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Week 8 Exit - Boh the Gambler
18 Plays1 year ago
Is Kirk Cousins going to commit domestic violence?
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Transcript
Introduction and League Standings
00:00:04
Speaker
Welcome to the Chopping Block, the guillotine league podcast made for you. What's up, guys? We're back another week. We're down to the final 10. If you're left in the league and you're listening to this, congratulations. We're basically at a normal league size. So if your team sucks, that's on you. And I am here with Spencer, whose team does suck and is still in the league. What's up?
00:00:31
Speaker
Hey, I'm still here. Another week. I survived. Suck it, everyone. Suck it, everybody. And here's who can't suck it because he is out.
Bo's League Experience and Reflections
00:00:41
Speaker
It's the guy whose name is accurate this week. What's up, Bo? Oh, man. Yeah, um I'm here. Here I am. You're here. Finally, I'm finally I'm right. And I was hoping every week I'm wrong, but finally I'm right. And Yeah. Nice meeting you both, Joel and, Spence or Spence. I don't know. We talked about this before it, but I i don't know. I said Spence is fun. Spence is great. I like it actually. i All right, fine. I'll go with my Spence. Hey, Spence. Nice meeting you Joel and Spence.
00:01:19
Speaker
There it is. Likewise, likewise. Bo, you made it pretty far for never having played guillotine before. Are you proud of yourself or do you feel like you you could have just lasted longer? I think it might team. So, so I made my team name week one exit. I don't know if you remember, it was like many weeks ago. That's when I thought I was going to be out oh because I thought that, um,
00:01:50
Speaker
So it was my first time drafting an 18th team league and I was the 18th pick. So that was not what I was expecting. I was hoping for like top six, I could get either like Amun Ra or Justin Jefferson. But then when he came down to 18th pick,
00:02:06
Speaker
I was like, okay, here we go. And, um, I actually did not like Derek Henry pick at all, although he was my basically the best player. I actually did not want to draft Derek Henry because I just didn't want any running back, uh, playing with Jalen hurts or Lamar Jackson. And, uh, he was playing with it, but I had no options, but picking, um, Henry and Adams. So those are my two pigs and then, and so on and on and on. And then.
00:02:34
Speaker
um I drafted Kirk Cousins and he has't he hasn't played, I don't know, for a few months. I think and is he had questionable mark the whole time. And people even drafted Michael Penix. And there's literally no one, no quarterbacks available. So I thought that I might be out. Because if Kirk Cousins is somehow like ruled out for concussion, domestic violence or whatever, like, you know, I will i'll not be able to play a kill me and Yeah, I mean there's always a factor right I mean this is this is fantastic violence is i never know violence murder happened like with, um you know, some something Hernandez like is everything is a factor so.
00:03:22
Speaker
um So I was like, okay, like if, I was hoping to get like Michael panics if a cousin gets hurt, but he was drafted. I was, okay, this is not good. So I thought I was going to be out in the first week, but then my team was doing better. And then I was like, okay, I should be fine, but then it's out. So I was disappointed. So I was proud of myself that I was this far, but I thought that my team could go even further. So I was kind of disappointed then.
Fantasy Football Insights and Cultural Comparison
00:03:50
Speaker
Yeah, I hear you. So Bo, I've heard a little bit from JJ, but give me a little background on your your your football. How did you get into football? ah So like I'm originally from Korea, so we don't I didn't know the existence of football. um Yeah. And I came to the US and then I went to Wisconsin for undergrad and then that's where a lot of my friends were into Spanish football. So I started joining Spanish football and since then I've been i've been doing it. That's awesome. Yeah.
00:04:28
Speaker
I don't don't watch games. I don't read i watch highlights here and there. but like even for I do fantasy basketball and fantasy baseball. I don't want watch the games. I watch highlights here and there, but I just like to look at the stats and kind of predict who's going to do well and whatnot. That's that's what I like about the analysis. You're just raw analytics.
00:04:48
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, I just liked doing this. ah So, Beau, you know, coming to America, do you, you know, you mentioned the Kirk Cousins thing. Do you feel like ah there's more domestic violence here? Is that why that was more of a factor? I mean, it was kind of shocking because, ah you know, you're making that much money as a football player and then um I mean, I know things happen, but like a murder and things, but like it just, I was, it's just weird to see like, Oh, like you're, you have a player and suddenly like, uh, this person is so suspended for domestic violence or murder. I was like, what? Like how, how is it even possible? But I mean, obviously, but there's not no fantasy sports in Korea that I, that I was aware of. I mean, there might be some places, but not as popular as here.
00:05:41
Speaker
Yeah, dang. Well, I mean, for for somebody that doesn't watch football, ah it's pretty impressive because Dylan also doesn't watch football. ah He he is American, but he watches. ah He watches soccer. Yeah, he's more English. Yeah, he gets out like the first four like every year. So it's pretty impressive for it for not watching just going off pure analytics.
00:06:09
Speaker
You're dating. Well, that's why you guys you guys were able to beat me easily because you guys probably watch the game and so see like ah some defense and catching some wide receivers. So like, that's what I actually want to talk about Spencer is like his team does not look good. Like his team has been a league least favorite team for a while, but he's been surviving, which makes me think that he actually watched the game. He actually looked at the matchups and play because like every time I see his team, I was like, this guy has to be out this week. But then Like he has some like wide receiver. He picks up like Thursday night and it goes off for 20 points. I was like, okay, this guy knows what he's doing. So I think maybe I should watch
Strategies and Player Evaluations
00:06:51
Speaker
the game. Yeah. Yeah. So, uh, we were talking about, uh, who's going to win it all later. Uh, you know, space name is definitely up there. Oh, yeah. yeah yeah Oh yeah. but The, the, the data would agree with you. Right. Joel. Yeah. Bo, do you like gambling?
00:07:10
Speaker
I do. That's awesome. Me too. love You're taking me to answer that. but But you know that at the end, ah you should not play for a long time because, you know, odds are you're not going to win. You're going to lose. You just play for fun. Just expect you're going to lose, that you're going to have fun. I love it. yeah You know, going to the casino with JJ is a little risky. You might lose some money or you might watch him lose some money.
00:07:39
Speaker
I thought JJ's like very conservative, isn't it? Or no? Nah, he loves to lose money at the casino. It's like one of his top hobbies. You should talk to him about it. I mean, I know he loves like Panda Express, but I didn't know other than that. but so Do you live with JJ? I went to Panda a few times. ah No, I don't. But like ah me, like Kevin, um JJ, and went to Panda a few times. Well, more than a few times in the past. That's All right. i I'm I'm derailing. I'm just curious. ah Let's get into the bids. Oh, gosh. So, Bo, you honestly you had a good team. I was I was kind of shocked. ah Chase has been hanging on by a thread and somehow I thought he was a favorite to go home this week and he he did not. um So with your players going out on the waiver wire,
00:08:34
Speaker
It was a pretty active week in terms of fab dollars spent. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like I, as I said, I thought I had a good, really good team. I mean, you, when you have a Derek and Elvin come out, so those are like top two running backs. Amun Ra is like top three wide receiver. Adams is questionable, but his still name is kind of nice. um And Darnell Mooney has been really good. Deontay, he was sick, so he couldn't play. Readley came from nowhere. He decided to play.
00:09:09
Speaker
Jordan Mason, I don't even know what to say. he He's been my hero for the first like four weeks and then yeah he kind of gave me some, you know, headache a little bit, but I thought he's going to score more than, you know, 1.8 points. But every time like I type Jordan Mason, I don't really follow it, but like, you know, once in a while I just check my team and it's like,
00:09:31
Speaker
I can get notifications, like Jordan Mason left the game. Like Jordan Mason, his question was like, okay, this is not good. And this happened like a couple of times before too. And he came back and um but you know he did okay previously, but this time he didn't come back. Like Isaac, he actually went off and they didn't need Mason.
00:09:51
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So, I mean, it says start us off at the top. This is a pride. This is a lot of money got spent this week. That just shows you got a good team. ah But the Panda express lover got your two best players and he spent, you dropped a fat load to get it. How do you feel about that?
00:10:14
Speaker
I think that's a smart choice. I mean, Amon Ra had a bye week like earlier, so he's good to go for next, you know, until probably week 17. There can be one bye week coming up towards the end. but I mean, that's when everyone has a good team. So I think he's smart ah on this. I was just kind of sad for Ivy Chase because I was hoping that he could grab some of the players so that he could be a little bit more competitive this week. Because this week I was looking at the projections and everyone's like 110, 120.
00:10:54
Speaker
And I'm seeing double digit um score projection projection for Chase. And I know that he kicked he knocked me out, but I'm rooting for the underdog here. So um I'm rooting for Chase and Big Spencey here. But I don't know. It doesn't it doesn't look good at this point. I love this guy, man. My favorite podcast of the year so far is now.
00:11:19
Speaker
I, Bo gets high praise from JJ and I don't disagree. I don't disagree. Um, okay. So Bo, you said good move. JJ got almond, Ron, Derek. Now on the surface, maybe Spencer, you would agree. I maybe I kind of agree. Good move. You pick up almond, Rod, Derek Henry. It probably helps your chances.
00:11:40
Speaker
yeah I'm going to give a hot take here. Okay. Okay. I think it was a bad move. Ooh. I think JJ spent way too much money. Uh, I think he, he was conservative all season and I think he just had, he got premature ejaculation and busted his load and just spent too much money.
00:11:59
Speaker
he yeah He overpaid Amun-Ra by over $100, and he overpaid Derek by $80. And we're getting to that. you know Closer to the end, and $180 is more than half the league has. So good players, massive overpay.
00:12:19
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I think it was an overpay, but I mean, ah he definitely listened to the podcast last week it where he said, man, it's going to be a massive fumble if JJ gets out with all this money in his pocket. So, you know, maybe we baited him into that. I hear, I hear you. Uh, I do. Um, because who, I'm trying to pull it up right now. Who is, who's got the most fab in the league now? It's, it's Mitch.
Budgeting and Predictions
00:12:44
Speaker
It's pretty even.
00:12:46
Speaker
Yeah, Mitch has 400. And then you're up there now. You have a lot. I think you're like second or third. Kind of crazy that I have that much. But you got to remember, when someone gets out, you know that fab disintegrates.
00:13:01
Speaker
um So yeah, it's crazy. I put in some small bids this week because I had a feeling someone was going to go hog wild on the bids. yeah um I still won one. And I feel pretty good about that.
00:13:16
Speaker
I mean, my guess is that he probably, so, I mean, in his mind, the next two out was going to be Ivy Chase and Spencey. I think those that's what he was probably thinking. And looking at their teams, like Chase has like Kyle Murray, but i have there's like a curse about Kyle Murray. So like, I don't think he's going to get Kyle Murray. And Gary Wilson has been kind of,
00:13:41
Speaker
better, but I think, I don't know if Garrett ah karrot is a chair JJ's guy. So he probably didn't care about those players as much. And looking at looking as Spence's team, Alan's good, um and AJ Brown, Puka, but I think with the injuries, I'm just kind of wondering if JJ probably didn't think that he's going to be much on those two players, i those two teams. And then he was afraid that Amman Ra, because Amman Ra and Derek Henry and some of these players i think tools are probably roster in the, you know, final three or final four teams, right? So I think he just wants to get those guys in his team. That's big brain, big brain saying, uh, I don't know if I'm going to pick up somebody in the next couple of weeks cause Spencer's team is so ass. So I'm going to pick up Bo's team who is actually good, but just got out, you know, wrongfully convicted for domestic violence. And,
00:14:40
Speaker
Yeah, all right. I hear you. He could be just like actually like all all this thought he probably thought he was eating panda and just beat some numbers and help him to get it. I mean, who knows? We don't know. I'll ask him in person later. I think you're giving him too much credit. I think i think the panda of panda story lines up a little more here. The MSG from Orange Chicken is kicking in. I love it. All right. we got Next up, we got D Biggs. 183 for Al and Kamara. Now, this I feel like you know probably a pretty good bid here, ah but notably looking at the bids, Spencer, you bid $47. So did I.
00:15:23
Speaker
I don't know how that happened. I don't. um I don't even know what happens when we tie, but I love it. But D bigs, I probably could pick up here. Right. Alvin. Bo, it's it is sad to read off the players because it's good. Some good players.
00:15:43
Speaker
You had some good guys. Actually, i again i'm trying to i'm I'm not trying to praise Spencer here, but I thought Spencer picked up a good player, Adams for 51. I think he's going to save his team this week. yeah That's my prediction.
00:15:59
Speaker
That's what I'm talking about. what he's playing He's playing Houston. I think he'll be a high scoring game. They're going to have all focus on Garrett Wilson, Breeze Hall. Adams is going to get a two touchdowns, 120 hours. whoa ah oh I think, be expensive, he'll he'll survive this week.
00:16:16
Speaker
Okay. That's huge. I'm putting a bet on that. I'm putting some something like alternate line. I'm going big this week on Devontae Adams after that. Yeah. I think, I think, yeah, I was surprised that he's only going for 51. I thought, Spencer, that's, this is, this is guy for you today and this week.
00:16:29
Speaker
i love it That's all right. Spencer, if you if you win a bet with Devontae Adams, you've got to give Beau a little kickback. oh I'll give him a kickback. Give me that Venmo. I'll give you a kickback. I'll let you... Send me a Panda Express, ah like a small bull or something. Okay, I'll get you a small bull. I'll put the bet in, I don't know, before game time and I'll post in the chat. I'll tag you.
00:16:54
Speaker
ah I'm rooting for you. Yes. Okay, next up. This is kind of crazy. We got Deontay Johnson. ah Two bids. He he got ah he i got picked up for $42 to Austin.
00:17:10
Speaker
But d-bigs actually put a bid in for 113 But uh, he he I think he won the he probably put rajad bateman at his his job for two players Um, very interesting. What are we what are we feeling about this pickup for for dionni? Johnson also just got traded to baltimore. So that's kind of crazy I would be roasting it if d-bigs actually got the hundred but I think 42 is more reasonable, but even then, I don't know, Baltimore wide receivers are just scary. You just, they can goose you if Lamar decides to take it, take it home. Um, and there's a lot of them now, so I don't hate it, but at $42, but at 113, that would have been bad.
00:17:58
Speaker
Yeah. Agreed. Agreed. um All right. More notably a couple more guys. We got Darnell Mooney for 22. We got Calvin Ridley for 20. Bo, do you feel like these are good pickups for that and ah for that budget? um yeah I mean, I thought all these were good pickups um like Deontay Johnson. darn I think Darnell Mooney will be I think good to have um as you're like a fifth flex or a fourth flex. And I think Mitch Davis, he did a good job. um I'm just happy no one picked up Anthony Richardson because I don't want anyone to own him anymore.
Regrets and Reflection on Decisions
00:18:35
Speaker
And he was also like bench now. so yeah um So no one has to go through what I had to go through. He he ruined my my team single-handedly. Yep. He did just because he got a little tired. He had to take a break.
00:18:50
Speaker
No, no, because I remember many weeks ago, you guys talked about me beating 199 on Anthony Richardson. And I didn't even style him. And i I was like, I thought it was a good pickup, but it was not a good pickup. And I was gonna beat on Jalen Hurts. I thought he would be a, you know, a really good picker. You picked him up, right? Jalen Hurts. And if I had extra $199,
00:19:15
Speaker
Chase will be here talking to you guys about, you know, how it went today. I mean, last week. So, um, so Anthony Richardson, please, I hope that no one picks him up this year. Um, yeah. Yeah. I don't think anyone will unless they don't watch film. Um, if you watched him play, I don't know if you would have bid on him. He, he just looks really, really bad. Like, yeah, it it's, it's bad. He sucks.
00:19:42
Speaker
Yeah. I don't know what to say. like boy sp Do you do gamble too or or not? Oh yeah, I gamble. Okay. So you guys heard about like a gambler's like falsie or something. Like so yeah something keeps happening. yeah When I was looking at Anthony Richardson, you know, he had he had a points gate or 25 points gate.
00:20:01
Speaker
really good game in the first first week and he kept having like a bad game. I don't expect much from him. I expect, you know, 60 yards to um Alec Pierce, like one game. I think that's all I need. You know, that's that's already, you know, 10 points and he's going to run for a touchdown and, you know, whatever. And that's what I was hoping out of him. But He disappointed me with, uh, yeah. So I fell for it. I, I, that's why you shouldn't never gamble. So you saw the seven points, the five points, the three points, the eight points and thought no shot. He does bad again. Yeah. I, I, I thought, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, cause that's, that's what's going to happen, right? Like eventually he's going to do well. I don't think he's going to be wet. Yeah, that's that that was exactly my mindset. That's why I thought... He hit red five times in a row. It's got to hit black. Exactly. It's got to hit the black. Yeah, exactly. That was my path thought process. And I thought he was going to hit... I thought he was going to hit... I didn't expect like, you know, 40 points. I expect at least 20 points, which would have been... I mean, he gave me like 15 out of 5, but...
00:21:19
Speaker
Yeah. ah When I saw that his touchdown got canceled and ended up giving Jonathan Taylor for a touchdown, I knew that things were not going in my way and I was afraid to like, what's going to happen? Maybe I should message Joel and see if there's anything I can do at this point to survive. But it was too late. Oh man. Joel, what could he have done at that point?
00:21:46
Speaker
Um, there's, there's nothing, nothing he could do. I, Bo, did you have Kirk cousins on your, on your bench? So, no, I, I, you're dropping actually a few weeks ago. He's on my bench. Okay. Yeah. Cause I think I was, um, trying to like add players, but then, cause you know, like they were out, but then they became instantly questionable. So you can not move your roster at all. Yeah. And, um, I think I was trying to ask somebody from the Weber or something. I didn't don't think I even got the, the you know, free agent pickup, but ah that's when I dropped him. And I also forgot that this is a league that it's a six points throwing touchdown, right? Yeah. Yeah. So Anthony Richardson had no values. and i
00:22:33
Speaker
I don't know what happened. i That was my mistake. If you if you didn't drop Kirk and you and you started him last week, you would have been still in. got Actually, I would have probably picked up Bo Nicks. I would probably have started with Bo Nicks because I started him ah last week in a couple of leagues and he brought me a win in a couple of leagues. Shoot. That just shows you. You've got to be precise. And ah if he keeps hitting red, maybe maybe don't bet black. Yeah.
00:23:03
Speaker
ben I'm a, I'm a, I'm going to bet on, um, black and be out next, next, next year, uh, in week we ate, uh, same week might be out. All right, but we come to that time where you have to give us your prediction. Who is going to be talking to us next week?
00:23:26
Speaker
Um, cause you know, my head says in my chase, and Spencey had to be, they they have to be it, they have to be, but i I'm rooting for them, so I'm gonna go with the but third lowest projected score, which is Brockback Mountain, the Chummy Bug, A12. Chummy Bugs. yeah hey Brockback Mountain. ah Yeah, I mean, is' his team,
00:24:03
Speaker
It's definitely a contender. It's a contender to go out for sure. I do like Aaron Rodgers though, but let me just see if I can do a little bit more research on this. Because um I don't want, I think Spence will be fine. For some reason, I think Chase will somehow survive too again. I think he'll be a right he will survive again. but But again, that's why I should not gamble. Because I feel like Ivy Chase has a negative 250 bet on it. So you should probably bet on him, but um it's got to be. um Yeah, ah looking at Chase's team, like as the farther we go along, it it it honestly seems to get worse, not better.
Underdogs and Predictions for the Future
00:24:49
Speaker
like I don't know what's happening. But do you talk to him about it at all? Or you just kind of.
00:24:56
Speaker
I told him, I'm like, dude, you're screwed. yeahre You're, you're, you're, you're not, you're not winning. But I told him as well, if he can last like another two weeks ish, like his, without spending money, he actually could be in a good position, uh, because he has like 200 bucks still. And that's, I mean, let's see here. There's only one, two, he has a fourth most fab. So.
00:25:23
Speaker
Yeah. Once you get down here, $200 is a lot. Um, so if he can survive, he puts himself in a good position to pick up some players and then stay in. So, uh, yeah, I mean, if, if Bo is, is correct, if, if chase can, can stay around then.
00:25:40
Speaker
yeah i mean it doesn't It doesn't look good. i mean just i just like does not ah but but I guess as I said, I'm still rooting for Spencey and Chase. like Those are my two ah underdog fans. I'm rooting for them. I really hope that he survives, but oh man this team needs some help.
00:26:01
Speaker
yeah tough All right, so ah if if Chummy Bug's gonna be talking to us, who do you think ah the last podcast guest is gonna be? In other words, the winner. The winner. The winner. lost yeah ah I'm gonna say it's either gonna be Spencey or JJ.
00:26:27
Speaker
ah oh yes gotta to pick you got people oh man You know, I've been, I've been, I've been praising Spencey. I think he's going to find a way to win each week. I'm going to go with a big Spencey. I'm high. Joey, you got to tell him about my average year.
00:26:44
Speaker
The analytics he needs to hear it. The analytics are actually pretty good for big Spencey I will tell you ah so this is the fourth year of this league and For the first three years Spencer's average finish Is 3.33. So oh I knew that he was I knew he would knew I knew he knew what he was doing He's he's he's he's been good. So yeah, he has been um Last two years. He finished fourth place both times. So I told him at the beginning of the year You're gonna finish fourth and he said fuck that I'm not and let's back up here Joel also said he wanted to make a rule that if you get out in fourth, you don't win any money. Oh, yeah
00:27:29
Speaker
I thought it was funny. We finished 4th the past two years and we should make 4th place to get no prize. That way if he finishes it 4th again it would be awesome. He just doesn't win any money.
League Rules and Future Engagements
00:27:41
Speaker
Yeah and let's even back up further to when we had someone say that this league is rigged towards our friends here where Joel here is trying to make sure I don't win any money.
00:27:52
Speaker
Yeah, I love it No, I think I think Spencer will win and then he's gonna send me and JJ some Panda Express coupons If I win me you and JJ we're going to panda on me. That's our promise nice Nice. That's awesome All right, Bo any last thoughts any ah any ah You know beef to start or any beef to squash? No, no, I don't have any beef to say I it's It's been, it's been fun. I hope, um, I always like to join fantasy football, um, league. So if you guys have any more openings for different leagues or whatever, I'm always down to join. So let me know. Okay. Thanks for coming on, Beau. Yeah. Thanks for having me. Wait, last thing. Don't let me forget.
Conclusion and Appreciation
00:28:41
Speaker
Uh, what emoji can people put in the chat? So we know they made it to the end of the podcast. I almost faked them out there.
00:28:50
Speaker
Since they made the top 10, let's say 10. 10. I don't know if that exists or not. I think ah maybe like a 1 and a 0. We're on a 0. They can figure it out. They'll figure it out. All right. it Sounds good. All right. Thanks, guys.