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There's a massive fantasy football game this week. Am I involved in it? Oh, yeah. Me against you, loser goes home. You are clinging to that final wildcard spot. Why don't you lay down for me? Never. What do I need to do? You can tip me out. Excuse me? I'll tip you out. That's usually just the start, though. We can start with the tip and see where it goes.

This is D.P.H me? I'll tip you out. That's usually just the start, though. We can start with the tip. And see where it goes. This is DiPiatoro and Rothenberg. Oh, you want to get back to your time, Shane? Listen. All right, I'm ready. Go ahead. On ESPN, New York. And streaming live on YouTube. Oh, I see what you're doing here, Raymond.

Big fantasy football matchup. I'm excited for the matchup. I'll tell you what. I hope the winner of that matchup goes on a major run and wins the whole thing. You just hope it's you. Well, of course I hope it's me, but if not me, then you. There's nothing wrong with that. Here's what we need to do, though. We really need to, just like RJ and Ray do with their picks.

I think once the show's over, then you. There's nothing wrong with that. Here's what we need to do, though. We really need to, like, just like RJ and Ray do with their picks.

I think once the show's over, we should get on a quick call and go through it. Which team has the best chance to make a run? And whichever team has the best chance to make a run, the other one lays down like a dog. We sacrifice. Right. Why can't we just have it like of honor?

Like whichever team wins honorably,

then that team hopefully goes on a massive run and wins the whole thing. Listen, if you want to be boring and that's how you want to do it, we can do it that way. I'm fine with that. That's fine. I'm fine being boring and bland. I just want to win. That's all I'm looking for. we'll just play it straight up because that's what we are we're men of honor i mean these guys are in

huddled in the back room like do you like That's all I'm looking for. We'll just play it straight up because that's what we are. We're men of honor.

I mean, these guys are in the back, huddled in the back room.

Do you like the Cowboys plus the three against the Chiefs? It's not a thing that happens. But I'll pretend, you know, when you say it, have real shock and awe on your face. Oh, okay. That's what we'll do. They take more than half the games they take are the same games.

That's also false.

I'd be interested to count how many games the games they take are the same games.

That's also false. I'd be interested to count how many games they've taken that are the same games. It's unbelievable. I might do that. I might do that over the break. I'd be interested to see what your number is. Go right ahead. Wow. Like, you're so, I mean, you get nasty. Yeah, because he knows. You know what? When you have a kid, Rick, and you've busted him and you know that he, and then he goes on the aggressive, that's what's happening here. He knows he's wrong. He knows the amount of games they take that are the same. It's unconscionable. Absolutely nothing to hide. Okay, by the way, all right. All right. Time out. I'm not going to go through all of them. Okay, starting week one. They had one game the same.

They both took the Steelers in week one.

Oh, yeah. Week two also had same game. They had Dallas together in week two. Week three, they said, no, no, no. One's not good. Let's go two of the same games. They both took Buffalo and Houston in week two.

That's three. So three weeks in and they've taken four games concurrently. Go ahead.

That's correct.

Yeah. Week four. What's the record in those games? Just curious. It doesn't matter.

I can't go back and tell you the record in those games. Week four, they had different games.

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