ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Jason recaps his member-guest golf weekend at the country club including a chip-in par worth a fist pump, and an electric golf cart that died halfway up a hill on the way home, forcing three grown men to push it to a friend's garage in the dark. Frankie counters with a fair trip built around a Riley Green concert and some brutally honest reviews of $15 fair food. Then it's full draft-week mode: a complete running back rankings rundown ahead of Saturday's draft, with real hand-wringing over Ashton Jeanty's ankle/knee injury scare, where James Cook and Jonathan Taylor land relative to Bijan and Chase, and a long look at sleepers like Kenneth Walker, Chase Brown, and DeAndre Swift.
The news dump is stacked this week. Cleveland named Deshaun Watson the starter over Shedeur Sanders despite Watson looking terrible in the preseason and taking a shot at fans who booed him — the guys aren't buying his excuse. Then the story of the week: 49ers owner Jed York was reportedly caught in a prostitution sting in East Palestine, Ohio, allegedly agreeing to pay $140, just months after quietly filing for divorce. Add in Travis Hunter's disastrous placekicking tryout (1-for-5 from 27 yards), two NFL roster players walking away to return to college football under Lane Kiffin at LSU, a Cardinals scout under investigation for leaking draft info and betting on games, DraftKings and Delta teaming up for in-flight betting, and — capping it off — a Penn State cocaine ring nicknamed "Pablo Pledgescobar" that got busted in part because of public Venmo payments.
Topics covered: fantasy football running back rankings, member-guest golf tournament recap, Iowa State Fair trip, Deshaun Watson named Browns starter, Jed York prostitution sting, Travis Hunter placekicking tryout, NFL-to-college transfers at LSU, Cardinals scout gambling investigation, DraftKings/Delta in-flight betting, Penn State cocaine ring bust.
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