FF Unlimited - JonyMaine | Sports, Life & the Power of Fantasy Football
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1 hr 2 min
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Oct 15, 2026
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Thu, October 15, 2026
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Caleb WilliamsDemaryius ThomasDeSean JacksonDrake MayeJaxon Smith-NjigbaJayden DanielsKenneth Walker IIIMatt HasselbeckSaquon BarkleyTim TebowTrevor Lawrence
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Caleb Williams
PositiveProjection78:54
The source identifies Caleb Williams as his favorite player in the NFL right now, expressing high confidence in his potential for the upcoming season under offensive coordinator Ben Johnson.
Insight pageDemaryius Thomas
NegativeProjection20:53
Johnny Maine recalls the 2012 playoff game where Demaryius Thomas caught the game-winning touchdown pass on the first play of overtime against the Steelers.
Insight pageDeSean Jackson
PositiveValue76:49
The source identifies DeSean Jackson as his all-time favorite fantasy football player, noting that he helped him win multiple fantasy championships.
Insight pageDrake Maye
NegativeProjection80:02
The source references Drake Maye's appearance in the Super Bowl last season as part of the ongoing narrative surrounding the recent quarterback draft class.
Insight pageJaxon Smith-Njigba
NegativeMatchup20:23
JonyMaine notes that his fantasy opponent for the week has Jaxon Smith-Njigba on their roster, which makes for a difficult matchup.
Insight pageJayden Daniels
PositiveProjection79:12
The source acknowledges Jayden Daniels' successful performance as the Offensive Rookie of the Year, noting his established narrative in the league.
Insight pageKenneth Walker III
NegativeMatchup20:23
JonyMaine notes that his fantasy opponent for the week has Kenneth Walker on their roster, which makes for a difficult matchup.
Insight pageMatt Hasselbeck
NegativeProjection25:08
Johnny Maine recalls drafting Matt Hasselbeck on his fantasy team during his first experience with the game in 2002.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
NegativeProjection37:36
JonyMaine mentions that his very first piece of fantasy content was a short video regarding Saquon Barkley's move to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Insight pageTim Tebow
NegativeProjection20:02
Johnny Maine identifies the 2012 playoff loss to Tim Tebow as his worst experience as a fan, noting his personal dislike for Tebow due to his Florida background and the sting of the overtime loss.
Insight pageTrevor Lawrence
PositiveProjection78:23
The source projects Trevor Lawrence as the MVP for the upcoming season, arguing that this is the year he finally lives up to his number one overall pick status.
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Episode Transcript
0:00This is the Fantasy Football Unlimited Podcast with your host Kevin Murray Welcome to the Fantasy Football Unlimited Podcast.
0:05I am so excited for this show. We're gonna have a ton of great energy.
0:10I know that for sure because I've seen it in person.
0:13I've experienced it in person. The Fantasy Football Expo was once taken over by this man and his podcast partner.
0:18But you know, let's go. Let's do it. Welcome to the Fantasy Football Show.
0:22It's Johnny Maine and welcome to the show my man.
0:25Hey, what's up man? What's up? I appreciate you having me on man.
0:29I'm super excited about this. I've seen a lot of your work man and you know, seeing you've had a couple of
0:35my homies on here, Nick and Joe. So I'm ready to add to the list man.
0:39Let's go. I always think about that back to that expo, you know, it was such a fun one because couple expos
0:45in you know people are coming back for the third time.
0:49You know, is the energy dipping a little bit?
0:51Is there gonna be, you know, a little let down?
0:54Is it just kind of the same stuff each day?
0:57And then you guys show up and you took over the expo.
1:00You brought so much fun energy to the event.
1:03It really, it really was exciting to see and it's been awesome to see what you've been doing in this fantasy football
1:09space in this community, in this industry. So for listeners and viewers that aren't familiar with your work, you know, share what
1:15you're up to share with the fantasy football shows all about.
1:18Oh man, the fantasy football show. It, it actually is me and my man, Nick Wilcox does some stuff with fan tracks.
1:24He does. And every Sunday we're on man. We go, you know, we give our breakdown of games.
1:29We hit DFS percentages and ownerships. Nick's got his prop shops.
1:32We just, you know, talk. We kind of make fun of each other about bad takes that we have good takes that we have.
1:39So then we also have our waiver wire show as well on Monday night, right before kickoff on Monday night football.
1:45We, Nick has his props for that right there.
1:48We normally build a single game DFS play. So yeah, so that's, that's really what it is, man.
1:53During the off season, you know, we had a chance to have like a lot of like really, really amazing guests on there as well in the show.
2:00But right now, man, like that's what we got going on.
2:03So you can catch us there. I'm working on something in the background with one of my homies, Haywood from the DFS side of things.
2:11So more to come from the fantasy football show, but you can find us on YouTube, the fantasy football show, LLC.
2:16You can obviously find just me, Johnny main three, seven, one, eight, five.
2:20Everything is streamed there. TikTok, Instagram, Facebook for my OGs.
2:23We actually, we put everything on Spotify as well.
2:25So we have it all out there right now.
2:28So like, you know, if you want to check out our content, which I really, really would be appreciative if you did go check it out, man.
2:35It's always a good time. Always a lot of fun, great knowledge, great times, great energy, man.
2:40Love it. Love it. Well, let's, let's dive into the background.
2:43Like where did it all begin? The passion for sports?
2:46Man, passion for sports for me began, I think I was probably in fifth grade, fifth grade or so.
2:51And, you know, just to kind of make a long story short, you know, I always like to share this story.
2:57Life wasn't really great for me, man. Both my parents passed away before I was 16.
3:02And my father, one of the last interactions like I had with him, he was just like, he was really adamant.
3:08I was like in third or fourth grade, he passed away in a car crash and he was just, you know, like,
3:14hey, man, it'd be really cool, man, to see like one of my kids be really successful in sports.
3:19And that was like the last conversation like I actually had with him.
3:23So like, I just really held on to it.
3:25And I was like, all right, cool. So, you know, I dabbled in baseball and, you know, then I finally played basketball when I was in seventh grade.
3:33But I played football when I was in sixth grade and it was miserable.
3:37And the first year it was miserable and I figured it out the next year.
3:41And from that point, man, I had like just such a blast playing football.
3:45My mom was scared for me to play. She didn't want me to break any bones.
3:50And then, you know, I started scoring touchdowns and stuff.
3:53And it was cool. And she really enjoyed it.
3:55And then she passed away going into the summer of my eighth grade year.
3:59And it was just really something, man, that just kept me on the straight and narrow, man.
4:04You know, I had a lot of good, great guys in my life, man, great football coaches, man, to kind of keep
4:10me accountable for things and help kind of mold me into, help mold me into the guy that I am today.
4:16And just from that point, man, I just like became like enamored with like stats and football and basketball.
4:21And just from that point on, man, I've just I've been in love with it, man.
4:26I mean, that's an incredible story. I can't imagine, you know, experiencing what you experienced.
4:30And sometimes, you know, something like sports can can be a vessel to kind of get you through the most difficult times.
4:36Again, I can't even imagine what that must have been like for you.
4:40But obviously, you've you've you've grown and you've turned into an outstanding human being.
4:44So I'm sure they would both be, you know, incredibly proud of you and everything that you've accomplished when it comes to sports, though.
4:51Like, you know, so I know you're Steelers guy.
4:53Let's talk about the, you know, favorite teams and favorite players across the sports spectrum growing up.
4:58Yeah, man. Diehard Steelers fan for sure, dude. I'm still just trying to, like, get over what happened with Joey Porter Jr., man.
5:04I woke up to that this morning and I was just like, you have got to be kidding me right now.
5:10And at all places, man, the Dallas Cowboys of all plays.
5:13The Cowboys again. But yeah, like Cordell Stewart was was my favorite football player growing up.
5:18I wanted to be just like him, man. I thought he was just like the coolest dude ever.
5:23Punt, pass, you know, running back, wide receiver. And so, you know, during this time frame, I was like, you know, like
5:29I wouldn't do all of those things. I could not throw a football to save my life.
5:34So that's that's actually the most comical part of it.
5:37But, you know, he was he was the guy for me.
5:40It was just I had never seen anything like it.
5:42And I think he was so far ahead of his time.
5:46Like if you drop him in this era right now.
5:48Gosh, man, what what an electric player. That's that's he's my favorite football player.
5:52But other athletes that like I just like love growing up and this is all in no particular order either for me.
5:58Kobe was a big Kobe fan. I was a Kobe fan before it was cool.
6:03Penny Hardaway was a big, big fan of mine.
6:05I was a big fan of his, I should say, because he was from Tennessee.
6:09And so am I. LeBron James is my goat.
6:12No question for me. LeBron, MJ, Ray Lewis had nothing but respect for him.
6:16And just the way he was the way he played the game.
6:19It was hard to to to not Jamal Lewis.
6:22I'm a big UT guy. So University of Tennessee.
6:24So him, Peyton Manning, Reggie White, Charles Woodson, Champ Bailey, Troy Palamalu, Big Ben, Ken Griffey Jr.
6:29on the baseball side of things. There you go.
6:32Yeah, man. Like a lot of a lot of guys, man.
6:35And I'm you know, I'm obviously leaving some guys off, man, because I could like name like probably 30 more guys that
6:41like I just absolutely love in the in the, you know, of the sporting realm.
6:45But those were really the players for me as far as teams.
6:48You see the Steelers stuff in the background. So then, as I mentioned, I'm originally from Tennessee.
6:53That's where I was born and raised. So I'm a huge UT Vols fan.
6:57Memphis Grizzlies as well. Baseball. I don't really dabble too much in that.
7:01I just kind of I just love watching October baseball.
7:04But like I said, Ken Griffey Jr. was my favorite player growing up.
7:07So if I had to have a team for baseball, I'd probably say it'd be the Seattle Mariners.
7:12Hey, go out. Yeah. But yeah, those are those are a few of my favorite players.
7:17And those are my teams right there. Well, I love you know, I can go on for the next hour talking about everything you just said right there.
7:25Obviously, I'm a Seattle guy, Mariners guy. Griffey, just special.
7:27Even if you didn't love baseball, you just you see that swing.
7:31You fall in love for sure. Yes, sir. But man, you mentioned, you know, obviously he's been Penny.
7:36And I remember when Penny was at Memphis and and that Cordell Stewart.
7:39Like, I mean, if people don't know Cordell Stewart, I mean, look that up like that guy.
7:44That guy could do it all. Didn't he play quarterback?
7:47Quarterback. He played quarterback. He played quarterback. Colorado. Yeah.
7:50And even in the league, quarterback, he played running back.
7:52He played wide receiver. He even punted a couple of times.
7:55I mean, just how like even like the thing for me that was like so unique was that, you know, Bill Cowher is so like old school.
8:03But for him to be so innovative with a player like that early on, I think just speaks volumes to him and
8:09just, you know, where he was at, like as a coach.
8:12Just again, man, Cordell was just so far ahead of his time, man.
8:16And like obviously now, like with the dual threat quarterbacks that we have now in the league, you know, I just think
8:22about him sometimes playing in this era. And just I'm like, man, gosh, he would crush.
8:27So and like, man, we can obviously the Steelers could use a guy like that right now.
8:31Yeah. For sure. Yeah. And you mentioned, you know, some Tennessee.
8:34I remember as a kid, like remember the backfield with Chuck Webb and Reggie Cobb.
8:39I think those are the names, right? It was Cobb.
8:42Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Cool backfield. Oh, man. Dude, Tennessee had like, man, so many, so many really good players, man.
8:47You know, Peerless Price, Travis Henry, Travis Stevens, Jason Witten, you know, a lot of guys, you know, Al Wilson.
8:53Eric Berry, man, is a guy that's like, man, probably one of the most underrated college players, man.
8:58If it wasn't for injury, I think, you know, he'd be up there.
9:01You know, when you talk about safety play with, you know, guys like Troy Palamado and Ed Reed.
9:06But yeah, Tennessee has been really loaded. Obviously, we lost a tough one last week at home against Arch Manning.
9:12But I just love the way the program's going now, honestly, with Hypel and what he's got going on.
9:17And, you know, they got a true freshman quarterback out there.
9:21And I think, you know, there's still a lot of football left.
9:24And, you know, maybe we can sneak into the playoffs this year, man.
9:28See what happens. See what happens. I love, again, I love everything you said there because, you know, you shout out even some Baltimore Ravens players.
9:35Yeah. Which, you know, as a Steelers fan, that's got to be difficult.
9:38But respect. It's hard not to respect the game that Ray Lewis had and all that.
9:43How did you become a Pittsburgh Steelers fan coming from Tennessee?
9:46Like, growing up in Tennessee, we didn't have the Titans growing up.
9:49We didn't have any sports. And to me, it's still so funny to see, like, Nashville as, like, a destination place now.
9:56You know, I'm 43, man. And, you know, growing up, it just was like, it was just like a country city.
10:01And it wasn't even considered a city like that.
10:04You know what I mean? Yeah. So there was no real sports teams around.
10:08Like, you got the chance. Like, growing up, you would watch the Braves on TBS, the Cubs on WGN.
10:13And it was just like, okay, like, pick a team that's, like, you know, regionally close to you to, you know, to root for.
10:20And a lot of my family was huge Pittsburgh Steelers fans.
10:23So because they were all huge Pittsburgh Steelers fans and, you know, I started getting into football around, like, you know, like I said, fifth, sixth grade.
10:31I was like, okay, like, let's check this out.
10:33And they were actually, they were playing the Cowboys in the Super Bowl.
10:37And, you know, obviously the run that Neil O'Donnell had in that team and, you know, Bill Cowher, you know, being a
10:43great coach and just not being able to get there.
10:46And it was like, okay, like, this team is fun.
10:49This team is fun. Cordell Stewart is fun. And I was like, okay, like, that's, this is it.
10:54Like, this is going to be my team. It's the Pittsburgh Steelers.
10:57And it just kind of happened like that right there with Cordell Stewart.
11:01And then, you know, obviously they had the acquisition of Jerome Bettis.
11:04So that was fun to just see this huge human being out there just running people over and then, you know, playing
11:10video games with my friends and stuff. It was always fun to play with Jerome Bettis, you know, running guys over and
11:16Cordell Stewart running around in that defense. So, yeah, so it just, it just happened like that.
11:21And, you know, the Titans came to Tennessee, I believe, in 2000 or 2001.
11:25They played in Memphis for, I think, two years.
11:28And that was about four hours west of where I lived.
11:31And a lot of people in Tennessee were Steeler fans as well.
11:34So when the Titans came, a lot of people just, you know, migrated to the Titans.
11:39I did not, like, I stayed with the Titans, especially when the Titans went to the Super Bowl.
11:44Everybody became a Titans fan then. But, no, I just stayed with them.
11:47And the love has been there ever since, man.
11:50Love it, love it. Well, as a sports fan, is there one loss that really stands out, like the worst loss you've experienced?
11:56Yeah, actually, yeah. There's one. I could, you know, I could say all the times Tom Brady got us.
12:02But, like, for me, man, it's 2012, the Tim Tebow walk-off.
12:05Oh, yeah. Man, that one, I think I was stuck in my chair for a solid hour after that game because I couldn't believe that we just lost.
12:13And, of course, you know, as I'm saying all this, Tim Tebow is a Florida guy.
12:17So this is double time hurt for me. Because I've never, you know, I've never been a Tebow guy at all, man.
12:23And so, you know, to see him, you know, completely crush, you know, Tennessee in college and then for him to do
12:29that to the Steelers in 2012, which I really like that roster in 2012 that the Steelers had.
12:34That was probably the worst loss I can think of just because that was a really good football team.
12:40And, yeah, we got beat on, you know, the first play, of course.
12:43You know, the overtime rule at that time is like, hey, like, if you score on the first play, you don't even get a shot.
12:50And the first play, that was it, man. Yeah, such a shocking, you know, that crossed Demarius Thomas and he takes him to the house.
12:57Yeah, that had no stung. That had no stung.
13:00How about the best moment as a sports fan for you?
13:03You know, most people would probably expect for me to say, you know, the Arizona Super Bowl.
13:08But I mentioned Tom Brady. Tom Brady is single-handedly responsible for ruining my young adulthood, as I'm pretty sure he's single-handedly responsible
13:14for ruining a lot of people's young adulthood. But for me, man, it was beating Tom Brady in 2018, you know, in Pittsburgh.
13:20That was probably the one thing, like, I won't forget.
13:23I was, like, super down. I was, like, sick as a dog.
13:27I was down in the dumps all week. I was like, great, man.
13:30I was like, you know, the Steelers, like, they didn't make it to the playoffs.
13:35That was, like, the Antonio Brown, you know, shenanigans here before, you know, he went off to Oakland.
13:40I was like, man, this sucks. I was like, you know, we got this jerk coming in here now.
13:45And he's about to get ready to kill us.
13:47And, you know, he's going to continue to keep winning.
13:50And, you know, the team just played lights out that game.
13:53And I think, you know, for any Steelers fan to be able to beat, finally beat Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, that's
14:00a highlight for me that I won't ever forget.
14:02And I know Joe Hayden, he got the big interception.
14:05And he's got, you know, he's got pitchers and, you know, all this stuff or whatever about it.
14:10And he even recalls it as being one of the best moments of his career.
14:14And I would say, like, for me, that's a win I won't forget is that one right there.
14:19Love it. It's always big to avenge, you know, a rival like that for sure.
14:23Yeah. How about fantasy sports? When did you discover the game?
14:26Man, for me, fantasy football happened. I was a senior in high school.
14:30So it was around 2002. And I had a buddy of mine.
14:33And we all played football. And he's like, hey, man, he's like, have you ever played fantasy football?
14:39I was like, no. I was like, what is this?
14:41He's like, well, you know, he's like, you pick players.
14:44He was like, and the players that you pick, they get points for whatever it is that they do on the field.
14:50And I was like, say less. Like, I'm in right now.
14:53Like, I'm in. And so we started playing. We started playing with, like, a lot of, like, guys that, like, played football.
15:00We all played football together. And our first league was, like, I think it was on the Yahoo League.
15:05And, man, just to, like, date it, I'm pretty sure I remember.
15:08I can't remember the other Seahawks receiver name, but Matt Hasselback.
15:11It was Matt Hasselback time for you, man. They were actually Seahawks players, actually.
15:15Was it Corrine Robinson? Yeah, Corrine Robinson. Gerald Jackson.
15:18Yes, that's good. Yeah, yeah. Those were the guys that I actually had both of those guys on my roster.
15:23And, you know, from that moment on, man, like, we all, like, continued to play.
15:28We all, like, played together, like, as a group.
15:30And it was, like, a really good way for all of us to, like, kind of stay in contact and stuff or
15:36whatever, especially when I moved up north, it was just a really great way for all of us to stay in contact
15:43and to be able to talk to each other and talk a little smack.
15:46So that was my first fantasy football experience was 2002, man.
15:50Okay, wow. Now, playing in a bunch of leagues, I assume, what's the one league that's, like, the most important to you at this point?
15:57Oh, man. I know I'm normally big on just, like, answering the question straight, but I got two leagues that are like that.
16:03But I have one that's an auction keeper league I've been running now for 13 years now going.
16:08And it's a lot of, like I said, it's, like, you know, a lot of my buddies back home in Tennessee and,
16:14like, the other half of my buddies up here up north.
16:17So we do that. So that one's a pretty big deal to me.
16:21The people that are here, man, we always meet up at a local bar or whatever, hang out, you know, and draft.
16:27The other one that's a big deal is obviously, like I said, moving up north now, man, like having, like, you know,
16:33a different and a new group of friends. We draft locally right here at a bar.
16:38It's a live draft. You know, normally, man, like this year we get up.
16:42Actually, I played golf this year, which I was brutal at.
16:45Probably, like, the third time in my life I've played golf, man.
16:48Love it. So we got up, man. We played, you know, played some golf.
16:52Then after that, man, we went, you know, went to one of my buddies' house, swam in the pool, played some cornhole.
16:58We go back up to the bar. We draft every year.
17:01Like, it's a random draft order. So this year we had a wheel.
17:05And you spin the wheel, you know, get your draft place.
17:08Well, the next person comes up and they spin the wheel and maybe they can take your draft place or maybe they
17:14can slide the board to the left or maybe they can slide the board to the right.
17:19So I started off with the number three pick.
17:22And before I knew it, when it was time to draft, I ended up with the number nine pick.
17:27But it's always fun, man. You know, the wives, they come up.
17:30They help out with the board. And that's always fun because, you know, some of them, you know, one of my buddies,
17:36his wife, like she knows the players. But like, you know, the rest of the wives are kind of like, no, is it blue?
17:43Is it red? Is it tight? Like, oh, what is it?
17:46So, so, yeah, so that's a big deal for me, man.
17:49That's our local draft. We have a trophy, a moving trophy.
17:52And if you win, you have your name on it.
17:55You get to keep it. So obviously there's a lot of like pictures and banners and stuff like banter going back and forth about that.
18:02So, yeah, so those are my two big leagues.
18:05Love that. That's good stuff. Now, what determines the order of who, of the spinning the wheel?
18:10Nothing, man. Like, it's just like, all right, like, hey, like you, like you go first.
18:14And then you go first. And then like, it's just a matter of like, okay, well, now you go.
18:19All right, now you go. And like, it's been random.
18:22Like, this was the first time like they actually bought the wheel.
18:26The last time they, the last time we, we did, we've done a couple things.
18:30We've done like, you know, the name out of the hat.
18:33We've done Spotify, you know, music songs. Tried to get them to do.
18:37Do you remember the guys that were there at the, the expo a couple of years ago?
18:41The generations guys. Sounds familiar. Yeah. The generations guys where you like just pick, you know, you pick a player and it would generate stats from one.
18:49Yeah. Those guys. I was like, I was like, yo, like that would be like super dope to do that.
18:55Well, these guys, they're like, well, how do we know which, well, how do we know which game?
19:00And what it's, uh, we didn't get a chance to do that, but I'm a auction guy myself, but like it was, uh, it was that.
19:07So yeah, we've done a couple of random, uh, different things to get draft orders in, uh, in the local home league.
19:13That's fun. That's fun. Now, how about just across all the leagues you've played, you know, going way back or even current leagues?
19:19Like who's, who's been your biggest rival in fantasy sports?
19:22I've got a really close friend, um, here. Um, he, he is best friends with my brother-in-law.
19:27Um, his name's RJ and we, uh, man, we play pretty much, man.
19:31All of the local leagues are like leagues that are close by.
19:34Like we all play together. And he's a super sharp guy, man.
19:37Super smart guy. Um, and it's always funny to me because like all the leagues we play in, um, you know, a
19:44lot of guys are like, oh, you know, like, you know, Johnny's here, man.
19:48You know, we got to lock in, you know, I'm like, guys, like, listen, like, it's not just me.
19:53Okay. Like RJ, like you guys are going to let RJ come in here and do work while you guys are worried about me.
20:00And he's going to come in. He's just a really mild mannered guy, but, uh, he's probably my biggest rival, man.
20:06It's, it's not a, you know, a trash talking rival.
20:08It's just more of like, Hey man, you know, there's nothing but respect here.
20:12We know. Yeah. We know, we know, uh, what we're here for.
20:16We actually have a big matchup, um, in one of the other leagues this week.
20:20We're both, um, three, you know, and I looked at his roster.
20:23I was like, golly, man. So these guys got JSN and Ken Walker this week.
20:27I was like, I'm a work. I was like, I'm a work cut out for me this week.
20:32That's good stuff. Uh, any favorite memory playing this great game of fantasy football?
20:36Uh, one of my favorite memories is, um, we played, we did an IDP league one year with, uh, with my guys
20:43back in Tennessee and RJ was actually in that league as well.
20:46Um, but we, we did an IDP league and I was playing, uh, against the number one seed, uh, this guy, Steven,
20:52and he's a monster trash talker, man. He actually, I believe now he's our, I think he coaches linebackers or secondary back
20:58in my high school now, um, or whatever. And, uh, he, dude, he just, this guy, man, he talks so much trash
21:04all the time, man, all the time. And he talked and talked and talked.
21:08And, uh, I thought I'd lost, uh, by like two or three points, but what happened was, um, you know, with IDP, they do the official stack corrections.
21:16So they went back and they did a couple official stack corrections on Tuesday and they credited, uh, one of my defensive
21:22players with a fumble recovery and with a tackle.
21:25And I beat him by like 0.6 and went on to win the ship.
21:29It was like, it was the best man. It was the best.
21:32Cause he had, he had nothing to say. He's like, Oh man, well, you know, sometimes you lose sometimes like, Oh yeah.
21:38Now sometimes you win and sometimes you lose now.
21:41Okay. I love it. I, I once saw a guy with a stack correction, drop his whole team.
21:46Cause he thought the commissioner did it to him.
21:49Like that was way back in the day, you know, a little more wild west.
21:53Um, that was probably early two thousands. And yeah, this guy was livid because of a stack correction.
21:58He totally thought it was a conspiracy against him.
22:00So at least that guy took it, you know, took it there.
22:04Yeah. Yeah. That's awesome. Uh, so going back to those early days, you know, you know, getting on you, Yahoo or early
22:10content, uh, you know, when you're doing fantasy, do you remember like some of the resources back then?
22:15Like some of the analysts that you, that you followed or any of the content you followed?
22:20I mean, that was so far back in the day, man.
22:23Um, you know, it was really just like, um, man, we played on one website, um, fan ball.
22:28We played on that for a little bit. Um, that was cool, but like really, man, Matthew Berry.
22:33I mean, that's really, you know, like it's it, Matthew Berry, um, was really the guy, um, like in that space for
22:39me, man, that like, I just, you know, I paid a lot of attention to.
22:43And then obviously like any like mild blurb that you could get, you know, then like about fantasy football, you would just
22:49kind of like grab onto it, um, and kind of run with it.
22:53And then like, you know, very subtly, like, you know, they would have it like on ESPN and stuff.
22:58And it was very like 10 team ish kind of deal.
23:02And like, we played in a lot of like 12 teams.
23:05Um, but like, yeah, Matthew Berry would have been the guy for me and Fabiano.
23:09Um, you know, obviously just because like the NFL network deal, uh, or whatever, those were really like the two guys, but
23:15like, obviously like his time evolved and content kind of, you know, content did grow.
23:19Um, there were definitely some other people, uh, that I did start to, you know, watch, read and pay attention to.
23:25Well, in today's day, like, what are your favorite resources, you know, sites, channels, analysts out there?
23:30Oh man, I got a lot, dude. Um, like one of my favorite places, like, um, like I said, I'm a big DFS guy.
23:37Uh, one of my favorite places, um, I, I still love to listen to, um, is Stochastic, um, and Lafayette.
23:42Um, I really, really enjoy his content. Um, I really enjoy Stochastic's content, um, with what they have going on there.
23:48Um, it's, it's a lot of fun. It's very interactive.
23:51Uh, but like right now, man, like as far as like season long stuff and things like that, man, there's, there's a boatload.
23:57Uh, uh, fantasy points is a, is a place that like, um, you know, I spend a lot of time, like listening
24:04to those guys, the guru in the morning as I'm dropping off the kids or after I've dropped off the kids, like
24:10listening, listening to those guys as, um, you know, as I go back, uh, Jeff Manns, uh, is somebody too, that, um,
24:16of course, like after picking the kids up and later on in the day, uh, you know, I hear him a lot.
24:22Um, so I really, I really enjoy his content.
24:25I just, I appreciate people that are just really authentically themselves.
24:28It's really like the biggest thing, man. Um, and Jeff Manns, like, there ain't no doubt about it.
24:33Uh, he, he is that, um, Andrew Cooper, man, uh, my dude, man, uh, man, I got so much love for that guy, man.
24:39It's crazy. Um, he like was listening to him, um, you know, just kind of as things like progressed probably, you know,
24:46over the last six or seven years, uh, my wife actually one year, she bought me a lifetime subscription to a fantasy alarm.
24:52And then, um, you know, like, obviously I'll share a little bit more about Andrew later on, but, uh, Rich Rebar, uh,
24:58had a chance to meet him, uh, at the expo, uh, funny story.
25:02Um, just because like, you know, you mentioned like how do you consume content, right?
25:06And like everybody consumes content so differently. So of course me and Nick, you know, I know you already know how this story is going to end.
25:14It's going to end wild. Cause it's me and Nick.
25:17So, um, you know, so like I, um, guys that like I listen to, um, or consume content from her, you know,
25:23a lot of them are on Sirius XM. So Nick's like, Oh, he's like, there's your retreat.
25:27I was like, Oh, okay. Like, cool. Like not really familiar with rich like that, just because not was at the time,
25:34wasn't in my ecosystem of like how I consume content.
25:36Um, so we're talking and you know, whatever. And so Nick's like, Oh, you know, you should follow us.
25:42So Rich takes my phone and he, you know, types his name in and he's like, you ain't even following me.
25:48It just like goes in, just goes in on me right there.
25:51I love it. Oh man. But like, um, but now like, obviously like, and not even like in a bad way, but
25:57it was just like one of those types of moments where like, Oh my gosh, dude.
26:02So, so embarrassed, man. Uh, but like definitely, uh, you know, definitely have a great relationship with him now.
26:07So definitely, uh, consuming his content. Talked about authenticity, man.
26:10Uh, Lawrence Jackson, man, Lord don't lose. I love that guy's content.
26:13I love, uh, you know, his authenticity. Um, I love everything about a man, uh, for sure.
26:18And, you know, they're always like, Hey man, you know, like find somebody that like, you know, like you really enjoy their
26:24content and like, Hey, like let that be kind of like how you navigate things.
26:28Like that he's a guy that like, man, I got like, I just, I love it.
26:33Every time I see his content, uh, Laquan same thing, man.
26:36Uh, seen him, uh, just making content earlier on, uh, you know, obviously kind of before he got into the space that
26:42he's in now, everything just, you know, dropping, dropping straight fire all the time.
26:46Uh, you know, uh, so definitely got a lot of love for him.
26:50Uh, Chris Allen, um, at Yahoo, um, same thing, man, Ray G, uh, Ray Garvin.
26:54He's somebody that like, uh, I stumbled across probably like two years ago, man.
26:58And, uh, it was a Monday morning and I, you know, was watching some of this stuff.
27:03I was like, man, like this guy is so good, but he is so good, man.
27:07Um, so him, uh, Jim Coventry, I tell, uh, we had Coventry on the show and I tell him all the time.
27:13And I said, uh, I'm just used to listening to you while I'm like mowing my lawn and doing yard work.
27:19Cause it's normally like on Sundays and stuff, but like him, uh, Dan Claskins, um, Jeff Ratcliffe, um, just like, those are
27:25like the guys like now that like, I, I consume a lot of content, um, you know, reading, listening, uh, whatever the case may be.
27:32Um, so those are guys like, uh, guys and sites.
27:35Roto grinders is another big one for me as well.
27:38I spend a lot of time on. Incredible resources, incredible people in that mix for sure.
27:42They're all have unique stories and, you know, and their journeys in this space and in this industry, uh, great, great list of people for sure.
27:50What was it that inspired you to get involved and start doing, doing content?
27:54Um, man, I, I, um, I went on a cruise, um, in 2018, uh, work by actual nine to five job.
28:00Wasn't like going exactly the way that like I wanted it to man.
28:03And, um, you know, I had been really successful in my nine to five job.
28:07I just take it on another role. Uh, it wasn't going good for me.
28:11Um, I was really frustrated, uh, cause like I have like, you know, I'm like a perfectionist and I have like such
28:18a high expectation for myself and it wasn't going good.
28:20And, um, we went on a cruise, man. And I just like, I was unavailable, uh, for my job.
28:26Um, and it really, you know, I was gone for like nine days and I just, you know, I had time to
28:32kind of just like, think like, you know, like, what do you like, what is this man?
28:37Like, what are you doing? Like, what makes you happy?
28:39Like, what do you care about? Like, what do you want to do?
28:43And, um, I was on that cruise, man. And, uh, I got, we were about three days in and I said, man,
28:49you know, I said one thing I just love doing.
28:52I said, I just love talking about ball. I said, I love talking about football.
28:56I love talking about fantasy football. I said, you know, like, you know, people used to call me a football nerd, a
29:02fantasy football geek and stuff like back in the day and stuff.
29:06And, you know, and I was just like, don't care.
29:09I said, you know what? I said, that's what I want to do.
29:12Um, and so like, I got off the cruise and, uh, the first thing I did, ironically enough, the first thing I seen, uh, was like Scott Fishbowl.
29:20And I had tried and tried, or at least I thought I had tried, like most people thought, you know, they had
29:26tried and I was like, okay, like, let me take the time to read through this.
29:31So like, I submitted for it and, um, I actually got accepted.
29:34Uh, well then too, uh, Seth Wilcox, um, he, uh, in between media, he had like, uh, an editing job, uh, that was, you know, open.
29:41So like, dude, I did not know a thing about editing, like zero.
29:45So I hit him up and he's like, yeah, like, you know, come on through.
29:49So I ended up working, uh, working with this guy who, uh, on editing.
29:53Uh, so who, uh, God, I got so much love for him too, man.
29:57Uh, he, he really taught me how to edit, man.
30:00Like he took the time to show me how to edit to like what to do, like steps, this and that.
30:06Um, and so like, I was on with those guys for a couple months, man.
30:10Uh, my mother-in-law had an aneurysm, uh, that burst in her abdominal area.
30:14And, you know, I just, I couldn't commit to, I couldn't commit to it the way I wanted to, you know, so
30:20I just, you know, I stepped away and I said, Hey man, you know, maybe another time.
30:25Um, and then I met Nick and me and Nick started kind of talking or whatever.
30:29So that season goes by. And, um, I made a couple of like short videos here and there, uh, just independent and
30:35me and Nick were kind of talking and, you know, we're like, all right, well, you know, maybe we can do something.
30:42And obviously like, you know, uh, most people as they know, like it's kind of morphed into like this podcast that Nick
30:48and I do, um, now, but like just having the opportunity, man, like to, you know, um, to rub elbows with, you know, a couple of people.
30:55I met Andrew Cooper down at Scott fishbowl in Boston, uh, as well.
30:59Um, and that's like, that's what really like inspired me, uh, was just like those things.
31:03And like, ever since then, man, like I've been, you know, uh, I've been making content, uh, you know, for the last three years.
31:10So did you meet Nick? Was that online just in the, you know, physically, physically at the, at the Scott fishbowl, uh, Scott fishbowl 13.
31:17Yeah. I met him there. Uh, or whatever. And that, that year, like I didn't do any content at all or anything, um, at all.
31:24And then, uh, the following year, um, I seen him again at Scott fishbowl and like, we just kind of talked in,
31:30uh, and then like, we went to the expo and, uh, you know, we're like, okay, like let's at the, after the
31:37expo, we're like, all right, like maybe there's something here.
31:39So like, let's give it a shot. Um, as opposed to just like making independent content, uh, for me.
31:45Um, we just, we linked up and, uh, you know, we've been, we've been doing it ever since.
31:50Amazing. Amazing stuff. What's been the most rewarding part of, of your experience in the fantasy community so far?
31:55Man, I think there's a couple things. Um, I think one is just like, I have two little girls, um, let's call
32:01them little girls, but one's 13 going to be 13.
32:04The other is going to be 10. I think just showing them, man, just to be fearless.
32:09Um, and if you really, really love something, man, just like, go do it.
32:13Like, don't like, don't listen to what other people say.
32:16Like, don't take in like what they say. Like, yeah, like some people like will give you advice for sure.
32:21Um, but like, obviously if they're giving you advice, they're giving you advice through their own experience.
32:26Right. And there's like some truth into all of that, but like, if you really care about something and you really love something, like just go do it.
32:34Like the worst thing that can happen is it doesn't work.
32:37And if it doesn't work, all right, cool. Like you continue to live life or you learn from it.
32:42Uh, right. And so I think like, that's been a big thing is just to show them that like, you know, there's
32:48somebody here that's tangible, that really loves something. And like, if you want to do something, like you'll make time for it,
32:55like you'll put the effort into it. Um, and you can go do it, but just understand that like, nobody's going to do it for you.
33:02Like you have to go do it yourself if you truly want to do it.
33:06Um, that part is like a big deal for me.
33:09Uh, the other part that's like, uh, just really rewarding is like, right.
33:13Like, you know, people ask you anyway, like, you know, what I mean?
33:16Like they subconsciously ask you the questions about like their fantasy roster anyway, you know, yo, like, you know, some of my
33:22friends, you know, they, my childhood friends call me Jono, uh, Jono, man.
33:26Like, what do you think about this? Like, you know, should I do this or should I do that?
33:31Or like, Hey, like, what would you do? Uh, but just being able to help people out, man.
33:36Um, you know, with their fantasy leagues, man, because, you know, there's some people that like, are like, you know, in it like deep.
33:43Right. And then there's some people that are just in it socially just, you know, the one league is like enough for the two leagues.
33:50There's one guy, uh, at school, man. I see him all the time.
33:54And, uh, you know, he gives me the rundown of his roster all the time.
33:58And, uh, I'm like, dude, I'm like, how do they keep letting you do this?
34:02He's like, this is my only league is this.
34:05And one of my other buddies, he plays in it.
34:08I messaged him the other day. I said, man, we got to quit letting this guy take y'all down through there, man.
34:14Cause he is working y'all every year. And like, man, my cousins, you know, my cousins, they hit me up to, you know, like, yo, John, Oh man.
34:22Like, you know, like, tell me about my roster.
34:24Like, what do you think? That's the best part, man.
34:27It's just being able to help people, man. Um, like in that space, but really, like I said, it's more or less,
34:33man, for me, um, just being able to show my kids that like, you know what I mean?
34:38Like it's, it's a possibility, um, to do whatever it is you want to do.
34:42That's amazing. Yeah. Fellow girl dad here. So I appreciate it.
34:45I love, I love what you're saying. I love the motivation behind all that, uh, and the message behind that.
34:51Cause that's pretty powerful. Uh, so what are your, your long-term goals in this fantasy space?
34:56Uh, man, like I want to, um, I officially, um, I officially got LLC, uh, this year, um, the fantasy football shows officially a licensed company.
35:03Um, man, like I want to, I want to build it, man.
35:06Like I want to build it. Um, you know, I want to, you know, put together a nice team, man.
35:12Um, would love to be able to get people like whether it's content creators, whether it's website builders, uh, you know, producers
35:18or whatever, uh, you know, cause just, you know, it's Nick and I, um, you know, and both of us kind of
35:24dabbling in, you know, in every space, uh, you know, I'm comfortable with it, but as you were very well aware, it is, it is a heavy lift.
35:32It is a heavy lift. Um, but like, you know, anybody that like, it's kind of, I look at it as like
35:38anybody that's in the same space that I was in like three years ago.
35:42It's just like, Hey man, like, you know, I want to do something and they just don't know where to channel it.
35:48Yo man, hit me up, man. Hit me up.
35:51Cause I'm pretty sure, man, we can figure out something to do, um, you know, and find a place like to be
35:57able to, you know, to have you help out, uh, whatever respect.
36:00And, um, you know, cause that's how it is, man.
36:03It's like, yeah, pretty sure, you know, like somebody's got to take a chance on you.
36:08Somebody's got to, you know, believe in you and bring you on and give you some game.
36:12Um, and I, you know, I love nothing more than being able to help get back to people, uh, just in general.
36:19So, you know, if you're watching this or you hear it or whatever the case may be, and you're like, ah, like,
36:25you know, I want to, you know, I want to get involved in fantasy football content creating, or I like, I love it.
36:31Yo man, hit me up, man. And, uh, you know, my goal is, you know, hopefully by the time next year turns
36:37around, uh, to be able to, you know, to have a nice little team together, to be able to do some things
36:44and really kind of start, uh, trying to make this thing, make a run for it.
36:48Um, it's really, um, it's really what I'm thinking.
36:51I love it. What's your advice for people that are out there that are looking to get more involved in the space?
36:57Maybe they're, you know, they're, maybe they're timid about, you know, just getting involved, creating some content, or maybe they've been doing
37:03it a while, but you know, they, they want to, you know, they want to break.
37:07Do you have any advice for people? Um, yeah, I think like, for me, like the biggest thing, like, um, I learned
37:14was like, and it's just a, like a fear thing.
37:16And like, I'm a like uberly confident person, uh, super confident, but I think like just knowing that like, you're putting yourself
37:23out there on a camera or like with all of your words and your thoughts and like, Oh my God, like, what if this is stupid?
37:30Like what, dude, I, like, I always go back and watch my, the very, the very first short I ever made was
37:36about Saquon Barkley when he went to the Philadelphia Eagles and the content was right.
37:40But like, dude, it just, it looks so brutal.
37:43Like when you see it now. Right. And then I think about like how far, like I've come now as far as
37:49like, um, just creating content, um, editing things, um, you know, like those types of things.
37:54Um, it's just understanding, man, like, dude, you are going to get stuff wrong.
37:57And like, man, there are, listen, there are going to be haters at every single turn.
38:02Like it does not matter. Right. Cause at the end of the day, man, fantasy football, you can have all the data in the world.
38:09You can have everything at your fingertips. Somebody goes out there and turns an ankle don't matter.
38:14It does not matter. Like it does not matter.
38:16You know, they say chance favors the prepared mind.
38:19Uh, you know, like, all right, cool. Like you can be prepared, but things still happening.
38:23Right. Like you might have a good take that actually ends up being a bad take, but it has nothing to do about your process.
38:30Right. Um, just understand that and know, like, that's fine.
38:33And like, you know, if, if people are taking the time out to, uh, you know, to, to hate on the content
38:39that you're making, Hey, at least you've made an interaction.
38:42Right. Like you've made an interaction, uh, is the way that I look at it.
38:46Um, so like, there's that piece of it. And if you've been doing it for a while and I've, I've heard a
38:52lot of people say that you've been doing it for a while and like, you know, you, you know, you getting burnt or whatever.
38:59It's all right, man. You know, to take some time away, like, cause you know, the game is still going to be here.
39:06Those relationships, uh, but people are still going to be here, um, as well.
39:10Like, um, you know, there's, there's people that like, I know that are in that same space that, you know, I might
39:16just be sitting here on a random, you know, Tuesday and I might, you know, have a thought about this person and
39:22I might just like reach out to them and just check in, Hey man, you know, just checking in on you just to see how things are going.
39:30Uh, because it's a great man. It's a great community.
39:33Um, and like, man, I honestly, man. And you know, um, I'm a pretty straightforward guy with things, man.
39:38I've, I've yet to have like a really negative experience, man.
39:41Um, uh, being a part of this community, uh, just in general with, with people.
39:45Um, so like, it's all right, man. Like it's cool, you know, uh, understand to like family stuff too, man.
39:51Um, you know, like don't miss out on that stuff either, man.
39:54Like, you know, we're talking about family, you know, if you got to shuffle some stuff around, man, to get to the
40:00family events or whatever with your kids, man, like that's cool too, man.
40:04Like you're, you know, your audience will still be there waiting.
40:07There's still a place for it. Um, those are the things, man, I would say like, you know, reach out.
40:13Reach out to people, man. You know, whether they're big, whether they're small, like whatever, man, uh, goes a long way.
40:19I love it. It's great, great advice for sure.
40:21And, and, uh, I think it's, it's definitely true.
40:24This community is very supportive, incredible people in there.
40:26So don't hesitate to, to reach out to people and connect because, you know, again, there's so much support out there.
40:32Talk about your fantasy football expo experience. It's like when that first, when that idea first came up, obviously you said that
40:38you went to a, you know, some SFB events, which was kind of a good catalyst for that.
40:43But what, what was the discussion around like, Hey, let's go to Canton and, and just meet people.
40:48Like, what were you thinking at that time? And then what was the reality behind the event when you experienced it?
40:54I just, I had heard people talk about it, right?
40:57Like when I first kind of like got into like the fantasy circle a little bit, I had heard people talk about
41:03the expo and I'm a big serious XM listener.
41:06So like, I'm, you know, very familiar with like a lot of the things, like a lot of the events that go
41:12on, you know, FSGA, uh, you know, the ultimate flex league, you know, all those type of things.
41:17And like, I I'm hearing them. I'm like, man, like this sounds so dope.
41:21Like this sounds so dope. And, um, I like, I said, you know, man, I said, I, I think I'm going to go.
41:27I said, I think I'm going to go. And I'd been, of course I had been kind of on the fence about
41:34going and Nick hits me up and he's like, so he was like, are you going to go or what?
41:39I was like, yeah, I was like, I'm going to go.
41:42Um, and so like we go and man, like I, I always tell people this and you kind of hit on it earlier.
41:49It's like, you know, like you go for a couple of years and you know, you're kind of like, all right, like
41:55kind of, you know, like same deal. You go the first year, like I go there the first year and, um, you know, and I'll just everything, man.
42:03Like I go and first thing I see, man, I see, you know, I see Scott fish.
42:08I'm like, Oh my God, like it's Scott fish.
42:10And like, you know, and he's like super cool, super approachable, you know, super easy to talk to.
42:15Like, and I had seen him at the Boston event.
42:18And so, you know, he like recognizes me, like doesn't know me, but recognizes me.
42:22And, you know, we get to talking and then like, I run into him like seven different times there, um, at the event.
42:29And we like me and my daughters, uh, we created a video to get into the second Scott fishbowl.
42:34Uh, and so like, they know how big of a deal, like it was for me.
42:38And so we were there and, uh, I FaceTime, one of my daughters and he was there and he like, you know,
42:45said hi to a woman or whatever. And they just thought it was like the dopest thing ever.
42:50Um, and then, you know, like hanging out, man, what, like so many great memories, man.
42:54Uh, you know, downtown Canton, Ohio playing, uh, wiffle ball.
42:57I wasn't playing. I was just watching, but watching, you know, coop and those guys, man, play wiffle ball at two o'clock in the morning.
43:04Uh, you know, downtown Canton, man. Um, and then just, you know, able to like meet so many people, man.
43:10Like I met, uh, you know, Amber from the fantasy advice network, Joe Frick, man.
43:14Like we met him there that year. Like that was so, uh, that was so, so cool, man.
43:19Just to like, hang out with him. Uh, cash Brandon, uh, we're a couple of guys that, um, I met Jamison Hutchinson,
43:25uh, fizzle dollars, Jason Brown, tip, uh, Frank Amarante, uh, Marcus Grant.
43:28Uh, like you, you meet all of these people, right.
43:31And like the, everybody's just in the same space, man.
43:34And like, you know, Dustin, Dustin luck, uh, yeah.
43:36Yeah. Yeah. And like, I, uh, I tell people this, that like they were doing the flag football deal and I was
43:43like, man, listen, I was like, I'm in my forties.
43:45I was like, peak has passed, man. I like it.
43:48This ain't for me right here. Uh, and I was just kind of sitting there and, uh, Dustin, I mean, we talked
43:54for like two hours and I tell anybody, man, it was one of the best conversations I had, um, at the expo, uh, was, was with him, man.
44:02And we built like a really, you know, really great relationship.
44:05Uh, you know, like I said, that's how, that's how I met Rich, uh, was there.
44:10Uh, well, um, it's just like, it's so overwhelming because there's so many people that do so many things and that like
44:16are really, really, you know, important to the industry along with people who are doing things like currently, um, as upstarts or just like there is football.
44:24Jason Brown is a guy, man, that like, uh, you know, he's super cool dude, man.
44:28And he like plays in like all the leagues, like the Dan Claskins leagues and like the fantasy alarm leagues and stuff like that.
44:35Uh, um, yeah, he's a big Cowboys fan. We'll talk about that Joy Porter thing again, but, um, you know, you just meet all these guys, man.
44:42And like, you know, you find that like, you know, there's these commonalities.
44:46It's not always like about football. Sometimes you just, you're talking about your kids.
44:50Sometimes, sometimes you're talking about, you know, you know, being, you know, being a husband.
44:54Sometimes you're talking about, you know, wrestling. Sometimes like you're, you're just talking about like a lot of different things as well, man.
45:01Um, you know, and obviously man, like the females as well.
45:04Um, you know, there are a lot, a lot of great like females, like, and like I said, Amber from fantasy advice
45:10network, man, uh, just an absolutely awesome human being just in general, man.
45:14Um, and just talking about like life. Um, so like, man, I encourage like any and everybody, man, if you're just even
45:20remotely on the fence about going to the expo, just go, just go one time.
45:24And you'll be like, okay, like this is, it was the most fun I'd had in quite some time, man, as an adult for sure.
45:31Yeah. It's a very special event. And, and you mentioned obviously Scott fishbowl live events too.
45:35Those are just incredible. Uh, you know, they're in nearly every city across America these days.
45:40I mean, wherever you are, there's an SFB that's close by.
45:43So definitely hit those events out because they are, they are pretty incredible to kind of just connect with people on every
45:49level, you know, it's special for sure. Uh, and you get to know, you get to know people a lot better.
45:55And so speaking of getting to know people, we're going to, we're going to dive into some rapid fire questions, a couple
46:01of football, but a little more just, you know, personal stuff about you.
46:05Let's dive in. So, uh, who's your all time favorite fantasy football player?
46:09Oh man. All time. Uh, I want to go to Sean Jackson.
46:12We'll be a couple of fantasy championships. Love it.
46:15Love this John Jackson. Isn't there like a special coming out?
46:18Like, yes. Go deep. Yeah. Yeah. That's pretty sweet.
46:20Uh, now can you name four fantasy football industry legends that you'd put on the, on, on Mount Rushmore?
46:25Oh man. Uh, I'm going to say, uh, Jim Coventry for sure.
46:29Uh, I'm going to put, uh, Coop on there.
46:31I got to put Matthew Barry on there and then I will go, uh, like I said, I'll go Lawrence Jackson, man.
46:38Just because like, he's like, just my favorite, my favorite content creator, man.
46:41And talk about somebody that had a, had a cool experience going to the expo and just making things happen.
46:47Yeah. Lawrence Jackson, huge fan of his for sure.
46:49Uh, how about the Superbowl? Who's, uh, who's going in 2026 and who plays, who wins?
46:54Uh, I said it from the very beginning of the season.
46:57Uh, Jags versus bears. Okay. Jags wins. I've already said Trevor Lawrence is my pick for MVP for the season.
47:03So Jags and bears. I love it. I love it.
47:05I love it. Yeah. Yeah. The narrative, the narrative, just, just, just to add some more context to it for me, like
47:11the narrative is, it's like, Hey, um, you know, you have, um, obviously Ben Johnson and, uh, Liam Cohen, you have two guys, obviously former offensive coordinators.
47:19Um, you know, you have them, you know, in their second years, like in this space, you have two number one overall
47:25quarterbacks who, you know, maybe for Trevor Lawrence, some people might be like, ah, like hasn't necessarily like lived up to it.
47:31I think like, this is the year for him.
47:34And I think like the other narrative is like for Caleb Williams, which like, I love Trevor Lawrence, but Caleb Williams is
47:40literally like my favorite player in the NFL right now.
47:43Like, I don't care. Like he can cry 50 times after he pops a hamstring.
47:47I don't care. He like, for me, like, I think it's, it's a matter of like narratives.
47:52It's like, we've already seen Jayden Daniels be offensive rookie of the year.
47:56Yeah. Um, you know, out of that draft class, uh, obviously we just seen Drake may play in the Superbowl, um, last season.
48:02Um, he's the only one that does not have like a complete, like full three 60 narrative that like we can look at and validate.
48:09So I think sometimes the universe just has a way of balancing itself out.
48:13I think that's going to happen this year for him.
48:16I think obviously like we just seen what happened on Monday night, uh, with them and the Eagles Ben Johnson, man, like that guy stays in his bag.
48:24So like, Hey, give me a healthy Caleb Williams.
48:26I think they have it man. Uh, for sure.
48:29So yeah, Jags, Jags and bears Jags win it all man.
48:32Okay. I love it. I love it. That's a fun one for sure.
48:35How about an all time favorite TV show for you?
48:38All time favorite TV show. I'm actually rocking a shirt today, man.
48:42Uh, it's the wire. Uh, it's not even close for me, man.
48:45That is that by far for me is the greatest TV show, uh, that was ever made.
48:50Uh, I'm, uh, sometimes I think we all can be complex human beings.
48:53Uh, but I love the fact that there's so many different layers on this show.
48:58Um, and that like, you know, you can watch it five or six different times and have five or six different takeaways.
49:04You know, one thing goes a little bit different here, like in this space and it completely changes the outcome of like every single domino that falls.
49:11I think it gives you like a realistic look, um, you know, of, I shouldn't say realistic look, but it gives you
49:18a look as far as like, you know, at the time, like, um, you know, um, inner city struggles gives you a
49:24look at like, uh, you know, um, you know, police, police stuff, juking stats, uh, you know, obviously political things as well.
49:30Like the impact on that, as far as like choosing like where to put money versus where not to put money sometimes
49:36how things can be, you know, overlooked, um, as far as, uh, impact on things, depending on what it is.
49:42Uh, it's just a great show for me. Uh, so many young stars, man, at the time, Michael B.
49:47Jordan, Michael Williams, uh, obviously rest in peace, but just so many great, so many great actors, so many, so many layers, so many stories.
49:54Uh, it's the greatest TV show of all time for me.
49:57I love, I love the passion. I love the breakdown on that one for sure.
50:01Uh, how about all time favorite movie for you?
50:04The Departed. Yeah. Uh, The Departed just in the same fashion.
50:07Uh, so many layers in that story, so many twists, so many turns, uh, obviously now like residing in the Northeast close
50:13to Boston, living in Maine, uh, anything that's like centralized to like where I'm at.
50:17Um, I take just a, just a natural liking to.
50:20Uh, so to be able to see like a lot of like the things that are there, uh, you know, landmarks in Boston and things like that.
50:28And then you just look at the cast of characters in that, in that movie.
50:32Like, I don't know if or when you will ever see a star studded cast like that.
50:37Yeah. Uh, just it like suspense twists turns. Uh, yeah, that's, that's, that's my favorite movie right there.
50:42How about a sports movie? Uh, favorite sports movie.
50:44Um, I'd probably say. I'll either go varsity blues or Friday night lights.
50:48I think varsity blues, um, as a high schooler, just because it was right around that time.
50:53Uh, we all kind of like, we're like, oh, we're this, but like, I think Friday night lights, just the movie itself.
50:59Uh, you know, and it gets me every time, man.
51:02I just almost, I can almost never watch the scene without crying, man.
51:05Almost. It's like, you know, after, you know, Boobie blows his knee up and, you know, he gets in the car and
51:11it's like, you know, all I can do is play ball.
51:15What am I going to do? And it's just like, oh man, dude, it just like, it gets me, uh, gets me every time.
51:21Oh, I love it. I love it. How about, uh, how about all type favorite video game for you?
51:27Um, I don't play as much as I used to, um, just because the kids and like kind of dabbling into this
51:33space and, you know, I want to be fair to my wife and kids, you know?
51:37Um, but I would say, uh, when I did play Madden, uh, no question Madden was absolutely my favorite game franchise mode, uh, online, uh, man.
51:45I used to, I loved, uh, growing up, man, back home playing like with my buddies and stuff before like online was a big deal.
51:52I would just line them up and beat the brakes off of all of them, man.
51:56I would stay on the sticks for eight, nine, eight, nine, uh, games deep, man.
52:00So yeah. Give me Madden, man. For sure. Love it.
52:03Love it. Uh, how about the best meal ever?
52:06It could be something that you remember having once upon a time or just the ultimate construct of a meal, like a last meal.
52:12Um, me and my aunt, uh, man, she, uh, she passed away during COVID, uh, from COVID.
52:17Um, but when I would go back home, man, um, she would always like make, like something like this right here, man.
52:23She would make, uh, like turnip greens, uh, chicken, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, um, sweet potato pie, red velvet cake, uh,
52:30you know, something like that right there, man. Just a nice, like, you know, Southern meal, man.
52:34Uh, that is like, that's like every time I go home, man, like when I go home, like that's, that's the stuff that hits for me.
52:42Is that right there, man? That's the Southern cooking right there.
52:45I love it. Uh, how about, how about a beverage?
52:47What's the, what's the best beverage for you? What's the, what's the goat beverage?
52:51Uh, two, um, any flavored Ciroc vodka. I'm all in on man.
52:55Uh, like alcoholic drinks. Like, yeah. In 1942, if we're just talking non-alcoholic beverages, uh, I love me a good blackberry ginger ale, man.
53:01You know? Okay. Yeah. Blackberry, you know, I've never had a blackberry ginger ale.
53:05Oh man, dude. Fire. Fire. Where do they sell those?
53:08So I've never seen one in the Pacific Northwest.
53:11Yeah. Um, I mean, we got, uh, Hannaford here, a grocery store.
53:14Okay. Um, but yeah, like that's where I get them from.
53:17It's like, I get them from, uh, from Hannaford.
53:20So. I'll keep my eyes out for that. Cause that sounds, I love ginger ale, you know.
53:25Blackberry, black raspberry ginger ale, man. So good, man.
53:27So good. All right. All right. How about music?
53:30Uh, who's your favorite artist or band or musician?
53:32Of all time. Goat is little Wayne, man. Goat is little Wayne.
53:35Uh, you know, I, uh, actually went to go see him this summer.
53:39Um, he, he was late for the show. Uh, so he didn't make the first show.
53:44So he had to come back for the second show.
53:46This was my second time seeing him. But, uh, to me, man, I don't think, uh, I don't think there will ever be an artist.
53:53Um, at least in my opinion, man, is big and is transcending as, as little Wayne, uh, is and was, uh, you
54:00just think about like, uh, the impact like he had on a, on hip hop culture.
54:04Um, just overall, you know, crossing over to do some rock stuff as well.
54:08Uh, you know, bringing, bringing Drake to the party, bringing Nicki Minaj to the party, uh, as well, obviously the stuff like
54:14from him, like with cash money when he was 16, uh, he's been doing it, you know, geez, man, uh, for almost 30 years, man.
54:21So that's my goat right there. Dwayne Carter. There we go.
54:24There we go. Uh, how'd you end up in Maine?
54:27Um, I have, um, I have four brothers and two sisters, um, and my dad was previously married.
54:32Um, so I had two brothers and a sister, um, that were here, um, as I mentioned, you know, everything that happened earlier on in my life.
54:40Uh, so when I got to high school or actually when I got out of high school, um, you know, man, I
54:46was just, you know, I didn't really have any direction, man.
54:49Um, you know, in my life and I was, you know, just probably not making the best decisions.
54:54Um, at that point in time, one of my brothers called me randomly one day and we, we talked for probably about four to six months.
55:01And, you know, he told me, he said, Hey man, he said, uh, you know, if you want to, man, he said,
55:08you know, you can come up here. He said, you know, if you just want to come up here and stay for like a week, like, that's cool.
55:15He's like, if you want to come up here and, you know, stay past that, like, that's cool.
55:20And, uh, you know, I, I, I tell everybody, man, like, this was like a real turning point for me because I
55:27knew like, you know, I probably could have stayed like in Tennessee and probably, you know, maybe I would have figured it out.
55:33Maybe I wouldn't have. Right. But I just knew that like, Hey, like if I, if I moved away and gave myself
55:39like the best opportunity that like I possibly could, um, that like, you know, and it didn't work, I can always come back home.
55:46But if I stayed here and didn't do that, then like, I would never know how it went.
55:51And, um, I, I was up here for probably three days, man, and completely different world in Tennessee.
55:56Like, don't get it twisted. But, uh, but I said, you know what, man, I said, I, I think, I think I
56:02can deal with this and I think I can make this a thing.
56:06Um, and you know, their, you know, their family was like, you know, willing to bring me in, man, you know, uh,
56:12give me a place to stay for, you know, a couple months, man, found a job, you know, went to school, got a degree, all that stuff, man.
56:20And, um, and obviously, man, you know, I've been able to, uh, you know, you know, been able to, you know, get
56:26married, have two kids, man, you know, have a really good job, man, be able to take care of myself.
56:32So, um, you know, just one of the best decisions I ever made in my life, man, for sure.
56:37I love it. I mean, that sounds, that's, that's incredible.
56:40Uh, and speaking of like, you know, locations and everything like that, how about, how about a vacation or, or city or a place you visited?
56:47Is there a favorite all time memory on that front?
56:50Uh, well, I wasn't at the expo this year, uh, because, um, me and my family, we went to Hawaii.
56:56Nice. We went to Hawaii. So, um, I actually, um, in my nine to five job, I actually won like a really
57:02prestige award and they, they take you to Hawaii.
57:04Um, so they flew me and my wife to Hawaii and we bought the kids with us because we're like, you know,
57:10when are we ever going to have a chance to go to Hawaii like this again or whatever.
57:16So we stayed in Hawaii for a week, uh, you know, and I, you know, dude, like I was like, it was so happy.
57:22Um, you know, obviously I think, you know, it probably comes through like loud and clear, man, like how much, like I love my family and my kids.
57:30Um, and, um, you know, just to be able to, to give them things and, uh, show them things that made, you
57:36know, like I never could have even dreamed or imagined of, you know, being their age, you know, like they're, you know,
57:4213 and 10 and, you know, we've, you know, we've already, you know, we've done the Bahamas, we've done Maui, we've done,
57:49uh, you know, Austin, Texas, we've done San Antonio, we've done Nashville, we've done New York, uh, we've done Florida.
57:54Uh, so, you know, we've, uh, we, we've kind of, we've, we've moved around quite a bit, man, but Hawaii was, was
58:00definitely, uh, the cream of the crop for sure, man, for vacations.
58:04Love it. Now how about a bucket list travel destination for you?
58:07Uh, you know, dude, the one place, every time I try to get to this place, I can never get there for one reason or another, dude.
58:15And it's like, I don't know if it's, I don't know if it's a sign or what, man, but, um, I won
58:21a trip at work to go to Vegas before the pandemic couldn't go.
58:25Um, this year, same thing. Like I won the trip to Vegas, but it was like, okay, either Vegas or Hawaii.
58:30And I was like, well, okay, well, Hawaii for sure.
58:33But I want to get to Vegas, man. I want to get to Vegas.
58:37Like I haven't been able to get to Vegas.
58:40Um, and like, I want to get there, but like, that's like, that's local.
58:44Um, but I know like my daughters, man, like they want to go to like, they want to go to like Paris and stuff or whatever.
58:51So I, I don't really care, man. Uh, I'm pretty chill.
58:54I'll go wherever, man. I'm, I'm pretty chill like that.
58:57I love it. Well, Vegas, I mean, yeah, you got it.
59:00How about draft nation 2027? You know, you heard about that event.
59:03You probably saw that, right? Yes, sir. Why not?
59:06Why not? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. I love it.
59:09Well, all these answers were great. This, this whole conversation has been a ton of fun.
59:13Um, and, and, and just, it's been good. It's been good.
59:16Hopefully people are appreciated. And, um, when it comes to, you know, what you're most grateful for, I'll ask, uh, but I
59:23have an idea, but what are you most grateful for at this time?
59:26Oh, man. I'm just, uh, man. I'm just grateful for, you know, for my wife and my kids, man.
59:32Um, it's really, you know, the, the best thing, man.
59:34And, and being able to see, you know, like, uh, they're both playing soccer.
59:38Both of my girls are, my oldest one's banged up right now.
59:42She hasn't played a lot, but you know, they're both doing well, man.
59:45Killing it on that. Um, you know, um, I'm happy to be in this space, man.
59:50Like making content, man. Uh, for everybody. Um, you know, I'm just blessed to be able to, to truly say, man, like
59:56to be in a position to honestly, like do what I love to do.
60:00Um, just in general, man, like, you know, playing fantasy football, playing DFS, making content, watching my kids, you know, grow up
60:06and, uh, you know, giving them, you know, the best life possible.
60:10Same thing like with my wife, you know, um, you know, making connections and making friends, man, um, in the fantasy space,
60:16uh, my health, man, just, just, you know, trying really, really, really trying to make sure, man, you know, um, I don't take any day for granted, man.
60:24And I'm just super appreciative for every day, uh, you know, that I'm able to get out of the bed, man.
60:29Well, I love all that gratitude. I appreciate you coming on this show.
60:33It's been, it's been a ton of fun. Uh, can you tell listeners and viewers where to find you?
60:38Yeah. Like I said, man, uh, Duff fantasy football show, uh, LLC on YouTube.
60:42You can find, uh, find me there. You can find just me, uh, J O N Y M A I N E
60:49like the state of Maine three, seven, one eight, five, um, on X, you can find me there.
60:54Same thing on Tik TOK. Uh, the fantasy football show as well on Instagram, same thing on Facebook, the fantasy football show on Spotify, um, as well.
61:01So you can find, uh, find me in any of those spaces.
61:05Uh, like I said, man, me and Nick, you know, we're always doing our thing kind of, you know, together here and
61:11there, uh, a little mismatch, uh, just, but at the end of the day, like you can always find us together on Sundays and on Mondays.
61:18Um, yeah, man, you know, definitely reach out, man.
61:21Uh, you know, if you want to be a part of it, like, let me know, man, if you just got feedback
61:27on the content, let me know if there's something you want to see, you know, whatever.
61:31Um, let me know for sure. Um, and we'll make it happen.
61:35Um, you know, and every Sunday at 10 AM is where we're at Mondays at seven 15 to eight 15, right before kickoff.
61:41That's where you can find us at all the time, man.
61:44There we go. It's Johnny main again. Well, thank you so much for coming on and best of luck moving forward.
61:50Appreciate it, brother. Thank you for listening to the fantasy football unlimited podcast until next time.
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