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Mags: So,
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, it hurts. Welcome in to Between Popos with Mr. Darryl and Edgar.
Edgar and Daryll: Welcome in, guys. Final pod. It's sad. It's a sad day. How are you, Darryl?
Daryll Garcia: What up, what up? You know, I'll tell you what. There is a silver lining.
Edgar and Daryll: There is a silver lining to losing?
Daryll Garcia: We were on the podium. Yeah, were on the podium. We were on the podium.
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, okay. that's That's true, I guess. Well, today, guys, we have a tree.
Daryll Garcia: We could put it in the stat book.
Edgar and Daryll: We could put it in the stand book, yes. We have a tree with us. We have the, you know, champion, Mr. McGuire, the commish. Say hello.
Mags: What up, what up boys? Daryl, number two, thank you for having me on guys.
Edgar and Daryll: oh man.
Daryll Garcia: What up, man?
Edgar and Daryll: We got... the
Edgar and Daryll: course, no problem. You know, usually around this time of the season, we don't hear from you anymore. So it's kind of nice to hear from you and have you in the pod. So it's kind of, if that's what I had to sacrifice, then so be it.
Edgar and Daryll: So be it.
Mags: Yeah, it's a little different when you actually win. I've had so many heartbreaks over the years. I've done what I've needed to do to protect myself emotionally. And this year, it's a little bit different.
Edgar and Daryll: You know, i tell us.
Daryll Garcia: I'll tell you what's nice.
Daryll Garcia: You have one, two, and three on this pod right now.
Edgar and Daryll: That is true.
Daryll Garcia: Right?
Edgar and Daryll: The number one, the number two, and the number three.
Daryll Garcia: Yeah.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah.
Daryll Garcia: This is a winning podcast.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah.
Daryll Garcia: It's all about winning.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah It's good for the brand. It's good for the brand. I will say, Maguire, I want to congratulate you personally as the person that went up against you in the finale. I think it was fun.
Edgar and Daryll: You had a great season like you always do. And I also want to say, like, dude, it sucks being second. and and And you've been second like five times.
Edgar and Daryll: so so
Daryll Garcia: but
Edgar and Daryll: So I feel for you, Maguire.
Mags: Yeah. Thank you. Welcome to my world. now Now you understand why I go dark mode every off season. Imagine the feeling that you had this year five times.
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, my gosh. i You know, i think i I didn't feel like this when I got the Sacco. Like, I was kind of like, ah, you know, i got the Sacco, whatever, right? Like, and I won money, right? Like, I still came up positive, $150, but, man, it's a crappy feeling. It does not feel good.
Daryll Garcia: Is this like ah fantasy football edging? When you get second place so many times in a row.
Edgar and Daryll: my gosh.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, it just makes it so much better, huh? oh boy.
Daryll Garcia: Oh my gosh.
Edgar and Daryll: Well, how do you how do you feel? like what um Do you have any plans for that for those winnings, McGuire?
Mags: I did have plans. Your audience may not know, but I actually had a have new baby daughter born in December.
Edgar and Daryll: Mm-hmm.
Mags: And thank you.
Edgar and Daryll: Congrats, congrats.
Daryll Garcia: Congrats.
Mags: And I got sick about a week ago and couldn't leave my wife alone to take care of the baby. So I had to hire a postpartum doula for a few days to come take care of her.
Edgar and Daryll: Okay.
Mags: So that's $735 of my winnings out the door so
Daryll Garcia: Wow.
Mags: Yeah, yeah, not ideal.
Edgar and Daryll: Wow.
Mags: But I think with the remaining, what is $165, think I'm going to take my lovely wife to a nice dinner for her all the support she's shown throughout the year.
Edgar and Daryll: man
Edgar and Daryll: My gosh. Dude, I love it.
Daryll Garcia: Yeah, actually, as as ah as the champ, how did your wife actually take the news of you winning?
Mags: She was thrilled. ah Definitely has known me only to be a loser up until this point.
Daryll Garcia: yeah
Mags: She's seen the potential. She's trusted the process and always been very, very supportive and told me that I need to be more positive.
Edgar and Daryll: one
Mags: And I tried to do that this year. And i think in large part because of her support, I was able to finally pull it off.
Daryll Garcia: Wow.
Edgar and Daryll: Wow.
Daryll Garcia: Look at that.
Edgar and Daryll: ah love it. My guy's sending out good vibes for next year.
Daryll Garcia: That's nice.
Edgar and Daryll: hey I see you. I see you working the universe for next year.
Daryll Garcia: Yeah.
Edgar and Daryll: see you.
Mags: I'm also working.
Edgar and Daryll: woman
Daryll Garcia: hey
Mags: I'm also working my wife, Carol, because she will be listening this podcast.
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, there you go.
Daryll Garcia: Dude.
Edgar and Daryll: There you go.
Daryll Garcia: He's learned. That's a true champ right there.
Edgar and Daryll: Mm-hmm.
Daryll Garcia: That's
Edgar and Daryll: that is That is a true champ. That's a true, true champ. That's awesome, man.
Daryll Garcia: awesome.
Edgar and Daryll: Well, that well um I'm happy that the money helped you guys out for sure.
Daryll Garcia: And what?
Edgar and Daryll: So I would have used it for a new golf club. So so it's better that it went to you guys than to me. I probably would have bought like a new golf bag and put it like fantasy football champion on it.
Mags: hey gar There's no set of golf clubs that can improve your game, so I'm glad you didn't waste that money.
Edgar and Daryll: um
Edgar and Daryll: No, you're, look, i I actually have, I have already told myself that I don't think that there's enough classes or equipment that can make me anything better than high 90s, low 100 player. And I'm okay with that. That's fine. You know, I'm putting all my eggs into my son.
Mags: Whoa.
Edgar and Daryll: man. Oh, so.
Mags: Hey, as long as you're having fun, that's all that matters.
Edgar and Daryll: Exactly, exactly. Exactly. All right, well, ah let's let's go ahead and move on with – I did a little small season recap, and let's just move on with that first, okay?
Daryll Garcia: Thank you.
Edgar and Daryll: So let's ah do the season finale recap.
Mags: Yes.
Edgar and Daryll: In Week 17, we had the Sacco matchup, Carlos versus Troy. Carlos was sure his team was going to pull through for him. However, Lamar and his hurt back did not play, and the rest of his team did not perform.
Edgar and Daryll: The only bright spot of his team was booty for hands as it took carries away from Hendo. Troy will now have another year without cardio as Carlos prepares to be McGuire's caddy.
Edgar and Daryll: Then we had the race for third place, the chance to get your money back. Tom Cinderella's story finally ran out as he had one of his worst scores of the season and could not secure his money back.
Mags: so
Edgar and Daryll: Finally, we have the final matchup, Goliath versus David. Unfortunately, this story was not like the Bible, and the rock in the sling came back and hit Edgar right in the eye.
Edgar and Daryll: The rock name was Dalton Schultz. The matchup was super close as the championship rose. ah As the championship rode on the manicure nails of Caleb Williams as he secured McGuire his very first championship and sent Edgar into a depression spiral.
Edgar and Daryll: The final standings were McGuire, Edgar, Daryl, Tom, Alejandro Romo, and the rest of the scrubs, with Carlos as the biggest scrub of them all.
Mags: so
Edgar and Daryll: And that's a recap.
Daryll Garcia: Some big words in there for you. but He was like, manicured.
Edgar and Daryll: ah you Yeah, yeah i try to keep my words to less than 10, you know, letters, but sometimes I get a couple that are a little bigger that escape, you know? So.
Edgar and Daryll: i
Mags: yeah
Edgar and Daryll: yeah Oh, man. Well, ah that's, I mean, that was our season. It kind of created that Tom got fourth place, huh? Yeah.
Daryll Garcia: it hit it It was a Cinderella story for him. And it was, yes, the chance to get your money back after having the worst record, I think, and lowest scoring.
Edgar and Daryll: meaning
Daryll Garcia: That's kind of crazy. I do want to point out I won that trade, Tom.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah.
Mags: it's really it's It's really just Kyle Pitts, though.
Edgar and Daryll: Go ahead.
Mags: I mean, let's be honest. Kyle Pitts is the only reason he was in there.
Edgar and Daryll: Sure, but he also... Well, no, you're right.
Mags: No offense, Tom.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, no you're i mean, you're not wrong. You're not wrong. Kyle Pitts is the reason. But he almost beat you, too. Like, he almost had you.
Mags: He did. He did. But he wouldn't have even been there without Kyle Pitts. That's all I'm saying.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, I mean...
Daryll Garcia: Hey, he went against the universe and what Kyle Pitts has been doing for the last how many years? And he put him in. That takes that tastes guts.
Edgar and Daryll: Oh yeah, big cojones Yeah, I mean you gotta shoot for the stars at that point, right?
Mags: That's true. Credit where it's due.
Edgar and Daryll: If you're last place, is like you might as well go for what your biggest upside, which is why I don't understand why he didn't play Jalen Warren Like I gave him Warren
Mags: Oh, here we go.
Daryll Garcia: It's probably the same reason why you didn't play Hunter Henry. but
Mags: oh
Edgar and Daryll: Oh boy Yeah. Well, okay, so I played Schultz because I wanted to have the potential of an emotional damaging win with Schultz against McGuire watching like you know the Texans beat the Chargers. So that's actually why I did it mostly.
Edgar and Daryll: will be I to get in your head, Brian.
Daryll Garcia: so you're just being mean. And the universe bit back. but
Mags: That's one of the dumbest strategies I think I've ever heard. i'm surprised I'm surprised even for you.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah
Edgar and Daryll: I know, but how sweet would have been if Schultz would have scored a touchdown? Like, how much would that had how much more would that have hurt if Schultz beat you in the final and they beat your Chargers, which they did, by the way?
Mags: it would it would have It would have, but what would have hurt more is if you'd played Hunter Henry against the Jets and you had one matchup.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, yeah that was that was hard.
Daryll Garcia: Definitely wasn't thinking that.
Edgar and Daryll: That was tough. no I know. Well, speaking of alternate universe, Maguire, I'm
Mags: Well,..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Edgar and Daryll: you know how we chatted about potential changes to the league and we always kind of talk stuff and 95% of the time, nothing goes through.
Mags: this
Edgar and Daryll: Sometimes they do. Right. Um, and we've kind of chatted about divisions and we chatted about, um, maybe like the final two people going to the sack or just like different little things. Right.
Edgar and Daryll: Um, This one last thing that we mentioned a while back in a couple of texts was, you know, why not send the very last place straight to the SACO, just like we send the very first place to the second portion of the playoffs? I want to hear your thoughts on that.
Mags: I don't know honestly i don't have any strong thoughts on that um I mean, Tom made it to the wildcard being the last place team. And if we had gone with that strategy or that rule change this year, he wouldn't have had the chance to win his money back.
Daryll Garcia: strategy
Mags: And i don't know.
Edgar and Daryll: Sure.
Mags: i just, I'm not sure I feel like that opportunity should be taken away from everyone.
Edgar and Daryll: But I mean, we.
Mags: Like we we saw it this year. Everyone has a chance every week.
Edgar and Daryll: Sure, but we reward the top team by giving them that extra bye week. Right. So why not also punish the worst team?
Mags: Thank
Edgar and Daryll: Like why, if you have the very worst team, should you be allowed to have a chance? Like I get it. get that. Everybody should have a chance. Right.
Daryll Garcia: We like the chaos.
Edgar and Daryll: was But the yeah, the chaos is great. But in in theory, like wouldn't it also makes, I mean, to me it would kind of be, it would push people. And I know Tom said like, you know, I i played my matchups regardless, right? always put my best foot forward.
Edgar and Daryll: But I still think that maybe we should just let the last seed go straight into like the SACO tournament, not straight into the SACO championship, but the SACO tournament.
Edgar and Daryll: Just like we have the the number one buy. i don't know.
Mags: Yeah.
Daryll Garcia: you want to hear You want to hear a little bit of perspective if that did happen?
Mags: is this the Andrew Championship corollary?
Daryll Garcia: Oh, man, what a spoiler spoiler alert.
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, my gosh.
Daryll Garcia: but
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah. what would that What would have happened, Daryl?
Daryll Garcia: All right. All right. So um even if we didn't do the division playoffs and we we did it the way we did this year, which is... ah by record, right?
Mags: Thank
Daryll Garcia: It was by record and seeding. It would have been Maguire straight to the second round of the playoffs. I would have been in there, Romo, Alejandro, and and Edgar, i I believe would have been all The same people that were that would have went to the playoffs.
Daryll Garcia: Tom would have went straight to the SACO. And then you would have the the wild card.
Edgar and Daryll: Yep.
Daryll Garcia: Andrew would have won the wild card and during wild card week.
Edgar and Daryll: yep
Daryll Garcia: And so on the second round of playoffs, it would have been Andrew versus McGuire. And actually, during that week, Andrew would have beat Maguire.
Daryll Garcia: And so Andrew would have advanced. And then we all know the other teams that played, Edgar would have advanced to the championship. It would have been Andrew versus Edgar. And then Andrew actually outscored Edgar on the last week.
Edgar and Daryll: And he would have won for the first time.
Daryll Garcia: We would have had a new first-time champ.
Edgar and Daryll: What are what are your thoughts on that, Maguire?
Mags: Yeah, he texted me this, I think it may have been the night after I won. So he clearly had that on his mind.
Daryll Garcia: wait who did that?
Mags: I don't know, Andrew, no, Andrew.
Daryll Garcia: Edgar did?
Edgar and Daryll: Andrew.
Daryll Garcia: you didn't even let him celebrate his win?
Mags: Yeah. Maybe it was the next day, but it was it was pretty quick.
Edgar and Daryll: That's so funny.
Daryll Garcia: us
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah.
Mags: But I live in reality. I don't live in imaginary or hypothetical scenarios. So it's not really anything I've given any thought.
Edgar and Daryll: Sure. no no, no. I mean, i i don't disagree i don't disagree, right? Like living in hypotheticals or scenarios. But I just think that, like like to me, okay, if if sending someone to like last place straight to the cycle would have made no difference, right? um Then it's one of those things that's like, okay, well, the person that was supposed to be there was there, right?
Edgar and Daryll: um But if we would have, then it would have changed things, right? in the league, right?
Mags: secondly
Edgar and Daryll: would have changed stuff. Now, when we talk about, like, divisions, like, i know we had we talked about, like, letting divisions actually kind of determine, you know, the first, the top two of each division makes it to the playoffs, and then the next...
Mags: um children
Edgar and Daryll: three or the next two, whatever it was, it's strictly by record, then they make it to the next spots of the playoffs.
Mags: Thank you.
Edgar and Daryll: And if we would have done it that way, it would have been exactly the same. Like the seating would have been exactly the same. Nothing would have changed. The matches would have been exactly the same. So to me, like... The argument of divisions, it's a little bit more likely because the me and Andrew were tied, but I had one extra divisional win than him, which made it so that I would have gone to the playoffs regardless over him.
Edgar and Daryll: But it could have changed, right? So I still think that the idea of having divisions would be still kind of appealing. i don't know. what What do you think about that, Maguire? Yeah.
Mags: I honestly, I don't have any thoughts at all. I i don't see a huge difference in the way that we do things. I'm still not really seeing the clear advantage to go into divisions other than the fact that it's kind of fun to have that divisional competitiveness.
Mags: And i just don't like the idea of a scrub team getting a guaranteed spot in the playoffs just because they happen to luck into this real poorly performing lower scoring division.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah
Daryll Garcia: Isn't that the same thing as the wild card, though? A scrub person getting a spot in the playoffs?
Mags: it It is, but we would have that person getting it in, and then we'd also have a wild card getting it in in this scenario, right?
Daryll Garcia: Yeah.
Mags: Because we're not getting rid of the wild cards. We'd have two potentially outlier teams in terms of overall ability at that point in the season, making it on and making it easier for the big big dogs at the top.
Edgar and Daryll: But then maybe though, maybe because like in in reality, like all I would have, I think all it changes is the matchups in the playoffs because we will still have the top two vita division, right?
Mags: for
Edgar and Daryll: Going forward. And then the next two who have the best record going to the playoffs. So you're still going to have your top six individuals make it to the playoffs.
Edgar and Daryll: And I think those top six are always going to have a better record than the bottom four that don't make it. They go straight into the wildcard or whatever it is, right? um
Daryll Garcia: Five go to the playoffs, not six, I think.
Edgar and Daryll: Okay, so that so basically the next five go to no.
Daryll Garcia: yes
Edgar and Daryll: I thought six make it to the playoffs.
Daryll Garcia: Maguire, me, Romo, Alejandro, and you. And then six ah the sixth person comes from the wild card.
Edgar and Daryll: Okay.
Daryll Garcia: Yeah. Yeah.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah. I mean, I still think that, that that I mean, who knows, right? i Like I said, this year it wouldn't have mattered.
Mags: is
Edgar and Daryll: Everything would have been exactly the same for divisions. But you're right. It would make a little bit more of like a thrill of going against like your divisional matchup that could maybe potentially make a slight difference in and placement.
Edgar and Daryll: But um I don't know that it makes a huge difference. Enough to change it, right? But I just think it it was it was to be considered to like maybe... you know, take it into consideration again next year.
Edgar and Daryll: But...
Daryll Garcia: I think Edgar just wants to talk smack to his division rivals. but
Edgar and Daryll: cetera Yeah. um But yeah, i you know, but i so I do also like this last place going straight to the SACO championship because, you know, why should we give someone that just had a terrible season the opportunity to make it to the final? But I can hear Romo saying like, oh, I like the chaos. And I do like the chaos too, so...
Edgar and Daryll: um I don't know.
Mags: but What if we have a scenario where there are two teams that have the same record you know in last place?
Daryll Garcia: The.
Mags: One of them scores more than the other, so that team gets advance to the wild card and team just scored a little bit less doesn't. like It doesn't seem like and dont it just doesn't seem totally fair to me.
Edgar and Daryll: Yep. um it's important Yeah, but the same can be said said about the number one seed, right? Like both teams scored, have the same record, then what differentiates one from the next, right? It's points four.
Edgar and Daryll: Or it can be divisions. Could be divisions.
Mags: Yeah, that's that's fair.
Edgar and Daryll: hu Yeah, it just food for thought, food for thought for people.
Mags: And just one last thing. i also like the way that we have it set up now where in week 15, everyone's playing. Everyone's got a reason to watch the games, to participate in the league chat.
Mags: If we were to remove someone from participating, it just makes it that much less enjoyable for them.
Daryll Garcia: actually a good point.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, yeah, I don't disagree. I don't disagree with that. i mean, that's why we did it, right? Is keep it as many as many people engaged into the the league.
Daryll Garcia: and Into the playoffs, yeah.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah.
Mags: help me
Edgar and Daryll: So I don't disagree with that. um Now, Darryl wanted to bring up another one, which i think we something that we brought up, which was like decreasing one bench spot, right?
Daryll Garcia: Thank you.
Edgar and Daryll: Is what said, Darryl?
Daryll Garcia: Yeah, you know, I think a couple years back, we decided to increase the bench spots to facilitate trading. And i think the last two years, I brought it up to McGuire, i think last year, and we it failed the super majority vote this year to decrease bench spots. I think if we just decreased by one, i think it would would help at least decrease hoarding and maybe facilitate a little bit more trading. What are you guys' thoughts on that?
Mags: yeah i've been pretty resistant to that idea in the past before this year i think partly because i usually love my bench i always want to have as many good players on the bench as possible and so the idea of having one less spot to work with there
Edgar and Daryll: Mm-hmm.
Mags: feels bad to me but i mean this year in particular the waiver wire was it felt really thin i think it just about every position and so for that reason i think adding or sorry removing one bench spot is something going to be thinking more about right now i'm leaning towards supporting that if it goes to a vote just to have
Daryll Garcia: It felt really sad.
Mags: you know, 10 extra pretty good players out there on the waiver. And that will, you know if there's 10 more better players on the wire, that'll need to people spending in more fab.
Mags: It'll be more interesting to be able to add players off the wire and play them a little bit more easily. That's kind of the one concern i have is that sometimes people in the league make trades because they're in a tough spot.
Edgar and Daryll: Sure, yeah.
Mags: They can't add someone off the wire to play that week. If they've got a bunch of injuries or a bunch of buys. So, I don't know, Darrell. I just have no way of knowing if it's true that having the extra spot will reduce the number of trades or increase the number of trades.
Daryll Garcia: Essentially,
Mags: It's hard to say. But I was going to say, yeah, the the wire felt really, really, really thin this year.
Edgar and Daryll: But let's also, go go ahead.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, but I think that's also kind of part of it, right? Like, as fantasy manager, and we've been playing in this league 11 years now or whatever it is, um like, we have to essentially plan for those bye weeks.
Edgar and Daryll: And when you're drafting, you're taking that into consideration, right?
Daryll Garcia: Sixth.
Edgar and Daryll: And if you do draft, you know, six players are on bye the same time, then you're going to have to, like... um You're gonna have to make trades, right?
Edgar and Daryll: You're going have to make adjustments, make trades, make fix things um so that you can go ahead and and potentially do the better, I guess, right? um hey There was just a of way I muted you, so if you want to unmute yourself um because I was hearing a little bit of an echo.
Edgar and Daryll: But, yes, I um i do agree.
Mags: uh
Edgar and Daryll: Like, i just think that that's just part of it. what you What are your thoughts?
Daryll Garcia: um i think that is like my 1b reasoning 1a is hopefully facilitate more trades and decrease hoarding but yeah one the 1b reason would be to the managing portion of the team is where um skill research kind of takes place right you have to decide which players you're going to keep to drop after you pick up someone from the waiver wire um I just like the the the fact that it kind of focuses on the managing aspect or a managing skill in fantasy football.
Edgar and Daryll: You got any thoughts on that, Maguire?
Mags: Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, and like, you know, not to toot my own horn, right? Um, but you know, I came in like, I, I went fresh slate.
Mags: We know you never do that.
Edgar and Daryll: Is that what you call it? Clean slate, clean slate. I had a clean s slate this year. And I said, you know what? No keepers. I'm going draft, right? I lost Malik neighbors who I spend a pretty fab or pretty auction money on. Um,
Edgar and Daryll: And I just kept trading away. Right. I traded and traded and traded. My only original player in my whole entire team when I finished was Travis Kelsey, which for some reason I could not move for the life of me.
Mags: Yes.
Edgar and Daryll: And he was a good tight in But he and here's like what frustrated me with some individuals that I would pitch Kelsey to.
Daryll Garcia: um
Edgar and Daryll: ah They'll be like, oh, he's a bum, blah, blah, blah, yada, yada. And then I'm like, dude, he's like the number three tight end of the season right now. And they're like, oh, I actually haven't paid attention to him.
Edgar and Daryll: So I don't really know what he looks like or how he's been playing. And I'm just like, the why are you talking all this smack?
Mags: I
Edgar and Daryll: Like, if you legitimately don't know and it's just it's just from what you think you hear or because, you know, the Chiefs aren't doing great or whatever it is, right? But in reality, you're not taking – ah some traits into consideration because for some reason you just don't like the name of it, right? um
Daryll Garcia: They don't like the arm and wall behind the conversation.
Mags: i think it was more the position. didn't.
Edgar and Daryll: the Sure, the tight end position was what's pretty good this year.
Daryll Garcia: but
Mags: It was extremely deep with Warren and Loveland and Fannin, rookies coming up, and a lot of other players making the best of the opportunities that they had. So that's, i think, a big part of it.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, no, I don't disagree with that. um Now, Maguire, who surprised you this season? Like, who you were you kind of like, okay, um wasn't expecting this.
Mags: Which teams?
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, which like which one of our team from our the Fantasy boys the fancy Boys surprised you the most this year?
Mags: Oh, I hate to say it, but it had to be probably you. once the neighbor once the Once the neighbor's injury happened, I kind of wrote your team off.
Edgar and Daryll: Okay, and what about
Mags: ah Yeah, we we don't have to worry about this guy anymore, but made some good moves at the end that really put you in a good position. It helped that you got a family discount from Carlos and that you basically trade-raped your own brother.
Daryll Garcia: Thank
Mags: But yeah, a lot of those late-season moves were really good.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah
Mags: And the the trade that you had with Tom, I think, worked out well for you. If you kept if you kept Lawrence, that would would have probably been the difference as well for you.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah
Daryll Garcia: um funny
Edgar and Daryll: Maybe Bo Nix and Lawrence kind of had the same stat line towards the final, so I don't think it would have been... I think they both had scored the same. What about for the worst? like Which team did you did you think was going to do a lot better this year then then and then they didn't? right You were kind of like, oh, I was anticipating this team to be competitive and then they kind of fell short.
Mags: tough position to put me in no I mean I I I did like Neira's team coming out but I think Troy's team probably is the one that underperformed the most based on the draft when he came out of the draft I was like damn
Daryll Garcia: The one he stole from. the one he stole from.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah
Edgar and Daryll: yeah yeah
Mags: This is a team to be reckoned with because he had those two top quarterbacks with Allen and Hurts. And then he had, think, Bucky as his keeper. He had Kamara.
Daryll Garcia: Hookah.
Mags: had Kenneth Walker.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah pu and nicoa
Mags: Kenneth Walker was a player who I really wanted coming into the year. Turned it up at the end, but wasn't too great during the season. Yeah, he had Puka.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah
Mags: Zay Flowers was also guy I was targeting at the start. And yeah, his team really looked good at the start.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah
Daryll Garcia: sorry
Mags: I'm still not sure how it all kind of fell apart. i think injury was a big problem for his team and just kind of some inconsistency from those top two quarterbacks throughout the year.
Edgar and Daryll: morning
Mags: But yeah, I think he had a really kind of tough stretch throughout this season and the team did not perform how it should have for him.
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, for sure. Yeah, I would agree. I would agree. I think Troy, to me, I was like, man, this guy, this team is scary. and you And he had like weird, you know, crazy top score games and then really bad games.
Daryll Garcia: Okay.
Edgar and Daryll: And a agree. Like, i think Troy came in with a really good team. I think Nere came in with a with a decent squad. um I mean, he came in with a lot of old school guys, right? That for some reason, week one, they were...
Edgar and Daryll: they perform well and you were like, okay, like he actually might have a team, but then they just sort of like fist out. So was like, maybe not.
Mags: Yeah, he crushed me week one.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah. Yeah. And I, you know, and and I know we joke about like the, the trade and um obviously that the trade didn't help, but, you know just like like Just like I lost neighbors, right like you can make moves to to move on from that.
Daryll Garcia: so
Mags: Thank
Edgar and Daryll: um And like his team, I think, had enough name to carry him to like better trades for potential like upside players. But he just he sometimes players are just or people are just too attached to like the name and that you just can't move on from it and And I think that's something that I've learned from Trading it's like, you know, if the name is there sometimes it's better to trade the name and Get someone else
Mags: Yeah, I don't follow him all at all for that, and I do feel terrible about that trade. i traded, what was it, Justin Jefferson and Tyrone Tracy and J.K.
Mags: Dobbins for JSN, who obviously had a great year for me.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah
Mags: And i just know if I was in Nair's position and I made that trade and I watched JSN have the year that he had, I would also kind of go into my own little dark corner and you know kind of try to protect myself and emotionally, especially since you guys are always – ragging on him in the chat about it and he showed at the end of the year that he knows how to make good trades he made a bunch of good trades right at the deadline that I was really impressed with and i know it's easy for me to say but I just wish he had you know paid a little bit more attention to what trades were either during the year and he could have probably turned that season around and had a really good squad but I get it by the way there I get it man it's tough so I don't fall shit off for that
Edgar and Daryll: yeah
Daryll Garcia: it. I think that might not be.
Edgar and Daryll: For sure. I mean, you know, I gifted him Lauren.
Edgar and Daryll: No, I don't know. but But you did, so you traded away... a name with JJ, right?
Daryll Garcia: right
Edgar and Daryll: For, I understand Jason had a great season the previous year, but like the bigger name is JJ at the end of the, at the end of the day, right?
Mags: Yeah,
Edgar and Daryll: Not anymore. That's not going to the case for it, but, but sometimes people go for the name, right? Like they go for who was great before without taking into consideration, like quarterback change and things like that.
Edgar and Daryll: um You know, and and you got to take advantage of that. Like you do.
Mags: yeah well, the big thing that swung it, he had a running back injury the week that we made the trade.
Edgar and Daryll: So,
Mags: And I had J.K. Dobbins, who I felt was an extra piece for me.
Edgar and Daryll: Sure.
Mags: So I was just trying to capitalize on that.
Daryll Garcia: That's not
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, and you're not wrong. What about you, Daryl? Who surprised you for the good and the bad?
Daryll Garcia: The one who surprises you for the good is probably Tom's team.
Edgar and Daryll: For the good?
Daryll Garcia: um
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, yeah, at the end, at the end, at the end.
Daryll Garcia: Yeah, I mean, for the good in the fact that um he won, like you said earlier, he puts his best foot forward no matter what.
Mags: Okay.
Daryll Garcia: And he did it ah week after week, even though he was losing week after week And his team showed up on wildcard week. And so he ended and he ended up fighting for third place.
Daryll Garcia: I think to me, that's how I look at his season. I know it probably wasn't the best for him, but he ended up fighting for third place, which is which is great.
Edgar and Daryll: Sure.
Daryll Garcia: As for disappointing season, I'll probably say, i would probably agree with with you guys, with Troy's team being little disappointing, only because he had serious quarterback power, and Josh Allen literally, I think, lost...
Mags: Thank you.
Daryll Garcia: his back half of the year while Jalen Hurts kind of probably lost him the beginning half of the year when the Eagles were trying to figure out their identity. So it's like a little bit his team's his team never fired on all cylinders consistently.
Daryll Garcia: And so it was probably very frustrating for him to watch and then holding on to Bucky Irving the whole time and not really getting to use him near the end was probably pretty hurtful.
Edgar and Daryll: could it Hey, you could trade him. I requested a trade like five weeks into his injury, and i was going to give him something decent, and and you know he didn't trade him.
Daryll Garcia: Yeah, you're right.
Edgar and Daryll: And also, just you know you talking about trades, i just want to make sure that you guys know that the end of the day, i won the Gibbs trade.
Mags: yeah
Edgar and Daryll: yes ah So it worked out. i don't know if you guys know, but Gibbs, they're terrible in the playoffs. um So it kind of worked out for me, guys.
Mags: i think I think really the league won that trade. Just getting to make fun of you for that for those few weeks. That was some of the most fun I've had in the group chat.
Edgar and Daryll: it
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, it was good. It was pretty good. Well, with that, guys, that's that wraps up the year.
Daryll Garcia: um
Edgar and Daryll: You know, it was it was great. I'm looking forward to next year.
Mags: Hold on, hold on.
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, go ahead.
Mags: I have one one last stat I'd like to share.
Edgar and Daryll: yeah.
Mags: Edgar, of our 19 matchups in the league, how many of those games do you think you've won?
Edgar and Daryll: Against you?
Mags: Yeah.
Edgar and Daryll: Oh, man. This is rough. Maybe like three, four, five.
Mags: It's three. It's three.
Daryll Garcia: Wow.
Mags: 16 and three.
Daryll Garcia: Wow.
Edgar and Daryll: 16 and three. It's better than Merit's record against you.
Mags: Yeah.
Daryll Garcia: Wow.
Mags: i don't even I don't even know what that is.
Edgar and Daryll: Yeah, i think I think he's only won once against you. But I think twice now that he beat you in the beginning of the year. ah
Mags: OK.
Edgar and Daryll: But, yes, yeah, that's rough, dude. yeah You know, I actually don't have – I think I barely have a sub 500 or a 500 season. I usually do well, but I don't do amazing.
Edgar and Daryll: But, you know, it is what it is, bro. You know, it is what it is. I'm happy for you. I'm happy for you, okay? Yeah.
Daryll Garcia: We're all happy for you.
Mags: Thanks, Nick.
Daryll Garcia: You deserve, i think you deserve this championship.
Mags: Thank you.
Daryll Garcia: So.
Mags: appreciate that, boys.
Edgar and Daryll: You found me, you do. Yeah. And ah well, let's, ah let's finish off with some advice. You guys have any, McGuire, do you have any advice for us?
Mags: You put me on the spot. Come back to me.
Edgar and Daryll: Okay.
Daryll Garcia: Mine's going to be dedicated to Maguire. All right. ah Failure is not fatal. Just as success isn't final. So I'm pretty sure this is going to be Maguire's last championship. I'm sure he's going fighting every year. So just want to inspire the rest of the boys, you know.
Edgar and Daryll: I like it. like it.
Daryll Garcia: It's a journey.
Edgar and Daryll: it's It is a journey, 100%. And it's a journey I'm ready to get back into. McGuire, do you me to do mine do you want to do yours?
Mags: No, you go in I'm listening to yours. I'm not thinking of my own.
Edgar and Daryll: Okay, so um my advice is never test the depth of water with both feet. Because you won't be able to because you're just going to sink, you know?
Mags: but
Edgar and Daryll: You got to dip your donugh you gotta dip your toe
Mags: Stupid.
Daryll Garcia: So you're going to test the depth with just one toe?
Edgar and Daryll: Well, you got to just put, if you put both feet inside, you're just going to sink, dude. You know what I'm saying? So sometimes you got to just put your foot in and be like, oh, how deep is it? You can't do with two feet because now you're just in it.
Daryll Garcia: Oh my gosh.
Edgar and Daryll: you come up with one, McGuire? it it can be anything. Okay.
Mags: Yeah, yeah. This is, I think, a really important one, actually, in all seriousness. don't trade Don't trade with Carlos.
Daryll Garcia: so That's the best advice yet.
Edgar and Daryll: Don't trade with Carlos.
Edgar and Daryll: it's ah That should be an advice that Tom should put on his wall. um But he'll never follow it. He'll never follow it through. All right, boys. Well, thanks for joining us, McGuire.
Mags: You got it. Champ out.
Edgar and Daryll: All right, bye.
Daryll Garcia: Congrats. Peace out.
Edgar and Daryll: Bye.
Mags: Thank you.
