The Show: Combine Week, Year 2 Wide Receiver Comps, and More

**JJ Zachariason** (0:00)
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**David Kitchen** (0:33)
Welcome in, welcome in, David Kitchen alongside JJ Zachariason. JJ, how are you?

**JJ Zachariason** (0:40)
I'm good. You know, I will say, I've been solo parenting since Sunday.

**David Kitchen** (0:44)
Yes.

**JJ Zachariason** (0:46)
You know, got a seven and three-year-old at home, and I've been doing it all alone. My daughter has dance every night. She has dance Monday through Thursday every single night. And so the tough part is, you know, navigating the timing of the dance class, the picking up my son at his school, the just putting it all together. And so I do want to just shout out all the single parents out there who have to do this day in and day out. Fortunately, my wife comes back tonight. So tomorrow, it's going to be paradise.

**David Kitchen** (1:22)
Here's what I know you cannot say. You can't say that you're babysitting.

**JJ Zachariason** (1:28)
No, you don't say you're babysitting. It's your children.

**David Kitchen** (1:31)
Exactly. That's what I'm saying. I'm saying to, there are some possibly new parents or parents are out there. You can't say babysitting about your own children.

**JJ Zachariason** (1:39)
No, you are being a parent. Look, I pull my weight every day. It's just, it's another level whenever there's things that, my wife is sort of like the dance mom. I do Tuesdays with my daughter for dance, but my wife does the other three days. And she's taking on the dance mom role and stuff. And all that, but I, so like, I still do stuff. It's just that when you have, I don't know how people do it with like four or five kids. I have no idea. Mr. Tuttle out there with his clan, Roto Pat with his clan.

**David Kitchen** (2:13)
Oh yeah.

**JJ Zachariason** (2:14)
There's just people out there with lots of children. I have no clue how you're able to juggle all of that. But my week has kind of been like, get my work done during the day, of course. But then there's a time period like 3.3 to 7 every day to 8.00, where it's full-blown, can't be working because I don't have anyone helping me with the kids. And then at night, I'm just grinding out these prospect profiles.

**David Kitchen** (2:41)
Yeah. Someone said to us, JJ, I'm not going to say who it was, but they're a parent, but they also said they don't get up until 8:30 a.m. Yes. And every time I have to get up early.

**JJ Zachariason** (2:56)
Someone in the fantasy industry.

**David Kitchen** (2:58)
Yeah.

**JJ Zachariason** (2:59)
That's the only clue we're giving. That's the only clue we're giving.

**David Kitchen** (3:01)
Yeah. I'm not saying who it is, but every time I have to wake up early, I'm like, imagine not having to wake up early.

**JJ Zachariason** (3:07)
What time do you wake up every morning?

**David Kitchen** (3:09)
6.00, around 6.00. This morning, I woke up a little earlier.

**JJ Zachariason** (3:12)
Mine's usually 6.3 to 7.00, usually every day.

**David Kitchen** (3:16)
I get that. You wake up before me in the time frame.

**JJ Zachariason** (3:19)
I mean, it's all relative.

**David Kitchen** (3:22)
No, kind of. Speaking of prospect guy, though, JJ, I did. We had someone ask for the countdown timer. For those that are listening, we've got the little spreadsheet theme going on. We have days until, so like 354 days into the Super Bowl, 57 days until the NFL draft, 197 days until the 2026 NFL season, and JJ, I almost didn't do this because I don't want to get you anxious before we start the show.

**JJ Zachariason** (3:52)
No, I feel good. I'm confident. I feel good.

**David Kitchen** (3:54)
All right. 19 days until the prospect guide launches.

**JJ Zachariason** (3:57)
Yeah, I can tell you guys where I'm at in that process. I feel like people might be curious about how much of it do I have done. The year two profiles have been written for a really long time. All of the bulk of the guide at the beginning, like the intro stuff, like what goes in the models and understanding the models and all that. That's all written and done. We have a new tight end model that's amazing. Brandon worked on it very, very hard. I was kind of overseeing it over the last month, and we got to a really, really great place. It's very cool. There's an example in the guide about the tight end model that I think might blow people's minds a little bit, but I'll save that for people who are digging in and reading it. But with the profiles, we have Gadula is managing the tight end stuff. I'm doing the running back and wide receiver ones as I usually do. There's 46 wide receivers, there's 20 running backs, and I have half the running backs done. I'm waiting on some of the running back stuff because I want to see for comp purposes, and speed score matters in the model for running backs more. I want to see that kind of thing happen at the combine.