And Oh, yeah. The We need to get right to it. We have Rich Rebar on the show today.

However, news that impacts my fantasy team has surfaced and needs to be discussed because it's my

fantasy team.

And I may not care about your fantasy team, but I know you care about my fantasy team because odds are you listen to my

podcast I don't listen to yours you follow me on social media I don't follow you so you

get to hear about my fantasy team and I will never pay attention to yours.

That's the one-way street of this relationship.

I've participated in three dynasty startups just in the last three weeks

and in two of those startups the first player I selected was

Joe mixing because I believe in building a dynasty team around young elite all-purpose backs and Joe mixing checks

and Joe mixing checks all the boxes with one exception as it turns out moments after

drafting him in multiple leagues news surfaces that he is considering

a holdout. That's the one thing Joe Mixin lacks. A long-term contract. That's right.

Damn it! Job security. Job role security is a major component of dynasty, particularly

in those early rounds. The players that you draft must have long-term job security and

Joe Mixon doesn't have it, but neither does Dalvin Cook. Joe Mixin is in the final year of his deal.

He's owed 1.2 million.

Dalvin Cook, in the final year of his deal, he is owed 1.3 million, and the

Bengals and the Vikings have both committed their franchise tag already.

Cincinnati tagged AJ Green.

The Vikings tagged one of the NFL's Best Safety's Harrison Smith.

The Harrison Smith franchise tag is defensible.

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