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a great show for you on a Monday. As you know, for weeks we have been talking about the impact of the Major League Baseball trading deadline coming in to pass. I've been telling you about some speculative plays you could make well. The deadline has come and gone, and boy was it a frenetic one. When we come back, before we get into the starters in DFS tonight, I am going to have to reel off a list of trades,

a lot of contenders trying to solidify their positions. The Yankees, the Cubs, and boy what did the Los Angeles Dodgers do to back up Clayton Kirkshaw in that rotation. We are going to cover it all when we come back on the Fantasy Freestyle. As you know, we are also going team by team giving you my preview in fantasy football and in real football. This week we go down to the dirty dirty I'm talking about the NFC South and we kick it off today with the n f

C champions, the Atlanta Falcons. Remember they were up twenty eight to three in the Super Bowl. A lot of people thought it was over. Be honest with yourself where you're thinking about leaving your super Bowl party too, So we're gonna talk about if that Super Bowl hangovers there, if there's any regression. There's more news about this Kyrie Irving Lebron James beef that we're gonna get into. And you know we are crowning the best sports movie of

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Get the Exclusive End Fantasy Football Package now at roto Experts dot com and to Free Radio and check out for your special discounts. Welcome back to the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network, is your boy Dane Martinez a k a. Speeds the spin statistician holding you down on a trade deadline Monday in Major League Baseball. Let me tell you something. We gotta get into this, okay, And I can understand if

your head was spinning today. I'm gonna tell you your truth. Okay. At some point I was like, wait, what what has happened? Wait? What does that mean? So here's what we're gonna do. We're going to give you all the trades that went down, all the major ones that may impact fantasy Okay. I'm gonna give you my cliff notes on them what it means. Okay. But then I promise tomorrow when the dust has settled, because you never know, the trade deadline was like four

or five o'clock. Sometimes the paperwork doesn't get through the league and announcement. Sometimes we hear things late. So I promised you that tomorrow we are going to go a little bit deeper into the trade deadline winners, losers, who's playing for now, who's playing for the future, who got hosed, who really improved their team. I'm gonna give you a deep upper look tomorrow, But for now, let's talk about what happened over the weekend. Okay, First of all, the

Yankees are definitely augmenting their rotation. Remember for them, Michael Pined went down. They are a team that still thinks they got playoff chances. They traded over the last seventy two hours, not for one starting pitcher, but for two. First, they made the deal with the Minnesota Twins to get high made Garcia, who about a week and a half ago was on the Atlanta Braves. If you remember, they think Garcia can be a nice little piece at the

back end of their rotation and eat up some innings. Remember, the Yankees are now going for this kind of like my starter goes five or six. And then they got true studs in the bullpen, potentially starting in the sixth inning. When you look at guys like that they acquired from the White Sox, guys like Tommy Caineley, guys like David Robinson. Then you bring in Batansas, then you bring in Chapman. That's the way they are going to try to win.

So not only did they get high made Garcia, but then late this afternoon they made the deal that a lot of people were rumoring with the Oakland Athletics for Sonny Gray. They can now put Sonny Gray right up right behind Severino, I would say, And if they have a series, they are going Severino one in my opinion, Sonny Gray too, and then you have Tanaka potentially as a Game three starter. That's the way the Yankees are

gonna try to win. I mentioned this. The Mets have made some changes to the back end of their bullpen. They first traded with the Florida Marlins to get a J. Ramos. Why do I think they like a J. Ramos Because he is under team control for a little while. So there is new bullpen arms in New York. Because they also traded away their current closer, the guy who used to be there, a Thanning guy when familiar was there.

Addison Reid is going where up to being town in Boston to augment that bullpen and put him right behind uh. You know that guy who's really, really, really good at the back end of uh. You know that bullpen for Team USA, whether it be the Red Sox, whether it be you know, the Braves before that. So they have some studs there as well. The Kansas City Royals are getting Milky Cabrera. Melky Cabrera is going back to Kansas City, and he had actually his career highs okay, in his

first go around with Kansas City. Okay, he had career highs and hits in home runs and in RBIs. He's gonna go into the middle of that lineup. And remember the Royals are hot. They are now in playoff position in the second Wild Card. They look like they are going for it. To augment their offense, the Cups have made a deal with the Detroit Tigers. They are getting two pieces that they need. One reliever from the Tigers,

Justin Wilson. I have been telling you for a while that they would go ahead and get Justin Wilson to be at the back end of that bullpen. They're pairing him now with Wade Davis at the back end there. They also got Alex of the You and I think that's interesting as well, because remember I did a piece a few weeks ago about how the Cubs catchers don't throw anybody out. So now you have a Vila out there to help with that. The Colorado Rockies are looking

to go heavy with even more offense. They have traded from the Texas Rangers for catcher Jonathan Lucroix. Now, Lucroix is a nice offensive catcher, never really came together for him in the one season he was there in Texas. Lucroix is also going to be a free agent at the end of the year, so this is pretty much a rental, it looks like for the Colorado Rockies as they look to keep pace in the NL West. Francisco Loriano has been traded from the Blue Jays to the

Houston Astros. Remember the Astros were in the mix for some of these big name starters as well. It looks like they settle on Francisco Loriano. He's gonna help that. He's gonna help that rotation, especially as we have news, you know, Kaiko did not look great in his first back from the d L. And also we have news that mccolors is back on the d L. So um, they get a little support from Francisco Liriano. Another move.

Remember I've been talking about the National's closer job for a long time, and a couple of weeks ago they made a deal with Oakland. Remember they got Sean Doolittle, Remember they got Ryan Madson. While they've done it again, they had a trade this time with the Minnesota Twins to get their closer, Brandon Kindler, and Kindler is gonna be in the back end of that bullpen now in

our nation's capital. The question is, I still don't know will he actually be the closer or will it still be Doolittle If they get opportunities, will it be a kind of mix and match for Dusty Baker. The other part I want to mention with this deal, who's gonna close now in Minnesota? And what a lot of people may not know is there's a guy who has just started a rehab assignment last week that has been injured all year and for the better part of the last

two years. But when I say the name, you're gonna remember him because he used to be the closer out there in Minnesota. I'm talking about Glenn Perkins, and Glenn Perkins might be the guy to make a little speculative ad. And if you're playing fantasy baseball for the stretch and you just lost the closer, you know, for example, if you had Justin Wilson, because he's not the closer anymore for the Cubs, you know, moving on, Also, though, the

Los Angeles Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers have made big moves today. First of all, they get a bullpen arm. Remember they were in the mix for guys like Wilson as well. Um, they got Tony Watson, who I think is now gonna be in their bullpen in the seventh or eighth inning, obviously backing up Kenley Jansen. And then Um, in what could be the deal of the day, the Los Angeles Dodgers have traded for you, Darfish and you Darvish.

You know going He's gonna be a free agent at the end of the year, so he could be a rental. But when you put you Darfish now and that what I would only imagine is the two spot behind Clayton Kershaw. And you also got Alex Wood, who has been killing it this season. I believe he's like eleven and one. That's a threesome that is pretty formidable. When you talk about Kershaw followed by Darvish, followed by would I think

that's very very interesting. Darvish will be a welcome addition to the rotation of the l A Dodgers, who, with the best record in baseball already, have been hot for the last two months. They and the Nationals are having some kind of arms race for what looks like to be the n L favorite. Here's what I want to do, though I also um I would be remiss if I did not also mention that over the weekend, Adrian Beltre Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre got his three thousandth career hit.

He joins the three thousand hit club. He is the thirty first member of the three thousand hit club in the history of Major League Baseball. However, he's the first Dominican born player to reach this milestone, only the third third baseman to reach this milestone, the other two being George Brett and Wade Boggs. And this guy, I mean, come on, he's got over four hundred fifty career home runs.

He's got three or four gold gloves, this guy Adre and Beltrey, if he wasn't already cemented, he will walk straight into Cooper's Town the Hall of Fame five years after he retires, or at least he has my vote. The only thing is don't touch his head, because as you know, he gets very very angry and will want to fight you if you touch his head. Let me give you some options. Though for tonight, Okay, you got eight games slate. Obviously Sunny Gray was on that slate,

but he got pulled with the trade to the Yankees. UM, Luis Severino is up there at ten thousand, one hundred. But here's why I like. I like Charlie Morton against the Tampa Bay Rays. I like Charlie Morton against the Rais. He's at eight hundred on FanDuel. This guy's had twenty four strikeouts in his last eighteen and two thirds innings pitch. And the other thing is that the Rays they strike out most in the American League, second most in Major

League Baseball. Okay, over a thousand strikeouts already them in The Milwaukee Brewers are the only two teams that can say that about. I like Charlie Morton and his strikeout upside tonight against the Tampa Bay Rays. Um, when we come back, gonna switch gears and go to football. Okay, I know that was a world win of all the trades and the implications of such, and like I said, we're gonna go a little bit deeper tomorrow in terms of winners, losers and all that stuff. But we still

need to move to football. Okay, we're gonna be talking about the Atlanta Falcons, the Super Bowl runners up, and we're gonna tell you if there's any fantasy goodness the year following, or if you know, if they're gonna have that Super Bowl hangover all that and more when we come back right here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports radio network, which Boys Speeds the spitting statistician Experts dot Com Executive Fanta Rand New for

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Welcome to Atlanta. That's that Luda and it's your boy Dave Martinez right here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network, Chris Pavona on the ones and twos, the bounty that we used to steam, and Chris, I gotta tell you though, right away, Yo, the trollers are gonna troll. I got someone saying right away that I don't know who the closer for the Red Sox is because I was like that guy down in Boston who was with Team USA and Atlanta before that.

It's Craig Kimberal. People, I know what I'm talking about. It's just a mix of like sometimes I like to, you know, be a little loose with it, be a little fun with it, you know, have a little bit of flow. That's what we do here is we drop stats over beats on the Fantasy Freestyle. But as my man Chris let us know with our intro music, we are going to Atlanta. We need to talk first about

a couple of news and notes around NFL football. Okay, because listen, training camps are opening, and I told you we're gonna move from this greatest shape of his life kind of story to camp buzz, and I've got some camp buzz to talk about. First. In Kansas City, there are reports that Tyreek Hill is quote unquote taking his game to the next level. Okay, his teammate cornerback Pro Bowl cornerback Marcus Peters actually says that he is a very technically sound wide receiver and that he is making

a ton of plays. Remember the Chiefs lost Jeremy Macklin in the off season. He went over to Baltimore. Okay, so there is definitely opportunity and if Tyree Hill does take that step, there's opportunity for breakout potential right there. As a wide out one for the Kansas City Chiefs. I see him his ceiling though, as a white out

two for your fantasy team. One thing to note, remember they've already said Tyreek Hill will not be returning kickoffs, So remember he did run a couple back last year, So make sure that you're not relying on that if you go ahead and draft Tyreek Hill. Also in Carolina, okay, they are saying this is buzz, you know, camp buzz, Christian McCaffrey. They are calling quote unquote unstoppable out of the backfield. And you know who's saying this, his teammate,

also running back, Jonathan Stewart. I think it's interesting to note how Jonathan Stewart says that McCaffrey is unstoppable out of the backfield, but he won't talk about McCaffrey, you know, in between the tackles or toten the rock because obviously Jonathan Stewart still thinks he's the man for that. But keep an eye out on that and the way they use Christian McCaffrey. I've been talking about this for a while, and we are in the NFC South this week, so

I will be talking about the Carolina Panthers. I believe that is Wednesday's show, also in San Francisco. I have been pounding the table for a long time about Joe Williams, their draft pick this year, who they went up to get out of Utah, a guy that um Kyle Shanahan specifically wanted well. And and I also mentioned how Carlos hide they don't necessarily see as a scheme fit. They think he's injury prone. Well, there's been a few reports recently that they're kind of warming up to Carlos Hide.

And that's what you have to do, right You have to create this buzz because if they wanted to do something with Carlo Carlos Hide, they can't change you know, they can't deflate his value by their own criticism. So they're hyping him up right now. A lot of praise for the work ethic from Mike Shanahan, excuse me, from Kyle Shanahan. Also interesting to note Lions tight end Eric Ebron tweaked his hamstring in practice over the weekend. The only thing is he has an injury history. Okay, so

I want to keep an eye on that. There is a ton of opportunity. A lot of people predict and breakout season for Eric Ebron, especially because of all the opportunity vacated by the loss of an Kuon Bolden up there in Detroit. I'm talking third downs, I'm talking red zone. I still think Eric Ebron is a very interesting candidate to have a breakout season from the tight end position. We also got to get into this, there's a lot of talk about Colin Kaepernick again because as you know,

Joe Flacco has the disc issue, the back issue. He's probably going to miss some time. We don't know exactly how long. But they're looking potentially at Colin Kaepernick as a backup. Okay, they're not gonna go ahead and work out r G three. I told you they signed this indoor guy as a camp arm. But the conversation has really been in Baltimore around Colin Kaepernick. But he had

checked this out. Owner Steve Piscotti is saying that he's been in and did with letters from the public about, you know, urging them to either sign or not signed Colin Kaepernick. They also he came out and said that he's got to listen to the fans. He's got to listen to their sponsors, they've got to listen to their supporters. And I think find I find this kind of interesting because also at the end of this, he said, and

please pray for us for whatever decision we make. You know, I mean, I understand there's a lot of drama around this, but you know, I mean, at this point, I think we can say that there are not sixty quarterbacks that are better than Colin Kaepernick. You know, all the starters and all the backups. You know. I I I've made my point clear on this show that I think he

should have a job in the NFL. But I think Baltimore is a touchy situation because, as you know, Baltimore is sort of a focal point when it comes to this idea of um of police violence. You know, um, some of these things have happened in Baltimore, and so that's exactly part of what Colin Kaepernick was protesting against. So I think it could be atty sensitive. But here's the other issue. What if signing Colin Kaepernick actually plays

well in your community? You know. I mean, remember I've told you about all the money he's donating, all the other kind of good charity works he's doing doing more than putting it putting his money where his mouth is. Isn't that the potential that that actually plays well in the community. And I wonder why no one ever seems to talk about that, you know, And I think, to be quite honest, that was part of the reason he did not ultimately sign in Seattle, because I think they

were worded. Remember, Russell Wilson is an interesting guy and a guy who many people have reported that, um, the locker room is split on Russell Wilson. So you know, I think part of what Seattle did was they didn't want it. You know, they don't want to upset the Apple car because what if half the locker room was riding with Kaepernick? You know. So I think this is an interesting thing to watch. I'm gonna tell you something.

I actually do think that Baltimore could be a place that winds up pulling the trigger, especially because the Hallball brothers obviously in communication and John talks to Jim and John has been saying, no, We've been scouting them all year. No, I've been talking to my brother about him. So I think Baltimore could be somewhere to keep an eye on.

But let's keep it moving here. We are, in fact talking about the Atlanta Falcons in terms of our preview today, and listen, I think the Atlanta Falcons are going to be a good team, but I feel like there might be some natural regression because of that Super Bowl hangover. And the other thing is, remember their their offensive coordinator last year was Shanahan. Shanahan has moved over and is now the head coach of the San Francisco forty nine.

And if you remember as we get into the quarterback position. Listen, Matt Ryan won the m v P last year. He was quarterback two on the Player Raider. This guy through forty four yards, thirty eight touchdowns and only seven interceptions. Okay, he was awesome. I mean he won the m v P. A lot of people, however, credit this to what Shanahan was able to do with Matt Ryan. In years past, Matt Ryan was a guy who would start hot and then at the end of the season kind of fade.

I remember last year in the football season, even telling you that I thought Matt Ryan would fade. He put it in my eye because he sustained his excellence all season long and ultimately one the MVP Award. But I don't know. I don't know if that's going to continue this year. You know, I feel like there's been a couple of you know, a couple of things around Matt Ryan. He's been like the post child for kind of like you know, not watching the film and putting it away.

I don't know how this team is going to bounce back in adversity. And what I will also say, and if you listen to Fantasy Freestyle, you've heard me say this time and time again, he will not be a quarterback on any of my teams. Why because I am not using the draft capital that it takes to get one of these top five quarterbacks. Okay, I'm not gonna spend my second round pick, my third round pick, my

fourth round pick on a quarterback. And by the time I'm looking to get a quarterback, whether that's in rounds eight or nine or even seven, Matt Ryan won't be on the board anymore. Okay, So he's not gonna be on any of my teams. Is he probably gonna be a top five kind of quarterback? Maybe? But I think there is some regression and so Chris, if you want to know the truth we're doing. Last week we did hashtag sleep a week. This week it's like hashtag busts. Right.

He is actually my hashtag bust for this team, the Atlanta Falcons, because people are gonna pay up to try to get Matt Ryan. I think he'll have a great year, but I don't think it's gonna be the m v P. Again. I think he's gonna regress. So that makes him my hashtag bus. But here on the Fantasy Freestyle, you know what we call that right, Chris, we call that means you need to forget about it because he's gonna be going pretty high. I do have him ranked ultimately as

my fifth highest quarterback. Corey Parson, the fantasy executive, is hardcore fading Matt Ryan. He has him all the way down at QB ten. Let me tell you something, if nine other teams have drafted their quarterback and Matt Ryan is still available, then you can go out and get him. Okay, but I think, um, he will not return the value that you expect this year. As we moved to the

running back position, listen, Davante Freeman is a beast. He was running back six last year, and I think his contract ext mentioned that they're talking about is well deserved. My man had over fifteen hundred combined yards, thirteen combined touchdowns with over fifty receptions. I like this guy a lot. I think if you're sitting at the back of round one and Freeman is available, snatch him up and take it to the bank. This is the guy they use in the red zone. They used DeVonta Freeman. I think

DeVonta Freeman, even though Tevin Coleman is there. I think DeVonta Freeman is a locked and loaded RB one. I have him as my sixth ranked running back in all of Fantasy this year. I think he's a great bet to stay consistent. But here's the thing, so is Tevin Coleman. Tevin Coleman, in my opinion, is the best number two running back in the NFL. I think when you look at all these committees, I think Tevin Coleman is the best committee member or number two back in the NFL.

This guy he also you know, he had a combined like nine hundred yards. He had five hundred twenty on the ground, four twenty in the air, like eleven touchdowns himself combined, and he did that in thirteen games. Remember he had that sickle cell issue. I think he is the strongest handcuff in the league. I think he's viable regardless. Okay, I have him ranked as my eighteenth running back and Corey Parson, the Fantasy executive, has him had nineteen, So

I think there's definitely fantasy goodness. Now, remember this is a productive offense. They had over five hundred points last year. So all these guys were talking about Matt Ryan, Tevin Coleman, Davonte Freeman, all of them are viable, okay, And then here's what we're gonna do. What we're gonna do is we're gonna take a break, okay, because there's a lot of football to talk. When we come back, though, we're gonna look at their wide receiver position Julio Jones, we know,

but what else is viable in there. We're gonna look at their tight end. This guy is actually my hashtag sleep a week. And then we're gonna look at their schedule and we're gonna see because the poll question is they're over under his nine and a half wins for this season. I want to see what you guys say. We got a very interesting poll right now, and according to my man Gabe Moriency, he's got an interesting prediction around the Atlanta Falcons. We're gonna come back. We're gonna

go deeper into the Falcons. We're gonna look at their schedule, we're gonna look at their wide receivers. All that right when we come back. But remember, if you want to vote, please do so right now. At F and T s Y Radio at spitting speeds, you're listening live to the Fantasy Freestyle. Come on right back. Have you ever wanted to have a fantasy expert in the palm of your hand. We're better yet, in the pocket of your khakis. We'll check it out now you can. It's a Fantasy Sports

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the Atlanta Falcons, and let's go to their wide receiver position. Okay, listen, Julio Jones. Ah, he's good. He's good at football. Okay, he's very good at football. In fact, I would tell you that I think he has the best skill of any wide receiver in the National Football League. If I needed to take one wide receiver and you told that they would be healthy all sixteen games, I'll take Julio Jones.

You can have Antonio Brown, you could have Oldell Beckham, you could have Mike Evans, you can have Jordie Nelson, you could have a J. Green. I am taking Julio Jones. I think he is, you know, pound for pounds, skill for skill, the best wide receiver in the National Football League. And remember he had surgery earlier in the off season, but they call it minor to remove a bunyon. My only issue is that he is a little bit injury

or prone, and it is with that foot. Remember he had things like the Jones fracture of the Liz the Liz Frank that sort of issue, and that is something that can linger. That is something that it takes a long time to recover. Four um. So if and he's gonna be a first round pick. So if you want to, uh, you know, roll the dice and think he'll play all sixteen games, I completely endorse him as the top wide

receiver on the board. But remember the Atlanta Falcons are such a productive offense and they will probably be one of the top offenses again this year. That there's second and third wide receivers become viable as well. I said the same thing where we're talking about the Green Bay Packers. Remember it's not only Jordy Nelson, but it's also Davante Adams. It's also Randall Cobb. So in this situation, it's not only Julio Jones. In this case, it's also Mohammed Sannoo

and it's also Tyler Gabriel. Okay, Snow is gonna be more that PPR guy. He's gonna be more of the guys that gets receptions. He's gonna be a guy. You know, he had six hundred thirty five six fifty three yards last year. I think he's a viable wide receiver three even to have on your team or flex play. Same could be said with Taylor Gabriel. Gabriel is a kind of guy who's gonna be more the big play threat or the guy who can catch up underneath and take it to the house. But um, he's also viable. So

is their tight end Austin Hooper. There's actually been a lot of hype around Hooper. Okay, He's supposedly worked with Matt Ryan in the off season, and I think that because of this offense, there is enough production to go around. Remember how much Matt Ryan loved having Tony Gonzalez as his tight end until on you right now, Austin Hooper is my hashtag sleeper week on this show, we call

him a diamond in the rough. Last year he had only nineteen catches, two hundred seventy one yards and three touchdowns. I think it's possible for him to get fifty five fifty yards, maybe six or seven touchdowns. I think it's possible. So does Mike Clay, who does his projections as well.

A lot of people are high on Austin Hooper. So if you're gonna wait at tight end and not get the Olsen's, the Reeds, the Gronks, okay, I think a viable thing is to wait and potentially get Austin Hooper as a deep sleeper who could return interesting value remember in an offense that led the NFL and points scored last year and nothing nothing. Julio Jones is their big ex receiver, but guys like Gabriel, guys like Snow those are more underneath guys who in the red zone he

may look for Austin Hooper. I like Austin Hooper as a deep, deep sleeper. When you also look at their schedule, I think their schedule is very interesting. The Atlanta Falcons. They play the a f C East as their a f C division they play, but they play all four of those teams in a row. We were through weight early in the season, along with a little bye week in there, they gotta early by week five. I don't

like that actually. I think when you have guys like Julio Jones who may need that blow later in the season and a week off to rest an ankle or a foot, I don't think an early by suits them that well. Um they also it's interesting they you know, they're playing the Dome after week eleven, which is pretty much like November. They only have one game where they play outside. After Week eleven. All but two of their

games are at home. Week sixteen, which by the way, is the Fantasy Championship in most leagues they are at New Orleans in another dome, and boy, when the Falcons and Saints get together, they light up the scoreboard. So if you're positioning yourself for a championship run, take note. Falcons at Saints Week sixteen is a week that's gonna have a ton of fantasy goodness in the Dome. Their only road game that they're outside after Week eleven of the season is a game in week fifteen where they're

at Tampa Bay on the on grass there in Tampa. Okay, one other thing I will say, though, you know how I like to fade the public and UH. Last year on the Fantasy Freestyle or shot Callers, I talked about the trap game. I think the Falcons opener it's potentially a trap game. They go on the road to UH Chicago to take on the Bears, and everyone thinks the Bears are gonna win only a few games this year. Everyone thinks the Falcons are primed to repeat and go

to the Super Bowl. Again, watch that on the road. I can see right away week one the Falcons involved in a trap game. But we shall see right that's why. That's why they play the Greames, as one famous broadcaster used to say, Like I said, though the poll has them at nine and a half, is they're over under

right now? A lot of you guys are fans of the Falcons, forty percent of you, and thanks to everybody who's voting at F and T s Y radio at spitting speeds, you could always ask me questions, you could always follow me. Of you right now will take the over on that line. So many people think the Falcons will win double digits. Only a third of you, thirty three say the under say, actually, that's a good line. I see them as about a nine or ten win team,

so I would not make that bet I did. I mentioned my man Gabe Morancy, who follows us here on the Fantasy sports radio network Red Heat and Rage every night at a PM. Gabe has responded back. He says he thinks the Falcons are going back to the super Bowl. I don't know about that. I do not think that the Falcons will return to the super Bowl. There's some other teams I like in the NFC. I told you about Green Bay, I told you about Seattle. I also

got a surprise team in the NFC East. When we get to them, but um Gabe certainly has high expectations for the Falcons. I think there will be some regression. I want to bring in my man the bounty Hunter. Hey, Chris, how do we feel about the Atlanta Falcons? They're over under for their win total is nine and a half. Would you be more likely to make this bet? And if you do, which side you lean over or under? I'm definitely going over on. Really, you're a big fan

of the Falcons. Well, you know what, It's not just a biased thing for me, I do. I consider the Falcons one of my favorite NFL teams outside of the New York John Dirty Birds. The Dirty Birds they always been. That was my peewee football team. So I have nothing. It's it's all sentimental for me. That being said, I do love this Falcons team. I don't think there's gonna be necessarily a Super Bowl hangover. If anything, I think

they're angrier and hungrier just to get back. I think Matt Ryan, I think you're right, Matt Ryan, maybe top ten. I don't think he's m v P. I think the m v P of this team this year is running back DeVante Freeman. Yeah, running back DeVonta Freeman. Is going very high. He is a first round pick. In my estimation, I have him is running back five or six UM. But I also think Tevin Coleman is viable. That is a backfield a committee where both guys can be productive.

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All right, let's keep it moving though here on the Fantasy Freestyle, we put the fun in Functional Sports Radio. What I wanna do is get into this um movie battle. Okay, Chris, because the second round is ending. This is the last matchup of the second round. We go to the basketball region. We got a three six matchup. It is the three seed white Men Can't Jump versus sixth seed he got game. I gotta tell you something, Chris. A couple of weeks ago, remember when I was in California. I was out for

a week around July four. One of the things I did, I was at Venice Beach, and one of the things I did was take pictures of me recreating the scene with Rudy Harrison, you know, stretching out there and getting amped up to that first game where he battles Wesley slipes in like a shootout for fifty dollars that started there, you know, started their relation and ship. I tried to

recreate that. I'm gonna tell you right now, my two favorite sports movies of all time are this one, White Men Can't Jump and the three seed in the Baseball Region Major League, which has already advanced as well, even though he got game. I love me some Jesus Shuttlesworth. Um, you know, kind of like a New York story, and I really love it. But anything going up against white Man Can't Jump is not going to get my vote. Um, how do you feel about this matchup? I actually have

to go with you. The same way on this. As much as I love Denzel Washington, and it seems like Denzel Washington sports movies, you would think that they would make it fall, but no, he remember the titles got bounced in the first round. Yet Denzel not holding it down. We didn't have like Hurricane on this uh on the shape on the brackets either, Denzel Denzel not doing it when it comes to this, it's more guys like Nick Nolty,

Adam Sandler, Kevin Costner that are doing it instead. So you're also with white man can I am absolutely with Wesley Snipes and Woody House and and my girl Rosie Press we Go, Ciesla we Go and Sis. But Billy as fools. That's a lot of cute, all right, fair enough? And you know right now eighty one percent of you agree with Chris and I thinking that white men can't jump should in fact move on. But Chris, I want to give you guys a big shout out. You and

Pete Constatory on the producers. You helped me out with one of those last matchups, and I believe we were in the football region. I believe it was Rudy Verse. Any given Sunday, you want to tell me how that one turned out. So basically we all kind of agreed that Rudy is just an absolute classic. As much as we love al Pacino's halftime speech, there's no doubt. I mean, like, don't get me wrong, I love me some steaming with a beam and yeah, yeah, I'm always chanting Rudy absolutely.

I will say this though. I will say this, Rudy was off sides on that play at the end of the movie. He was off sides um when he was coming around the edge. I will say that I do I do love any given Sunday, but I agree with you, Rudy should be advancing and moving on. I will say this also here at Rock and Riley's in Studio thirty four. We gotta really beam in Jersey, you know, so uh hanging here right here in Studio thirty four, so you know, part of my part of my love goes there as well.

But after this matchup, we will be done and we will have the Sweet Sixteen. We will unveil the Sweet Sixteen tomorrow, Chris. We'll put it up on Twitter and we'll kind of do it, will dissect it a little bit and see what we expect the final four to be. I'm also going to be joined by a special guest tomorrow, Chris Um. If you remember, all the way back in the day when Fantasy Freestyle started, it was Speeds, the Spitting Statistician, and it was all also my man Rocks

young fists full of rings. Well we are. He is coming to join us tomorrow as we preview his his favorite team, the New Orleans Saints, and then he's gonna look at some of these matchups and we're gonna pick a final four together out of the Sweet sixteen. How's that sound, Chris, That's what I'm talking That's what I'm talking about. So we'll unveil that. Gonna be previewing the Saints a little bit tomorrow as well when we come back here though today on Fantasy Freestyle. Here's what we're

gonna do. I got one thing over the weekend. Kyrie Irving was at a wedding, Chris. I don't know if you saw this. I don't know if you saw this, but I'm gonna tell you who else was at that wedding celebrating yucking it up with Kyrie Irving. And I'm gonna tell you what Kyrie Irving did on the dance floor that some people might say just fans the flames a little bit of this issue with Lebron. Okay, So when we come back, we're gonna get into that real quick.

We're gonna set up tomorrow checking on the polls again. It's your boy, Dame Martinez Speeds and spitting statistician right here on the Fantasy Freestyle. Thanks again to all our sports Byline affiliates that are listening in today and to the service men and women on American Forces Radio Network. I hope you learned a little bit about the Falcons. Come on back, I'll tell you about Kyrie Irving, Mr

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only got a couple of minutes before Gabe Morns. He comes on with red heat and rage right here every night on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Kyrie Irving was that a wedding over the weekend. And I don't know if he knew he was being filmed or videoed or not, but you gotta assume there's always cameras out there. He was chilling the whole night with who with Steph Curry. Steph Curry and Kyrie acting like they boys on the dance floor. Their videos out right now. You can check

it out on social media. Kyrie Irving, you know, dancing and the cipher with Steph Curry, but check out what were they doing. Kyrie Irving's dance was a mock impression of Lebron James. Okay, he was like trying to mimic or imitate Lebron James and like making fun of him, and everybody was laughing. People, I get them, get them. So that's what Kyrie is doing behind the scenes. I'm telling you, it sounds like this animosity is real. It sounds like Kyrie might be on the move if they

can in fact trade him. And remember teams like Minnesota, Miami, San Antonio when even your New York Nicks are still viable. Speaking about basketball um earlier in the spring and summer, when my man Donnie Burns, the love doctor and basketball correspondent, was on, we were talking about the Big Three a

lot as well. I don't know if you saw, but Allen Iverson was a no show for the Big Three, where over fifteen thousand attended in Dallas this weekend, and so now there's a little bit of issues they're investigating because he didn't let anybody know. I think that's really interesting. We're gonna reset in the Big Three a couple of next week because they're almost in the playoffs. The trilogy

that's that team with Kenyan Martin. Now Harrington was shot, McCanns they are still undefeated at six and oh the three headed Monsters of five and one in second place. So I just wanted to catch you guys up on that. As we talk basketball, whether it's three on three basketball or whether it's the drama that Kyrie continues to fan looks like he's going hard after Lebron. He wants out.

I'm telling you he truly wants out. When we come back tomorrow, my man Rocks will be back on the Fantasy Freestyle, Young Fistful of Rings as we break down the New Orleans Saints, and we also unveil the Sweet sixteen of the Greatest of all Time movies. Also winners and losers of the Major League Baseball trading deadline. All that tomorrow, which boy Dame Martinez speeds the spitting statistician right here on the Fantasy Freestyle and the award winning Fantasy Sports Radio Network piece