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Guillotine is BACK BABY
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Introduction and Host Welcome
00:00:04
Speaker
Welcome to The Chopping Block, the guillotine league podcast made for you. What's up boys, another year. I'm here, your commissioner, and ah I'm also here with the usual co-host, Mr. Big Spence. What's up?
00:00:22
Speaker
What's up? you sound ah You sound fatigued, low energy.
Big Spence's Energy Misinterpretation
00:00:26
Speaker
You good? Low energy? No, dude, on'm hype I'm high energy right now. I'm ready to go. Actually, there's three of us on this podcast.
00:00:35
Speaker
I a bullet ah a baby strapped to my chest right now. and if she starts crying, then we'll have to pause. oh So hopefully we get we get through this and she doesn't wake up.
00:00:46
Speaker
um But here we are, boys.
Podcasting Challenges with a Newborn
00:00:49
Speaker
Another season. Pretty exciting ah because of the infant strapped to my chest. The podcasts are going to be more difficult this year. So um I'm down to do them.
00:01:00
Speaker
ah if if time allows ah but I'll say this I'm not going to schedule them ah so if you get out and you want to do one I'll do one with you but you got schedule it with with me and Big Spence I'm not reaching out to you to schedule it so I'll do as many podcasts as you guys want as long as the person being eliminated is the one who wants to do it uh is that fair I think that's very fair I mean have to time uh It feels like we're like, or I guess last year, the previous years, you're like fighting to get people to get on the pause sometimes. So, yeah.
00:01:33
Speaker
And other times people come really prepared. So I think that's, i think that's a good median for this year. Okay, good. Good. Well, there you go. So who knows, boys, maybe you'll get like a dozen pots. We'll see how many folks are interested.
League Roster Changes
00:01:47
Speaker
ah We got everyone is the same running it back except for ah we dropped Big Dale because he hasn't watched football in like six years. And we picked up Connor, who is buddies with Austin and Chase, um who I also joined a dynasty league with this year.
00:02:06
Speaker
um And dude has um gumption i should say uh he he gives me a joel the other jewel energy kind of just like that like hog mode fantasy gumption you know what i mean uh yeah just kind of so horny for football yeah horny for football so happy to have connor in here um but yeah boys we're running it back couple of fancy little rules uh I actually forget.
Reversal of Superflex Implementation
00:02:34
Speaker
How did did I implement?
00:02:35
Speaker
We almost did super flex. I almost did super flex because I kind of wanted to. I thought that'd be funny. You know, like that's the next year thing. then Maybe next year. Yeah. Yeah. And then i told everyone there was going to be super flex. And then I realized the poll said everyone said no.
00:02:54
Speaker
So I reversed that. ah but We got wrongful death. Of course, that's fun. Right. I texted you about that like couple months ago. And some of the boys were kind of like, I still love Superflex. I think this is like a perfect lead for Superflex.
00:03:08
Speaker
So we might have to rip it at some point. Yeah, that'd be fun. Or you are you next year maybe like some people are like, i don't know, I can't even have two quarterbacks. don't bunch of just stupid bitching.
00:03:21
Speaker
I don't know. Maybe next year it's like, okay, week 10 on is Superflex. You know, something like that. Something wild where the but roster format switches up mid-year.
00:03:33
Speaker
Something cool because, I mean, quarterbacks at the end of the year, they just become useless. So, like, why not why not ah make them a little more useful? That would be interesting. Okay. we'll We'll bookmark
League Buy-Back and Double Elimination
00:03:44
Speaker
that.
00:03:44
Speaker
Okay. um Well, the first person out this year might not be the first person out because they can buy a back in for $25 more. I'll tell you what. If I get out week one, I'm definitely doing that.
00:03:57
Speaker
Me too. But I'm not going out. ah cukoooo Me neither. um So we'll see. ah The toughest thing about that is that week two, there's going to be a double E-Lim. So that might hurt some some ah prospects. That might suck.
00:04:12
Speaker
um It'll probably Nick Garrett and then he'll be mad at me. if Garrett already catching strays. He just he got the WM that one time and he at he hated it. He'll probably get it again. just That's just his luck.
00:04:29
Speaker
Oh, no. He's already catching strays. He's not catching strays. It's just that's what happens. He'll tell you himself. I don't want it happen. He'll listen to the pod. He did great last year.
00:04:41
Speaker
He got real high. i fruit Let me look at my but
Strategy: Selling Players
00:04:44
Speaker
notes here. I'm pretty sure he got seconded. What did get? He got second. That's pretty good. That's about as high as you can go. Yeah. um We also have cell player. alice you forgot that exists.
00:04:56
Speaker
um So I'm glad I'm reviewing this. People probably forgot that existed. ah So here's how it works. you got two tickets. Okay. All season. You can sell two players. After week.
00:05:07
Speaker
after this week ah like, you know, the first week of football. Before Monday night at 8 p.m. Pacific time, that's for you, JG Pacific, you must inform the commissioner that you're selling a player.
00:05:20
Speaker
You must confirm the commissioner has seen your message. The commissioner will drop that player to waivers along with the losing team's players. Everyone has chance to bid on the sold player.
00:05:32
Speaker
Once waivers roll, the selling manager will receive the winning fab. Selling players ends on week 12, so we can't just be ripping selling players the top six. ah Tough part is, okay, so I wanted to implement this, but I didn't know like the best way to do it. So this is just the cop the caveat.
00:05:50
Speaker
ah You sell your player, right, on like one day. Waivers roll, somebody buys it, you get the fab. ah You really can't use that fab, like super, like a bunch of it, until the next week, you know, when the next elim happens.
00:06:03
Speaker
So you're kind of like, all right, like can I do without this player for a week? and then next week I'll pick up somebody better. I don't know how that's going to go. Like somebody might sell player then lose. That'd be kind of funny.
00:06:17
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, that's kind of part of it. or Or maybe someone sells some bum on their bench and they get five bucks for them. I don't know. We'll have see how it goes. Yeah.
00:06:27
Speaker
So you got two tickets, boys. Use them wisely. Or don't. You don't even have to use them. yeah You don't have to do it, is it right? um All right, that's housekeeping.
Reminder: Pay League Dues
00:06:37
Speaker
ah one more housekeeping. i don't know if Chris is going to listen to this, but maybe boys can blow him up in chat.
00:06:43
Speaker
ah I want everybody to pay before the season starts because it's guillotine. You can be out get out week one and, like, I need your money. ah So Chris is the only one that hasn't paid yet. And if he doesn't pay by Thursday, I'm probably going to, like, just – he'll be the week one elimination. – so Chris, please, please, if you don't want to go week one, like send in the buy-in.
00:07:07
Speaker
How much is the buy-in, sir? $25. All right. All right. Yeah. Blow them up. it's ah we don't want We don't want to have to worry about that. You just put like a $10 double up bet on college football and like that, there's your buy-in, you know? That's that's true.
00:07:23
Speaker
Yeah. Maybe we put together a line by the end of the podcast.
Podcast's Critical Approach
00:07:27
Speaker
um Give it to Chris. Give it to Chris. here Here's how you get a free buy-in. There's a walk. We're trying to help you out.
00:07:37
Speaker
All right. Well, we're not just here to freaking talk rules, big Spence. We're here to shit on some folk. Are we? Is that what we're here for Kinda. I mean, why else would we be chatting? Oh, where are we starting?
00:07:55
Speaker
I think we're... you do you have a top three or do you just have a couple? I got a top three. didn't put them in order, but... ah Okay. I can.
00:08:06
Speaker
I definitely have a number one. so Okay. let's do Let's start with three. Number three.
Discussion on Members at Risk
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Speaker
ah Who we think is going to get eliminated week one? Who's at risk of being on the chocolate block here? I think this is a good number three for me.
00:08:19
Speaker
um I'm going with your brother-in-law, Mr. Chase, as the number three candidate. um I say that just because I'm looking at his team – And i after kind of pick six, and I don't even like pick six that much. It's just there's really not anyone there.
00:08:41
Speaker
And I don't have the most confidence in in Cup. I feel like he's super hit or miss. McCaffrey and Hill, hopefully they're good. Sometimes they just break. out Who knows what McCaffrey's going to do this year.
00:08:54
Speaker
So I don't know. I just felt like that team... was not very deep and really relying on like three players to you really get him through these first few weeks. um Those three players to me is Jordan Love, McCaffrey, and Tyreek Hill.
00:09:09
Speaker
So I don't know what you thought about this. i don't know if it's a hot take, but I'm a little concerned for him.
00:09:15
Speaker
Well, Tyreek might not even play. He's a little he's questionable, so that would be interesting. so it's ge He's wild. Tyreek Hill is just – I'm not ah not a Hill guy this year. He he seems to be every every year getting a little closer to our friend Antonio Brown.
00:09:33
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. CT is kicking in. I mean, last year he sucked, so – uh we'll see if he if he's good this year or not did you did you you probably i don't know if you're up on the the the memes right now with tyreek but uh he just got like another divorce and i guess he just got absolutely wrecked and people are just like memeing on his lawyer oh he got dominated by his like this is like his fourth divorce or something he just got cooked His alimony bill must be through the roof.
00:10:04
Speaker
it's ah It is. That's what people are cooking them for. this This one is like insane. It like looks fake. I'll send it to you after the podcast, but that's what I'm saying. Bro's getting closer to AB every year. Damn.
00:10:17
Speaker
Miami's not good for the guy. Go ahead. Sorry. No, you're good. i got ah I got a different third okay here. oh Actually, same matchup though. Eddie.
00:10:28
Speaker
ready Yeah, I got Eddie. um Okay, so here's the way I see his team, right? RJ Harvey, I don't know why he's projected so high. like He could get like two points.
00:10:39
Speaker
He might run for just like, and he's going to run for 24 yards on like 12 carries. ah And that's it. ah Ramondre. If he plays, then he'll probably same thing. 23 yards.
00:10:56
Speaker
um So it really comes down to the wide receivers. You know what I'm saying? ah Puka, Tee Higgins, Eugen Moore. They're all kind of mid. So I just feel like it's big bust potential with with Ed.
00:11:09
Speaker
um That's fair. That's kind of similar to where I'm at with Chase. It's like after kind of Najoku, which is a six pick – And even then, there's there's one in the above that that's a little iffy. So I see where you're coming from.
00:11:24
Speaker
Okay. Who's your number two? um My number two,
00:11:32
Speaker
i i think I'm going to have to go with Chris at number two. um I don't... i Again, it's just a little bit sus, and I talked about the sixth pick for Chase, but for me, I think things get sus even after kind of pick five.
00:11:49
Speaker
for Chris here because he took Kelsey and I'm not a Kelsey guy. He just got engaged last year with trash. ah I can see Kelsey just crashing and burning this year. I mean, he's getting old.
00:12:01
Speaker
um I, I'm just concerned because AJ Brown, great. Josh Allen, great. Montgomery, he's I mean, he's good, but there's also a guy named Gibbs, so he could he could get you into trouble. Zay Flowers, I'm not the biggest Zay Flowers fan, personally, this year.
00:12:17
Speaker
He's still decent, so I'm not like really shitting on him. He's just at mid to me. Then after that, it's just like rookies. Scadaboo, Luther Burden, Tajay Spears, IR, Ayuk, IR, Beck, rookie, Gusecki, Sanders. I'd be worried if I was Chris. I don't i don't think this team is...
00:12:39
Speaker
deep at all guillotine is not deep but he's he's even less deep than uh what i'd like to see but you know josh allen i put him at two because josh allen could drop you know 40 50 points and and just carry him through for these first couple weeks that's true that's true uh he might have to start three tight ends he might that's what i mean it's it's it's a little sus that's kind of awesome okay valid i hear you uh my number two is fits oh yeah i came off uh we came off the draft and i just did not feel good about fits the scene um i mean okay so he went laporta and bowers which is kind of nuts this is like old school jj strategy it is um friggin two tight ends uh
00:13:30
Speaker
This team is just screams like 42 point potential. ah ah Like J.J. McCarthy has not played football.
00:13:42
Speaker
yeah we We don't know what's going to happen. He could put up like eight points. ah Roshon Johnson. dude is Dude might get four yards. He's going to get a carry.
00:13:53
Speaker
Two carries actually. He's going to go for like negative one and then five. uh pacheco dude has not played football in a while either um nico collins okay dude i don't know what the hype is on nico collins i really don't uh i i'm not a believer i might be crazy i'm not a nico believer igbuka might be a saving grace igbuka might go like nutso mode just because god runs out and like save him um But the double tight end, that just scares me. I think his team, ah like in, in, in key team, you want some consistency and he just has some boon bust potential. And it could, week one could be a bust.
00:14:35
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I, this This was the guy i have ah as my number one ah pick to get out first. His Fitz? Yeah, he's going my number one. Oh, shit. Well, Chris is my number one. Yeah, well, look at that. we didn't even We didn't even talk to each other. We had no idea.
00:14:52
Speaker
So, it works out. and I was pretty much to everything you did. The reason i put Chris at two and Fitz at one is because of the Josh Allen factor. um i just think with Guillotine, i mean, those first weeks, I swear, like, what is – sometimes people get out with like 60 points, right? Like 50 points, something just brutal.
00:15:10
Speaker
And I was thinking Josh Allen, he has potential to like literally just backpack Chris um yeah fits his team. I don't, I don't have that with anyone. oh So that's why I'm putting Fitz at number one.
00:15:25
Speaker
um Like you said, JJ McCarthy could just crash and burn. We got no idea. i think he's gonna a good quarterback, but I'd be, I'd be scared. um Najee Harris is, i don't even know if he's playing. Maybe he is, but his eye, Joe Mixon dead.
00:15:40
Speaker
Double tight end is just cursed. I just, you can't do the double tight end anywhere. um And then, yeah, Emeka Ibuka, like you said, has a shot, but he's also a rookie. I feel like rookie wide receivers in their first game in the NFL, you can't expect that much out of them.
00:15:56
Speaker
Um, so I, I, I'm a little concerned here because I just, I don't know where the points are going to come from. Um, and I think Chris has a better chance of putting up more points. I think Chris has a higher floor than Fitz.
00:16:12
Speaker
Um, I think Fitz is going to be pretty volatile, um, through these first few weeks if if he makes it. Well, let's say Josh Allen has one of his games last year, like against Baltimore, gets seven points.
00:16:26
Speaker
Chris is a goner. um he also he might be a goner just because he doesn't pay his deuce so that's like partially why i'm like i gotta get these things in because if he loses week one and just like dips i'm like we need that for the pot um so ah yeah i don't know i hear what you're saying with josh allen but like he he had oh few weeks last year where he actually did shit the bed um
00:16:57
Speaker
Like an 11, a 7, 13. Like, possible. It's possible. it's possible so The supporting cast does not give me confidence. yeah I hear you.
00:17:08
Speaker
So... Dang. Well, there you go. Oh, that's pretty good. Well, actually, I haven't really looked too much. Maybe we can take a quick peek and just see, like, who do we think is poised to ah go on a good run here?
00:17:21
Speaker
Actually, i think I did see somebody ah that is looking pretty good. oh yeah. You said ah you said Bo was potentially one of your picks. And I looked at Bo's team. I'm like, you know what? That's actually like he's got some good value picks.
00:17:35
Speaker
Like Javante Williams, Jerry Judy, Pop Douglas. Like these are dudes that like went really late that like actually will probably score some points for him. Tank Bigsby, for example.
00:17:46
Speaker
And then T. McBee slipped to him. I think Bo is in a pretty good position here to maybe go a little deeper. i Yeah, I think I'd like that pick if Judkins is playing. I just think for your fourth round pick to like who knows when they're gonna be playing. It's just pretty sus. Yeah.
00:18:03
Speaker
um But I hear you. he's He had some pretty good just depth picks in general. um But I'm looking here.
Highlighting Strong Teams
00:18:12
Speaker
is there anyone else that jumps out to you?
00:18:14
Speaker
ah Yes, there is. Let me find out. unf Hold on, hold on.
00:18:26
Speaker
I lost it. Maybe I do, maybe I don't.
00:18:33
Speaker
Uh, I feel like there's definitely some teams that,
00:18:40
Speaker
uh, yeah, I don't know. I'm just going to bow on this one. I'm going to lock it in. Okay. I'll get Um, um
00:18:53
Speaker
It's part of the podcast that's riveting. It is riveting. i I don't really know. Everyone's team is kind of just super mid to start the year. It's so hard to hard to say. I kind of like Garrett's team. I think he did pretty good job.
00:19:06
Speaker
I mean, Gibbs, Wilson, Walker, Swift, Purcell, Kincaid, Reed, Bateman, Stroud. He start all of those guys. um That seems like a pretty good base. Yeah.
00:19:22
Speaker
i like I kind of like that one. it just It just seems like a lot of stable guys, assuming Walker survives. Yeah. Niners fans are rock hard for Slick Rick this year. so i know. Let's see what happens there.
00:19:39
Speaker
Well, we don't have got any bids to talk about. We don't have got any cuts to talk about. So I think that's kind of where we stand. um Good luck to our top three.
00:19:52
Speaker
Oh, honorable mention, Eli for drafting Kyler Murray. ah He could just go down for the Kyler curse. That'd be kind of funny. That is true. He could. Let's see. ah Yeah, boys, if you get out, if you want to do a pod, hit up Commish. I'm happy to do it.
00:20:08
Speaker
Otherwise, I'm dropping your players and you can fuck off. That's fine.
00:20:18
Speaker
Anything else to No.
Football Season Excitement
00:20:21
Speaker
I'm ready for this year. I'm really excited for football. This is a, I don't know, just, I guess you feel this way every year, but it's just, it's going to make, I just love this time of the year.
00:20:33
Speaker
I just, I just love it. I love the the fall, like even just the weather. You take football out of it. It's just a good time. Holidays start coming. I'm excited.
00:20:44
Speaker
The worst part of the year is over. I'm not a summer guy. don't know about you. you know SoCal's pretty chill like all all year round. It's just too hot here if you're in Folsom, the NorCal area. so umre We're going through the worst part of the year and going to the best part of the year, so I'm like excited. and Yep, I'm with you Thursday night, boys. If you made it this far, ah tag Chris and tell him to pay his dues.
00:21:08
Speaker
Dollar bill emoji. Dollar bill!