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Guaranteed Human. Welcome in, everybody, to Fantasy Pros. This is the Fantasy Football Podcast. It is me, Joey P. Joe Pizapia, with my two good friends, D-Bro, Derek Brown, the King of Bros, and my Patty Cakes, Pat Fitzmores. It's the holiday season. It's championship season. It's week 17, baby. Let's go. I am super excited to be here with all of you. I know you're watching this because you're going for a championship

and that means that all this work, all these injuries, all this toil and trouble has been worth it.

We've been cooking this cauldron for months and months and this metaphor for even longer. And we are going to get you there, baby. We're going to get you to the championship to that title. But of course, there's some injuries because it's 20, 25. We're going to have to maneuver some things. But boys, before we get to some of the names we're talking about, obviously nothing's like super exciting jumping off the page in terms of like, this is the guy you got got to have you got to start because he's going to win your fantasy championship i don't know if that guy's out there but with all the injuries and everything's going on pat i talked about this with seeley on the short version of the waiver wire show i want to talk about it with you as well because i feel as though it's not just about the players you're adding to your roster it's looking at your roster and saying what are the pieces i'm not

using this

week and what are the pieces that could potentially help my opponents and how do I get ahead of

that, especially in superflex leagues with some of these quarterback injuries that are going on?

How important do you weigh that in week 17? Yeah, I mean, it's worth taking a look at your opponent's roster and seeing if there are any

worthwhile blocks.

In a Superflex, I think you're aggressively trying to block quarterback pickups if you can

and see if you can force your opponent to go with Max Brosmer if, if J.J. McCarthy is indeed

going to be out in week 17.

So it is worth taking a look at that.

And if you do have some fab left in the tank and you're not using it to improve your own

lineup, because a lot of people are pretty much set going into the final game. Yeah, if you can

throw a block out there, more power to you. And Debrough, this is the two weeks in a row here at the end of the playoffs. We're now because it's the holiday season. The NFL gives us that slow burn. So you have to watch the Thursday night games. There's going to be three of them now. Then you have a couple on Saturday. Then you have Sunday and then a Monday. It is brutal. It's the torture of waiting to win a fantasy championship on top of dealing with your family and extended family around the

holidays. It's a lot. So what is the best advice you can give to people as they're slowly

watching a championship unfold? Is it just a matter of how much Jack Daniels you have in the house?

Patience, man. Patience. You've waited 17 weeks to get to this point. You just got a few more days,

maybe in a few more presents and stuff. So just patience. I just preach him patience. All right.

We're going to give away some free stuff here at the top of the show. The teeny tiny loser belt

is gone. You can't get it anymore. The winner is

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