Opening Day and Jerry Jones!

oh my god. It is opening day. Teams are out in full force. I feel really good. I feel like, you know, it's getting warm outside. I feel a sense of hope, a sense of optimism from my fantasy team for my real team. A lot of good stuff going on. I feel really really good. If you want to holler at me this hour, you candidate for war eight four, three, six, eight seven nine. As usual, we got a couple of polls up there for you on the f n t s Y Radio Twitter handle. You can also catch me

at Spitting Speeds. You know what we're gonna do. We gonna We're almost at the final four of our TV Greatest of All Time tournament. We're gonna change it up and now that we are in full swing with the baseball season, we're gonna go around the league a little bit, give you my plays for tonight and UH as usual though, we're gonna get it started with top five dead or alive, some news and notes for you over the weekend. Let's start with Major League Baseball. As you know, yes, it

is kind of opening day. A couple of teams got started yesterday, but I would call today opening day in earnest. But um, Roberto Rozuno will not be closing for the Toronto Blue Jays right now. He's gonna go on the d L, the ten day d L, not the fifteen day d L. Remember that Jason Grilly looks like he's gonna start um first man out to get save chances

for the Blue Jays. I will say this, he just got the loss in a game against the Baltimore Orioles at their home here in Campden Yards a little while ago. UH college rolled on also going to the d L for the Chicago White Sox. He's got a biceps issue, remember him also on the ten day d L. I don't think he's making it back when the time is up. I think he's gonna probably be out until May. They told you guys about that a little bit earlier on

the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. UM Yadiya Malina signed a three year, sixty million dollar extension over the weekend with the St. Louis Cardinals. He becomes the highest paid catcher in Major League Baseball. UM coming off one of his best offensive seasons in a little while. You also saw what he does for his pictures. You also know what he does for the clubhouse, remember seeing him as a leader for Team Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic.

We go back to New York and the Mets. Stephen Matt's um has a flex or tendon strain and he's gonna be shut down for about three or four weeks. Uh, not necessarily on the not necessarily, uh you know, calls for alarm just yet. But Matt's has been injury riddled. Remember, if he's gonna be on your team, you may want to protect that with some other guys. I wouldn't. I

wouldn't invest in Stephen Matt's opening day. Some interesting lineups coming out, Okay, and remember I've been telling you guys all season, especially in DFS it's about where they are in the lineup. I love say, for example, that two spot in the lineup Minnesota. The Twins had a very interesting lineup. I thought these two guys would be flipped.

But no, no, no, Um, Brian Doesier is leading off for the Twins and playing second base today, and uh, Brian Buxton is actually in the third hole for the Twins. I could see that flipping. You know, those are of the of the forty home runs last year in Buxton with the great speed. But we shall see. And I gotta tell you something, watching all these games yesterday and today, are you with me? I missed the intentional walk. I

missed the intentional walk. Um, if you don't realize it just yet, there is no more intentional walk in Major League Baseball this season. All the manager has to do is put out a little signal and uh, he'll automatically get first bay. You don't actually have to throw the four pitches. And I thought that was always interesting because you know, that still the potential for a guy like Vladimir Guerrero to step across and rope a double to the right center field. But let me know, let me know,

if you miss the intentional walk. I also want to go to football some news and notes there, you know on the fantasy freestyle speeds and spitting statistician is always gonna give you your football knowledge twelve months a year. The forty Niners have signed running back Tim high Tower. I think he's gonna be the prime candidate to back up Carlos Hide in San Francisco. Sorry to Dewan Harris who did have that role, but high Tower I believe

it's gonna be backing up Hide in San Francisco. Case Keenum signs a one year, two million dollar deal with the Minnesota Vikings. To me, that is an interesting signal on whether this organization believes that Teddy Bridgewater will be healthy come this fall. And it does not look good in my opinion, with Teddy Bridgewater if they're gonna actually make roster moves and signing Case Keenum. Case Keenum is

not a third string quarterback. Case Keenum is a backup quarterbacks, So if they're signing him to backup quarterback money, to me, that means Teddy Bridgewater could be in trouble. Adrian Peterson visited the New England Patriots today um However, he has left the building with no offer in place, no deal in place. They're saying that there are three to five teams that are interested in Adrian Peterson, but I don't

know who they are. There's another report out of Tampa Bay from the Tampa Bay Time saying that Adrian Peterson is not in the Tampa Bay Bucks plans. So who are these teams? Remember speeds and spitting statistician. My called shot was, I believe Adrian Peterson is gonna wind up with the Oakland Raiders. Um at least they were in Oakland for the next couple of years. UM in the quarterback market, Remember I said they signed case Keenum, but um,

Colin Kaepernick still goes unsigned. And I thought something was funny. I found online what they're calling a Colin Kaepernick excuse generator. You know, I've been talking about it all last week. At this point, there's got to be some kind of black ball going on. If Geno Smith and now case Keenum can get a deal, but uh, you know, your boy Colin Kaepernick cannot. I think that is very interesting.

Guys like Kaepernick, guys like r G three, guys like Jake Cutler, guys like Ryan Fitzpatrick are all still out there on the running back market. Adrian Peterson, Marshawn Lynch, Jamal Charles all still out there, have Geno Smith and now Tim high Tower can get deals. I think this shows you that the NFL is trying to skew cheaper and skew younger. We don't know what kind of contract details these guys are kind of demanding. Will they be

playing for you know the minimum? Would would in fact, you know, would Colin Kaepernick take a one year, two million dollar deal like case Keenum did. That is the piece of information that we don't know. But I still

think it is very very interesting. And I know it's Major League Baseball and opening Day, but uh, that football calendar twelve months a year o t a s our beginning for the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers today today is the beginning of offseason training activities for those two NFL teams, just as the baseball season getting started. And I don't know if you know one more football note. Anybody who saw WrestleMania yesterday. And I know some guys

on this network. I know Greg Sussman Sussmania, I know Frankie Standfull, Mike Florial. They probably did. You might have seen Rob Gronkowski out there in WrestleMania. He uh you know, came out there. Uh, body blocked, somebody helped another guy win some battle royal. So I can very much remember during the football season when I talked about how ron the rousis next move might be to the w w E. I can easily see Rob Gronkowski in that path as well.

All right, let's keep going. The top five that are alive here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. As I said, I have some polls up there on that f n T S Y radio Twitter handles. Let's look at them right now. Donnie Burns put him up first. One is quite simple. What's your favorite part of hashtag opening Day? You know? Um I told I opened the show saying how excited I felt. You know, spring has brung. You know, I feel like no one's

gonna beat my fantasy baseball team this year. I gotta tell you, playing this DFS slate today, I'm doing big things. Had Yasmani Grandal, who's hit two home runs today. Had Jack Peterson who had a grand slam at steven Strasburg, who got a quality start and a win going seven innings. So, uh, you may want to listen to your boys speed that spitting statistician, because I'm giving you everything you need to win your leagues and win that cash. But as we

go to Opening Day, what's your favorite part? Is it? You know, the optimism for your team? You know, because everybody zero and zero, you know, everybody's a playoff contender. And and you know, I feel that because I'm a big New York Yankees fan and for the last couple of years, you know, my team has been out of it, you know, pretty much in any real way as we hit summertime, I didn't expect big things. Now with the youth movement going on, the Baby Bombers, I feel like, uh,

I might have a chance. So I feel good optimism. I feel like we're trending in the right direction. Or is it, like I mentioned before, is it the start of spring. You know, you get to start to put some of those winter co it's away, birds are chirping, everybody's happy. Everybody just kind of feels better as the weather gets nice out. So maybe that's what you feel like most about Opening Day? Or is it just straight

up fantasy baseball? And uh, you know here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, I can see many of you out there pretty much thinking that Fantasy baseball might be the reason we got that pole up there on the f n T s Y radio Twitter handle. Right now, we got a very tight three way race, Donnie Burns, and I will check in on that throughout the show.

The other question I have, and I want to bring my boy Donnie Burns in right now as the resident Fantasy Freestyle college basketball expert, we define a champion tonight. Who do you think will take it home? North Carolina or Gonzaga. Right now this pole that's up on the fn T s Y Radio Twitter handle, it is pretty close with fifty percent of you saying that the tar Heels of North Carolina will be cutting down the nets and around midnight tonight. Donnie Burns, I know you've been

following this tournament. I know you're my basketball college basketball go to guy. I have been saying the entire tournament that I believe the best ball has played out on the West Coast. So I'm gonna ride with Gonzaga. I'm gonna fade the public a little bit, especially if you know, maybe if North Carolina knows how to box out after missed free throws. I don't know, did you catch that? Don And and uh what do you what are you thinking about this game tonight? So I'm leaning I'm leaning

more towards un seeing this matchup. The reason for that being if I feel if Justin Jackson and Joel Berry can get second chance from Kennedy Meeks getting rebounds, offensive rebounds, I feel like they can. They can drop enough points to lead them to a victory. However, the Gonzaga big men play very fundamentally sound. They have Carnowski, they got Collins. So it's gonna be as close as this voting on this poll probably is. So you expect U n see in a fair enough fair enough so we shall see.

One other note out of college basketball that I feel, uh, I feel like I want to share with everybody. Georgetown has hired its new coach, a new head coach. They fired John Thompson the third and they are keeping it in the family. And they have decided to hire someone who I really wanted to get a job for the last five or ten years. I thought that, to be quite honest, he was um had some prejudice views against him as to not getting interviews, and a lot of

people think that players who are big men. You know, you see players who become head coaches, they're usually point guards, not a lot of big men. But I want to give a big time shout out here on the Fantasy Freestyle to Patrick Ewing. And Patrick Ewing is the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, so I feel really good about that shout out to him. I know he's wanted to get a head coaching job for a while.

Let's keep it moving though. Top five that are alive here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Also out of the NFL, I thought I found some intriguing quotes and comments by the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, Mr Jerry Jones. Checked this out Jerry Jones, and uh, what I also find interesting, Donnie, is I'm I'm I'm getting this report out of Mike Florio. No not the Mike Florio of the Fantasy Sports Radio Network who will be coming on next at eight to ten with Fantasy

First Look, but Mike Florio Pro Football Talk. He's reporting that Jerry Jones has said he wants to end marijuana testing in the NFL, and he wants to end player conduct investigations. Now, I think if you if you've listened in to Speed, this bitting statistician during football season, you know that I have been on this for a while that the NFL needs to move away from the pain killers. We are. We had the athletic trainer on a little

bit over the playoff season. But um, this is gonna be collectively bargained, if anything, with the NFL p A. But they are saying that they are quote unquote willing to listen to the medical community. If you remember, Speeds has been saying that the NFL has an opportunity here with it legal in twenty states and with the idea of the pain management for the NFL players, they have and they have an opportunity to become a leader in this space. And I challenge Mr Goodell and the NFL

to do just that. It looks like Jerry Jones is on the bandwagon as well. However, they're saying that they are not going to really look into change changing their stance on the personal Conduct policy and those investigations. Roger Goodell is still going to be you know, investigator, judge, jury and executioner. But I find it interesting because maybe

why is Jerry Jones mentioning this? That is my question, and the only thing that I can think about is he might be a little bit worried about his star rookie running back is Zekiel Elliott. As you know, um, he has been kind of in the news, um a few times a few times as it comes to um, you know, his potential DV cases and things of that nature. So, uh, maybe Jerry Jones getting ahead of the game right there.