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Week 3 Exit - "My team is good!" -Eli
23 Plays1 year ago
Eli defends his draft decisions and denies being bad.
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Transcript
Introduction and Host's Greeting
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thechoppingblock
Hola, Seniors from Mexico. We are recording the podcast.
00:00:03
Eli
Let's see.
00:00:05
thechoppingblock
Even internationally, I love you guys and I still record this podcast. I'm here with my also semi-dedicated, except for work dinners, co-host Big Spence.
00:00:18
Big Spence
Yeah, I'm back. That was the one dinner that I, it's not even dinner. It's like a full week. It's like a, it's like an Indian wedding, you know, it just goes on and on. Like you you can't miss it. So I apologize.
Meet the Guest: Eli's Fantasy League Journey
00:00:31
Big Spence
Uh, I won't miss another one. Um, yeah. Yeah.
00:00:37
thechoppingblock
Okay. And, uh, with us, I, before this podcast, I said it's a great week to, uh, to do this podcast and our co or our guests said it is not a great week. And, uh, well, welcoming Eli. What's up, Eli.
00:00:51
Eli
I want to kill myself.
00:00:53
Big Spence
okay Settle down.
00:00:58
Eli
i I'm not being dramatic. umm That's where I'm at.
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Big Spence
a
00:01:01
Eli
Listen, this is the league I look forward to. them I'm in way too many fantasy leagues, and this is, I mean, not to give you too much of a peek into my financial decisions.
00:01:04
thechoppingblock
Oh.
00:01:10
Eli
This is on the cheaper side of my fantasy leagues, and yet this is the one I think about the most. Yeah, so I've i've had a really good week. It's been solid, yeah. It's been good. I want to die.
00:01:22
thechoppingblock
Well, you know, Eli, I was looking at your average finish.
00:01:25
Eli
No, I don't want to hear it. I was I i knew you know.
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thechoppingblock
Four years.
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Eli
la
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thechoppingblock
Hey, hey, year two, you finished fifth. That's pretty good.
00:01:36
Eli
yeah And you you can just say that you don't have to finish.
00:01:36
thechoppingblock
You can keep that on your chip on your shoulder.
00:01:41
thechoppingblock
I won't. No, I won't.
00:01:41
Big Spence
Yeah, we we didn't hear the average.
00:01:44
Eli
Yes, five.
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thechoppingblock
i Yeah, it's five. Don't worry about it. ah ah But Eli, obviously unfortunate. um You didn't make it as far as you would like to. What was the expectation, right? you Like drafting your team, you know, without picking up any players after the draft, did you think like, oh, I can make it to at least this week?
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Eli
um Well, first
Eli's Strategy and Challenges
00:02:12
Eli
of all, I had the best draft maybe in the history of 18 team leagues like ever.
00:02:17
thechoppingblock
Whoa.
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Eli
um are Arguably the best draft just period. um And so yeah, I was not expecting Christian McCaffrey to go down.
00:02:23
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:02:27
Eli
uh... or not go down just never play uh... and i'd like my team otherwise i thought my draft like honestly was really really good uh... when cooper cup went down was when i was like on i might be screwed here and i i don't know if you look i mean you did look but i i was bidding it's not like i wasn't trying to get players i i tried to get jameer gibbs uh... i i don't I don't know. So normally this is my strategy. I normally do spend money early and you guys normally roast the shit out of me for spending money early. And so I i went into this year being like, all right, I like my draft. I'm not gonna spend any money early and just see how long this can take me. Obviously CMC not playing the Achilles thing when I was like, all right, that hurts the strategy a little bit, but I was still, I was chugging along, I was doing okay.
00:03:17
Eli
um And then I think honestly, so I blame you guys.
00:03:22
Eli
This is basically what I'm saying because I would have spent more money. I would have dropped 600 on Gibbs. I would have dropped way more money, but I was like, you know what? If I can survive and not spend money, they'll talk about me less.
00:03:22
Big Spence
yeah
00:03:33
Eli
So yeah, that's where I'm at.
00:03:33
thechoppingblock
OK, OK. So you don't want to get flamed.
00:03:38
Big Spence
so And you only spent $12 Yeah, no, I mean Garrett's got 23 left so
00:03:39
thechoppingblock
So yeah.
00:03:42
Eli
That's pretty good, right? I mean, that's... Yeah, that's pretty good.
00:03:46
thechoppingblock
We'll get there.
00:03:47
Eli
That is pretty, pretty good. Now, and honestly, up to this point, there hasn't really been players I wanted that much. So I, uh, other than Gibbs, that every other guy that was on the waivers, I was like, yeah, I don't know if it helps me that much.
00:04:01
Eli
Um, and then Cooper cup went down and it was too late.
00:04:05
thechoppingblock
Yeah. but Were you, were you scared going into this week or did it kind of hit midweek that you're like, shit, this might not turn out good.
00:04:12
Eli
as soon as um As soon as I didn't get Gibbs, because I i put a sizable bid on Gibbs, I put 510. That was as much as I was willing to spend on him. um As soon as I didn't get that, I knew it was toast. I actually i was trying to produce content for this podcast because I was like,
00:04:31
thechoppingblock
Damn.
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Eli
i knew I knew it was going to be me. so i like i Driving to work one morning, I literally did a voice memo and was like, this is day one of my docu-series of me getting eliminated on Sunday. And then I was like, I
Could Eli Have Done Things Differently?
00:04:44
Eli
don't know. This is bad juju. And so I shelved it. And now I wish I had continued with it because I was right.
00:04:52
thechoppingblock
Yeah, it was a it was tough week, man. I mean, you had a few players that did, dog, nothing.
00:05:03
Eli
Yep. I know.
00:05:10
Big Spence
I know.
00:05:11
Eli
Did you want me to elaborate on that? I don't know. You you you kind of...
00:05:14
thechoppingblock
and Hey, here's here's a positive for you. You ready?
00:05:18
Eli
Okay.
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thechoppingblock
You're the highest scorer. of eliminated teams.
00:05:24
Eli
That, I mean, I scored 54 points. That doesn't make me feel good.
00:05:30
thechoppingblock
ah Could you have done anything different or was it it inevitable?
00:05:34
Eli
ah it was not inevitable well I mean, I blame Kyle Shanahan for, listen, this is the second year in a row I got eliminated from Guillotine because of an injury in the off season that they didn't talk about enough.
00:05:40
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
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Eli
Cause last year I drafted Cooper Cupp with my first pick and he had like that calf thing that kept him out of the first six weeks. And then this year, they didn't even say the word Achilles before the season started.
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thechoppingblock
yeah
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Eli
And then week one, they're like, oh yeah, he has Achilles tendonitis. And oh, that's cool to know. Three weeks after our draft, that's awesome. um And so yeah, I could have not drafted Christian McCaffrey, but like, I'm gonna draft him if he's there.
00:06:13
thechoppingblock
yeah
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Eli
He's a
Spencer's Confidence and Kyler Murray's High Bid
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Eli
cheat code. Yeah, if he was playing, I would definitely still be in the league.
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thechoppingblock
Were you the first big?
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Big Spence
Yeah.
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Eli
I was the first pick.
00:06:22
thechoppingblock
Yeah, it's a tough one.
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Eli
I'm not not picking him there, I'm sorry. I know some people like to get cute with it. um' i if Again, if he played, and I think most people probably would have done it. I don't know. Obviously they said he had a calf injury. That's not great, but still, I don't know.
00:06:38
thechoppingblock
Yeah. Spencer, you were the only one that could save Eli's cheeks this week going into Monday night. Were you stressing?
00:06:46
Big Spence
No, no, I was not stressing. dude I needed, I needed, I think 30 points between Josh Allen, Brian Thomas, Gabe Davis, Dalton Kincaid and Yossi Bosch.
00:07:00
Big Spence
I'm like, I'm that come on.
00:07:02
thechoppingblock
what
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Big Spence
I, I ended with 99 points on the week. I went from like, I think 25 to 99.
00:07:05
thechoppingblock
ah
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Big Spence
I was not, I wasn't stressing.
00:07:09
Eli
Yeah, nah. I knew it wouldn't happen.
00:07:12
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:07:13
Eli
The game would have had to not be played for him not to get this point.
00:07:15
Big Spence
yeah Literally, tomorrow would have had to die again.
00:07:18
thechoppingblock
one
00:07:20
Eli
That's crazy, yeah. I mean, even even that bengal even the Bengals, what is it? That's the third string receiver? even He caught a touchdown, didn't he?
00:07:26
Big Spence
Okay, he is good. All right, don't call him third string.
00:07:31
Eli
i I'd say it was bad.
00:07:31
Big Spence
He's a dog.
00:07:33
Eli
But I'm just saying, that when the minute he caught the touchdown, I was like, it's just, this was written in the stars.
00:07:38
Eli
I think this was this is my week.
00:07:38
Big Spence
Now, I'm pretty sure Kincaid scored the touchdown first.
00:07:42
Eli
Yes, but I mean, that's, i you know, whatever.
00:07:42
Big Spence
um
00:07:45
Big Spence
Yeah, once I saw Josh Allen to Kincaid, I'm like, its it's done. It's not even, yeah.
00:07:48
Eli
It's over. Yeah. Yep, yep. Can't even blame the Kyler curse this year either, which sucks. He was like the only reason I made it this far.
00:07:57
thechoppingblock
Yeah, Eli, since you've experienced this, can you explain for the newbies what the heck is a Kyler curse?
00:08:06
Eli
I think it's a myth, but it does seem it that it does seem to to happen a lot. Pretty much every year a team has Kyler, they get eliminated very fast, and then the team that picks them up gets eliminated not like like a week after.
00:08:15
Big Spence
A lot.
00:08:22
Eli
The week that Kyler gets picked up, that team gets cut. it It's happened maybe eight times. No joke.
00:08:29
thechoppingblock
yeah
00:08:30
Big Spence
I've crossed all the years.
00:08:30
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:08:33
Big Spence
Kyler has to be the most consistent player on cut teams. It's, it's, and we don't have the numbers. Maybe we could go back and find it. It's insane.
00:08:42
Eli
Yeah.
00:08:42
Big Spence
If you draft, if you pick up Kyler, good shot, you're done.
Evaluating Recent Bids
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thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:08:46
Eli
I think this year the Kyler curse might just be the overpay on on this because that that's crazy. That might be one of the biggest overpays I've seen in this league.
00:08:51
thechoppingblock
well
00:08:54
thechoppingblock
Let's get right into it Eli. I think, uh, I think we got a lot, a lot to talk about on these, on these bids here. So.
00:09:00
Eli
Yeah, because my team was good. My team was good.
00:09:04
Big Spence
No.
00:09:06
Eli
It was good.
00:09:08
thechoppingblock
ah well All right.
00:09:09
Eli
I was missing my my first pick and my third pick.
00:09:12
Big Spence
If they're healthy you're right.
00:09:12
Eli
It's an 18 team league.
00:09:14
thechoppingblock
you
00:09:14
Big Spence
if if If they were healthy, you're right, it is good. I think I'm just saying when I looked at it for waivers, I was like, I don't really want anyone other than DK Metcalf and Najee.
00:09:22
Eli
Yeah.
00:09:24
Big Spence
That was about it.
00:09:24
Eli
Yeah, cause they're healthy, but like, come on.
00:09:25
Big Spence
Yeah, yeah, I know. I know i i hear you.
00:09:27
Eli
It's an 18 team league. I didn't have two out of my top five picks.
00:09:30
thechoppingblock
Bro, if I pick up March on LinkedIn, Adrian Peterson, that doesn't mean my team is good.
00:09:31
Eli
I was toast.
00:09:36
Big Spence
I'm down i'm down ah ah my first round pick too, so I i hear you.
00:09:37
Eli
That's good, listen.
00:09:42
thechoppingblock
All right, well, so let's let's get into the categories, right?
00:09:42
Eli
Yeah.
00:09:44
thechoppingblock
So number one, bid, highest bid, player. This week was Kyler Murray. Now I had a quite the expression when I saw this this morning.
00:09:56
thechoppingblock
and ah Eli, what was what was the reaction when you saw this?
00:09:59
Eli
i I was very surprised. He is not the guy, I didn't even think he'd be like top three most bid on player out of my roster. um Yeah, and and honestly, I was more shocked with the overpay.
00:10:13
Eli
The second high has been 257. That's crazy. 570. Who is this guy?
00:10:18
thechoppingblock
this
00:10:18
Eli
I'd be shamed. Who is he? Oh, it's Chase.
00:10:19
thechoppingblock
but This is my brother-in-law.
00:10:22
Eli
and he Is he a Cardinals fan? why He has Justin Herbert. He didn't need another quarterback.
00:10:26
thechoppingblock
oh I don't know. Maybe we can ask him next week.
00:10:30
Eli
Yeah, I was about to say, his team's not looking back.
00:10:30
Big Spence
Yeah.
00:10:33
Big Spence
I don't, I mean, I don't think he's going to go out next week personally.
00:10:34
Eli
but they
00:10:38
Big Spence
I mean, we can wait till we get to that segment, but I mean, every quarterback that's playing Washington just feasts college got Washington week four.
00:10:47
thechoppingblock
Yeah, yep okay, okay I Took a peek.
00:10:49
Eli
i I just don't understand why that's the player he chose to bid on.
00:10:51
Big Spence
I. I don't even know either. I'm not defending that. I'm just, I don't know. We'll see in week four. It was bad.
00:10:57
Eli
570.
00:10:57
Big Spence
It was bad.
00:10:58
Eli
God, man.
00:10:59
thechoppingblock
Okay, he he has Herbert Herbert has a little bit of an ankle issue So maybe he's like shoot. I'm not even gonna have a quarterback might as well go hog out for one. But with only three bids on the highest bid player, thirty three dollars.
00:11:16
thechoppingblock
I think a great, great bid.
00:11:19
Eli
but
00:11:20
thechoppingblock
Probably should have been the winning bid.
00:11:21
Eli
Very conservative, Ben.
00:11:22
thechoppingblock
Two fifty seven by Mitch and five seventy nearly double the next bid. I think ah at some point we will be talking to Chase about this.
00:11:37
thechoppingblock
Spencer, did you have a reaction to that this morning?
00:11:40
Big Spence
Uh, I just thought it was a rookie move. I mean, that's probably the the simplest way to put it. I mean, I did take a peak too. And I saw he had Herbert and Herbert's kind of messed up.
00:11:52
Big Spence
So like, I think he just, he, he was like, I'm getting a quarterback. And if I don't, I'm probably out anyways.
00:11:58
thechoppingblock
Yep.
00:12:00
Big Spence
So I'm just going to full send it kind of, kind of how I saw it.
00:12:04
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:12:05
Eli
Well, and i that that's not a bad strategy if you need a player because, I mean, especially for someone new, you don't really know what other people are going to bid. And so you just got to, if you really want a player, you just got to go big. that That's what I've learned in this league. Sometimes you can kind of feel it out and try to get within like maybe 50 if somebody else. But if you really want a player, you, I mean, you do have to overpay most of the time because you don't know.
00:12:27
Big Spence
Yeah. And, uh, I mean, ah something I want to bring up so far this year. Um, I feel like the league's way more aggressive on bidding. I think everyone's sick and tired or getting out early.
00:12:38
thechoppingblock
no Yeah.
00:12:38
Big Spence
They say, you know what?
00:12:39
Big Spence
I want to be here for the long run. Cause we've had some massive bids and, uh, it's caught me off guard. Um, my team is bad. I'm not getting anyone cause I'm trying to be too conservative.
00:12:53
thechoppingblock
Well, speaking of going big, uh, people went big on DK with 13 bids.
00:12:53
Eli
Yeah.
00:12:59
Eli
Sheesh.
00:13:00
thechoppingblock
So Kyler had a three, uh, and DK at 13. So very favorable or sorry, likable, I guess. Um, we got Garrett won that, uh, Spencer, how much did you win that for?
00:13:11
Eli
Broke boy.
00:13:13
Big Spence
What's that?
00:13:14
thechoppingblock
How much did Garrett win DK for?
00:13:16
Big Spence
4.16.
00:13:17
thechoppingblock
16 Eli. What do we think about that?
00:13:20
Eli
I actually think this is probably the most reasonable one out of the whole list. DK is good. i mean Hey, my team was my team was good. I'm i'm so upset.
00:13:29
thechoppingblock
Okay.
00:13:30
Eli
um Yeah, this this a good i mean it's competitive.
00:13:30
thechoppingblock
yeah
00:13:33
Eli
He didn't overpay like crazy form. DK has been really good this year. I like this one.
00:13:38
thechoppingblock
yeah Okay.
00:13:39
Eli
I don't have a problem with this one.
00:13:41
Big Spence
Yeah, I don't either.
00:13:42
thechoppingblock
Yeah. Uh, pretty competitive range. Um, and Garrett ended up winning it out. but not but Not a bad margin. So I'm a fan fan.
00:13:53
thechoppingblock
All right next up. This is ah this From your buddy Eli from Chris you have Jamison Williams How are we feeling about a?
00:14:01
Eli
Yes.
00:14:06
thechoppingblock
350 dollar bid on a guy that just put up less than a point
00:14:14
Eli
I know Chris really likes Jameson Williams and I honestly I i am a fan of Jameson Williams um not for 350 though I have Jameson Williams and a lot of leagues he's gonna have really good weeks but I i honestly I don't think I would have spent more than a hundred fab on him in this league especially with DK Metcalf out there um Yeah, I don't know. I don't know how I feel about this one. It's definitely an overpay. um But I think Garrett's probably really glad that Chris won this bid.
00:14:46
thechoppingblock
Yeah, yeah, probably. ah Spencer, you and I both didn't have bids on Jameson, probably for a good reason. what What would have been your bid if you had to put one in?
00:14:57
Big Spence
i I'm not putting a bid on 50 bucks. um I mean, more of a, this is almost a tip.
00:15:02
thechoppingblock
the but
00:15:02
Eli
Yeah.
00:15:06
Big Spence
I don't know if I want to, it's not, i don't people probably know this, but whenever I go in and I look at someone and they have a buy coming up, like Jmo does week five, you're paying a lot of money for one week and then you lose them.
00:15:18
thechoppingblock
Yep.
00:15:22
Big Spence
um That's a little wild for me, especially within the Seamus and Williams.
00:15:23
thechoppingblock
Yep.
00:15:25
Big Spence
so ah That alone is why I didn't even put a bid in I saw him that week five by and I don't If I'm gonna drop money like bros gotta be playing for the next at least three to four weeks Now
00:15:37
thechoppingblock
yeah Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:38
Eli
Good point.
00:15:39
thechoppingblock
Big pro tip.
00:15:41
Eli
Very good point. 350 for him, though, is crazy, especially when going to have so for the the fifth option on the Lions.
00:15:44
Big Spence
At
00:15:48
Eli
350. I mean, there's four guys that are going to touch the ball before him.
00:15:49
Big Spence
67 more dollars you get DK like like that's it 67 I'm taking DK I
00:15:53
Eli
Yeah, that's wild.
00:15:56
thechoppingblock
Yeah, would you rather have naji for 326 like garret got him for That is a lot of
00:16:00
Eli
I'd rather shoot myself than have Najee in any league ever again, actually.
00:16:06
Big Spence
I'd rather have Najee at 326 than Jameson Williams at 350.
00:16:09
Eli
hey
00:16:10
Big Spence
And that's simply because I think he has a way higher floor. um I think Jameson Williams is so hit or miss. Najee, he'll get you eight points weekly.
00:16:21
Big Spence
That's a lot in guillotine.
00:16:24
Big Spence
Especially at this game, at this point in the game.
00:16:24
Eli
That's true.
00:16:26
Eli
That's true.
00:16:27
thechoppingblock
yeah Yeah.
00:16:28
Eli
He'll touch the ball at least 12 to 15 times a game. He might only get 12 to 15 yards, but he's touching the ball.
00:16:33
Big Spence
That's right.
00:16:34
Eli
but
00:16:36
Big Spence
Yeah, so I'm fine with it. I wouldn't, this wasn't a bid that I wanted to, I mean, you saw my bid, I put 111 on him. Way too conservative, but I get it.
00:16:48
Big Spence
Just not for me.
00:16:49
thechoppingblock
Yeah. So Garrett, this is a second player and got, so he got DK at 416. He also got Najee at 326. I would classify this as an overpay. Were $99 more than the second bid?
00:17:05
thechoppingblock
Little room maybe on that one. ah Eli in all seriousness, did Garrett make a mistake on this?
00:17:14
Eli
just in terms of how much money he spent this week i think yes cuz i would rather have three hundred and twenty six dollars to spend later in the season
Recalling Past Bid Disasters
00:17:21
Eli
uh... especially if he was already cuz he's already kind of i think guarantee another week of survival with dk and the other people he's got so i'd much rather survive a couple more weeks and then have more money to spend i don't like nausea i i have them in way too many leads i think that's why i don't like him uh... cuz i have to watch him so much in watching him is very frustrating. i I yeah, so I just don't like Naji. So no, I do not like this.
00:17:49
thechoppingblock
Okay. Okay. All right. So this might be storyline of the season. ah Naji Harris goes for more money than Christian McCaffrey. What? Who would have thought that week one, but here we are. It's happening and an overpay nonetheless.
00:18:10
thechoppingblock
$3.12 to the other Joel and spent $111 more than the second place bid. Boys, way in on this. Where are we at with Christian McCaffrey?
00:18:23
Big Spence
I don't know if he's playing this year.
00:18:23
Eli
I'll let you go.
00:18:25
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:18:26
Big Spence
Yeah.
00:18:27
Eli
I don't either. I don't think he's playing. ah that's that's it i just I don't think he touches the field this season. Maybe in the playoffs that they think they can make a run, but you don't send someone to Germany when they're doing really good with their recovery.
00:18:34
Big Spence
yeah
00:18:41
thechoppingblock
Yeah, I mean, maybe he's just trying to get the Deshaun Watson treatment and over there, you know?
00:18:45
Eli
What?
00:18:46
thechoppingblock
The Deshaun Watson treatment?
00:18:48
Eli
No, I heard what you said.
00:18:52
thechoppingblock
I don't know if they give the schnitzel over there.
00:18:53
Big Spence
Do they do that? Do they like schnitzel or do they call it?
00:18:59
Big Spence
Yeah.
00:19:00
thechoppingblock
I think they do.
00:19:00
Eli
The German steamer.
00:19:01
thechoppingblock
I think in Swifferland or something, man.
00:19:03
Big Spence
Yeah.
00:19:05
thechoppingblock
But never been there, so I don't want to know.
00:19:08
Big Spence
yeah I mean, I see where he's coming, but three 12 and guillotine on a guy that. Um, probably is not gonna play. And if he does, it's going to be for a long time.
00:19:19
Big Spence
It's just, it's a disaster.
00:19:19
Eli
long night
00:19:21
Big Spence
I mean, I spent on our first year of the 18, I think I spent $500 on Christian McCaffrey and then he like died. and Worst purchase I've ever, I ever did.
00:19:29
thechoppingblock
yeah
00:19:31
Big Spence
I remember like that nuke to my season, you know, I think I still went pretty deep. Um, but that when you spend that much on a player and they don't play. it's It's a bad spot to be.
00:19:43
Eli
it's ah It's a season-ruiner.
00:19:45
Eli
It reminds me, like, for fantasy purposes, that season, Le'Veon Bell went first in everyone's league, first or second, and then he just held out the entire year.
00:19:45
Big Spence
Yeah.
00:19:54
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:19:54
Big Spence
Yeah.
00:19:54
Eli
And Jordan Mason is the new James Conner.
00:19:57
thechoppingblock
Yeah, okay.
00:19:58
Eli
It's just, it's at ah it's very upsetting.
00:20:01
thechoppingblock
Does it hurt to see Spencer and I's bids?
00:20:01
Big Spence
It is.
00:20:05
Eli
No, that's about probably about what I would have been if I was in your guys' shoes.
00:20:09
Big Spence
Mine's more respectful and it's in line with your schnitzel comment.
00:20:13
Eli
This is very true. Well, $1 bid is nuts.
00:20:16
thechoppingblock
I thought maybe, maybe.
00:20:19
Eli
and No one else bids.
00:20:20
Big Spence
Maybe everyone forgot since he doesn't show up when you go to the RB tab.
00:20:21
thechoppingblock
Yeah, that happened. and
00:20:27
Eli
Maybe.
00:20:28
thechoppingblock
All right moving on we got uh kupa cup another player that does not gonna play football ever again, uh for 223 two drum roll, please is Why is it crazy you like what's going on here
00:20:40
Big Spence
Garrett.
00:20:41
Eli
Yeah, this one's crazy. This one's this is nuts. If you're already bidding so much money, why would you bid even more money on a player who's not gonna see the field for another four weeks? I just don't understand. The bid's a little bit more respect like respectable. i think cooper I think this is probably about in line with what I would have maybe paid because he will come back. This isn't a C-Max situation. He'll be back it's at some point.
00:21:09
Eli
Hopefully soon. Probably not soon. Four or five weeks maybe. But at least he's coming back. So I'll give him that. I don't know. I wouldn't have spent that. I don't know.
00:21:19
Big Spence
I think ah Garrett's purchases this week is where the, I'm not going to say like expertise come into the waiver wire knowledge, but um maybe preparation is the right word because you know he probably, I mean, he made the statement. He didn't think he was going to win all these bids.
Eli's Reflections and Future Plans
00:21:39
Big Spence
So if you don't want to win all the bids, you probably want to make the same guy you're dropping.
00:21:44
Big Spence
the same person you're adding for like DK and Cooper cup. So if you get one, you automatically get passed on the next one.
00:21:49
Eli
Yeah, true.
00:21:51
Big Spence
So I think that is probably what he should have done.
00:21:52
Eli
ah Strategy.
00:21:56
Big Spence
I think he probably would have been happier. I don't think he really wanted cup that bad and with Najee and DK. Um, cause he pretty much set himself up to finish like seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th this year would be my guess.
00:22:09
Eli
Yeah, which is still pretty good. I mean, that's better average than most, so it's not horrible.
00:22:12
Big Spence
Yeah.
00:22:13
thechoppingblock
Yeah. Yeah. It's a, the tough thing is gear overpaid, accumulative about 250 bucks.
00:22:22
Eli
Yeah, that's tough.
00:22:22
thechoppingblock
That's tough.
00:22:25
Eli
That's tough. I do like QQ Kev's 147 bit. I think that's probably like more for what he should have gone for. 150.
00:22:32
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:22:33
Eli
That's about, that seems about right.
00:22:36
thechoppingblock
Yeah, Kev was drawn short on a lot of these a lot of second placers actually to all Garrett's bids. He has a second place bid Yeah,
00:22:44
Eli
That's got a blow. Hey, at least he got x Xavier Laguette.
00:22:50
thechoppingblock
yeah if we're just forgot to bid and Kevin got DK for 367 nausea for 227 and Cup for 147 you think that would have been a dub this week.
00:22:50
Eli
Game changer.
00:23:05
thechoppingblock
I
00:23:07
Eli
In terms of like all the other bids. Yeah, for sure. Yeah.
00:23:10
thechoppingblock
ah
00:23:11
Big Spence
I mean, it's certainly better.
00:23:12
Eli
Cause.
00:23:12
Big Spence
it's It's every single player, Garrett got cheaper.
00:23:16
Eli
Well, and he's also show closer. Like the gap between him and the person below him is closer on each one.
00:23:21
Big Spence
Yeah.
00:23:22
thechoppingblock
Respond in the chat. Are you happy?
00:23:26
Big Spence
I mean, he's still got respect, Garrett, man. He's he's grinding.
00:23:29
Eli
Yeah.
00:23:29
Big Spence
he's He's showing up. He's buying players. Like, I don't want to...
00:23:33
Eli
I thought the whole point of this podcast was to shit on the bids.
00:23:36
Big Spence
We're supposed to...
00:23:37
Eli
I thought that's what we were doing here.
00:23:38
thechoppingblock
Do it, Elon.
00:23:39
Big Spence
I mean, I think the biggest one to shit on is CMC and Kyler.
00:23:41
Eli
that
00:23:44
Big Spence
I mean, obviously, Cooper Cup too, but like...
00:23:46
thechoppingblock
Yeah, there's Yeah, he still Gets put in the Hall of Shame for those bids.
00:23:49
Big Spence
He's more understandable. Like, he's going to come back.
00:23:55
thechoppingblock
What was uh, I gotta write those down I but there's a few bids a season <unk> We'll do a poll later on of the worst bids of the season, but that might be up there for me But other than that we got a bunch of shitters ah You know low bids here and there anything noteworthy you want to touch on there Eli
00:24:06
Eli
Mm-hmm.
00:24:15
Eli
Uh, no, I don't care about those players.
00:24:18
thechoppingblock
Okay, you don't care about the Tyler conflict, did you even have him?
00:24:21
Eli
It's not, no no, I didn't, I didn't have any of these players, don't care about them.
00:24:25
thechoppingblock
Except for your seventh round pick that nobody be bit on.
00:24:25
Eli
They're not gonna do anything. Yeah. but Yeah, it's week one, made me hopeful.
00:24:34
thechoppingblock
Hell yeah.
00:24:35
Eli
It's a little hopeful. Well, maybe he'll touch the ball a little bit more. Nope. And then I also, well, I also started Taysom Hill ah and he didn't play this week. So clearly there's a couple management decisions too.
00:24:46
thechoppingblock
Yeah, that's...
00:24:48
Eli
Also, if I got Jameer Gibbs last week, I would have survived another week. I did that math today, but that upset me.
00:24:54
Big Spence
That makes sense.
00:24:56
Eli
Yup. Yeah.
00:24:58
thechoppingblock
All right, Eli, where do we stand?
00:24:58
Eli
yeah
00:25:00
thechoppingblock
you know you're You're out early. Where do we move on from here? How do how do we move forward?
00:25:06
Eli
I don't know. I'm hoping I don't get the first pick next year. First pick in fantasy is just a death sentence.
00:25:12
Big Spence
Get cute with it.
00:25:13
Eli
You're never getting the return on investment. um i just Yeah, I could get cute with it, I guess. Yeah, I don't know. Still going to be in the league next year. I'm not going to go out butt hurt, but I am a little butt hurt. i I definitely feel like I should have made it further, but there's not much you could do about injuries.
00:25:32
Eli
um Unfortunately, so we'll see. you can You can tell me my average now. I'm willing to i'm willing to hear it.
00:25:39
thechoppingblock
Okay. Your average is Spencer. What do you think the over under for Eli's averages?
00:25:44
Big Spence
ah Now,
00:25:46
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:25:47
Big Spence
13.
00:25:51
thechoppingblock
Eli, you're taking the over the under on that.
00:25:54
Eli
um I think I'm probably more close to like 14, 15 range. So over.
00:25:58
thechoppingblock
Okay. Okay. You were incorrect. Your average is 12.
00:26:03
Eli
Oh, well, I'll take that.
00:26:05
Big Spence
ah
00:26:05
Eli
That's actually, that's way better, I thought it was.
00:26:07
thechoppingblock
That's mid.
00:26:08
Eli
It's it's mid, but it's better than, like, cause these last two years, I went out early, like both of them.
00:26:13
thechoppingblock
Yeah, I told you, you got that fifth, man.
00:26:15
Eli
That fifth does help, yeah. Cause what, first year I was 10th, 11th, something like that?
00:26:19
thechoppingblock
Nice.
00:26:21
Eli
10th. And then last year, I think it was the same spot as this year, right?
00:26:24
thechoppingblock
Last year, you got out 17th.
00:26:25
Eli
16th.
00:26:28
Eli
Ah.
00:26:28
thechoppingblock
Oof.
00:26:29
Eli
ah even Hey, well here here we go, we're improving.
00:26:29
Big Spence
That's improving.
00:26:32
Eli
give me ah We're doing this league for at least 16 more years, right?
00:26:32
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:26:35
thechoppingblock
For sure.
00:26:35
Big Spence
Yeah.
00:26:36
Eli
So hey, by the time we're in our 40s, we'll be right there.
00:26:42
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:26:43
Big Spence
That's Amy makes me feel ill forties.
00:26:44
thechoppingblock
Alrighty, like anymore.
00:26:47
Big Spence
Oh my God.
00:26:48
Eli
We got a long way to go, we got a long way to go.
00:26:51
thechoppingblock
Yeah. Alrighty, like got any bones to pick any beef to create and or squash.
00:26:58
Eli
Just with Kyle Shanahan, I don't i don't have any beef with with anyone in this league currently.
00:27:01
Big Spence
Fuck yeah.
00:27:04
Eli
um it was beans still Beans not still around,
00:27:06
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
Predictions and Podcast Wrap-Up
00:27:07
Eli
right?
00:27:07
Eli
So yeah, I just i don't yeah i don't have anything.
00:27:09
thechoppingblock
yeah
00:27:10
Eli
i'm just I know I'm better than this. We'll come back next year. We'll come back stronger. I'm not touching Christian McCaffrey. I'm not touching Cooper Cup. We're going young players only next year.
00:27:21
Eli
Strictly the young guns.
00:27:22
thechoppingblock
Yeah, the only one touching Christian McCaffrey right now is a massage therapist.
00:27:25
Eli
There you go. Ayo.
00:27:28
thechoppingblock
All right, ah Eli, you get the honors. Oh, I almost forgot the freaking most important part of the podcast.
00:27:34
Big Spence
I was waiting for him like, what are you doing?
00:27:36
thechoppingblock
I don't know, dude.
00:27:37
Big Spence
You're on vacation. Your mind someplace else right now, eh?
00:27:40
thechoppingblock
I mean, Mexico.
00:27:41
Big Spence
ah
00:27:42
thechoppingblock
All right, Eli, Señor, tell me.
00:27:44
Eli
Yeah.
00:27:45
thechoppingblock
ah I can't believe I almost forgot that.
00:27:48
Eli
See.
00:27:48
thechoppingblock
and You would have caught me, right?
00:27:51
Big Spence
Yeah, I wasn't going to say, what are you doing?
00:27:53
thechoppingblock
Hold up, hold up. Oh, man, this is on podcast. Hey, we're we're rolling. um Eli, who is going to be speaking with us next week?
00:28:05
Eli
Hmm Spencer your team didn't really get much better
00:28:11
Big Spence
Um, yeah, it did.
00:28:11
Eli
i got to be honest it's ah
00:28:15
Big Spence
I mean, it got better to me. ah You don't have to think it did. I get it.
00:28:20
Eli
Garrett's got better. Sorry, I'm just taking a quick look-see here. I know the the most popular answer is but it's probably gotta be Chris, right? Jameson Williams, I don't know if that moves the needle. Rahim, JK. No, his team's not bad, though. I don't know. I can tell you who I think's gonna win it. I don't know if I can tell you who's gonna lose right now.
00:28:39
thechoppingblock
got a wheelchair.
00:28:41
Eli
um i'mnna go with I'm gonna go with Austin then, the sheer guy.
00:28:45
thechoppingblock
Okay.
00:28:46
Eli
Cause he was almost, he was almost there today. So I'm going to go with him.
00:28:48
thechoppingblock
Yeah.
00:28:50
Eli
well Cause his running backs are dog shit.
00:28:50
thechoppingblock
Okay.
00:28:53
Eli
And Rashid Shahid and T Higgins and Travis Kelsey are also kind of dog shit.
00:28:59
thechoppingblock
Okay.
00:29:01
Eli
So there you go.
00:29:01
thechoppingblock
All right.
00:29:02
Eli
That's my pig.
00:29:03
thechoppingblock
That sounds great. Who's gonna win it?
00:29:05
Eli
ah Initially I want to say Pat, but I'll let you guys glaze Pat. Cause that's, you guys like to do that. So I'm going to go, um, I'm gonna go with Chummy Bug. I like his team a lot.
00:29:17
thechoppingblock
Whoa the chummy he's gonna get a hard on for that
00:29:20
Eli
Because I think, I mean, he also got Christian McCaffrey, which doesn't do much, but I think he survives this week, and I think if he keeps bidding, he's got a solid, like, Saquon Barkley, Aaron Jones, really, really good. Brock Bowers, I think is just gonna get better. Chuba, honestly,
00:29:38
Eli
Kind of good, I think. Kind of good for fantasy, maybe? I don't know. I'm gonna go i'm gonna go with him, though.
00:29:45
thechoppingblock
Okay, ah you can choose whoever you want.
00:29:47
thechoppingblock
Great.
00:29:47
Big Spence
I'm surprised it wasn't me.
00:29:48
Eli
ands thought That's how I know you don't agree.
00:29:51
Big Spence
No, no, no. I'm surprised it wasn't me that it was saying I was going to lose or or chase.
00:29:52
Eli
yeah
00:29:57
Eli
i mean
00:29:59
thechoppingblock
Yeah, yeah.
00:30:00
Eli
Yeah, I mean, your team's not good, but I don't want to go. The thing is with this league is it's never who you think is going to get out.
00:30:07
Big Spence
Yeah, that's
00:30:08
Eli
It's it's never who you most expect somehow.
00:30:10
thechoppingblock
It can.
00:30:14
thechoppingblock
Can be, hey, if I'm placing bets, I'm putting on Spencer or Chase this week. Sorry.
00:30:20
Eli
Yeah, I just like to choose. I like to just throw a dart and then if I get a bullseye, I act like I meant to do it.
00:30:27
Big Spence
but
00:30:28
Eli
So.
00:30:28
Big Spence
Now that you said it, I don't know if we're gonna believe it.
00:30:33
Eli
but No, no, no, no.
00:30:35
Big Spence
I'm gonna have to edit that out, Joel.
00:30:37
thechoppingblock
Yeah, I'll cut it out, don't worry.
00:30:38
Big Spence
Alright, perfect.
00:30:41
thechoppingblock
Okay. Well, there we go. Now the podcast can end. Uh, Eli, your last honor as a guest is to choose the emoji in which we know how people got to the end.
00:30:55
Eli
Oh man, I wish I had iOS 18, I'd choose one of the new ones. I'm gonna go with... I'm gonna go with the the middle finger emoji.
00:31:06
thechoppingblock
Okay.
00:31:06
Eli
There you go. We'll go with the middle finger emoji.
00:31:07
thechoppingblock
Okay. What's skin color?
00:31:09
Eli
Huh?
00:31:09
thechoppingblock
skin color?
00:31:11
Eli
Uh, yellow.
00:31:12
thechoppingblock
Yellow.
00:31:13
Eli
No, just the default. The default.
00:31:14
thechoppingblock
small That's great.
00:31:15
Eli
The default.
00:31:15
thechoppingblock
That's great.
00:31:16
Big Spence
Safe.
00:31:16
Big Spence
That's a safe pick.
00:31:17
Eli
Yes. We're inclusive. We're inclusive around here.
00:31:21
thechoppingblock
Love it. All right. i Thank you for coming on. um And boys, thank you for listening. Any last thoughts either of you?
00:31:31
Big Spence
Nope.
00:31:31
Eli
No.
00:31:32
thechoppingblock
Okay.