The Bobby Bones Show - 25W: Bobby's Unforgettable Night in France + Fantasy Football Expert Faraz Siddiqi + Eddie's Friendship Level with Bobby in Question

Episode Date: June 21, 2024

After spending the last few days in France, Bobby tells an unreal story about being at the same event as multiple A list sports celebrities in one night. Plus, fantasy football expert, Faraz Siddiqi joins Bobby to preview this upcoming season, who his top 5 picks would be, and much more! And Bobby questions Eddie's level of friendship to him after Eddie doesn't invite him to an event.    Follow the Show: @25Whistles Follow the Crew: @MrBobbyBones @ProducerEddie @KickoffKevin @MikeDeestro @ReidYarberry  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Battle the whistles. That's funny. Shows on. Farras Siddiqui coming up from Upper Hand Fantasy. He's awesome. It's our first time. It's like fantasy football. Get too excited. We go broad strokes too, so it's a good one. Love that guy. I just got back from France. I got some stories to tell. Oh, we, we.

And if you listen to this show, you're going to hear more of the juicy stuff, the details. You know, look, on the radio show, that is a massive broadcast show, heard by millions of people, sometimes on purpose, sometimes passively. But I can't spend 20 minutes talking about. specific things, sometimes people get bored, or it's like not, I'm not going to say appropriate, but some of these stories, I just wouldn't tell on that show. And I'll give more details. Like, even, like, I never told this story about me selling my house on the real show. I told it here on this one where I was like, TMZ did the whole story. Yeah. Like I addressed it. There's some things I only, I feel like I can address here on this show. So, I got stuff to talk about.

First of all, I go over, quick recap, the company calls. calls says, hey, we need you to go to France. And I'm like, what's up? Hey, bonjour. You did take French in college. Sure did. And I said, let's go. Actually, I really didn't want to go, but I didn't understand what I was doing.

And I was like, man, I'm right in the middle of the show. They're like, well, there's a lot of clients. I didn't know what can lion was. That's what it's called, can lion. But really, there's all these companies, I mean, thousands of them that go out there. Business we do business with. So I'm out there, I'm doing a bunch of meetings. It was great for me to go.

I did not have fun, but it was great for work. I did almost nothing French, nothing fun. Oh, how do you not go to France? Because I'm working the whole time. Okay. You ever heard of it? Yeah, well, you can have fun while you're working. Dude, I was going like 10 hours.

It was meeting after meeting. I'm with the CFO, CEO. So it wasn't specifically a fun thing. There were fun moments and have some stories. So part of it was on like night three there, there's this party. and I used the word party. For me it wasn't so much a party, but it was like our company,

and oddly my agency had teamed up, not because of me, but my agent is UTA. My company is IHard Radio, obviously. And every year, for the past 20 years, they've teamed up. What they do is they bring out a bunch of clients and they have this party for them

and you go and you mingle basically with people that are CFO, CEOs, CMOs. And so they have an artist that plays it every year. And this year it was Lenny Kravitz. And I was like, this is cool. The two coolest things I've been able to do in the last,

this gets to a sports part too. But the two coolest things I've been able to do musically in like the past year where two client things, because I did one in Vegas where it was Weezer. And there were like 50 people in there. Not because nobody wanted to come, but because it was a private thing.

And I stood right on the stage and watched one of my favorite bands of all time do all the hits. So same thing with Lenny Kravitz. I love Lenny Kravitz. Love Lenny Kravitz since the late 90s from baby it ain't over till it's over Does Katie know Lenny Kravitz? I'm about to get to that

Because as soon as I come in She goes, how was Lenny Kravitz? And I'm like, you're 12. How do you know Lenny Kravitz? But as we've learned about Katie, she hits a bit different Because she's like an old person inside Yeah

In a few wonderful ways. How do you know Lenny Kravitz? I just know good music. That's all I needed to hear. Yeah. He was awesome. And he starts off and he's like, I'm gonna play the song, it's a quiet one.

He had sunglasses on everything. Everything, leather jacket, ripped abs. He's wearing his ripped abs. Of course. And he goes, Da-da-da-da-da-da-dun. Yeah. He goes, I'm gonna go on my way.

Sounds perfect. So that's not even the real. That was cool. It was right on the ocean. This crazy, like, expensive French hotel. What ocean? Who cares, dude? I don't know Atlanta.

I knew you didn't know. I'll be honest with you. No idea. I got a car sick on the way over there, too. I had to like. But it was the only event. It's the only thing my wife went to me with because she just went because

she was like, I'll go. The company paid for everything. Yeah. And so we go and I didn't see her that much. I'd see her back in the hotel room at night. But this is the one thing she went to me with. And she's not a Lenny Kravitz fan. She mostly knows him as Sina from Hunger Games

more than anything. He did do that. He's in the movie? Yeah, he played Sina. You never read the books. So if you didn't read the books and you just saw the movies. I think I saw one of them. Okay.

You were on the English Channel. I'm not sure that's true. Look, and there's Khan. Can. How do you spell can? C-A-N-N-E-S. Okay, that's not it. I'm seeing the Bay of Cannes. Wasn't it like the French Ferri-Viera?

I mean, is that an ocean? That's not an ocean, but like you were near that. You can be a part of it. All I know is Santropay was kind of near. My bad. I'm in Belgium. I would guess it was the Atlantic, but I do not know. Yeah.

Because I had to cross the Atlantic. Yeah, Mediterranean. Is that what I was? Is that what that was? How do you guys know? You don't know that crap. Well, you're looking up Belgium over here. Okay.

It's the Bay of Cairns. Okay. Let me zoom out a little bit. Hold up. I'm zooming out a little. That's not a bay. That's big. What is that?

It's Mediterranean. No, man. No, no. No, it's the freaking Atlantic Ocean. No, that is the Balayan Sea, dude. Okay, but it's, wait. It does kind of see in there, huh? The Balayan Sea.

It's a Mediterranean, but it connects with, so it's the Atlantic Ocean that kind of connects into that. Yeah. It goes through Garnat. Very interesting. See it, Gibraltar. We're just saying things. Hey, look, here's the thing.

So we get there. Who cares? Yeah. I'm like, who else is here? Like, talent-wise? Because I just wanted somebody to, like, be able to talk to at these events because there's mostly a bunch of executives. And they were like, it's you, Jay Shetty, big Jay Shetty fan. Do you know if Jay Shetty is? Yeah. Okay. Wilmer Valderama, you know that is? Okay. Oh.

Data, Dimavado, Fez. You know? Fez, yeah. Wait, from that 70s show. Yes. Yeah, no, I know Fes. Now he's on NCIS. Yeah, we never really got his backstory

whenever he was on that 70s show. He was just Fez. Is that true? So many questions. And Fes was foreign. They never told the back. I know that. Foreign exchange, dude.

Didn't know where he's from. That part we know, Eddie. Well, just in case you don't know. I'm talking with somebody who's delivering some real news here. That's part of the show. They never gave his backstory? Really? Yeah.

He's kind of just no details, and we didn't know where he was from, and we never got there. That's kind of like Chandler's job and friends. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, a transponsor. Yeah. Weeness. He worked on the Weenis. Okay.

So I'm like, who else is here? And they're like, well, other podcasters, Draymond Green's coming. And I'm like, let's go. That's awesome. I'm like, how do I meet Draymond Green? Because Draymond Green does a show on Calherd's podcast network, and Calhurt is Iheart. Fox Sports is Iheart. related. So I'm like, I got to meet Dremont Green. And you know Dremont's a nice guy.

Like, you just know. Absolutely. For as big and. Really? Yes. Absolutely. 100%. I think that too. Like as mean as he is on the court. And I tell Kailen, I have to meet Dremont Green. And she's like, I don't want to meet Dremont Green. And I'm like, I don't want to meet Dremont Green. And she's like, I don't want to be Dremontz and the nuts. And I'm like, that's funny. And so I say to one of the executives playing in the playoffs. And so I say to one of the executives playing in the event. I said, hey, how can I meet Draymond Green? She says, I'll seat them next to you at the Lenny Kravitz thing. Perfect. Wow. And I'm like, we have seats there. She goes, well, there's a little stalkerish, but I like it. There's, oh, yeah. You've heard nothing, right. So, there are three rows, there's like three rows of four tables in front of a rope, and then

everybody else is standing. So it was like super VIP in the tables. My wife and I included, which is pretty cool. We're sitting my new friend of Bank of America. We're sitting with somebody else. and right next to me was the table or Draymond Green. My table here, Draymond Green table there. So, I'm ready to meet Draymond green and I don't reason bother people but if we're sitting next to each other at an event,

you have to talk. And I made sure to get the seat that was closest to that table and I made sure when people sat at that table they took the seats too farthest away so Dr. Montgomery had to sit next to me. Kind of stalkerish. Getting more stalkers.

But I like it. So it's like five minutes for Lenny and we go to have our seats. seats are empty, there's no Dremont Green. They're like, all right, the lights start, they start to get the lights ready for Lenny after the little presentation. I'm like, no Dreyma Green. I'm turned around looking at everybody,

looking for the tall guy trying to find Dremont Green. No Dremont Green. Dang. They start the show. Lenny. I look over. No Dremont Green. Nothing.

Lina plays another song. American Woman. Look over. No Dremont Green. Lenny plays, I want to get away. Look over. No Dremont Green. Oh.

I know, I know, it sucks. So, Lenny finished this show. By the time I've forgotten about Draymond Green, for the moment, eh, I mean? Not really. Because I'm still looking around the crowd

to see if he's, like, walking around because there's a bunch, there's like pretty famous people at this part. He's pretty noticeable, too, obviously, big, big dude. Walking out. I see Dr.emong Green.

Whoa. And I'm like, this is my spot. This is my spot. This is my shot. Wait, so had he been there and just maybe found out that you had moved the chair soon?

That I didn't think about. That's a great point. I think he got there like halfway through and did not want to walk up into that part and just watch the show from back. And so I never want to be the guy that goes up and it's like, can I get a picture? I will say, hey, I'm a huge fan,

but I'm not going to say, can I get a picture if there's a risk of it being annoying to them because other people are around and starting a whole picture situation. Dremont Green had like three friends with him or so. That guy was talking to every person there, huge smile, like hug in people. It was like the friendliest giant I have ever seen.

Boom. I didn't get to talk to him because I wasn't going to wait in line and we were on the way out anyway. I did see him, but I was even surprised at how much time he was taking talking to people. Like, what smile? I don't know. I didn't expect him to be so available. Who were his buddies?

I don't know. Splash brothers? How funny would that be? Did you see that Big guys or no? Not as big as him He's a giant I mean he's probably 6-9

Is he really? 6-8 6-9 right? Wow Maybe 6-8 Because he's not a For a 5 He's not Yeah

Or for a 4-5 A 4 and a half You know he's not as big as he should be But he plays bigger Um But no he was And 5 it's a position Kevin That's 4.5

Yeah 4 and a half Don't laugh He was like I didn't get to meet him But he was there I walked right by And he was super cool to everybody.

You didn't like walk by and just hit his shoulder like, no, but I have other cool stories. I want everybody to know too. We are going to talk about Kevin Celtics. Yeah, yeah. But we've moved past. Like, who cares? Yeah, who cares about that?

That being said. At this party that I went to just to meet Draymond Green and Lenny Kravitz. I didn't meet Lenny. I didn't stick around. I had meetings the next morning because I made notes on this. Can I stick around. Okay. Whatever.

So I wrote Dramon Green, had a seat next to me, saw him late. Got it boom. I'm at the bar. There's this dude in front of me. Not a lot taller than I am, if any, maybe an inch or two. In a white jacket, black dude, really wide. Warren's that? He's getting a, no, not that wide, not like fat.

Okay. But wide. And some guy goes up and taps him on the shoulders. Like, hey, can I get a picture? And he goes, yeah, I just don't want to start a situation where everybody's asking me for pictures. He turns around, and it was Shannon Sharp. Oh, wow. So I could tell he did.

and I'm like, I'm standing behind him. Listen, I'd have loved to get a picture of Shannon Sharp. Shannon Sharp also on Calhurt, Iheart podcast network. And so I'm like, hey, I'll take it and I'll, I'll, I'd say the Shannon Sharp, if you have him give me the phone, I'll do it, and I'll be cool. And so I take the picture, and I don't hold the phone up. I take it like underneath my chin where my body's hiding the phone, hand the guy of the phone, and he walks on.

And Shannon Sharp goes appreciate that, and I say, you're welcome. That was it, walked on. Did you do it in a deeper voice though? Were you like, no problem, man? I don't know. Maybe I did. Sounds like you did. I don't know.

That's what I'm saying. He was like, appreciate that. I was like, you know, problem. I think it was a low, like a low volume voice. And your tone kind of goes deeper when you lower the volume naturally. Yeah. I got you, Doug. Yeah.

Much love. So Shannon Sharp. Met him, kind of. Took a picture for him. All right. How big is he? Thick as can be. Yeah.

Look up his size. because I'm going to say he's not over 6-2. And he is like 0% body fat. Says 6-2. Okay. That's what I would have guessed, about an inch taller than me. Zero percent body fat, Kevin.

Dude, have you seen him? I haven't seen him shirtless in a while. But... But... But... thick. That's why I didn't say fat. Like, his back was wide.

That's all I saw to is his back. Wow. But nice to take a picture. But also it wasn't like, Dremon nice. But also doesn't have to live down the reputation Not nice on the court.

He's ripped. I was about to ask. Do you think Draymond's doing like a PR? I don't. I think Draymond off the court is just, I would equate it to in a much less skill type way. When I'm doing a show, I got 100 things to say. I got 100 opinions. This is me.

I'm big. When I'm not, I got nothing to say. People are like, why is this dude not? He doesn't talk. Same with Draymond. Big person out. When he's off, he's probably happy. When he's on, he's probably mean and angry.

Yeah. That makes sense. So, that's not my best story. Dang. Same party. Yeah. Quite the party. Oh, dude, it was awesome.

Like the people that were there. It was so packed, though, at the end. I just wanted to get out of there. But also, I'm going to say this at the risk of sounding partially douchey. No, you're safe. You're good. I didn't feel like it was bothersome when people were asking to take pictures of me. But, because people were going to go, hey, can I get a picture?

Sure. But I'm not. Who are these people, though? People that work for the company? No. It could be random clients. I mean, because there are a lot of companies who got invited to this. So it's like executives in the company.

Gotcha. So people come and be like, hey, can I get a picture? Some people would be like people in the company. Okay. And I'd be like, absolutely. You didn't want to be like, I don't want to start a train. I guess the thing is I never felt like that was a possibility. I think that's what it is.

I never feel like it's going to turn into the Beatles, 1959, when someone wants to take a picture with me. Yeah, these other athletes, different stories. Yes, I agree. And maybe that's what it is. So we're leaving. And we got sent there in like a black Tesla van. Pretty slick. But they're all black.

It's all black Tesla vans. Or black Tesla, whatever this is, or like Mercedes vans. So every car looked the same and every driver was in a black suit and a tie. So you're just out there's searching for your car and there's a line and people are like standing at the front trying to find their car. And I'm standing next to a dude. and it's me and my wife and just him. A little more casual, black dude, kind of longer hair, but not in a suit, but looking like he's pretty put together.

But not huge. And so I'm going, hmm. Tall? No, not super tall. We'll look them up. Like if he looked at me, he'd probably go, this guy either does. finance or some kind of creative talking because I have a nerdy kind of look but also have a hot wife so it's like I must do something yeah something's off right right yes that was not

that would not be no one would think this is a guy just works hard for a living so I felt like he was an artist even how he was dressed like put together not just like dressed not just like dressed of artists. Paint artist or like a creator. Some sort of creator. I felt like he was a creator artist because of his clothes. They were cool. Not just look good and it's stupid. They were cool. Or like an athlete. And I was leaning toward musician. And I'm like, well, screw it. I'll just say, what's up? I'm just standing there waiting for a car, just him and I. And I'm like, what's up, man? No, I didn't say it like that. What's so? I said, uh, you're trying to find your car? Oh, no. That's like.

Like, dumb and dumber, going skiing? I got skis in the top. True. And he was like, yeah, you're trying to find yours? And I was like, yeah, because everybody's trying to find theirs. And I said, is yours a van? He goes, no, I ordered an Uber, and I'm trying to get it in. And I'm like, oh, so, anyway, my name's Bobby.

He goes, hey, I'm DeAndre. And I was like, it's freaking DeAndre Hopkins. What? Yeah. And so I'm like, I put it together. And I was like, where are you from? So in my head, I'm thinking that's DeAndre Hopkins. As soon as he said DeAndre, you knew was DeAndre Hopkins?

I felt 90% sure. Okay. Weird thing about football players is that they have their helmet on. Yeah. Sure. But he's got dreads. Longer hair, like I said. But his hair wasn't, it was like putting a bun or something.

I don't know. And so I'm like, oh, I said, yeah, where are you from? He's like, I'm from South Carolina. I'm like, oh, yeah, it's down. Drop. Yeah. And I said, oh, yeah. I said, what part he told me?

I said, oh, and my friend, Charlotte made the guy. is from near the same town. He's from. And I'm like, oh, my friend Charlemagne, and Caitlin goes, okay, stop saying you have a black friend. No, I'm like, literally. Wait, she's there in front of him? No, but she like said it. I'm like, no, no, no. First of all, I have a lot of, I'm that guy.

I have a lot of black friends. But literally they're from around the same part of the country. And he said like Darius, but. And Darius from South Carolina too. Didn't say Darius, did I? But they're from around the same part of that state. I said, do you know, Charlam? He goes, yeah, met him a minute last year.

And I was like, huh. So, cool. He waited for his car, his phone was dying, and I'm like, if your phone dies, you can just hop in with us. We're going back to the same, because it's like 30 minutes away, but it was all the same city. That might be too much. Well, and he was like, oh, cool, cool, cool.

I think you... Cool, cool, yeah, yeah, thanks for the offer. I think he found his car. And so I'm like, I told Caitlin, I was like, that's DeAndre Hopkins. He was super chill. And she was like, okay, cool. Like, she is not Starstrike by anybody.

It's crazy. Um, no, once I saw our starstruck. Who? Larry David. Oh. She loves Larry David. And we sat next time at a table in California at like a little restaurant. And she was like, oh my God, sorry David. And she's like, I'm always, she was always like, I think these like weird funny guys.

Like that's my type. And I'm like, oh, my God. I'm Larry David. You're a weird funny guy. Larry David. Yeah. I'm Larry David to her. So I say, hey, man, you ride with us, whatever.

I think he gets the car or he just disappears. I don't know. And I'm thinking, let me just DM him. Like five minutes later. Oh, no. So I go on a fine. You didn't even get home yet? Well, I also, I said, no, no, no, no, no, God, no.

Please tell me you didn't say. No, hold on, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Did you make it home okay? Oh, that's funny. I should have. I am, we talked to, I said, hey, because he lives in Nashville. For those of no, Deandre Hopkins plays with the Titans now, lives in Nashville. And they go, where do you live in Nashville?

In the DM? Where do you live? No, in human mouth. Okay, okay. Because I was like, where do you live? And I told him where I lived. And he's like, oh, yeah, yeah. And so.

He told you where he lived? General vicinity, maybe. I don't know. He set it down. In town. So I was like, I don't know, we can't hit it off. Let me send him a DM. I damned him not 10 minutes from after we finished talking.

It was probably a little aggressive. It was a bit aggressive. But I was just kind of excited about it. And so I wrote, Hey, good to meet you in the car line. If you ever want to pod, hit me up, I have a studio on my property in the town. That's it.

Wrote that. He replied. Oh, let's go. How much later? He replies. I've never met you. Who is this? Who is this?

That wasn't me. He replied. First of all, I'm not going to go. I'm not going to fall into his main messages because I'm just random, right? So I'm gonna go into probably... He replied, no matter what it is. Yeah, he replied, but my times are off

because I was in a different country. Oh, yeah. I'm gonna say he replied within like three or four hours. It's pretty good. That's really good. And he said, he sent two lines.

And you tell me if you feel like he's being for real on these two lines. So again, I say this. Good to meet you in the car line. If you ever want a pod, hit me up. I don't even say want a pod. I just felt like I needed to be cool. I'm gonna be out of it.

I don't say that. I don't know, dude. I felt like I needed to. to act cooler because I'm not cool. So I don't know. Sleep pod? I don't know. You know, like be on the podcast.

You know, that's how they say it on the cool shows I listen to. Like, we're on the pod. I just wanted to think I was cooler than I am. So I said, good to meet you in the carline. If you ever want a pod, hit me out. We have a studio on the property. I didn't even need to say that. I just wanted to say how to property, I guess.

I like that. Come on, you have to. I like that. I like. Yeah, he has. It's a bit flexy, but I felt like I need to like flex on him. Mm-hmm. And he replies back.

lines. Same brother, exclamation point, I'll be in contact. That's great. That's solid. That he replied at all. Yeah. Pretty positive. Same brother, exclamation point. I'll be in contact. No punctuation. It's like when you go on a dude or whatever, text him with a girl or a dude, it's like, that's what we're doing right now, evaluating. Yeah, this is all too familiar. The D'Andre Hopkins DM. And then what did you say? No, there's nothing for me to say. He didn't ask a question.

No, you can't say no. No, I didn't even get that. I'm just saying based on how you've been acting so far in all your stories. Hey, man, I was totally chilling cool. Yeah, you want to part it up something. I thought you'd be like, cool, cool, like, when do you think? Like, when?

I text him, like, back in America. He's seen if you made it home in America? Okay. That's so dumb. So he said same brother, exclamation point. Wow. I'll be in contact. Look at you.

Look at you look at that text. What do we think that means, though? Do we think he will ever at all? Let's back it up. Do you feel like he enjoyed the experience with me? Yeah. If he replied, I would think so too. He could have easily ignored it, right?

Enjoyed? Like, what do you mean, enjoyed? Like, felt like this is a dude that, like, he's cool. But y'all didn't say much. But we hung out for like two or three minutes and I was like, do you ride? And like, I live near you. And like, I don't know. I have a black friend, you know?

You all vibing for sure. I do feel like all jokes aside, we were kind of cool. I feel like he thought I was okay. Or he wouldn't have replied. We all agree with that. I'm thinking 50-50, like he was like, I don't know, whatever. I'll just respond because he may be someone. I don't know who he is, but he may be someone I can work with in the future, so let me at least respond.

But that's okay. I would even accept that because that means I'm not someone he doesn't want to work with in the future. Exactly. I don't even want to work with him. I just want to hang out. No, no, your property. You want to, you want to do the pod. I know.

I want to do the pod. Yeah. He'll be in contact. Will he ever be in contact now is the question. Katie, I'm coming to you. Okay. If this was a dating thing, I would just wait it out. No, but you're not.

I'm not going to back to him. I know that. But will he be in contact with me, yes or no? You might have to nudge him if you don't hear from him in a month. I poke. And it doesn't even poke, but I just write poke in parentheses and send it. Maybe in a month, if you haven't heard from him, be like, hey, just touch a bass. We've got some availability.

I would never do that. That's cool. I would never touch a base. You'd put him back. Man, man, man. Will he ever just reach out to me? Unprovoked. Yes or no?

I mean, we need to bring Caitlin in and ask, like, third, third perspective fly on the wall. That's great. Let me ask her. She's going to say no. Yeah, maybe she can provide some insight. Hey, we're talking about whenever we, I met DeAndre Hopkins in the car line as we were waiting for the car and he was waiting

for his Uber. And if I played it cool and I messaged him like five minutes into the car and he did message me back a few hours later going like, hey, something. What do you say? He said like a cool. I'll be in contact or something. How did you feel like that experience went with DeAndre Hopkins and myself? Did you feel like I was a loser or that I was like, you're proud to be my wife because I played it cool.

You just let me know. Thank you. I don't think he would have responded at all if he didn't want anything to do with you. Because he could have said, oh, I didn't see it. We got a problem. Urban Dictionary says pods means like a short for partner. No, that's not true because I listen to pod. It says partner.

P-O-D is not partner. I know, but they said, like, it says that they use that for, like, partner. No. So maybe he thinks, like, you want a pod, like, you want to be partners? Oh, like when Wales made. That never happened. Right, right, whales made. No, you guys are going into, if you listen to any podcast, they're like, hey, who's on the pod this week?

Yes. Hey, do you guys listen to that pod? Yeah. I'm like, you want to come do my pod? Yeah. Hey, you guys listen to that partner? I know we know that. Or maybe he thinks I want to move and get a pod and put in front of the house and he can help load the pod up, like, you know, those big boxes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, storage pods? Storge pods. Yeah. Okay. Read. Will DeAndre Hopkins ever hit me back? Are one of you all following each other? Great question.

I'm not following him. I didn't want to look desperate. And he is not following me. Maybe you should do that. I'd hit him with the follow now after he said that. Oh, that might be too much. No. Because it's like you're building a report, building that little thing going on here.

Don't do that. If you weren't following him before, don't do it now. Here's a thing, though. Here's why I think you two could be wrong. And my instinct is not to do it too, but they're both younger than us, and they're both far better at social media. And they live this life. So you can't just go, no, you're wrong because you're young. They're better at us than this.

How old is DeAndre Hopkins? It doesn't matter. We're talking about social media. But if he's his age, they should, they know the same stuff about social media. True. True. But I'm still in social media world. No.

Okay. Anybody that says that really is. In social media world? I would think that. I think so. I mean. He's got 1.6 million followers. I have 1.2 million followers.

You guys are mutual. You know, peers, maybe. Yeah. I think, like, sending another message would be a step too far, but a follow is like a cool. All right, man. Maybe. And I gave it time a couple days. Yeah, yeah.

Okay, I'm going to follow. Nice. All right. Boom. Good love. Followed. Nice. So that's my experience with DeAndre Hopkins.

I love it. Another definition for pod. No more. We don't need it. Of endearment towards a female. Whoa. We don't need it. This is a problem.

Okay. You're my pod, girl. I saw anybody else out there. I saw those three at the same party. That's crazy. Yeah, it was really cool. Hey, if you could get one of those three on the pod, who would it be? Draymond.

Draymond. Shannon Sharp would be a great sound bike. You know what? If I could get Deandre Hopkins here because he could be in person. Yeah, in studio. If we're talking about practically, probably DeAndre Hopkins because he'd come hang out, that's not my dude now. Yeah, it's your pod.

I do. That's my dude. You follow him. He doesn't follow you. I know. Not yet. I know. But if any of the three would come to the studio, probably Draymond Green, yeah. Okay, that's what's it? What's his name there with Shannon? Skip? No, they do that show. They don't feel that show anymore. Yeah, it's like people that I go somewhere like, where's Amy?

I'm on vacation to my wife. What are you talking about? Where's Amy? It's not a show. We're not traveling together. You know what I mean? They're not do that show anymore? No. He left. He's with ESPN, though. Oh, dang. I know that. But even if they were, it's a dumb question.

Where's it, man? We're scared. That'd be like, where's Elway? Yeah. John? No, we haven't played together. Okay, so that was that. That's cool.

Yes. I do want to go over... What's up? What? No, no. It's like if I say the word car. Stanley and I go... They're just waiting for what I'm about to say next.

Because they know. And I'm like, we're going to go... We shall talk about the Celtics. Okay. May you take a break, Mike? Yeah. Okay. Let's take a break.

The 26 NFL draft is here, and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and Jordan Roderig after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then Sunday to recap everything that went down over the three days in Pittsburgh. We'll tell you who won the draft and which players were my favorite. Hicks. Listen to NFL Daily with Greg Rosenthal on the free IHeart radio app. Open the app, search NFL Daily, and listen now. A win is a win. A win is a win. I don't care what I'm saying. Yep, that's me, Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey

from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media. Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment, and the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast, it's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So, if you've ever supported me,

or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. I'm John Green. You may know me as the author of The Fault and Our Stars,

and now I guess also as the co-host of the away end, a brand new world soccer podcast. I'm Daniel Alarcon, a writer and journalist, and John and I have known each other since we were kids. My first World Cup was Mexico 86. I was nine years old. I watched every game and I fell in love. On our new podcast, The Away End, we'll share with you the magic of international football,

all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. For us, soccer, football, is a story we've shared for over 30 years since Daniel was the star player on our high school soccer team. Very debatable. And I was their most loyal and sometimes only fan. I love this game. I love its history, it's hope, it's hard. heartbreak, and above all, it's beauty.

Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, is the most important. Listen to the away end with Daniel Alarcon and John Green on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Okay, before we get to the tittle-tattle, let's talk about the Celtics. Congratulations. Thank you. Game five was pretty much a blowout. Yep. The have course shot was awesome.

That's when I knew I officially felt Okay, I think we got this one I couldn't sleep and I watched a lot of it You did? It was at 2.30 local time It was just brutal I couldn't sleep because my schedule was all off But what is it what is the broadcast over there It looked like like Sam here on the phone

Oh you're on the phone you don't watch on TV You think I'm watching like Froncet 2 They don't have that we watch France versus Italy My TV doesn't come on in my house Unless I'm watching like something streaming No I just watch my phone In the bed my wife's asleep Okay

I would think they would have the NBA finals. Yeah, in Friends TV. My pod is asleep. My pod, my pod. Your thoughts? On the whole thing? Winning it, everything? Just your thoughts before I have my own.

Just happy. Just happy. The drought is over. It's not a drought. It's been over five years for Boston. That's what I'm talking about. I say having a middle finger. I don't even spend the middle finger.

I don't use it. I don't share it. I don't spend it. And I said, hey, man, congrats on Boston getting another, going on a freaking losing their drought under five years title flip off, basically. It's the second longest drought. The Celtics has been a while. In Boston sports history of the main four. Oh, yeah, the Celtics, yeah.

On the day, too. Yeah. Which is crazy, actually. Yeah, it was awesome. It was great. Finally. It's been a long time coming. Not finally.

You just can't say finally because that's stupid. With the Celtics, though. I'm saying Tatum and Brown has been a long time coming. No, it hasn't. They probably, they've been, but there's been a long time. You're so spoiled. It has not been a long time. They've gotten close a couple times.

It's been really cool. It's been a process with them for sure. Yeah. But it hasn't been a long time. Okay, but it hasn't been a long time. It feels like a long time. As a fan, you know. But you're a Boston fan.

You know what's a long time? Arkansas hasn't won a championship in football since 64. But you're only a fan of one team. Well, I guess multiple sports. But still. I'm glad for you that it won, but you can't say it's a long time because it's insulting all of us who have sucky teams.

Eddie, how about them cowboys? in the, even the NFC championship. That's been a long time. That's been a long time. Like when the Cubs, when the Cubs finally won the World Series after, like, that was a long time. 1908, yeah, it was a long time. Yeah, okay, well, and the Red Sox won it. Tadam's 26 years old.

It can't even be a long time because he's 26 of age. But he's still a baby. Okay. No, it was awesome. It was great. I'm glad. I'm very happy. I know I'm spoiled.

I'm very lucky to be a Boston fan, but I'm not going to apologize about it either. No one's asking you. No, no, you're good. It's not been a long time. It's been a long time. years. That's cool. In my lifetime as long as it's been. I was happy for you. I lost a lot of money on that series. I didn't bet it after.

But I lost like $2,800 overall because I just kept betting it. That's just not normally how series go. Like at some point, I thought Dallas would. I didn't even bet the game they won Dallas. I was in a foreign country. And so it was the one time I couldn't bet it. So I didn't and they freaking went. How'd you feel about

Brown being the MVP? Yeah, I thought it was fitting. I know Tatum the last game Tatum was by far the best player on the court. But Brown overall, three out of the four games was probably their best player overall. Even Drew Holiday had a great series. Yeah, I think Tatum had a better playoffs, but I think Brown had a better series. Yeah, and you set up for success more as far as like Tatum was double-teamed a lot and obviously being the best player. I would say, and you're the Celtics fan, you watched it closer than I did, but I guess my answer to that would be

Brown was playing defense hard. Yes. On even at times, poor Zingis, not poor Zingas, but Luca. Well, he was on Luca most. Luca or Gafford or lively, like constantly playing D on those guys until they could get reset again. And that's, he's not a four or five. Yeah. So he was having to play big man defense.

And a lot on, you're right, a lot on Luca too. Yeah. And it's hard to play really great offense if you're playing really great defense. And he's beating him up. You could tell Lucas, I mean, it's the end of the playoffs. Everybody's hurting a little bit. But Luca just seemed like he was moving really slow. Last game five, he was done.

He's like, get me out of here. What injury did he have where it made his knee bleed every game? Like, whatever it was, like put a bandit on it, bro. He was like bleeding in the same spot every single game. Your leg, too. Yeah, the leg thing is weird. How about De White's tooth getting chipped? Yeah, dude, he hit the floor hard.

I know. God, I felt terrible. And Porzingis, he's fun. He's never been on a winner. No, unless he wasn't on a winner. Wizards he wasn't on a winner. He's fun. because I feel like he likes it.

When he went out after the injury, he sucked the first half. Yeah. But he actually played pretty well. Like he had a reason to exist in the second half. Mm-hmm. I like Porzingis. And did you see that he over-rid the doctors is what Missoula said? Oh, I didn't know that.

Yeah, Mozilla said that. You can do that? You can override the doctor. I was like, he didn't make this up, but it sounds cool. Yeah, he basically told the doctors like, I'm playing. I don't care. You can override it. I don't feel like that's a good precedent to say.

Good for the movie. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. It could be true. Who knows? That's cool. I actually have you a couple of gifts, but I didn't bring them. I didn't bring them today. I got you a Celtics championship t-shirt.

As soon as they won, I ordered it online. So it'd be at the house when I got back, but it's in my house. And we usually do this for my house. And then I have you a fake Larry Brown. Oh, Brian trophy, sorry. Shut up. What? Does they have the Celtics on it or no, just a trophy?

No, it does. Shut up. That's really cool. So it's not here, and I can't give it to you. But I can text you a picture of it. Dude. Yeah, please. And I was going to be like, hey, I'm happy for you.

Here's a picture. Or here's the guess I got you. He sends me a middle finger instead. A picture, yeah. Kevin, that was pretty boring, though, for the rest of us. Like, were you bored at all? Remember I asked you? Like, last week or whenever, I was like, is this boring for you guys?

I loved it, obviously. But, like, most of the world, like, they don't want to watch that. No. Like, if that wasn't either of my teams, I probably wouldn't have watched Game 5. Yeah, it didn't get great ratings either because the game's worth that good. Yeah, it was really bad. Anyway, that's the, I got you that. What?

So it'll be. I'll try to bring it. Is it huge? It's huge? I don't, I thought it was here at work. It's not. No, I think it's like the actual, I think it's a replica. That's so cool.

Dude, I'm going to bring it into the studio. I think. If it comes in, it's like a mini one. But regardless, I have you a shirt and I have you that. That's awesome. Thank you. I wasn't going to be like, I got this for you. I was just going to give it to you, but I don't have it and we're talking about it.

So. Thank you. Yeah. My dad and sister are going to the parade. That's cool. Congratulations. That's, it must be fun when your team wins. It is.

tried some time. Wait. Your dad and sister, they're flying to Boston to go? My sisters, they already had this trip planned before they knew any of this stuff, and then they happen to be there the perfect time. That's cool. You want to do it? Let's do it.

All right, let's go. It's time for the stupidest name ever. We talked about your trip to France. You missed Caitlin Clark at all. How much FOMO did you have? Everything she does is on social media, and people like to turn it into the biggest fight. I'm kind of tired of the culture war fights. That's annoying.

Just let her and Angel Reese hate each other. Although she never says anything bad about Angel Reese. Angel Reese only says bad stuff about Caitlin Clark or like complains about the refs. Yeah, that's great. They're going to make the playoffs. They won again. They beat the Mystic last night. Mystics are bad.

But here's the thing that the fever now aren't playing a game every day. At the first, they were playing like nine games in 12 days or some crazy. Now they actually, they have no back-to-backs. They've won three, the last four, four, the last five, something like that. The game last night, I have nothing in front of me. But I... She had double-double I saw. She did.

But it was like 18 points, 12 rebounds, something like that. But Leah Boston had 20 points, like 8 rebounds. They're starting to play, and they're actually starting to catch her passes now. Which is not what was happening at the beginning. Like, she's dropping dimes on folk. I mean, and so no FOMO. I like to see Caitlin Clark win. And I admire.

the amount of tact she has had not just about Angel Rees. Angel Rees is annoying but I love Angel Rees now as well. Like we love, we want a rivalry in sports. I just wish there were people that for only, and there may be, but for only

a sports reason were on both sides. The Caitlin Clark and the Angel Rees. Right now you have people fighting about all kinds of stuff. Race, politics. And that's annoying. And if you're picking one of them in the because of that, I don't read those. I don't like those.

But I like bird and magic. You have people that love both of them and hated both of them. And it was because of the sport. But it is weird. And the teams. I want those two to be that. It's weird, though, that they're two rookies feuding, though. Like, you don't get that in any of the sport. No, but they feud.

First of all, I don't think Hailing Clark's feuding. They played each other in the national championship. But again, they've played each other every year. It was like bird and magic coming in, right? Yeah, junior year, Angel Reese LSU, beat Iowa for the championship. Iowa and Caitlin Clark beat Angel Reese and the women's final four before the lost South Carolina. That was the whole

John Cena, the ring thing. So there is, it's not just a rookie thing. It's those two humans. But Cana Clark has never been a part of the giving it back to her. I can't believe that because I would be, I was get pissed. And Angel Reese has some dumb stuff too. But I like it. I like Angel Reese.

I like Angel Reese. I like Angel Reese because I don't like Angel Reese. And it's not because of any reason the internet is trying to make me not like her? Was she the one that swatted her over? Yeah, in the head. Yeah, she did, huh? Yeah, right in the head. And you know what? Everybody's like, it's a basketball move. And she ended up getting like a flagrant one after the fact. But here's the thing. It was a basketball move. However, they have a history. Yeah. And the thing about a basketball move is, it's a basketball move. Even if you knock somebody out, but if you have a history and that basketball move is like that, that's not really a basketball move. It's like, Draymond. It's like Draymond. Well, and does Draymond have any past history with this person? Exactly.

So no FOMO, but I've enjoyed it. And I think they take, again, 12 teams out of like, I don't know how many teams they have in WBA. It feels like they're 16 or something long, I don't know. I think it's like 12, 16 to the playoffs. So they have chance to make the last. Everyone gets a chance. Except for the final four. Hey, I don't know that Chicago is going to get in.

It's okay, guys. You guys, come on. Let's do a playoffs. But yeah, more than half. But baseball is stupid now, too, where they have like 18 wild card teams. Yeah, I don't even know. There's a new format I know, but it's, I, Can't even keep up.

But I would say this is to make money. It's a business thing. It's not so much a, let's give everybody a ribbon, although that's funny. Because baseball does the same thing with their wildcard teams. But the more teams that are playing, the more it's on TV, the more ticket sells. It's a money thing. Yeah, the NBA had eight of these playoffs. 16, right?

NBA gets 16 in the playoffs. And not only that, it used to be best of five. Now it's all 7-7-7-77. So they just make that money. NBA, it's eight and there are 12 teams total. Okay, so eight of the 12 go. Two-thirds of the teams go. You can't say at least we made the playoffs

You're like everybody made the playoffs I'm telling the fever are looking pretty good I would love it if they made it in Angel Reese That'd be funny I would love it if they had to play each other Oh yeah actually you're right Because I want the rivalry more than I don't like Angel Reese I want them to play each other

So I can not like Angel Reese for basketball reasons Or maybe I flip and I'm all Angel Reese And anti-Katlin but I can't see that happening at this point Next season you come in New Jersey Everybody jumped on Caitlin Clark so early for really no reason. They were like, oh, she's not as good as she... And it's like, bro, what's happening here?

They're like, why is she getting all the attention? She just set the scoring record in all of college basketball. They're like, what has she done? Okay, here's the data. She took a team that's not been to wear a college basketball to the championship game. What, twice? Final four in championship?

Yeah. And then was the all-time point, regardless. No fomo. I'm happy for it. Next up. All right, after the great Willie Mays passed away this week, Where does his catch rank all time in most memorable baseball catches? You know, obviously we've only seen it in clips,

and it's one of the more shown clips where he's running backward, makes the over-the-shoulder catch. That's that catch. If I think of just catches that I've seen 100 times, that's a good one. The Jeter into the... Falling over, falling over, into the stands, making that play over the third base wall type...

Yeah, into the stands. Yeah. Dumps over. that's one. What about Bo Jackson walking the wall? Oh yeah, forgot about that.

Caught it and then walks on the wall like Spider-Man. Pretty awesome. Sort of. What you mean? He always goes over the top of the wall. Yeah,

he does a few steps but not like Spider-Man. Well, I bet if we tried that we'd fall. Hard. Yeah, that's a good one. But he's also Bo Jackson.

But no, that's a good one. I guess I'm embarrassed I didn't think of that one at all. But to say he walked on the wall, he kind of used his momentum to do a few steps coming off. But yes,

that was a really good one. That's a really good one. That's legit. Man, I'm just kind of mad at I didn't think of that one. Our boy, Jim Edmonds? Yeah, I mean, I can think of like two or three. But the one he made in the World Series

or the NLCS. Maybe it's a World Series, like, Game Six. He has, like, one famous catcher. I guess, I can't. He doesn't, I don't know. It's kind of hard, though. Like, if you watch baseball, like in one. That or Jeter,

because I'm trying to think about it in my head like what comes to mind. It's got to be that or Jeter's. The Edmonds ones? No, no, no. Oh, Willie Mays? And probably the Willie Mays. And probably the Willie Mays.

And I would see people that I admired when I was a kid in baseball, admiring him saying he was the best ever. So obviously, I don't know if he's the best ever, never watched him. Right. But if people that I think, and I hold at high regard, think that, then there's obviously something to it. Yeah. Next up. All right.

Following subpart performance in the finals, do you think Kyrie's legacy takes a hit? He played terrible. He's way older than the rest of the team. Legacy, no, I think it actually helped him a little bit that he was kind of normal and, like, was known. Because he played well through the, series and through the last quarter of the season because Dallas didn't really come on until

the last quarter of the season. I think this year actually helped him because it wasn't all about the things he sang off the court. It was him actually playing well. I had a bad, bad finals, but no, didn't play well in the finals, but I don't think that it hurts his legacy. I think he'll still be seen as one of the more gifted ball handlers ever. Definitely could win a championship.

That'd be cool for him. I definitely think that he doesn't like playing in Boston anymore. shouldn't have stepped on the leprechaun. And they're like, well, he won one. No, he won in Dallas. He still hasn't won in Boston. That's for sure a thing, right? Like, they are in his head.

And here's the thing as a Celtics fan. No, no, no, no, no. This is a good thing. We got to be done with it, though. You know what I'm saying? Like, we won the championship, smoked him on the last game on our home court. Like, there's no need to do the whole Kyrie sucks

every time he comes to play. It's kind of fun, though, now. It is fun. Until he wins, I think he gets it. It's like stealing a guy's girl and then invite him, make him come to your wedding. and keep going on double dates with them. That's personal.

I'd say that's a lot more personal. All right, next one up. All right, last one. Their core coming back next year and beyond. The Celtics more likely to be a dynasty or won and done? You know, Brown signed the Supermax. Tatum's going to sign Supermax. Those two are together.

I feel like they get along, don't you? Oh, yeah. I feel like I know Tatum. It looked like Tatum was annoyed when he didn't win the MVP. Not that Brown did, but that he didn't. And Tatum at the end of the game seven was really trying to come on and try to win the MVP, I felt like, even when it was over. I felt like he was playing hard.

I think it's, if you're going to have a chance to repeat and have any sort of dynasty, the East is where you want to be, because it's the easier place to have a shot at it. The West are just eating each other alive over there. So many teams. I still feel like they're going to grab somebody pretty decent that's a free agent this year and added to that mix and possibly just get better.

What's Porzing? Is he signed extension? Yeah, he did too. Drew Holiday is so good. I was watching them talk about should he be a Hall of Famer. And initially I'm like, Drew Holiday? Like he's good. But then it's like two championships and just started going through his entire career.

Like six-time all defensive team. He's like, oh, yeah, if you took it, if you just covered the picture up and said, here to the stats, you're like absolute Hall of Famer. Yeah. But Drew Holiday's been on like when he's with the Bucks, it's such a small market team. If you weren't Janus. Mm-hmm. And really even meddles him.

Milton a little bit, but you just didn't get heard of. And he's quiet. And he's been able to, like, play different roles with teams. When he came to Boston, he had games where he'd score, occasionally. He put up 20 plus points. But mostly he's there to shut your A down. And he did. And we saw that a bunch.

I don't... I'm glad they're in the East for your sake. I think they have a good chance next season to get back to the finals or the Eastern Conference Finals. But it's tough. And so I'm going to go, no. Because I lost too much money. Kevin, do you think Horford was kind of like a, like a little handicap for them?

We're just like, oh, we're going to keep him on, but he's old. Oh, no, I think he played well, man. Especially when Porzengis went down. I think he had a major role. Because you saw when he went out and we brought in some of the other backups, Tillman, it was just like, the Mazz were like, thank you. And Horford actually had games where he was one of the top two factors, even shooting threes. Like even providing space for

So, but yeah, I mean, it's fun to see Horford win. He's been playing since that Bo Jackson catch. He did Or the owner said he's coming back. I hope he retires So, he's like, I'm like, just because you won it, it's like, all right, dude, you finally got it. Now you're 38. It's okay. You know? That's good. That's it. Go ahead.

My wife replied to the DeAndre Hopkins. She said, I felt awkward. Yep, yep. Shoot. And then she replied a few minutes. minutes later, someone just drove off on the Hyundai. DeAndre Hopkins. The property, he found it.

They were coming to pick the Hyundai out because I have to shoot some content in it tomorrow. With an artist, Eddie and I are shooting some content with the artist. That's probably coming to clean it. But somebody should have said something for sure. I just took the car. All right, thanks.

Yeah, that's weird. This is DeAndre. Mike, you want to take a break? Let's take a break. Okay, we'll take a break and we'll come right back. The 2026 NFL draft is here and the NFL Daily podcast has it covered from all angles. Join me, Greg Rosenthal, and Jordan Roderig after night one on Thursday. Nick Shook joins me night two Friday and then

Sunday to recap everything that went down over the three days in Pittsburgh. We'll tell you who won the draft and which players were my favorite picks. Listen to NFL Daily with Greg Rosenthal on the free IHeart Radio app. Open the app, search NFL Daily, and listen now. A win is a win. But when, I don't care what you're saying. Yep, that's me, Clifford Taylor the 4th. You might have seen the skits, the reactions, my journey from basketball to college football, or my career in sports media.

Well, somewhere along the way, this platform became bigger than I ever imagined. And now I'm bringing all of that excitement to my brand new podcast, The Clifford Show. This is a place for raw, unfiltered conversations with some of your favorite athletes, creators, and voices that not only deserve to be heard, but celebrated. One week, I'll take you behind the scenes

of the biggest moments in sports and entertainment. And the next we'll talk about life, mental health, purpose, and even music. The Clifford Show isn't just a podcast. It's a space for honest conversations, stories that don't always get told, and for people who are chasing something bigger. So if you've ever supported me,

or you're just chasing down a dream, this is right where you need to be. Listen to the Clifford show on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. I'm John Green.

You may know me as the author of The Fault and Our Stars, and now I guess also as the co-host of The Away End, a brand new world soccer podcast. I'm Daniel Alarcon, a writer and journalist, and John and I have known each other since we were kids. My first World Cup was Mexico 86. I was nine years old. I watched every game, and I fell in love.

On our new podcast, The Away End, we'll share with you the magic of international football, all leading up to the 2026 World Cup. For us, soccer, football. Is a story we've shared for over 30 years since Daniel was the star player on our high school soccer team. Very debatable. And I was their most loyal and sometimes only fan. I love this game.

I love its history, its hope, its heartbreak, and above all, its beauty. Together, we'll find out why, of all the unimportant things, football, soccer, is the most important. Listen to the away end with Daniel Alarcon and John Green on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, let's get over now to fantasy football expert. Farah Siddiqui. I feel like he's the best. Upper Hand Fantasy.

He's been on with us every season of this show. Farah's created Upper Hand Fantasy a few years ago, and we're just kind of doing his thing, but now he's got thousands and thousands of followers, uh, subscribers, hundreds of thousands on Instagram. If you're someone who loves fantasy football, I would encourage you to follow, unless you're in my league.

I don't want you to get in the same info. Well, I got, I'm in your league. Yeah, but you're not good at social media. We all get the same guys. We try to get the same. Check him out at Upper Hand Fantasy. And here he is. Farah, Siddiqui.

Dude, how you been? I'm excited because this is the time of year I enjoy the most. I hope you've been good. I've been great, Bobby. What about it, you? You're doing well? Yeah, and I watch a lot of your stuff where it's even like the draft, and here's how that's going to affect.

So, like, you keep at it year round, but I just want to go first. I want to go to quarterbacks first. Who's QB1 over? Overall, I'm not going to hold you to it right now. Obviously, a lot of things can happen. But in your mind, as we get into the early part of the draft, who's QB1? You know, it's a toss-up, man. I keep going back from forth between Jalen Hertz and Josh Allen.

But I keep going to the last year. And I keep going to the fact that, man, he doesn't have that wide receiver one anymore. He's going to have to depend on these other guys, kind of like a committee approach at the receiver position with Dalton Kincaid and these guys and the rookie Kionn and all that. So Jailen Hertz has, you know, he's learning a new system, right? He has a new O.C. coming in, which is, I think, a good thing for them. And he has his weapons and he has their rushing ability. And I think that push, you know, a lot of people talking about Jason Kelsey leaving. I think that's still going to be there.

I think he's still going to get that rushing production, those rushing touchdowns. So I think I'm going Jalen Hertz right now. Sequelin being added to the back field, does that help Jalen Hertz's value at all? You know, it helps in the sense that their offense is going to be better, right? he just has another weapon out of the backfield. A lot of people look at it, look at Sequin coming in saying, well, he might Leelan Hertz might lose some rushing touchdowns, you know, some production around the goal line to Sequin.

And while that might be the case, I think it's going to be a net positive, just this offense getting better. Sequin's a very good backfield receiver. So I do think this is, this offense is going to be better. And I don't think the push push is going anywhere. I think when they get down to the one yard line and Jason Kelsey said it himself to Seekwan said, hey, listen, if you're going to score, make sure you don't go down at the one. because otherwise, but we're going to be using jailing.

What about somebody who had a really good few weeks and got hurt, talking about Anthony Richardson, where it was like, holy crap. If you didn't pick him, if you had him as your backup, you were playing him, and then he was gone. How do you feel about him fantasy-wise going into this year? The upside is absolutely tremendous. And obviously, you know, we have our trepidations. We're a little nervous because, you know, of that injury risk in college. You know, he would get injured every now and now and again.

And then in the pros, you know, I think he got hurt. in three of his four games, he couldn't finish the game. So it's definitely a concern. However, the way that I play personally, I don't play the game and think that these guys are going to get hurt. Obviously, there are concerns, there are risks with Anthony Richardson, but the upside is absolutely tremendous. He led all quarterbacks last year in fantasy points per dropback, and that's usually a good indicator of a quarterback doing well, assuming they stay healthy. Patchy Mahomes has been on that list before he became the overall QB1, St. with Josh Allen, same thing with Jalen Hertz.

And that is the number two predictor besides previous fantasy points per game to future fantasy points. So I'm all in on Anthony Richardson. I'm hoping he can stay healthy. Back in the day when Adrian Peterson got hurt and he bounced back quicker and they're like, he's superhuman, look.

And then everybody was compared to Adrian Peterson and his injury time. And so now with the rookie quarterback, C.J. Stroud had a really good year and even a good fantasy season. Do we feel now that someone like a Jane and Daniels or a Caleb in Chicago could actually be a viable fantasy quarterback after watching somebody be pretty good last year?

Well, you look at their situations too, man. Caleb Williams is coming into like one of the best situations I've ever seen a rookie quarterback come into, right? I like the Shane Waldron edition at OC. I like him as a play caller. A lot of Seahawks fans might agree, might disagree, but I like what he brings because he brings a little bit of versatility on early downs. He's not afraid of pass it on early downs, which is what I like.

But look at his weapons. DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, Romo Dunzee. He has a couple really good tight ends too, Colquemette. You know, and this is a situation for him where I think they're going to rely on him a little bit. You know, they have DeAndre Swift out of the backfield, who's primarily a receiver more than a rusher. So he has a lot of weapons here. And I think, you know, he is being put in a position where he's probably going to do a lot better in year one than he would have if he was in another situation. And when he comes to Jaydon Daniels, like, if I'm going to be a lot better in a position.

like if I had to choose one to absolutely go berserk for fantasy in year one, it might actually be Jane Daniels just because of the fact that his rushing upside is absolutely tremendous. You know, there were times in college where, you know, he would look at his first read and if it's not there, he might tuck it and run. Now, he is good and he has to develop his, you know, his, you know, going from read to read and doing all that. But I think in year one, we might see a situation where he does tuck it and run

and we know what rushing means to that position. Josh Allen, Jalen, Jalen, Anthony Richardson, all these guys at the top of rankings this year. I think Jane Daniels can do something like that in year one. Hey, Faraz, one of my favorite things to do is draft one of those rookies and everyone just be like, dude, what is this guy doing? And then he just pops off. Like to you, don't include Kayla Williams or any quarterbacks, got it. But anyone else that is on your radar to be like, oh, this guy, pick him up.

There's two guys. One wide receiver and one running back. The receiver I'm going to go with is Ladman McCock. you know, on the Chargers. You know, Keenan Allen left. Mike Williams left. There's nobody on that offense in terms of, you know, who is, you know, that team going to depend on in the passing game.

Now, they did bring in two coaches, a head coach and offensive coordinator who, you know, they live and die by the wrong game, right? There's no doubt about it. But he's somebody who can come in down. They do have Josh Palmer, right, there as well. But I don't think he's a type of player that you can say that, okay, he is a true separator on the end. outside, out of the slot, recognizing zone, you know, versatile type of pass catcher. I think

Ladd McConkey is that type of player, you know, out of Georgia. And listen, Justin Herbert's going to be his quarterback. Okay. So even in a run heavy offense, I think he's going to be the guy that he relies on. I really, really liked him as a prospect. I saw him firsthand at the senior bowl. I think he can do a lot of things. And so I think at Y receiver, I think he's somebody who can have a huge impact in year one because I think he could potentially gobble up 25% target share, potentially. And then at the running back position, I actually like Jonathan Brooks. You know, I know he's coming off the ACL injury, but it was a clean ACL, right? This is not a Giovante Williams type of situation. This is more of a, a breeze hall type of situation, right? Young athletic

running back coming from a, you know, coming back from an injury like that. I think Dave Canales is going to run the ball a ton, obviously to have, you know, a quarterback that they're trying to develop. And I think they're going to depend on the run, depend on Jonathan Brooks. He was my RB1 in this draft class. I'm a big fan of his, I think, over the last 10 years or so. He actually stacks up really, really well among all the prospects that have come out. So I'm a big fan, Jonathan Brooks, and I think that he's being slept on a little bit because he's being drafted outside the top 24 running backs right now. Why are you so happy about that? I just met Jonathan Brooks the other week. Yeah, like three weeks ago, I met him, and you know what? And I told him, I'm a big Cowboys fan.

I said, dude, we wanted you to go to the Cowboys. And he said, yeah, I would have gone to the Cowboys. Yeah, because he would have been drafted. I know. It's funny. Yeah, that was funny. That's where I thought he was going to go because, you know, his, his hit the Cowboys team doctor is the one who did his surgery. So I thought that link was there. I thought, you know, that was going to happen. It was destined, stay in Texas, but I guess not. Let's talk about the Cowboys for a second then.

They did not draft running back. They didn't draft a wide receiver. Like, they waited a while and they, you know, a familiar face in the back field. Like, what's happening with Zeke? How do we feel about Zeke in that backfield? Oh, man. This just seems like a full of void for me. I think the Cowboys just don't care who's in that backfield, right?

They had Tony Powell. Tony Powell was a good running back. And towards the second half of the year, he was, the efficiency and stuff that showed that he was solid. It was good, more than solid, I would say. But they just don't need a running back. Their offense is just past the ball. You know, put the ball in D.D. Lamb, do his thing. I was surprised they didn't go out to get a legit pass catcher opposite C.D. Lam.

I guess they're happy with who they have in Brandon Cooks. And, you know, I think Jake Ferguson, because of that, because of the fact that they didn't really address that real wide receiver two position. I think Jake Ferguson is somebody that we should be keeping an eye on in fantasy drafts later on. He's being taken off the board around the Tina 9-ish. So he's somebody to take a look at. But yeah, man, this backfield personally,

Zika's, listen, I hate to say all the Cowboys fans, he's washed, okay? It is what it is. RICO Dowdell, he's also no special talent. I don't think the Cowboys are going to be relying on this running game at all. If we couldn't get anything on to Tony Powell last year when he was pretty much the Belcow, the workhorse, I don't see any standalone value in this Cowboys backfield right now.

Where do you put Citi Lamb as far as wide receivers? He's number one, man. Boom! Let's go! I love Faraz. He has to be. Over Tyreek. He has to be number one. Over Tyreek?

You think he thinks he thinks he thinks, and I will say, Tyreek is definitely a close second. There's no doubt about it, you know, and would I be surprised if Tyreek is his wire receiver one overall? Of course not. You know, he was the most efficient wire receiver of any. wire receiver last year. But CD-Lam, you know, he's, that target share is going to be his.

They added nobody. They're extremely past first offense. So I got to go there. You never know. Jane Waddell could take a step forward, right? And there's other, you know, running backs there too that in Miami, that couldn't get very involved, even more involved this year. So Cidam is basically their entire offense.

With Tidens, there were like six or seven last year. Then you're just kind of looking for matchups, trying to find. who, let's say, six, seventh, eighth tied-in that can actually produce? Who's the last tight-in that you can expect production from consistently in fantasy? Maybe it's a rookie, maybe it's somebody finally getting a shot. And then is Kelsey your number one tied-in this year? Who do you got at one? No, he's not.

Actually, you know, it might surprise you a little bit, Bobby, but I have them down at number three. I have Trey McBride and Sam Laporta over Travis Kelsey this year. You expect Arizona to do what? Well, you know, it's funny. I remember having this conversation with you last year, too, you know, about Arizona. And this year, you know, Cala Murray is going to be there. Marvin Harrison, you know, Cala Murray last year he was coming off the ACL.

He didn't have a clean off season, right? He was basically just rehabbing and didn't get a full off season. Now we're getting to a situation. We've seen Collar Murray, you know, and DeAndre Hopkins, for example, really reach some really high fantasy numbers. same thing he did with Zach Ertz as well here's the thing with Tray McBride he had an amazing connection with

Kyle Murray last year he led he was one of the most efficient if not the most efficient once he started getting opportunity over the last seven or eight weeks of the season I think it's going to be Marvin Harrison and Tray McBride being the just dominating target share I can see them combining for a 50% target share a very you know

high highly distributed target share over there in Arizona. And I think Chairman Bride is going to continue what he was doing last year where he was the number one, well, really number two scoring tight end over the last eight weeks. David Nogoku with Joe Flacco spectacle

last year. He was number one. But I think Chairman Bride is going to be really good. And Sam Leporter, you know, he was the number one tight end as well. So, or, you know, over the course of the season. So I think those two guys were Travis Kelsey getting a little older, but also a lot more target

competition in Kansas City this year. So I could see Pajima Holmes spreading it out just a little bit more. Okay, then let's just walk down tight-in lane here. Mark Andrews, who missed a lot of last year heard, obviously, but still a force. Dalton Kingade? I think, yeah, Dalton Kincaid. Exactly.

He rounds out the top five there. Because they have nobody to throw to? Exactly, exactly. And that's what I was getting at earlier, where I do think, you know, so if you look at the bills wire receivers right now, right? They obviously got rid of Stefan Dakes. He's no longer there. So they brought in

they have Khalil Shakir out of the slot. They just drafted Keon Coleman. And they also drafted somebody who I think a lot of people are sleeping on in Curtis Samuel, who had his best season as a wide receiver and was very fantasy relevant with their OC Joe Brady. And Joe Brady brought him in. And this was that season when Teddy Bridgewater in Carolina, when they had DJ Moore, Robbie Anderson, and Curtis Samuel. Curtis Samuel was on par with all those guys.

and he actually finishes the top 30s. All three of those guys finish his top 36 wide receivers with Teddy Bridgewater at quarterback. Imagine what Josh Allen can do. But I do think that Dalton Kincaid is going to be the leader of that group. He's somebody who didn't get enough playing time last year, but I think that's going to change tremendously this year. And I think he's going to be Josh Allen's number one weapon,

as long as he stays healthy. We played in the league where they took out, you know, no defenses, no kickers. Like, where do you stand with that? I loved it. I thought it was great. because, you know, you don't have to. I absolutely love that.

Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? That is literally all I play. I will not join a league with a kicker or a defense, especially a kicker. I'll just tell you right now. I just find it so much more fun. Add another flex. Add a second quarterback.

At a super flex. Add a third wide receiver. That's what I'd rather do. I don't want to, you know, see, I think the people who disagree with me say like they want a little bit of randomness. They want the random kicker to have 19 points in and beat their guy because it just, you know, ticks them off even more, or the random defense ends up scoring a touchdown on defense and then a special team touchdown, all that.

I'm not here for that, all right? I'm an analytics guy. I want it to be as predictable as possible. Maybe I'm taking the fun out of it, but I'm with you, man. No kickers, no defenses. Let's do five picks, one, two, three, four, five if you get these positions. I just wonder where you fall. Number one pick, you get it.

Who you take? I'm taking Christian McCaffrey. Okay. Number two? City Lamb. Wow. At two. Are you a cowboy lover?

Yes. Not at all. Not at all. Listen, man. I am a, I'm a desperate and dying Jets fan. Okay. I am so desperate for anything. Just give me a winning season.

Give me, just let's just make it to the playoffs. That's all I need. Okay. Three. This one might surprise you. Actually, no. I'm going Tyreekill. That's not going to surprise you.

I thought he was going like, Dalton Kincaid. You will be surprised where I have, you know, the next few guys. Jake Ferguson. Then we're like, no, you love the Cowboys, bro. All right. Number four.

I'm going to Breece Hall. Oh, the Jeff. You know, he was so good until his injury. Like, he was so good. I know you're a big Jets fan, but I will say in your defense that before that injury, like he had, you know, in a limited space, five, six. He was like running back one, two, or three as he was performing with the Jet. So I feel that.

You don't worry about the injury at all? He felt like it enough time? Here's the thing. He was coming off the injury last year and he was still really, really good. Like yards after contact, mistackles, force. He was like top five in each of those categories the year after an ACL injury. Imagine what he's going to, and it was a dysfunctional offense. By the way, I'm taking my Jets fan cap off right now while I'm talking about this. Okay. And this year, he is Aaron Rogers. So this offense is going to be different. The offensive line was also improved. So if Brees Hall was able to do that last year, he finished

as a top seven or eight fantasy running back. What is he going to do this year? I do think that him and Bijan are like the main, I would say, you know, competition for that RB2 spot behind Christian McCaffrey. I do go back and forth between those two guys. But given how good Breeze Hall looked last year and given how good of a receiver he is as well, I just can't see him as long as he stays healthy and this offense stays functional with Aaron Rogers. I think he's in a finished top two or top three.

I heard you a number five pick overall. This one's tough. I think I'm going Bejohn, Robbins. Robinson here. Bejan Robinson. It's between him, Amon Rae, St. Brown, and Jamar Chase. Like, those are like the guys. But, but I think Amman Ra is one of the safest, safest picks in the first round that you can make. Bejohn, I think he's going to absolutely kill it without Arthur Smith. And Jamar Chase, you know, maybe more in the slot this year. I can totally see that. So I'm liking all these guys. I think there's obviously risk factors with each of them, but those are the guys I'm going with. All right. Three final questions I have drafted. I think Kyle

Pitts every year and I just set myself up at this appointment every year. However, Kurt Cousins is a capable quarterback. He is above capable. Will Kurt Cousins change when I draft Kyle Pitts again? Will it change how I feel about Kyle Pitts at the end of the season? You know, I think it's not just Kirk Cousins. You know, I think it's also, you know, Zach Robinson coming in, you know, from the Rams, you know, as their play caller. I think it's Arthur Smith leaving and going elsewhere. So I think the combination of all that plus Kirk cousins is going to do a whole lot for Kyle Pitts is going to do a whole lot for Drake London. Admittedly, Kyle Pitts also wasn't even healthy last year, right? That knee was still an issue for him, apparently, and

you know, he talked about it after the season. So, you know, there's a lot of combination of, listen, Kyle Pitts is still so young. He was younger than, he's still younger than he is now, and he has a 1,000 yard season under his belt, his rookie year. And he was, and he's younger now than he was when Travis Kelsey even became a thing. So we can't get too impatient with Kyle Pitts. I think, you know, one of the reasons why so many people are down on him is because they drafted him early and he disappointed just like you. But I give you credit, Bobby. You're going back in.

Stick with him. And you're not letting recency bias take over. Stick with him. I stick with him. Stefan Diggs in Houston. What's up? I like it. But, you know, I don't love it for him because he's not the number one target anymore, in my opinion.

I do think it's going to be Nico Collins. And I think, you know, Tank Dell is going to be very much. in the mix as well. I think this is just a really, really good thing for C.J. Shroud. That entire offense is going to be very, very good this year. Final question. Would you rather have the one or the 12 if it's a 12 team snake? Give me the 12. I want two potentially elite players. Would you rather have the 2 or the 11? That's tricky. Give me the 11. Same thing. Same thing.

What's the worst spot in a 12 teamer? The worst spot I would say is around maybe 7 or 8, I would say. If you got to pick, let's say our league does where they go, okay, the first person that picks their slot is this person. If you got to pick your slot in a 12 team, what would you pick? I'm picking 5. Because? The reason why I'm picking 5 is so that I could, I don't have to wait too long for my next pick. I don't have to reach a whole lot, and I kind of can predict who will be there.

It's really tough to predict and really hard not to reach when you're at the turn. Do you like Aaron Rogers as a person? Yes. Do you like Aaron Rogers as your quarterback? Yes. Okay. Any other questions? Sometimes Aaron Rogers can really annoy me, but I love him as a quarterback.

But also I'm like, God, dang. Last year was like, I'd have so much trauma from having Aaron Rogers as my one series quarterback. Oh, yeah. I mean. But you have to remember. Like our quarterback, our quarterback history. And now we're going to Aaron Rogers, it's like, we'll take it. We'll take it.

And I'll take the person, too. because based on who we've had at quarterback, like, listen, man, I'll take it all day long. We're in a one or two year window here. Let's see what we could do, right? After this, I don't know. Maybe I've got to hang it up. Maybe I've got to hang up my Jets fandom.

I don't know. He's the best. Subscribe and get all of his analysis at upperhand fantasy.com. You can also follow on Instagram at Upperhand Fantasy. And there's a reason he has so many subscribers on YouTube and so many followers on Instagram, me being one of them. Ferozzi.

upperhand fantasy.com. Fraz will talk to you midseason, my friend, and good luck. I know it's time for you to get rolling, and, you know, it's money-making season for you. So make me some money, you know what I'm saying? I got you, Bobby. I appreciate you, man. Thanks for having me.

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Listen to The Away End with Daniel Auer Kohn and John Green on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. All right, thanks to Fraz. Are your boys going to live this weekend? Yeah, yeah, I think we're going to go to live. Not my boys, my boys, me and Kevin. Oh, yeah, I thought you meant us. I thought you were taking your boys. Oh.

I don't know if they can hang. How come I didn't get invited? What the heck, man? I'll have an extra ticket if you want to come. No, that sucks to be like, I've got an extra ticket. You can have it. No, it's like, I want to be invited. We got tickets.

We're getting tickets. We don't have tickets. We don't have tickets. We don't have them yet. But when we do, though, dude, you're invited. How did I not get invited? What do you mean? I guess I've been gone for a week.

So I'm just going to make that my thing. I got my feelings hurt. No, no, no, no. We invited you. This is how I invite Eddie. I'm doing this content shoot tomorrow and they're like, hey, we have this budget to pay you. and I'm like, hey, cut some of that out, let's give it to Eddie.

And I force Eddie into stuff to, like, make sure. And then I don't even get invited it for free live tickets to go to his thing. What do they say? They're like, are you sure you want Eddie? Hey, Scuba. I don't know, I can ask you the real one because Scoobba was like, why do you want Eddie? Scuba did? Well, he was like, I don't understand what it is.

I'm like, just put him in the back seat. He'll be the funny guy in the back seat. Thanks, scuba. Hey, scuba. Yo. When I said I need, I want Eddie and the Hyundai content to cut out some of my money and give to him. Yeah. What did you think?

to give the thing about what? Well when I said hey So Hyundai He's on the spot now To do It pays me involving Eddie or paying Eddie Yeah yeah

When I was like hey I want Eddie And we'll just cut some money out for Eddie What did you think about Eddie being a part of it? I don't see a problem with it Because it is it makes you more comfortable And I feel like it could add some comedic relief to it Could so I don't see that being an issue Were they a little weird about it

Like we're adding somebody They don't really care about him to be honest with you Just be very straight They're like it was like who They were like whatever makes Bobby happy Yeah That's what it came down to. They don't really care about who is going to be in it.

It's more of that. They said who. Well, my point was, and this is my point. And this is why I'm glad that you're here. My point was, Eddie's like, Kevin and I are going to live this weekend. And I'm like, oh, I'd been cool if I got invited. And he's like, well, we might have extra tickets, whatever. And I'm like, here's the difference to me and Eddie.

Hyundai's like, hey, will you shoot the social content? And I have a Hyundai without a long relationship with Hyundai. But they're like, hey, well, you shoot it. At the last minute, we'll pay you this money. And I'm like, not only that, thank you for the money, but I want you to cut some of my money out. And I want to invite Eddie and give him money to be a part of something. And Eddie can invite me for free live tickets.

Well, you didn't invite him at all. You didn't even ask him? And you know the rule is. You know he's going to say no, you have to always ask anyways. I ask them all the time. He's like, no, but at least you have to make the ask. I'm just showing the difference of me wanting to include Eddie and stuff. With money.

With and paying him. I'll buy you a drink. It's not about money. It's not about money. But it's about me, give a little bit of myself. We don't have tickets yet. Still, you guys talked about it. But when we do have tickets, I'll have an extra one and you're coming.

I don't want the extra one. I want one of the ruins. What do you mean? If you want a real ticket, I can get you a real ticket. No, I don't want to go. Okay. I just wanted me invited as part of the core group. Well, I just invited you if you want to go out.

I'll get you a ticket. Oh, God, no, I'd hate going. I've never understood that mentality. But that's how you are. It's okay. I understand it. But like, I just. That feels terrible to go to.

I don't want to go to watch a little. Right. And we know that. But it doesn't matter what it is. if you're like, we're going to, hey, I want to be first round, I want to be first round draft pick. Let's get a taxi. Hey man, I'm going fishing with my kids. You want to come?

That's different. That's different. That's your kids. That's different. That's your kids. That's some bull crap. Hey, seriously, you want to go, though? No, I'd rather stab myself in the eye with a pen.

Okay. I can get you tickets. You guys don't have tickets? No, we don't have tickets yet. Yeah. Well, you get them tickets and passes and hospitality sweets and all that stuff. Really? Yes.

They already invited me to come. Yeah. And even though my feelings are hurt you didn't invite me, I'll get you guys tickets and passes. Wow. See how that worked. I'm never going to invite you anywhere now. No, that's not the point of this. The point of this isn't not to invite me and then have me find out about it.

Okay, whatever. What's up with your foot, Eddie? I got an update. Two weeks left in the boot. Doctor says healing great, but he does think that I did rip something in there, but... Okay, stop. I'm serious. And I said, do I have to fix it?

He's like, no, it's just, you. your little toe? Like, do you really want to go in there and do surgery in your little toe? I don't believe him, though. Do you now believe him? But does he... Wait, you says he thinks you did? Yeah, I have to do an MRI. I thought he should know if you did. He said, we can do an MRI, but do you want to waste money on that? So he doesn't know that you ripped it. Dude, I can't move my toe. And no doctors ever said the word ripped to me. They've said torn.

There's a language that doctors use. Partial tear me. Maybe he can say rip. Yeah, yeah. Hey, but you know what, though? I was a little dramatized. I did give him the helmet. Oh, the Cardinals helmet? Yeah. The Paul Goldschmidt. helmet. What he said? What he said? It's amazing.

I walk in there with a helmet. And it was perfect timing too because I was like checking in. They're like, oh, cool. Yeah, sign your name, whatever. And I had the helmet in my hand. I'm like, oh, gosh, it's going to be awkward. How am I going to bring it up? And then this dude's sitting in the waiting room.

He's with his mom. Mom's got a broken leg. And he goes, hey, are you Eddie? And I say, yeah. He goes, dude, you're ready. That's crazy, man. Like, wow. And he told his mom out loud so the whole waiting room can hear.

Yeah, he broke his foot of the St. Louis Cardinals. They interviewed Paul Goldschmidt. It was awesome. And then I was like, that was all like pronounced. Dude, he said all that out loud. You paid him. And then I was like, speaking of, here's a helmet.

I want you to have. That's awesome. Turns out that listener, he's from St. Louis. And his mom, him and his mom were visiting in Nashville. She fell, broke her leg. So they had to go to that doctor. Thank God that happens. So you get your helmet comfortably giving away.

Did you break it? No, she fell. She was older. Okay. Pretty cool, though. No, not cool. Yeah. No, no, I know the whole thing was pretty cool. Yeah. Kevin, congrats. Eddie, you suck.

You read. Everything good, buddy? That's good, man. Okay. Katie, good. All good. When do you go back to Arkansas? I don't know.

No, that's not the answer. I don't have like an end date. But are you enrolled in school? Actually, okay, honestly, I'm not enrolled in anything right now because no one would ever return my emails back in April about enrolling in classes. So I gave up on that. But that's not good. Well, if you were planning to go back to school,

Why would they not respond to your emails? I know. Isn't that kind of... Okay. I know. But no, they really didn't. And then, yeah. What's up with Connor McGregor and Chandler?

They're fighting or now? No, they're canceled. Done. Done deal. Cancel? Cancel. That must have all I was gone. Cancel.

Yeah, Friday night. Yep. Connor says he's injured. Yeah. Don't know what it is. He's not saying what is injured. Did we get Chandler back in here and talk about it? I don't think he probably...

I don't think he would. I know, but it'd be cool if he did. I saw a post of Michael Chandler. I'm drinking tequila. Hawkins talk about it. Yeah, probably. DM them. It's your pod.

That sucks, dude. That sucks for Chandler. I know. I was looking forward to that fight. I don't know mad you'd be all that training. And all the, no, even the money. Like you're setting up your future. That sucks.

Yeah. And dude, even worse, I pre-ordered the fight. That is even worse. Yeah, great point. I looked at tickets and they are so expensive. Well, they were so expensive. Probably get them cheap now, yeah. I'm a lot cheaper now.

I got a couple of else out, yeah. I got an extra one if you want it Bones, you want to go? Thanks for asking me. All right, that's it. Thank you. We are going to go. We hope you have a great day.

Thanks to Fara Sadiqi. Fans of Football Time is so fun. I'm so happy as I almost fantasy football time. I won our league last year. Can't wait until I win it again. I haven't won like 10 years, dude. So stupid. And I've won like

four of nine and been in the playoffs every year. And so it does show you that it's not really just all luck. Some people are like, it's all luck. But those are people that never win. like your buddy over there I'm gonna auto draft

I think I'm gonna auto draft this year Did Reed play last year or no No I didn't play? You didn't play? What did you play? Here's the thing about Reed though He's leaving I'm starting to actually get less attached to Reed That's true

Because he's moving so I need to start building that detachment Dang I still got attachments for you Attachers what does that mean Oh You're trying to detach I said I'm still attached man That's not what you said You said I've got attachments for you

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