Welcome into the lounge presented by Draft Kings. It's kickoff week, baby!

Here we go. And Garrett's back. Yeah, baby! Kickoff week is the second most exciting piece of this podcast, right?

It's true. Big Daddy G. Took off paternity leave the last few weeks of training.

That's a savvy vet move.

Last few weeks of training cameras and the pre-season got into the dog days of summer

and I disappeared for a few weeks and now I'm back for the start of the regular season.

Tugging coffee, might I add, for listeners out there.

Just pounding coffee.

We're recording this at 1.30.

Guys, five coffees deep.

Just literally chugged a latte.

You're a fancy dad.

Fancy dad.

Well, I got to make sure that I have the energy to keep up with this podcast.

I know that you're going to be bringing the energy, especially when we get to the end for the, of course. Oh, oh, come on now. Don't give it away.

I know what's coming. But I'm excited. I'm really fired up, you know, over the past few weeks when I've

been out, you know, I've just been thinking, you know, keeping, of course, an eye on everything that's happening.

Right, of course.

And just trying to think about how many of these predictions you're going to just completely whiff on.

One of my favorite things to do on Paternity Leave was send you occasional hot takes on what was

happening.

Yeah.

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