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Week 14 Exit - Executioner Executed
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Welcome to The Chopping Block
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Speaker
Welcome to the Chopping Block, the guillotine league podcast made for you. it's a two man pa two man pod gotta love Gotta love him. No special guests. You get to hear my dumb ass and Spencer's genius fantasy mind once again.
Fantasy Football Insights and Hosting Duties
00:00:29
Speaker
I guess so. Well, yeah, I guess that means I have to low key host it, right? Do it, bro. Oh, yeah. I mean, you can host, but how I'm ready. is You're the one out. All right. close me up I mean, how how how does it feel?
00:00:45
Speaker
getting out I mean what place was this fifth is that right yeah yeah how how does fifth feel to you because i've I've been there I don't know if I think fifth was a place I've been eliminated in the past so I have similar feelings or perspective so what's what's it like getting out right here Honestly, uh, it's, it's bittersweet. I feel like my opinions are tainted as well. Just cause I got out, like I miss playoffs in another league, uh, because
Dealing with Losses and Emotions
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Speaker
of Jamar chase. So he Jamar chase literally fucked me in two leagues. Uh, just absolutely bent me over raw dog. Um, drop the soap style. It was bad. Um,
00:01:29
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So it's on it's like hard to give a clean perspective. I like that I hit pay dirt. That's nice. I got $5. Yeah. You got a fiver. That's huge. Um, but I was really, I mean, going into Monday, I'm like, Mark Chase needs to score 10 more than CD. I'm like, eh, that could happen. Make it happen. But who knows? So I was, I was fairly optimistic.
00:01:59
Speaker
I stopped watching like halfway through because he already had like 20 points in the first half. I can't, I ah can't get raw dog alive. Um, and I was hoping to podium. I was hoping to podium, but I did not. So, but I'll take it.
Reflecting on Elimination and Podcasting
00:02:17
Speaker
I'll take the fifth place. I mean, honestly, it's just nice to be still be in the league and host the podcast when you're like in years past when I got out early.
00:02:28
Speaker
the whole year you're just like just like showing up to work but you don't get a paycheck yeah i can uh i can relate to that a little bit i mean i felt like i made it far enough this year um that i was satisfied but wasn't far enough to enjoy these past weeks but at the same time i mean what when do i always get out julich here remember is it fifth is it fourth what is four historically for me okay so one one more week um yeah but fifth fourth all the same honestly i feel like uh it's it's it's a disappointing place to get in guillotine like i think i was uh
00:03:07
Speaker
This year, I was less mad about getting out than I was in previous years, because you're like, oh, I was so close to almost taking this thing down. like it It just teased you a little bit. And you bring up a good point. It's around playoffs. If you like another playoff loss, it's like disappointing. and um But at the end of the day, you still made it to fifth, which is, in guillotine, like that's a lot. But it just hits different. I don't know what to say. It just hits different. It does hit different. Yeah.
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um
00:03:39
Speaker
yeah the having yeah that like fifth fourth place area uh if you also like miss playoffs or get out round one and playoffs in another league i feel it just adds insult to injury it's it's it's it's a tough one it is so i get that now i get that now um
Team Performance Analysis and Almond Raw Focus
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Yeah. Well, looking at your team, um I'm curious to get your thoughts on if you felt like you overperformed, underperformed. I have my honest opinions, but I'm curious what you think.
00:04:18
Speaker
I'm sure you do. I think Almond Raw has been disappointing the last few weeks. And and it's really hard not to start Almond Raw, but um I think they played Thursday and got 7.8. And I don't know, you go on a Thursday game, your star player scores like sub 10.
00:04:44
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Like at this point in Guillotine, know I was like, oh boy. But um some of the other guys cleaned up. I mean, James Cook, I think it had a year low. Yeah. Worst performance of the year. Um, so that's, that's tough.
00:04:59
Speaker
and uh i mean i don't know i don't think i would have changed any c assist start decisions and i don't think it really would have mattered anyways um i did my best and it just wasn't good enough all right i mean i honestly thought your team wasn't that bad which might surprise you um I felt like you could have gone a little deeper.
Strategic Player Picks and Bewero Discussion
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I mean, I was honestly surprised with something we didn't even really talk about. I guess we didn't really get into the bids much, but Bewero going for a dollar shocked me um at this stage of the game. um And I was honestly surprised and you didn't pick him up. um And I don't know if that would have made the difference. I think it would have outside of
00:05:55
Speaker
Potentially a flexor James Cook, but I get what you're saying. um Oh i thought Yeah, there's no shot I would have picked up Grendel I Would not why is that I just ah that's that's so sus Like like rookie like fourth string I got James Cook in and Jamir gives like
00:06:24
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Yeah, I guess. I don't know. I just feel like, uh, the San Francisco running back, it doesn't matter what that name is. If they're starting, they're always putting up CMC numbers. Um, I was shocked to see him only cost a dollar and, um,
00:06:44
Speaker
Yeah, but in general, I mean, I don't think your team is that bad at
Evaluating Teams and Predicting League Outcomes
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the same time. I don't think anyone else's team. Like, is that bad? So I'm all, I'm curious who you think who's going to be out next. I mean, have a guess. Um, the guy that, uh, you were competing against this past week, but, um, overall, I did think you had a stronger team. Um, you we did not have the weakest team left in the team.
00:07:12
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Yeah, I didn't think so either. Yeah, I felt pretty good. I felt pretty good all season actually. There's a couple of close calls. Um, I felt like pretty safe every week. Wasn't too worried, which was nice. I know some people don't, didn't have that luxury. I know chase was like having the tough Tuesday night all fall. Uh, yeah, that was me this year a little bit. Every, every week was a sweat. Yeah.
00:07:42
Speaker
Um, let me look at the rosters. All right. I'm looking at Garrett's. I'll just just give you a breakdown of everybody. Cause there's so few people left. And this is, we just got to kill time at this point. All right. Um, Garrett's squad. All right. We got Rico Daudel. Um, that's kind of interesting against Carolina. Um, Cooper cup. Uh, okay. I feel like looking at Garrett's roster. Some of these guys suss me out.
00:08:12
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Uh, Austin's roster. Okay. Yeah. We got T Higgins. Has he been good? Uh, no, he's a guillotine killer. You got three points last week. Uh, yeah. If Austin listens to this, my advice would be start Courtland Sutton over T Higgins for sure. Um,
00:08:38
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and Garendo. He's starting them. All right. I would be starting in two. I hear that. He scored 25 points and he scored eight points the previous week. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We got the bug. um His whole bench is questionable. That's kind of funny. Fun fact, I'm in a best ball league and my best ball that moved on to the like playoffs type of thing.
00:09:08
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Uh, had Bowers and Barkley, um, in the bug has Bowers and Barkley. So that's like, ah that's a best ball performance team right there. So, um, that could be good. It could be good. Oh, we got Mitch. Good old Mitch. Not the bitch. I don't think Mitch is a bitch. Only JJ thinks that, um, that's just, it was low blow JJ. Uh, Mitch's team is unbeatable.
00:09:35
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Okay. Was that everybody? Yeah. Top four. All right. I think honestly, I do. I really want to root for Garrett. I really do. Um, but my gut check says he's going next. Yeah. Um, he's the one I'm concerned about as well. But I mean, as you were in this past week, so I don't think that it's that shocking, but you never know.
The Role of Money in Guillotine League Strategy
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You know, in these final weeks, um,
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And I felt the bids were a little bit telling too. I mean Garrett doesn't really have any money, hence why he didn't really get any fliers. So it just becomes such an uphill battle for the guy.
00:10:17
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Because the other teams are getting substantially stronger with so few players in the league. Everyone that goes on waivers is worth so much. And those $1 bids can be the difference between literally Jameer Gibbs and just not getting a Jameer Gibbs, which is just crazy, which is one buck. Yeah. So I think, I think he's in trouble.
00:10:41
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um I don't think he would disagree with us and he's he's at quite a disadvantage having no cash flow left. Yeah. Uh, let's see. I'm looking at the pay pay out. Yeah. Fourth. You only make $10 or $15 my bed. That's not terrible. That's like a Chipotle bowl. So you last all this time. Chipotle bowl with clock. Yeah. Yeah. Which had fun. That's what's more important. not too bad the Exactly. And the friends you made along the way. Yeah. Yep.
00:11:15
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yeah Um, in terms of who's winning this thing, I'm going to go with the bug. I think the bug and Mitch are going to be the final two. And I think the bug is going to upset. And, uh, I think, I think a Joel should win this league. So
00:11:36
Speaker
All right. So you're calling an upset. Calling an upset. Yeah. But, you know, if Garrett ended up taking the whole thing down, um, that'd be high that I would, I would hoot and holler for that ah real massive upset with no cash left. Yeah. First, first year gear was last. Uh, so that'd be awesome for, uh, you know, ah underdog to take it down. I'd be nice. Yeah. I'm not going to say that's like.
00:12:05
Speaker
Extremely unlikely. um Because that means, and no, like that sounds bad, but like, hear me out, hear me out. The logic here is that means Mitch's team has to lose twice. Because if Mitch gets out, all those players go out for auction. And the next guy, next hire guy with funds is going to get to buy his team again. So I think Garrett's got to beat that team twice, which just seems tough. um And that's why at the end here,
00:12:32
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you need you need just a couple bucks you need them honestly i don't know if you do because zero dollar bids is going to get you a good player um for example garrett picked up chubba hubbard chuba hubbard uh and dropped brian thomas junior both those guys are good like he could have kept Brian and just played him.
Exploring Crazy Ideas for Guillotine League
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He's a wide receiver 9 like ah Garrett picked up Juwan Jennings and dropped Patrick Mahomes We're at that stage where like I don't think I don't think you need money I think you just need to be a little scrappy like maybe starting Juwan Jennings is just the big hog move you need to Make it make it buy another week
00:13:22
Speaker
and But it's basically playing DFS and crafting that cheap lineup and hitting Versus being able to start like actually the best team you could possibly think of to craft with an an unlimited budget i I'd rather be on the other side with just nine dollars I mean if you have nine dollars and one guy has none and you get to bid off people I mean you could literally get the the top nine players in the league, you like better left. So I'm taking that side of it. And I really think you need just a, just $10, $9 in these final weeks to close this thing out. I think that's the key to winning guillotine.
00:14:07
Speaker
If Mitch ends up winning, did he put on a masterclass? Um, I mean, yeah, but like we see this every year. Um, there's always someone who's able to wait long enough where they can still pick up players and not spend enough. And then it just snowballs to the end. So yeah, I mean, I think, I think he he's playing the optimal guillotine strategy, but I think we see it every year. Um, it's just, it's, it's how long can you hold to game of chicken really in those first 10 weeks.
00:14:44
Speaker
Yep. I mean, uh, that bum from Australia did it several years back as well. Yeah. True. True. Okay. Okay. Um, well, I don't know. You got anything else you want to chat about while we're here?
00:15:03
Speaker
Not really, it's been a and a good year. I'm looking forward to the next year already and maybe getting another wacky, kinky twist in the mix again, since this was, this was back to vanilla, vanilla guillotine. Yeah. Vanilla guillotine. Yeah. For those, for the first time guys, but we've had some wack stuff, some wack rules. So if you have ideas and you're listening to this, like literally text them to me right now.
00:15:33
Speaker
I'll put them in my notes doc and I'll remember them in like six months Cuz I think last year I had like all these ideas and like August rolls around I'm like, I i can't remember a single one. So I just we just went back to basics I Thought I've had for a while is to expand it to like 24 people or something and have like the first six weeks be like double eliminations sure do it we can get absolutely i i you could you could do something crazy where if you want an extra $200 fab you can buy everyone in the league at Chipotle burrito
00:16:16
Speaker
And then you just get a free extra $200 fab. I don't know about you. I'd be down at some, and so and that that includes everyone. Like if this is week 16, two people left, you gotta buy 18 boys Chipotle burritos to get an extra hundred fab. You take that risk. I don't know. Be hype. I think that costs more than the dub. Maybe you up the ante. Maybe the buy-in's even more. Okay.
00:16:47
Speaker
I'm always down for up in the buy-in. I love a high guillotine buy-in for me That's kind of kinky like if it's like 50 bucks Like imagine just losing 50 bones like getting out week one like that's just tough Yeah, it's kind of hypo you can do a bunch of I just can keep giving you wild ideas you could do a ah we could start the draft in like a April this year. And it's like, it's like everyone only gets a pick. One like you you sprinkle up the rounds throughout the month. So it's just like, you know, this long draw now draft, it would just be insane. You know, something just just crazy. Should we do a auction auction 18 man?
00:17:36
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That would be brutal. A slow auction draft would be just, no, that'd be cancer.
00:17:45
Speaker
oh Yeah. Uh, it's been a fun year. I think it's, I love the engagement. The boys are listening to the pod. I think probably the most ever, especially this late, like people that are out still listening. Um, that's awesome. Love you guys. Um, makes it more fun for everybody just to, you know, the ones that didn't make it so far. I know Fitz. He checked out cause he's like, he, he got out early, but.
00:18:17
Speaker
Yeah, you don't care. It's been a good year. Uh, if you made it this far in the pod, um, let me look at, let me look at the the text board. What's it called? The emoji emoji board. Let me look for something freaking saucy. Um, Oh man. There's like this, uh, in like the truck section, there's like this red electric wheelchair.
00:18:47
Speaker
That's what I want.
Engaging Listeners with Emoji Challenges
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Speaker
That's why, why, why? I don't know. I just, I don't think I've ever seen that before. i And then red electric wheelchair. Yeah. The electric wheelchair. Uh, and then also, uh, the water polo guy, like about to throw the ball. And then to the right of that, you got to put the the gymnastics person with their legs spread open.
00:19:15
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So it's like theyre but the guy's about to throw throw the ball into the the person's crotch. It's hilarious. Yeah. Maybe you do that and then the wheelchair. It's like, uh, it's like a scene, you know? Yeah, it's a scene. Yeah. Yeah. It makes a lot of sense. Hell yeah.