Jan. 12, 2026

NFL Season & Hobby Recap Hobby Quick Hits E220

NFL Season & Hobby Recap Hobby Quick Hits E220

The 2025 NFL regular season is in the books.   Let's talk about some of the offensive players and the hobby impacts of this season and looking forward as well.  


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Hobby Quick Hits, delivering that breaking hobby news.

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You want to know those.

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Josh card shafts. You've got your cover here, John new Name.

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Hello everyone, Welcome to another edition of Hobby Quick Hits.

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And this episode is going to be about, you know,

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the the NFL season. The regular season just wrapped up

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as we are in the playoffs now the postseason. Uh

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so I'm gonna put a little bow tie. We're going

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to talk about some of the players right, mostly on

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the offensive side in the hobby, Quarterbacks, receivers, running backs,

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kind of put a bow on the year, how the

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how their status is has changed hobby wise. You know

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what might be guys to buy. Maybe you missed the boat.

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What what guys? Maybe it's too late, right, it's their

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prices are already too high. Maybe guys that didn't have

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a great year, but I still pretend potentially believe in them,

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and maybe it's a good time to buy double whammye

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Right off season prices get lower and by low because

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they didn't have a great year, but you know they're

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they're better than they played this year, right, Or maybe

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guys you sell guys who just having had a great

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year but it was more, you know, an anomaly than

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what you would expect every year. So that's what we're

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going to talk about. Uh, you know the hobby year

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that was in the NFL. Again, keep in mind where

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we're recording this as the playoffs are are underway, so

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UFC Stadium Club Blaster Hobby and Mega. Thank you guys

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for tuning to the show and look for these new releases.

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All right, before we get into the nuts and bolts

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of it, little disclaimer, I am doing this recording before

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the first NFL postseason game is being played, so that

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won't have any bearing into the play we discussed. I

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wanted to do it before the playoffs. I may allude

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to the playoffs, but no games have been played as

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I record this, And so we'll go through some names

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here in the NFL kind of give a hobby spin

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to them the year that was. Again, so this is

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all based on you know, twenty twenty five regular season performance.

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And listen, no one is debating that the NFL is

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a quarterback driven league it is, and so we'll start there.

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But we have seen some strides from other positions, especially

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obviously on the offensive side with running backs and wide receivers. Right,

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So I'm not going to go into any any kind

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of particular or I just wrote jotted some notes down,

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just some names. I actually didn't write a lot of

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notes such football guy, so I don't need I watch

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a lot of games and follow the season, you know

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down here for Lamar Jackson and Harbaugh's out. Now, there

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was a rumor that it was, you know, one of

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them had to go, and I don't know if that's true.

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Not a great year. It seemed to be always on

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the injured list, if not injured himself. He did not

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run like his typical fashion in the four or five

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games I watched him play, including the two Steeler games.

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His accuracy was not what it was prior to this year.

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So I don't know if the injuries. He's twenty nine

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years old, you know, but if you're still a believer

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in this is kind of that age where like things

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can change for a quarterback. But I don't think he's done.

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He's got a lot of He's got some years. I

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had maybe a good opportunity to buy while the chips

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are down, if if you will. But now he's got

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a new coach whoever they hire here coming in and

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got to establish that relationship. So we'll see how that

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plays out. Talk about a couple of younger guys, right,

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Drake May and bow Knicks love Drake May and I

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was wrong on him coming out of the draft. They

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did not see this coming, did not think he would

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be this good. And he's not a system quarterback. This

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guy has arm talent, he's accurate, he can run when

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he needs to, He's legit and as cards are are

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way up there already, so that you might have that

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ship might have left the port if you want to

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really spend a lot of money on Drake May. But

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if you're a New England fan or just a Drake

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May fan, I'm a believer in him. I think he's legit.

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It's for the long haul. But we'll see, you know,

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we'll see how this postseason turns out as well. Bow

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next another guy I was wrong on. I did not

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think he'd be as good as he turned out to be.

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I can admit when I'm wrong, folks, But I think

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he's a little more Sean pay System quarterback. Then let's

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say Drake May with Mike Rabril. So I'm a little

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he's not going to be a guy that I look

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to buy a ton of his cards. Again, I'm only

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speaking for me. You may love him and think he's

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better than Drake May and be buying his stuff up.

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And I think the season Drake May had took a

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little bit of the shine off Bonnick, So it might

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be an opportunity if you're a fan of Bonnicks to

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grab some of his stuff. Let's talk about Patrick Mahomes

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finished the year in IL with torn acl and Kansas

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City did not make the playoffs. How many times do

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we say that? Not very often. It's been a while,

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you know, had a quiet year, had Rashi Rice out

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of the lineup for six games his number one target.

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I've still believe in Patrick Mahomes, But you know, in

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the six years I've done the show, I've kind of

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called him the next Brady, the closest thing. I might

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back pedal a little bit or tempered that a little bit,

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but I think there's another super Bowl too in that arm,

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And now's a great time if you feel the same way,

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Now's a great time to pick up some of his stuff.

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Probably not gonna have as bad a year as he did,

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or down a year as he did, and not making

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the playoffs, and now was an opportunity if you're a

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Mahomes guy to grab some Philip Rivers. I didn't think

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we'd be talking about Philip Rivers on this show. Let

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me let me preface that by saying we're not gonna

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talk very long. Right, you know what did the comeback

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for the few games due to his resume? I think

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it's solidified. The dude played fairly well at forty four

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years old, and you know, he's two years older than

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Aaron Rodgers. He held his own. He's not going to

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continue that career. But I think, you know, is he

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a first Battle Hall of Famer? I don't know, but

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I think he helped his lord and his legend and

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I think he gets in. And again he's not an

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expensive guy to buy some cards. If you're a Philip

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Rivers fan. Josh Allen, is this the year he wins

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the Super Bowl? It sets up for him? No, Kansas City,

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I think the you know, New England's gonna be tough.

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I think Jacksonville's gonna be tough who they play this weekend.

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You know, if he can get you know, I'll preface

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it by this. If this is the here, he wins

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the super Bowl, obviously he goes into that elite category.

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He probably already he's there now quite truth be told.

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But if they have another kind of you know, playoff,

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flame out or even an early one, you know, the

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talents there, Buffalo has got to do a better job

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getting him some receivers. That's that's somewhere. They rely too

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much on him playing hero ball and running in the legs.

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So I don't even think it's Josh Allen's fault. I

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think it's the front office. They're not getting him enough weapons.

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Shador Sanders, I don't know. I don't know. You know,

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Cleveland was probably not the best landing spot form step

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Nansky's been let go. We'll see who they bring in.

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You know, he's young, obviously, and he's got some arm talent,

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So you know, I think a lot of it's gonna

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be about who they hire and how they handle him.

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Dak Prescott had an amazing year. I know Dallas didn't

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win enough to get into the playoffs, but Dak Prescott,

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I think when we look at him, and I'm not

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a huge Dak Prescott fan, but i think when all

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is said and done and we look at his career

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when it's over, we're gonna probably be all surprised of

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the numbers he put up. And again now adding George

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Picking to that wide receiver room. Whether they keep George

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or not what remains to be seen. But you know,

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Dak Prescott's probably gonna be a Hall of Famer when

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all of the said and done. And again, he's not very

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expensive hobby. I'm gonna put Matt Stafford and Jared Goff

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on the same line here. They traded for one another

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ones in the postseason. One's not one's a little bit

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held in more regard, one's not as much. And Matt Stafford,

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even at his advanced age, was the All Pro number

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one quarterback as voted on by the NFL. So and

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the Rams are probably one of the favorites to get

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another ring. So again, Matt Stafford is his pricing in

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the hobby does not match his stats, so he's actually

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not a bad guy to buy. Sam Donald relocated to Seattle,

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played well, got them in the playoffs as well, and

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he's a by low if you think. You know, I'm

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not a huge Sam Donald fan, but that Howie played

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in Seattle has really made me rethink that that he's,

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you know, a good quarterback in the NFL. He's not elite,

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he's not great, but if Seattle makes some kind of run,

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here in the posty singing a different tone. Trevor Lawrence,

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a guy I thought was going to be better coming

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out of Clemson in the NFL, struggled. I don't think

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the Urban Meyer higher was great for him, but he

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excelled this year and became actually my Fantasy league starting

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quarterback over Lamar Jackson. And not that that has anything

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to do holiways, but look at his numbers this year.

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I think that he's starting to figure it out. He's

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got the right staff in place. They've added some weapons

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for him, uh and including j Jakobe Myers. And I

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still believe in Trevor Lawrence. I think it's just it's

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taken him a few years to get the cars started

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in and out of the garage. So we'll see uh

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Ward from from you know, Tennessee. Cam Ward, I don't know,

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I don't know. I know he had a great career

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in Miami after transferring in. You know, Tennessee's a tough

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place to make your bones as a quarterback. They're they're

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looking for a new coach. I don't know. I don't know,

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but I'm not a cam Ward guy. But I wasn't

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a bow Nickson Drake May guy either, and they turned

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out pretty good. Time will tell Caleb Williams, another young guy.

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Talk about that turnaround hiring Ben Johnson, not only in

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the standings winning the NFC, you know North, but Caleb

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Williams is a legit quarterback in the NFL, and I

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think he's got room, obviously room to improve and will

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that continue under Ben Johnson. I don't think he's a

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by low candidate because this stuff's not real cheap, but someone,

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you know, if you believe like the ceilings not reached,

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which I don't think it has, maybe not a bad

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idea to pick up some of his stuff. All Right,

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we spent a lot of time on the on the quarterbacks.

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Let's go to wide receivers next. Again. I'm gonna go

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through just little one line about each of these guys.

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Who's the best wide receiver in football? I think the

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debate is down to two people now and it's not

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justin Jefferson or Jamar Chase, not that they're bad. I

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think they're in the mix obviously as well, both of

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those LSU quarterbacks. But we've seen Jefferson struggle this year

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because of the lack of quarterback talent on that team

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being Brosner and JJ McCarty does not look like a

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legit NFL quarterback. So who are the two that are

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fighting for that number one best overall wide receiver in

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the NFL Jackson Smith and Jigba and Puka Nokia. And

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you can't go wrong with either, you know. The one

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thing you got going for you hobby wise with them too,

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is you know, receivers don't always bring as much money

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as quarterbacks, and these two guys look like they're gonna

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be legit. They're not flashes in the pan. I think

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they're being legit number ones for the long haul. So

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I don't think he go wrong either. Play some other guys,

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Trey McBride, brock Bowers their tight ends, but they play

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like wide receivers. And anytime you get a tight end

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that plays like a wide receiver, you know you're Tony

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Gonzalez' George Kittle and even in his prime. Those sort

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of guys Antonio Gates back in the day. These guys

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have transcended the tight end position to another level. It's

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already was transcended from prior players. But McBride and Bowers,

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and I'm a huge I know he didn't have a

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great year. He got nicked up and then sat down

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to save his health. But I'm a believed, big believer

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in Bowers. If they can get a decent quarterback, Geno Smith,

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ain't it. He's gonna be legit. And Trey McBride just

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broke some tight end records, so you won't go wrong

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with either. Or George Pickens if you think the change

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of scenery and if Dallas keeps him, you know, I

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think it did wonders for him. But can he maintain

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that sort of work ethic for the long haul. He's

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he's sort of risky buy for me. Believe me. I

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saw plenty of them in Pittsburgh. We missed him this year,

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like him or not. We missed his production in the

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Steelers' locker room. And talk about a resurgent right Chris

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o'lave in New Orleans who didn't have like great quarterbacks.

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But you know, a lot of people were shoving dirt

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on him, and he came back this year. Uh, you know,

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not young, but not super old. He's somewhere in that between.

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It's it's i'll be interesting to see what he did.

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So there's some of the guys in the wide receiver

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category hobby wise to think about take a look at.

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Let's go to the running back position and we'll close

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out the show with them. Christian McCaffrey a lot of

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wearing their tires, but had an incredible, potentially MVP year

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this year. But you know, how much longer can he

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do it? He's not a spring chicken, but definitely looking

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like he will be in the NFL Hall of Fame

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when his career is said and done. Still fairly be

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still fairly be fairly reasonably priced to pick some of

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his stuff up. A guy I really like, he's kind

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of he kind of petered out a little bit towards

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the end of the year after a pretty good start.

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Jonathan Taylor from the Colts. They still believe in him still,

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I think he's one of the best backs in the NFL.

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Derrick Henry's the first ballot Hall of Famer. At what

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point does he like have a bad year, you know,

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kind of struggled a little bit at the end of

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the season, but still had a great overall year. I

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think he'll start to be on the downturn, but you

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know how cards go up when someone makes the Hall.

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He's he's gonna make the Hall, So might be an

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idea to, you know, put some of his stuff away.

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James Cook fast becoming one of the better backs in

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the NFL. And you know, imagine what kind of numbers

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he'd have if if Josh Allen didn't run the ball

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as much as he did. Either, He's taking some of

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those carries in yards away and still still putting up

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guardy numbers. So worth the money he kind of renegotiated

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for and set out a little bit for maybe arguably

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the best back in the NFL, not James Cook, but

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b John Robinson from Atlanta be interesting if he was

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on a different team. But he can catch the ball,

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and you know, sometimes they'll have a quiet day toting

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the ball and then have you know, seven eight catches

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for seventy eighty ninety yards. He's a multi threat and

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you know, arguably one of the top picks in fantasy

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league drafts and just a great dynamic player. And Ashton

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Genty he was hot and cold, but listen, he was

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on the Raiders. Let's give him a pass for that.

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That train wreck of a team. Pete Carroll's out, Chip

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Kelly got fired during the year. Let's see who they

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bring in. I still believe in Ashton Genty. I think

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he is a worthy of that number six pick. They

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just got to get the right pieces in place there.

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They got a good nucleus there with the Raiders and

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with him and Bowers. They just got to get a

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QB and some decent coaches. Trayvon talk about the two

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Ohio State guys, Trayvon Henderson, quin Shawn Jenkins. Unfortunately, Quinchawn

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series leg injury to end his season. I think that's

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gonna be tough to come back from. So if you're

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more of a believer than me, now's the time to

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buy because his cards won't be much lower than they

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are right now. Trevor and Henderson. He's a game breaker.

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He can take it to the house on one carry.

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I'd like to see more consistency from him. Then we

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saw like he'll have a huge game and then sort of,

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you know, become Joe average but the talent is obviously there, right,

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you don't have those huge games by accident. I think

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he's he's a game breaker type. Jamar Gibbs again, one

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of the top running backs in the league. Didn't have

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a great Jamar Gibbs, you know, but even his good

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Jamar Gibbs year is better than most backs. So love

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him in Detroit. Again, not a bad guy to kind

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of stock up on in perchain. Let's talk about the

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veteran in the room a lot with Derrick Henry, right,

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Saquon Barkley. Not a great year for Saquon as far

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as how you measure it up to Saquon, but a

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lot of other running backs would love the numbers that

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he had. But again, he's another guy like McCaffrey's starting

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to be somewhere on the tire, some tread on the

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tires winding down. So probably a couple of years now

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with Barkley and Christian McCaffrey, Derrick Henry, maybe even a

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year or two less, but they're all three of them

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look like they're gonna be first battle Hall of Famers.

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So that being said, maybe, as we know, running backs

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don't it probably bring as much money as they should,

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but good opportunity. Maybe grab some rookie cards at those guys,

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autograph cards at those guys, and put them away and

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wait for Canton the come calling. So hopefully I didn't

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leave anybody out. I tried to encompass as many and

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keep the content at a consumable amount of time. So

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we do these, you know, we try to do these

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year kind of the wrap up the season that was.

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I'll finish with this. The Steelers, you know, snuck their

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way into the playoffs thanks to a miss field goal.

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I don't expect them to last too long. I'm a realist.

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But if your team's in the playoffs, or even if

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your team's not in the playoffs, enjoy the postseason. Football

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is awesome to watch, whether it's your team or not

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your team, And so we'll close on that. Enjoy the playoffs,

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Enjoy the super Bowl. We'll see you soon.