has Brandon Marshall on the other side of the field in those situations, DeShawn Jackson Brandon Marshall, I actually think that does a little bit of a hit to these elite wide out ones. For a J. Green, not so much. While John Ross is gonna help you in real football, how defenses have to scheme for him getting a J. Green more space. And you may say the same thing about DeShawn Jackson out there in Tampa, but a J.

Green is gonna be a target monster. My man, Corey Parson, the Fantasy executive, has A J. Green has his wide receiver number five. I'm telling you, I think A J. Green, when all is said and done, is going to be in the top three this year in production. I think he could be ahead of a guy like t Y Hilton. Like I said, I think Mike Evans and O'Dell. You're never sure how the guys like DeShawn Jackson and Brandon Marshall are gonna change it. Will they impact and he

read zone targets, things like that. A J. Green is not having his targets impacted. Trust me, A J. Green goes back to being at the top of the heap. I think he can be a top three wide receiver this year. If you are drafting eleven or twelve in your league in the first round, go get yourself a J. Green. John Ross. It's gonna have a game or two where he has five catches for a hundred sixty seven yards and two touchdowns. That's gonna happen. He's gonna be good

for best ball in my opinion. But let me tell you something. A J. Green trusted he's a first round draft pick. He's a wide out one. I think he could be in the top three to four this year in terms of production at the tight end side. Listen Tyler Reiford, Like remember two years ago when he had that incredible like double digit touchdowns, but he has been injured ever since. Unfortunately it came in the Pro Bowl, if you remember, he is right now nursing an injury.

Corey Parson has him as tight end number nine. He will not be on many of my teams when I'm in that range right there, tight end eight, nine, eleven, something like that. I would rather have the black Unicorn martellez Bennett in Green Bay. I would rather have Zach Ertz getting comfortable with Carson Wentz in Philly. I am not gonna take a chance on effort and his injury history this year. He may wind up with you know,

seven eight touchdowns. He may be healthy. When I'm gonna get a tight end in that mid range, you know, in that second tier, it will not be effort. It will be someone who I could run out there every week and feel is a solid floor. I don't want to have to have him stashed on my bench for half the season with a little red d or Q next to his name. Okay, like I said, a J. Green is my diamond, my fool gaizy to forget about

his Jeremy Hill for the Cincinnati Bengals. Now, let's look at their season, Let's look at their schedule, and let's look at what Vegas says. Vegas says, like I mentioned before that the overunder for their win total is eight and a half. Okay, they play the a f C South this year, and I, like I've been telling you, I think that a f C South is on the come up. Okay. I like what Houston's doing. I like what Tennessee is doing. I like what India is doing.

I think all three of those teams are better than Cincinnati. I think Cincinnati is on the downswing. I think Marvin Lewis's voice is stale. He's one of the longest tenured coaches in the NFL right now, and I'm telling you Andy Dalton is nothing special. His uninspiring QB play is gonna take a hit now that the offensive line is not there. And remember Hugh Jackson, the quarterback whisper, is not there for him any more either. Let me tell you the one thing I do like they play the

NFC North as the NFC Division. They have to go to lambeau Field in Green Bay, but it's in Week three in September when it's still nice out. And these other games they have against NFC North opponents, they happen weeks fourteen, fifteen, and sixteen, with two of them being at home. I like seeing those interconference matchups. You know, on a random Week fifteen, the Bengals at home against they the Lions or the Bears. That might be situations where they could win. However, I still believe that I

take the under on the Cincinnati Bengals. I think the Cincinnati Bengals are seven and nine team this year. I think they are on the decline. They are not the team that I am gonna ride with. I think you guys can actually make money fading the Cincinnati Bengals. I think they are the third worst team in that division and there's a lot of teams that are ascending that are gonna leap frog the Cincinnati Bengals this year. When

we come back, here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna get Donnie Burns his take on the Cincinnati Bengals, and then we're gonna check, you know in the NFL who's ascending. Look at the odds for the m v P. One of those guys is Derek Carr. We he of the hundred twenty five million dollars. We're gonna hear from him what he's trying to be, who he's trying to not be. All that. When we come back at your boy, Day Martinez here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning

Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Shoutout to our sports Byline affiliates around the country. Come on back, let's go. Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Compy Boy Jane Martinez Speeds and spitting statistician holding you down. Remember, if you want to get in touch with us during the Fantasy Freestyle, you can at eight four four eight

four three six eight seven nine. You could also get at us on Twitter, at f and T s Y Radio also at Spitting Speeds, So you know, ask us questions. Answer the polls will help you, will help you out. Right now, we gotta pull up on the Cincinnati Bengals. The over under four them is eight and a half for the season. You heard my take, I'm on the under. I think this is a team on the decline. I don't think Andy Dalton can sustain himself without a good

offensive line. Fifty four percent of you pretty much agree with me. You say you also see the Bengals as a purgatory kind of five hundred team. Let me bring in my man, Donnie Burns, the Love Doctor. You guys haven't heard him on Fantasy Freestyle in a little while. Donnie, do you agree with the people and speeds that, uh, the Bengals are pretty much just purgatory. Their window has sort of closed to be a playoff contender in the

a f C. Yeah. I was actually just gonna mention that they need to focus more on getting past the first ground of the playoffs. Um. I really like what they did in the draft, uh, drafting two very high octane players in uh John Ross and Joe Mixon. And I like what you your take on a j Green being in the top three. And I like it for

those two specific reasons. I know they did lose offensive lineman, but these defenses are gonna have to stay on their toes with Joe Mixon because not a lot of people know he can catch the ball out of the backfield as well, not to the effect of Curtis Samuel or Christian McCaffrey. But he can catch the ball, and you have John Ross trying to take the top off the d every chance he gets. So I liked a J to be a target monster this year. And you know, I even drafted him number one that I'll pick ten

in one of my nffcs. So I really like him this year. Yeah, I like a J. Green big time as well. And listen, some fantasy ball players are focusing on their drafts later on this summer. You, however, you know the first step of building a fantasy football champion is to be early with it and picked the squad at roto experts dot com get the exclusive Edge Fantasy

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that will take you to the chip. So Get the exclusive Edge Fantasy Football package at roto Experts dot com and be sure to enter promo code free Radio at checkout for your special discount. Hey, Donnie Burns, another thing that's happened since, you know, since you've been gone. You shouldn't have left me without adult beat to step two.

But uh, Derek Carr has signed a five year, one hundred and twenty five million dollar extension, you know with the Los Angeles, Oakland Las Vegas Raiders, and he, uh, he had something to say about it, how you know, regardless, now that he's got his money, he doesn't have to be the man. He doesn't care how he gets it done, as long as the Raiders, you know, wind up on top as a team when the final gun goes off. Listen to what Derek Carr had to say at his

press conference. Number one goals and make sure that I give everything I have to this organization. So uh, there's no pressure, there's no you know, we'll be on the one yard line and I won't give it to Marshawn. I'll throw it. You know, it's none of that stuff. I don't care about the stats, you know, I don't. That's not my number one of Jack. I don't care if I throw tin touchdowns next year. If we win every game, that's all I care about. Heyo, Donnie, did

you hear that subtle dig right there? And my man danger Russ Wilson? I did, and I don't disagree. Okay, so let let me let's get into this now, because all of a sudden, now that you know my man is flawsome with his millions of dollars, it used to be whose heir was this? It was Russell Wilson's. Maybe it's Derek Carr's there out there on the West coast right now. The other thing, remember Beast Mode marsh On Lynch signed with the Raiders in the off season, and

remember Lynch and Russell Wilson never got along. There was rumors that that locker room was divided. What do you think about Derek Carr as a young quarterback here pretty much trying to build and ingratiate himself with Marshawn Lynch very early to make sure there's no fissures in the locker room. What do you think about that move there by Derek Carr? I kind of like it because he if you watch a lot of his interviews, he plays very well to the media and two coaches are like

a lot of coaches really like him. He's kind of that you know, good boy, kind of could say anything. So that was pretty funny, you know for us analysts that kind of listening to things. I thought that was pretty funny, no doubt, No doubt. You mentioned that he has that good image to be the kind of face of a franchise, right, and he's also at the quarterback position. That takes me to the odds for the most valuable

player coming up for this NFL season. Okay, those odds are out, and your odds on favorite right now is Tom Brady at four to one. Then you have some other quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers at seven to one, Derek Carr is the third choice in Vegas to be the m v P of the league at nine to one. Then I'm surprised your next choice is actually a tie between Ben Roethlisberger and Dak Prescott at ten to one. Then you've got guys like Matt Ryan, Russell Wilson, Drew Brees,

Cam Newton, and Andrew Luck going down there. Let me tell you something. The way I look at it is this, First of all, you're never gonna get species has been in statistician to tell you that this value in taking Tom Brady as the m v P, even though I think the Patriots are gonna roll to fourteen fifteen, maybe even sixteen wins season. We'll get to that a little

bit later on. The thing I think about, as you gotta look at is who is going to be the quarterback of the teams in the a f C in the NFC that get that first round by you know, those one and two seeds. Whoever is the quarterback of those teams? I think are viable options at value to beat Tom Brady and the Patriots in this kind of prop bet. So that's why I like Aaron Rodgers at seven one and I like Russell Wilson at twelve to one.

I think those are the teams that are gonna have the buys in the NFC as we move along, and in the a f C, there's no reason why it won't be the Raiders at nine to one. Um, Donnie Burns, I say this is all quarterbacks. There are some running backs out here. Okay, you got Zeke Elliott at twenty one, you got David Johnson at thirty three to one, do you have anybody you think that could be off the beaten path that we need to look at potentially to

be an m v P candidate this year. Well, in terms of running back, I'm pretty sure we haven't even talked about Levan Bell. I'm not even sure if he's on that. And that's the thing I was gonna get to. Levy on Bell is not even on the board in Las Vegas. We go down to things like a hundred to one for DeMarco Murray, Lashawn McCoy, Marshawn Lynch, and other running backs. Okay, we talked about you know, Adrian Peterson is on the board, but Levy On Bell is not.

Do you think that means they're assuming that he's gonna get suspended or something like this? Where do you think this comes from? I don't think that that's that because they wouldn't have big Ben so high like we were talking about before. In order for big Ben to win the m v P, you need all three of those guys, So that wouldn't hold true if that's how they thought, because big Ben is so high on that list. So

I'm not really sure why they left him out like that. Yeah, I agree with you maybe they missed the boat on that one. I mean they got defensive players in here. J. J. Watt at sixty six to one, Von Miller at a hundred to one. And here's the other thing. If you want to fade, if you want to be off the beaten path, at sixty six to one for the NFL M v P. Jamis Winston at sixties six to one. If you want to put a couple of shekels on that, I'm gonna tell you right now, it's better value than

a quarterback that's at fifty two one. Who's Sam Bradford. I don't know what they're talking about here. I am not betting on Sam Bradford at fifty two one, but you may see me throw a couple of bucks on Jamis Winston at sixty six to one. But I think you're absolutely right. No Levy on Bell is kind of surprising to me. Hey, Donnie Burns, though I missed you last week because it was big things in the end,

a right, big things in the NBA. We had the draft, we had the start of the Big three league as well. I want to get your thoughts on the draft, But first, are you aware you know here on fantasy freestyles we put the fun and functional sports radio. We have talked about how Twitter kind of is a bad thing for sports and sports families. Remember like Dan Carpenter's wife talking about Richard Sherman. You know what Kate Upton said after Justin Verlander wasn't on the uh Cy Young balloting. But

check these out. Here are a few examples of tweets that were dug up right after the NBA draft. And I want to find out from you which you want? You think we're the craziest Okay, Donny So, first Oklahoma City Thunder, first realnd draft pick, guard Terrence Ferguson. He had tweets last year after the Warriors came back on the Thunder from their three one deficit with pictures of Clay Thompson being like, hey, uh you guys. You know you guys, I guess missed the boat where y'all Thunder

fans at now? And now he's on the Oklahoma City Thunder. If you're gonna be drafted and potentially on an NBA team, you gotta know you can't take a position in a fan way rooting against that, right, don Yeah, Terence to KF Ferguson that he was. Actually I followed him in high school. He he didn't even go to college. He went. I think he went overseas to play. Um. I love how these guys get there. You know, their tweets dug up though it says they have to know going to

the draft that people are exactly exactly. So here's another one. Okay, Zach Collins, who was incredible man, indible, incredible big man for the Zags, did work in the National Championship game. Check this out. So he's out west right in Gonzaga. Blah blah blah. When he was a kid, he tweeted that the Portland Trails Amazers would draft him with their tenth overall pick. You know what happened on Thursday night, The Portland Trailblazers drafted him with the eleventh overall pick. So,

I mean, maybe my man is a little clairvoyant. What do you think about that? Pretty cool? Is right aboard? Absolutely? Hey, talk about feeling good, talk about feeling good. I got one more for you that I've been saving for last and you know what I'm talking about. Dennis Smith Jr. The number eight or nine pick guard out of NC State. This guy, I'm gonna tell you what the I'm gonna tell you what the tweet was, and then I'm gonna

tell you another little detail about it. Okay. Dennis Smith Jr. Says that, uh, everybody, wait, let me get the exact tweet. I don't I don't wanna, I don't wanna misquote him. Okay, he says, everybody has God given talents. Get ready for this, Donnie, Mine just so happens to be slang in this wood in my pants. Now. Now wait a second, though, I haven't even given you the kicker yet. This is a tweet from November of two thousand and twelve, five years ago.

My man Dennis Smith Jr. Was fourteen years old when he was tweeting that. Um. He has obviously since deleted that, but apparently his talent has been slinging this wood ever since. He was a fourteen year old Donnie, When you see that in the front office of a team that drafted him, is that a good thing or a bad thing? I would say it's neither. Like you mentioned, he was a fifteen year old boy. Can you think back to when

you were fifteen year old boy? There? So, I mean, there are adults in that front office, so they understand, Hey, this kid was about fourteen years old when he said it. We would be remissed if we were not old enough to understand that. Fair enough, fair enough, you know, Donny Um. On Thursday, we had a great time covering the first hour of the NBA Draft. I had met man Kevin Walsh and Susmania Greg Sussman here on the Fantasy Freestyle and you know, while we were on air, we had

news of the Jimmy Butler deal going to Minnesota. Okay, that's why I want to get at you about this day. They trade Jimmy Butler for Zach Levine, your boy Chris Dunn and a pick that turns into be the finisher, Uh, the cat from Arizona. Let me ask you something. Listen, Jimmy Butler one of the best two way players in the league, going going back to reunite with Thibodeaux, Uh, Karl, Anthony Towns Andrew Wiggins. Does this make Minnesota a you know, a threat in the West. Of course it does. And

that's you know, it's essentially adding a vet. It would be a young vet, someone who knows how to be a professional, notes, how to win knows what to do. You can get that core going, similar to what the Lakers are trying to do in using Lonzo Ball to facilitate their young players more. This is like getting a young vet to try to make this a Western conference. You know, they could make a run for a seven or six seed this year. I mean, they haven't even been in the playoffs in a while. So and let

me ask you something else. Remember when that Boston trade broke and they went down to the number three spot. I told you that likely they were not going to go point guard because they had Isaiah Thomas and they were gonna try and get someone who they liked at one. They were gonna get him at three. It turns out to be Duke Wing Jason Tatum, And then later on Ain said that is who they wanted at one. You love that pick? Tell me why tell me why you love the Celtics when he was my favorite player in

the draft right. Not only did I think he was the best player, but I thought it was a great fit for the Celtics. M Like I said, you could move him and Jake Crowder, he who has a very very friendly contracts. You can kind of do whatever with that. But that's a good switch off, even if you don't want to start the kid. He's fantastic players. And remember, I still believe that Gordon Hayward is gonna wind up in Boston before the end of next month as well.

So maybe the Celtics are actually going for it to be that team that is the threat to Lebron in the Eastern Conference. When we come back here in the Fantasy Freestyle, Hey, Donnie, we gotta preview our sports movie bracket real quick. I got two matchups. Want to hear your thoughts, want to see what the people are voting. We'll check in on scores and votes, all that good stuff here on the Fantasy Freestyle, here on the award

winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Your boy speech, it's betting statistician. Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. I want to tell you real quick, if you've been listening for the last two hours, you heard me on DFS lineup lock and if you listen to me, oh, you're feeling good right now. I told you Wilson Contreres was in the leadoff spot for Joe Madden. What did he do to start the game? He hit a leadoff home run, his eighth of the season, Contreras

in the leadoff spot. I also told you that some lefties I would be okay with against burials. Was Mitch Morland what he do? He has already hit his twelfth home run of the year. And the other thing I told you was that I was okay fading Carlos Carrasco and the Rangers have done a whole lot of that. They are up seven one on the Indians right now in the top of the second inning, Adrian Beltrey with

his fourth home er of the year. Elvis Andrews has also gone yard with his eighth home run of the season. And coming up next here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, or my Men, Frankie Standfull, Mikey Florio and the Fantasy Hey sous Joe Galina here on Fantasy First Look. One thing they're not gonna be talking about, though, is my

greatest sports movie is of all time. Bracket. We got some matchups, so catch me at spending speeds on Twitter, at f and t s Y Radio right now in the Baseball region, we got Bad News Bears up against Mr three thousand, can Bernie Mac you know, get those hits back, George Kurtz, Maddie Mo. I know you guys have been out there um figuring out which baseball movies you guys think are the best. And in the basketball region, we have the two seeded Hoosiers up against the fifteen

seed Semi Pro. Now you may think that's a big time like you know, uh, you know, not a good matchup. But Will Ferrell, as a race car driver, has already had the biggest upset in the tournament when Talladega Nights and Ricky Bobby and that Sweet Baby Jesus took out Mr Miyagi and the Karate Kid. So maybe we'll Farrell has got a little something for all you guys out there on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Maybe that's just,

you know, the kind of thing you're into. Like I said, though, whether it's Sweet Baby Jesus or the Fantasy Hey Sus Joe Galina, keep it locked here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network because we help you win your leagues and win that cash from a boy. Donnie Burns, the Love Doctor who is back. You know he's looking son Tan to you guys, gotta check them out. I'm your boy.

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