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Week 15 recap, Start of the Playoffs and Wildcard
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Tune in to find out which unlikely individual made it out of the wildcard. We go over the semifinal and preview the sacco bowl.
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Introduction to Tommy J.
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Edgar and Daryll
what ah Welcome welcome guys to Between the Goal Pose with Edgar and today we have a special guest.
Wild Card System: Hope or Hype?
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Edgar and Daryll
ah The Make-A-Wish Foundation brought them all the way to the playoffs. We have our boy, Tommy. Tommy J. hi are you, Tom?
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Tom
from worst to worst in the playoffs, baby.
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Edgar and Daryll
um
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Tom
Let's go.
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Edgar and Daryll
Oh, man. What it's what a wild season, dude. Last place.
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Tom
What? Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
la you You were in last place.
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Tom
I did it. You know, we had the discussion of this happening and I was like, you know
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Edgar and Daryll
Mm-hmm.
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Tom
let me try Let me try it.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, I love it. You know, ah I mean, and this is why some people love wild cards, right? And this is a big, this is why we did it. It's to allow those who essentially feel like they have no more no more hope to have hope.
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Tom
Yeah,
Tommy's Trade Secrets: Wildcard Motivation
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Tom
yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
And here you are with hope. Oh, man. How are you feeling?
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Tom
I feel really great about it. I mean, going from worse pretty much entire season to the playoffs is phenomenal.
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Edgar and Daryll
Okay. Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
Of course.
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Tom
I wish the other people or other people in the wild card spoke up more because they got to feel like crap,
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Edgar and Daryll
yeah. 100%. 100%.
Fairness of the Wild Card System
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Tom
you know?
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Edgar and Daryll
and oh Yeah. yeah. Well,
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Tom
Which is always like the the other argument of the conversation. you can you know mess up someone else's season by by this happening but
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Edgar and Daryll
yeah
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Edgar and Daryll
oh yeah what is well Well, yeah, and I spoke about it in the and the other podcast where, like, why do we have a first week buy for first place?
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Tom
you
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Edgar and Daryll
Like, why not have the same for the SACO, right? ah Then you would automatically be into the SACO, but also give, instead of going against five people, you go against four people.
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Edgar and Daryll
um But I don't know. I mean, look, it worked out. You don't have to.
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Tom
Listen, it gives us more information to go into next off season to talk about maybe a rule change or changing up how we do the the wild card.
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Edgar and Daryll
Okay, so so you being the bottom team, right? Making it out of the wild – making it into the wild card, right?
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Tom
Yep.
Tommy's Season Strategy and Player Highlights
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Edgar and Daryll
And also it kind of like talking about not necessarily saying like, hey, you deserve – you don't deserve to be where you're at, which I'm not saying that.
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Tom
Yep.
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Edgar and Daryll
um But just seeing how your your season went and potentially giving McGuire an easier path to the final. And I'm not saying you're going to because I believe. you know I believe. um But what are your thoughts on, like, okay, should we have had last place go straight into the sackle or, you know, let's keep the same thing because at the end the day, like, it's just it's just fantasy, right? Yeah.
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Tom
I mean, it's tough. It's probably going take a little while to digest it and really think back at it.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Tom
I think it, I think with the wild card and motivated a lot of people too, because I know there was other people, i mean, I'll mention, you know, Carlos was all about the wild card, you know last like three weeks, he was just like waiting for the wild card a week.
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Edgar and Daryll
Sure. a Yeah.
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Tom
He went pretty, pretty quiet. I will say over the last few days, and I don't know what happened.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Tom
I'm sure he's busy, but yeah,
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Edgar and Daryll
Sure.
00:03:31
Tom
So it definitely motivated me to make more trades and also structure my team for, you know, this past week's run, you know, win this week, avoid the sackle completely and just make it to the playoffs, you know.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
Now,
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Tom
So for for me, from anything from here on is gravy, you know.
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Edgar and Daryll
For sure.
Team Analysis: Carlos vs. Nared
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Edgar and Daryll
But okay, so here's the thing, right? Like you and Carlos were tied in ah record.
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Tom
Yep.
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Edgar and Daryll
Okay. what do you Would it have motivated you more to want to win the last three weeks to not be in that guaranteed sackle instead of like preparing?
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Edgar and Daryll
Like i understand you were preparing for the sackle, right?
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
But Like you wanted to give yourself a chance to be out of this echo or or like to come out of the wildcard. Right. um And that's kind my argument.
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Tom
Yeah. I guess i I, to be blunt, I probably have to think about it more, but my goal is always to try to be have the best team for this past week to to make it to the playoffs.
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Edgar and Daryll
Sure.
00:04:37
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Tom
Cause anything can happen. Like we've seen it, right? And we saw it last week, right? I mean, um I'll be the first one to admit it.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, 44 points, forty whatever for Calvin.
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Tom
I didn't think my team would have it in it, you know, like like how it did, which obviously Kyle Pitts was the main factor in that.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
For sure. Well, Drake London, um not being there, i think makes big difference, right?
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Tom
um
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Tom
Correct. Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
um you I mean, you and I tried to – I asked you for Drake London a couple weeks ago.
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Tom
Yes. Yes.
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Edgar and Daryll
ah and and I said, hey, like you know take a chance. right If you give him to me, ill I'll take the risk of him not being in the playoffs.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
And you said, no, because he might be, and didn't pan out.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
right
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Tom
Correct. Correct.
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Edgar and Daryll
um you see I don't know if he's supposed to.
Playoff Dynamics and SACO Surprises
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Edgar and Daryll
I haven't kept up. Is he supposed to play?
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Tom
He's projected to play. like I moved him out my IR because I was making some roster moves and he is questionable. Projected like 18 points. we I mean, he's had some really big games this season, so...
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Edgar and Daryll
Sure.
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Tom
but You know, to your point, I probably wish I did have Watson over the last few weeks, you know.
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Edgar and Daryll
Sure. Yeah, for sure.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
No, I agree. Well, okay. so with So with that, let me, yeah let's, we'll talk about like our, we'll talk about like the matchups, what had happened with the wild card.
00:05:58
Edgar and Daryll
ah But let's just go over the, you know, the week 15 recap. and and then you, if you want to read the notes that, yeah.
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Tom
but
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Edgar and Daryll
They was like, oh, I want someone else to take a look at it.
Week 15 Recap: Romo vs. Edgar
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Edgar and Daryll
ah But yeah, so let me let me go ahead and let me find the draft.
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Tom
And just for the people that haven't been on this show and seen the notes, these are the wildest notes I've ever seen.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Tom
It's basically just a giant paragraph, no spacing. No wonder he messes up these recaps so much.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, yeah, sometimes I just, I'm like, I jump into like line four from like six.
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Tom
Zero separation, zero anything structure on these notes.
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Edgar and Daryll
They're all run-on sentences, you know? They're all just thoughts, okay? Well, let's get into the let's get into the Week 15 Recap. This week was the first round of playoffs. After Romo's loss to Edgar in golf, he believed his week would go better as had second strongest team coming into the playoffs.
Wild Card Race Analysis: Kyle Pitts' Impact
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Edgar and Daryll
Romo came out swinging as he scored his second highest point total of the season. Little did he know that Edgar, along with the Sun God, would also score his highest score of the season. In a matchup that began with Nicole Collins growing in the first five minutes of the game, the points were flowing all night long. Romo's season came to an end at the same time his Cowboy season and also came to the end.
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Edgar and Daryll
Romo now looks forward to picking up a hobby as he looks to regroup and begin his research for the 2026 season. Then we had Darryl versus Alejandro. Darryl started off hot with a commanding lead to start the afternoon games. Alejandro stated that he was not worried as his superstar Gibbs and Adams had not played yet.
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Edgar and Daryll
Both Adams and Gibbs combined for a crazy 20 points versus Almond Rock 41 points. It would appear that the trade came back to haunt Alejandro when it mattered the most. And Alejandro did not Gibbs it to Darryl.
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Edgar and Daryll
McBride continues to put up a team on his back as he scored 37 points along with B. John's 29 points to put the dagger in Alejandro's season.
Upcoming Playoff Predictions
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Edgar and Daryll
Robin, make sure to hold him tight.
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Edgar and Daryll
Then the wild card started off with a bang from Kyle Pitts.
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Tom
Thank you.
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Edgar and Daryll
It only took four years to hype this man up to have the best game of his season and put the rest of the four wild card contenders into a downworld spiral. But look out, never had Trevor Lawrence, who put up 44 points. Unfortunately, the rest of his team was a poo-poo platter that couldn't even lock him into second place in the wild card.
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Edgar and Daryll
Then on Monday night, Andrew's team was going for a Christmas miracle as he inches his way towards Tom the way Randall inches his way up the hall at recess. Unfortunately for him, it was not enough as he makes his way to the sack hole.
Wild Card Impact Review: The Kyle Pitts Effect
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Edgar and Daryll
Carlos was also hoping that he could make a run, but unfortunately for him, just like Lamar, his run was not enough as he fell to second to last in the wildcard run. And finally, Troy also attempted to make a move, but just like his early season comment of have fun playing for a second, he must admit that he was not going to be in the playoffs as he's currently sitting in first place, but in the upside down.
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Edgar and Daryll
And that was a week 15 recap. All right. Yeah.
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Tom
Awesome.
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Edgar and Daryll
yeah There you go. See? Got to do it for the people.
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Tom
All
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah. It probably takes me like 20 minutes to write this. It doesn't take super long.
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Tom
right.
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Edgar and Daryll
All right. Yeah. So, um but, you know, it's just...
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Tom
I can tell by the grammar.
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Edgar and Daryll
and Oh, we appreciate it, Tom. Well, let's let's talk about the SACO. um
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
So since you were in there, what what um other than obviously Cowpits, what kind of surprised you the most out of everything, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing?
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Tom
Yeah. So going into the weekend after kyle Pitts on Thursday night, which for the people that don't know, Kyle Pitts put up 45 points on Thursday night, which, you know, four years in the making,
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
Wild.
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Edgar and Daryll
I'm sure everybody knows.
Playoff Strategies and Predictions
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Tom
which is funny. I was actually looking back at some of the previous transactions. Like he was actually on, I believe Carlos's team at one point.
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Edgar and Daryll
He was.
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Tom
So for Carlos talking so much about being on, a I'm playing for the wild card position.
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Edgar and Daryll
Mm-hmm.
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Tom
Like if, you know, if he had kept them, you know, Carlos would be in this position, not me. um
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Edgar and Daryll
Mm-hmm.
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Tom
So obviously I went into the weekend pretty, pretty calm. I was like, you know, I'll, I'll check after the first, you know, early afternoon games.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Tom
But then the group chat started going off and I was like, oh, shit oh oh crap.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Tom
You know, let let me take a look.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Tom
And then I was like, all right, Trevor Lawrence is giving me a run for my money.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:10:31
Tom
And, you know, Andrew, Carlos, like it was pretty competitive, which which I think that was the over part of our league this year was it was very competitive this year.
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Edgar and Daryll
It was. Yeah. There was like no clear. I mean, there was, we started to like differentiate ourselves a little more presented the season, but yeah, the whole entire year, it was competitive to include like you guys at the model.
00:10:47
Tom
Yeah.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
Like everybody had a chance at some point.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
And that's good you're right that's kind of how the wild card went, right And i honestly, like I also thought Nared was going to have a better game because Lorenz had this monster 44-point game.
00:11:09
Edgar and Daryll
But Darceau's team is just not great.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
um yeah So with him, now now the matchups that we have, we have... Nareth versus Carlos, right? And then Andrew versus Troy.
00:11:25
Edgar and Daryll
but Basically, all the all the all the brown people are going to see against the brown people, the white people are going against the white people, and that's including in like the actual regular playoffs, which is kind of funny.
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Edgar and Daryll
um But not by this side, not by this side.
00:11:37
Tom
That was not by design.
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Edgar and Daryll
It just kind of guarantees that there's going to be at least one brown person in the final against one white person.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Tom
We are diversified is what we are as a league.
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Edgar and Daryll
that That's right. Yeah, that's right. We diversified it. But what do you think about Nared versus Carlos matchup? Like, does Nared have a chance?
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Tom
Man, I've been looking at it to kind of,
00:12:02
Tom
as much as I hate to say it, because I've had my issues with this person this year. And, you know, overall, since I've known him, I do like Carlos's team more.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
Mm-hmm.
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Tom
And I think part of that, too, is he has a good amount of players that are on teams that still need to win.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
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Tom
So in that sense, I would lean towards Carlos over Narek this week.
00:12:26
Edgar and Daryll
Okay.
Carlos vs. Nared: In-Depth Matchup Predictions
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Tom
But not not to say I don't like nervous team I think it's phenomenal. But Justin Jefferson, you know, obviously very bad year for him, not his fault.
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Edgar and Daryll
Horrendous.
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Tom
um
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Edgar and Daryll
But McCarthy's turning it up.
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Tom
But, you know, yeah, I mean, listen, anything can happen.
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Edgar and Daryll
He's playing better.
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Tom
We've seen it every year of fantasy football every week.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:12:47
Tom
So, you know, I hope, I hope they have a good matchup. You know, I hope it's not a blowout. I hope it's, I hope it comes down to the wire.
00:12:55
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, I think the same thing. i mean, I would take Carlos over Nere at this point, but i think it's just because, yes, Nere had a good week last week, but he had a good week with one player, and it was like and it wasn't a good week.
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Tom
Yep.
00:13:11
Edgar and Daryll
It was just an average week. And then for your team to have an average week with such a heavy like dose of one individual putting up all those points, um it's just kind of the way his season's been.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
like it's not It's either like Michael Wilson, is nice isn it mike michael wilson the wide receiver for the Cardinals, I think is his name.
00:13:24
Tom
Yeah.
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Tom
Yeah, yep.
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Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, so it's either been him, right, putting up a bunch of points.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Tom
Yep.
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Edgar and Daryll
Like, Buca earlier on. Lawrence, right? And then once in a while, Henry. But he doesn't have a team that just puts up solid floors, right?
00:13:43
Tom
Correct.
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Edgar and Daryll
His floor is, like, super low.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
um And that's not...
00:13:45
Tom
Yep. Which I can relate to throughout this season, you know.
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Edgar and Daryll
It's true. This is true. But he also had, like, rough matchups, right?
00:13:52
Tom
Yes.
00:13:53
Edgar and Daryll
I think i then you had rough matchups, and and a portion of that comes down to that. Not just... Like, you didn't have a lot of games that you won under 100, right?
00:14:00
Tom
Correct.
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Edgar and Daryll
You know? ah Nere did. Nere
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Tom
Yeah, he had the boomer bust team, kind of, you know.
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Edgar and Daryll
did. 100%. Yes, I agree.
00:14:10
Tom
Yeah.
00:14:10
Edgar and Daryll
Now, I think Carlos had more solid floors, and I think that's what he's going to need against Nere. But, yeah, I expect Nere to go back into the cycle. Hopefully we don't lose him next year. if I don't think he's going to lose the cycle. Or win the cycle. Do you lose the cycle or do you win the cycle?
00:14:33
Tom
What, last year?
00:14:34
Edgar and Daryll
No, I'm just saying like, thank that I'm just asking like, do you lose, this like going into the SACO, like is losing a SACO meaning that you win the SACO or are you saying you win the SACO so you get last place?
00:14:35
Tom
Oh, in general?
00:14:47
Tom
No, you lose SACO by scoring the least amount of points.
00:14:51
Edgar and Daryll
Okay, okay. And thus earning the SACO.
00:14:51
Tom
Yeah.
00:14:54
Tom
Correct.
00:14:55
Edgar and Daryll
Okay.
00:14:55
Tom
You have to earn the SACO by losing.
00:14:55
Edgar and Daryll
but okay Got it. Got it. And then we have and and then we have Troy versus um Andrew, which I think is going to be a good matchup.
00:15:09
Tom
Yep.
00:15:10
Edgar and Daryll
But who would you take if you had to put your money on someone?
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Tom
Oh, boy.
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Tom
it's It's tough to go against Troy.
00:15:23
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:24
Tom
Because, i mean, Josh Allen, Kuka Nakua, Bucky Irving, Jalen Hurts.
00:15:31
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:15:32
Tom
You know, that's that's that's a tough kind of core.
00:15:35
Edgar and Daryll
Mm-hmm.
00:15:36
Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
Kind of crazy that it's in the sack, huh? Mm-hmm.
00:15:40
Tom
I mean, it is, right?
00:15:44
Tom
But Andrew, you know, Drake May, again, they they haven't clocked up their division, so they're going to be playing hard.
00:15:48
Edgar and Daryll
Chase.
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Edgar and Daryll
Correct.
00:15:53
Tom
You know, Jermar Chase, you know, they're out. So I really don't know what the sense of kind of, you know, playing him.
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Edgar and Daryll
And...
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Edgar and Daryll
I hope it's good because I'm playing Burrow next week, this week. Yeah.
00:16:05
Tom
But listen, I'm going to say Troy just because i still have PTSD from when Pickens put up that three touchdown. I think I went into that game with a lead that i was very comfortable with.
00:16:18
Tom
And then I think it was like Sunday night and Monday night. Pickens just put up three touchdowns, just destroyed me. My season never recovered from that. So personally, I'm going to go with Troy over Andrew, but out of spite.
00:16:26
Edgar and Daryll
funny. Yeah.
00:16:32
Edgar and Daryll
Got it. Okay, so... I'm actually going to go with Andrew.
00:16:37
Tom
Okay.
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Edgar and Daryll
um
00:16:37
Tom
Perfect.
00:16:38
Edgar and Daryll
But it's because I'm going against what Darrell was saying, that I have i have a bias. ah So I don't have a bias.
00:16:44
Tom
Yeah,
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Edgar and Daryll
I'm saying Andrew makes it out. But i think it's going to be tight. And the only reason is because I think that, like you said, Drake Maeve, right?
00:16:52
Tom
I agree.
00:16:56
Edgar and Daryll
DeAndre Stubbs has been playing great.
00:16:56
Tom
Yep.
00:16:57
Tom
Yep.
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Edgar and Daryll
ah Chase and Alave and Pickens also are like really good plays.
00:17:03
Tom
Yep.
00:17:03
Edgar and Daryll
Um, where I think Allen is phenomenal, but Bucky Irvin has been like, eh, Nakua, I think it's going to get a ton of work.
00:17:10
Tom
Yep.
00:17:12
Edgar and Daryll
I hope he does.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
Cause he's in my other league. Um, but then he doesn't really have a whole lot of other players that kind of like stand out to me. Like Camara is not playing.
00:17:21
Tom
Yeah. I mean, Waller with Tua, who knows how that situation however you pronounce it.
00:17:22
Edgar and Daryll
So.
00:17:26
Edgar and Daryll
Well, Waller with the new, uh, quarterback, what's his name? quote
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Edgar and Daryll
Something like that, yeah.
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Tom
Yeah.
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Edgar and Daryll
And it
Romo vs. Edgar: Playoff Preview
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Edgar and Daryll
he might be the safety valve.
00:17:34
Tom
So. he He could be. I mean, they're playing against Cincinnati, which is currently 32nd ranked. I know they've been playing a little bit better defense lately, but again, I don't know what Cincinnati is really playing for.
00:17:42
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:17:46
Tom
So, you know, correct.
00:17:47
Edgar and Daryll
You're saying the the Dolphins are playing against Cincinnati, or?
00:17:50
Tom
The Dolphins are playing against it Cincinnati.
00:17:52
Edgar and Daryll
oh we well, you know, the crazy thing is that the Bengals have allowed the most points, right, to the tight ends. Yeah.
00:17:59
Tom
Okay.
00:17:59
Edgar and Daryll
So they said that they average like 25 points or something like that to tight ends, which is bananas.
00:18:04
Tom
Okay. So, So that might be the ah you know that that fire that he needs.
00:18:10
Edgar and Daryll
Sure. Yeah, it might be.
00:18:11
Tom
Like you said, safety net, tight end. So again, I think each matchup is going to be a good game.
00:18:13
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:18:17
Edgar and Daryll
For sure. For sure.
00:18:18
Tom
I don't think there's quite a blowout like maybe one of the playoff matchups might turn out to be. But we'll talk about that in a bit.
00:18:25
Edgar and Daryll
Oh, man. That's right. Well, let's ah let's go ahead and talk about our semifinal of our people who have made it out into the playoffs.
00:18:40
Edgar and Daryll
ah By the way, Daryl's in France, just so you guys work just you guys are aware. ah So, you know, that's why we have Tom in the pod, and we're super grateful.
00:18:53
Edgar and Daryll
ah But enjoy your time in France. Eat lots of boggles and snails or whatever it is you're going to eat.
00:19:03
Tom
Escargot is what they call it.
00:19:03
Edgar and Daryll
Oh, a skaggle. That's right. Well, So what did you think about the matchup between me and Romulo?
00:19:14
Tom
I mean, I thought it was a good matchup. I didn't think it was going to be as big of a margin as it was going to be. um So, you know, congratulations to you.
00:19:20
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:19:23
Tom
I mean, it's you versus Daryl going into this week, which, again, is always a great matchup.
00:19:24
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:19:31
Edgar and Daryll
That's my killer's heel.
00:19:31
Tom
Just, yeah. um yeah but i i mean i really like romo's team i i like your team too like again you're one of those ones that you know you're a big trader throughout the season so which you know some some people aren't some people are um
00:19:33
Edgar and Daryll
Mm-hmm.
00:19:39
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:19:45
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, yeah.
00:19:48
Edgar and Daryll
That's what it's all about. Yeah, and that's what it's about, too. Like, I think, you know, talking about trades and obviously the big trade that everybody was, like, chatting about and and telling me, like, oh, you know, you gave up Gibbs.
00:20:02
Edgar and Daryll
In the grand scheme of things, did I win the trade at the end?
00:20:04
Tom
Yeah.
00:20:08
Tom
Yeah. I mean, listen, you are where you are, right?
00:20:11
Edgar and Daryll
mon
00:20:11
Tom
So a win's a win.
00:20:14
Edgar and Daryll
A win's a win, baby.
00:20:14
Tom
That's all, that's all matters, you know?
00:20:16
Edgar and Daryll
That's right.
Tommy's Wildcard Reflections
00:20:17
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah. And um yeah, so what do you...
00:20:19
Tom
But to be fair, you, you gave up a lot too, to get to where you are. You know, you, you traded away, you know, any, not any, but most of your keeper potential, you kind of gave up to get to where you are.
00:20:29
Edgar and Daryll
For sure. 100%. one hundred percent
00:20:31
Tom
So, know,
00:20:32
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, I sell the farm. you know I sell first draft picks could.
00:20:34
Tom
Okay. ah
00:20:36
Edgar and Daryll
and for um If I had another child on the way, maybe middle name rights.
00:20:43
Edgar and Daryll
now But um so would do you, you know, and and I appreciate Romo and I think Romo had a phenomenal team and and congratulations to building what you did. I thought you were for sure you were ah a big contender to make it all the way.
00:20:57
Edgar and Daryll
Unfortunately, you came up against this wall of mine. ah So, but I do think that you you build an amazing team, Romo. However, would you rather be on the foot of having the best, your second best game of your season, but still losing or just being blown out in the playoffs?
00:21:18
Tom
I mean, I'm always that one, like, even if I'm not playing that week, it's a meaningless week, you week, I still set up the best lineup, you know, just, that's just my mentality.
00:21:23
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:21:29
Tom
So,
00:21:30
Edgar and Daryll
Sure.
00:21:33
Tom
you know, i don't I don't want to get blown out ever.
00:21:33
Edgar and Daryll
But what hurts more? I know, but what hurts more, though?
00:21:36
Tom
Um,
00:21:36
Edgar and Daryll
Like, losing by, like, just having such a blow-up game where you're like, bro, I could have beaten every single person, right? Or, like, I'm just happy that he put me down early so they don't have to worry about it.
00:21:48
Tom
No, i want I want to be in the fight.
00:21:50
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah? Nice.
00:21:50
Tom
Yeah. Like, I want to spend my Monday, every meeting I'm in, in the back of my mind being like, I just want to get to Monday Night Football.
00:21:51
Edgar and Daryll
I love that.
00:21:59
Tom
And, you know.
00:22:00
Edgar and Daryll
You have, though. this I feel like this year, it's come to a lot of Monday night football games for you.
00:22:01
Tom
Yeah. ah I've lost a lot of sleep this season.
00:22:07
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, I agree.
00:22:07
Tom
um i've I've cried myself to sleep a lot of nights, too, after after those long nights.
00:22:14
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, there's been a lot of close matchups for you. I'm telling you, it hasn't been that your record shows that, yeah, you were last, but the end of the day, you you just had really close matchups that didn't go your way.
00:22:16
Tom
Yeah.
00:22:24
Tom
Yeah.
00:22:26
Edgar and Daryll
um Now, I'm playing against Daryl, right? yeah ESPN says 50-50. um Now, I tend to lose against Darryl, right? And Romo told me that Lightning does strike the same place multiple times, but I say that it does not strike the same place.
00:22:44
Edgar and Daryll
ah So, me personally, I think I make it out. um I think I have maybe more upside than Darryl, but just want to hear your thoughts about that matchup.
00:22:53
Tom
yeah Yeah, so, I mean, it is fifty fifty He's not lying to you guys. I'm looking at it right now. um
00:23:03
Tom
I do like your team a little bit better. um You know, Amin Ra, James Cook, Javante Williams.
00:23:14
Tom
You have some questionables. You know, Travis Kelsey, you know, without Mahomes.
Daryl vs. Edgar: Strategic Showdown
00:23:18
Tom
Again, could it be a safety net?
00:23:18
Edgar and Daryll
yeah I mean he got most of his points with Minshew last week yeah
00:23:20
Tom
Who knows?
00:23:23
Tom
I mean, Travion Henderson, Sunday Night Football against Baltimore, it's it's a big game because, again, Patriots haven't locked up, you know, the AFC East. Travion, I mean, again, I'm i'm a homer as a Pats fan, so, you know, I do like to see those 50-yard runs.
00:23:41
Edgar and Daryll
oh yeah he's got he's getting more coming
00:23:41
Tom
um
00:23:44
Tom
So i do I do like your team. yeah Yeah, I do like your current, you know, team, you know, Darryl's team, again, great team.
00:23:56
Tom
I'd be happy to have it. um
00:23:58
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah. Yep. Yep.
00:24:00
Tom
You know, Jordan Love, B. John Robinson, you know, Amarion Hampton, which he acquired from me.
00:24:06
Edgar and Daryll
Yep.
00:24:06
Tom
thank Thank you, Darryl, because it's been a rough season for him. um You know, that Chargers offensive line is basically non-existent.
00:24:12
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah. That's rough.
00:24:16
Tom
You could put a high school offensive line and probably do better.
00:24:17
Edgar and Daryll
That's
00:24:21
Tom
Apologize to the Chargers fans that are listening.
00:24:21
Edgar and Daryll
rough. yeah
00:24:24
Tom
But you guys know it.
00:24:24
Edgar and Daryll
That's right.
00:24:25
Tom
You guys know it.
00:24:26
Edgar and Daryll
Oh, they do. They do.
00:24:27
Tom
it's not It's not your fault.
00:24:28
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:24:28
Tom
You know, Brian Thomas Jr., McLaurin, McBride, again, you know, he's going to beat you on the tight end matchup.
00:24:38
Edgar and Daryll
Maybe. Maybe.
00:24:38
Tom
yeah
00:24:39
Edgar and Daryll
Maybe. Like I said, Minshew threw a lot to Kelsey when he first got in there.
00:24:40
Tom
ah
00:24:43
Tom
Yeah, but, you know, if I had a house, I'd probably bet McBride beats you on the tight end matchup.
00:24:43
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:24:47
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, you're probably right.
00:24:49
Tom
So...
00:24:50
Edgar and Daryll
Mm-hmm.
00:24:50
Tom
Then Jackson Dart, you know, he's either going to put up a decent game or he's going to be with a concussion. Right?
00:24:58
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, second play.
00:24:59
Tom
I think I saw a stat. He's been evaluated for a kind concussion like six times.
00:25:04
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah, you can't run that way. He just doesn't protect himself and these people are are are way bigger than you.
00:25:06
Tom
Yeah.
00:25:11
Tom
Yeah. I do love he's playing.
00:25:12
Edgar and Daryll
so
00:25:14
Tom
as as of right now, he could change his lineup. But RJ Harvey, which, you know, for you as an emotional
00:25:17
Edgar and Daryll
no
00:25:20
Tom
Denver fan.
00:25:21
Edgar and Daryll
Yes.
00:25:21
Tom
you know that that could That could be fun.
00:25:22
Edgar and Daryll
entered It hurts.
00:25:24
Tom
so So I'm excited for it.
00:25:25
Edgar and Daryll
For sure.
00:25:26
Tom
I think it's going to be a good matchup. I think it's going one of those matchups that a lot of people are going to paying attention to this this weekend.
00:25:31
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah. And then, oh, 100%. And then we have, obviously, Maguire, who's projected an astronomical 172 points. Like, how how is that even possible? Unsure. ah And you're projected 133, which is respectable. It's respectable. It's so it's a respectable stat line.
00:25:51
Edgar and Daryll
And, look, man, i'm I'm really hoping A-Chain just doesn't do good against Cincy. But he has, like, Jonathan Taylor, Jake.
00:25:58
Tom
Yeah.
00:25:59
Edgar and Daryll
And his team is stacked. Obviously, like AJ Brown is doing way better now, which you gave it to him, by the way.
00:26:01
Tom
Yeah.
00:26:05
Tom
Yep. Yep.
00:26:06
Edgar and Daryll
um So wasn't too happy with that trade, but I get it.
00:26:11
Tom
Yep.
00:26:11
Edgar and Daryll
um i just really hope that – mean, here's the thing. If Drake London plays, you have to play him, right?
00:26:17
Tom
Yeah, correct.
00:26:18
Edgar and Daryll
You put him in there, you play him because that is –
00:26:21
Tom
You got to play your... I have to play my most upside potential.
00:26:25
Edgar and Daryll
Correct. Like, I don't think Pitt Pittman might not be the guy.
00:26:25
Tom
You know, like,
00:26:28
Edgar and Daryll
It might be. i don't know.
00:26:29
Tom
Yeah.
Wild Card and Playoff Dynamics
00:26:30
Edgar and Daryll
I don't. But. Sure.
00:26:31
Tom
not Obviously, I lost Mahomes, so that that's a hit, even though Mahomes has been a not top-tier Mahomes that we've seen in the past, but it again, Mahomes kind of has that.
00:26:40
Edgar and Daryll
Sure.
00:26:44
Tom
I'm not a fan of Mahomes, but if he's healthy, you play him because, you know.
00:26:49
Edgar and Daryll
100%.
00:26:49
Edgar and Daryll
100%. Yeah, I like Cidistrout, though. I think Cidistrout and Purdy is being doing great.
00:26:52
Tom
Yeah.
00:26:54
Tom
Yeah.
00:26:55
Edgar and Daryll
um i think you have a chance.
00:26:55
Tom
But Yeah, but McGuire is someone I played a couple weeks ago, and I lost by like 50 points or something, and i was like, I almost had him, you know?
00:27:01
Edgar and Daryll
yeah.
00:27:03
Tom
Like, that that's kind of the the way it is, so, you know.
00:27:05
Edgar and Daryll
yeah okay
00:27:07
Tom
But McGuire also has the commissioner curse on his side.
00:27:10
Edgar and Daryll
one hundred percent oh yeah
00:27:12
Tom
So, is it this week, or is it next week, you know?
00:27:15
Edgar and Daryll
Hey, wouldve been it would have been last week if he would have been in it.
00:27:17
Tom
Correct. Correct.
00:27:19
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah.
00:27:19
Tom
So, yeah.
00:27:20
Edgar and Daryll
Unless he played 100, it would have been last week. So again maybe his final destination is just going to catch up to him, you know?
00:27:22
Tom
So, you know, we'll see. It's fantasy football. Yeah, correct.
00:27:28
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah. So, okay.
00:27:29
Tom
So we'll see.
00:27:29
Edgar and Daryll
Awesome. Yeah, we will see. well We're about to wrap this up. I will say me and Daryl... We looked at our recap, and we went ahead and um selected teams.
00:27:41
Edgar and Daryll
And I added the points and the way I just put like minuses and pluses. um And we basically tied, by the way, Darryl. So we there was no clear winner. We both had people in the wrong spots. And then I went up certain points and down certain points. But I had Tom higher than you did.
00:27:56
Edgar and Daryll
and so And because he made it out of the wild card, I'm going give myself an extra point, which then makes me the winner of that.
00:27:56
Tom
You did?
00:28:02
Tom
I...
00:28:04
Edgar and Daryll
for bracket, okay? um Just so you guys are aware. But ah
Closing Remarks and Host Advice
00:28:10
Edgar and Daryll
yeah. So let's go ahead and finish up with a really quick advice.
00:28:15
Edgar and Daryll
And what what kind of advice you have for our listeners, Tom?
00:28:19
Tom
You know, when when life closes a door on you, open it again. That's how doors work. So, you know, with the holiday season coming up,
00:28:25
Edgar and Daryll
Oh, I like it.
00:28:27
Tom
You know, if you're single, text that X. Merry Christmas.
00:28:30
Edgar and Daryll
take Yeah.
00:28:31
Tom
Happy New Year, you know?
00:28:32
Edgar and Daryll
Is that what you're doing?
00:28:32
Tom
just not not Not currently. Not in my situation right now.
00:28:38
Edgar and Daryll
Oh, okay. I thought you were trying to hype yourself up.
00:28:41
Tom
No, no, no.
00:28:41
Edgar and Daryll
it okay All right.
00:28:43
Tom
But there might be someone out there listening that needs that little motivation to send that risky text.
00:28:44
Edgar and Daryll
Well,
00:28:48
Edgar and Daryll
there you go. I love it. I love it. And then here's my advice. Maybe it goes against what you're saying, but common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it the most never use it.
00:29:03
Edgar and Daryll
Oh, which is true. You're like, you got to put some deodorant on.
00:29:05
Tom
it It's true.
00:29:06
Edgar and Daryll
No, this guy got no common sense.
00:29:07
Tom
It's true.
00:29:08
Edgar and Daryll
Oh, man. Well, that's all we got. I appreciate you.
00:29:13
Tom
Perfect. Well, good luck, everyone, this weekend.
00:29:16
Edgar and Daryll
Yeah. Take care of yourself, guys. Good luck to everybody that's still in there. Romo, Alejandro, have good rest.
00:29:28
Tom
See you next season.