Becoming a Best Ball Bro: Embrace the Chaos?

Rich Ryan (0:00)

JJ, NFL Training Camps are opening. Players are returning in the best shape of their life. When was the last time you were in the best shape of your life?

JJ Zachariason (0:10)

I mean, look, if we're talking like age-adjusted, I feel pretty good right now, like the last couple of years, you know, all that. I feel this in age-adjusted wise. Best shape of my life, I don't know, probably like college or something like that when I was running a lot more, and I could do a 5K in a pretty decent time. What about you?

Rich Ryan (0:26)

Yeah, it's rough over here in these parts. I'll be honest, I haven't touched a weight since Keenan Allen was a freshman at Cal.

JJ Zachariason (0:33)

I'm JJ, and last year, I tried my hardest to become a best ball bro. I drafted over 500 teams, I talked to some of the most successful best ball players in existence, and I admittedly had mixed results. So this year, I'm going to chase that title once again. My plan is to max enter DraftKings Millionaire Maker, and I'm going to document all of it while talking to the brightest best ball minds on the planet. Last year, I didn't quite get there. But this year, this is going to be the year where I officially become a best ball bro.

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Rich Ryan (3:07)

Doing great, man. Hope Springs eternal camps are in session. Guys are running around in shorts. Xavier Worthy killed a bomb earlier today from Patrick Mahomes. I'm all the way back maybe.

JJ Zachariason (3:19)

Did you see the viral tweet of Dak Prescott throwing a deep ball and everyone assuming that it was a George Pickens catch. It was the first play of training camp. This is what the video claimed and it was a troll job.

It was actually Brandon Cooks from last year and they ran it on ESPN as George Pickens.

Rich Ryan (3:42)

That's amazing.

JJ Zachariason (3:44)

Yeah, it's pretty good. It's pretty good. So that kind of stuff is also happening right now, which I think is hilarious. And I'm sure that someone drafted George Pickens around earlier just because of that alone, even though it wasn't even him. But yeah, man, I'm super pumped. This is the time of year where things really, really start to ramp up. Doing a lot more drafts. I did a Pro's versus Joe's draft the other day. It was a best ball format. I think that came out pretty strong. I felt good about it. Been doing these Milly draft streams. Going to do one right after we record this over on the YouTube channel. So if any of you are listening to the show and you're like, how is JJ applying this? I hate whenever I talk about myself in the third person like that. How am I JJ applying to this? It's just easier to communicate that idea. You can check out youtube.com/atlateroundff.