Our next speaker is along the lines of outreach, how to get the message of critical thinking out to those that perhaps haven't absorbed it or even been exposed to it. Jeffrey Westin comes to us from Seattle, Washington, where he is a cartoonist and software engineer, interesting combination. And this morning he will discuss the communication of the skeptical point of view to a wider audience through his comic strip, which uses both humor and cuddly animals to get the point across. So today, please welcome accessible skepticism through comics. So I've been a skeptic for a while, and some of the main influences that shape my world view are when I read Michael Shermer's Why People Wear Things, but also Franz Deval's Our Inner Ape, which taught me really a lot about how chimpanzees and bonobos act and behave and how that reflects back on how we act and behave. And so I've always been cartooning for a while and I wanted to combine these two interests. And so I created a comic strip called Ape Not Monkey. And the goal of the comic strip is really to sort of reach out to promote scientific and critical thinking beyond the skeptical and traditional atheist communities and hopefully reach a wider audience. And so how I do that is the comic strip is based on characters. And I really try and create fully developed characters with backstories. And so for example, Toby, who's the main character of The Ape, he's sort of based off of kind of like Michael Shermer and Carl Sagan. And he's kind of, he just loves discovering and understanding science and learning about the material world. But then I have another character whose name is Pastor Bear. And he is a Christian. And his background is that he just really loves Christianity. And the best way to explain it is he just thinks it's a really good thing. And the best way I can explain it is like if you've ever listened to a song or a new band and you're just like, this is just the greatest song I've ever heard. And you want to share it with all your friends. That's his motivation to want to share that stuff. So that's sort of where he gets his motivation to go around and do things. There's other characters. So Wilbur, he's a dog. And coming from Seattle, he's kind of more like sort of into spirituality and environmentalism and sort of the leftist kind of view of that world. But there's other characters as well.  And he's kind of like the Christopher Hitchens. He'll never convince anybody. He'll never convert anybody. But he goes around and causes trouble. And like Chris Hitchens, he's probably not going to convince a lot of people, but you're kind of like rooting for him. Like, yeah. And but the one thing I love about skepticism, there's so many different topics to explore. And so conspiracy theories is an interest of mine. And so I created a character named Arlen.  Alex actually has gotten really popular in the last year or so. And so Arlen believes in everything, Luminati, New World Order, eugenics, fluoridation in the water, all that stuff. And again, his motivation is really good. From his point of view, he wants to warn people about this stuff. This is how he sees the world. And he wants to tell people about it and warn them about it. And that's where his worldview and motivation comes from. Then there is kind of the bad guy. There's sort of the con artist. His name is HR, kind of based off of HR Halderman. I'm a bit of a Watergate, Nixon Buff. And so he's kind of like, he's actually a skeptic, but he kind of uses his skeptical powers for bad. So he tries to make money and do long cons and sort of like kind of think Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The Sting is kind of his, or kind of his heroes and inspiration.  And so like Alternative Medicine is covered in the comic strip, Different Topics. There's a character who's a pig and he's really into Alternative Medicine and homeopathy and he got really depressed after Andrew Wakefield's paper got retracted. And so he was gonna commit suicide but because he's into homeopathy, it didn't quite work because he used homeopathic sleepers. So organic food is sort of another topic. So Wilbrea, he's the dog, he's sort of the leftist. So he's really being into organic food and whole foods. And so there's lots of areas to sort of explore and that is to like, you know, there's a lot of misconceptions around that area too. And so sometimes there's celebrities they'll stop by. So a couple of years ago, if you remember, there was sort of controversy around Bill Maher receiving the Richard Dawkins Award. So Bill Maher-Masette came to the zoo and so you had a character who was a really, you know, you know, a strong atheist but he, you know, he has these other views that don't quite match up the skeptical viewpoint. And Joe Olstein, who I find kind of interesting because he gets flack from both sides. He gets flack from the right wing because he doesn't put enough Bible quotes in his sermons and he gets flack from the skeptical and religious communities for his prosperity gospel world point. So holidays.     So I think that's true. That's true, right? And so, but what are the other things I do? I really like doing, you know, research and so this comic strip gives me, you know, an outlet to sort of understand, learn about new, learn about new topics. So this was an example where Deepak Chopra was talking a lot about his quantum mind and trying to use quantum mechanics to explain certain things, how the brain works and so how they link up to the universe. So I work to sort of create a longer type of comic strip that works to try and explain what Deepak Chopra's worldview is and then try and show, here's how it doesn't quite actually, you know, work. And so there's a character, his name is Deepak Chopra. Quack because he's a duck, that's why. And so the comic strip goes to trying, you know, really trying to explain the difference between quantum mechanics and classical mechanics and why that matters in explaining how the brain works. And so, you know, another example was, I read Mark Garner's Fats and Fallacies and I was really interested in, he, you know, he did a chapter on Dianetics and it was really interesting, I thought it was interesting because the book was published in 1952 and so he sort of just explained and sort of debunked what Dianetics was right before, you know, the whole church of Scientology actually started. And so there's a lot of, I mean, there's a lot of stuff out there now about how the church is and works but I just thought it was so interesting that he just went debunked, you know, sort of the origin of Scientology and then that was it, that's all you need to do, right? Everything else afterwards is. And so I did sort of like a comic strip where I kind of call it Eight Nut Monkey Theater where the animals sort of dress up as characters and they sort of explain and they sort of tell the story of the early days of Scientology and, you know, and what happened there. And again, sort of trying to explain, you know, through graphics, what were the claims being made and why they don't quite make sense or what were some of the sketchy events in the history of the early days of that, you know, religion. And again, like conspiracy theories. So when I try and tell the longer stories, I really try and think about a human character and I find some sort of interesting story to tell there rather than just straight, you know, conspiracy theory versus just the science. I try and put some human face on it and I thought the story of Stephen E. Jones was really interesting. He was, by my accounts, from what I could tell, you know, a respectable, a respectable, respectable, I forget.  He was an early skeptic of the Fleshman Ponds, cold fusion stuff. And then he got into the whole 9-11 truth or conspiracy movement and I just thought that was a really interesting, you know, story of how someone who had a career sort of goes down this different path. And so I tell sort of that story but then it gives me a chance to go and explain and his main focus is on World Trade Center 7 and so it gave me a chance to go in and try and explain, well, here's how he thinks World Trade Center 7 fell and here's actually what the NIST report actually explains and here, which is, and it's actually sort of really complicated. It took NIST years to do the research to figure out just how this building collapsed. But, you know, trying to explain that to a wider audience and say, you know, here is kind of, you know, the structural engineering way of how the building collapsed and if more people can just kind of have a sort of understanding of that viewpoint, then, you know, if that's sort of the first point that they see is the scientific reasons for collapsing rather than the conspiracy reasons, you know, hopefully we can, hopefully that can just get people more on the right track. And then the last case was, the other interesting story I saw was there was two really, really popular books about near-death experiences.  And then also on the other side, you have Evan Alexander who's a neurosurgeon who also claims to have gone to heaven. And so in my comic strip, I could tell sort of two different stories. I could tell the story from, you know, a child who thinks that they went to heaven and a very non-critically thinking, you know, person who sort of just believes kind of what they say and tries to take their vague, try to find patterns in their sort of vague statements to establish that as fact. And then Evan Alexander, you know, was an interesting story because he tried to explain, you know, his near-death experience, you know, using his scientific background and so it goes on to explain, you know, here's what he believed, here's what he thought happened and then here's some viewpoints of what could actually have happened. And actually there was just really, a really interesting Esquire article that goes into deeper, the backstory of Dr. Evan Alexander which was quite interesting. So I'm pretty much terrible at marketing. I don't, I really just kind of work in my hole and put the comic strip out there and so it really only spreads through word of mouth or people telling each other about it. But I get a lot of new hits and new users you know, proportionally. And so there's some, so in terms of like, so I was shocked to find out that, you know, it was on one day it was like on the front page of Reddit and I think probably I don't know for 15 minutes, I don't know how long things last on Reddit. And so a colleague at work was like, hey, your comic's on Reddit. And I was like, great, what's a Reddit? And then I found out and I was very excited about that. And then actually just recently, just a couple weeks ago, I got an email from a, he's like a management consultant and he wanted to use my comic strip, this particular strip because he does management consulting for Christian business owners and he wants to help Christian business owners sort of follow Christian business principles from the Bible in some way.  Can I use your comic strip in my newsletter? And I said, yes, sure you can, you certainly can. And so to me that's really, to me that's kind of rewarding where somebody who has a completely different viewpoint for me can at least pick up or find some humor in the stuff that I create. And so yeah, so that's the comic strip. So yeah, it's ApeNotMonkey, ApeNotMonkey.com, and I'm on Twitter as well and I gotta figure out how to, what the next comic is gonna be for Monday because I haven't done that yet. So we'll figure that out. So awesome, thanks a lot. Any questions for Jeffrey? Just real quick, how many strips do you have and how often do you update? So I've been doing, I don't know, I've got a couple hundred at least. And then so, and I try and update three times a week. Yeah, so Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, yep. Any other questions? What's your Twitter handle? The Twitter handle is ApeNotMonkey, thanks. You plan to put it in a printed form or compile it in like a book or something? Yeah, that's, I have that idea. Unfortunately, my terrible marketing skills have yet to figure it out, but I eventually wanna try and get them into a compendium in some way for people to download or look at, yeah. All right, if there's no more questions, thank you very much. Thank you.


What's up everybody, Jason here for jaspyscasebrakes.com. This is our last and only filler we needed guys to unlock the last 10 spots in the hip parade baseball duel case break. This is 2022 Tops Crone Baseball Jumbo Pack Break number 55. So first we'll do the break, randomize customer names, teams that ship the hits out of the pack and then at the end we'll randomize only the names. Top 10 out of the 30 get in and we'll start the hip parade break next. So here we go, dice roller, roll it. Got a four and a two, six times. Good luck. One, two, three, four, five, six. Six times. Jeff, Donna Tristan, six times here. One, two, three, four, five, six. Six times, six times. Oakland A's down to the Boston Red Sox. All right guys, so stick to what you got. All right guys, quickly rip this pack. All right guys, nothing crazy out of there. Switch scenes and let's do the giveaway now. Dice roll. Here we go, roll. Two and a four, six times again. Here we go. Same thing just backwards. Six times, top 10 are in. One, two, three, four, five, six. Six times, six. Kenny you're in. Dan, Eugene, Tristan, Charles, Jeremy, poor Charles, Eugene, Tristan, and Greg. Congratulations, top 10 are in. So, coming up next is Hippery, thanks.


I'm amazed I didn't get that spoiled Hey guys, this is my review for episode eight of season two of stranger things and It started off with a bummer. I'm honestly amazed. I did not see any spoilers for this at all The Samwise Gamgee is down Bob gets mauled to death By Demogorgon dogs That was sad clearly the most over qualified radio Shack man of all time is able to get down to the basement Restart everything with the computers through basic He gets back almost and then literally there's this shot of him and Joyce looking at each other and right when I cut back to him I was like, he's dead, isn't he and literally three seconds later. It jumps and eats him. I was really really sad a very Very sad but very emotionally effective scene, especially the fact it was all in slow-mo, too The rest of the episode is again a very intense very tight-knit story There are some cliches.  I everything about this episode was pretty good. Like I said, there was just a few cliches I was able to call out about four or five things before they happen But aside from that the episode was still really engaging. It was still a very emotional episode Obviously with how it starts. Here's the thing now though I'm really into this show. I'm into this show as much as I was throughout the entirety of the first season Admittedly the first two episodes of the first season weren't like fantastic. They were cool But the show still kept you engaged it kept you drawn in and the fact that only eight episodes work This one just the build-up has been so long and it the payoff has been decent I'm really really enjoying it now But admittedly I feel that there was still a little bit too much padding between before this But otherwise this episode was still really good. Anyways, I'm gonna give this episode a six out of seven I enjoyed it despite the cliches and the predictability and I am very much much Excited to watch the final episode of season two. I didn't think I would Zip through this really quickly. But otherwise anyways guys, that's all for me I'm just gonna do another shout-out to Victor Lucas creator and host of electronic playground You guys are a watch the show when you as you when you were a teenager You probably saw it what up here in Canada at one point anyways He's open for sponsorship and whatnot to keep the show going since the Rogers contract ended of last year So if you were interested in that I got that link coming up as well as if you guys like this video And you like my reviews, maybe leave a like maybe even subscribe anyways guys. I hope you enjoyed this review Let's see you guys next time


Today, I got my Playstation 5! I almost said 4. I got myself a Playstation 5, and it was only by pure luck that I was able to find one. A guy on my Discord called me and said, now they have them in stock, and 10 minutes later it was sold out. It has been impossible to get a hold of a Playstation 5, and a lot of you are in the same boat, experiencing the same thing. This console has been out for freaking like 2 years already, and it has been impossible to get a hold of one. Finally did it! I hate the design of it, but I'm gonna give you all of my first impressions on this console, whether it is worth it or not. Because boy, do I have plenty of things to say about it now that I've had it for quite a few weeks. So why did I decide to get one now? Basically, I've been looking out for one since it was released, but I wasn't a fan of the design. But now it happened to be available for 10 minutes, and I got lucky, so I bought one. And it came bundled together with Horizon Forbidden West and another controller. Almost said controller, but I sold both of those white controllers, because I am a pinky controller gamer or whatever. I like the color of that one. So what games am I planning to play on this thing? One of the first games that I am planning on playing on it is obviously this one, Horizon Forbidden West. I'm 13 hours into the game, more on that later in the video. I am also very interested in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands. I haven't bought that yet, but I may actually. Just waiting for a sale basically. Also, my backlog is... But currently, I am mostly playing my PlayStation 4 backlog, believe it or not. Because after unboxing this humongous monster, I transferred all of my PlayStation 4 info and games and all that stuff over to the PlayStation 5. The PS4 transfer process took almost a day, I think. I just left it on. I didn't play for the first 24 hours because of that. But other than that, the transfer in itself went smoothly. And I was able to use my old external hard drive from the PlayStation 4 and just tape it on this one in the same style that I've done for several years. You know, it's the esha gaming style of doing things. So let's have a moment to talk about how it looks, the actual design of it. So it is a beast. It is humongous. I hate the design of it.  It is the way that it is big. If this was smaller, maybe I wouldn't be so annoyed, but the thing is, it wobbles if I put it down. And it comes with a stand. The stand doesn't make sense to me. None whatsoever. It is not user-friendly. Let me have that said. Not user-friendly at all. I don't necessarily want to have it standing as a tower next to it. It's just too big. Not only that, but it's heavy and it's... The design doesn't make sense to me. The PlayStation 4's design, though simple, black, you know, stackable, you know, with straight surfaces all across the entire thing, could stack it perfectly anyway that you want to have it. This, on the other hand... I also hate white. I have ordered black faceplates. Gonna install that also. And if I have it lying on the side this way, which someone on Discord pointed out that that is the wrong way to have it, I have to insert my disks upside down. So it's actually the other way around, which makes even less sense because of this curve. Whenever time comes that we are getting a PlayStation 5 slim, small, bro, just better looking in general, I'm gonna sell this thing and do that instead. So that is what I think about the design. Basically. Now the controller. I kinda like it. I don't hate it. I want to say that I don't hate it. The haptic vibrations in this thing, second to none, as a console gamer would say, very good, feels good, but from my experience I find this to have sort of a short battery life. So I've turned vibrations and all the things off. Feel like it charges out too quickly. Now what I don't like about the controller is that I feel like it is too big for me, too big for my hands, and I don't like the location of the analog stick, this particular analog stick. I much more prefer when the analog stick that you're using the most is up here, like Xbox is doing it. Especially when I'm playing ARPG games, where you're actually using your analog stick all around in the full range of it. So not a very big fan of the controller, but I don't hate the controller. It is just fine. It's a controller. It's not such a controller, it's just a controller. So I like it, kind of. Now over to how the PlayStation 5 actually performs. I like everything that the system is doing. It sounds like I am being very negative towards the entire experience, but no, this is where I am enjoying my PlayStation 5, how it is performing, what it is actually doing. I'm still getting used to the user interface, which is overhauled quite a bit from what I'm used to from PlayStation 4. There are also some new features. I can actually see my playtimes now, and I don't believe PlayStation has ever revealed to me my hours played in my games before now. Unless the game has an in-game counter, but now I can actually see PlayStation's recordings of my playtime. And I can also stalk my friends' playtimes, which is very cool. I didn't know that I had more than 300 hours in Fallout 4, for example. And I could see my 120 hours in Assassin's Creed Origins. The first game that I installed on this, running very nicely on the PlayStation 5, I have to say. All the digital games that I'm owning already on my PlayStation 4, I can play on this. It's a seamless transition from the PS4 to the PS5 with a transfer. All of my games work. All of that, seamless. Very good. I am no longer using my PS4. That is packed away somewhere now. Not going back. Let's just say that. And the loading times of my games are improved. It's much faster. I am enjoying what it does. Performs good. Now, starting off, when you start your PlayStation 5, you have a little game that is packed in with a console, and it is called Astro Playroom for some easy trophies, I guess. And also, it's just a game that introduces you to the features of the haptic feedback in the controller. It's more like a demo game to show off what the console can do, I feel like. I didn't delve much into it, but I'm mentioning it, either way. Now, do I recommend the PS5? It is very expensive. I paid 7,500 Norwegian. That was packed in with two controllers and Horizon for Midwest.  We have gotten to this point. There is a digital version also, which is kind of less expensive, but I mean, I have too many physical PS4 games that I would not be able to play if I didn't go for the physical one, because I'm dumping my PS4 now. I'm not going back, like I said. Now, when it comes to the console war, I have no opinion on it. I am feeling maybe Xbox is leading in the console war, even though I want to like PlayStation. I have for more years been a PlayStation person than an Xbox person. But on the other hand, I like all companies. I find something good and something bad within all the three major companies, Nintendo, PlayStation and Xbox. If I'm gonna take a stand in the console war, you know, my heart lies with Nintendo. But it also lies with PlayStation and Xbox. Whatever. But I have to say that I'm hating that the market is spread like this, because sometimes I don't know which console I'm gonna buy a specific game for. I know I want to play Sniper Elite on the Switch because of the gyro controls. Also, bed gaming is really good with a Switch, because, hand held. Now, on the PlayStation side, I enjoy PlayStation's way of trophies. Find them very addicting. And on the other hand also, I feel like Xbox is the king when it comes to the feature that is Game Pass. So, there are good things within all of them. That's what I have to say about the so-called console war. So now I'm going to give you my first impressions on Horizon Forbidden West. 13 hours in and I'm not enjoying it very much. It's a game. So I feel like Horizon Forbidden West has a steep learning curve, even though it is very similar to Zero Dawn. It's almost the same game. I've felt several times that this is just Horizon Zero Dawn. I'm feeling nothing differently. Controls the same, combat pretty much the same. It continues the story. Story is really good, I mean. It's a post-apocalyptic world where there was a technological world before. And now we're back to caveman stage, almost, with tribes and stuff. And when you go down into caves and ruins, there's old technology from the old world. That is a unique story. I find it interesting and I like to delve into the actual story of the game. Now I feel like it had a rather long tutorial level. Confusing with the level designs in the world. I hate when games are designed in this way that you cannot see necessarily where you can go and where there is an invisible wall. And I am a person that likes to look around in every single look and cranny within a game. And I feel like you cannot do that in this game. Not in the starting areas anyway.  The game has absolutely great animations. And voice acting. Very much enjoying Aloy and her facial animations. I find her very likeable, very relatable. That is something I want to praise a lot in this game. The facial animations in general. However, climbing stuff feels terrible in this game. I'm falling down, I am not really understanding the climbing. And there's a lot of climbing puzzles in this game. It's a climbing puzzle game in a lot of ways. And I find it terribly frustrating. It's hard and it's confusing. And when the world opened up and I finally ended the tutorial sequence of the game, which took several hours, I think, of feeling. Also, within the two first hours of the game I had to look up a tutorial because I didn't get one of the climbing, frustrating puzzles. But I'm not giving up on the game.  It's just that it had a rough start for me. I'm not giving up the game. Even though I'm not necessarily finding a lot of enjoyment 13 hours into the game. There's just something with the controls, I'm not getting it. Also, you cannot fast travel out of your caves. So I'm stuck in a cave right now and I can't find the way out. It's like black reach all over again. Now, another game I want to give first impressions on, which I'm also enjoying more, which is also again that I have played before. I don't know if that has anything to do with my enjoyment level of the game, but anyways, I got this game as a review code from the publisher. Thank you. And I'm talking about Neptunia Reverse, which is a remake of the remake of Hyper Dimension Neptunia, the first game. So technically, guys, this is confusing. This is a remake of Hyper Dimension Neptunia Rebirth 1, which is the remake of the first one. So technically, in all ways, this is the first Neptunia game story-wise. Perfect entryway into the Neptunia series. It is where the entire story starts. So now you know. I very much enjoyed this game when I played it originally on the PC back in 2014. Also, I have it on my PS Vita. Talked about that several times. I talk about that series too much, actually. But this is a new game, so it's relevant. And it is a PS5 game also. Now the gameplay is a turn-based RPG with a lot of good story. Funny story. A lot of fort wall breaking in the story, which is keeping me entertained from start to finish. I have, of course, completed this game before, but it's fun to dip back into now. And also, I feel like this is a very sweet remake. Hearing the music again, meeting the characters again. I get a good feeling I'm enjoying this game. And it has a new fishing game included. And if you're ever gonna play Neptunia Reaver's Eye or Reaver's Eye or any Neptunia actually, make sure you save often because it gets really difficult at times.  Also, some grinding is necessary in the Neptunia series, I feel like.  I had to get Genshin Impact, which is a free game. And it is running so much better this time around. Remember I said Genshin Impact was not good? On the PS4 it was lagging, it was bad. Place excellent on the PC though. This one on the PS5 runs very good. Now I'm dipping back into Genshin Impact also. Such a fun and beautiful game. I have made several videos on it. It was actually my game of the year in 2020, I think. Free game, play it. I mean, what? If you have the PS5. It's also free on PS4, but I don't recommend the PS4 in version of that game. It is still a good game. I am playing with a lot of new characters this time around. Because the console versions of Genshin Impact is a separate save file from my PC save file. So it's starting over again basically. And we have Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which I'm trying to like still. And the loading times are so much better now on the PS5. It's no longer taking that much time with the loading screens, I mean. So that is massively improved. I am so envious when people are saying to me that they have 100 hours into Valhalla and having the best time. I wanna also, is what I'm thinking, get really envious when people are having fun in a game that I seem to not have. It looks excellent on the PS5. I can feel that graphics are improving in PS5 compared to PS4 version. And the loading screens are just so much better now. Highly recommend if you hate long loading screen stylus. Now the final verdict of my PlayStation 5 is that I am no longer using my PS4. I'm not going back. You know what? Actually, I googled fan designs of a PS5. And this came up. I have to show you guys why couldn't they go with this design? That is so beautiful though. Just black, clean, stackable, slim, lying actually down in a proper way. I would love to see a PS5 like that. So that's all my thoughts on the PS5. I hope you enjoyed this video. Leave a comment down below with what you think of your PS5. If you have ever gotten a hold of one, that is. Which I barely did. Now listen to Diskirisk, my podcast, and join the Discord. And if you want to add me on PlayStation or the Switch, go to patreon.com. It's so big. I feel like it is a joke.


Happy Sunday, everybody. I'm Joe for jaspyscasebreaks.com and that is 2020 Panini Immaculate Baseball half case break number seven half case from a fresh case There it is. There you go. Immaculate Baseball right there 2020. Now, let's pop this case open Actually, let's see the randomizer first. It is a RAM team break. We'll do that during your trade window All right. Very big. Thanks to this group right here for getting in on the action And congrats again to the people who won those spot in that museum collection mini break mini box break There's all 30 teams right there and let's do it. Let's roll it Let's randomize it five and a five ten times hard ten for names and teams one Two and I said ten right yet. Hard ten 10th and final time PJ down to mark five and a five ten times for the teams two Seven and tenth and final time after ten. We've got the rocks down to the Reds All right So PJ with the Rockies Daniel with the Blue Jays Robert with the Royals and the Tigers Matthew with the Cardinals Nancy with the Red Sox Matt with the Brew Crew Bill with the Giants Simon with the Rays and the Phillies Matthew with the Rangers Harry with the Mariners and the Astros Nancy with the Twins William with the Cubs TJ with the Diamondbacks Brett with the A's PJ with the Rock with the White Sox that is Patrick with the Indians Tyler with the Mets Robert with the Pirates Daniel with the Nationals Mark with the Padres Patrick with the Braves Matthew got my Dodgers Megan with the Yankees Robert with the Marlins PJ with the Angels Nancy with the O's and Mark with the Red Legs Let's sort by column B And I'm gonna flip back to this in just a second But now we can pop open that case and see which side we're gonna do then we'll pause the video and extend that trade window a little bit We'll see what happens See if there's any trades All right, so there's four on the left and right side So I'm gonna select one die out of here. I like that one And we'll go one two three for the left side and four five six for the right side and it's three one two three So this side we will save so this is break seven will save for break eight All right, so I'm sure I'm sure we'll be able to run this back tonight, but we'll mark that rt8 till we know it's from the same case all right Let's look back to the screen again. We're gonna pause the video when we come back We're gonna see if there's any trades and then the break so be right back All right, welcome back folks a little bit of trade chatter, but in the end no deals were done Here on the 11th on a Sunday. Thanks for spending a bit of your Sunday with us. I appreciate that There's the list right there Here are the four bucks we're gonna do thanks everyone for getting in good luck maculate baseball Some really nice stuff here. I'm gonna use this blank card right here to Slow play some of the hits a little bit. All right 94 out of 99.  I think it's licensed by the MLB PA But not technically by Major League Baseball, so that's why they can't use their team names And yeah, you're not gonna see like MLB logo logos or anything like that All right, so it's got the MLB PA logo down there But you will see majestic logos Rawlings all the all the other manufacturers you'll see Chris Paddock relic will go to mark It's five out of ten Eloy Jimenez Another one for the white socks that'll be for PJ. I think the advantage of that though without The license the trade-off is yeah, you don't get the logos or anything like that But a lot of times panini baseball product can be a lot more generous with the type of relics that you'll see So like bat barrels cleats bat knobs and stuff like that are a little more plentiful in the higher end So it's like immaculate NT and especially flawless Two-color patch and autograph Edwin Rios 17 out of 25 debut jumbo Slugger for the Dodgers had a shoulder issue and knocked him out for the season Which is unfortunate. I thought he was gonna be Big name this year, but something to hold on to Dodgers Matthew Matthew F with that We got a nice on-card auto Pete Alonzo 80 out of 99 and that'll be for Tyler and the Metropolitan's who and there's the majestic logos. I was talking about that's a one-of-one majestic patch and autograph Donnie Walton That's for Harry and the Seattle Mariners Nice one and out of five done under of course get the world famous train whistle Harry All aboard the big hit Express Whoo, the last one here Jersey and auto on a piece of his lumber. It's Jalen Davis Talk about his first infield hit an infield hit in his first ad bat 12 out of 49 and that's for Bill Norton and the San Francisco Baseball Giants Second box. Good luck interviewing Jack Leiter It was number two overall pick. We'll see him in some Bowman stuff later this year Blockchain card on the bottom that blockchain card is Pete Alonzo Platinum that might be a one-of-one. Should we take a look? I Don't want to short Tyler a train whistle have to look Go to cardboard connection calm. Let's search the checklist here. Let's go down to the Blockchain section here They not have a blockchain. They might not have a blockchain a Full blockchain list unfortunately, but I'll say it's a one-of-one Tyler all aboard the big hit Express All right There's Austin Meadows 11 out of 49 piece of his jersey for the Rays It's gonna be for Simon Jalen Dave's again for the for my rivals the Giants 46 out of 49 Bill for the Giants We have seven out of 25. That's Alan trample piece of his lumber Going to Robert and the Tigers Game use material. It's pretty sweet Jersey and autograph Matt Tice eight out of 49 debut moment double in this first set back back in July 2019 PJ with the Angels He said the lumber and the autograph five out of five Billy Williams clutch relic and gold ink auto for the old cub William Rosenthal with the cubbies And all aboard the big hit Express whoop whoop It's patch nice autograph Patrick Sandoval 13 out of 48 PJ with the Angels and the last one here is Domingo Leyva a single in this first at bat for the if he's a diamond back. Yeah 74 out of 99 TJ with snakes right halfway through this half case break. So we got here MLB draft going on in the background Are we in the second round already who did my who did my Dodgers take? Oh, no, we're still in the first round. Sorry Am I saying here? Oh, yeah, let's just remind it of this news how crazy is the Ronald Acuna news poor Ronald Acuna Jr. Did his ACL out for the rest of the season. That's terrible The young rising stars. There's AJ puck in the league premium patch autographs green for The ace and that'll be for Brett. All right legends Harold Baines piece of his lumber 25 out of 49 That's for PJ and the White Sox the South Siders.  It's a cool look there Texas Matthew with the Rangers and a button two out of eight Rookie button and autograph that's pretty cool Right on the button for the Indians Patrick Sullivan Cleveland, this is for you. Nice. That's pretty cool Almost seems like there's like a little bump right here kind of see that right where my fingers pointing I don't know if that's because of the back of the button pushing against the card, but Some something to be aware of Still nice Thomas you think they'll be I think you will break prison for it online basketball before the night ends considering Four spots left. Yes Fourth and final box second half of the case is already in the store on Jasper's case breaks calm So go and check that out 10 out of 25 that's Clayton Kershaw Landed on the IL with a bit of left forearm tightness, which is always scary, but I think they did an MRI Should be okay Matthew has my Dodgers Next up is Peter Lonzo 27 out of 49 dual relic for Tyler and the Mets More for Tyler and the Mets this time with an autograph Andres Jimenez 20 out of 25 Think on the kind of hard to see the blue against the blue, but it says winter collection Winter collection triple relic and auto. We've got Miguel Tejada 15 out of 25 Really thick card stock there Miguel Tejada for Brett and the A's Yeah, there were some pretty great short stops in the 2000s there All right a couple more to go Jersey not a graph Brock Burt 26 out of 49 monochrome Jersey not a graph I like the silver ink on the eye black and that is for Matthew F and the Texas Rangers And the last one is gonna be Jersey and autograph debut moments as Adrian motor home Jersey not a graph 13 out of 49 Autograph right on a bit of leather there Going to mark and the Fryer's That's that. Thanks everybody second half of this immaculate case is in the store right now. Jasper's case breaks calm Thanks for watching. Thanks for breaking with us. I'll see you next time for the next one. Bye. Bye


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What's going on everybody and welcome into the week 12 edition of the fan dual Monday night football Q&A show here We're gonna talk best bets as we always do We're gonna talk about the single game slates and we're going to help you guys win this money I'm Ryan Williams your host for this evening day. Whatever however you are watching this on the YouTube channel We appreciate you guys coming in YouTube Facebook, Twitch would have you Ryan Williams You can find me on Twitter at Ryan Alexander underscore W joined by my co-host here Jim Sonnis You can find him on Twitter at Jim Sonnis senior writer and analyst for number fire and fan dual Jim How are we doing today my friend? I'm doing good Ryan But also like a tiny bit nervous because I really want to see ox to play well here Not because like betting or anything for tonight, but because looking forward to next week's main slate for DFS There aren't a lot of like great games and if we can get like Good Russ tonight that's gonna make it be one more good game next week because they're facing off With the 49ers so I I really do want them to play well here because I want access I want to be able to justify to myself using Tyler Lockett using DK Metcalf using Russ because Russ is super low salary in the main slate next week too So I want to be able to justify doing that so I'm a little bit nervous because The past two weeks haven't given me a lot of confidence that'll actually happen. So a little nervous. How are you doing today? Yeah, well, this could be the birth of of let Russ cook 2.0 season I mean, he's he's really struggled as of late. We'll talk about it as we get into this late That would be fun. I could utilize a decent Main slate here going into week 13 after the week 12 main slate my goodness that probably I was just going through my Roto tracker for the year. Oh, no going through everything my ROI was like man Actually, I've kind of ran decently well compared comparatively as I've been feeling on these Monday shows with you And then last week happens and I'm like, I don't even want to I don't even want to upload my seat CSV because that was brutal. Yeah, yeah I mean it really was and like the number of players I use them assuming that you use yesterday to who are now Gonna be on IR is Offsetting like Deandre Swiss probably not gonna play this week Darren Waller might witness this week for Thanksgiving We have bats and then there's of course Christian McCaffrey Miles Sanders might miss time though It's not that he might be okay to Dalvin is potentially going IR like these were my core plays These are the guys I leaned on the most so not usually a good sign when there are a lot of NBC sports edge blurbs about Players you used the previous day on a Monday, right? And it's one of those things where you know as as disappointed as I was about the slate and just how I ran It was one of those things on the week where you look back and it's like, okay I was on some spots that I felt good about and I would go back to right and it's just you needed to have like five Or six guys that were must-haves yesterday. You had to have Joe mix and Leonard for net Elijah Mitchell Trying to think of the wide receivers who popped off and had good games I mean, you know, we're guys like Kendrick born and Adam Thielen. Well, right. Yeah. Yeah, I don't feel in from the good game environment I guess you know people are on him, but yeah Kendrick born having a big day Some of these other names of people I was going through this morning I mean Tom Brady letting down just Justin Herbert getting there against Denver in a weird game Yeah, so it's like, you know, we you're gonna run into those weeks So, you know Thanksgiving slate was pretty decent was happy about that. We it's you know We put it in the book. We close it up and we move on to the next week But before we do that, Jim, we got to finish off week 12 strong here And we do have the Washington football team taking on the Seattle Seahawks got a good game ahead of us here as we should think Shout out to Mike Mingo in the chat here coming in on Facebook asking about the sleepers Mike We will not disappoint We will talk about sleepers as we always do here as you have to talk about sleepers compared to, you know A game like this Jim and we can just talk about the overall state of the slate where we have Pretty much, you know two teams Concentrated offenses. We know where the ball is gonna go We're getting some people back off of injury and all of those players are priced up to where they should be Which you know, you always love to see that because it makes it that much more fun to build these lineups But it's gonna be tough to get a rust stack in with both Lock it in mech half having to play a player on the other side and one of those players You know, you're gonna one exposure to McLaurin or Gibson So we do have to go down and look for some of these sleepers that Mike might be Wanting us to touch on or refer to Jim. How are you feeling about the slate in general? I mean you hit the nail in the head Like that's exactly what it is where we know where the ball is going which is good for a full slate But it is detrimental for a slate like this because you're trying to predict who will be the guy who Has a random touchdown like a lot of slates if you get like a you know one catch Three yards and a touchdown. That's not gonna mean you're optimal for the first single-game slate because there will be five guys Who get you double-digit points? We're probably not gonna like we will probably have you know guys get double digits But will we be able to get to all them most likely not so you're digging into Some really gross options trying to identify Who is going to be the guy who actually goes off here? So to me? I think that what this does honestly is It increases my interest in the kickers because those are guys Who are going to have chances for points who have lower salaries and kickers are always in play for single-game DFS? But I think my interest level in them is higher for this than usual just because the guys around them Have really rough rules Adam Humphries probably you know One to three targets this week courtesy annuals on a pitch count, you know, it'll play but he's on a pitch count You've got Ricky seals Jones who is doubtful Jadie McKissick is actually okay like that But that's also $9,500. So to me you're looking down here and trying to I say okay Who is the guy who will do? Literally anything who can get me for targets, and I think Gerald Evans kind of stand out there But like overall there aren't just there aren't a lot of guys down here who I can actually like tolerate for tonight Yeah, that's that's that's a good point Jim. I didn't really kind of think about that I mean I was already kind of building lineups as we were coming in to the fold here and kind of pre-show talking things through And Gerald Everett, I mean this guy's mispriced for his kind of role in this offense Which kind of feels weird to say but like if I can get a guy with his target share at 7,500 I mean that's pretty much like I don't want to say a lock button play because I made a lineup that I love That does not include him. Okay, right now It actually includes D. Estridge for Just all intents and purposes to be transparent with that but but yeah Gerald Everett is probably one of my favorite plays here when you're just looking at you know Washington football team being a pass funnel. You can't get to both lock it in Metcalf comfortably So who's the next guy that you can pretty much trust to have some share there? Especially when I get into the red zone and that's Gerald Everett. Yeah And I think that we've seen Pete Carroll saying hey We have to get Gerald Everett the football still that's a good thing too, you know It's not like a squeaky wheel narrative.  I think that's a good thing as well So I think that Everett's kind of the no-brainer, but I also think that that's going to lead to his being Pretty popular for tonight. I'm looking at number fires projections They don't have as high of a projection forever as I would have expected It's still the highest among guys below $9,500 though So I would expect Everett to be on a healthy number of roster. So then you decide, okay Do I go what I think is the most logical route never it or do I go what you were talking about going to the Eskridge Someone like that and deviating there I think the options if we're looking through like guys you could consider down there John Bates with Ricky seals Jones being doubtful and Logan Thomas on a pitch count He'll be activated for tonight, but he's on the pitch count John Bates You could consider it $6,500. I would say D. Eskridge is a guy I was looking into earlier on okay with that then also Freddie Swain because I'd expect Eskridge's role to expand he ran six routes last week but I think that number will increase tonight because They drafted him for a reason getting further removed from that concussion stuff He's finally out of the practice again that means I think his role will expand But Freddie Swain is probably still gonna play so I think to me the consideration set of guys who are lower salaried should get some volume are Everett obviously, but then Eskridge Swain Maybe John Bates are the main guys. I would think to potentially get some volume there Yeah, no that that's interesting there, especially with the Logan Thomas news coming back because I do think he'll garner Some significant not significant, but some significant enough ownership where Bates does become a solid tournament play Because the chances of you know, just name recognition. Oh, we get Logan Thomas back Oh, he's on a pitch count But oh, what if the coaches are lying and we know coaches lie and he could go out there and do it all but still keeping You know John Bates's ownership Somewhat somewhat limited so I think that makes for an interesting play I do kind of want to touch on any there The guys not cheap but like you know the running back situation here for Seattle where we don't have Travis Homer We don't have Rashad penny. So it's gonna be a two-headed backfield with DJ Dallas and Alex Collins Alex Collins. You're looking at paying 11,000 he's priced up, you know right underneath Antonio Gibson So pretty much you got all the studs that you do want to play in this game and then him But then you got DJ Dallas down at 9500 if you can talk yourself into a game script where Seattle is down or right You know Washington gets up early I think DJ Dallas makes for an excellent play with the targets that he's seeing in Alex Collins hasn't been seeing any Right, and I think that's the key way to think about it is how do you think the game unfolds? If you think that Seattle gets the lead it's probably gonna be more Alex Collins just because like last week when they had Penny and Homer act is this will expand his role will expand from what it was last week Due to the injuries you mentioned ten carries there whereas Dallas had four But as you said, you know Dallas had a couple targets as they got down in that game So I think that that's the right right way to view it if you think that Washington leads in this game DJ Dallas's role expands and he's $9,500. So that's a good thing in terms of like trying to Expect him to exceed his salary Whereas if you think that Seattle takes a lead that makes Collins more attractive now the issue I run into is that Collins is 11,000 and hasn't shown any Yardage upside this year. I know again with Penny being out with Homer being out that does Increase his yardage expectation, but like that's that Pittsburgh game hasn't done a whole lot. So, yeah, I Think he's over salaried, but I also don't know like where else I go So that's a tough thing for me is like I think he's over salaried But he also is like kind of the last guy before we get to a fall off So I think they're both options, which is I think kind of what you were saying as well Where you know, you can definitely be okay with the other guy depending on the way you think the game plays out but I think that like Collins especially is over salary that doesn't mean I won't use him But it means that I don't want to and I'm not prioritizing him. I'd rather you know, if I'm okay Getting up to Gibson getting up to Lockett Metcalfe, etc. I'm okay using those guys and skipping over that second tier Where the two Seattle backs are Yeah, no, I totally agree with you I mean, I haven't decided, you know rough week So I haven't decided how much exposure I'm going to have on this on this slate, especially after, you know once again trusting Lamar stacks on a single game slate and being disappointed last night in the Sunday night football game But in playing this game, you know, kind of reserve the the $7 five-inch rematch I just love getting into those right pools kind of limited and I don't have a team with Alex Collins on it You know, and that's just kind of when you're gonna five max I kind of just do a roster block and tell a story with those five teams And I just don't see a way where Seattle is handedly getting up in this game and giving him the touches that you would want out of that back I mean since Russ has been back He's only had ten carries and either of those games So that's not enough for me to bank on and then you're looking at like you said Jim look at the salaries I mean Antonio Gibson. Okay, this guy's had 19 and 24 in the past two games at home You know kind of in a favorable the game script when you're talking about the spread just being one of Seattle in Seattle Hasn't really shown us the offensive explosion yet. If this is a neutral game or Washington gets up to a lead They're feeding this guy and just for a thousand dollars more I'm gonna you know be able to trust Antonio Gibson a lot more than Alex Collins And we've seen Washington lean fully into the ground game the past two weeks They have been trying to establish it which honestly like why not? I mean like no nothing against Taylor Heineke, but like he's not a guy. You really want to like sling it a lot with So like Antonio Gibson $12,000 the passing game work will don't expect it to be there Like just don't like don't let's not go down that road again. I'm not gonna Let's not bring up the best ball tab on Fandall I don't want to know what how much I had because it was too much But like even without that at $12,000. I think that he is Relative to salary the best running back in this in this This game by a decent margin. I would also say that honestly and you can correct me if you think I'm wrong here I think McKissick might be above DJ Dallas and Alex Collins too Just because I can feel so good about him actually having some sort of like yardage upside So actually I think my two favorite backs in this game relative to salary are the two Washington guys and Gibson and McKissick Yeah, no and I actually I do have one of my five teams that actually does have McKissick and Gibson both I mean because this is just such a favorable matchup for running backs, Jim You know, you're looking at Seattle on the ground. They're giving up, you know, the what is it the second most? Yeah, second most Fandall points per game to opposing backs just just in general to running backs They've allowed the most receiving yards to running backs. They've allowed, you know Somewhere in the top, you know top 15 and yards allowed on the ground But as far as attempts go you're looking at them being in the top 10 is seeing ground attempts So like in any game script both of these guys can kind of hit and pop off and you know, like I said, you know We kind of know for for Washington and we can talk about the ancillary pieces here But it's like, you know, I want Gibson I want McLaurin and then in any other game script that I can talk myself into if if I'm not playing Gibson I think McKissick can be in there because the matchup on the Seattle side is so favorable for us if you stack them up appropriately So, um, yeah, I like getting to both of those guys And I think having both in the same lineup is really fun because we talk about ways to be different on single game slates because like you do It to be different even in like a five max tournaments You'd be a little bit different You don't have to be as like as exotic as you would if it's like a 150 max tournament but like you still have to get a little bit weird and We've seen situations where both those guys have been fine this year like last week Gibson had 95 yards McKissick at 50 50 on a full slate is not getting the job done But on this slate where we don't have a lot of lower salary guys with production and where McKissick salary is 95 I could very easily see a situation where both Gibson and McKissick are in profitable lineups So yeah, I actually I'm on board of that We talked last week for Thanksgiving about putting a Zeke and Pollard in the same lineup I think the same thought process applies here. That was for a full slate. That was a three game slate This is a single game slate. So to me, I'm very much on board of that I think that that is a a fun way to view things. It'll be unique It's kind of fun and honestly like it's not it's not absurd.  Is that you get exposure to different scenarios without, you know, having to do the 150 max If that's not your cup of tea or even the 20 could be overwhelming for some people So I just wanted to throw that out there that that was something that I'm looking at Okay, Jim, so let's overview this here from the top and of just Tell me or talk to me about how you're feeling Lock it versus Metcalf because I do think that people need to make a choice It is going to be tough to jam in both which most people the first inclination is what you want to do. You have Terry McClourn who's priced above both of them Lock it for for all intents and purposes This guy is seeing like all of the props and everything that I've seen on lock it has him Going having a better game than DK Metcalf But yet we have lock it at 12 5 and then we have Metcalf at 13 5 So what's your view on these two guys in general as a whole? So I think that like if I'm looking at For a flex position not the MVP position. I think I think lock it's a better option just because like He gets he's been getting good volume in the two games with Russ back He's had four deep targets in both games and went over 100 last week I think that the we've seen the production be there. So for a like a just a one-off flex position I think that lock it grades up better For MVP if I'm considering one of those guys there and I think they're both in play for MVP I think that's where I want to go Metcalf because not only does he does does he get the deep volume 34 for this year But he also gets a lot of red zone work. He's at 39 percent of the team's targets inside the red zone this year So if you're looking for a guy who's gonna Blow stuff up like just go nuts. I think that's more Metcalf lock. I can do that too. I think but I think it's more Metcalf so To answer your question in a long way I would say I prefer lock it as a one-off or like if I'm stacking him with ross with ross's MVP But if I'm gonna put one of these guys at MVP, I prefer Metcalf over lock and what are your thoughts on that? Yes, so I'm glad that you said that because my thoughts are completely the opposite Perfect. I love it And and maybe and and I'm hoping well, you know, let's let's be transparent, right? So let's do this with the caveat got Tyler lock it in some home leagues that I'm Eating him to have a big game on I need loving what he's been doing since Russell Wilson has been back where Tyler lock it looked dead in the water with gino smith. I mean, it was just like a foregone conclusion He was not looking his way at all Metcalf was the guy who was scoring the touchdowns every week and lock it was the ancillary piece and now that we have Russell back healthy. I mean we have seen Huge boom explosion weeks from Tyler lock it in the past with this guy at the helm And you're talking about, you know, this is a favorable matchup for both of them I think the field will definitely You know the the scariest thing about DK mech half is missing out on the mech half game, right? Because it does happen. It feels like it happens on prime time It happens a lot But these Tyler lock it like blow up games like the week two game against Tennessee puts up 27 He had the three touchdown game last year, I believe In one of those matchups and and they did play Washington last year and both of them did struggle But this defense is totally different So if they're able to get loose and like you said a get right spot for them going into the main slate I mean we could have that exposure game I'm willing to take a bet on lock it and vagus is telling me that I should you know Lean lock it slightly over over mech half and I just feel like the field has a hard time doing so Which is why I want to have more MVP exposure than the field might and I think the other thing too that that works in your favor Is that lock its salary is lower? And I think that we have a tendency to use The highest salary guy at MVP. So that's why you know, I've got the default up here It's got russet MVP because the rest of the highest salary guy I think our default is to go with the guy With the higher salary So that means that more people would put lock it or a mech half at MVP and lock So I think that that that your thought process of fewer people will go here does make a lot of sense. So I I'm still sticking with mech half, but I think that your thought process there is is correct And we should be thinking about things that way Definitely. No, I think it's it's it's definitely one because I'm I'm apt to say that the optimal is going to have one of these guys in it if we you know Played out the slate in a vacuum here. Um, so getting that decision right is going to be key Um, regardless if it's in the flex or and or the MVP spot I think that you know, they're definitely going to be in the lineup So the one that you choose is the one you're going to want to make sure you get right Shout out to everybody who's joining us in on the chat. We got it's mr. Jackie moon joining us on twitch We appreciate that man. He's saying ola and saying mech half a lock for 150 yards and two touchdowns. Hey, you know, it's mr. Jackie moon If you love that then go ahead and bet that plus 800 for mech half to score twice Tonight and we do know he like neither one of these guys have boom weeks So if you're feeling if you're feeling uh, frisky and want to get on the fandom sports book Go ahead and lock that bed in and be able to reap the benefits there Shout out to ryan vinnett who's joining us in on facebook asking about mechistic or gibson ryan I think we kind of touched on that just as far as you want to kind of dictate your lineup on how you see the game going If you see that Washington's gonna have to you know, have a have a hard time keeping a pace if seattle's able to exploit Their defensive woes then maybe mechistic is the way to go I think that if you see washington being, you know favorable here, seattle's a little bit slow We have seen seattle be slow in the past, you know It takes a while for rust to get the wd 40 and get the get the shoulder greased up So, you know gibson could be your play there. I do think the matchup is is great for both of them We talked about putting them both into a lineup as well too ryan So, um, if you're you know, just let your lineup dictate Which direction you're going to go there and you should be fine And it's mr. Jackie moon coming back in and saying screw it He's going to go with 100 yards to touchdowns for each that'd be a nice payday. Hey, that would definitely help And and if that happens jim, you can uh, you can kiss those exposures to seattle on the main slate next week Goodbye because that ownership is going to be unbelievable if people trying to jam it in We need to be good, but not too good. You're right. We need to make that caveat like be good But not the point where it makes it be Russ is at 20 and lock in mecca for a 30 percent a piece like well, let's be good, but not quite that good Yes, and shout out to if that does happen shout out to anybody who did find a way to jam them both in And get that right with russet mvp there. Um, because it is slim pickings. Yeah, I see you you're working it out jim So you got 92 five. I mean if you kind of You know, maybe you take the kicker from Washington side and figure out what you can do from there Or even, you know, we can talk about some of these ancillary pieces too. So we got 10 000 left there So yeah, that's like dj dallas. I guess or maybe mckissick Yeah, um If you know if it's really an onslaught there and he's the only one who's on the field getting going I guess it is it is more palatable than I originally thought but that it is tough to like Fade a guy like mclore and just with his target share on the team and speaking of which jim Before we get into kind of some of these best vets and talk about the fan dual sports book side of things What is your read on the past catchers here from Washington? We kind of touched on logan thomas versus John baits there a little bit, but what are your what's your read on these guys? Like I think her to samuel and correct me if i'm wrong I haven't seen anything as of late, but there was talk last week of him possibly being activated for this game I know we saw logan thomas get activated. I'm not sure. I mean again I would expect him to be on a pitch count too, but that would just be another wrench in the system This guy de andre carter speaking of 10 000 left in salary He comes in at 10 000 on this late and he's been a guy who has been hot as of late I believe three touchdowns in three straight games For him has kind of just you know, I mean hey somebody's got to pick up the pieces where terry mclore and doesn't have any Any realm so without ricky seals jones? To catch passes and adam humphrey's banged up. Can we trust any of these other ancillary pieces for washington? Yeah, I think that like if I had to guess the way people will play things here is that they will be Tolerant of samuel on a pitch count because His salary is 8 000 So I would guess that he will catch some catch some eyes for tonight. So maybe that would increase the Allure around someone like whoopsies around de andre carter because he's higher salaried Uh, he's not as big of a name as kurta samuel We're not talking about him as much because we're talking about samuel coming into this game so I would say that carter actually does have some appeal in that sense where you're avoiding the Samuel pitch count and stuff like that and likely increased popularity I think honestly though like i'm okay being underway on everyone in this passing offense just because of how run heavy they've been and instead funneling my usage toward You know, uh, antonio gibson jadie mckissick to take advantage of that and mckissick does get a ding down too With the run heavy nature, but I still think that he's in play just because the way he gets used in this passing game. So I think to me I'm i'm okay being a bit lower on mcclouran. I think I prefer meccaf and lock it over him right now just because the salary is higher Um, maybe people will be afraid of guessing between those two whereas they know mcclouran will be the guy So I think to me I would rank mcclouran behind lock it in meccaf and I think I'd rank the running backs above the past catchers on washington just because I think this game should be competitive enough where they can be run heavy still And that pushes me away from them just because I think the salary on mcclouran is pretty high Relative to those guys and I I don't really want to guess with the Samuel carter etc etc type guys Yeah, mcclouran's the tough one because you know, he they played in this last year. They did play Um, I I couldn't remember. Uh, I didn't have it written down who the quarterback was if that was a Fitzpatrick or Heinecky game, uh, but he did see 12 targets in that matchup seven for 77 Against seattle. Um, has seen double digit targets. Um, You know in a lot of games this this year already and the red zone targets I mean this guy has 10 next closest is deandre carter with five then you got adam humphries who might not even play with three So, you know, it does feel like he is getting volume and that is you know getting to him and mcclouran is is one that I like Lineups that I like to build and we can actually I'm fine with sharing this I actually had the lineup with tyler locket at mvp. You can play rust you can play mcclouran and and Gibson and then that's where the de estrus play came from because I had a salary pretty much for him So, you know, it's like you know, what what's that story tell? Okay, so locket is having you know one of his big games where he's having multi touchdown So they need to keep it close who are the two guys who could keep it close mcclouran and and gibson and then just hope for the punt Wide receiver that you get you can take escridge. You can take swain um and and make it work So that that's kind of where I want to go. I don't want to guess You know on these other ancillary pieces and the other thing jim too is that you know Let's let's just rewind it back to the Thanksgiving slate, right? So if you remember recall first touchdown in that game goes to josh reynolds, right? Who was a deep sleeper on the Thanksgiving slate? I saw him catching some steam early on thursday morning throughout the week and he goes and gets that first touchdown But you didn't really need him on that short game slate and granted There were you know two other games to kind of bounce it out, but it's like, okay if john bates, you know Catches a touchdown. What else is he doing or like will disley?  Well, that's what I was focusing on mckissick's yardage too because You know, what do you do if they score with mckissick? It's probably like 11 Fandall points at least because he gets a 50 yards and a touchdown Whereas like with baits like you were talking about like it's six and a half or so, you know You get six points for a touchdown half point for a catch I want to know what they do if they score whereas like these upper tier guys It's a lot better outlook like mckissick. I think with everett same thing because the yardage will be there too That's why I want to focus on those guys versus guessing elsewhere on guys who Even if you're right, you may not be quote unquote, right, right Correct. Correct. Yeah, this will be this will be a fun game And I know we're kind of coming up against the clock here guys So we appreciate everybody who's joining in appreciate those questions coming in real quickly jim before we sign off Are there anything on on the is there anything on the fandall sports book that you'd be looking to place a bet on? Just for the people props line anything like that I think my favorite number that I like right now is the taylor heinecky under passing yards 242 and a half to me is a pretty big number with how aggressive they've been In trying to run the football recently and again, I think they'll be able to hear just because of The game script setting up that way Number fire projects in the 233.03 242.5. I think that's That's like it's a decent number, but I want the under there. So to me. I think that's the way I want to play things I don't want to guess on how effective effective gibson is I don't want to guess on distribution between him and and mckissick I think the best route for taking that angle is by taking the under on heinecky at 242.5 Awesome. Yeah, I think I I definitely like that and my lineups will like that as well Of course, you know, I'm talking about taylor locket. So I've been looking at his props there You know for him to catch an anytime touchdown. We're looking at plus 140 So meccaf having better odds and the running backs as well mccloren as well too So I like that and then you're looking at the receive the player receptions Meccaf and locket are both plus money actually meccaf plus 126 at five and a half Locket at plus 108 at five and a half. So, you know, if you have a lean on either one of those players It's plus money on them mccloren also plus money at five and a half as well too So, you know, very interesting that we have a good good lines and good receiving totals for all three of those guys But the receptions they're not thinking of there So maybe both teams lean on the run and it's a low scoring affair Lower scoring than we could expect especially with the island game guys That's going to do it for us here Monday night football fan dual fantasy q&a show We appreciate everybody coming in facebook twitch youtube speaking of the youtube channel Make sure you're subscribed like follow the channel even hit that little bell there That's where you'll get the notifications every time we go live with all of our content It'll be awesome for you to see and guys make sure you're following Jim Sonnis on twitter at Jim Sonnis this guy's doing great work there to get you guys prepared for the slate for your Redraft teams everything under the sun. Um, it's been great chatting with him all year along My name is ryan williams you can find me on twitter at ryan Alexander underscore w and we'll catch you Next time on the fan dual fantasy q&a show on monday until then guys get this money. Have a good one. Peace You