Full Transcript for NFL Week 9 - Quarterback Injuries, Fantasy Football Decisions & Jalapeño Poppers

--> 00:04:30.360 And I I kind of get a little bit of slack for it at the beginning of the season, but I'm always one to pick quarterbacks. 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:33.480 I mean, running backs and quarterbacks are probably your top picks. 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:39.560 Most people will go with running backs, but I have a tendency to lean into quarterbacks a little bit more, and I have in the past. 00:04:39.719 --> 00:04:55.560 And you want to get maybe not a top quarterback on your bench list, but you want to get a fairly good quarterback, I think, on your bench list because whether it's a bye week or whether one or two of your quarterbacks go down because of injury, you need somebody. 00:04:55.800 --> 00:05:03.879 You definitely need somebody to step up in there because one quarterback who's getting you maybe 20 to 25 points a game might not be enough. 00:05:04.039 --> 00:05:09.639 So yeah, I I always think that's a strong strategy in fantasy football, but others may disagree. 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:21.800 Well, I was just thinking, too, this must be interesting just for watching the game because you get to see a lot of up-and-coming or like the second round, a lot of like you got picks and things like that that are coming about. 00:05:21.879 --> 00:05:23.319 And it's it is, yeah. 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:26.839 I mean, a lot of those players they get thrown into the game unprepared. 00:05:26.919 --> 00:05:50.439 They're playing on the second team, they don't get starting team reps, they, you know, you can certainly feel bad for them in a certain way because they are held to an extremely high standard, which they should certainly be because they are a professional athlete, but they also have to realize that, and I think a lot of people have to realize that these second stringers, these third stringers certainly don't get the practice time as them as the quarterback. 00:05:50.599 --> 00:05:54.279 They don't get the this the reps with the starting players. 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:56.279 So it is a little bit different. 00:05:56.439 --> 00:06:06.439 It's intimidating to walk into, but it's also very interesting as a fan, seeing, especially if you've seen them in college play, if you followed them through the ranks, through the draft, and now they're coming out. 00:06:06.599 --> 00:06:13.240 You know, it's not gonna get any more real-world experience than getting thrown into an NFL game at midpoint in the season. 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:15.959 Well, and that and I kind of find that there's some excitement there. 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:17.159 You're gonna see how the players are. 00:06:18.359 --> 00:06:23.000 Yeah, and see well, and not even just how the other players react and how they work with a new quarterback. 00:06:23.159 --> 00:06:26.599 Because I mean, a lot of quarterbacks get into their their top picks, right? 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:33.879 Like there's always gonna be that one guy they're gonna go to when the when the time hits, and you know, the

new quarterback's not always gonna be that guy for them. 00:06:34.359 --> 00:06:43.800 Yeah, and like play calling is an issue, and it's there's so many different variables and factors that go into it, and it's uh, you know, usually you'll see a lot of running plays because of that. 00:06:43.959 --> 00:06:49.399 It's always really good experience for those second or even third stringers to uh to come out and play. 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:53.560 It's it's made for a very interesting week and interesting season so far. 00:06:53.879 --> 00:07:00.439 Is it any of these quarterbacks you're seeing that have caught your eye and you've been impressed with or um there's been a couple. 00:07:00.599 --> 00:07:05.000 I mean, it's it's always so interesting to see who's coming around. 00:07:05.079 --> 00:07:11.560 And you know, we were chatting today when we were watching the Seahawks game playing and when they were playing Arizona in Seattle, Garner Minchu. 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:24.839 There's a name that I remember, like I was saying to you, when he played in Washington State at the college level, and he's been bouncing around the league for forever, ended up in Arizona, and he is always again, he's not a terrible quarterback. 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.959 I think he falls into that very like average quarterback. 00:07:28.039 --> 00:07:31.079 He sometimes is really good, and sometimes he really isn't. 00:07:31.159 --> 00:07:41.240 And I think today was kind of average to lower performance, but you know, you just never know where that he's coming and he's you know won the game for some teams that he's played for as well. 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:44.599 So I was like keeping my eye eye on him because he does have that kind of washing. 00:07:45.159 --> 00:07:47.879 So yeah, I guess he he didn't really perform today against Seahawks. 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:49.000 He didn't, no. 00:07:49.399 --> 00:07:59.560 I mean, it was Seahawks do have a really good defense, and I did as I was watching the game, he did have some good passes, and uh and some of the receivers definitely broke out. 00:07:59.639 --> 00:08:16.919 They had a lot of trouble in the red zone, they just couldn't really get much going, but there were definitely was some potential, so I can see what NFL teams see in him, and again, I think as somebody who has some talent, just definitely needs some more time. 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:18.120 Well, and that's it. 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.199 But even that game we had both quarterbacks. 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:36.120 Yeah, I mean Drew Locke stepped in and he was dealing with I believe it was tendonitis, and then he got uh kind of a concerning, not super concerning, but he did get injured in the third quarter with his hip, and it looked like maybe the third stringer for the Seahawks at that point would have to come into the game. 00:08:36.200 --> 00:08:41.800 They were sort of saying he was warming up on the sidelines, so you know it's just uh it's it's the nature of the game. 00:08:42.039 --> 00:08:45.000 Patrick Mahomes got injured today with his elbow. 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:58.600 It looked like a pretty ugly injury at first glance, but he got back in and they got the win, so you just never know, and you sort of see how the the rest of the game and the rest of the teams play out, but uh, it always makes for like Philadelphia. 00:08:58.840 --> 00:08:59.639 Perfect example. 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:04.040 Without Jalen Hurts, they clearly, clearly have not much going on. 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:07.320 And that was gonna be like, what's going on with Philadelphia? 00:09:07.400 --> 00:09:09.639 I guess it's just quarterback, quarterback, quarterback. 00:09:09.800 --> 00:09:15.480 Yeah, and I think they need they need a good look in the mirror at this point in the season. 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:46.040 I don't think they're gonna rescue much from their season right there, but it's something where with the trade deadline coming up, there's potential to look around, but they are stuck in a seven-game losing streak heading into their bye week, which I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but I think with their head coach Nick Seriani, he hasn't really done any knee-jerk changes to the team, and he sort of stood by his rationale for not making any massive decisions. 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:50.920 They have not scored a second half touchdown since week six. 00:09:51.160 --> 00:09:52.840 So it's just, I don't know. 00:09:53.000 --> 00:09:56.759 Tanner McGee, their backup quarterback, definitely not the answer. 00:09:57.000 --> 00:10:01.240 Offensive line needs some work, so they definitely do need a good look in the mirror. 00:10:01.560 --> 00:10:03.560 Sounds sounds like a bit of work to happen on that team. 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:03.800 Yeah. 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:06.360 Here's my here's my wild card for that team, though. 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:14.040 I would say let's maybe, maybe look at a wild trade, possibly with the Chargers. 00:10:14.120 --> 00:10:14.920 I'm I'm calling that. 00:10:15.160 --> 00:10:16.200 You're calling a trade with the Chargers. 00:10:16.440 --> 00:10:31.960 I'm gonna say that would be really interesting to see if anything will come of Justin Herbert because that poor guy in LA has not won a single game at all this year, and I think he's a much better quarterback than his record shows, and that team is for him. 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:34.200 So if he gets traded, there might be a possibility. 00:10:34.680 --> 00:10:37.560 Be some real real see some real fun things happen out there. 00:10:37.800 --> 00:10:40.360 Okay, let's talk a little bit about uh Jacksonville today. 00:10:40.520 --> 00:10:42.040 Is that the team to watch or what's going on? 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:45.960 Oh my goodness, like that's a really, really interesting team. 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:48.440 I've and I think I've probably gone on the record before. 00:10:48.520 --> 00:10:51.000 I've never been a

huge Trevor Lawrence fan. 00:10:51.080 --> 00:10:54.360 I remember watching him in college getting drafted his first couple years in the league. 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:58.759 Like many quarterbacks coming out of college, weren't necessarily the best. 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:02.440 But yeah, he is really doing quite well this year. 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:06.200 I have to say he's yeah, definitely surpassed my expectations. 00:11:06.280 --> 00:11:09.480 And there's for sure, for sure some potential there on that team. 00:11:09.720 --> 00:11:12.120 And what does that mean for Baltimore after this game? 00:11:12.280 --> 00:11:12.840 Oh, Baltimore. 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:18.040 I would say they're basically in the same same category, if not worse than Philadelphia. 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:23.320 But I think without Lilmar Jackson, they don't they don't have much on the horizon, unf sadly, unfortunately. 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:24.040 Too bad. 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:29.080 Uh it it really is too bad because there was again a lot of really good things happening there. 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:38.200 Um, I know with uh with Philadelphia it's unfortunate because uh Jackson goes down and then their backup, Tyler Henley, gets turf toe and he can't play anymore. 00:11:38.280 --> 00:11:40.920 So, you know, you think you, but maybe I've got a good backup. 00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:41.879 Nope. 00:11:42.040 --> 00:11:43.240 Injured always happened. 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:43.560 Yep. 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:48.360 All right, let's uh another game I wanted to pick on was the uh not pick on, but talk about a little bit. 00:11:48.520 --> 00:11:59.240 And just get your point of view and how you felt about it with Green Bay Packers and what they're doing with their offensive statement over the last little the last game here against New E in New England, so 45 to 27. 00:11:59.560 --> 00:12:07.639 Yeah, and that was played at home in New England, I believe, this this uh week, and I felt kind of well, I won't say I felt bad because I'm not a huge New England Patriots fan. 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:18.759 I know like Brady was there and Julian Edelman was there and Gronk was there, so it was kind of a throwback to a few years ago and they were all there to watch the game, but yeah, it was n New England. 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:21.160 I I just I think they're a little overhyped. 00:12:21.240 --> 00:12:23.000 I'm not a huge fan of their quarterback. 00:12:23.160 --> 00:12:26.920 I think Jordan Love for Green Bay is I remember seeing him in college. 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:29.560 I remember watching his first few years in the NFL. 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:34.440 Really solid quarterback, really solid quarterback, and it's definitely showing up this year. 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:39.240 And then we can talk a little bit about Kansas City because they were able to get actually a nice win. 00:12:39.560 --> 00:12:40.680 They did end up winning, yeah. 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:47.639 Yeah, and defeating defeating the Jets, but we know how you feel about the Jets, and yeah, will they what's gonna happen with the Jets this year? 00:12:47.879 --> 00:12:50.920 Oh my goodness, that is a good question. 00:12:51.160 --> 00:12:52.040 It was amazing. 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:54.440 I think, um, I think it was in that game. 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:57.080 I mean, Mahomes obviously got hurt. 00:12:57.400 --> 00:13:02.200 It looked his injury looked a lot more gruesome than uh than it actually maybe turned out to be. 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:04.680 Sounds like he actually might be able to play next week. 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:07.560 There was a play that I saw when I was watching some of the highlights. 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:14.280 There was a fumble by the Jets, and one of the Kansas City players picked up the ball and was running to try and score. 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:19.240 And Geno Smith just lays a hit on this player like out of nowhere. 00:13:19.400 --> 00:13:20.440 It was it was impressive. 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:22.360 I've never been a huge Geno Smith fan. 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:25.720 I don't think I think he's a solid backup quarterback, not a great starting quarterback. 00:13:26.040 --> 00:13:29.960 My gosh, all of my uh accolades go to him for that hit. 00:13:30.040 --> 00:13:31.800 He hit like a linebacker. 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:33.720 It was impressive for a quarterback to do that. 00:13:33.800 --> 00:13:35.320 I was like, whoa, where did that come from? 00:13:35.480 --> 00:13:38.360 Anyway, yeah, that's my praise of Geno Smith for this week. 00:13:38.520 --> 00:13:40.920 Well, we have uh we have some games to watch coming up. 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:41.320 Yes. 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:45.480 The other one is is that and now that my BC Lions are out. 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:47.320 Oh, we're switching to CFL. 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:54.200 Yeah, after losing the the Western Conference, uh, and now we have Edmonton and Montreal going into the Great Cup. 00:13:54.280 --> 00:13:56.440 So that's exciting for us in Calgary this year. 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:00.680 Yeah, I think you know the the Elks fans are definitely gonna show up. 00:14:00.840 --> 00:14:14.920 I was really impressed to see that they got like, I think it was more than 40,000 fans at Commonwealth Stadium uh to watch the Elks, considering that they had been at the bottom of the proverbial CFL barrel for the past four or five years, and now they're playing in the Great Cap. 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:22.200 So I know this is mostly we're talking about the NFL, but good shout out for the CFL, for the Edmonton Elks, and for Montreal. 00:14:22.520 --> 00:14:22.920 Exactly. 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:24.680 We I mean we love our hometown game. 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:33.720 We do, but we always get excited about watching the NFL, and of course, big games coming together because we're going to Munich, and then of course we have I would I would like to go to Munich, but we aren't. 00:14:33.800

--> 00:14:40.120 The NFL is the NFL is going, and of course the Detroit Lions and the uh New England Patriots, which will be cool. 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:43.720 The uh little German homeland just watch some football, yeah. 00:14:44.040 --> 00:14:48.440 Yeah, I don't know how popular American football is in Germany. 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:51.160 I see them more as like soccer fans. 00:14:51.639 --> 00:14:54.840 I know they've gone to Munich before, and I I think the game's been pretty good there. 00:14:54.920 --> 00:14:57.480 So there's an abundance of international games this year. 00:14:57.720 --> 00:15:01.160 Well, there's a lot of people that love to watch the game and get caught up on it, you know. 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:06.120 So wherever you if you can get a game out there, it's probably a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch those games. 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:08.120 So I do know weird fun fact. 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:11.800 Uh, speaking of German American football players, that's a mouthful. 00:15:12.040 --> 00:15:23.560 Um, there were a couple of uh German players who played, speaking of the CFL for the bomber, for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, part of they have like an international draft and like kind of international players that come and play. 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:25.160 He's been playing with them for quite some time. 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:25.960 So you never know. 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:29.879 The punter for the Seahawks is an uh Australian rugby player. 00:15:30.040 --> 00:15:31.400 There's players all over the world. 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:32.120 Exactly. 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.440 Yeah. 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:32.920 Exactly. 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.879 They all get into this game. 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:35.480 If you get hooked on a game, you get hooked on a game. 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:36.040 That's right. 00:15:36.280 --> 00:15:40.040 Let's uh jump over to oh wait, we're supposed to go bomb bomb bomb. 00:15:40.920 --> 00:15:47.639 More appropriate as we dive into fantasy and talk a little bit about how every inch counts. 00:15:48.280 --> 00:15:50.040 It's not counting. 00:15:51.400 --> 00:15:52.920 Definitely not counting. 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:56.600 I will keep this short and sweet because uh I yes, I will be humble. 00:15:56.680 --> 00:16:00.440 I have not been doing very well in fantasy uh the past couple of weeks. 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.560 I'm gonna blame that. 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:10.280 Even though I have two very healthy, actually have three very healthy quarterbacks, Matthew Stafford and Jared Goff, have not been doing me any favors whatsoever. 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:13.480 I got a resounding four points from Jared Goff this week. 00:16:13.560 --> 00:16:19.080 So week after week, you'd think I would learn my lesson and and swap some some players out, but I haven't yet to do that. 00:16:19.240 --> 00:16:22.440 But I do have Bryce Young on my bench and he got 20 points. 00:16:22.520 --> 00:16:24.759 So we

might be looking at a slight change next week. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.800 Alright, we'll see. 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:26.280 We'll see. 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:35.800 Any other players you can think of from around the league that you might want to shout out that might be as a fantasy player that you might be wanting to look at that have been like on like some seriously good streaks. 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:42.040 You know, I could look at my list here, and it's you know, there's probably a couple good players that you could call off there. 00:16:42.280 --> 00:16:47.160 If you got Caleb Williams as one of your quarterbacks, you are laughing all the way to the bank. 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:51.720 Him or Jordan Love, those are some seriously good options there. 00:16:51.800 --> 00:16:54.520 Uh, if you got Justin Herbert, I feel really sorry for you. 00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:58.280 Um, almost as sorry as for my team, but not quite, because that's even worse. 00:16:58.440 --> 00:17:01.720 You know, Joe Burrow had a stellar week this week. 00:17:01.800 --> 00:17:03.960 Um, some yeah, pretty good that way. 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:09.559 In terms of other non-quarterback positions, depending on who your running back is. 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:13.240 Funny enough, I went with Chua Hubbard as a late-round draft pick. 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:19.559 Can he shout out to the Canadian, and he's been actually fairly consistent for like a lower string running back. 00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:21.799 He's been getting some good points week after week. 00:17:21.879 --> 00:17:25.319 I would say, you know, anywhere between eight to twenty points. 00:17:25.559 --> 00:17:27.399 So that's pretty good. 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:27.799 Yeah. 00:17:27.879 --> 00:17:34.919 So there's always those sort of dark horse players, but and something I was just gonna bring up, and we bring it up all the time, and maybe we can talk a little bit more about it. 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.879 But the bye weeks, how badly do those affect you? 00:17:38.119 --> 00:17:51.319 You do have to kind of keep them in mind when you are drafting to make sure that if you are drafting a bunch of players from the same team, that might uh be a little bit of a costly mistake further down, especially if they all have the same bye week. 00:17:51.399 --> 00:17:53.000 So it is something to keep in mind. 00:17:53.079 --> 00:18:02.439 It's not like a massive deal, but certainly if you're not aware of it, it can certainly come around to uh to get you a little bit later in the season. 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:05.240 So it's I would say it's like a yellow flag. 00:18:05.399 --> 00:18:14.359 You have to see the bye weeks when you're drafting, you have to know when they are, make sure your team isn't stacked all on one week, but it's not a massive concern. 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:16.119 And there's always players you can pick up too. 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:17.879 Has it been affecting your team this time? 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:19.079 This time, no. 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:22.679 Last year I did make the mistake in later rounds of drafting. 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:26.199 Funny enough, because I did not pay attention to the draft to the bye week. 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:34.199 I picked up a bunch of players in like my 12th and 13th or 14th rounds that oddly enough on different teams, but they all had the same bye week. 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:34.919 It was just not good. 00:18:35.399 --> 00:18:36.039 Sometimes it happens. 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:39.000 No, there's just a weird coincidence, and that kind of messed me over. 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:42.199 But and so what teams do we have coming up next week for bye week? 00:18:42.439 --> 00:18:47.480 So next week we have the Bears and the Broncos, Philadelphia. 00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:51.879 Yes, they are going into their bye week and they certainly need it, and the Buccaneers. 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:55.879 So we will see what the outcome is on their Sunday night game, and then they get a week off. 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:58.439 So those are the players you want to make sure not on your list. 00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.319 Correct. 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:05.559 Definitely early on in the week, take some proactive looking around on your teams and uh and do some swapping. 00:19:05.639 --> 00:19:05.799 Yeah. 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:09.399 Well, I think we've done a good look at the league this week. 00:19:09.639 --> 00:19:15.000 I know you're a little under the weather, so uh trying to trying to find a way to warm you up a little bit. 00:19:15.159 --> 00:19:15.879 Oh, I like this. 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:17.960 So, and that's what I was kind of looking at. 00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:22.519 Like this we're getting into November, and of course, we've just had two major storms here. 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:23.079 We did. 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:28.599 And it's been power outages really wrecked a Bonds field that we were photographing this week. 00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:35.079 Oh, yes, we did have a curling Bonds field this weekend that uh yeah, was kind of interesting with some in the dark curling. 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:38.839 In the dark curling, and maybe games that ran till two in the morning. 00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:39.799 Nobody speaks of that. 00:19:40.199 --> 00:19:41.240 Nobody speaks of that. 00:19:42.199 --> 00:19:48.759 Yeah, curling till two in the morning and then being right back for first thing in the taps were flowing, the power was not. 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:50.839 That's that's all you need to know. 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:57.559 Anyways, kudos to those gentlemen that get curled, they raised some money, and uh it was a good time for it. 00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.839 It was a good time. 00:19:59.159 --> 00:20:06.679 Anyways, I was thinking about with all that happening out there to getting that we need to start looking at like a lot of comfort foods and stuff that is gonna warm us up. 00:20:06.839 --> 00:20:20.759 And I just

think with the cold weather and like football right now, you know, looking at like some soups, chilies, stewed, and those sort of comfort foods, you know, that just warm us up inside so that we can sit when we're at home, warm us up, sit on the couch, you know. 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:25.799 Perfect, all of those great things, and also thinking about dishes that we can prepare a little bit ahead of time. 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.240 Yeah, that's the key, isn't it? 00:20:27.399 --> 00:20:31.079 Right, like you gotta do that meal prep one and done, and then you're good for the week. 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:43.879 Yeah, and like the best thing about the game is like getting in there early, especially the game that you're looking forward to watching, getting all that stuff done, getting it ready, thinking about keeping the food safe and refrigerated and hot when you want it. 00:20:43.960 --> 00:20:45.159 Yeah, all of those little things. 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:51.799 So doing a little bit of pre-game prep planning and planning into your food is essential, right? 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:53.240 Especially working in the kitchen. 00:20:53.399 --> 00:21:01.960 And I also think that like using certain different equipment, like a slow cooker at this time of year is great because you can set it, set it and forget it. 00:21:02.039 --> 00:21:05.960 It's almost one of those ones, which makes meals a lot easier to do, right? 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:08.599 You can you don't have to be in the kitchen while your game's on. 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:12.199 That's right, and you don't have to worry about a pot burning or something like that. 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.879 You know, Dutch ovens are great. 00:21:14.199 --> 00:21:22.679 Having dishes that that stay warm throughout the afternoon are always good, and especially it's really easy for these foods to be shared with groups of people when you get them in there. 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:34.439 So that was kind of my my little thoughts about this week, and trying to think of like, you know, those traditions that you can have around and bring in those fun foods that you can bring over to a friend's and and share with people. 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:41.639 And so I think my real thing is like just looking at how you're gonna prepare and plan out your day for when you're getting into making some good food. 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:41.960 Right. 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:45.960 And of course, you know what, having a good spread of food is always a good one as well, too. 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:49.799 Like a little bit of everything, it gets everyone happy. 00:21:50.039 --> 00:22:03.480 Now, this week I was kind of thinking about, and I like now that I'm not concentrating just solely on one region that I can play around with some ingredients and have some sort of different food that we can eat as a group, something that's a sharing one. 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:07.159 And what caught my eye this week was making jalapeno poppers. 00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:08.039 I like that. 00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:10.679 You know, like that's definitely it's a nice shareable dish. 00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:12.519 Yeah, it's a great appetizer. 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:15.799 They've been on menus for like since the fifties, right? 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:18.759 But it was really, really in the the nineties when they came. 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:24.199 With like major producers being able to produce large amounts of them and becoming fried foods. 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:30.599 So you could go into a lot of your chain restaurants and you could guarantee to have that one dish that you could bring out there and you could share with a group of people. 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:37.879 And if you really want to make it interesting in front of a Sunday afternoon game, do a hot sauce competition with your jalapeno poppers. 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:38.679 There you go. 00:22:38.919 --> 00:22:40.039 Bring the extra challenge. 00:22:40.439 --> 00:22:43.159 And so I think it's like this really good game day finger food. 00:22:43.319 --> 00:22:54.759 And so I know I was talking about chilies and stews, and I know I want to get into some smoked meats, but I just thought this one was just like, let's start with some appetizers, getting some nice little dishes that we can throw on and have on the table. 00:22:54.919 --> 00:23:09.559 And of course, make taking nice jalapeno, stuffing them with like a nice cream cheese and and cheddar in them, maybe adding a little bit of bacon into it is always nice, whether we want to wrap the whole thing, or just chop it in and add it into our cream cheese. 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:13.079 I thought these give it a real good flavor and taste to it. 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:15.799 And of course, we can do it so many different ways. 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:26.759 Whether we're baking them in the oven, which is maybe a recipe I'm gonna give because it's easier to do at home, or if we're grilling on the barbecue, because it can hold up really well and give you some nice smoky flavors to it as well. 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:28.439 Or there's always air frying too. 00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:30.759 Air frying as well, of course, of course. 00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.960 It gives you that same thing. 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:40.039 And the other one is the old classic deep fryer, which is like really well breaded and right into the deep fryer, so they're nice and crispy and sealed up nice and tight. 00:23:40.199 --> 00:23:48.679 Why do I have this vision of like you see around American Thanksgiving when people drop in a turkey into a deep fryer outside and then it explodes? 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:50.279 So don't do that. 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.159 No, don't do that. 00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:53.639 Well, and the nice thing is that jalapeno poppers are small. 00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:56.519 So they're not gonna overflow that amount of fat that you have. 00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:57.639 Pop up in the sky.

00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.759 Just little pop-ups. 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:05.879 They'll just float there in the wall in the oil and make nice, they'll have that nice crispness to it and nice and creamy, cheesy in the middle. 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:17.079 I I'm I'm also thinking, you know, serving this with like a light dressing, so like either something like a ranch, you know, sour cream, yeah, a nice lime, lime dip, like a little sour cream with some lime sauce in there. 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:22.039 I think those just come all the all the way and just create a beautiful dish for you. 00:24:22.199 --> 00:24:28.199 Now, I always like to say, you know, you can also control, I mean, a lot of people are against the heat in there, and it's really easy. 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:33.159 There's a little membrane in there that you can pull out, and pulling the seeds out will remove quite a bit of the heat. 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:43.079 But I always recommend when you're doing and playing around with jalapenos is bringing out the old vinyl gloves or the latex gloves so that you don't get that onto your skins. 00:24:43.159 --> 00:24:49.240 Because if you're making a bunch of them for a good group of people, that burning sensation will transform through. 00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.359 Certainly. 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:55.240 So what I'm hearing is you don't recommend getting the frozen box and popping them in the oven. 00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.279 No, definitely. 00:24:56.439 --> 00:24:57.799 I I mean you can do that, right? 00:24:57.960 --> 00:25:03.799 Like, and I'm not I'm not knocking when you're trying to get together, but you can always make these really easy yourself. 00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:11.960 Getting some nice jalapeno peppers, they're usually fairly inexpensive at the grocery store, and then creating your own cream cheese filling to pipe it into them, just making them delicious. 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:15.399 And you know, of course, you don't have to overstuff them, you don't need too much in there. 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:18.599 Just creating a nice little jalapeno popper. 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:21.319 Pop the pocket of joy, exactly. 00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:25.240 So, I'm gonna leave a recipe on the on the website for that one, of course. 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:27.319 But let's uh do a little recap now. 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.279 Let's do it. 00:25:28.439 --> 00:25:31.399 So, uh what are the big stories in football right now? 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:37.559 Quarterbacks, yikes, Aaron's fantasy football team, yikes. 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:42.679 And uh will the Philadelphia Eagles ever win a game again this year? 00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:44.039 Probably not. 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.639 And in food? 00:25:45.799 --> 00:25:46.759 Ooh, that's hot. 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:48.279 Oh, I like it. 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:50.919 Your food hotter than a bunch of teams. 00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:51.879 Yeah, that's right. 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:59.480 So this may peak up the excitement in your games with a little jalapeno popper to go there filled with that nice cream cheese. 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:06.839 The best way to, you know, deflect from a bad fantasy football team is to set your mouth on fire with some jalapeno poppers. 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.480 That's right. 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:09.399 Distraction, distraction, distraction. 00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:09.960 That's right. 00:26:10.119 --> 00:26:14.439 And so next week we're moving on to week week number 10. 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.159 That's right. 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:18.599 So we've got a lot of exciting things happening there too. 00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:33.319 Then it's almost gonna be American Thanksgiving, which is one of, honestly, it sounds hilarious, one of my favorite days of the year because, because you get NFL football basically from nine in the morning until nine at night on a random Thursday in November. 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.519 Oh, best days of the week. 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.480 It's one of the best. 00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:38.359 Well, for the F3 podcast, I'm Chef Jonathan Fraser. 00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.799 And I'm Aaron Hallersteck. 00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:42.279 Thank you for getting your F3 fix with us. 00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:45.639 Remember to eat well, watch smart, and play to win.