some combination between fixed costs and variable costs. And what we really want to do is break them out between those two for our projection purposes. And we'll talk about different methods that we can do that. That's going to be one of our goals in managerial accounting is to break everything out between fixed costs and variable costs that allowing us to make nice projections into the future. Another way that we can classify costs is by function. What does that cost do? Why are we incurring this cost? So we can have direct costs and indirect costs. Direct costs are going to be costs that are traceable to a cost object. So if we're in a production cycle then direct costs would be things like direct materials and direct labor. These are things that we can trace to a particular unit of inventory that we are producing. So direct materials we know exactly for making guitars for example we can trace the wood in the guitar to a particular guitar that we are producing and allocate the cost of that wood to that piece of inventory to that guitar. If we're talking about direct labor same thing if someone's putting together a guitar we can allocate the cost of the labor that's being put together to a particular piece of inventory a particular guitar. On the other hand indirect costs are things that we can't trace are not traceable to a cost object. So examples of that are going to be maintenance costs for multiple departments or things like glue or things that we can't put to a particular guitar. If we're making one guitar then we can't really have these indirect costs allocated specifically to that guitar it's going to be indirect. So if we talk about maintenance for multiple departments then possibly the maintenance is going to be for the entire warehouse and we can't apply the maintenance for example to one particular guitar because we don't know how much to apply to a particular guitar. The production process needs maintenance within the warehouse but we can't assign it directly to a particular guitar and we can take that concept to different departments as well. If we pay for maintenance for multiple departments then the maintenance is there for multiple departments but it's difficult to allocate to a particular department and we're going to have to figure out some type of way then to allocate these indirect costs. That's going to be one of the challenges we have if we have maintenance for multiple departments or multiple units of inventory how then can we take this information and allocate it to a it's particular unit a particular unit which we don't really know. We have the similar problem if we're talking about small materials like glue or something for a guitar. It might be possible for us to classify glue as a direct material that we can then allocate specifically to a particular guitar that was used it was used in. However doing so would be not cost effective typically so if we're talking about something like glue or something like that then we might have to use some other type of allocation method. We don't know exactly which piece of unit of inventory it was used on so it's indirect so we have to find some way then our challenge will be to take these indirect costs these costs that we know need to be allocated in some way in order for us to properly value our inventory and try to allocate them in some way even though we don't know directly where they apply and that'll typically be the concept of overhead so anything for example in a factory that we work on will be well if we can't apply it to directly direct materials or labor it's probably going to be an indirect cost something that's going to go into overhead that we're then going to have to figure out how can we allocate this to our units of inventory to properly allocate the inventory so if we're talking about depreciation on a warehouse then that depreciation is part of the cost of making stuff making the guitars but how do we allocate it to any particular guitar we're going to have to figure out how we can make those types of allocations. There's a supervisor in the warehouse that's supervising all the guitars we make how do we know how much time we should put that supervisor's time on a particular job we'll have to figure out how we can make those allocations so that's going to be one of the challenges we'll have as we work through the manufacturing process as we allocate costs.


What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overload here She's about scream six in this video once again Because we just got the very best scream six poster out of the bunch that we've received so far this newly released poster Is filled with so many things that could be could be potentially teasing some big plot details in the upcoming movie Or it could just be Easter eggs related to previous movies previous characters and you know previous big Things that are important to the series or that have been important to the series since scream 2 like the stab franchise I will say this before I start jumping into some of the other big details I know have been jumping around over on screen Twitter reddit Facebook everywhere This poster if you look closely enough, it's hiding what I was able to find like four or five I'm been told there's six killers. It's hiding one is standing in the crowd one is in the taxi another one is off in the crowd and There's a few others that some people were able to pinpoint that was like three I named off, but when I was first originally looking at this poster I'm like they hid some ghostfaces in this poster if you zoom in and kind of inspected There's one for sure in the taxi. I know when I started zooming in just to see what else was there I'm like, wow, this is a pretty cool poster that's filled with some unique hidden things Now just to go into some of the other epicness of this poster that one of the biggest things That came out of this poster is related to the McKinsey's we'll get to that in a second this epic poster Teases the stab musical once again It has something related to gales morning show in it and a vicious series of murders involved in the McKinsey's once again Now by once again I'm saying that because the McKinsey's were first introduced to us back in 1996 and then briefly returned in screen 2022 Aka screen five because I believe live McKinsey ended up being our very first McKinsey to actually be seen on screen And she apparently is supposed to be connected to the McKinsey that we first were told about in the 1996 movie Now the McKinsey family has apparently been found dead according to this headline in this poster Been found dead in a series of stabbings I'm curious if these murders tie into the bigger plot or if it's simply just another easter egg On one hand, maybe Samara weaving might actually end up being named Laura McKinsey A McKinsey family member working in new york as a film professor And if this new killer is targeting relatives of those closely Linked to the family or survivors of screen five then maybe that's why samara becomes a target It actually says on the poster McKinsey family found murdered in a series of stabbings in the city So this could be just another way to misdirect us It could be their way of telling us that the McKinsey's are in new york as well and ghost face tracked them down and took them out If not and the killer is trying to frame sam once more not only for this new spree But also to of course convince the public of this rumor She's dealing with that she's the one responsible for the events of screen five and then amber and richie were innocent Maybe that is why our new killers target those linked to the family That we first met in the original because we know that's what was happening in screen five This would only amplify the sam conspiracy theorists And they'll be like see she's still out here taking out the relatives tied to the massacre her father started because that's what amber and richie Were actively doing in screen five So by continuing that you could then only fuel those delusional individuals who think that amber and richie were innocent And be like look sam is still out here doing what she was doing in five and frame richie and amber for So that would be pretty smart on the killer's end If that was why they were going after them to further get the public to Or to further convince the public That what they think about sam is true not only is she doing this She's the one responsible for what we know they're actually responsible for Occurring in new york when they go after the rest of the survivors that are associated with the carpenters shahed mendy Going after gale and whatever other newcomers we have in the mix. So The poster Also teases a halloween parade which might explain the costumes We see all over the city and on the sub during the teaser and the trailer that's been released for the movie so far Not only is it halloween night, but there seems to be a big parade that's being celebrated Stab the musical i feel will just be a background event that has come and gone And it won't hold any real weight to the story as an active event like it won't be anything You should expect to see on screen in your face We're going to sit down the characters at first of all the characters wouldn't even attend this maybe mendy Maybe mendy, but everyone else.  She would not be attending this So what it could be useful for it might be useful at helping us understand how gale chose to move on from Dewey and cope with her loss Perhaps she's also written a new book that she claimed that she wouldn't write in screen five But maybe she had a change of heart and just needed to write something to cope with her loss But the musical itself that that's not going to have any real significance In the movie like an actual event that we get to see there's no way There's no way maybe that ties into why we see a theater location With the stab movies present in them. Maybe what's happened is this musical production is being marketed With the re-release of a previous stab entries Maybe that's what's going on instead of getting a proper stab recoil that amber and richie wanted The only thing that's happened is you've had a re-release of the previous stab movies But the only reason they were re-released is to hype up the new Play that's coming out based off of gale weathers new book based off of her Previous original book maybe something like that is going down that could easily be why you have stabbed musical in the movie But I think it's going to be an event that has come and gone. I think that's going to be the biggest thing I think it's going to be something that has come and gone And it won't be something that you see any of the characters go out of the way to sit through again Unless unless they're mindy because I don't even think chad would go see this the brief interaction they had at Amber's house in screen five is proof of that enough he didn't even want her looking at this Stab movie where their uncle gets killed. He's like you're just going to watch this So I don't see him going out to this I could see mindy going to it But not not chad so you guys can let me know what you think about the poster down in the conversation below what other things stood out to you again There's some ghost faces hidden in the crowd if you zoom in there's talks about gale Well, there's morning show which I think might be more relevant to the overall story for gale than the actual musical itself Uh, we see that the mckinzies are being targeted once more They do highlight blackmore university and as it comes just to talk about blackmore really quick before I wrap up this video Blackmore has not been highlighted in the fashion that I thought it would have been In any of the marketing for scream six and I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that But I'm kind of glad because I know when we first found out they were going back to college You heard oh, this is just scream two all over again I kind of like that they're probably are not going to be on college that much They're relying on the city which is smart if you were to set this in new york and rely on the college campus I think that would be foolish. I think that might be even more foolish than jason takes manhattan To have the whole movie set literally in new york at a college in new york and instead of focusing on the larger city You focus on this college campus something that's already been done in scream two I don't think that the college campus is going to be that big of a deal in scream six But we're probably going to see just brief Brief clips of it and brief mentions of the students talking about their life on blackmore more than we spend time on blackmore Let me know what you guys think about this down in the comment section below if you haven't already of course Make sure you subscribe turn on post notification at your nearest video in the description I'll have links to all my social media accounts. I am on facebook twitter and instagram You can message me there of course to let me know if there are any movies news or reviews You'd like me to cover in the future and with all that in mind guys. 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White House – military cooperation between Russia and North Korea increases security threat. The increased military cooperation between Russia and North Korea could drastically influence the type of security threats emanating from North Korea over the coming decade, said Pranay Vadi, the White House's senior director for arms control in an interview with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies think tank. Moscow and Pyongyang have significantly increased their military ties since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russia's newfound pariah status that followed the outbreak of full-scale war has forced the country to seek new allies and as a major producer of military hardware and similarly isolated country, North Korea has allegedly used the partnership to further its own military goals. What we're seeing between Russia and North Korea is an unprecedented level of cooperation in the military sphere, Vadi said. And I say unprecedented, very deliberately. We have never seen this before. North Korea has supplied Russia with around one million rounds of ammunition. In the short term, this cooperation has already been felt in Ukraine where Russia has allegedly used North Korean-supplied ballistic missiles in attacks on the country. It is over the next decade that the impact of the partnership could become increasingly noticeable in the Pacific region, Vadi said.


Biden campaign releases graphic comparing Trump to Hitler. The campaign of US President Joe Biden has released a graphic showing the parallels between former US President Donald Trump and the Nazi dictator adult Hitler Politico reported. The graphic posted on X marks a more aggressive turn in Biden's campaign attempt to link his potential Republican opponent in the general elections with the Nazi leader. Titled Trump parrots Hitler, the graphic juxtaposes three quotes from the 45th president with quotes from the dictator. Immigrants are poisoning the blood of our country, appears above a Hitler quote that states that the contamination of the blood by an inferior race will lead to the fall of Germany. This is not a coincidence. Biden's campaign said on X. Historically, comparing a political opponent to Hitler was almost forbidden in political campaigns. However, for the Biden campaign, this has become a routine matter with historians noting that Trump's rhetoric echoes that of fascist leaders. Over the past few weeks, Biden's campaign has consistently linked Trump's statement to Hitler and urged reporters to scrutinize the speeches of the former president, especially on immigration issues. Trump dismissed these comparisons but did not retract his comments.  Later, the League of United American Citizens and the Anti-Defamation League accused Trump of indulging in the lowest and most sinister human emotions and compared him to Hitler.


What's up everybody it's Scott Bayer here your host of Falcons final whistle and before we dive into this episode a quick listener note Tory Chris and I recorded this episode before Tuesday morning's announcement by Tom Brady that he has officially retired So there is some outdated discussion about whether he will or won't come back for the 2022 season Now it's official and the core of this episode Remains intact as we discussed how the Falcons will be impacted by Tom Brady retiring and by Sean Payton stepping away as Saints head coach What's up everybody and welcome to another edition of the Falcons finalist podcast. I'm Scotty bear Steering via zoom Ed Torrey Macklainy and Chris rim is in Mobile, Alabama at senior bowl. What on guys Chris? How how was Alabama so far? Sorry Never been here before never thought I would be You know, I'm a couple hours in so, you know, just surviving out. It's pretty good Let's let's try to keep the expenses to a reasonable amount Maybe possibly. I don't know you and Terry font. No, maybe out until the wee hours of the morning But just use his corporate card. Okay There's only really one way to say like anything about being in Alabama. It's just like, oh, you're in Alabama and it's like, yes I'm here. Yeah, that's all you have to say. You don't say anything else and We planned on doing the second question of the week and have it be senior bowl slash NFL draft related and Then Sean Payton did a thing and then Tom Brady did like another thing. Maybe probably yeah, maybe a thing We don't know if it's a thing yet because The goat hasn't announced it's a thing, but nonetheless Sean Payton earlier last week and then that's officially official He's stepping away from the Saints as their longtime head coach the man who brought them a Super Bowl Who partnered with with Drew Brees to make the Saints a very good team for a very long time? He is officially stepping away At least for the year. He's not going to be a head coach anywhere The Saints that's a big transition for somebody who is an institution Down in New Orleans and then on Saturday afternoon anybody with a phone or ears Heard that according to him. I have to phrase this appropriately, right? Right. Yeah in report by Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington citing multiple sources I'm not gonna say it this way every time they said that Tom Brady is Going to retire after 22 seasons Chris was were you born when when he was playing? I have no clue, but that's my entire life. So yeah I don't remember a time when Tom Brady wasn't playing I think I was because I'm 26 So I was like four years old. Oh, that's adorable. Please don't tell Drew Bledsoe those facts. He won't appreciate but nonetheless it From Adam Schefter and ESPN that he's expected to retire And if I'm not we're kind of back that up as well We're gonna see on all that but nonetheless There is a very strong or there's a possibility that the NFC South could look a lot different Just with those two guys taking off. So we have changed things up We're going with this as our question of the week that we are going to Dive into over the course of this Falcons Final Whistle podcast for those of you used to the post game Pod format with all the ticking clocks and buzzers We were skipping that during the offseason, but the final whistle because we have the final word on this Okay, what we say goes That's important for everyone to know I'm glad you're making that stand Yeah, I am. Well, I'm trying to keep the Falcons final whistle the name of the podcast relevant Right, I got it Yeah, it's like we can't just we can't follow the same format as what we were doing But we still have to keep the name because people know the name now exactly subscribe and all that stuff but anyway Initial thoughts, I guess Chris will start with you initial thoughts on the news of the week whether Brady Peyton both What was your take on all that kind of coming down over the course of one week? Well, I think it's a obviously a crazy news week for people doing breaking news and that But I think that the Brady's retirement is expected and I don't think that Jeff Darlington and Adam Schefter What have reported that without having credible sources because this Tom Brady's retirement It's not something that you want to be wrong about especially from two guys who have proven Their credibility on on this on these type of things in terms of breaking news. They're usually accurate. So I think the Tom's Tom Brady's dad coming out and Reports coming out that he called the Bucks I think though that could possibly be because he wanted to do it on his own terms. He has this video He has resolved he comes out with cool videos He has the man of the arena So it could could be one of those things and then as for Sean Sean Peyton Obviously, he like you said, he's an institution in New Orleans took that franchise from from nothing and change things around So obviously a crazy week for the NFC South We're gonna dive into all that stuff really we're gonna talk about How Brady is gonna impact the Bucks how losing Sean Peyton is gonna impact the Saints. You're the Falcons. What are you thinking about all this? And does this news change anything about? 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He's pretty dialed in I would say Make according to my sources Adam Schefter is very good at his job and so nonetheless The expectation is that Brady will retire Tom Brady is Tom Brady you never know But let's operate under the assumption here So we don't have to keep repeating reported and ESPN all that But let's just assume that the expectation is that and for this conversation that he's going to retire If he doesn't we'll have a whole nother pot and that'll be fun. Yeah. Well, we'll read we won't redo the pod We'll just continue the same pod and you can just like You can just listen to it back to back that way one continuation So if we're operating under the expectation that he is going to retire and make his announcements and that Peyton is leaving The first question written by Tori McLean if you're the Falcons How do you feel about Peyton and Brady retiring as you go into the offseason if you're Arthur Smith and Matt Ryan and Terry Font know what's your reaction to the news over the course of the last week? So There's this picture of Arthur Smith that I find to be the funniest picture in the history of the 2021 football season and it's a picture that it's like a screen grab of a press conference that we had with him Probably a month and a half ago two months ago now and it's this really like sinister like looking like small smile and It's perfect. It's the perfect picture in my mind And I tweeted out quite often so if y'all don't follow me on Twitter go go to my like Twitter account And it'll be on there because I've already tweeted it But that picture is how I feel the Falcons organization feels about the Saints no longer having Sean Peyton and The Bucks no longer having Tom Brady It's just like this sinister little smile that you're not like it's not an overly expressive smile But the smile is there and that's how I feel like they feel about this. Yeah, it'll be in the promotional Tweet thread of the pods so you can see About dial it right in there. It's it's it's a rice mile. He he's in on a secret Yeah, he knows something that we don't yeah, but nonetheless, I think it's it can't be anything But good for the Falcons, right? I'm sure that they're excited about the prospect because they had the greatest of all time and the reigning Super Bowl champs in the division And they had a team that's been a perennial playoff contender for I don't know ever Basically right over the last 10 or 15 years. They've always been in it and when you have Those types and you could take Drew Brees departure from a year before as another Sign of those teams weakening so I think they have to be excited about it about the prospects of being able To move up within their own division winning the division is the only way you're gonna get a home game And so it's a good thing. I don't think You know We should start rearranging the divisional hierarchy just yet or assuming the Falcons are gonna jump right to the front Chris, you know kind of what's your take on all this if you're Go go ins on the mind of Terry fontanel of the Falcons brass, you know Like their reaction to this and what is a realistic expectation of where the Falcons sit after these Two pieces of big news. I mean, I think they should be popping bottles I Mean Now the expectation has changed because the as I think we're gonna get there, but the books have 19 free agents Oh, yep, of which Ryan Jensen Domicons sue Chris Godwin Leonard for Ned Gronk, O. J. Howard It's not just Brady who's leaving that if it was just Brady who was leaving the books would be a very attractive team for a Superstar quarterback who would want to leave ie one in Green Bay one in Seattle You know, but with all those guys gone It's not an ideal situation for any quarterback much less, you know, Kyle Trask or or however They might want to bring in the Saints on the other hand have a Cap situation as well as they still have to two great playmakers obviously on the offensive end and Michael Thomas and Alvin Khmer, but I think like I said, I think the burgers feel really good and they should be popping bottles Like I said, and they should feel really about their chances. I think what I was thinking earlier is their mindset should change I don't think I think they should believe that they have a shot a better shot than they did coming into this season I would in the division Yeah, it's is Matt Ryan the best quarterback in the division. I think right now. That's unquestioned now There will be moves to be made Bruce Arias we Stories birthday yesterday, so the three of us were hanging out a little bit. Happy birthday. We thank you. Thank you Are we gonna sing? No, we're not Listeners don't want to hear that but one thing that a topic that did get brought up is I mean like Bruce Arias is walking on the sideline like with some help like with slings and braces and things and it's like Does he I would like to ask him does he have the motivation to want to bring up a young 22 year old pup and develop payment and do a longer term thing or does he want Somebody who can get in there and make another go at it and and that was kind of said under the ascent Forgetting everything that Chris just brought up right that they were holding that that defense Which was old in general and all these for agents kind of holding it together with with duct tape and to get that To get that next ring right now. Maybe that all falls apart because Brady leaves So I there are many more dominoes to fall here and I think it's gonna be interesting You know to see how this plays out But I really think Tampa could definitely take a couple steps back that said they still got some weapons But that team could look a lot different and a lot more vulnerable Moving forward Yeah, and I think like you think about it I think they look vulnerable and then I know I said this in our little So for for these podcasts, we always do like a written round table that goes along with these podcasts and We talk about a lot of the same questions and something that I said in regards to the saints is that like I don't I feel like Sean Payton was the same and I felt like when you had Sean Payton as this offensive play caller Who I personally think like you got to put respect on Sean Payton's name as being one of the the best I think offensive play callers of the last decade I mean I I really do think that you can put that respect on his name to be that kind of guy and When you have that kind of guy who Like what we were talking talking about earlier had drew breeze and had all these different weapons and And then drew breeze or tires and now Sean Payton retires And it's like the saints look very different than what they did and especially when you're taking away The offensive mind that is Sean Payton. I think this saints team Also, I can't help but think that they would take a step back regardless of who comes in because I feel like when you have a guy like Sean Payton He attracts these offensive players that I think would mean a lot to what the saints are doing And I don't know if you have that anymore. So I think if you're looking at the saints too, like they also I think are in a really Weird situation. We obviously know how Bad the cap is in New Orleans.  I mean I just I'm I'm with chris. Like if you're the Falcons, you're sitting there like we feel like we're on the up and up Whereas I don't know if the bucks and the saints would feel that way right now right now the question is if you looked at Where the like where the Falcons were sitting within the division And areas where they struggled and we've taken a look and written a lot about The Falcons needs and the falcon salary cap situation and a lot of different things And the the fact that they're a bit hamstrung by you know Really quote-unquote going for it. But do they have the resources required to be able to make The upgrades necessary to jump into that championship spot. I mean that's a question I'm not really sure where I sit there. You know, I'm you know in terms of going for it That's another thing. I think they should stay as disciplined as possible We can kind of spend you know, the last portion of it kind of falconizing this whole thing You know, so do they have enough resources to get the type of things that they need I think they've got to be disciplined though for as much as you could say All right, these two things are leaving They're these two big names and big important parts of those teams are leaving Does that mean that they like do some more salary cap trickery or do they Try to get out of the situation that they're in do they try to build the team The old-fashioned way or does this change their mindset? I think it should stay I think their mindset mindset should remain and not change Yeah, well, I mean you think about it like when you think about it like the The bucks and the saints are going to do it They got to do in order to win in order to rebuild with like their teams So like everybody's following kind of the same pattern here where they want to build championship level teams and winning teams And competitive teams and et cetera et cetera and all the cliches that we hear all the time They're all wanting to do the exact same same same thing So the falcons should absolutely want to stick to their own personal blueprint and path that they want to follow With terry faunone arthur smith and so I think like I I agree I don't think anything that happens with the saints anything that happens with tampa bay Changes the falcons overall plan. I think it's going to be interesting because I think it honestly puts matt ryan In his future in a honestly a little bit more secure space And I may be the only one who thinks that but when I think about the fact that when you look at the quarterbacks Across this division and you have matt ryan and then you have everybody else like a couple rungs down in terms of experience And production If you're the falcons and you're sitting there and you have matt ryan for you know At least two years if you want to play if you want to go to the end of his contract I mean I think that's a pretty good position to be in especially if you can build Around and this goes back to what we were talking about in the former fought the the last podcast We did where I was saying build around matt ryan so that when you do have But his successor coming in there's pieces already in place and you're not rebuilding a full team You're just getting a guy at the quarterback position who can grow into this team that you already kind of have built around him So I think that to me is almost reinforcing what I think we talked about last week Yeah, I was going to say too. I don't I don't think it's necessary but the falcons don't have to deviate from their plan at all to At hypothetically when to or to think that they can win the division next year the falcons can stick to to what they to their plan Because I don't think that like I said before that It's very possible Tom tom brady attracted a lot of people to that team Now a lot of those people are not going to to be attracted to that team anymore. I mean outside of the weather The the saints are mentioned their cap situation They may be in a situation where they bring on someone and maybe they they want to get rid of some of those You know bigger contracts like a Williams Williams contract or who knows they might be in a situation where they want to get rid of those contracts Those teams might look a lot different next year. The falcons don't need to go out and More get something or or or deviate from whatever they're doing I just think they should think that with the guys we have and whatever we do with with what we have We have a team here that can compete in this division a lot better than we did coming into last season I think I said shift Yeah, and and I think that that's That's better said than how I put it because like that is true and the the question I asked was Can they with the resources they have can they make the upgrades required? and the way to To more success for them. I think is is more firepower in areas where They've been lacking which is obviously in the pass rush They got a restock at wide receiver no matter what happens. You look at you look at what diva samuels been able to do right You look at what arthur smith had success with i mean aj browns He's a big dude, you know Get some people who can go out there break some tackles get some people who can dominate the line of scrimmage That they can find ways To to get those things done even if it's on you know one-year contracts or whatever to find pieces that can That can achieve those goals Then yeah, I mean it in terms of that mindset shift It is crazy to think that these two things and the dominoes that may fall afterward from what chris was saying is that you feel like Maybe they can make a run at it man. Maybe they can I mean Cincinnati's in the super bowl. They were 10-7, right? Yeah, I was I wasn't I wasn't talking about a super bowl. No, I mean no, but like I'm just saying like I'm just saying like they can get to 10 wins, right? 10 wins can win that division I I was not I'm not saying anything about 10 wins or anything like that Chris is pumping the brakes, man That boat at all. I'm think I was thinking more. I'm thinking more like You know This is this is a division that could that could look a lot like how people look at the nfc east a few years ago Is what I'm thinking. Okay So everything comes down as opposed to the falcons surging up. That's yeah That I'm not saying that the falcons aren't going to get better. I'm just saying that I don't think that Yeah, I wasn't saying like true boring that I'm just saying that they can compete in this division what they have And they like I don't think they need to make moves. I wasn't thinking too. Who knows maybe but I wasn't I was thinking that not saying wrong just saying I was Find like one sentence that you said and then I'll pull it take it out of context and like Have our folks like make a graphic and to be like yeah Chris rim dot dot dot super bowl dot dot dot falcons victory I'll find a way to put you in a bad position I honestly don't I don't think that I've ever seen Chris rim sweat as much as he's sweating right now like I Like honestly like Chris is the like most calm cool and collective of us three and he was really worried about that just now I I had to point it out. No, I'm definitely gonna do it. I'm definitely gonna do it. Yeah, no I mean I really You know, I'm just taking like leaps on the moon, you know Oh, hey ten wins Cincinnati got to ten wins Joe burrow Joe burrow Joe burrow Joe burrow I do see what you're saying though that that this division could look more like What the nfc east has recently really what the um What the afc south has kind of looked like it at times in the recent past So I think for all those things it's going to be fascinating And I think that the nfc south as we kind of wrap this thing up here I think the nfc south Is going to be a really interesting division to watch this off season now, right because the falcons have That they have what are they going to do with calvin midley, right? What are they going to do with that number eight overall pick? Who's the saint's coach going to be or who's the offensive coordinator if it's denis allen, right? Who's going to be the buccaneers quarterback? there's a lot of major questions that are going to have an impact on How this thing plays out and to Maybe if I can get chris's point correctly at this time that there's a Heading into last season you really felt like okay tom brady, right? Like the the bucks are the reigning super bowl champs. They are expected to be the nfc south Champions right that that was a fair and accurate assumption You can walk into this season depending upon how it all shakes out and you can be like like who's going to win the nfc south? Be like, I don't know I have no idea and that makes for fun football even if it's very close to 500 football I mean, I think you I think you think back to even like this whole entire season I tell people all the time like this entire like nfl season was one of the weirdest seasons because you always felt like At any point in time during Every single sunday somebody could come out of left field and beat somebody else and it never like and it never felt like there was Like significant front runners even I don't know even as we came down the stretch. It felt that way Uh, so the more of that we get I think the better the nfl is overall I mean you look at these Playoff games that have just been absolutely amazing football over the course of the last like what month and I'm here if everybody wants to beat up on everybody. I am here for it Yeah, I think it's gonna be interesting. I think uh You know as chris said the falcons are going to win the super bowl. I think that's important quote chris ram quote chris ram, uh super bowl Nonetheless, um, yeah, I think it was a fun timely discussion. I think it really it does As you guys both said that you stick to the plan, but there has to be a mindset shift, right? That there has to be a thing like Okay, like it's there for us And that's obviously what the falcons have what terry fontano has always said was that He doesn't use the word rebuild thinks it's insulting and he wants to try to win as many games And be as competitive as possible while he gets this team right for a prolonged period of sustained success if you can jump in and get into the Get into the you know serious playoff contention, right? Or you can really fight for the division in year two and then still continue to evolve and develop, you know That's really You know the way to go. So moral of the story what we've learned stick to the plan change your mindset and you know, maybe Good things can come of it. 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We are finally getting into the fun part of the calendar where we have good pitchers who we know are good in 2022 who are also stretched out, which means we can kind of feel really good about pitching and load up on guys who fit our process. We are at that point in the year finally and I think that this slate specifically has a couple of guys to check the main key boxes. We're gonna run through those pitchers, run through what their salaries are, what that means for hitting and get you set for what should be a fun night of MLB DFS. Welcome on into the solo shop. That's right here on the FanDuel podcast network and numberfire.com. My name is Jim Sodis. I am a senior writer and analyst for numberfire.com. Here to break down Friday's 11 game of main slate with lock set for 705 for tonight. The weather for today in Baltimore for the Yankees and Orioles winds are out to left field at 12 miles per hour. That is an upgrade for hitters, but again, keep in mind the pushback portion left out at Candon Yards, which is now in play for this year. In Cleveland for the Guardians and the Giants winds are in from left at 11 miles per hour. It is also 55 degrees. So downgrade hitters upgrade pitchers for the Guardians and the Giants. In Chicago for the White Sox and rays temperatures just 48 degrees downgrade batters there in Kansas City for the Royals and the Tigers winds are in from center at 11 miles per hour downgrade hitters a bit there as well.  You want to maximize that time you can do so by subscribing to the numberfire daily fantasy podcast to get that for USC NASCAR NHL PGA and of course major league baseball all in the same place on the same feed, hit subscribe if you like what you hear leave us a rating and review as well. Hey soccer fans this season fan duel and Captain Morgan are teaming up to give you a one of a kind soccer contest to spice up game day. Introducing the Captain Morgan soccer pick them a weekly fantasy contest that is entirely free to play. The contest is simple. All you have to do is answer 10 questions about Captain Morgan and that week's soccer matchup people with the most correct answers will earn their share of cash prizes. Head over to fan duel.com slash free games slash Captain Morgan and spice up game day with a free shot of cash prizes every Saturday. No purchase necessary must be 21 plus to enter location restrictions apply. Voidware prohibited. See terms at sports or at fan duel.com Pitching preview for this Friday main slate Carlos Radon is the highest salary pitcher on fan duel checking in at $10,100. We've got Freddie Peralta at $9,900. Dylan Cease is 97 Brad Keller 94 and then Jordan Montgomery Emma Marquez and Kyle Wright are the others at $8,000 or higher. Now Carlos Rodan is on the road for tonight which could hurt his projection but Rodan is so good and he stretched out that even on a good slate for pitching Rodan is my top option. I feel pretty firm in that. Rodan's facing the Guardians. It's a little bit of a rematch here because he no hit them 366 days ago. Well yesterday was the anniversary of that no hitter and he dominated this team last year and I don't care about that because it's a very different team now than it was then but it's still a good spot. Cleveland's offense is below average in basically every key metric against lefties and Rodan is sick. He threw a slider on 40% of his pitches in his first start with the Giants. They are a super smart pitching organization. So when you see pitchers on the Giants make changes it's noteworthy and it makes sense because Rodan's slider was amazing for him last year. He had a 40.6% with rate on it according to baseball savon. There was just a 138 expected select percentage against it and that was good but he threw that pitch just 27% of the time. If he's gonna up that number to 40% this year Rodan could go nuts and he did go nuts in his first start. He had 12 strikeouts and five innings. His swinging strikeout was 23.6%. These are absurd numbers. Rodan has a 35% strikeout right over his past 10 starts with his change of usage being down. He didn't throw that pitch at all in the first game this year. We also saw Rodan go 89 pitches. So he's at full strength. We saw it last year that Rodan had a lot of length despite his injury history. I've gotten projected for 8.1 strikeouts for tonight, which is the most on the slate and it's enough where I will be aggressive with Rodan both for cash games and for tournaments because he is kind of just too good at this point in the year for me to pass up. I wanna see if that increased lot usage does carry over we can go nuts on Carlos Rodan the entire year. I think number two should be Rodan's former teammate Dylan Cease. That's why I want Rodan in cash games because Cease does have a riskier matchup but Cease does have the upside to hang with Rodan for tournaments. Cease is facing the Rays and they're a good offense. They've got a 111 WRC plus against Reides since the start of last year based on the current active roster. So they're a tough team, but they do strikeout. They got a 24% strikeout rate in that time too and that's what gives Cease upside but he's also like Rodan a very good pitcher. Similar to Rodan, we saw Cease lean more on his slider in the opener than he did last year and like Rodan, it was his best pitch last year as well. So we should expect an uptick this year if that usage carries over the rest of the way. And we saw a Cease start this transition last year. We have a 14 start sample on Cease with more sliders and fewer curveballs. And in that time, he has a 35% strikeout rate that's actually higher than Rodan if you look at each guy's most relevant sample. So to me, that's a positive for Cease. The other key difference here other than the matchup is the bad of ball data where Cease has led up a 43% hard hit rate in this time and a 48% flight ball rates. Whereas Rodan, although he lets it fly balls, lets up hard contact just 30% of the time. And that's another reason why Rodan is safer despite being on the road. But both these guys have the same ceiling for tonight and Cease is at home. So I love both. They're my top two guys for the night. If you like Cease more, I won't talk you out of it. I just think that keep in mind the matchup is tougher, bad of ball data not as good and that would push us towards or push me at least towards Rodan as a top pitcher for tonight. For the third guy looking into value guy, we're going to target a matchup that blew up in my face last night because I loved Charlie Borden against the Padres. It did not work out. He got rocked and they put up like 11 or 12 runs. Today they're facing Kyle Wright and Kyle Wright has struggled for a pretty long time but I do think he has a path to a ceiling for tonight at $8,000. Wright in his debut changed basically everything from what he had done previously. Last year, in a small sample he threw his four-seam fastball 35% of the time and his curve ball 14%. Last week it was 16% he showed on the four-seamer and 41% on the curve up from 14%. He also leaned more in a sinker and basically ditched his slider. So he was a different pitcher than he was previously. The curve was also pretty different than it was before because average velocity on the curve last week was 83.6 miles per hour. It was 80.6 last year and 82.1 the year before. So up a mile and a half to the last time we had a large sample on Kyle Wright. It worked out pretty well. He had a 15.8% swing and strike rate in that game. He went six innings, six strikeouts, one walk. That did come against the Reds and they're not a great offense but I do find it intriguing that he made some pretty key changes. I've got Wright projected for 85 pitches today. That is a decent number for the Slates at least in the value range and I think he can take advantage. I'm not overly confident because again, it's not a great matchup. We just saw Morton get bounced last night and Morton is a lot better than Kyle Wright. So I will have more exposure to Rodin and his Cease and I'd also rank Freddie Peralta above Wright but Wright is at least worth a look as a value option. There are some high salary stacks I like too. So to me, the Slate revolves around Rodin. I think he's under salary to 10-1. Cease, you could make the same case at 9-7. Don't mind Peralta at 9-8 but if you do want to save some salary, load up at hitter, I think that Wright would be your best option down to $8,000. Speaking of stacks, let's talk about why the value discussion is pertinent. It's because I want to stack the Jays and that might be tough while using Rodin at pitcher but I want to try to make it work and Rodin again is not overly prohibitive at 10-1. The Jays are facing Dalton Jeffries today. Jeffries did throw a five shutout innings last week which is obviously pretty nice results. I just don't know if those results are fully legit. He had just two strikeouts and two walks. His swinging strike row is 6.3% which could indicate that he had really good bat at ball data in that start but actually Jeffries led up a 43% hard hit rates and a 46% fly ball rate and the low strikeout numbers are not a new thing. They date back to quite a while as well for Jeffries. He made 15 starts in triple A last year. His strikeout right there was 21%. Wasn't a big ground ball guy either. And now it's facing the Blue Jays. They have a 112 WRC plus against Righty since the start of last year with a 189 ISO. Obviously losing Teoscar Hernandez does hurt but there's still a good offense. There's not a lot of value on this team. I'll say that for stacking but I will try to make it work here for sure. So there are great offense in a great spot and I will be heavy on the Jays. Again, the one downside is we do lose Teoscar Hernandez here that negatively impacts everyone here because it's one less good bat in the order. It doesn't at least push some of the value plays higher in the order though. We got Lourdes Gouriel likely to bat cleanup. The primary guy I'm interested in is Matt Chapman. Chapman is still striking out way too much. It's pretty bad but Jeffries again doesn't get a lot of strikeouts. And Chapman hitting the ball hard when he does make contact. So I'll be high on him here at $3,100 despite his imperfections. Gouriel is kind of like the key value play at 29 but I think that Chapman also a good play. You build around those two guys, see which of the studs you can get to make that work from there. But the Jays to me are a priority for today. We'll talk about a value stack later that can make them a bit easier to afford. For the second stack, I know we've been stacking the Astros a lot recently and I know it has not worked out. Believe me, my bankroll is aware but I'm gonna do it again tonight. They're facing Marco Gonzalez and Gonzalez really, really struggled in his first start. He faced 15 batters and he led up three home runs, seven hard hit balls and four barrels across 15 batters phase. And the batted ball numbers are an area where Gonzalez used to excel. He hasn't since the start of last year though. His flat ball right last year increased to 48%. His hard hit rate was 37%. He did manage to work around it at that time but it seems like there's a chance that it gets worse this year. Those results get worse. And we did see a bit of that in the opener with the twins hitting really hard. Now he faces the Astros. They still got a 117 WRC plus against lefties since the start of last year, just an 18% strikeout rate. So I'm gonna stack them again because the process says I should. They're facing guy who's letting up a lot of hard contact right now, doesn't get a lot of strikeouts. They obliterate lefties, have a lot of righties in this lineup. I do think that the Astros, despite their frustrations at that time do make a lot of sense once again. One thing I would note here is the roof in Seattle. It is supposed to be cold in Seattle at just 50 degrees. There's a chance of rain. If they put the roof on here, that would increase the temperature at least a bit for the stadium. I know it's not in closed, so it's not gonna totally change things. But I'm assuming this roof will be open right now. So it'll be 50 degrees. That's a downgrade of the Astros. But if it does close, I'd bump them up a bit more. I'd still have them below the Blue Jays, I believe, but it would improve their outlook. And again, they got some value guys. We got Yuli Gouriel here. You can go both the Gouriel guys. We got Jeremy Pena still. Maybe Jose Ciri slides up there, Chas Mcormick. So we got some like value guys in the Astros too. If you want to use them as a value stack to make the Jays work. Now, the other value stack you could turn to here is actually in the same game as the Jays, it's the A's. And they're a bad team. I know that. I don't want to stack them, but I kind of think I should because they're facing Ross Stripling for today. And that should make it obvious why we're here. Stripling is getting a spot start here for the Jays. I'm not expecting to go deep in the game, but I think the A should be able to hit him while he's in there. It is two relief outings. Stripling has thrown a lot of sliders this year, a 38% usage. And we saw that start to change last year for Stripling when he's in the bullpen, right before he got demoted to the bullpen. He started to use more sliders and that used to just carried over to this year. Not really working. It's a 10 outing sample for Stripling with more sliders. His skill interactive ERA is 5.28. Strikeout rate is 13%. Fly ball rate is 42%. And that's while pitching in shorter bursts. I'd expect this to be pretty similar for today, but again, he's stretching out. So maybe it would potentially get a little bit worse and it's not likely to get better for him. Now the A's are not going to be a good offense this year. Their WRC plus against righties is 92 based on their current active roster since the start of last year. That is the second worst number on the slate. But they do put the ball in the air a ton and they get a park factor boost with the roof likely closed tonight in Toronto. So it's not often that I want to stack the A's but I will do it here given that I do need value outside of just the Astros. I think that this is enough to make the A's viable despite the fact I do not have a very high opinion of them for the full 2022 season. The focal point when stacking this team needs to be Seth Brown. He has a 284 ISO against righties since the start of last year with a 50% fly ball rate. He's got power, he's $2,900. He's very good. So Seth Brown to me a focal point whether it be as a one-off or within your A's stacks for today. Sean Murphy's got some power too. Not totally opposed to Tony Kemp. Find with Billy McKinney if he bats six or tonight. So it's not the best team in the world for stacking or one-offs, but I also don't think they're the worst especially Brown and Murphy. Two guys I feel good about for one-offs or as parts of stacks for today when you're looking towards the A's. Let's move down to things to watch. Couldn't talk about the Dodgers there necessarily in stacks because again, I need to find some value. So the Dodgers got shove from there just because of that. If you are spending down a pitcher and have a lot of room to splurge and the Dodgers great out really well. They're facing Vladimir Gutierrez. He has been working in a change-up more because when he first came up really struggled with lefties and change-ups can help you against opposite-handed batters but he's still struggling with lefties. In the 12 starts that Gutierrez has made with more change-ups he is still letting up a 536 slugging percentage to lefties with a lot of things. So we haven't seen Freddie Freeman blow up with the Dodgers yet, but he could do that here. Not opposed to Cody Belinger either at $3,100. His advanced numbers are not like sparkling but they're also not the worst and he's a low salary. So I can talk myself into Belinger too. So Dodgers high on that list if you had the salary to get there and honestly you might. So maybe I should just bump the Dodgers up but definitely a team, especially the lefties I feel good about for today. One team that could be a fun contrarian stack as a Giants they're based in Zach Plisac and Plisac tends to get good results. So I would guess the Giants won't get too much attention here but Plisac does let up a lot of hard contact and fly balls. And this is a very good offense even when they're playing in San Francisco they're in Cleveland tonight. And again, it's a little bit colder wind is in so it's not a great park for hitting but I think if you want a high upside offense a very good offense at a lower roster rate I think the Giants are the team for you for today. I put them behind the Dodgers for sure outside of the Astros and the Jays but if you want to get a little bit different I think the Giants should check that box. Finally, I am excited to see McKenzie Gore's debut for today and he is in the fangal player pool. He's $6,400. I would temper expectations from a pitch count perspective though because he went 63 pitches in his one AAA store before he got promoted. I've got him projected for 75 pitches for today and I'd like that number higher before I buy in. So he should be fun it should be exciting to watch him out there might not use them in DFS yet though it is a very low salary so it's more justifiable because the salary is so low but keep in mind the pitch count likely to be low as well for today. Let's finish up here with some Digger calls going into the weekend hopefully on a high note for the boring one I think it's almost too boring to go Vladimir Guerrero Jr. So I'm not gonna do that. I think that if I were just picking at random it would be him. But let's go with this teammate George Springer. Springer hitting the ball hard to start this year not as many fly balls as I'd like but we know over a long run Springer came off the ball. So George Springer to me the boring home run call for today. The fun one is in that exact same game Seth Brown I'm gonna go with him because I like the pop he provides versus righties. And this has been not a small sample for Seth Brown being very good against righties aren't a couple homers so far this year he's hitting the ball pretty well. So to me, Seth Brown pretty good option for today in DFS and also a good home run pick to close out the week. So the Homer picks George Springer and Seth Brown that is all that we have here for today and this week on the solo shop. 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