Five Busts For 2026 & Jeanty Injury
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1 hr 6 min
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Aug 24, 2026
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Mon, August 24, 2026
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Dalton KincaidJeremiyah LoveLuther BurdenAshton JeantyBucky IrvingCarnell TateDavante AdamsJames CookJavonte WilliamsJosh DownsMalik NabersMike Washington Jr.Nick ChubbOmarion Hampton
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Ashton Jeanty
NegativeInjury3:50
Ashton Jeanty suffered an ankle injury during a Sunday practice, initially causing concern about a potential long-term issue. While the team downplayed it as a minor sprain, the source is skeptical of this 'damage control' and believes it is unlikely he will be fully unencumbered for Week 1. The injury adds significant risk, potentially limiting his workload and increasing re-injury risk, which necessitates lowering his rank.
Insight pageBucky Irving
PositiveValue59:48
The source confirms an endorsement of Bucky Irving at his current ADP, noting that it is a player the source is actively targeting, which led to a disagreement with a guest who expressed a strong dislike for the player.
Insight pageCarnell Tate
NegativeBust21:14
Carnell Tate is identified as a bust candidate because he lacks a track record of college dominance despite being a top-four NFL draft pick. The source is skeptical of his role in a Titans offense featuring Wan'Dale Robinson and a struggling quarterback, noting a lack of training camp buzz and a quiet preseason. The source expects him to finish outside the top 36 wide receivers.
Insight pageDalton Kincaid
PositiveBust24:48
Dalton Kincaid is listed as a bust candidate because the source believes there are many other tight ends to target at his current ADP. The source dismisses the 'hype' from Buffalo beat reporters, noting that Kincaid is already turning 27 and has not yet developed into the elite producer expected of a first-round pick.
Insight pageNegativeBust25:05
Dalton Kincaid is a bust candidate because he has failed to carve out a significant role despite the Bills' acute need for pass catchers over the past three years. He is turning 27, coming off a season with under 40 receptions, and appears doomed to remain a role player who plays over 50% of snaps but lacks the next-level upside required for fantasy relevance.
Insight pageDavante Adams
PositiveValue53:36
The source prefers Davante Adams over Luther Burden at their current similar ADP, arguing that Adams offers significantly more upside. Despite acknowledging risks associated with Adams, the source believes he has a clearer path to high-end production, specifically citing the potential for double-digit one-yard touchdowns.
Insight pageJames Cook
NegativeBust62:08
The source references James Cook as a player who was a 'fade' last year, implying he did not meet expectations or was a successful bust call.
Insight pageJavonte Williams
NegativeBust27:25
Javonte Williams is a bust candidate due to his stunning inefficiency as a pass catcher and lack of explosive playmaking. Even if the Jaden Blue hype is overblown, Williams' 2025 season likely peaked last year, and he is not a high-end RB2. The source expects the team to involve other pass-catching backs, making Williams a fade at his current ADP.
Insight pageJeremiyah Love
NegativeInjury5:43
The source uses Jeremiah Love's high ankle sprain as a comparison for the current situation with Ashton Jeanty, noting that despite optimistic reports, Love was not 'great' and was hampered by the injury.
Insight pageNegativeBust54:26
The source labels Jeremiah Love as a primary bust candidate due to a high ankle sprain that the market is ignoring. Despite his 'generational' prospect status, the source warns that high ankle sprains are severe, often ruin seasons, and likely mean Love will miss time early in the year, making his early third-round ADP unjustifiable.
Insight pageJosh Downs
NegativeBust33:32
Josh Downs is a bust candidate because his ADP is too high for his limited ceiling. He is a small player who frequently gets injured, and his role is restricted to the slot. With Keenan Allen also occupying short-area targets and the potential return of Alec Pierce, Downs lacks the path to being a league-winning asset.
Insight pageLuther Burden
NegativeInjury50:35
Luther Burden is a bust candidate because he consistently invites unnecessary contact, leading to frequent injuries. This pattern, observed in college and now in training camp, makes him a tenuous asset. Additionally, the source questions his fit in the Bears' offense, citing concerns about Caleb Williams' accuracy and the team's overall passing volume.
Insight pagePositiveBust51:56
The source identifies Luther Burden as a bust candidate primarily due to his injury history, arguing that his aggressive playstyle makes him inherently injury-prone rather than just unlucky. Beyond health concerns, the source questions the fit with Caleb Williams, citing concerns about the quarterback's accuracy and the team's overall passing volume, while noting target competition from Colston Loveland and Rome Odunze.
Insight pageMalik Nabers
NegativeInjury39:24
Malik Nabers is a risky draft pick due to lingering concerns regarding his knee injury and the overall outlook of the Giants' offense. While he is expected to avoid the PUP list, the source is less confident in his health now than in the early summer and expresses skepticism about the Giants' coaching staff and quarterback situation.
Insight pageMike Washington Jr.
NegativeDepth Chart7:46
Mike Washington is a fourth-round rookie who may see increased opportunity if Ashton Jeanty's injury lingers. He is a large, fast back (6'2, 228 lbs) with elite breakaway speed, but he runs too upright, struggles to shed tackles, and has significant ball security concerns (11 fumbles over his final two college seasons). The source compares him to Latavius Murray, noting he is a better athlete than a polished football player.
Insight pageNick Chubb
NegativeValue11:13
Nick Chubb retired over the weekend following a three-year struggle to return to form after a catastrophic knee injury. The source highlights his legacy as a 'great player' who defied fantasy tropes about needing high reception totals to be valuable.
Insight pageOmarion Hampton
NegativeBust35:32
Omarian Hampton is a bust candidate whose high ADP (13-18 overall) is described as 'wish-casting.' Despite being a priority for Mike McDaniel, he looked slow and inefficient as a rookie, and his fit in the blocking scheme is questionable. The source notes he is a bad bet compared to veteran workhorses or younger players with more proven upside.
Insight pageFull transcript
Episode Transcript
0:00It's the Harris Fantasy Football Podcast with your host, Christopher Harris.
0:04Hey everybody, welcome in. My name is Chris. This is a show taking place in the only state named for a U.S.
0:12president. That is Washington State. That's where I am right now.
0:17What is going on? How are you? Thank you so much, very, very much for listening.
0:23The show is so stupid, but it's also pretty amazing.
0:26I am talking to you from Seattle. I'm in a hotel room making the little podcast that could, having wound up the first leg of the world tour.
0:37If by world tour you mean Pacific Time Zone in the United States of America.
0:42And as soon as we wrap up this show, I'm headed to Portland for another meetup tonight.
0:49That's Monday, August 24th at 7pm in Portland. Did I say Portland already?
0:54Portland, Oregon, that would be. The Rainbow Road Pub is where we will be.
0:59And right off the top here, I wanted to deliver you a message if you've been on the fence about coming out
1:07to these events that I'm doing this week. A few of the people who came out in Tacoma last night wanted me
1:15to come on the show today and emphasize how glad they were to have come.
1:21And they were going to have to come solo.
1:24They were a little anxious about the weirdness of showing up.
1:29I don't really know Harris and I don't really know anybody else.
1:33And then boom, at these things, it always happens.
1:36Everyone just gels. It happens every time. And people have fun and make friends.
1:42So if you feel weird about coming alone to the thing in Portland tonight, August 24th, or Vegas on the 25th, or
1:50Phoenix on the 26th, or LA on the 1st, I hope you can overcome it.
1:56I think you should because the folks last night were really happy they came and I was very happy they also were there too.
2:05We had a blast. I think we had 25 people.
2:08It's a great crowd. We filled the back patio at the Mule Tavern.
2:13Sam, who owns the Mule, was incredible. I hung out with him and his pals and played poker in the afternoon.
2:21You know who else was there? One, Mr. Brandon Funston did drive down and join us, which was amazing.
2:28If you're in Tacoma or you're in Seattle and just want a great bar, the Mule.
2:34Go to the Mule Tavern. It's absolutely great. I read my little stories and then we just chatted and hung out.
2:42I signed some books for some folks. It was just great.
2:46I want to thank the many listeners up here who took their time out of their Sunday to hang out with me and make me feel so welcome.
2:57And I'm really looking forward to meeting more tonight and through the rest of the week.
3:03You know, the people last night, a bunch of them started a pound-foolish fantasy league that's going to be in Tacoma, which is in Seattle.
3:12Amazing. They're drafting next week. It was a great time.
3:16And Cameron, don't worry. I think your team that you were drafting right before the reading, that team's going to be good.
3:24Don't worry. Okay. Hey, feels like about a month since the last time I talked to the podcast audience, even though it was just Friday.
3:34Gee, let's take a big sip of fictional coffee and check the headlines and see if anything happened.
3:40And oh my god, I'm spitting fictional coffee all over my laptop and touching my fictional earpiece and being told that Ashton Gentey is grievously injured.
3:50That was certainly the worry and the talk around the mule on Sunday.
3:55We were all trying to get details on Gente.
3:58And as of my recording this, I'm going to say we don't have that many details.
4:04We were told that in a Sunday practice, Gente took an awkward step and went down hard and couldn't put weight on his leg.
4:13And then we were told that teammates were praying, which is not usually an amazing sign of future health.
4:20And then a few hours later, the team told Adam Schefter, ah, you know, just an ankle sprain.
4:27Not long term. It's all good. And while I probably, knowing what I know right now, which is nothing, just reading stuff,
4:35I probably believe that probably means Genteyy didn't destroy his knee, totally rip ligaments and stuff.
4:41That was certainly the fear when the news was trickling out of Raiders camp.
4:47But I also kind of call BS on the whole, oh, well, you know, not a big deal.
4:53Because it just seems like that typical NFL damage control that spreads the happy bull crap.
4:59For more examples, pre-order pound foolish. How many times this August have we already had an injury take place and we're all freaked out?
5:08And the team goes, oh, they leak it to Adam Rappaport or Adam Rappaport.
5:14Basically, it might as well be right. Ian Rappaport.
5:17And then they're like, oh, avoided serious injury. And then a day later, oh, you know, but he's still had a month.
5:25I don't know, buddy. A month seems like kind of a serious injury to me.
5:31I find it almost impossible to believe that Jinty is fine and totally unencumbered for week one.
5:37Just like Jeremiah Love boosters are parading around going, whoo, we're really knowledgeable at there.
5:43Love is fine. He's great. And he has a high ankle sprain.
5:48He's not great. As of this morning, I have not changed Jinty's rank yet.
5:53But if you're doing a draft this morning, between now and the time we get more official word about how long Jinty
6:01is supposed to be out, I think you basically have to leave him alone near the end of the first round, beginning of the second round.
6:11It's just too much risk. My guess here, and I think you know, obviously, I have no sources here.
6:18Just trying to interpret how this stuff goes. You know, we are going to get an update, but it's probably going to
6:26be nebulous, and the Raiders are probably going to be optimistic and cagey.
6:31Like with Jeremiah Love, Jinty will spend the next couple of weeks trying to get better, and they'll see how it feels,
6:39and it'll be kind of a race against the clock.
6:43And I just don't know any way around it, unless it's really nothing, and we can be made to believe that it's
6:51really nothing over the next few days. Anyways, we're just adding to the range of possible outcomes that this ankle injury causes
7:00him not to be himself, and not to handle a full workload, and potentially get re-injured.
7:06All of which just has to lower him in the ranks some.
7:10So the question becomes, who else? And I think you know as well as I do, the Raiders don't have proven options behind Jinty.
7:19Raheem Mostert, long gone from last year. Zamir White, long gone from last year.
7:24Zamir White got traded, I guess, to the 49ers.
7:28Going to be a camp body. I'm not... Oh no, I think he did get traded to the Saints.
7:35It's either the 49ers or the Saints, and I don't care.
7:39Zamir White's not very good. But the answer would almost certainly have to be the fourth round rookie, Mike Washington, who I
7:47don't really know from a hole in the ground.
7:51He got an Almanac profile. By the way, you can still get the first edition of the Almanac at harrisfootball.com.
7:58If you get it now, you can read it all up, and then there's an update coming on September 4th, right before Labor Day weekend.
8:08In Washington's Almanac profile... I mean, I'll just read it to you.
8:12The comp that I gave him after looking at Matt Waldman's information on Washington, and then a few other draft sources as well, the comp was Latavius Murray.
8:23Isn't that just like Laxatives Murray? I have no idea.
8:26Maybe. It's possible that was the comp I gave him, Robotalia.
8:30The guy is 6'2 and 228 pounds. His profile pre-Gente injury read like this.
8:36This Mike Washington guy fills out a uniform. He's huge and rocked up.
8:41He transferred to the University of Arkansas for his final year of college and did a 1,300-yard season for a 2-10 team
8:49against SEC defenses, and he destroyed his underwear Olympics by running 4-3-3, fastest among any running back, at 228 pounds.
8:56It's like I always say, F-B-M-M-W. Fast behemoths make mouths water.
9:00Of course, I don't know these prospects from Adam, so I naturally ask myself, if this guy's closest physical comparison as a
9:09prospect is literal Adrian Peterson, why did every NFL team pass on him multiple times, and why did he last until the fourth round?
9:18He has elite breakaway speed and elite power. And while nobody will mistake his quickness for Jamal Charles, there are apparently runs
9:26on his college tape where he ran zone and changed directions effectively.
9:30So what's the rub? First off, every evaluation I read complained about Washington running too upright.
9:36He doesn't get low, he doesn't drive through tackles, and he doesn't keep his knees pumping.
9:42He finishes runs okay because he's so big, but he can't really hide behind his linemen and has a hard time shedding tacklers.
9:51That's why laxatives Murray seemed like a possible comp for Washington.
9:55Murray was an absolute Adonis and ran very fast.
9:59He had a couple of thousand-yard, double-digit touchdown seasons, but he was a better athlete than football player.
10:05The other concern with Washington is ball security. He had four fumbles with Arkansas in 2025 and seven with New Mexico State in 2024.
10:14But a huge fast guy who's a little upright and a little stiff can theoretically learn ball security, and while he's almost
10:23certainly not going to be AP, maybe he could be Chris Carson?
10:27Washington should have time to learn. He lands with the Raiders behind Ashton Gentey, who is top five in running back snaps, played, and touches as a rookie.
10:38Maybe Washington immediately lessens Gentey's load a little bit, especially in close quarters.
10:43The other alternatives are guys like Dylan Lobb and fullback Connor Hayward.
10:47And should Gentey get hurt? Right now, you'd assume big old Mike Washington and his python arms would get a chance.
10:55Oh boy, we may be getting that chance. Maybe he will.
10:59And I will update Washington's rank as well when I do Gentey's, which I assume is probably coming in a matter of hours.
11:08All right. Next up, let's pour one out from one of our longtime favorites.
11:13That's right. Nick Chubb, one of the best running backs in the league over the five-year period from 2018 to 2023.
11:21He retired over the weekend. A dude who brought us so much fun on the show.
11:27We had so many mixtapes devoted to him. Clearly, that catastrophic knee injury meant that he would never be the same.
11:35Guy's still only 30, but he's spent the past three seasons in the wilderness trying to recapture the old glory.
11:42We'll always remember Chubb for amazing draft day values.
11:46He always stood in opposition to the knucklehead analysis who just make up rules about how, well, you know, you can't be
11:54a good fantasy back if you don't catch 50 passes.
11:58The same folks who stand on a soapbox and say, well, you're just wrong.
12:03If you don't draft a running quarterback, you're wrong.
12:06Great players break rules. And around here, we all know Nick Chubb was a great player.
12:12And since I played that little snippet, I got a taste for it.
12:17How about one of these? Today's mixtape. It is time appropriate because I am talking to you in the middle of the
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14:01today's show, let's talk busts, shall we? It's that time of the preseason When we go negative We got busts for 2026
14:09on the show today With this gentleman Christopher Harris, it's me That's right, it's me It's Patrick Doherty An original cast member
14:18here at Harris Football Pat has been coming on the show For basically as long as there's been a show It is
14:26my honor This is the fifth straight year He's doing the bust list And I can't wait to find out who he's
14:34got And I'll tell you who I've got I think you'll have a fun time And I thank you again so much
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17:18when I'm promoting the book Then I post a little bit All right Well you've been doing the bust list for a
17:26while on this show And it feels like we kind of both reached the apiothesis Or whatever they call it Of goodness
17:35in terms of our bust list I was going over 2025 Holy moly You knocked it out of the park I think
17:43we both did But I was looking at your list Okay Granted the NFL rushing leader Was on your bust list That
17:51James Cook Now hold on Here's though too I mean in fact check you on this When I said James Cook was
17:59going to be a bust I was referring to the English sea captain That he was going to die on one of
18:08his voyages It had nothing to do with James Cook From the Buffalo Bills My mistake That got lost in translation somewhere
18:16My mistake However The other four were Tyra Kill Baker Mayfield Garrett Wilson Caleb Johnson Boom That's very very good My number
18:24five Also not so good I had Bo Nix Which you know medium But like he wasn't a bust But after that
18:32I had Mike Evans RJ Harvey Brock Bowers Xavier Worthy This was a show to Well he got hurt This is a
18:41show to pay attention to When Harris and Doherty get together to crap all over some players Holy moly Nine of ten
18:49Once the record is corrected to my James Cook Proper James Cook So Well as a great scholar once said If you
18:57come on my show and say something smart It makes me look good So I am all aboard Here That's a little
19:05That's a little inside joke Nobody can understand what I just meant by saying that So we're going to do it We're
19:14going to count down It's obviously the order in which we count them down Is extremely important In that it matters not
19:22at all Not even a tiny little bit But anyway Before we do the countdown What do you What do you What's
19:30your philosophy of Of What does bust mean to you I think pretty similar to you Just where Not necessarily going to
19:38have a bad season But then I'm not expecting A return on investment At that current ADP And just More I think
19:47as we know Andrew I'm sure most of your audience knows When we say bust It more means overdrafted Than necessarily a
19:55disaster of a season Although sometimes we probably think that It doesn't necessarily mean We're foretelling a disaster of a season It's
20:03just at that ADP There's not only just one or two decisions I would rather make There's usually like six or seven
20:11decisions I would rather make And it's more like people I'm just not considering at all At their current ADP It's kind
20:20of what I think of When I think of bust Me too Every so often there is one where I'm like Oh
20:28my goodness I think this person stinks And people don't understand That he's bad Not a good person At all I don't
20:36judge them as people Until they do stupid things But Even that Is still an ADP conversation Because like If we all
20:44think a player is bad And he's going in the 16th round He's not a bust You know So You're right Your
20:53definition is correct So Who is your number five bust for 2026?
20:57I think I might be going In Like reverse order Like I'm starting with the bigger names I guess One pains me
21:05Because he was a great loser Go the other way around Do the least first Let's build drama It's Carnell Tate The
21:14one I feel the least Carnell Tate Least secure And The number four overall pick Usually you are expecting something In fantasy
21:22football I'm just not expecting much From Carnell Tate In fantasy football this year I've harped on some things That don't matter
21:30With Carnell Tate Listeners of our show May remember in the spring I just could not stop marveling At the fact That
21:39someone Typically when you go Number four overall Number four overall In the NFL draft As a wide receiver You would have
21:47had A thousand yard season At some point During your college career Or at any point Been the number one receiver On
21:55your own team And I know He's been in A legendary Buckeyes receiver core But The fact that he was not Even
22:03truly dominant In college Always gave me pause Because The Titans now Have Maybe the highest paid Easy button guy In the
22:12entire NFL And Wandale Robinson They're of course Better easy button guys But In terms of players Who are not true Difference
22:20making receivers And are basically there Just to absorb Like low percentage checkdowns Like I don't want to be Fighting for targets
22:28With Wandale Robinson With a struggling Young quarterback And Hyper inaccurate Cam Ward Like are they really Going to get this Cooking
22:36down the field And then Like more anecdotal With Carnell Tate Like typically With like a highly Drafted skill player Like the
22:45local Press corps Cannot Like they They tweet Every catch Like it's the biggest Development in the History of the franchise Like
22:53Like this is changing Everything Like The 62 yard reception In an unpadded Practice by Carnell Tate I've never seen anything Like
23:01this From someone in a Titans uniform And he's at a very Quiet Like hype free Training camp Not that I'm Saying
23:09like That Oh my god He's going to be Terrible But No Yeah For me to be Adjusting My pre-existing Skepticism On
23:18Carnell Tate I would At least be Having to get Some breathless Hyperbole Out of Titans Camp Or Just not getting Very
23:26low Wattage camp From Carnell Tate But the Titans Aren't a particularly Well covered team Maybe that has Something to do With
23:34it But I just don't Really see When you're The top five Wide receiver Usually you're Going to be A top 36
23:42Fantasy guy No matter what I think Carnell Tate Will be outside The top 36 The top 36 Have not been Considering
23:51drafting Him this summer Yeah and this is Your number five And I understand That it's It's hard to get Like crazy
23:59Passionate about Whatever it is You know A seventh Sixth or seventh Round pick But still The opportunity Cost of taking Tate
24:07where you Have to take him Is somebody else That you trust more And I do understand That Waldman loves him So
24:15much that it's Kind of brainwashed Me a little bit And I'm I could find Myself being in line But there hasn't
24:24Really been any buzz About him That is No it's just A very very quiet Training camp For someone with His draft
24:32pedigree I do feel like That is notable I also Of course could be The kind of thing October 1st Like I
24:40probably Shouldn't have cared About that Yeah but we don't Know beforehand Yeah we don't know Beforehand My number five We'll just
24:48get a Tight end out of the way I would love to put Kyle Pitts on here Because that everybody But hey
24:57the thing is Everybody knows That's how I feel About Kyle Pitts So Kyle Pitts Is really the name But I'll just
25:05say A different tight end I'll say Dalton Kincaid I know he's He's a top 100 player So again The opportunity cost
25:13Is just of not Taking another Top 100 player He's tight end 11 I believe In live drafts Maybe something like that
25:21And once again The Buffalo Beat Reporters are Brainwashing everybody You don't understand This is the time This one is real No
25:30I'm serious No this one You won't believe How much a bigger Offense last year Wait I'm touching My fictional earpiece And
25:38being told It's the same guy I just I'm not going to do This again with Dalton Kincaid I don't think You
25:46need to I get that You know Basically there's Just many many Other tight ends That when I wait At tight end
25:54I'm going to take Ahead of Dalton Kincaid We know tight end Can be a slow Developing position But it's not Supposed
26:03to be If you're First round pick He's turning 27 Years old this fall Yeah I think he's A pretty sensible Case
26:11where Along the lines Of what you were Just saying If he were going To be really good If he were going
26:19To be an asset In fantasy football We would probably Know by now After these three years And the acute Need for
26:28like Reliable targets They've had the past Few years Where they've just Been really short On pass catchers And he still Couldn't
26:36carve out A bigger role I mean he was Hurt last year Under 40 receptions Last year For a third year First
26:44round pick Is pretty pretty rough And I agree with you He just seems Doomed to remain A role player Like a
26:52role player Who plays more than 50% of the snaps But I just don't see That next level Coming for Dalton Kincaid
27:01In fantasy football And of course Real football as well Maybe he maxes out As a guy who can Catch 50 passes
27:09Up the seam And that helps The bills I just don't think It helps us enough In fantasy football My standard take
27:17On Dalton Kincaid Is if it were Going to happen We would know by now That's how I feel too Who's your
27:25number four Number four Javante Williams You know Not to Like pile on Because I don't Think anyone Even like People who
27:34love Javante Williams In fantasy They're not like Drafting him As like the linchpin Of their team You know No Even if
27:42you're Like a big Javante booster He's like Your solid RB2 But Javante If I were the Dallas Cowboys Rather than Running
27:50it back With like The successful Javante Williams Experiment They ran last year He felt to me Like the classic Just find
27:58the next Javante Williams Instead of giving that Javante Williams 24 million dollars Or whatever it is They gave him The 1200
28:07yards Felt like the Outlier to end All outliers But the biggest Problem for me With Javante Williams He's just Such a
28:15poor Pass catcher Like stunningly Inefficient As a pass catcher I think this time It might actually Count with Jaden Blue Or
28:23Jaden Blue Last year Total fantasy Manager creation Like he was Someone we just Wanted to Not we Lots of fantasy Analysts
28:31did not Want to But a lot of Fantasy analysts Including myself Wanted to connect The dots Like the Cowboys Really need
28:40this Third down back Like that's all Jaden Blue even Profiles to do Like it would make Too much sense For this
28:48to happen Like it basically Has to happen But the Cowboys Themselves were telling Us all summer Like he's not ready Like
28:56they were not Hyping Jaden Blue At all Talk about a guy Who had no Camp hype last year From his own
29:04team This year it's the Exact opposite Fantasy managers Got burned so bad They don't want To deal with it But the
29:13Cowboys Coaching staff Cannot stop Heaping praise On him I think they want That third down Compliment really Badly And I think
29:21Jaden Blue Was cut into Javante Williams Maybe more than Is currently Appreciated And I just don't Think Javante Is that explosive
29:29Of a guy Like really Really good Like talk about A guy stepping Up last year But I just I'm not trying
29:37To run back Javante Williams Is 2025 As an RB2 This year And I'm Full fading Javante Williams Chris Yeah If Jaden
29:46Blue Is really a thing And I mean Even if he's like Last year's Trivion Henderson Because he's a Fast guy And
29:54big play And just You know Gets Gets kind of like Open field work It's going to be A real problem For
30:02Javante That's fair I'm pretty much On Javante At his ADP I'm okay In the third round On him I understand though
30:10That it's not As exciting Like Like You know There's just Certain roster builds If I've gone Conservative If I'm going to
30:19Go conservative Then I want to Take a bigger shot At RB2 And not The kind of like Safe You know Line
30:27drive Single over Shortstop Kind of Idea To mix sports Are you concerned At all Because After What day Was this I
30:35guess it was Saturday Was the Exhibition game And the Beat reporters Came out of that One saying Oh Malik Davis Is
30:43the RB2 Do you feel That to be Just smoke At this point I mean Even if it's Not So here's My
30:52main problem With Javante Williams Even if the Jaden Blue thing Doesn't develop I just I feel like That was Javante Williams
31:00At his absolute Peak last year I think they're Going to have To get someone Else involved As a pass Catcher Like
31:08he Contributed Quite literally Like nothing As a pass Like I know We know Yards per catch Yards per carry I think
31:16he was Under four yards Per catch Which like I don't even Know how That's possible And I don't Have ever seen
31:25A less efficient Receiving season From a running Back So even if We get Rug pulled Yet again On Jaden Blue I'm
31:33prepared For it to happen For whatever reason Not really sure I didn't have to Make that choice At all And I
31:41did I think that Is coming For Javante Williams I still think Jaden Blue Will become a Thing But even if He
31:50does not Even if it is Just Malik Davis Again I'm still not In on Javante Williams As a high end RB2
31:58I just I've got to Think bigger As a high end RB2 And like RB16 17 range Than Javante Williams This is
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33:12are Counting down Our busts For 2026 And my Number four I have Josh Downs Just not Liking the RDP RDP ADP
33:20I've Just You have A new Accent Chris I've Got a Or just Got a New Acronym I think There's I think
33:29There's a Misconception About what Josh Downs Is He's a Really fun Fast Player He's really Tiny And I Think he Gets
33:37hurt When you Give him Through Training Camp That Everybody Just Goes Well I Guess He's The One I mean He's Not
33:45Being Really Treated As A One But He's Going Like 88th In Real-time Drafts Which Seems High to Me I'm Checking Actually
33:53Right now It's a Little Lower Than That Now I Find It's Kind of Like What You Were Saying With Javante Even
34:02If You Think It's Believable That The Production Could Justify The Round That You Take Him In You Just Really Not Building
34:10In That Much Ceiling Don't You Want To Potentially Hit A Home Run With Your First Reserve Receiver Or Your Last Flex
34:18Receiver In A Way I Just Don't Think Josh Downs Can Hit Not Only Y Here And Downs Gets To Be In
34:26The Slot Because I Just Don't Think He Can Play Anywhere Else Short Passes Are Going To Be Also Keenan Allen's Thing
34:35And Then Eventually I Think Alec Pierce Probably Comes Back And If Not They're Going to Have To Find An X And
34:43Play An X Somewhere And Josh Downs Career He's Been Very Solid He's Been Nothing More Maybe Sometimes Less And Just As
34:51I Was Kind Of Saying With Kate I Think If It Were Going to Happen We Would Probably Know By Now And
34:59I Do Like The Downs Profile But Talk About A Small Guy Who Just Gets Banged Basically Anytime He Takes A Hit
35:08Seems Like He's Banged Up Like You Were Saying And I Do Think Or Even If They Do Give Him A Chance
35:16To Expand What He Does Give Him A Shot At Fantasy Ceiling Basically Can He Really Stay On The Track Record For
35:24These Guys His Size Is So Checkered I Really Like Josh Downs As A Player I Kind Of Number Three Is Everyone's
35:32Favorite RB1 Apparently Omarian Hampton He's My Number Two So Let's Just Have It Out Right Now Where I Don't Get It
35:41At All He Looked Just Big And Slow As A Rookie Two Discreet Separate Injuries Which Some People Used To Explain Why
35:49His Rookie Year Was Bad I Always Think It Is Year He's Too Small To Be Like Devin Achan 2.0 Or Whatever
35:57But I Do It It's Not Like It's Fake That Mike McDaniel Pounded The Table For Him He Was Mike McDaniel's Free
36:05Agent Priority They Gave It To Him He's Going To Be A Part Of The Back Field So I Just Don't See
36:14The Three Down Thing Happening For Marian Hampton They Like There's Such A They Have The Enduring Offensive Line Problems Of Course
36:22The New Highly Paid Center Is Already Injured Supposedly Marian Is A Bad Fit For The Kyle Shanahan Style Blocking Scheme And
36:30Just The Guy Who I Wasn't Super High On As A Rookie Then Was Bad As A Rookie I Know He's Hurt
36:38I Don't Really Know Why I Would Adjust My Prior I Don't It Happening With Marian Hampton I Would Love To Hear
36:47You Reinforce This With Even Better Points Than Me Chris I Mean The Audience Has Heard Us This Draft Position For A
36:55Long Time It Is Of Anything On The Board It's The Closest Thing To Wish Casting It's Super Shocking He's Going Ahead
37:03Of Just Like Warhorse Veterans Like Similar Young Players I Would Say With More Upside Yeah And Who Done It I Mean
37:12He's The Only Dude That You Could Point To That's Going Anywhere Near What I Mean It's He's Going Something Like 13
37:20To 18 Overall Yes And There's Quite Literally Literally Nobody Ahead Of Him Who's Never Done It Before It Just Seemed What
37:28Why I Mean I Have 17 Among Running Backs And I Did Not Know Anything About His ADP When I Made My
37:36Ranks I Don't Look At ADP Until Last Week And Of He Hurt And It Was Kind Of Just An Unworkable Situation
37:45Of Course I Accept It It's It's Predicting Sports If We Could All Predict Sports We'd All Live In Much Bigger Houses
37:53Than We Do Like We're Guess But My Guess From Having Watched Him Play Is You Know It's So Funny That You
38:01Say Ponderously Slow I Agree On Tape And Yet The People Who Don't Believe That Will Say Yeah But I Saw His
38:0940 Time Supposedly He Was A lot More Explosive In College Maybe The Slowness The Ponderousness Last Year Was Injury Related Could
38:18Be The Older I Get To The Less I Accept He Was Hurt As Excus Away Anything But Therefore Why Would Anybody
38:26Be Excusing It Away Your Default Position Shouldn't Be Well He Stunk And He Got Hurt A Plus I Think He's Going
38:34To Be Great Like If Saquon Stunk And Got Hurt One Year You'd Go Well I've Seen Him Be The Best Player
38:42In Football Like Three Different Times So I'm Just Believe He Can He Can Do It Again It's A Possibility Whereas Yeah
38:51The Hampton Early Second Round Thing Is Just Don't Like There's No Reason It Yeah I'm Sorry To I Think It's Almost
38:59Unprecedented In Fantasy Football For A Guy To Have The Rookie Or He Did And For His ADP To Increase Just Based
39:07On That Would Be Good But To Have That Rookie Year Terrell Davis By The Way To Have That Rookie Year And
39:15Have Your ADP Increase I Really It's More Than Anything This Summer Has Made Me I I Don't Like Doing It But
39:24I'm Going To Have To Say Malik Neighbors I Mean He's Not On My List But Talk About A Guy Where The
39:32Case Kind Makes Itself Yeah This Is Nothing Personal You Know This Is Just He's He's Still It's It's August 24th They're
39:40Like Pretty Soon He's Not Going To Have The Non Contact Jersey On I Mean Okay It Could It Could All Be
39:48Part Of The Perfect Plan In Which Everything Was Always Accelerated And And He Was Perfectly Ready To Go And One Of
39:57Those Test Cases Where The Knee Healed Faster And It And There Are Other People Who Are Like Well Sorry I Pick
40:05In The Middle Of Second So I Want Him So I Got To Take Him And Of Course Once Again I Can't
40:13See The Future It's Predicting Sports He Could Be Great But I Just Think You're Trying To Build That Matrix Of Likelihoods
40:21And Possibilities And Really Talking About That But It Should Be Factored In There Has To Be Some X Percent Chance That
40:30Neighbors Is Knee Isn't Right He's Not Himself All Year Or He Starts To Get Swelling Or You Know He He'd Be
40:38A Borderline First Round Pick For Me Even With Jackson Dart He's A Terrific Player But I Can't Possibly Spend A Second
40:46Round Pick On Him Neighbors Is The First Guy I'd Be I'd I'd I'd I'd I'd I'd Do Drafts Mostly Just Like
40:54Make Sure I Stay Plugged In And I Was Taking My Neighbors Because I Had Seen So Many Times Where Coaches It
41:03Just Seemed Like A Class Situation To Where A Coaching Staff Was Being Intentionally Cagey Pointlessly Cagey And Vague Because He Got
41:11Hurt Last Week Four Typically Ready For The Following Week One Follow Up Surgeries You know They're Concerning But They're Not At
41:19All Unprecedented With Something Like A Torn ACL I Believed All Along Malik Neighbors Would Be Ready For Week One To Your
41:27Point Now It's Actually A Little Less Clear Than It Was A Few Month Ago We Know We Won't Be On The
41:36Pup List So We Know They Expect Him Back In September It's Not Entirely Clear When I Almost Feel Less Confident In
41:44His Health Now Than I Did In The Early Summer And But You Hit One Of The Most Important Points It's Not
41:52Just The Knee Like It Would Be Great If The Only Concern Were The Torn ACL But Not At All Sold On
42:00The Second Year Quarterback Everything But This Giants Team Unfortunately It's Kind I Really Hope That Works Out For You Guys Can't
42:09Say Then I Leave I Gotta Go I Get In My Car And Leave Really Hope That Works Out For You Guys
42:17And It Just Feels Like The League's Most Over The Hill Coaching Staff To Me I'm Just Kind Of Expecting A Disastrous
42:25Giant Season And It Love Me Too I Haven't Taken Him At All In August I Will Say That I Have Him
42:34On Some Teams But Now With Things Really On The Line Drafting The Teams I'm Going To Manage This Year I Have
42:42Not Drafted Him And In A Couple Of Days Let's Take Him At 22 You Know I Do That Part That Is A Hardball Thing Hardball Is Mr.
42:52Annoying Injury Guy Not Maybe As bad As Sean Payton Or Pete Carroll Once Was But You Very Rarely Will Get A
43:01Reliable Injury Update From John Harbaugh I'll Say And Like I Just Want Everybody To Understand This Really Isn't Anything Against Malik
43:09Neighbors Skill Set Ability Career Prospects The Trajectory That Only Positive Thing Neighbors Is At Least The Guy I I Was Hanging
43:17Out At The Reading Last Night One Of The Very Kind Yacht Possum Said Man You're In Pretty Good Shape That Was
43:25Very Kind I Made Had That Feeling Of Plateauing In Your Workouts If You Just Have A Tough Time Keeping Up A
43:34Fitness Habit I Mean Fit Bod Can't Do Everything For You But Just In Terms Of Designing Workouts With Your Goals In
43:42Mind Keeping Things Fresh Preventing You From Getting Bored Showing You Videos Of Proper Form For Exercises For Keeping Records Of Your
43:50Progress Fit Is Just Wonderful For Okay We're Back With Pat And We're Getting Down To The Bottom Of The List Pat
43:58We're At Your Number Two Bust Who You Got Feels Like Kind Efficient As A Rookie Is What I Meant To Say
44:07They Worked So Hard To Make Him A Thing Instead He Led To The Latest Revival Of Travis H Ann's Career Formerly
44:15Travis Et I Had Some Listeners Say Why Do You Keep Saying Travis H Ann It's Because He Said That's How He
44:23Wants His Name Pronounced For The Record Everybody I Feel Like The Jags Wanted Tootin To be A Thing Anything Like This
44:31I Feel Like You Can Laugh Off Kind Of The Liam Cohen Chris Rodriguez Thing But He Did Give A Guy That
44:40He Has A Track Record With Familiarity With Over Six Million Guaranteed I Think It Will Be A Thing On Early Downs
44:48The Quint Allen Seemed Like He Was Going To Be A Thing On Passing Downs He Hurt Now I Don't Know If
44:56He Is Be Ready For Week One He Was Supposed To Be So Explosive Basial Tootin He Was Very Explosive In College
45:04As Told Just Wasn't At All As A Rookie The Upside Case Is Very I Understand Why Very Smart People Lots Of
45:13Best Ball Luminaries Have Connected The Dots On Basial Tootin But Like I Said Earlier I Do I Paige I Don't Have
45:21Him Terribly Below His ADP But I Haven't Below His ADP And For Running Back Like In The Fifth Sixth Rounds It's
45:29Unusual For To Below ADP Because I Want To Draft Running Backs You Know And So I I I I'm Looking For
45:37A Reason One player like this you in in hampton and tootin you've absolutely nailed two players who we were told crushed
45:46their under underwear olympics crushed the metrics bros they met you know they metrics bros led them to be way overvalued as
45:54rookies and now they're hanging on despite bad rookie years um it's just so easy to fade these dudes just so easy
46:02these guys who are probably better athletes than they are football players the reason they both looked slow i'm sure if we
46:10got a foot race like they'd probably outrace most people in the nfl but the reason they look slow not you the
46:19reason they look slow is because they can't find a place to run it's not all just about running in a straight
46:27line you have to there's actually got to be ability and i haven't seen it out of either one of them um
46:35andy barons and i did a tootin review on the yacht club back in the winter and we were we went in
46:43with open mind like let's just see and he didn't stink but both of us came away like it's like it seems
46:52like a vision problem it seems like a not knowing how to watch a play develop and then go where you're supposed
47:00to go which is i think a hard thing for someone to just learn to just pick up and it seems like
47:08that's like the basis of the instinct you need to be a running back do you know what i mean i do
47:16that's that's known as the miles sanders corollary like you're not gonna learn that you're never gonna learn that if you haven't
47:25i agree and it's and and again you know tootin became the goal line option last year and so i understand that
47:33case but why would you be rostering chris rodriguez if he wasn't going to be your goal line guy he's a monster
47:41he's weighs 20 something more pounds than basial tootin like i i think it's probably a split i don't think that's the
47:50doom that that doesn't mean tootin's doom because they're all splits every i mean brian robinson and john robinson are probably a
47:58split to some degree like that's the nfl now we're gonna have to live with that but i just don't think tootin
48:06is really all all that or hasn't shown to be special enough to be the one that when he's in a 70
48:1430 split it doesn't matter because he's so talented that on a per touch basis he's still going to make his nut
48:23like i just maybe maybe hampton same thing maybe these we're just wrong and they're going to produce much better film than
48:31they did last year but the film last year was bad yeah there's this there's so many better guys i'd rather take
48:39the upside shot and i feel like sometimes he gets grouped in bucky irving did have a considerably higher adp last year
48:47than tootin i shouldn't try to make that false comparison but instead of taking basial tootin but i just take actually good
48:56basial tootin travion henderson who actually did put some explosiveness on film as a rookie and has some very glaring issues but
49:04actually did produce as a rookie and i think i think the upside i think a step forward case is so much
49:12more straightforward for travion henderson than basial tootin and instead the cases i feel like are kind of reversed amongst fantasy football
49:20luminaries but very smart people who i respect deeply are like orienting like their entire seasons around tootin and it does make
49:29me nervous i mean what the moment you say they're best ball bros i go yeah no not that's luminary i think
49:37best bow is a very best ball is a very wimpy sport to play no it's i respect the hell out of
49:45best bar bro not even like saying that's a joke i really do but they they have different stuff at play than
49:53we do of course i mean they have pure upside cases only that's the whole point is they don't have to ever
50:02ever measure downside which makes it really dumb that we let redraft adp be touched by best ball because it's different criteria
50:10it's don't best ball my redraft exactly and and by the way i have tootin and henderson basically right next to each
50:18other really really really close to each other and neither of whom i'm going to draft so we'll just leave it there
50:26that's fair we'll just leave it there um so my number two was hampton so who is your number one bust it's
50:35it's a university of missouri i believe you said it was you know it's my entire university i was gonna say we
50:43had such promise and upside but we never did luther burden the guy he always reminds me of is percy harvin like
50:51i maybe it's like not a one-to-one comparison but rugged guys who want to do damage over the ball who invite contact
50:59who don't know what they don't just want to do damage yards after the catch wise they want to do damage like
51:08to the deep they want to like run into guys and try to hurt them and then instead get hurt and so
51:16my first thing with luther burden is maybe veering like a little too much into injury prone no say it i think
51:24it's a missouri tiger fan i watched every game he played in college he takes too much contact like i don't think
51:32he's injury prone in the sense that he's more susceptible to random soft tissue injuries i think he's injury prone because he
51:41invites contact i watched him limp off the field there's too many times at mizzou it happened again as a rookie it
51:49has now happened in training camp so of course that makes this a little maybe tenuous of a bust prediction since he
51:57is now hurt now he's highly questionable for week one but to me this was obvious even before he got hurt like
52:05now he's already reinforcing all my priors and even if he's healthy like how good is the fit truly like caleb williams
52:14so inaccurate i like the short to intermediate throws i guess he's getting better like will the bears truly pass enough i
52:22guess they did last year um the target competition is a little less than it was with dj morgan but you have
52:30a rising star in colston loveland roman dunsey who knows what's going on there burden's just a too many variables guy to
52:38me with the number one being i cannot trust him to stay healthy like it's year two in the nfl for me
52:47this is year five of watching luther burden and i i just see a guy who i do not trust to finish
52:55games let alone seasons and that really is my number one problem with luther burden i just the way he plays the
53:03game i feel like is what makes him injury prone not some like bad luck of the genetic draw where his hamstring
53:12pulls more often or whatever the way he plays the game i feel like makes luther burden injury prone and i just
53:20cannot have fantasy seasons riding on luther burden the the injury this summer definitely saved people from themselves because he was headed
53:28toward the third round he was i think just totally totally nuts totally yeah nuts fully nuts he goes back to back
53:36with davante adams right now i mean i get that adams has his own all the whole other range of problems there's
53:45no question there's risk with davante adams but who has the upside case between davante absolutely the burden come on i just
53:53saw it i got i can get 12 one-yard touchdowns if everything works out right with davante adams i'm taking adams a
54:01hundred times out of a hundred and i have i've had adams a rated ahead of burden all spring and summer and
54:09i still do and so i'm on the agreeing side of that with you and i picked kind of an injury guy
54:18too except for my number one except for it doesn't seem like anybody believes the injury is real i have jeremiah love
54:26at at my as my number one bust he's rb 13 or 14 he has a high ankle sprain what are we
54:34talking about here early third early third round it's like everybody just decided that they take they they took the injury blurb
54:42and they just they put white out on their computer monitor over the word high chris so now i don't know if
54:51you understand the season's starting late this year all right he's got four extra days to heal he essentially has a broken
54:59ankle which is what a high ankle sprain is and people are like oh no this is nothing he's great he's fine
55:07his his adp is not budging based on this injury at least luther burden went down around i i'm just shocked about
55:15jeremiah love that people are i don't even think he plays week one probably and how many times like brian thomas has
55:24a high ankle sprain misses a month last year and he's a wide receiver not a running back and then comes back
55:32and can you know he's just he's in pain the entire rest of the year i get not one person's injury doesn't
55:40make another person's injury but this is a serious injury a ankle sprain is not an ankle sprain it's a joke i
55:48believe it was rivers mccown your very own who who put on blue sky prepare yourself for the lowest high ankle sprain
55:57in league history and that is absolutely what we've gotten and i think it's crazy and of course i'm already predisposed to
56:05disavow most rookie running back hype and i get that love is generational because generations we're calling him the gypsy moth because
56:13every gypsy moths you know every year is generation for gypsy moths so congratulations jeremiah i love you're the gypsy moth and
56:21i think he'll be great eventually but i don't think you should be taking him early third this year so yeah in
56:30our modern media social media environment generations do last no longer than nine months for the record he is generational rivers got
56:38just proven immediately because and a first ever for the nfl they immediately admitted it was a high ankle sprain so normally
56:46they do the song and dance like it might be high it might be low there's really no way to say and
56:54the fact that this came out admitted it was very bearish before the injury you know i thought the adp was shockingly
57:03low me too how often do you get a number three overall running back and they're not even going in the top
57:1112 at running back like that just doesn't happen in fantasy football period it was restraint it was admirable people like oh
57:19you know boy we got burned by genti we got burned by almost everyone who we've taken the shot on so we're
57:27going to calm down it's the cardinals so we're going to calm down and then they they did not stay calm so
57:36i to use the word generational i kind of thought it was a generational buying opportunity for an rb2 like this is
57:44a guy who normally be a top five or six running back and i'm getting him more like top 13 or 14
57:52i have not been forced to go on the oh that's not true i've done a few drafts since he got hurt
58:00but he hasn't he hasn't been like in the mix for me yet where i had to like truly make the decision
58:09i can't sit here and say i wouldn't do it which is really silly because high ankle sprains as you point out
58:17so first off i suffered a high ankle sprain you the first thing they told me when they got back my x-rays
58:25where you would have been better off breaking it if you want to know how unideal high ankle sprains are tearing ligaments
58:34in your ankle it's every i mean how many seasons do high ankle sprains ruin every year it's like actually unbelievable does
58:42anyone ever have a normal season after suffering a high ankle sprain because maybe the only saving grace for jeremiah love is
58:50that it did happen in the summer it did happen three weeks before the season started so he'll be the one guy
58:58ever who they actually give six weeks to to heal up but then that still costs him two or three games of
59:07the regular season um and that's a huge chunk of the fantasy schedule a huge chunk for a guy is a high-end
59:15rb2 i agree i think maybe the adp will start to fall but it's hyper hyper risky is the rb13 or 14
59:23well i'm very glad unlike cousin josh last week my cousin who comes on the show every week i'm glad you didn't
59:31pick one of my flag players for your busts because that's always awkward and i've never it's never happened with you and
59:40me doing this for five years and it never happened with josh doing the show for like 11 years until last week
59:48when i endorsed bucky irving at his adp and he unknowingly he didn't know that i had done it he was like
59:56i hate bucky irving i'm not taking him any price so i'm glad that didn't happen um our lists are in today's
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60:29also at rotoworld.com and tell me about your your side project because i've read a bunch of the pieces and they're great
60:37i hope folks know about it but are you going to continue writing those in the during the season well see they
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63:31early in september where you can like ask me questions if you like uh and the way to enter of course is
63:39to pre-order pound foolish take a screen capture you can find all the links to pre-order at harrisfootball.com send me hey harris
63:47at harrisfootball.com and uh you'll be you'll be entered your odds are pretty pretty good i mean we have way more almanac
63:56people than we do pound foolish people if you've been meaning to order pound foolish and you want to be entered you
64:04just keep forgetting here's your another reminder go go do it right now uh so congratulations to ben i will be in
64:12touch so that's going to do it for this monday episode coming up on tuesday my guest will be it says here
64:20not eric jefferson which is confusing to me because i would have thought it was Eric Jefferson but i believe it's actually
64:29jeff erickson he's going to join we're going to talk about safe players guys who can maybe mitigate a little bit of
64:37risk who we like drafting in 2026 that'll be a great topic if you're a portland person or in the outlying areas
64:45i hope to see you this evening if you feel weird about coming by yourself don't i promise you you'll make friends
64:53we all just kind of like get along and wind up talking and we hang around for a couple hours you get
65:02to hear me read a couple things from the book i think you'll enjoy the experience last night was just so great
65:10uh i don't know portland you got something to top this is going to be a challenge we'll see if you can
65:18do it because we had a great crowd last night in tacoma but i'm looking forward to portland uh tonight i'm looking
65:26forward to vegas on tuesday and phoenix on wednesday and the next week on tuesday los angeles it should be pretty darn
65:35fun until then thanks again so much for listening your hat is awesome you're awesome for wearing it i will talk to
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