Listen in to hear Ian and Mike build a fantasy team in a PPR league picking from the 7-hole. Lots of interesting questions popped up as they had to try to make their decisions. Marshawn Lynch or Matt Forte? Calvin Johnson or Jordy Nelson? Arian Foster was still around really late...do you take him? What round did Peyton Manning become too good to pass up? Will Mike's love for Ameer Abdullah for him to draft him way too early?
All these questions are asked on our most recent episode, go check it out!
News Covered in this episode:
Feedback/Questions from Listeners:
Question from Jason: Is Rice Rice Worth Drafting if he is reinstated? - Being discussed in Cleveland
Question from Matt: "Who do you plan on targeting in the 1st round?"
Breaking News and Body Parts
Niles Paul AND Logan Paulsen out for the year for Redskins.
Leaves Jordan Reed as literally the only option...can he finally stay healthy?
Jameis Winston had a spotty day
Looked lost a few times, but hit a few long passes and ran in for TD.
Bills QB Competition is a Mess
EJ looks to be on the outs, even though he hit a beautiful 50 yard TD
Tyrod Taylor looked like a dual-threat
Matt Cassel looked solid, but he is Matt Cassel
Nelson Agholor is taking 1st team reps in practice and makes TERRIFIC TD grab
Hoyer and Mallet had solid games
Hoyer scored a TD in only drive
Mallet only had 1 incompletion in 11 attempts
Alfred Blue also had solid game - 59 yards on 9 carries
Andre Ellington looks good
59 yard reception and short TD
CJ Spiller has knee scope surgery - Clean up
Should be ready by week 1
Kevin White - Rookie WR for Bears - to have surgery on Shin
Will miss at least the first 6 weeks of regular season
Julius Thomas fractures hand
Out at least for the rest of Preseason, maybe longer
Marcus Mariotta had a very rough start
INT, Fumble
BUT his INT was his only incompletion
Tannehill looks great on one drive - 5/6 with TD
Ameer Abdullah...omg...I'm in love
7 carries for 67 yards - 9.1 YPC
Eye ball test: passing
Jimmy Garoppolo isn't Tom Brady
Got mauled by GB
7 sacks and 1 INT
Martavius Bryant - All he does is score touchdowns
5 targets, 3 receptions for 55 yards - 44 yard TD
And here is the maybe TOO realistic RG3 McFarlane figure I got at the end of the 2012 season:
Mike goes solo this episode to bring the breaking news that happened at GamesCom in 2015. If you own an Xbox, you definitely want to listen to this!
Here are the show notes:
What exactly is GamesCom? It is a trade fair for video games held annually in Germany and it is gaining popularity every year. Attendance for the event went up from 335,000 to 345,000 from 2014 to 2015.
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront took home the title of "Best-in-Show" by revealing this gameplay trailer at the event, which introduced the Fighter Squadron mode:
Pretty slick huh? Look, you can even play as the Millennium falcon!
Microsoft Announcements DVR compatibility with Xbox One
Free and coming in 2016
The features will be limited to TV users who get their shows via free over-the-air antennas
Microsoft released an adapter in 2015 that allows for hook-up of antennas
New DVR section showing all recorded shows
Stream recordings from the Xbox One to Windows 10 devices
Downloaded to devices
Schedule recordings, even remotely
Future 360 Games with Gold Titles Available on Xbox One
All Games with Gold titles are FREE on Xbox One because of Backwards Compatibility
This means 4 FREE games for Xbox Gold users
Launches in November with over 100 titles available!
2TB External HD from Seagate
Compatible with Xbox One
$109
Chatpad
A "texting" accessory that attaches to the controller
360 had something similar to this
Headsets/headphones will be functional when plugged in
November 3 - $35
Windows 10 Coming to Xbox One
Faster, simple Interface
Cortana
Increased voice command recognition
"Hey Cortana, record the last minute and share it to my activity feed
"Hey Cortana, start a party and invite Amanda"
Quantum Break
Plot: A time travel experiment has gone wrong. This event not only causes time to start breaking down, but also grants the three main characters—Jack Joyce, Beth Wilder, and Paul Serene—the ability to manipulate time. Jack Joyce, the main character is a survivor of a failed science experiment that killed his brother.
This is a TV Show/Video Game Exclusive to Xbox One
Four episodes - 20 minutes each
Game will tell story of Heroes - TV show will give you the villians
Well known actors
Shawn Ashmore (X-men)
Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones)
Dominic Monaghan (Lost)
Lance Reddick (The Wire/Fringe/Lost)
Episodes based off your decisions in the game?
"Afterward, the game will unlock an episode about Serene's evil company, Monarch. These will reflect your decisions and have ramifications in the game, further personalizing the experience. Each junction also has alternate episodes, so players have a reason to replay what would otherwise be a linear, story-driven experience."
"The TV show ships with the game and, based on what we've seen so far, it appears the two are heavily dependent on each other. You can't watch the show like a season of True Detective and likewise, your experience of the game will probably suffer if you're not paying attention to the live-action episodes."
This Gameplay trailer shown at GamesCom, and it looks amazing! Has a ton of great bullet-time effects. Just hoping it isn't too repetitious:
Release Date was revealed (After 2 years of promoting): April 5, 2016
Scalebound
Control a character who is bound to a Dragon companion
Action sequences look incredible
During action sequences you command your dragon pet to attack while dishing out damage yourself
Very fast paced, action RPG feel
4 Player Co-Op
This gameplay trailer was shown at GamesCom, and really has me intrigued:
Release Date is Holiday 2016
Halo Wars 2 Announced
Coming Fall 2016
Blizzard Announcements World of Warcraft: Legion Expansion Announced
Plot: In this dire new chapter of the World of Warcraft saga, the great enemy of the Horde and the Alliance—the demonic Burning Legion—has returned. Illidan looks to be the main antagonist
Level cap goes to 110 (expansion comes with boost to lvl 100)
New Continent to Explore: The Broken Isles
New Class to play: Demon Hunter
Only available to Elves
Artifact Weapons: Grow character power and are fully customizable
Several new dungeons
New PvP Honor System that allows for leveling in PvP
Beta coming later this year (BlizzCon?)
This announcement trailer was shown at GamesCom:
Hearthstone adding Jousting abilities to cards
This is an ability that forces players to randomly reveal one minion from their decks - whoever has the highest mana cost wins the "joust" and thus gives the card with the ability special attributes (taunt/divine shield/etc.)
This isn't a new gamemode - just an ability on 11 new cards
Coming in the next expansion "The Grand Tournament" releasing this month
Example of a joust in action:
Other News * Bungie Replacing Peter Dinklage in Destiny with Nolan North * John Wick is coming to Virtual Reality - Spring 2016 * Winners announced in Valve's $18 Million International DOTA championship
