Good Game: A Sunday Soldiers Podcast
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Good Game: A Sunday Soldiers Podcast
Episode 04: The Saga of Los n' Found
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Get ready to get your game face on! We're rolling out the red carpet for our latest guest, Los n' Found, founder of Sunday Soldiers and the man known for stirring the pot during his reign as commissioner. Strap in as we turn the spotlight on Los' journey, his awards, and the infamous Bazinga awardard incident, where George Kittle landed in the IR spot due to a slip-up. We also get the inside story on the addition of a COVID IR spot, the late-night emergency meeting, Los' apology and his subsequent penalty. It's a tale of trophies, mishaps, and fantasy football that's too good to miss.
Hold onto your seats as Los lets us in on his strategic playbook that earned him two Sunday Soldier Championships. We're bringing you a deep dive into the art of trading players, potential league changes, and the countdown to the top 12 meltdowns which will leave you at the edge of your seat. It's an insider view into the high stakes world of fantasy football, where strategy, luck, and sometimes sheer will dictate the game.
As we gear up for the final whistle, we're taking you on a tour of the current standings, the impact of injuries and trades on a team's standing, and how a competitive spirit fuels everyone in the league. It's a thrilling ride through the ups and downs of Sunday Soldiers, Los' strategies for managing a fantasy football team, and the relentless pursuit of triumph. So huddle up, football fans, this is an episode that gives you the play-by-play, the suspense, the heartbreaks, and the victories of a legendary fantasy football league.
Good Game Podcast
Speaker 1And welcome to another episode of Good Game , a Sunday Soldiers podcast . And welcome , welcome , welcome to episode four of a Good Game podcast . I'm your host , Nick Netflix and Chill Winters , and with me I've got Zach .
Speaker 2Chiefs King and Bertie .
Speaker 1Bertie . That is actually to be honest before we get into this . Our whole league knows you as Bertie . I think it was draft weekend this past year where we just learned .
Speaker 2That it's not . That it's not , Bertie . I mean it's been mistaken my whole life .
Speaker 1So I think I actually showed you in my iPhone contact . I have Bertie without the E . So yeah , I appreciate you clearing it up the last three episodes . I'm sure our whole audience refers to you as Bertie . Now they know it's Bertie . But anyway , I digress on this week's episode , zach . So we're excited because we'll be welcoming our second guest to the podcast , that is one Carlos Losan found , valenzuela . Carlos , aka Losan found , is the founder of Sunday Soldiers and , as you heard on last week's podcast at one point , the commissioner of Sunday Soldiers . Now we discussed on episode three . Losan founds run as commissioner . It didn't come without some controversy , right .
Speaker 2Correct . I mean , that's that we , you know . We found that out last last episode with you know the controversy that there was in the past . So it is but we wouldn't be here today without Losan found .
Speaker 1I mean you can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs , right ? So , we will give Los a chance to maybe comment or defend on what was stated on last episode . He also had another controversial situation that happened a few years ago with the misuse of our COVID IR spot . The punishment and how our league handle situation like these is why we have a good league right , Correct ?
Speaker 2Yeah , it was a it's . It's why the league is what it is today .
Speaker 1It is , it is . So I'm really looking forward to diving into what happened there and just kind of everything that surrounds it . So there's a lot to get to . With Losan found , I'm super excited . We'll also be talking about some of our league transactions , which included multiple trades , which are always controversial , a few fab moves and last week's iPhone group trap we'll get into . It's going to include old man flash and his latest pocket dial type situation . Right , there's plenty of smack talk , blame throwing , accusations . I'm telling you it's going to be good ones .
Speaker 2Yeah , looking , looking forward to this episode and all the great content we have from with this .
Speaker 1Yep , zach and myself will also bring the latest segment of a Sunday soldier top 12 countdown . This could be a new thing that we're going to bring to you each and every week with fun topics . I mean , who knows what will happen , but we're especially excited about this week . This week , we'll be featuring the top 12 meltdowns of one , mike Mosul , mosvet , mosul , and the end we'll wrap up the episode and our take on this episode's legendary league , legendary moment , in hopes that you can take this advice and raise your league standards and make it legendary as well . Now , before we welcome our first guest , why don't we hear from this week's sponsors and announcements ? Couples golf club created for couples that love golf and challenge that old adage that Saturdays and golf trips are just for the rules . Couple couples golf club on Instagram , facebook , twitter , slash X and coming soon on Tiktok .
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Speaker 3What up . What up ? What up ? Netflix and chill and cheese . King them Losin found is in the house . So excited to be here . Thank you for having me .
Speaker 1We're so excited to have you . We welcome you to this podcast . We're excited to have you share with the listeners a little history about yourself and this league . Why don't you start off by telling us about your team name and its origin , as well as any other names you may want to share that carry any stories ?
Speaker 3Oh yeah , great question . So my current team name obviously right now is Losin found , so last year I won a trophy as Losin found love it . Now I am also known as the soldier with many names .
Speaker 1This is true .
Speaker 3I've had many , many names over the years . It did first start with ODB , which is all dirty bastard , love it . That's just the persona I kind of wanted to carry in the league , knowing who we were in a league with Yep . We'll talk about that later .
Speaker 1Great .
Speaker 3The second one was Captain America . This is when Kaepernick was in the house at San Francisco , that's right . Won me my first trophy .
Speaker 1He did , he did . Was that the infamous year old Almanac draft guide ? Use the priors year draft guide at that draft , yeah .
Speaker 3So I mean , obviously I understood my audience and I knew that I had to throw them off . Somehow I used to bring old magazines to the draft , thinking I've been using old magazines to study , off of thinking I'm like three generation of running backs behind right , obviously winning trophies .
Speaker 1Listen , this is breaking news . I had , no . I mean , I'm learning this 12 years later that that was a tactic to throw all of us off .
Speaker 3It was huge . I'm excited .
Speaker 1It was you .
Speaker 3That's great , I'm glad to share that with you guys today . I and I believe , that's the next name , after that was DLT . Okay , that was , that was .
Speaker 1DLT . I do not .
Speaker 3Doritos Locos tacos .
Speaker 1Oh , that's right , I do .
Speaker 3I do remember that after the Best Buy run right with all the boys who are in the league . Now you know , are the reason we are here .
Speaker 1Yep .
Speaker 3I did go a separate way . I became the district manager for Taco Bell . Okay and Doritos . Locos Tacos was the big thing for us .
Speaker 1Yes , it was .
Speaker 3That year it was hot , I was feeling hot , thinking this is my year , this is the time I went . Obviously I did not that year , from there , I did move . I became a wolf of Wall Street . Okay , I went to New York . Life I was selling life .
Speaker 1That's right , yes , okay .
Speaker 3The soldier with many names , many lives . I'm almost like Jason Bourne , I believe , after a wolf of Wall Street , I was Texas Chainsaw .
Speaker 1That's right . Okay , yeah , from .
Speaker 3Texas Chainsaw . I did win . Now , who I currently am is Lois and found . Now , lois and found is a name given to me by a current champion , a former champion , and is in this room today . That's right , she's kingdom . Thank you , sir . He's , you know , somebody that has inspired me to understand who I am and how the league thinks of me . Got it like where the F is Lois .
Speaker 1Yeah , absolutely .
Speaker 3So Lois is found in draft day , draft weekend , every weekend on Draft week .
Speaker 1I love it .
Speaker 2Yeah , I think to your point , lois . That might have been a draft weekend where we were really unsure of if you were gonna make or not . You were all over the country at that point , I think . Yeah , texas Vegas . We weren't sure where you were at , but but you made it and so , lois , and found it just . I think it just came out at poker night .
Speaker 1I think , if I remember it right , you , you , you were driving Uber there . There was a lost wallet . Now , if I remember it correct , I honestly think it was the three of us sitting at a table . I think I said lost and found and I think that goes wait , lois and found , and you were like at that moment , you're like , all right , we got it .
Speaker 3I'm running with it . Yes , I'm running with it . I loved it . It fit , it was perfect . That's why I love this league . No one knows me better . Right For the woman I've been married to for over 20 plus years . These guys are the only ones that know my underwear size , let me tell you . But there is one other name , though , that I'm thinking of going with next year , and that's Lois Nueve .
Speaker 1Oh , please , please explain .
Speaker 3Yeah , Lois Nueve . How many players do we start with In any given Sunday ? How many nine ?
Speaker 1Oh , okay .
Speaker 3So Nueve in .
Speaker 1Spanish is nine .
Speaker 3Appropriation Lois is my last three letters of my six letter name . And Lois also means the in Spanish , so the nine . Wow that's pretty good .
Speaker 1I'm just , I'm just running with it .
Speaker 3Again , I'm trying to . I'm older now . I'm trying to get to the point where I'm gonna find a name . Stick to it . It might just end up being Lois . I Mean I'm knees . You might start kicking in . There's less I need to worry about . I don't want to turn into Bazinga .
Speaker 1You know what you could do is for because you know I'm big on team , not team photos but that your team has a logo , right , you just put on a red and white striped sweater and a beanie and you name yourself . Where's Lois , like where's Waldo ? Yes , everybody's gonna figure out what Lois is at .
Speaker 3It's a bandana that covers my forehead , my mouth . This is during COVID . I believe that I created this because I was driving Uber , so I used to wear bandanas and all this stuff . But I was like this is a perfect name . Oh , that's , right Okay that goes with the name that I eventually adopted .
Speaker 1I love it , I love it , I love it , I love it . Can you , can you explain to us I mean , be in the founder of Sunday Soldiers ? Can you explain to us how , how this league came about and the number of years that you've been in it ?
Speaker 3Yeah , I call this the Genesis of .
Speaker 1Sunday Soldiers Okay .
Speaker 3Obviously , if anybody knows , it started in 2004 . Okay 2004 was the time where a bunch of young FN individuals roaming this planet came somehow united in one building called Best Buy in Bakersfield and I think to this day , right now , there's five OGs left . Okay , all right . Those five I believe are myself , obviously 44 Magnum , ken Lima , tindredit , joe , weezy Weiss , jmf for Justin Regan , also known as Justin mother freakin Reese , just trying to be correct here and , of course , dizzle the commissioner .
Speaker 3Yeah forget about that name myself , yep . So but yeah , I love it , man .
Speaker 1I love it , I love it , I love it . All right , so in our league , los , you can either win a championship , a last-place award or a Bezinga slash jackass award , right ? Which awards have you won , and how many times for each ? Also , please share with us any stories that may come with it . I think there might have been a challenge that was thrown out to win one of the awards a year ago . But just how many times have you won what awards ? All all that stuff we're we're all curious to hear .
Discussion on Trophies and Awards
Speaker 3Yes , the trophies and awards . So I I think I've been in a good little round here . I think I've had almost all of them and there's even one I believe I think we've forgotten about , but I have had the trophy .
Speaker 1Oh yeah , the trophy , the trophy . I have it here . Actually , right now it's sitting in front of us , sitting in front of us . There's no way .
Speaker 3I'm coming here tonight without the trophy . No , so I've got the trophy here Now , now .
Speaker 1Ken , like let's , let's all say that . I mean all three of us are quite familiar with this trophy , right , I think ? I mean we can a leash . I mean let's just do it right now . Let's do it , champ cheers .
Speaker 3Only a few can do this .
Speaker 2Only a few most , and I , and I think you're one of only two two-time champs in the league that is true , that's that's a good color , the other one .
Speaker 3Right now . Mike is a Mike Yep .
Speaker 2Most of it is Moza so now , now we're looking for our first , you know three times yet . Yeah , most of that , it's the first .
Speaker 3Jordan or Kobe . Yeah there we go . Can we say the first Jordan or Kobe of Sunday soldiers ?
Speaker 1Oh , that's so good for so , so good , all right . So so you're a two-time champ , got it the trophy , yep .
Speaker 3We also talk about the Bazinga Ward now , which , when I earned this , yeah , it was the jackass . That's right , yeah , right so , and it wasn't either Jack , it was the jackass move .
Speaker 1That that is . That's a fair point .
Speaker 3Yeah , yeah , good point , good point because it was really graded on any Ridiculous decision you made during your franchise run during the season . Yeah , and I believe I had to earn that because I had accidentally put accidentally . I say accidentally , because it was an accident that George Kittle ended up in the IR spot okay or COVID for our got it . It was something okay . All I know is the dude couldn't play . There was a position that Yahoo allowed me to put this tight end in . It allowed me , it allowed , yeah , it allowed .
Speaker 1Yeah , peer pressure for sure . Come here , please help .
Speaker 3Help me understand it allowed .
Speaker 1I mean I , I can understand how it's . It's a Confusing . You're moving a player , yeah , who's allowing it ? You're like why not ? It's understandable , like I . Let's . Let's just say I have empathy for you .
Speaker 2What and what came from from the . You know , I know there was , we talked about this those punishment for , for this move , oh , yeah , it's a big deal .
Speaker 3Oh yeah , no , I think , nick , you talked about this earlier . Yeah the punishment for this is what separates us . Yeah this is what , this is why we belong on prime time . Okay , this is . This is what makes us different is I had to get on a FaceTime yeah call with 11 different soldiers who obviously are gonna give me crap .
Speaker 3All of them are just expecting me to deliver on an apology , yeah , for accidentally putting Kittle In the IR spot or the coke . Seriously , it's , he's in the IR spot . It's not like I'm trying to accidentally put him into a starting position To get points for him . I'm accidentally putting him in a position where he can't earn points that week .
Speaker 1Now , now to to to add some additional context to this . So what happened was ? This was obviously during , I think , the first season with , with , like COVID , and Our league typically does not offer an IR spot does not but with COVID we said , okay , maybe we need to make an exception .
Speaker 1So the IR spot will be reserved for COVID players only right now , because this was just this asterisk type of move that we allowed this season . We put the responsibility on each individual soldier to manage that IR spot to a specific COVID . We'll call it injury , okay . So in this moment that Los is talking about Kittle did not have COVID , but he thought , well , I mean , the shoe fits , I can put him in there .
Speaker 3The shoulder could have been affected by COVID . It could have , it could have , yeah , that's right based on the doctors , on Fox and every other channel that Is paid .
Speaker 1So now this , this move , as as under the radar and as subtle as as it was , we're not the type of league that's going to allow you to get away with that , right .
Speaker 3Oh , and you made that clear .
Speaker 1Yeah . So we called a emergency meeting right late at night . It gave a loss a chance to Essentially either speak to the situation , defend the situation , or apologize . Apologize , right which there was an apology , a very heartfelt one from you know the the genesis of Sunday soldiers and I remember I'm in a shed .
Speaker 3That's right , I'm , I'm . I'm at my dad's house because I just moved back from Texas and I was in the process of looking for a new home or apartment and obviously everything was virtual , yep .
Speaker 1Yeah , I can do in it .
Speaker 3Yeah , so we waited it out , thinking this would end soon . Obviously , a year later , I'm still in my dad's place and I'm in his shed , so making an apology , because obviously I'm not doing this in front anybody else , because nobody else would understand this .
Speaker 1I love it but I love epic .
Speaker 3I , I loved it , I respected it and I would hold everyone else to the same standard now .
Speaker 1Now , because we don't , we don't just stop there , right ? So not only was there a required issued league apology that Lois had to give , there was also some penalty that was levied against Lois , which that was the following year .
Speaker 1Now , each and every year , how we handle free agency During this season is everybody is allotted a hundred dollars , a hundred fab dollars , right ? So each and every waiver wire Wednesday , any player you want , you are basically allowed to put a dollar amount on what you're willing to pay for that person , which is fun . It's so much fun right now makes . Tuesdays so exciting , so exciting , right , so exciting . It also puts you in a weird spot , because you very well may get nominated for a bazingo award for a jackass move .
Speaker 1Oh , you're in danger every week , every single week , every I mean it's it's essentially for those that don't know . You get desperate . It's essentially a silent auction , right , you're ? You're seeing something of value and you're putting a dollar amount associated with that . Now you could have that dollar amount be 50 bucks , but everybody else will leave values at less than 10 , and if you win at 50 and the next highest bid is 9 , uh , there's a strong chance that you could be nominated for a bazingo award . Right , it happens .
Speaker 3Oh , you gotta have co-honors to make decisions in this league . You do because you have to make some tough decisions sometimes and they and it cost you .
Speaker 1Yeah , now we docked you . What was it ? Was it 20 ?
Speaker 325 ?
Speaker 125 fabs . You started out .
Speaker 3I was 75 to everybody . A hundred dollars . And we go hog wild on fab . Yeah , we do right , justin , a hundred dollars on ford .
Speaker 1Oh yeah , yeah , we know , yeah , we know it's a big deal , it's , it's a big deal . It's a big deal . You're already starting the whole . That's so good , so so good .
Speaker 3But one of the things . So we talked about trophies .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 3I won the poker trophy . I don't know if anybody ever .
Speaker 1I was , oh , was there , have you guys seen the poker trophy , it's been a while .
Speaker 2right , that's right , and I know Larry's in charge of the poker tournament , which is great every year yeah but we have not seen the poker trophy return since the first time you brought it .
Speaker 3I won one man I beat and I beat . What's his , what was his name ? It was uh , uh , 44 magnums boy . Uh , we want .
Speaker 1Levi or leave .
Speaker 3Leave on no , no no , no , it's the guy we considered , besides dean in the uh , whole mat , oh mat Matt yeah , I beat him heads up .
Speaker 1Oh , so that was a riches house .
Speaker 3This was at riches . It was no , no , no , I think it was still at steve's was it still at steve's ?
Speaker 1Okay , okay , I don't remember the poker award .
Speaker 3Yeah , so I won that . This is when I came . This is the . This is the year that . I lost everything in Vegas . Oh , wow so I took the $1400 ride to Vegas . Yeah , and then I lost $900 coming back basically got it and and ended up missing out on on golf that morning .
Speaker 1Was this the same year that that we played like the nine hour heads up Poe ? That might have been that night . That might have been that night .
Speaker 3I was on a high . Oh yeah , we want we played . It was cash , though .
Speaker 1It was cash game .
Speaker 3So after I beat him I was still on the high . Yeah you're like let's go , let's play yeah and it was a full cash game .
Speaker 1They ended up coming down to me and you , so there's a pot of money there and , uh , none of us , I think , wanted to split . I think we ended up playing until like five , six o'clock in the morning , right it was . It was epic .
Speaker 3I think people woke up . Like you guys start again . You guys start this early .
Speaker 2I'm like I think Michelle was starting to set up .
Speaker 3Yeah .
Speaker 2I think we had to cut it off .
Speaker 1It was , it was brood . I've never went into a draft day with less sleep Then that it was so bad . I think April came to pick me up , my plus one , and uh , I , I think I got a couple hours sleep tops and then had to go back for a little draft day . So , oh my gosh so , so Big deal . We , as we know , so Tell us about your time as commissioner . If Yep , if um , can I say one ?
Speaker 3other thing , absolutely besides the poker trophy , we we can't forget the last place trophy .
Speaker 1Oh yeah , I do what .
Speaker 3I want the last place . Trophy like I've never had it .
Speaker 1Oh .
Speaker 3I've never had it . I just want to say that publicly live I've never had it now when .
Speaker 1I say last place .
Speaker 3Is the last place Playoffs , or is it last place ?
Speaker 1last place playoffs record . Last place playoffs gets the official award right , Right , like that's the official , You're the worst right Again , I'm not educated in this because I don't know about that , yeah . I just like I wouldn't expect someone that it's never won a championship trophy to understand everything that comes along , all the responsibilities .
Speaker 3Emails on that . Yeah , those Stuff like that , Uh , but yeah that I do want to tell um 44 magno . Yeah , I believe Joe Weiss was supposed to be involved in this tender day , was supposed to be involved in this process . Okay but they were , they hadn't taken home this trophy as as one , as much as they deserve to have taken it home . Yeah and just as much as we have to display and and use the trophy , the trophy the trophy to put on display and make sure that we're sharing this with not just Ourselves but the world .
Speaker 3Yeah , absolutely the same goes with any other trophy . Yeah there's the bezinga , whether it's the toilet bowl , whether it's whatever it is what I do want to say is 44 magnet . Came through with a new last bite .
Speaker 1He did , he did with the cannery case and just .
Speaker 3The picture holder the belt , the belt .
Speaker 1Yeah , the belt .
Speaker 3Oh the so good . Oh , the and commission , I want to say you carried it well from Nashville . Yes , yes I do wanted to say you did carry that well .
Speaker 1So good . It's so , so good it couldn't have fit better .
Speaker 3It could not it was , it was almost . Yeah , I think so I think you should keep it .
Speaker 1I think so too . I think so too . So , um , let's tell so . You were the original commissioner , right ? So , uh , let's talk a little bit . We know how you got that title , because you started this league right , but you did lose that title , and I think Steve spoke to it in last , the last episode . Mr Dizzle , do you want to ? Do you want to comment on on that ? I think I heard something about . You know , free agency starts at 6 am and you had some moves that were done like five 57 .
Speaker 3Let me tell you , have you ever watched the poltergeist ? Yes , yeah , that was fantasy football for me during those first two years .
Commissioner Reflections and Season Updates
Speaker 3Okay , it was terrible being the commissioner man . I was happy to start it , but it was awful .
Speaker 1Okay being the guy , it all fell on got it when I had no Clue what , what , what you were doing , I got you checked every box .
Speaker 3Steve , I think big dude , what am I supposed to do ? Leave it all unchecked ? That's boring . Come on man .
Speaker 1Oh yes .
Speaker 3Yes , quarterbacks got points for putting their shoes on . I get it . I get it , but you know it had to start somewhere it did . It had to start somewhere there's a lot of great stories . Honestly , it's one of those things where you had to be there to really Understand the value of it all . Yeah , I could tell you I could , I could put it , right it on , you know , draw it on a picture for you . Yeah , but you had to be there .
Speaker 3Yeah , and that's , that's what I will say with every year , yeah right that we have in this league is we can only tell you , but if to really truly feel you got to be there , I , I could not agree more I could , and on that is one of the things about this league .
Speaker 1It's one of the main reasons why we started this podcast right Is because I can't tell you how many times we've told stories to friends , family , relatives , like whoever it's out there , and they're like , wow , what an amazing league . How much fun is that . I would love to be a part of that . I'd love to , so to be able to share stories like these with other people out there . Like the idea is you know , uh , you know , find ways to step up your league right . Do these little things that we do just to get under people's skins to do special awards , like whatever it is , because it just makes for a better league .
Speaker 3I mean honestly at the beginning . For me , uh , being the commissioner , the thing was every it was , it was . Those two years were the year everything went wrong , so it was a little bit like jaws and fences Fantasy years every year .
Speaker 2Wow , that's fine .
Speaker 3The draft day kit was a was a fiasco . Yeah , you couldn't . Let me tell you it was . It was not fun Just trying to find the names of the people you wanted to draft on this table with leftover pizza Crumbs from the rough party . It was , uh , it was a fun , uh , the the waiver , waiver , wire fiasco . Like you were mentioning .
Speaker 1Yep .
Speaker 3Yep Um the point systems was fiasco uh , the league could have honestly called just the the Peyton Manning Fantasy football league because he let it all , because he just if you had Peyton Manning , you want you yeah and uh . Uh so good Dizzle did mention the last episode of the point . Uh , I think those uh points for everything and uh , I think even the back of quarterbacks even got points for minutes on the bench and I never I never lost . I , I actually so the league , the league , I never lost it , I surrendered .
Speaker 1Oh , got it , okay , got it .
Speaker 3That's , that's what I do remember okay because , fuck this bro , I'm not gonna listen to you guys Bitch in complain about everything that I do in the league . I'm trying to bring us together . I'm trying to do something fun . I'm trying to bring out the best in us . Good lord , hey , steve , I love you for this . Honestly , giving this that the league over to steve was the best decision I've ever made in my life oh , I love it . It was the best decision I've ever made .
Speaker 1Oh my gosh . Thank you , steve . So so good , all right . So , lois , next question . So I have one here I always like to ask . I want to ask obviously you're our second guest , first in-person guest , you know is there a moment in this league that for you is either special you know it stands out or just some moment that you feel that other people would , you know , appreciate ? We would love to hear it from you .
Speaker 3There's a lot of good moments . So many Winters , how could you ask , dude , so I could think of , like the Combine Games with Derek and David Carthouse . That was phenomenal , larry falling on the 40 yard dash yes , sir , picking on you . Taco Bell Deliver . Oh yeah , this was before Door Dash and Grubhub . Yeah , this was True right , yeah , we had Mexican pizzas by the tens .
Speaker 1Cinnabon Delights by the dozens . Bro , bro yeah .
Speaker 3Bebritos tacos soft tacos chicken Like dude . The menu was delivered . Yeah , and we were all in the jacuzzi and it was brought to the jacuzzi .
Speaker 1It was , it was , it was , and I think that was necessary because I think we needed additional Taco Bell , because I think the amount of dickies we got we were it was short .
Speaker 3It was short . Yeah , it was short , it was short . It's been short From what I understand , and I think the reason that's been short yeah , it's the same reason . His whole fantasy football seasons have been short . Wow , but things might change this year . I feel like there's , I feel like there is a I'm talking about an implosion , I'm not sure .
Speaker 1A chip on your shoulder a little bit less . I feel like there's a little , a little animosity to a few individuals in this league , which for me I love . I mean it just makes for great podcasting , so I really appreciate it .
Speaker 3Sometimes people don't want to see you win , nick , that is true , and it's just , that's their purpose in life and it's okay . But we have to keep winning , we do .
Speaker 1We absolutely do .
Speaker 3They have to chase something .
Speaker 1Yeah , absolutely .
Speaker 3Absolutely . Unfortunately , some chasing never arrive .
Speaker 1They just keep chasing .
Speaker 3Just keep hitting jaws over fences , that's all they do .
Speaker 1So good , so good . So let's , let's just quickly touch and then , and then we have a cool kind of discussion coming up . So I want to , I want to talk about , kind of like , your current status of your season . You know , just just give our listeners and ourselves a little bit of insight as to you know where you think you've gone right , where you think you've gone wrong and what your kind of expectations are for their remainder league Cause . Currently your record you sit at ninth , ninth and your overall record is I believe I'm like a four or five .
Speaker 1You are two , two and four . You're two and four , oh oh record . Yes record .
Speaker 3I'm thinking overall , since we've started the Genesis .
Speaker 1Oh , no , no , no , no , no . I'm saying I want , want you . So so tell , tell our listeners where , where you're at this this season . We know you're two and four , but give us some insight , like you know , based on , like your draft , some pickups , trades when do you think you're headed and why ?
Fantasy Football Trading and Budgeting
Speaker 3So I did something different this year . I put all my eggs in a basket , okay , and so normally , traditionally , I think . Actually you , cheese king , then did a phenomenal job , maybe drafting a little bit more for depth than for excitement .
Speaker 1Okay .
Speaker 3Right , I went for the exciting Bijan .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 3Bijan .
Speaker 1Yeah , mr .
Speaker 3Yeah , bijan on the beat . Not so much it's , it's , it's a bunch of 70s , 60s tracks right now , because it's going slow , it's slow , and so Barkley also was another one that I went for .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 3And I think we talked about that . I mean as far as that how much we bid on that .
Speaker 1That team has taken a turn from last year , that , that whole team and Barkley , right . I mean yeah , yeah .
Speaker 3I drafted Barkley with the hopes of continuing from what was started in the back half of the season .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 3I don't know what happened . Did he coach of the year ? I feel like the the offensive line went into like a Super Mario warp and they're in a whole different world .
Speaker 1They are .
Speaker 3It's bad , barkley , still in reality . Oh it's bad , good Lord , well you had .
Speaker 2Who was it ? Justin Justin Pugh . I think it started at left guard . When it's left tackle . Yeah , and announcing him on Monday night game or Sunday night game . He said he was straight from the couch .
Speaker 1When he was announcing his college . That's right Did , did Brian ? Is it Droball or ?
Speaker 2D-Doball , yeah , d-doball , d-doball .
Speaker 1D-Doball . Was he the coach of the year last year ? Yeah , well , no , or he ?
Speaker 3he was a candidate . He was just a candidate for someone that did a lot of work , because they turned that offense around .
Speaker 1Yup Barkley had a phenomenon like Daniel Jones looked like an NFL starting QQB and now Daniel Jones is getting banned and now , like Danny Dimes , is just not throwing dimes .
Speaker 3Danny Nichols , it's a d A bunch of Nichols all over the damn floor .
Speaker 1Oh my gosh , that's so good , I love it . So so you're sitting at two and four . What hopes do you have to to Fendis season ? What , what ? What are you hoping is gonna kind of turn it around ?
Speaker 3Listen , man . At the end of the day , I do know that you have to make moves .
Speaker 1You do .
Speaker 3Something we're ridiculed for .
Speaker 1We are , yeah , yeah , yeah , we are . There's people out there , yeah .
Speaker 3That do not like what we do .
Speaker 1No , we , we , I don't .
Speaker 3But we don't , we're not satisfied sometimes . We , we're okay to let go . Yeah , we are . We're okay to move on . We are , and we're okay to do what it takes . That's the win , championships . That's what champs do right . That's what champs do right . Yeah , can we get a champ's cheer on that one yeah , we absolutely can .
Speaker 1Yeah , champs , cheer , champs cheer .
Speaker 2Yeah , we're here , let's get another one . I I can't have too many champs . Cheers .
Speaker 1No , no , we can't . I think that , if I'm not mistaken , we have a segment coming up that's gonna let you kind of expand upon that , that topic about kind of the clap back against trades and everything , right , yeah , so I'm I'm definitely excited to hear kind of like your take on that . I , I can't wait . So so you're making some moves to turn your season around , right ? So you know you're doing four . You gotta get back in that . You're trying to be Kobe Jordan , all that stuff . So do you , do you like your team where it currently stands ? You think that there's any moves that need to be made , or do you have some players that are are are ready to bust out ?
Speaker 3Are we talking trade right now ? I mean , we can turn these mics off right now and get to business , Right but , but of course right . I'm married Right , and I think we all know , and we've all been in this league long enough , that you can't marry a player .
Speaker 1No , you can't .
Speaker 3We know that we got to learn to let some things go , I think actually Rich Bone hit me up today .
Speaker 1Oh , so good Rich .
Speaker 3Bone hit me up today talking about if I'm if I'm in love with B-Jean .
Speaker 2Oh , I'm playing Rich this week . Don't , don't trade him yet , wow .
Speaker 3That's part of my trade deal to Zach this week .
Speaker 1I love it Before Sunday , so so so good .
Speaker 3You can either play against him or you can have him on your team .
Speaker 1So you heard it here . First , we expect some moves to be made . Los isn't married to anybody . He's going to do what needs to be done to get his team back to the ship . I love it . I love it All right , perfect . Well , los .
Speaker 1So what we're going to do is we've got our guest discussion coming up . So the next topic we're going to talk about league evolution . All right . So next up , we've got our league evolution discussion brought to you by Good Game Pod on Instagram . So in this discussion , we're going to get our guest take as well as we'll give our own on possible changes in the upcoming season that could possibly elevate this league , or any other league for that matter .
Speaker 1Okay , so this week's topic is going to be two parts . One is going to be including fab dollars in trades . The other part is going to be carrying over any leftover budget from our auction draft over into fab . So just to give our listeners a little bit of a context , you know again , we've mentioned before we run an auction league . Everybody starts with a $200 budget . That's how you build your team . Every once in a while , you'll finish a draft , fill your team and still have money essentially left in the bank . Okay . So one of the topics is should you you don't want to do that , you don't want to do that Should you carry ? If you have a $200 budget , you fill your team . You have $9 left . One topic is you transfer that $9 over into your fab budget . You now start the league with $109 in fab .
Speaker 3Okay , so now that turns it into you , draft it really well .
Speaker 1Exactly . If you got the team you want , you still got $9 to add . Value .
Speaker 3You did a really good job Value . That's where that A plus on the draft grade kicks in .
Speaker 1It does , maybe . So then it also has . The next step is including fab and trade . So in Yahoo it is possible to go in there and manually adjust your fab bids , meaning the commissioner could go in . If you have $9 leftover draft , you can start that team with $109 in fab . And again , if there's a trade loss , you want Brandon Iook , I want Mark Andrews , and I feel that Mark Andrews , you know , has less valuable than Brandon Iook . So I'm going to say , look , I'll even throw on an additional 10 bucks of fab in that trade , right , it adds another element to that trade .
Speaker 1Fob sounds better , fob . Wait , what did I say ? Fab Fab , fab , fob , fob sounds . Yeah , fob does sound better . Now , this also brings up the idea too , right , let's say , you've drafted well , your team stacked right , your team so stacked that you have players that like I just don't know that I'm going to start this person . They're low , double digits , but they're just going to sit on my bench . Hey , lois , you're short on that , I'll sell you this player for $15 , right . And so it opens up that free agent market in a way . I want to get your thoughts . I think I know where you're going to go with this and I think we're on the same page , but I think that adds like just another excitement , you know , another element to our league , to kind of spice things up .
Speaker 3Of course we do , yeah . And for the guys that make trades in this league , they got the balls to do it . Yeah , yeah , of course we do so . $5 is huge . So , yes , should we allow it ? Absolutely .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 3Helps having owners who blow their wads .
Speaker 1Yeah , absolutely , three week three on a , on a , on like a mr Ford , yeah , yeah , yeah , that's a big deal , yeah and you want to get back in the mix .
Speaker 3Guess what trade for it ? Yeah , absolutely , that's the way I look at it . But sometimes you hit the panic mode and Gives you this also gives you a chance to just free up . Yeah right , yeah , it does , it does . I've heard the term re up . Hey , it's a second chance . We can , we can allow that a little bit of that in the league , yep , and then it also Just helps put dollars back in your bank .
Speaker 1It does right , it does nice .
Speaker 3I mean it's nice . Sometimes it only takes five bucks to buy a player you want .
Speaker 1Yeah , it does , I could trade for that five bucks .
Speaker 3I'd love to do that when I don't . I don't need five receivers on my back , exactly , exactly . I think that's what we're trying .
Speaker 1I think it just goes into the overall general Management side of your team . Right , like you make moves , I mean obviously not making moves for the the future , but the future of your season , right ?
Speaker 2Yeah , no , I think , just trying to . I mean , when you have the conversations with somebody , you're always trying to get that little bit extra , trying to squeeze anything you can out of somebody . If you add these you know , the five dollars into trades , then guys . It does can I get five dollars , five on top of that and , just you know , trying to squeeze it out anything you can on it .
Speaker 1It does , I know , I think I think the only added element you need is you , you probably . We currently have two commissioners , right , they each have specific responsibilities throughout the season draft day . It seems like three cents . I think what you would need to do is , like , add somebody , not another commissioner , but somebody that helps monitor and handle these like transactions , because I wouldn't not want to do it , because it's too much work . Right , it's very easy to do . Someone just has to manually do it . But I , I think it'd be great , man . I think I think Adding you know , I think they go hand in hand carry over anything left over From your draft , I mean , even if it's two bucks , to like 12 bucks , like it , you know , makes a lot of sense . And then being able to clue , include that , in fact I fat , being able to include fob in trades , I think just kind of spices it up a little bit , adds a little extra makes it exciting .
Speaker 3Yeah , it makes it exciting . Yeah , like I said , sometimes you're all . You look at your bench , you look at what you have to offer to some of these guys . Yeah , you know what you want . Do you see him ? Or sitting on somebody else's roster ? They're not using them , but you don't have enough to give yeah . Yeah , but you have a bunch of dollars sitting in the fob .
Speaker 1That right , yeah .
Speaker 3Why should you not be able ?
Speaker 1to . I mean , look , here's the thing . Like you know , a lot of us We've we've been married a long time . You know we love our wives . Every once in a while you gotta spice things up a little bit .
Speaker 3You throw a little role play in there , you throw a little like whatever it is , I would always say same lasagna , I mean , I mean , that's five wives later , you , you , you have the same lasagna .
Speaker 1You just throw some different ingredients on top of it just to kind of be like , just to kind of , you know , you call the other person by a different name , whatever it is . It's just you're trying to spice up the relationship a little bit , right , and so that's what I think this thing does I'm super excited for . I can't wait to submit these suggestions to Justin Right at at the end of the year , so that way we can present it to the league and then we can vote on it and hopefully like , like , we , we just need seven , right , that's all we need . I think we got three here , so it's basically up to us to essentially lobby those other four . And and we know who to go after , right , it's not mr Mosul , no , it's not Larry , no , who else is not , I think , ridges the candidate to prove it .
Speaker 2I think we can count on If you want to come on the podcast , you're gonna vote for it .
Speaker 1Yeah , exactly , it's an ultimatum .
Speaker 3We wonka golden ticket , baby .
Speaker 1We are adding it to our waiver . We're gonna add this to our waiver .
Speaker 3Well , I just signed that . Apparently , I just gave away my entire bacon .
Speaker 1Exactly , I don't have much there exactly , and , uh , zach , we , we are absolutely counting on you to can convert your dad over to this , because that should be an easy one iPhones only yeah , I phones only , I phones only if you have a data plan and it's not an iPhone data plan . You're not . You're not the league .
Speaker 3Do you know how the line ?
Speaker 1up . Well , I love it . No , I I'm Excited to present this to the league . I can't wait to see how this league is going to vote . I think it's gonna add a Little bit of excitement to it . Excited , we got to talk about it , all right . So now on to our next segment . All right , lowe , so this is your moment of rebuttal , brought to you by couples golf club . So we're gonna give you a few minutes to review anything that's been said about you in our group chat or podcast , give you the opportunity to present any other issues you need to get off your chest . Quite frankly , we're looking for just additional bulletin board material for episode five . So , lowe's , you got a few minutes . Let's , you know , just just get some stuff off your chest .
Speaker 3Steve , bro , are you done ? Good , look , how long did his segment take , like five days , fuck ,
Sunday Soldiers Top 12 Meltdowns
Speaker 3listen . I know I wasn't gonna say bad words today because I promised my kids , but , steve , don't do that again . Okay , all right , we got shit to do , I got a bit . You have a business . I'm trying to run for you , man , and I can't do it when I have to take Church out of my life just to listen to your segment . Good Lord , Wow .
Speaker 3Listen , it's just funny . I think it's funny that there's soldiers out there that , with no championship trophies sitting on their shelf , they have the audacity to ridicule or blow the whistle on every freaking trade I've made in this league . Now , nick , I think you could maybe Understand how this feels a little absolutely right , especially mine . There's six other champions in this league that knows how to do it .
Speaker 3Yep right , we can say that half this league has one Right , me being one of them . These individuals may be even one specifically Should be taking notes . Okay , come to think of it , it seems this season this someone has taken some great notes . Okay , uh , taking notes like Steve took notes off the picture he took over Mosul's shoulder Wow of his draft day strategy Right before the draft . Yikes , yeah , I think Mike went silent in the dark for like six months after that . I will say that Might be the case . Let's just say that this individual normally never found it found themselves at the top of the ranks . That's true . Actually , zack , if I remember correctly you mentioned it in a previous episode you normally find them in a seventh spot all the time .
Speaker 2I might not hear talking about now , mr Jets , is it ?
Speaker 1looking , jeff Fisher , oh .
Speaker 3There you go . Now we're . Now we're clicking , yes , jaws and fences . Wow , yes , I make moves , I Do things , I win . You don't ? I Don't care where you sit right now on the ranks . I'd rather lose , empire , than see you win a championship right now . I'd rather make sure you were the last one to win in our league . I hope you win the trophy for winning the trophy last . Okay , anyways , I'm always trying to improve my team and this league . It takes a lot to trade . You have to trade or die all the way to survive sometimes . But again , there's a few of those individuals that understand that and I think you , nick , you understand that as a champion , that you understand that as a champion , we know what it takes . I've done it twice . Larry , just calling you out gently snow-white in the seven dwarfs , baby , come get it , I'm gonna come , I'm out , coming after you . Man , I Don't care where I sit night , it ain't gonna be seventh , that's what I'm telling you right now , so um Again yeah .
Speaker 3I don't know where I'm going with this , yeah , but I'm obviously on . I'm in a . I have a contract right now . Yeah and it's name is John Wick . After his ass and his ass , his name Larry jaws and fences Mike .
Speaker 2Mike .
Speaker 3Larry , I Love you . Don't , i'ma get your ass .
Speaker 1Oh , so good , so good . Loss , another great moment of rebuttal brought to you by a couple's golf club so excited , all right low . So while we still have you on , we'd like you to stay for this next segment called Sunday soldier top 12 countdown . Each episode we picked it , we pick a topic that relates to Sunday soldiers and we rank them from at least to greatest . This week we'll be talking about a one-micro mozo in his top 12 meltdowns . So so good . So I mean it was actually tough to boil it down to 12 .
Speaker 3The fact that you could bring it to 12 is amazing .
Speaker 1It is so for those of you who don't know Mike , also known as Mosvet , this guy can go from zero to meltdown faster than anyone I've ever met , and it's done so on many occasions throughout the existence of this league . So we thought why not rank those meltdowns ? So here we go , the top 12 meltdowns of one , mike Mosul .
Mozvette Meltdown Edition
Speaker 1All right , so here is the Mike Mosvet Mosul meltdown edition , starting with number 12 . So number 12 on the list is hearing this top 12 countdown . I think we're all convinced that he might press pause on this episode and Just take a moment .
Speaker 1Heard that right , exactly Coming in at number 11 . I really love this because my intention behind it was to have him listen to this on the car ride over to our golf tournament .
Speaker 1So coming to number 11 is hearing the fusion energy as a sponsor on episode one and shutting the podcast off . So in episode one it took Mosul a couple weeks to get through episode one because as soon as he heard that we were sponsored by Fusion Energy , it sent Mosul over the edge . I it might have taken him three weeks to get through episode one . Coming in at number 10 on the Mike Mosvet Mosul meltdown edition , every time Mike gets bit up on draft day it's he takes it personal . That's every year . That's every year , that's every year .
Speaker 2I was gonna say it's not one specific time . He probably takes medication .
Speaker 1Coming in at number nine is Is the putter throw after the loss ? During the put off you saw this .
Speaker 3I didn't .
Speaker 1Oh , it was , it was great . So we had a golf tournament . It came down to a put off . We finished tied . We basically completed it like a soccer shoot shoot out right . We all had a chance . There was like a like a 15 foot , a 10 foot and like a five . We , we won . And when I say we , I mean you and me los , for Tigers would , and , as we are , are celebrating .
Speaker 1Tigers would yes , of all Tigers would rich bone 007 plus one , oh , oh yeah , absolutely , as as we're celebrating , mosul goes back over to the putting green at the five foot distance because he didn't make it and while we're all Nobody's paying attention , he sinks the putt and he's like , of course I did , and then throws his putter up over his head . So that comes in at number nine . Coming in at number eight and the Mosul meltdown edition is champ squad loses to Tigers would in 2023 , and I believe the words out of Mike's mouth is I think champ squads no more . It's time to shake up this team .
Speaker 3What you can't be called champ squad when you're not the champ right .
Speaker 1I don't understand how that name works .
Speaker 2This one's something tough to comment on , because I'm part of that champ squad .
Speaker 1No doubt , and I had to write home with Mosul on that . That's the quietest . I can think I've ever seen him be so Coming in at number seven in the Mosul mount actually I think that led to that night's kid rock incident .
Speaker 3Was that ?
Speaker 1that night .
Speaker 3That was the same .
Speaker 1Oh , foreshadowing , here we go . So , coming in at number seven , we have Hounds of Hell , hounds of Hell . So it was draft day 2023 , the commissioner Gadel right . His dogs , his dogs , ate Mike's brand new hermitage golf hat and his new Oakley glasses . Now I have to say that , like Steve , I have Michelle both reminded everybody multiple , multiple , multiple times they eat everything . They eat everything . Don't leave anything out . So what does Mr Mosul do ? Leaves his brand new hat and brand new glasses out .
Speaker 3He left it on the table thinking they're not the same height as the table .
Speaker 1And what are the ?
Speaker 2Hounds of Hell do yeah , and I think they had a second hat at one point , and he's lucky that somebody grabbed it for him .
Speaker 1He's so mad , so so mad , coming in at number six . I didn't witness this , but my plus one did and she told me about it . Is Mosul not getting his breakfast burrito in the proper , in the proper order that it was ordered ?
Speaker 3It's almost like a service etiquette . Yeah , exactly , he was disappointed with the service etiquette .
Speaker 1He ordered burrito number three and got burrito number four , maybe nine , it was nine , maybe nine and he acted like nine .
Speaker 1He acted like nine . That's a fair point . He might have got it five , but he acted like nine . He was burrito four or five . Acted like he had waited all day . Three , nine and let the server know it Coming in at number five . This was one that you could slide up further . We all remember this , not realizing that Vance McDonald was already off the draft board . So draft a couple of years ago . It's Mosul's turn to draft . He throws out one of his fellow Pittsburgh Steelers right , he's a fan , he is a fan and he says I'd like to throw Vance McDonald out for $2 . He gone , he gone . What ?
Speaker 3What Complete meltdown . He thought we were joking , yeah .
Speaker 1No , he gone . Complete meltdown for the rest of the draft .
Speaker 3Yeah , no , he gone forever .
Speaker 1Yeah , yeah , yeah yeah , and it wasn't like we're talking about some top five running back . Top five , it was Vance McDonald .
Speaker 2We probably saved Mosul and his tight ends by taking him early .
Speaker 3Yeah , he was probably like 10 , 25 . Top 25 .
Speaker 1Exactly Coming in at number four in the Mosul Meltdown edition is the shirt removal in a cash game during draft weekend . If I'm remembering this correctly , I think he shoved all in , or he bet someone , put all their chips in and he's like you know what you want to , just take it all and just took his shirt off and threw it on the table .
Speaker 2His car keys , everything His car keys .
Speaker 3Hey , but as old as he is .
Speaker 1Yeah .
Speaker 3He's got a good body bro . Hey , mike , you look good dog .
Speaker 1Sounds like another top 12 countdown right . Top 12 Sunday Soldier bodies .
Speaker 3I love it . Yeah , that's going to be good . Hey , Pazinka , get ready .
Speaker 1So , coming in at number three , in the Mike Mosul Meltdown edition , we've got a this is near and dear to me a controversial beer pong match . That happened in 2011 . This was my first year , so there is a beer pong match that is going on outside . It's me and a former member and it's Steve and Mosul , which is funny because Mosul would not be paired with anybody else , which reminds me of some golf clubs on a golf cart . That might have happened , but anyway , it was Mosul and Steve because they always play beer pong together , so they always have to play beer pong together . You just can't mess with that alignment , right ?
Speaker 3And it was a big deal , it gets weird , it gets weird .
Speaker 1So anyway , there was a controversial rule and that came to beer pong , where we would kind of , you know , throw our hands over the cups , but you couldn't touch the ball because it was a penalty , but you could distract him and throw your hands over the cups . He hated that . He hated it , and so at one point I threw it . Oh , I think I threw it and hit his hand . He got super like ticked off and ended up just swiping all the beer , all the beer cups , off the table onto the floor . Almost a brawl .
Speaker 2Classic meltdown , classic meltdown classic , Sounds like one of these moments that would be number one for most other people .
Speaker 1Yes , yes , but coming in at number two , we have Meltdown in Club Kid Rock in Tennessee .
Speaker 3Can I explain a little bit on this ?
Speaker 1Yes , please .
Speaker 3Listen , I've known Mike for a long time . He couldn't put his hands on her as much as he wanted to because they weren't champ squad anymore .
Speaker 1He had to listen to this guy oh , this was the day they lost .
Speaker 3That's the day they lost .
Speaker 1This is the day they just became squad . Squad , it's just squad .
Speaker 3We're squad , we're squad and so squad . He looks to this guy and says what the F are you looking at , bro ?
Speaker 2listen .
Speaker 3I've watched horror movies a bunch of times and the demon I saw coming out of this guy that night . Bro , I don't want to go to that show .
Speaker 1Yep .
Speaker 3I don't want to see that movie . Wow , wow , it was tough . I had to pull him out , you did .
Speaker 1We had to walk it out , you did have to walk it out , because we had to find you guys , I had to walk it out . Nobody was aware that this was happening until I was like hey , just so you know , we had to leave Now , just just like . This is number two right ?
Speaker 2This is number two no , we're not even in that one .
Speaker 1So number one on the list of the Mike Mosvett Mosul meltdowns is Mr Commissioner himself , steve taking pictures of Mosul's draft sheet . I don't know that I've ever seen Mosul more bent . Now , watching this , I don't think Steve was really gonna like Steve's not gonna like use this to his advantage . He just did it to tilt Mike . But , oh my gosh , did it tilt .
Speaker 3Mike . He was trying to get to the top spot of the gator Before he knew there was a red warrant . That was a red warrant .
Speaker 2I think this was obviously number one by far , and it was not just a one day thing . This dragged on for months . A box tilted . The meltdown was Actually , isn't Mike ?
Speaker 3Ragsdale's grandfather . The kids Wait , what Isn't Mike Mosul the granddad ? Isn't he the godfather , godfather ?
Speaker 1The godfather , the godfather , whatever , whatever I had to decipher this Al Pacino of the family . Al Pacino of the family .
Speaker 3Well , first of all , now that I know who Mike is , after that night he's like Scarface to me .
Speaker 1He is Scarface . Well , that is our Sunday Soldier top 12 countdown the Mike Mosvett Mosul meltdown edition . We were excited to bring you some insight into an individual that can go zero to 60 faster than anyone I've ever met . Now on to the week five through six review . All right , so here is the week five through six review . So , zach , why don't you take us through our current standings ?
Speaker 2Yeah , we've got three guys sitting at the top Ridgebone 44 , magnum and Jaws and Fences at five and one . We got Dizzle sitting right behind him at four and two , bazinga myself , cheese Kingdom , tenderedit , jmfr at three and three . Losin found Mosvett sitting at two and four , old man Flash at one and five , and then Netflix and Chill at zero and six .
Speaker 1Yours truly , at zero and six . So obviously we've got some strong contenders up top . Ridgebone 44 , magnum Jaws and Fences Rosters are very , very deep .
Fantasy Football Playoff Format and Injuries
Speaker 1Now for those of you who don't know or don't remember right , in our league we've got 12 teams , six teams to make it to the playoffs . But one caveat that we've added this year is top five make it based on record , right , and the remaining seven teams can make it in based on total amount of point score . So top point score for the year . So , zach , what our production team was able to do is go back and add up , just kind of see where everybody's at . So currently the bottom seven teams . If the playoffs started today , you would make the playoffs .
Speaker 1I think you're actually in sixth by record , but you have it based on points . You're leading to your three and three right , yep , and you're the leading point score in the bottom seven at seven , 18 . Tendered , it is number two at seven . Oh , six . Old man Flash six , 89 . Losin found six , 85 . Now I could go through all of these , but the records vary , right . So the records vary based on number three and three . Some are two and four , one and five . I'm on six . But to give you an idea on why we've made this move to the final spot being based on points is , though I'm on six and severely struggling . I'm only about 83 points away from that final playoff spot .
Speaker 2Right , I mean you're still in it . Like we said , you're never out of it , regardless of record .
Speaker 1Yeah , and so it's one of those things like we're gonna talk about some trades that were made this week , right . It's one of those things that factors in to how you manage a team at oh and six when you're within a couple of weeks of a few players kind of going off right , and so it allows you to manage your team a little bit differently . You obviously don't want that last place trophy , but there's still a chance to get in there , and so that's kind of currently where we stand . Now We've had a lot of injuries these last few weeks right .
Speaker 2It's been on top of injuries the bi-week starting . It's just been brutal the last couple of weeks .
Speaker 1It's been severe . So we've had James Connor go out . He went on IR . Justin Jefferson , he went on IR . Devon Achen went on IR . Now , these three players were all playing extremely well , right , extremely well , all going on the minimum four week IR spot . Just recently this week we've had Christian McCaffrey who I think , avoided a major injury with just a little bit of a strain for all his Niner fans out there . Thank God . Justin Fields , I think he avoided . I think he's about week to week right now . He dislocated his Kyren Williams .
Speaker 2Yeah , I think they said today is probably gonna be a three week absence now .
Speaker 1Is it ?
Speaker 2really Out through the bias . So week 11 is when they're expecting him back .
Speaker 1Wow , which Kyren Williams , huge contributor to a rich bone at five and one right . And I would even say 44 Magnum . Devon Achen was a huge contributor but 44 Magnum does have the entire Miami Dolphins backfield , so I think he's gonna be all right . He has them all right , all of them . Now we had some trades that went down during week five right . So I kinda wanna run through those because one of them ties into one of the injuries , right . So one of the first trades that was made was we had between Mosvet . I think this was a contender to be on a top 12 Meltem .
Speaker 2Was this Mosvet's first trade ever ?
Speaker 1He said it was a second . It's the first one I've ever been a part of , but the trade was Cheese .
Speaker 3Kingdom , which is why you could see that it's shitty .
Speaker 1Yeah , so first the move was from Cheese Kingdom and Mosvet . So , Zach , you traded James Conner and Michael Gallup for Calvin Ridley right .
Speaker 2Yeah , I needed receiver help . Yeah , and obviously having Lawrence kind of pairing with Ridley had a couple of and you were deeper running back . Deeper running back had a couple on the bench .
Speaker 1Kamara . Just came back , you had David Mott Riz Hall .
Speaker 2Montgomery Riz Hall , rashad White . Like I had enough that I could give rid of one for a receiver Now this was a great move by Zach .
Speaker 1Me and Zach were also talking trade as well , cause that's what champs do , right ?
Speaker 3Lois , so champs do .
Speaker 1And so we were talking about this . I think I was talking about Montgomery Conner or Riz Hall , and I think you specifically said dude , I don't wanna let go of Riz Hall , cause I think he's about to go off .
Speaker 2I knew he was breaking out and he has the last two weeks the last two weeks that guy has broken out .
Speaker 1So this trade goes down , sunday happens , Conner goes out .
Speaker 2It might be the last trade Mosul makes .
Speaker 1It might be the last trade that Mosul makes . This was , this might have come in in like it is true , salinified .
Speaker 3Why , mike doesn't ?
Speaker 1Doesn't trade , doesn't trade .
Speaker 3This is why he don't do it .
Speaker 1So the next trade was between Dizzle and Tendered it . So Tendered it , I believe , gave up Debo Samuel for Kurt Cousins . So Steve had multiple quarterbacks .
Speaker 2Right , he's got Cousins , he's got to .
Speaker 1Oh , that's right he could get rid of one of them . Yeah , he needed help .
Speaker 2He got great return for Kurt Cousins , a guy that just sit on his bench Cause you're not gonna put Cousins in over two .
Speaker 1Currently Now , the next trade that went down this was I'm gonna kind of explain how this ties into our current kind of bottom seven point total standings right . So the next trade that happened yours , your favorite , your target Jaws and Fences and Me Netflix and Chill . So I traded Patrick Mahomes , patty Mahomes , right , who I targeted in the draft ? I wanted Patrick Mahomes right . So I traded Mahomes and Michael Thomas and Scary Terry for Justin Fields and Isaiah Pacheco Loads . I think you have a comment on this .
Speaker 3Are you thinking about it ? This was very stupid .
Speaker 1On who Larry ?
Speaker 3Okay , because Larry's an idiot and I can't stand him , and so everything you do , larry , goes against what I'm trying to do in this league , it seems like . So I'm just interrupting and I'm putting my two cents in , so you know that I'm sick of it .
Speaker 1Sick of it . So here's the trade breakdown . Right , so I needed a running back , but I also need points . Mahomes is consistent as ever , but really wasn't getting the 30 plus games Justin Field had come off like back to back kind of monster games , me being at the time 0 and 5, . In order for me to have any shot at the playoffs I needed points . Felt like Justin Fields gives me a little bit more upside chance . Score points Plus again . Isaiah Pacheco , which I'm really high on . I think he's going to do fantastic , but made the trade excited to play this past weekend . And what happens ? Justin Fields dislocates his thumb . Now , lucky for me , I think it's going to be a week to week . Injury Doesn't sound like there's any ligament damage . It's all going to be based on kind of his ability to kind of like grip , grip a ball right , he should be back .
Speaker 2He should be back soon .
Speaker 1Lots of action , lots of action , lots of trades . We even have a few fab bids that kind of stand out . I think the only fab bid that we're going to highlight here is Mr Commissioner Dizzle Giddell . He did a $48 fab bid for Emery DeMarcato , right , and the only reason why I bring this up is I think everybody , including all the experts experts were high on this guy . Conor's out right . He comes in , fills in for Conor does quite well . They've got like 60 , 80 yards .
Speaker 2He had 100% of the touches 100% of the snaps Once Conor went out . So I think everybody kind of saw that and obviously Dizzle saw it .
Speaker 1He saw it too . So he bids $48 for Emery DeMarcato . And the only reason why I bring this up is I promised myself we will never have a lack of Bazinga Ward nominations after this last year because it was an embarrassment .
Speaker 2Here's another one .
Speaker 1I bring this up because this was Week 5's wave or wire . We just completed Week 6 this morning . Dizzle has dropped him , so Dizzle blew .
Speaker 3Wait a minute hold on hold on hold on hold on he blew .
Speaker 1How much did he bid ? He blew 48% of his fab budget on a player that he dropped a week later .
Speaker 3Uh-huh , yeah , you know what that means .
Speaker 1So that is my next official nomination for a Bazinga .
Speaker 3Ward A joke beginning with the letter B coming for you .
Speaker 1That is a nomination and I throw that in there , just not that I think it'll win , but just for the sole reason that we had a lack of nomination last year . Good enough for you to know Yep , yep , yep , yep . The only thing that I think that kind of stands out that I want to touch on , based on our iPhone chat , was your dad . Old man Flash just decided to let us know eight to a dozen times that hey , everybody , if you can't find me , here's my location and it's win-co-off of Rosedale .
Speaker 2We knew exactly where he was at .
Speaker 1Oh , we did .
Speaker 2For yeah , if I mean he was , and I called him right after he sent it and he knew right away what was going on , yeah , I think we could . He really messed up again .
Speaker 1I think we could guess what he's buying there like who knows , that could be another top 12 moment , but that's just another one of those Dean moments where he's either FaceTiming everybody sending videos that nobody understands . So that's just a review . In a nutshell . We want to thank all of our listeners . We've enjoyed this episode five . We've enjoyed our guest Losen found Los . We are so happy to have you . Los Nueve , los Nueve , you were to your first .
Speaker 3You were to your first .
Speaker 1Can't wait to bring you next episode where we will have our third guest , which will be Mr 44 Magnum Right Excited to have him on . We're going to have another top 12 Sunday Soldier moments that we're going to bring to you . We're excited to bring that as well . So we appreciate all the listeners . Before I start off , is there any final words you want to share with anybody ?
Speaker 3Yes , thank you . First of all . Thank you , nick , thank you , zach , netbooks and Chill . King Chiefs , kingdom , that's what they are also known as . Honorable mention .
Speaker 3Michelle , as mentioned in prior episodes , I and we are grateful for all of your support this year . It was so good to wake up on draft day like it was Christmas , just to see how you would like , how you would set up the whole place . Commission , or Steve Goodell , I believe that's your name . I love you , bro . Yeah , handing the link to you again was the best decision I've ever made .
Speaker 3But let me tell you something , guys , steve Chiefs , which is why he never keeps score If you guys watch , if you guys keep really close eye , he never keeps score . He will never Even the icing . What was the icing that we just did ? Curling , oh , curling . He even cheated in curling . I don't even know how , but somehow he cheated in curling . But also let me tell you guys something , netbooks and Chill , I want you guys to know that thank you for continuing to evolve
Competitive Spirit in Our League
Speaker 3. Our league Like this is the kind of stuff that makes our league better . It's . And again for you listeners out there , we're not good at this . This isn't what we do . This isn't what we're born to do . This is just what happens when you get a group of guys that know nothing but competition . They don't know anything other than winning . Winning is in every single one of our DNA , whether you want a trophy or not , charles .
Speaker 1I know it's in your DNA somewhere in there .
Speaker 3I know you want to win . Larry , it'll happen . You might be last .
Speaker 1I love it . I love it . Thank you , loose . It has been a joy . It's been one of the funnest episodes I've ever done . We thank you all for listening to all our listeners out there .
Speaker 2Have a great game everybody .
