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Week 11 Exit - Brother-in-Person
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Introduction and Host Setup
00:00:04
Speaker
Welcome to the Chopping Block, the guillotine league podcast made for you. What's up, boys? If I sound slightly distant from the microphone, it's because I am. And for good reason, I'll get to that in a moment.
Spence's Return and Podcast Consistency
00:00:19
Speaker
But I got big spence with me. What's up? I'm back. um I got a great record this year. I barely missed any pods. I think just one. And I'm here after elimination. That's big.
Chase's Survival and League Dynamics
00:00:31
Speaker
that is huge i actually didn't really realize that yeah after elimination thank you for not quitting that's right all right um so reason for the distance on the microphone is because we got an in-person guest with me it is chase what up happy to be here um sad to be here but happy to be here in person uh so mr chase uh you have defied the odds Yeah, it feels
Kyler Murray Bid: Turning Point
00:01:02
Speaker
like I have. um Can't say we're not surprised. And I think I gave everyone an easy week, at least everyone besides you maybe, just to chill out and watch football. It was very obvious from the get go. And I've been limping my way the past few weeks. So yeah, I kind of want to look back and see like, for how long have you been
00:01:24
Speaker
like in contention Spencer do you do you remember how long has chase been like uh an underdog um I mean it feels like as long as I have been one it's been a while uh probably when uh I forget what player it was as you bought but you paid for some quarterback I think I think I punched my ticket with Kyler Murray for sure yeah that's who it was Um, I feel like from then on out, it was like, all right, it's going to be an uphill battle. It was. So, that's okay. I've been there. Chase, you obviously are rookie, but, uh, walk us through the thought process. Cause I probably agree. Kyler might've been the inevitable downfall. What was it? What was the 576 dollar thought process? So, um,
00:02:19
Speaker
I had Justin Herbert, who obviously didn't get off to a hot start this year. yeah And I think his bye week was coming up or he was hurt. and yeahp His bye week was week five, so you picked up Kyler in week four. Yeah, so obviously he was hurt at the time and I think I had to get a quarterback or else I was going home. And I definitely overestimated Kyler's value in how much money we were supposed to be throwing around back then.
00:02:47
Speaker
um I was shocked to say the least when I saw that overpay and I knew that was coming. ah Here's the sad thing. ah You could have started no quarterback in week four and you would have been fine. Didn't even consider that and I obviously you could have picked up anyone from the waiver wires probably and streamed them.
00:03:07
Speaker
Yeah, I was going to blame you for wanting to start a quarterback. That seems pretty logical. the The hindsight is always tough in guillotine, but it is it is a reality. I think I learned some lessons.
Injuries and Draft Challenges
00:03:24
Speaker
um Obviously, we could be more patient and be a little more frugal when we're trying to get some players here, but yeah we're still, we're like, we're lurking. We'll take some notes on how you guys are spending the rest of the your money here. Okay. Okay.
00:03:37
Speaker
Uh, so how do you feel going into like coming out of the draft? Did you feel good about your team? That was the first slow draft, first 18 man draft I've been a part of as well. I honestly felt pretty decent. I've kind of, I think I got paid say nine, 10. I was pretty centered or at least, I don't know, it felt pretty centered. And i so I struggled to start after my first three picks, obviously you felt good. And then, um,
00:04:05
Speaker
Checo ended up on IR. Yeah. Stefan Diggs ended up on IR. You drafted both of those? Drafted them with my two and three. Oh. And Garrett Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, X number one has failed me. So ah it was a struggle with my one, two, three right there.
00:04:20
Speaker
oh my gosh I actually, it was time for I didn't even realize you drafted Pacheco and Dick. That's that's crazy. Pacheco's on his way back. He was on his way back, but oh, you're so cool. You're spot on. Yeah. So I scrolled all the way back to the Kyler pickup, just because I was curious. Mitch put in a bid. So your bid was 570. Mitch put in 257, which 257 is pretty high as well, because the next bid was 33.
00:04:52
Speaker
So yeah in in all honesty, I think I had it higher. I had it up to like 590. And I play ah flag football on Tuesdays and with Austin. um So I kind of told him, I was like, dude, I got to get Kyler. I was letting him in on how much I was doing. yeah And he's like, no, yeah you got to bring it down. And I think he even told me to go around the 400s. No, you didn't listen. I was too scared. I get anxious, man. And I just i left the money on the table. on it But yeah, I think I knew I punched my ticket and just comparing teams, I think week to week from that that point, knowing I couldn't spend another dollar. yeah My team just didn't get any better.
Chase's Tight End Choices and Humor
00:05:33
Speaker
It ah arguably got worse as the league went on. Yeah. Yeah. It became a bright spot. ah There error is one. um And that was, I'm looking at your draft. You you you pick them in 11th round.
00:05:48
Speaker
I got that's a solid draft pick in the 11th round, but you know, it's still just Kate Otten. Yeah. He's having a career couple of weeks so that way. And I definitely, he carried me for a good amount of ah time there. Yeah. Cade, Cade. I mean, here's, here's what I was thinking going into this last week. Uh, you changed your name to tight end lover. Now here's, this could just be superstitious, but.
00:06:17
Speaker
I think you got out the week after you changed your name. I think so. And I was rocking with Diggs and Herbert, yeah um even though neither one of them was on my team anymore. So I kind of felt the need for the change up. But you only started one tight end. what you You're a tight end lover. And to make it all worse, Taysom Hill i know would have saved me. He put up 37 points the week I dropped him and gave up on him.
00:06:46
Speaker
And it's, it's tough. I didn't trust the tight ends. It's, I didn't have Kate Otten and I fell apart. I just, I didn't know what to do. My safety blanket was gone. Um, and I just, I fumbled ah and now I'm sitting next to you. Oh, that's poetic. You changed your name to tight end lover. You drop, take some Hill at tight end and he would have saved you. And I didn't start the other.
00:07:11
Speaker
two tight ends on my bench. Yeah. Well, uh, let's take a peek at the bids because, um, I have thoughts. I have thoughts. All right. I scroll like all the way back. I got them up. Okay, cool. So I'm sorry to say this, it's easier to say it on a podcast rather face-to-face, but your team was pretty dogged. Oh, it was bad. So I barely put and any bids in. I was gonna say like, maybe it's because we're so late in the the year, that they only spent, you know, X amount of dollars, but no, my team's bad. yeah And we're, I'm shocked I made it this far. It's a testament to a great management on my part with setting myself up for failure.
00:08:01
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I guess it it is probably a testament to great management because you did so much with so little. That's pretty amazing. Yeah. That's what happened. I'm a great coach. I'm a bad GM. Okay. Okay. Well, good thing you're not a Jets fan because we don't have either of those. You're like Bill Belichick. Yeah. We got George Kittle here ah with the highest bid on George Kittle. That's interesting.
00:08:29
Speaker
I would've thought it'd be Jonathan Taylor or Garrett Wilson. No, George Kettle. How do we feel about Mitch picking up George, Garrett, and Jonathan Taylor all for around a hundred bucks?
00:08:48
Speaker
Yeah, it's ah my team was a graveyard and it's slim pickings. It's tough to see my team go for that little, but um I can't blame him. He's kind of bullying the rest of the league with his fad. He's kind of lining himself up. Yeah, Spencer is an observer now. What are your thoughts on the Mitch Dominick? I mean, I feel like it was kind of expected especially once I exited because my we like $250 would have kept him a little bit more honest um We would have had some showdowns on you know who who's gonna bid too much first, but now I
00:09:25
Speaker
I mean, I don't even know what the most money is, but like it feels like he can get away with doing twenty dollar bids and he's he's got a good chance at getting the guy. um Yeah. So, yeah, yeah you he's around the table like we expected. Yeah, at this point, it's not even overpay because he just has like he had so much
League Strategies and Mitch's Dominance
00:09:49
Speaker
money. Now we're at the point where it's it's almost a little even.
00:09:55
Speaker
um mitch has 82 books left jj is 69 nice and uh i think i'm the next with 44 and the rest have like barely any dollars yeah and he did that after picking up breeze hall aj brown yeah puka yeah chase brown uh
00:10:19
Speaker
Yeah. old here kidtle we hear john taylor yeah That's a lot of layers and he's still going to get more. It, it honestly sounds like one of the last weeks. Like when you look at his team, it's pretty ridiculous. yeah i mean and what He has five players on by and just those by players are like probably better than my team. yeah And what's crazy is ah like, if I was Mitch.
00:10:46
Speaker
Maybe I shouldn't be giving him Mitch advice at this point, but I would just sit on my $87 for another five weeks. Well, you guys all now bid out each other. And then he can do the same thing again, just with, you know, $7 at a time or something if he needed to. So it's a his first wave of madness is over, but I mean, he could he could literally run another one in like four to five weeks if he wanted.
00:11:10
Speaker
Yeah. Chase, how do you feel about the the team transplant to Mitch's team? You just took a PCU, a large chunk. I mean, it's his league to lose, I think right now. Getting into spoilers for predictions, but I think it's his lead to lose. So if I'm part of it, if Jonathan Taylor can just take him there, okay even though he's going to ride the bench, but it's all right. It's painful.
00:11:32
Speaker
Jonathan Taylor's oh yeah I guess on mid the bench on Mitch's team maybe is what you're saying yeah okay yeah I mean Jonathan Taylor he's an interesting player you're obviously a Colts fan he just always is hurt he might not be a great guillotine guy you know he got you out so there's that Yeah, I just couldn't commit and back to those those pay pickups. I was either going on in on him or Joe makes in and I just couldn't do it. I couldn't believe in the Texans. Yeah. And there's a little pride that got me out there. I think I think ah Jonathan Taylor is a number one, ah like guillotine killer. He got Eddie out, Chris out, Pat out and you out. No comment. that That's crazy. So maybe Mitch and Kylie first. Mitch is gone. That'd be awesome.
00:12:26
Speaker
I would love if Mitch got out this week. Oh man. It'd be like that. Uh, that video where like the African dudes are like dancing with the coffin. That would be me. That'd be awesome. I love it. All right. The bigs picks up, uh, JSN and Eckler.
00:12:48
Speaker
Very interesting here.
Speculation on Future Eliminations
00:12:52
Speaker
Very interesting. D Biggs now has zero dollars. as Can we call that an overpay? $24 compared to the next bit of one? yeah Yeah, we can. And 17 for Ekler as the only bit. D Biggs put himself in a tough spot here. I don't think Ekler and JSN are gonna be the difference makers that get him through the end. And he's not gonna get any more players. So,
00:13:21
Speaker
Uh, let's take a look at dbigs how we look D D bigs.
00:13:32
Speaker
Yeah. How are we feeling about this big expense? Uh, I think he will be on the podcast soon ish.
00:13:44
Speaker
yeah um I don't know what it will mean this this week, um but I don't i think i think his his run will be ending soon. He's got a lot of big names that are trashed. Jalen Waddle sucks. yeah um I can say that ah because I have a Jalen Waddle team in many places. Mark Andrews also kind of sucks. I have Mark Andrews as well in other leagues. so um Nick Chubb, wild dream star in that guy.
00:14:11
Speaker
ah I don't even, I don't know. His whole team is just kind of tough. He's got a lot of people in buys and this is just like the crazy buy week, but, um, yeah I think his runs over pretty soon. And CD land's kind of bad too at this point. I mean, not bad, but like is Cooper Rush thrown to him?
00:14:29
Speaker
Exactly. That's what I mean. Yeah. I guess would you rather have Cooper rush on you or Aaron Rogers? I might take Cooper rush at this point. Oh, man. I don't know.
00:14:43
Speaker
ah All right, Chase D bigs. What do we think? Good transplant or bad transplant? It's all right. It's definitely not a difference maker. Um, JSN, I was high on JSN, um, on a couple of leagues. I kind of went heavy with the Seahawks. Yeah. But, um, I think he's there. He's a great pickup, but it's a little too much. And then he's not a difference maker at this point. He obviously couldn't do it. Couldn't do it for me. Um, Joel, this is your first time. I just noticed being projected the lowest in the league. Does that make you nervous at all? Uh, am I, I don't think, uh, I think Garrett is.
00:15:23
Speaker
I know D bigs is I'm like fourth lowest. Why are you lying? I'm on the wrong week. Well, I I am a little scared, though. We'll get there. All right. We got JJ picking up Katie Awen and T.J. Hawkins. We got a new tight end lover in the building and Brian Thomas. Hey, that's pretty good for all for ten dollars. He's always been a tight end lover.
00:15:54
Speaker
Historically, that's that's one of JJ's spots and fantasy. He just he loves tight ends. He does can't blame him He was like the first to ever start to died ends And this was like a decade ago and we all went wild and he had the worst season ever. Yeah um All right, let's see, oh my gosh my app is freaking out my phone is so hot bro feel the back of my phone It's freaking out. I think my phone might explode.
00:16:27
Speaker
ah All right, what else we got? I mean, we got you picking up Shakir for a dollar. Great pickup. A little win there. Yep. Pacheco for a dollar. ah That's interesting. We'll see if he does anything. I mean, I carried him the rest of the way. I thought I was believing. Yeah, I think he's going to come back. I'll get the workload if his knee is there. Yeah, it was close.
00:16:53
Speaker
And top it all off. A couple of guys got dropped. um I guess Devontae and Hopkins got dropped. and Mitch says, watch out, boys. Joel's going to pick up these guys. I said, what? I don't have any bids on those guys. Chase, can you confirm? No bids on.
00:17:14
Speaker
I don't see any bids. No bids. No bids. There you go. So Mitch, you're wrong. I'm rocking my team. Mitch just think probably thinks my team is so bad that I need to pick them up. Trying to bait some people to spend some money maybe. Yeah. Yeah. True. True. All right. Um, overall from the pickups, okay. Um, moving forward, who do you think is going to be on the podcast next?
00:17:46
Speaker
Yeah, I was looking at it a little bit earlier. Um, I don't want to say my boy Austin, but I think his team's looking a little light. Um, not having any money. Is it putting him in a tough spot for sure. And Joel, you're, you're hanging on by a thread here as well. I think I'm trying to pull your team up quickly, but Marvin Harrison, you know, any given Sunday, scary Terry just did it.
00:18:16
Speaker
He just put up what, one and a half maybe? Yeah. Yeah. And then I can't trust Caleb William as far, you know, his punt his punters outperforming him this year. is he He's got more yards than Caleb this year. That's a wild. JK Dobbins. That's not a good stat. No, it's not. It's not. Punters got more yards than passing. that All right. So we got Austin, we got me.
00:18:43
Speaker
I think so. I think those are my two for right now. You got to hone in. You got to pick one. Oh, I'll put Austin up there. OK. Oof. He's got Stroud coming in. Or did he just switch up on that? I can't. He's got Stroud in the starting position. Yeah, I can't root for that guy ever, even though he's good. OK, dang. Selling your buddy out. What's up with that?
00:19:09
Speaker
Uh, actually I have a thought and, uh, you know, after reading these bids out, uh, here in D bigs, his name, I don't know if D bigs listen to this. So D bigs, if you're listening, drop a prayer hands emoji in the chat. Um, if I don't see that, then I'll know that D bigs doesn't listen to these. Um, cause I was always curious about that because he's still in this league and he doesn't, doesn't talk in the chat. So, uh, let me know.
00:19:35
Speaker
All right, sidetracked chase a winner. Who do you think is going to make it all the way?
00:19:46
Speaker
That one I'm not as prepared for. Give
Chase's Reflections and Lessons Learned
00:19:48
Speaker
me a second here. I'm kind of perusing. Give you a multiple choice. We got Mitch. That's it. That's your multiple choice.
00:20:02
Speaker
I don't want to give him the layup, but I do definitely think it's his league to lose. I'm going to root for chummy bug here. Okay. I think he's got something going for him. If McCaffrey can keep producing or if he's, or if Tyree can come back, but who knows, man, I think he's going to come down to fab. I have no idea how this kind of plays out. So I'll be taking my notes and yeah watching from the sidelines.
00:20:24
Speaker
Yeah, basically, it gets to the point where nobody has money. And the person like Mitch that has the most money kind of runs away with it. And that's the whole risk of guillotine is like in the beginning weeks, you want to save your money because you want to make it to the end with more money. But the first four people that got out didn't spend a dollar. And so you got to spend some money to survive. You know, you got to risk it a little bit. And I took that to heart and I threw down over half my fav on one.
00:20:55
Speaker
Kyla Marie. And here I am. Yeah. we have So we have the Kyla curse you probably heard about. I did. it's i I think this was year one that Kyla got a like eliminated. Maybe it was like three or four times in a row. like Somebody pick him up, eliminated. Pick him up, eliminated. It's what we call a duty year, too, where he was just like so bad. Yeah. Yeah. and I listened to that pod. I heard it. And I think after he carried me for that first week, and he did, he put up a good amount. I just rocked with him. you know I was wasn't scared. It wasn't enough. All in all, I'm pretty proud, to be honest. I i mean, like almost every week, people are like, yep, it's Chase. Chase is going out.
00:21:39
Speaker
but I don't blame them. My team was really bad, man. I'm looking at it again. It was pretty bad, but I appreciate that. And I'm glad I made it as far as I did, you know, first first year. hope hoping to be Hoping to be back. yeah
Conclusion and Listener Engagement
00:21:52
Speaker
heck Yeah. I mean, you'll be invited, that's for sure. 8th place is pretty good. ah Now, at this point, we are one elimination away from money.
00:22:02
Speaker
ah Hit hit on me hi and pay dirt. So whoever gets out this week sucks to suck. If it's me, sucks to suck. Whoever it is, you're you're one spot away from hitting pay dirt. Chase, any last thoughts for the league? Want to start any beef and any beef? ah Not necessarily, but guillotine was probably one of the most stressful leagues I've been a part in. Maybe just not knowing what I was doing, but ah Tuesday nights were awful.
00:22:32
Speaker
ah Sundays have been tough. I've been stressing out and I've been blowing up Austin, you know, I've been stressing and, but I'm happy to have my Sundays back. Happy to enjoy football. A watch from the sidelines. I, you know, it was reasonable hate I received. So I didn't, it wasn't coming out of malice. It was, my team was pretty rough. Yeah. You will have peace for the holidays. I will. That's that's the true blessing here.
00:22:58
Speaker
All right. All right, boys, we're coming down the pod and Chase is going to drop his last duties before signing off. It's an emoji. If you made it this far, Chase, what emoji do the boys need to drop? Give me a fish. Oh, I want to see a variety of fish variety. OK, there you go.