20-Time FFPC League Champion Ray Seggern

Do the Patriots have a new number one wide receiver, What can Hollywood Brown do for you with Xavier Worthy out potentially? And who are the two undrafted Steelers that you need to be aware of for Week two in the f f PC Plus the twenty time FFPC League Champion Ray Seger is here to discuss Jordan Love, Javonte Williams, and so much more. We've got a great show for you. Farrell Elliott is here stick around. Your high Stakes Fantasy Football Hour starts now.

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Thank you, Rob Greenings and salutations to all of you, b alcoholics and Farrelli X. Welcome to the latest episode of the high Stakes Fantasy Football Hour presented by my f FPC dot com. I'm your slightly above average host Eric Balkman, My co host is the definitive Commissioner of

Oh Balky, I'm so honored. What a wonderful, wonderful introduction that was.

Thank you everyone that's reached out with my birthday. To day has been has been quite a day.

The chat room is buzzing. You got some happy birthday wishes from Dom Jazzetti, from James Hicks obviously in there as well, and then Tom's asking me to bust out the Raiders chain early tonight. Well I was gonna wait, but in your honor, don it right now. We'll get the raiders chain on for it.

No one in all writers.

There you go by the way. I have to just bear with me one second. I have to show you what John Terry got me in Las Vegas. John Terry obviously one of our favorites. Of course he uh, because we're at Paris this year in Las Vegas, and I meant to get a photo with him with this on, and I didn't get a chance to. But he got me a beret pharaoh a just like you would see a national lampoons European vacation with my name on it. How about that right there?

I don't see anything humorous about that. I see that balky. You know, the fringe foreign legion in the recruiting process could.

Not have arrived with a better match for you.

I think this is this is fantastic. I'm trying to fix it right now. But but yeah, he had it and uh and gave it to me, and I meant to get a photo with him with it on, but I didn't get a chance to. So John, I'll have to wear it next year and we'll get a photo in front of that.

That's wonderful. Obviously he didn't get me one because of the length of my hair. He knew that they did not have one big enough to handle that.

The thing is, with hair like that, Pharaoh, you don't want to cover that up anyway with So so we have week one behind us, we are, we have week two in front of us. Doc says, I think it's perfect on you, Balky, he needs I couldn't even get it on straight, but yeah it does. It's very reminiscent of the National Lampoon's European vacation berets. So thank you, John, Kudos to you, and kudos again. Okay, let's get into it here tonight. Dallas Goddard officially ruled out by the Eagles.

Oh, Bulky, you've opened up a can of worms that could occupy the home show and we have an engaging guest to come on with the show up. Okay, first of all, about the tight end position here. If we go back to pros versus shows, you will remember that I took a lot of heat when I told everyone to try to stay away from Goddard got it was not a top tight end choice. Now that Goddard has proven that his biggest disability is his lack of availability, we now go to the backup tight end, a tight

But they've now worked with him.

They taught him how to use his hands catch the ball in the you know, with the coverag's pretty lank bulke when we get down to tight ends. I sold Juwan Johnson going for bids around two hundred dollars in free agency this.

Weekend, higher than that, higher than that.

Kittle Goddard bowers some confusion about Ingram, although now I think he's going to play. All I'm saying is that I don't want our drafters to overlook cal Katara, who they can probably get at a bargain price. And then he goes out and gets five catches on a score, and all of a sudden, it's a two to three hundred dollars bid selection. So I like this player, and okay,

So that's my spot on that tight end.

I will say, and you bring up Howers and we'll talk about him later. We'll say that Calcata is owned in less than one percent of Big Gorilla and FFPC main event teams leagues. How do I know that? Fantasymojo dot Com at Fantasy Mojo and ex Darren Armani, the godfather of the Prosers, is Joe's challenge. He also runs Fantasy Mojo dot Com. Anytime we cite tournament ownership on this show, it's through Fantasy Mojo, Bucky.

If you like availability there, you go.

Yes, exactly. Yeah, let's see what we got here from the chat we had. We got Tom Smiths and go get Michael Mayer. That'd be excellent for you Bowers players out there. I put fifty bids in on Juwan Johnson got two shares. That's our buddy Fantasy Sopranos, Steve g chiming in on that.

And that's from a guy that loves to spend money.

That's true. Yes, it's a guy you.

Can always count on to pick up the check. Right there.

Permar is back and he has a question, would you start Brenton Strange over Mark Andrews this week, Pharaoh. Mark Andrews is at home against the Browns. Brenton Strange is at Cincinna. I don't think I would. I get it if you want to. I don't think it's a bad play, But if it comes down to it, I'm still gonna play Andrews over Strange. I don't think likely he's playing this week, so I'm gonna go with him.

Whoever you take, PERMR. I'm just glad to see you back in the check. Yes, you've been wondering about you. It's hard to put a player like Andrews on your bench, but I'm going to possibly lean towards youth. Yeah, we've we've seen, you know the Ravens, and both the Ravens and Eagles are going to have to do differing things to win than they both did in the first first game.

So I want to get to another guy that was going hot and heavy off the waiver wire this week, Pharaoh. Patriots wide receiver Kasehawan Booty removed from the injury report with a shoulder issue, and he is going to play Week two against the Miami Dolphins. He was limited on Wednesday, practiced in full on Thursday, practiced in full again today.

I wonder what they saw that didn't impress them. I saw the player making contested catches on the sidelines. I saw a very very physical player. I saw a player getting off with the release and getting open very quickly at a quarterback that seems to have a vibe and a relationship with him.

So there's nothing about Bote that I really don't like. And everyone that.

Waukee how many minutes we've been in the show, thirteen minutes. Pittman scored twenty two points this week or twenty points this week. I just wanted to get that in there. But if you have Pittman who has a matchup situation this weekend in his game, you don't want to automatically look at your frontline players and say that you might

Your line up. In other words, I might start him over pit.

Yeah.

And Pittman's gonna get uh Patrick Sartan from from Denver this week, so that's probably not ideal. Uh And and that would make some sense that you would want to get booty booty and excuse me, but now it's booty according to John Hanson, going to ask them himself and he's like, no, no, it's booty. Speaking of the New England Patriots, Mike Reese, who has covered the Patriots for ever for ESPN dot Com, believes that the snap distribution

Sixty Splint will continue with snaps boots, but Anderson is going to get first and second down. Steve's going to get the passing downs, but that doesn't mean Henderson can't catch the ball. I like where this player's career is going, and I like where this team is going, despite the fact they lost to Hubalky in Week one.

The Patriots, Yeah, the Las Vegas Raiders.

Thank you, sir. They did lose to the Raiders. Just wanted everybody to know that otherwise.

So, by the way, sixteen minutes into the show, we have a Michael Pittman week one stat report and a Raiders reference that they.

Yeah, you know, and we got a handsome guy wearing a chain, wearing a beret and a chain.

You know.

It's it's fantastic. This is always that team. You can tell. We've been off for two weeks. We're coming back strong.

Yes, well we're coming We're coming back slowly.

But strong's coming back strong.

Okay, all right, fair enough, I'm with you.

You're doing a great job.

Thank you so much. We have one other point I want to get to before the twenty time FFPC League champ Ray Sagan comes on. Andy Reid said that eat you're worthy with the shoulder injury. Has a quote, has a quote slim odds of playing against the Eagles on Sunday. Nate Taylor had this report for ESPN dot com. Probably and did he get listed as doubtful today? I think he did. Reid says that Worthy's doing very well. He did a little bit of teamwork today on Friday after

You're putting Hollywood Brown and other players who are active because you're not in BI weeks and you've got a twenty man roster, and you've got good players.

On your roster.

So so you are saying that you are playing Brown here?

Oh easy?

Yeah, Well, I guess you know. The other thing too, is it might be dependent upon what else you have on your roster, Like if you can afford to wait until four twenty five, if Worthy is active and you could sub in somebody else instead of Brown, then then for sure, going you think.

Long, you think wrong, Bucky, Just go ahead.

So there you go. That's the long and the short of it. Pharaoh thinking short. I'm thinking long. But as Pharrell said, paralysis by analysis, think long, think wrong. A guy who never thinks wrong. Is this guy that we're going to bring in right now, Ladies and gentlemen, winner of twenty count them two zero f FPC League championships

You guys man. How's it going.

It's it's going good. It was great seeing you in Louisville. Had had a blast drafting it well. I didn't have a blast drafting against you there because he took some of my players. But that's okay. It's it's always fun sitting with you.

But but we're wearing the best in fantasy that ladies and gentlemen. There's a fair chance.

That the the time fabric continuum, the matrix is going to fold over in itself because we have had a lot of bulky and feral nowt on here.

Even we got double it's like the double twins now.

Shout out Fantasy Sopranos for those T shirts, which were a huge hit in Las Vegas as well. The f FPC players definitely scooping those up as well as.

They wear any type of clothing and pull it off. That's what makes you the verse. I look at that.

Thank you, buddy, thank you, Thank you guys for having me on. You know, it's great to be a season.

Let's go.

Yes, it's it's so good to have you on. Obviously, Ray and and anybody who knows you, anybody who knows your past, you have led a very interesting life. Whatever you want to share, please do whatever you don't want to share, that's cool too. But for for the only non fantasy football portion of the interview. Interview will lead off with what you're doing for a living when you're not crushing all these ff.

Well, thank you for the crushing.

Yeah, we're manifesting that for the season ahead.

I appreciate that, bulky thank you.

So Austin, Texas graduated University of Texas with a Radio TV Film degree. I had a nice career in radio through the nineties and uh and a little bit.

Into the aughts. Uh, And then.

I realized mostly allredive rock, did a little news talk as well.

Realized that we're kind of saw where radio was headed.

So I got it on the side with the money, So I started an advertising agency and I've been doing that Wizard of Ads group we got we got ninety people around the world now, so don't pretty good with that.

And but my real passion is for filmmaking.

So we had a we had a film world premiere at Tribeca this year.

We got another one launching in Nashville in a couple of weeks. So enjoying the heck out of that. In this season of.

My life, what are you making films about? Ray?

So all kinds to what you got?

So you are documentaries. Okay, we do.

We do documentaries and features.

So the film at Tribeca was independent comedy called Leads, and the documentary that we're world premiering in Nashville is about an organization called Creative Vets, which is an organization of creative types that help veterans process their trauma through arts.

Okay, very cool.

Very cool.

Richard the founder that has a great story. He was in Fallujah is his best friend got killed, so and he was brain damaged. So he came home and he actually became an artist and that's that helped him process his trauma.

So it's just amazing work. Creative Vets will take Creative Vets of.

E T veterans, make it one word dot org and go give them some money because it's a great organization.

Thank you for that, right, It's a glorious career. Bulky, the whole show. This, this could be the whole show.

That's not funny.

You're outstanding in fantasy football. I want to thank you for returning to the k f f C this year. I also want to thank you for helping us facilitate a few leagues when you were not on schedule to play, and you know, our boy.

Uh uh, Well, I backed into that hot backed into the big payback auction.

Man, there's some killers in that one. Well, you know they'll take your skin and sell it back to you.

Man, it's right, but you know, yeah, you've got as a legitimate shot as anyone to come in and take that. And by the way, Colin Hoffman just checked in a apple Tonian their bulky with you, and Colin is our week one main.

Event leader in Kentucky. Right.

Well, Aaron Rodgers went out through for four touchdowns this weekend.

I don't think anyone saw it come in. I never saw old Aaron Rodgers drafted in any of our drafts.

But let's don't focus on the rest of the roster there in Pittsburgh. The beneficiary of his large s was one Calvin Austin. What got you in business with Calvin Austin? And did you see a natural connection between the aged quarterback and the youthful receiver?

So a little of both.

But I got into Calvin Austin business back in my dynasty leagues when I saw how good the Steelers scouts were at getting those The tenth or eighteenth receiver in the draft, a Deontay Johnson and of course Pickings, you know, so gobbled up some shares early on, and obviously he was injured his rookie year, and then you know when I didn't think Rogers was going to blow up this quick.

Sixty seventy catches where you took him. That'll win some games, isn't that right?

Bote? Yeah, I would say so and so, and like listen, we don't want to overrate it. It was it was one game. Obviously, Rogers was on fire this past week. But I will say that in this game where the Steelers ended up notching thirty four points, again what I what I thought was gonna be a pretty stout Jets defense. You had Pat Fryar move held under thirty receiving yards,

Yeah, and if you're you're rocking him as a flex hopefully hopefully you're not counting on it be your one or through two, you know, but for depth and come the bye.

Weeks, you know he can win you some games.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And the other guy that I thought was surprising in this game too with how much he was involved. Eleven carries for Jalen Warren, one carry for Caleb Johnson for negative two yards, and then Ainwell got seven carries. Now granted he only got nineteen yards out of it, he did see four targets. He catches three of them as well. This is not a massive stat line by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a running back and we're

So it starts for me with that Arthur Smith offense, and it's gonna be a little bit unpredictable, My beloved Bjeon Robson. You know that one year, you know, al Jier had to vulture, a lot of the carries and all that. So coming in this year, there's always a little bit of an X factor.

I think.

I think that there's a lot of that going around the league, where three or four weeks from now, I think a lot of we'll settle in and will have a better sense of of what.

Is reliable on some of this. But at the.

Price, you know, I've got plenty of leagues where I need that kind of lottery ticket at running back, you know, and for him, And that was even before you know, you saw the the touches come down the way they did in that in that first week.

I like that assessment. You know.

Last night, Thursday night football rolled around, I was in heaven the Green Bay Packers and I get a Packer.

Question because Balky is obviously you know them, but we know when when we Bulky have to recuse himself from.

Asking not doing any more of this. You know, he throws me the Packers question. He wears the Raiders chain. So here's but Jordan Love, who I aptly started in a couple of games. But I looked at the boys in the desert. They had him at two hundred and forty passing yards two hundred and forty passing yards was their number. He eclipsed that, and he did it impressively

Yeah.

Some of my favorite builds are when I waited, like waited painfully long on quarterback and so I've got a few builds where I've got some permutation of Love with.

Herbert and Lawrence and C. J.

Stroud, who I think is going to have a nice bounce back here once the once the Texans settle in, I could be a homer on that it's entirely possible. But you know, when it comes to Love, I agree with you on the receiver, boy Don Tavian uh uh looked like he was going to step up. And again, you know, as a Longhorn Homer, the golden boy is going to arrive.

He's going to get it done. He's going to have a great season. And I think that that Jaden Reid being out, although I understand he could come back this year. You know, if that gives Matthew Golden the chance that up a little bit. He's definitely got the skills. I got to witness that first hand here at college. So I'm very bullish on Jordan Love.

And I would go so far as I am I was going to make bold predictions here on a happy hour, I will make it make a bold prediction that the FFPC main event winner this year will be a quarterback by committee involving some of those quarterbacks that I just mentioned.

I was it's weird ray because I'm normally in that camp. And I would say within the last couple of years, I did go after some of the elite guys early. In fact, this year I think I took Hurts early in one, in Burrow early in one. But then I did wait and you use the modifier uncomfortable amount of time, and it was uncomfortable for me too. But I did end up drafting a lot of these late guys. You know you mentioned Trevor Lawrence. I obviously love a party. I think you can lump in there a little bit

Okay, yeah, yeah.

So sometimes it works out that way. You just you just never know. Sure, my son is in his second year of playing fantasy football. He is in a twelve league. You only have to start two receivers. Otherwise it's a normal standard starting lineup with flexes and so on and so forth. We lost George Kittle this week, guys, but thankfully there are some tight ends out there. You think about the tight ends that got picked up this week

So you the way he asked the question to say most, I don't think so, because he's going to be outside the top twelve. I think I mean for I mean, I'm a I'm a tight end heavy guy in f like my best dynasty teams perennially are where I've got two premium tight ends.

Right.

So, so I was picking up a lot of Tyler Warren in the rookie drafts, right so I own a lot of Hunter Henry. But I don't think I'm going to be starting him much this week. There will be a stray league where he might migrate up to the second flex, okay, but it won't be many that I'll be starting. I mean, I love that he seems to be Made's safety valve. We saw a lot of that last year. I think that the receiver course is going

I don't I don't know. Is that a is that a fluke? Is that? Was that a matchup thing? Or is that the Is that the new thing? I don't know.

God, but as far as probably not most lineups this week, but uh, but yeah, he's Uh. I'm a truther and I've got plenty of it for for bye weeks and injuries for sure.

Deep in the heart of Texas, Ray, you might be in position to answer this great question. And this is you know, our producer Bryce Peppers. These things in here just to confuse me because he's Walky's best friend and he's always giving me some stuff that will cause me trouble.

Missing the eyes of Texas right quick or yellow Rose is my personal favorite. The stars at at night are big and bright deep in the heart, you.

Know, is this what they sing at ut games?

Ray? We know that was that was a little bit. That was just a goofy, little Peg. It's really the eyes of Texas.

We're getting goofy with question number six, which may be a goofy question. I don't care how fantasy players score points. It's just one of the score points. Javonte Williams scored points for me this weekend in several leagues. I believe he keeps the job. I believe he continues to score points. And I believe the young player Jaden Blue, when he both comes available, does make a contribution, but not to the extent of making Williams a non validated fantasy football player.

Backfield and can you get Dak going?

For God's sake, that's gonna have a good enough year just on volume, I think. So.

It's tough to be a recovering Cowboys fan these days. It's just tough. It's just tough. But from a purely objective fantasy standpoint, and also a.

Guy who you know, got to watch Jay Blue at Texas, I concur with your assessment that it's really probably more of a.

Passing down gadget.

Maybe he's got a role to play in returns and when he when he breaks one open, and with the kickoff rules this year, you know I could see that happening sooner. I did not understand the healthy scratch. I didn't didn't get that this week, but there was a little bit of that going around. And then when uh, when you saw what shot he said in in the in the post.

Game, or I wasn't the postgame press conference.

It was during the week.

Uh, he made it. You know, one of those things where it's like Jayden's still got some work to do. Yeah, the whole camp.

Yeah, I'm not entirely bullish on the Cowboys backfield in any shape, form or fashion. I mean, I mean, it was nice to see Gavante fall forward into the end zone a couple of times against an Eagles defense that was down a very notable man. I don't I don't think we're on the cusp of a ground and pound situation in Dallas. So I'm really I like in my Dynasty leagues, I did a double dip where I would draft one and then go acquire the other. In some

Couple of questions from YouTube. The number one, I'm gonna go back up to it and sim and put it on the screen here. I think it was Rob Phillips had this. Yeah, he wants to know what do you guys think about noah fense outlook? He picked him up in a couple of leagues. Fan was another guy that ended up getting into the end zone week one with his new team. By the way, as well, it's tight

No, I don't.

I don't own very much of him. Like I say, I put a premium on tight End in Kentucky, but especially in the FFPC, So.

I don't own a lot of fans, and.

I didn't go after a lot of him.

Just like if you look back last year at Gasiki.

And when you know gazikis, who's coming to mind for me with the Bengals, where you know he would have a couple of those eight for seventy eight and a touchdown games, but good luck figuring out one in three, one and four.

Which ones it's gonna be right? So ideally I'm looking.

For for tight ends on my bills as much as possible where there's.

A little more reliable volume. I guess reliable volume from rookie Harold fan.

And there was a commentary earlier about acquiring a Harold fan and if you drafted with the old Cleveland Browns fan John Anderson out in Las Vegas or in Kentucky.

You're not gonna have Fannin on the waiver wire.

I think he is on every one of John's teams, and what validet.

I think he was in my I think he was in my in my my Bourbon turn yeah, on Sunday morning, and he.

Was going yeah, yeah, he was going off about him and Dela Sampson both.

Yes, he loves I do want to if we can shift it from Cleveland, I want to go to Philadelphia here.

Yeah, I think so.

I mean, man, that roster is loaded for sure, and you know, obviously is there a role with a healthy Saquon. So if I think for me, I don't think I have him on any of my Gorilla's or main event teams. I don't think I do have him on some dynasty teams.

Are running back.

So so then if that's what your team calls for, Jimmy, then go for it.

Good.

As a guy who saw aj Dillon up close in Green Bay for several years, I can't imagine that he is the He's the plan b If Barkley goes down like Bigsby behind that offensive line, I think is even though Bigsby sort of like a between the tackles banger as well, I think that that he'd be the guy I'd be looking for. So yeah, maybe injury away type

I think that's right.

And the question I would want to ask is why did the team deal Bigsby?

Not why did they acquire?

Why are they deal I'll tell you why. I think they love the two guys they drafted this year, and toot and and Allen and Eat the end was the workhorse in Week one, I think it was Liam Cohen said like, look, it's going to be difficult for us to keep more running backs on this team, and it turned out it was too difficult and that's why they made the trade before the season started.

General manager. As the general manager once why did you trade that guy?

And he said, Pharaoh, I got tired of looking at it. And I always thought that let's got under go in the locker room, I had to look at him. I just got tired of it.

I don't think we can underestimate, you know, with what with what they did going to get Travis Hunter, right and now we see he's going to be mostly offensive player for now anyway, right to me, the sort of the leveling factor they're in that backfield is the familiarity going back to Clemson, and I think just as long as uh, you know, he can get it done on the field, then I think that they'll they'll leave at t n be the lead dog and let it be a workhorse.

I mean, at least for the first half of the season. I would think that would be the case too. Now that could change, but I'm with you as of right now. Ray, speaking of underestimation, did that FPC players underestimate or at least under rate DeAndre Swift this year? A guy who was not going in the top twenty running backs, and yet he is the only Chicago Bears running back in Week one to get a carry. He also sees five targets in this game. He ends up getting sixty five

Yeah, you know the Ben Johnson effect. You know, I I drafted a ton of him, uh coming in because it felt like a deal whether I was uh.

In a lot of cases, he is my r B two and uh and I feel real good about that. Uh.

You know, as we get to talk about every long horn running back in the league, if we can hit, if we could somehow get me to Carolina, talk about Jonathan Brooks before we get out of here, I'll hit for the cycle. But Roshan Johnson, Okay, lifetime longhorn Roshan Johnson. Uh, I feel like if he gets back and gets healthy, they could really replicate. I forget what the cute little say and they have up in in uh Detroit.

But he could be the the Montgomery, the David Montgomery role. He could be the pounder and and Swift could be uh Swift, the swift they you very much there. He'll be the lightning in that under the yeah swift light Okay, I'm not saying that.

You know, uh, he may or may not be able to rise that same level.

But but but I'm out of Georgia. He had had the gifts and now maybe he's got the system.

You've got to come with it because it's week two and we are expecting nothing but running back, expertise and a crystal ball from you. I mean, once again, once again, Bryce continued, I mean these these okay, now, Seattle, I want Walker to be the guy. I want Charonna to play a support role. Am I gonna get what I want?

It doesn't look like it does. It looks like it looks like they flipped rolls. The thing that was the most surprising there. I mean, so the carries, the touches, the snaps, the touchdown. The thing that blew my mind was that Walker was the guy in the passing game.

Yeah exactly, yes, which we know he can do. But Sharvion A has demonstrated more of a of a talent for for for doing more with his catches than Walker. But to your point, three catches four yards for Kenneth Walker, he did see that. It was three of his targets. He caught all of them, and Charboney did not see a target. He did get twelve carries, so he out carried him twelve to ten and obviously forty seven yards on the ground for Sharboney just twenty for Walker.

Yeah, but they were harder eared yards in the passing game, b.

Parao, they counted they Dom Guzzetti knows there's a music man on the show.

He is on fire tonight. Look what Dom's throwing.

What domones there can coming? Yeah, absolutely no. But I'll say this and JJ Zecherson was talking about this on his podcast earlier this week. He's like, uh, he's he's not. He doesn't believe sharbon A is ahead of Walker right now. But guys, when when we looked at how how where these guys started off at f FPC drafts at the start of drafting season or even in the middle where Walker was you know, third fourth round and Sharbona wasn't going to like the ninth or tenth. Ye you look

Makes a great makes a great commentary, guys.

Yeah, he's talking about Walker being dinged up in training camp, thinking that it could be worse than it was actually led on by Seattle. There's certainly a possibility for that as well. You know, we've seen guys that were a little you know, and think about Stefan Diggs and how fast he started off in training camp. Then he sort of started tailing off and he didn't do much in week one. AJ Brown, we already talked about a guy who was dinged up throughout training camp and he didn't

Sure, and that makes sharbon Ay the great value of the draft of that backfield because of where you got him right, so you get comparable production four or five rounds later. I didn't draft any Kenneth Walker. I have a fair amount of Sharbonna, So I'm feeling pretty good about that for sure. And I've got I've got the handcuff in so many dynasties, which is really frustrating.

Now.

Well, in the dynasty, I want I want a pharaoh once too. I want one of the two of them to be the.

Bell cow right, But I don't think we're gonna.

Get that firm well, unless there's an injury, because if there's an injury to either one of them, then all of a sudden, the other ones looking really, really good. I don't We were talking about this on the Insider Access show last night with George and I can't remember his last name, the third or four stringer for Seattle, and then I brought up Damian Martinez, the sixth round pick that they had there this year. These guys are light years as far as talent behind the behind Walker

Ray, Yeah, Dak's against the Giants this week, right, and I'm going Dak on this one. Yeah, I think we're gonna We're gonna see the full I think I think Dak's gonna unleash it.

I think he could be a three or four touchdown game.

Prescott at home against the Giants.

Two.

As you mentioned, Fields is at home against the Bills. Farrell, do you have a dog in this fight between Fields and Prescott?

Ram playing for Dallas, Yes, I think.

Okay, there you go and there you go. Listen George Hulani, thank you, Jimmy. Then, yes, that was the other Seattle running back I couldn't remember. I do remember these emails. I want to read them to you. Ray, Joe and Carlsbad, California leads us off. How do I handle brock Bauers properly on Monday night this week? Thank you so much, Joe. We appreciate the email. Bowers officially not seen at practice

Yes, so you want to go hunting downs because you've got three other options. You're looking for which of those other tight ends might be available in your league for starters, right? And if not, you have the unfortunate task of a bird in the hand or waiting to see right. That's always the toughest thing to do, right is potentially take

You teased it beautifully. You said another day of practice, and that is correct. And if he see the practice field tomorrow, he'll play. They've talked about him playing all week. And you know Bowers doesn't need to kind of practice that the writers of practicing.

Well, Bowers is also himself is and like I normally hate taking injury advice from the player itself because they tend to overestimate.

Oh sure they are.

And Bowers himself is saying, yeah, we'll see, we'll see.

No, you don't, Calcutaria, go back to fifty minutes ago.

The other thing, I'll mention to it. And he I didn't look at ownership. In fact, I'm gonna look at ownership right now as far as how this guy goes. But the Buccaneers are playing. They are playing uh the uh Houston era, Yeah, Houston, Texas on Monday night. So if you look at and why can I not find my ownership tab here? Dalton Schultz right now is owned in about half of the of the Big Gorilla and Main Event leagues about fifty ownership, so he might be

You know, Conklin Conklin is is a is a neat, sneaky sort of play right there, because he's available last week.

Yeah, well didn't I thought? Didn't Disleey have a big play in that game too? Or am I am I misremembering this?

Core are a.

Lot of things you were doing, baky okay? Yeah, yeah, copy a busy man.

Conklind two for fifty on two targets. Disney had one catch on one target for eighteen yards. That was a good due by the way. Conklind, for what it's worth, also at a carry for two yards in that game too. Whatever. One more email here for you, Ray. This is from Ron and Bladenboro, North Carolina. What's upraided? Does the Jaden Reid injury make guys like Matthew Golden, Romeo Dobbs, and Dantavian Wicks more startable? That is Ron and Bladen Barrow,

Yeah, for sure.

So Dobbs for sure, for sure, Golden, I think I will be rolling the bones on Golden for sure. And I already looked and Dantavian Wicks is available everywhere, and I'm definitely going to babble up some Dantavian Wicks where I need him on the teams that I need him. You know, that's always That's always the thing, you know, some of the other you know, lottery tickets we talked about earlier. It always comes down to whatever particular bill is.

That's probably my favorite part of really getting the hang of this high stakes thing.

The I will say this in regards to the Packers receivers. Wix did get four for forty four that game, but like three of them were right away. I think on that first thy were two or three of them on that first drive when or when was still out there. And Matthew Goldland two targets, no catches. I know a lot of people blame the Jordan Love throw on the one to the end zone. So there's that. He did get two carries for fifteen yards and Dobbs three for

I would love to see that.

I would love, love, love to see Musk because Musgrave was was the jam until Tucker came along and blew up. And uh, you know, if you go back to some of those Patriots teams that had.

Had to dropping.

Yeah, the Packers in the late nineties had Mark Schimura and Keith Jackson and when they.

Want to the president president.

Absolutely there's precedent. There's also precedent for this final question that Farrell is going to ask you something we ask.

It is with Ray. I don't know how to ask this question, but.

Music, who are you putting on center stage as your main act for this year's a musician no one may have heard of, or a guy that that no one may believe in like you do. And who are you kicking out of the band? That's how I want to ask nice.

Okay, so are you asking me about actual music? This is a football question.

Musical analogies front center with the microphone in the spotlight and the guy that you would pull over with on the bus take a break and the bus would leave him there.

Okay, So in in in tight End Premium, I think uh, for me, uh, Tyler Warren is the guy that was drafted in such a great position and I think is going to yield such rewards and be consistent.

And we're just getting started.

So that's probably, uh, that's probably my one guy I'm hottest on. I'm also hot on Travon Henderson, another rookie that I think is gonna have.

Some guys are doing so great. You wish you were still drafting, don't you. I do, I really do.

I wish we were all still in Kentucky. Actually, I really think Travion Henderson could could have a Jamier Gibbs like season if that would be the ceiling. Obviously it was not much higher than it could be, but I think that there's a real chance that he becomes the focal point of that offense.

To your point, Uh, the Colts were led in targets last week by Tyler Warren. He gets nine of them, Pittman gets eight, and nobody else had more than three. Warren cashed in on seven of those targets for receptions for seventy six yards, so by looking good and it was a great.

Value where you were able to get Pittman. You know, Yeah, Pittman is the motto of the show.

And you know, if it wasn't for certain you could you could play Pittman over with Jamar Chase and those single digit numbers.

And I mean, god, funky, can you believe single digit? First? What is going on?

I'll say this right now. If it wasn't for Farrell Elliott on this program, Michael Pittman would have been like a fourteenth round pick.

Who's your guy?

I know you hate going negative, but.

So the Dolphins are just a hot mess. They're just a mess, right.

And so I I have a chan in some dynasties and I drafted him in a single, big guerrilla draft and then Tyreek I don't know what's going on there, So those are those.

Are second round Tyreek.

As I towards the as it went on, he was slipping into the third round as I recall, But yeah, I'm I'm, I'm I don't want to play any any Dolphins.

I'm with you, Tyreek Kill never never ever consideration. And you know, uh, mister Hoyt checks in says Pittman will go too for twelve. We've already discussed early on before Scott joined the show, and we would be playing other players in front of Pitman this weekend because we have that opportunity.

The only person that is not as Farrell Elliott, who is contractually obligated to start Michael Pittman in every league that he plays in. That's just what it is. Ray. Final question, I'm just sure the final question. I know Pharol normally asked it. I want to flip it back to music. Of all the stars that you have interviewed over the years, all the bands, do you have a favorite one? Do you have one that sticks out to you as like Man that was so much fun?

Yeah, well there's a bunch so hmm. So I'll tell you the big names like Maynard from Tool or James Hetfield were actually disappointed. It's hard to meet your heroes when that big. I will tell you that the band Sublime was recording their much ballyhooed album in Austin, Texas.

Will you let them come up? And uh, I said yeah.

So they came in and you know, those guys like to partakes, so the studio got foggy. But the reason why that one stands out, guys, is because obviously Bradley died before the album came out, and Sublime became a whole cultural phenomenon, and.

Not many people got to interview them on the radio.

I mean, the La guys, you know K Rock and ninety one X in San Diego Live one oh five. I mean, they were a California phenomenon, but it wasn't until they came to Austin, to record that album and then Bradley unfortunately died that the album sold millions and mimes and they become a whole thing. So so I got to interview Bradley from Sublime.

A very cool, very cool did you see the studio got Fozzy? What did you say, Foggy? I had to do this, really, it's really.

I will I will say this and we'll leave you with this. People can connect with you on X at Race Sager, give the give the website once again for the veterans.

Oh for creative ets. Yeah, and better to find me on Instagram or Facebook. To be honest with you, I'm not on X all that much, but at Race sagern at on Instagram or or or uh raceagern dot com if you want to want to hook up or whatever. But Creative's right there. Yeah and uh yeah, go check that out. Those guys are doing great work. And uh so with my with my filmmaking stuff, I love to get involved with stories that are powerful about world changers, like Richard at Creativets.

But I also like to.

Make horror films and goofy indie comedy. So that's that's really those are the most fun.

Really, it's one of those rare fields too, where you're you know, kind of creatively fulfilling and satisfying yourself, but at the same time opening a lot of stuff up for other people to enjoy too.

That's key. Throw up Joe King's quote just for picture day.

There you go, Joe, Absolutely Joe for the win. Just for the audio listeners, he posted that he wore a butthole surfer shirt where totally this is YouTube is never gonna know that that's fly. He wore a BH surfer shirt for picture day at school, but all you saw was the BH word on his shirt. And he says he peaked in eighth grade. Quite frankly, if you're that creative in eighth grade, there's no way you peaked eighth.

Day, right you just getting started?

Yeah yeah, Ray, thank you so much for hopping aboard. This is this is a blast. We'll have to have you on it at some point. Good luck. Uh he's not only week two, but in all your k f f C, all your f f PC leagues the rest of the way.

Man, appreciate that, fellas. Thanks so much for having me tonight at the best time.

So much fun. That is Ray Sagaran ladies and gentlemen hopping board, the twenty time f f PC League champion, obviously a lead champion in the k f f f C as well, and looking repair himion Dollar Grand Prizes in the FFPC this year as well. Farrell, we are over time. I want to get into these start sits. If you're still cool, we can go rapid fire on this. You wanna, We'll go rapid fire. Yeah. Pete and Dallas. Hey, guys, torn between Jordan Mason and Tyrone Tracy. Who should I

I lean Jordan Mason. I love the way he runs the ball.

Scott Hoyt chiming in with Mason, Permar chiming in with Mason. Don Gazetti, also chiming in with Mason. I'm on my own island on this one with Tracy, but they're all saying, Mason, let's move on to the next one. Who do we got here? This is Ken in Statesboro, Georgia, Keenan Allen overw Doonsay on Sunday or vice versa. Thank you, Thank you, Ken. We have and it's always helpful. If you put this in the email, I'll look it up. If you don't

Farrell, Yeah, Keenan Allen is the play winning Rome is skipping for this.

I'm actually gonna lean towards Odoonseay in this over Keenan Allen. I worry that we saw more of a ceiling type game for Justin Herbert in that passing game with Hampton and Harris in that backfield. Scott Hoyt saying, o'doons as well. I think Allan's fine. I just if I had the choice with Odoonsay, I would play him there instead. Moving on to George in Dearborn, Michigan. Would you guys start Dalton Schultz over Cadott and these two guys play each

He's Kate Rotten on Monday Night. Go with Dalton Shults.

Okay, Ferrell's going with Schultz. I can't believe we've disagreed on every single one, So every one. Yes, final one, Jerry and Peoria Illinois. Which underwhelming Week one quarterback? Should I play this weekend? Bo Nicks or Trevor Lawrence? I appreciate it, guys, Thank you Jerry, We appreciate you. So this weekend, if we look at the quarterback situation, bow Nicks is actually going to be in Indianapolis taking on the Colts, and you have who's the other one that

You can't go wrong here because you will make a If you drafted Nicks, you had much much belief in him, and you probably don't have Lawrence on your roster.

But if you, uh, this is this is.

Why you drafted Lawrence. Later, go ahead and starting, let's agree with one book.

Yeah, Farrell, you and I agree, but literally everybody is disagreeing with us. Scott Hoyt Dome because that he both said. Next, per Mar ninety nine said Lawrence never but Jimmy.

Onemar is already talking about baseball, which means he violated one rule of the show.

He came even post until October.

He could he could post. He's always welcome to post. Weys appreciate his insight. Jimmy Williams is agreeing with us, he said Trevor Lawrence, and.

Jimmy Williams says Trevor Lawrence.

There's not a lot of guys that knows much about fantasy football.

Well, we appreciate everybody who is chiming in, because if you are watching this live on YouTube, Facebook x or whatever, or even if you're streaming it later. You know, ball, we always appreciate all the facts and opinions that is.

Now permanently bland from the show. He says, baseball is permanently, permanently banned from the show.

I don't think I I don't think I have it in me to minutly banned.

His name will never be mentioned again.

Yeah, it's uh, Farrell will never speak the name per mar again. But Permarra, I'm an extraordinarily uh forgiving individual. Uh, it's the Midwest, nice and me. So you are always welcome to come aboard Scott boyit. If we are watching, we have no Friday night life. This is life. This is life hanging out to as good as this is this listen, you can't go anywhere and find a high stakes audience like this on a Friday night. This is life.

This has been another episode of the Hot Stakes Fatasy Football Hour, presented by my FFPC dot com. It was broadcast live and was watched around the world. Bulky and Farrell will be back next week with more analysis, more interviews, add more advice from guests much smarter than they are. Thanks for watching, and we'll talk with you again next week.

Yes, just one final reminder everybody. Two Monday night games this week. Seven o'clock is the Buccaneers and Texans. Ten o'clock is the Chargers and Raiders for an extraordinarily late game that night. And brock Bowers officially listed as well. Not that doesn't have an injury listing yet, but he has not practiced yet this week, so keep that in mind when you are putting in your waivers for Sunday for the FFP. Also want to make a note of this. I sent out a couple of emails to you about this.