Becoming a Best Ball Bro: How Important Is Uniqueness?

Rich Ryan (0:00)

All right, JJ, Pittsburgh's long national nightmare is over. Yin's got a new quarterback, Aaron Rodgers. How you feeling?

JJ Zachariason (0:10)

Look, as people know, I'm born and raised Pittsburgh, so I am close to this Steelers team. I'm probably more optimistic than most, just because I think you can tell a story that Aaron Rodgers tears his Achilles, then he's playing in a season off an Achilles in a kind of weird offense, so maybe he still has maybe one season left in him. So maybe I'm a little bit more optimistic than the rest, but yeah, I mean, at the end of the day, it's still an aged Aaron Rodgers. But how are you feeling about this?

Rich Ryan (0:40)

I say, good riddance, AA. Ron. I hope you take Alan Lazard with you.

JJ Zachariason (0:45)

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.

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Rich Ryan (3:19)

JJ, everything's great. Just enjoyed a long weekend in Vegas with the family. Saw some longtime friends, played some poker. Now back at it here in SoCal, but a great weekend away. What about you?

JJ Zachariason (3:31)

Yeah, I went to the beach this past weekend for a wedding and I got a little sun on my face. Hopefully the YouTubers can see that I did touch grass. Well, touch sand last week. I didn't touch grass.

I was best ball-browing from the beach, which is not as easy as you would think. I'm not that big of a beach fan, the sand just getting everywhere, and it's just, you're all sticky and nasty. When I go on vacation, a beach vacation with the family, I need to have a pool situation with it. I can't just be at the beach.

Rich Ryan (4:07)

I definitely need a plan. There needs to be a plan taking off the sandals, and then there for sure needs a plan, especially with the little one running around, to when you get off the beach, I need a clean pair of sandals, no stickiness getting into the car, which, yeah, when you've got the little one, you've got two now running around can be a little bit of a challenge.

JJ Zachariason (4:25)

Yeah, that's the other thing. I didn't experience the beach until a handful of years ago, whenever my daughter was born, then she was old enough to go to the beach and all that kind of stuff. Going to the beach as a dad of young children takes the beach experience to a whole new level. There's a lot of joy, but the extremes are just wild.