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This is the tailgate.

This is me, Joey P.

Joe P. Zipia.

And this is a new channel here from the family of fantasy pros.

I've always said the best shows that we do are the shows we do after the show.

And we just start talking football and continuing the conversations

and I thought it would be a good idea to bring those conversations to a whole new channel and here

we are this is it it's the tailgate where we're going to talk football we're going to talk fantasy

we're going to talk wagering we're talk everything uh because well that's part of what we do here

and I think it's a high time that we started pulling the curtain back a little bit on the fantasy pros brand and letting everybody get a peek inside what we really think about a lot of things. And what better way to do that than when the mock draft, we got free agency drop in here in a little while. So lots of things are going to be moving all over to play. So before that all happens, we thought, let's try to squeeze one more mock draft in before all the chaos begins, and to help me do it, two of my best friends, Andrew Erickson, Big Pot Energy himself, and Derek Brown, Dibro, the King of Bros. And guess what? We brought in a special guest here from the NFL Stock Exchange. He took a minute or two ringing that bell for a second. and from PFF, Trevor, Sycamma, Trevor, it's so great to see.

How was the combine did you eat at the steakhouse did you

the whole thing and did you run a 40 of course you have to you have to do the whole thing I didn't run a 40

thankfully because of all of the steakhouse visits you know we're running a 40 after that

it probably wouldn't have gone well but combine's is always a wonderful time, not only for the food, but also the friendship and the intel that you get on a lot of these players. So these mock drafts become a lot more accurate after the combine. So I'm excited to dig into it with you guys. What's your favorite part about doing that whole combine situation? Like, because I mean, people get to go there. week. We've been there last year. Like, what is your favorite thing about that? Is it just like interacting with all the folks there? Or is it like seeing that one prospect kind of, you know, pop off? What is that for you? I mean, it is a lot of things. I mean, personally, it is getting to see a lot of my friends in person, you know, for probably like the one time that it happens throughout the year, right? I talk to so many people on social media and through text message and all this because we're in the same industry, but then that's the one time you actually get to see these people in person. So it's getting to have some really unique and fun guests on our show at the PFF channel, but then also getting to go on a lot of other shows. It's just a really fun way to link up with a lot of people. And to be honest, like as a draft guy, again, a little selfishly, like I love, you know, like my friends who cover the bears, like, all right, I'll go on their podcast and a little bit after the podcast, maybe we're chit chatting about kind of exactly what we're hearing that they might do and things like that. So it's a big intel gathering week for me as well. But it's always the most fun because I get to see my friends in this industry. So that's what makes it a blast. It is weird. It's a weird part about this industry where you just don't, you see each other every day, but you don't see each other every day. Right. Exactly. And yet you feel so close. Like they know about your families. I know about everything going on. Like, like Derek and I were talking about his eight-year-old birthday party.

He threw this week. Not for, not for Derek, by the way, which would count. I'm sure Derek would take a Marvel party or anything else. But you were throwing birthday parties over the weekend trying to make picks for this drafty, bro.

Yeah, man. I mean, in between eight year old birthday parties and trying to get presents and all the things in line. And now I feel like we're right at home, man. We're theoretically letting our hair down here on the tailgate. It's a good time, man. Yeah, and Andrew Erickson. I mean, I heard you were a little slow making some picks because what happens is you buy a house when you hit 30 you get married and then

you get a basement to finish and next thing you know you're drinking IPAs like what happened to

you I thought they knew you yeah basically that that sums up my weekend a lot of fun making

drinks drinking IPAs that's good time but I mean best time now and if all free agency kicking off

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