Ep. 403 - Life In The NFL, Playing For The Lions, Getting Fit w/ Zach Zenner

The Taekcast

Davis Mattek

News, Fantasy Sports, Sports, Sports News

4.9 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $1,000 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek Davis Mattek is joined by Zach Zenner to talk about his NFL career and time with the Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins. They also discuss Zenner's connection to Patrick Laird and his thoughts on the NFL today + his job as a personal trainer and nutrition coach GET 10% OFF RUN THE SIMS W/ CODE "ENDGAME": www.runthesims.com Check Out Zack's Site: https://zion-performance.com/ Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=davis Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Timestamps: 00:00 Zach Zenner + Patrick Laird 3:00 Did Zach know that he was a cult hero? 6:30 The experience of getting drafted in the NFL Draft 12:30 It Is Always Better To Be Drafted Than A UDFA 16:50 Undrafted Free Agents Are A Fungible Asset In The NFL 21:30 The Frustration of being a running back 29:30 Being An NFL Player And A Doctor? 34:55 Zach finds his way into a medical study while on IR 37:30 What we actually know about fructose? 42:30 Zach Starts Zion Performance 47:00 Seed Oils Are Not That Bad??? 50:30 How lives are getting changed by Zion performance 58:10 Football Watching Habits Of Former Players Audio-Only Podcast Feed For All Davis Mattek Streams: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256

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0:00.0	Folks, I am proud and pleased to be joined by someone who's near and dear to the hearts of the nerd fantasy football community, one Mr. Zach Zener,
0:22.5	now of Zion nutrition,
0:24.8	formerly of the Detroit Lions, New Orleans, New Orleans, Saints, Arizona Cardinals.
0:28.0	And for six days, the Miami Dolphins,
0:30.7	where Mr. Zener was teammates with a true legend around these parts,
0:35.0	Mr. Patrick Laird.
0:36.3	So there is your two degrees of separation, Zach, between the two of us.
0:40.8	Yeah, absolutely.
0:41.9	I love it.
0:42.9	Yeah, it was Peter, my friend Peter and I went out to go see him play in what was
0:48.8	Eli Manning's final home game, the New York Giants and Miami Dolphins right before COVID hit in 2019.
0:56.1	So I should begin here.
0:58.4	Were you aware?
0:59.4	Hang on.
0:59.8	You went and saw him in 2019?
1:02.1	Yes.
1:02.9	Yeah.
1:03.2	Because that's when I was on the team.
1:04.9	Would you have been on the team for the week 16 game in New York?
1:09.6	No, I was only so amazing.
1:11.6	I was only there for the week, I think it was week 14, we played the Jets in the
1:18.2	metal games.
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