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Welcome to another edition of the NFL Fantasy Live podcast.

It is me, you man. M.G. Marcus Grant. And this is our last, I think, actual preseason show. I mean, when we're back next week, we'll be into week one officially. So happy football season, everybody. Joined, of course, on the other side of the glass by, I'm going to start calling you something. Like, I don't want to just call you Eddie Murphy. So I'm going to start calling you Sir Edward L. Murphy Esquire.

Does that work?

Works for me? I mean, no one calls him by my actual name in this building. I'm either spaghetti or whatever. So I'm glad I have a new nickname besides spaghetti. That's fine. There you go.

So, you know, he's back.

Of course, we are part of your mighty duel that will be taking you through the season.

And then joining me on this side of the glass, back for his second. He's back. Of course, we are part of your mighty duel that will be taking you through the season.

And then joining me on this side of the glass, back for his second tour of duty here on the podcast.

It's Mark Isstook. Welcome back.

Yes, welcome back. So as I am speaking to you, I'm multitasking because I am on my computer and I'm refreshing my countdown clock. Okay. Till kickoff.

And?

And we're looking at like six days, 23-ish-odd hours, 58 minutes and 34, 33, 33, 32, and one second.

So yes.

That's right.

Because as of a week, a week from today, we will have actual live, it counts for real NFL football.

It's going to be great. They will count in the standings. They will count in the standings. And the statistics will matter. They will be for real, for real. It's like we have made it through the long dark night of summer. So that is certainly exciting. We got plenty to talk about today. we'll have Joe P. Sapia, who is the author of the Fantasy Black Book,

he'll come on and talk some rookies,

talk some of the younger plenty to talk about today. We'll have Joe P. Sapia, who is the author of the Fantasy Black Book,

he'll come on and talk some rookies, talk some of the younger guys to kind of help you with some of your dynasty stuff. I know we talked to Emory Hunt last week. We'll get some more Dynasty stuff for you there. We'll do some best fantasy team names. I know that's one that Eddie was looking forward to. And then we'll talk some draft strategies as well, plus your level of confidence with certain players

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