The Taekcast

Davis Mattek
The Taekcast

A long-lens view at sports, fantasy sports, gambling, sports betting & all the digital culture in between. A guest joins Davis Mattek on Wednesday's to have semi-intelligent conversations about this world of outcomes and analytics.

  1. HACE 4 DÍAS

    Ep. 387 - Creating TikToks, NBA Ratings, Leaving Twitter, Brain Rot, Super Teams, PGA Best Ball w/ Pat Mayo

    Davis Mattek is joined by Pat Mayo ( @MayoMediaNetwork  ) to discuss creating on Youtube Shorts, Tiktok, Instagram Reels, fixing NBA rating, Brain Rot, short attention spans, Super Teams, World War 2 and much more Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $250 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek 00:00 Pat Mayo Introduction 2:00 Why do people want to hear us not talk about football (or golf) 8:11 Optimizing For TikTok/Instagram Reels/YouTube Shorts 16:00 Why we are never leaving Twitter 22:55 Avoiding Brain Rot On TikTok 29:12 Is there any way to fix NBA television ratings? 36:00 Tim Duncan Was Better Than Kobe Bryant 39:45 Super teams are great for every sports league 44:40 Americans do not like French people (Wemby has no chance) 52:30 We are far enough removed from World War 2 that it is not in the cultural conscious 55:00 Is life bad now or are we just much more aware of it? 1:01:00 No One Wants To Play A Game That Rewards Perfect Strategy 1:05:00 How To Win At PGA Best Ball Get $40 Off A Six-Month RotoGrinders Subscription: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Sign Up For THE SOLVER Here: https://thesolver.com?ref=yzk0mda Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=ymjkzgj Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Audio-Only Podcast Feed For All Davis Mattek Streams: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 h y 13 min
  2. 11 DIC

    Ep. 386 - The History of Daily Fantasy Sports And How Socrdave Saved Them w/ David Kitchen

    Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $250 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek Davis Mattek is joined by Socrdave (David Kitchen) to discuss their mutual history, Fantasy Insiders, RotoGrinders, David's personal organization, Elon Musk and much more. 00:00 David Kitchen X Introduction 2:30 How did David Kitchen find daily fantasy sports? 8:30 Life before Rotogrinders for David 12:45 Grinders live….with Socrdave 17:00 Reading DMs from 2013 between David and Davis 23:50 The Legend Of Basketball Monster 29:01 The End Of Fantasy Insiders 36:04 DFS Communities 40:03 Notion, Trello, Asana, Basecamp… David can never find the perfect program to get organized 48:00 The Hollowness of SEO 55:20 David Kitchen and Late Round QB 1:01:00 David loves Elon Musk Get $40 Off A Six-Month RotoGrinders Subscription: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Sign Up For THE SOLVER Here: https://thesolver.com?ref=yzk0mda Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=ymjkzgj Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Audio-Only Podcast Feed For All Davis Mattek Streams: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 h y 8 min
  3. 4 DIC

    Ep. 385 - Who Wins NFL MVP? Coach Of The Year? Offensive Rookie Of The Year? w/ Kevin Cole

    Davis Mattek welcomes Kevin Cole from Unexpected Points for an in-depth discussion about football analysis and data analytics. Using python and sports analytics tools, they explore the intersection of statistical modeling and football strategy. They use these tools to discuss who should win NFL MVP, Coach Of The Year, Offensive Rookie of the year and more! The conversation delves into data science applications in sports, making this football podcast episode essential for anyone interested in the analytical side of the game. 🏈📊 Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $1000 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek 00:00 Taekcast Kevin Cole Unexpected Points Introduction 2:01 Who Will Win 2024 NFL MVP ? 5:45 Is it okay for Saquon Barkley to win NFL MVP? 13:03 Are Lamar Jackson’s bad games worse than a normal QBs bad games 14:30 Caleb Williams learned the wrong lesson Patrick mahomes on the sideline scramble 16:04 What is Jared Goff’s NFL MVP case? 21:45 Are the Chiefs bad or just unserious? Why is Andy Reid not pressing the edges? 31:30 It Always Comes Back To Brock Purdy and Kyle Shanahan 35:30 What do the Panthers and Dave Canales do with Bryce Young? 43:30 2024 Offensive Rookie Of The Year 52:01 Jayden Daniels vs Drake Maye 55:02 2024 NFL Coach Of The Year: Who should we bet? Get $40 Off A Six-Month RotoGrinders Subscription: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Sign Up For THE SOLVER Here: https://thesolver.com?ref=yzk0mda Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=ymjkzgj Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Audio-Only Podcast Feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Audio-Only Podcast Feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 h y 7 min
  4. 27 NOV

    Ep. 384 What Does Being A Genius MEAN? How IQ Tests Work, The Bottomless Pit Of More, Measuring Memory w/ Ryan Daut

    Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $1000 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek Davis Mattek is joined by former top-level DFS professional and high-stakes poker player Ryan Daut to discuss his retirement from gambling, realizing he had a 160+ IQ, taking the official IQ test and much more. 00:00 Ryan Daut Taekcast Introduction 1:27 Ryan’s DeFi Realization: What is wealth? 4:45 No One Really Retires From Gambling; how did Ryan? 11:00 Gambling as someone who hates losing 12:10 We need ambitious people on this earth 17:02 Is Davis Mattek an NPC? 23:01 Ryan Daut Decides To Take An Official IQ Test: Why? 27:58 The Mega Test??? 32:02 Ryan Breaks Davis’ Brain With A Math Problem 35:21 The Actual Reasons To Take An IQ Test 40:30 What was the IQ test actually like? 49:50 How To Measure Memory For IQ 56:35 What do you feel when you realize you’re a genius? 1:01:01 What does any of this matter? Why should anyone care about being intelligent? 1:09:50 Microstrategy Blowup, when? 1:12:01 Social Media Response To Posting Ryan’s IQ Test Get $40 Off A Six-Month RotoGrinders Subscription: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Sign Up For THE SOLVER Here: https://thesolver.com?ref=yzk0mda Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=ymjkzgj Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Audio-Only Podcast Feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 h y 20 min
  5. 20 NOV

    Ep. 383 - DFS Is Dead? Owning ETR, Projection Fragility, Downswings, Crypto Luck w/ Andrew Wiggins

    Davis Mattek and Andrew Wiggins from Establish the Run dive deep into daily fantasy football game theory and discuss how draftkings has evolved over the years. They explore modern gambling and DFS strategy while examining the impact of sports betting on the industry's growth. The conversation covers innovative approaches to betting, DFS and includes discussion of bitcoin, crypto and downswings in gambling. 00:00 Andrew Wiggins Makisupa Introduction 2:00 Is DFS Dead 4:20 Why is gambling so popular right now? 7:01 Are you old enough to remember watching TV without a phone? 10:20 Owning ETR in a short attention span economy 15:15 The downswings of DFS 19:10 Getting off the top optimal in cash (and why you can do it) 22:01 Jauan Jennings Is The Greatest Player In Football 25:10 Getting off of hyper efficient players before the projections adjust 31:55 NBA Projection and the difficulty of median projections 36:30 Why don’t people like the NBA as much as football? When was the last collective sporting event? 41:00 Some of the dumbest people on Earth are going to get insanely rich because of Bitcoin 44:55 What is going on in the crypto casino? 48:10 Davis’ biggest conspiracy theory belief 50:55 Nuclear Power Could Be The Future 52:30 Wellymaker https://x.com/DrewDinkmeyer/status/1832057141126930784 53:30 Do Not Use The For You Tab 56:00 Andrew Wiggins Training Schedule 1:01:15 Bets To Improve Your Health 1:03:30 The Greatest Grateful Dead Live Recording Get $40 Off A Six-Month RotoGrinders Subscription: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Sign Up For THE SOLVER Here: https://thesolver.com?ref=yzk0mda Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=ymjkzgj Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Audio-Only Podcast Feed For All Davis Mattek Streams: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 h y 12 min
  6. 13 NOV

    Ep. 382 - Content Creation, Betting On Yourself, How The YouTube Economy Works, Being Your Own Boss w/ Mike Zakarian

    Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $1000 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek Davis Mattek is joined by Mike Zakarian from the NBA Bit to discuss content creation, self employment, self doubt, always being on the clock, the YouTube economy and much more 00:00 Mike Zakarian Introduction 1:45 The Journey into self employment and content creation 3:55 How sports betting changed the entire landscape for the sports content market 6:45 The reality of the fickleness of peoples viewing habits 12:30 Marketing versus Knowledge 18:40 The over saturation of the content market: there is too much to watch! 27:00 The upside of working for yourself 31:55 No one works for the same company for their entire life anymore 38:55 The 99% versus the 1% in content and in life 47:05 Why does something bad have to happen before we are ready to make the leap? 53:00 You could be working 100% of your waking hours theoretically if you wanted to Get $40 Off A Six-Month RotoGrinders Subscription: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Sign Up For THE SOLVER Here: https://thesolver.com?ref=yzk0mda Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=ymjkzgj Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Audio-Only Podcast Feed For All Davis Mattek Streams: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 h y 8 min
  7. 6 NOV

    Ep. 381 - Is Polling DEAD? Epic Campaign Failures, Democrat Strategy Moving Forward & Election Conjecture w/ Brian Hooper

    Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $1000 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek 00:00 Election Consequences Intro 4:30 Is Political Polling dead? 10:44 The Biden Campaign vs The Harris Campaign Strategies 16:30 Comparing the 2024 election to the 1968 election 19:20 There will be no end to inflation 26:30 The Wrong Strategy vs Trump 34:01 Harris did not run a good campaign 45:00 How easy it is to bet on elections? 52:40 Harris not going on Rogan is one of the biggest unforced errors in political history 59:30 If the economy is good, incumbent party wins. If the economy is bad, incumbent party loses. Get $40 Off A Six-Month RotoGrinders Subscription: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Sign Up For THE SOLVER Here: https://thesolver.com?ref=yzk0mda Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=ymjkzgj Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Audio-Only Podcast Feed For All Davis Mattek Streams: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 h y 13 min
  8. 30 OCT

    Ep. 380 - Anthony Richardson BENCHED, New York Jets MESS, NFL WR Trades with Ron Stewart

    Draft for $1,500,000 on UnderDog Fantasy & Get A $1000 Deposit Bonus With A FREE Pick 'Em Bonus Entry: https://play.underdogfantasy.com/p-davis-mattek 00:00 Ron Stewart Introduction 2:10 Who does Ron blame for the 2-6 New York Jets start? 9:50 How much of the Jets mess should Aaron Rodgers be able to fix? 12:10 How much does Sam Darnold make in free agency? 23:20 Anthony Richardson benched after 10 NFL starts…what the hell is going? 33:01 Anthony Richardson Cope From Ron…Can he turn it around? 39:51 Why was Davante Adams not traded to the Jets earlier? 46:02 DeAndre Hopkins To The Chiefs, Amari Cooper to the bills, who has the biggest impact? 50:02 Just how bad are the Bills coaching staff? Davis Mattek is joined by Ron Stewart to discuss the epic collapse of the 2024 New York Jets, Aaron Rodgers' accountability, Anthony Richardson getting benched, the worst coaches of good NFL teams and much more Get $40 Off A Six-Month RotoGrinders Subscription: https://rotogrinders.com/premium/nfl?promo=davis Sign Up For THE SOLVER Here: https://thesolver.com?ref=yzk0mda Try Out UNABATED'S Premium Sports Betting + DFS Pick 'Em Tools: https://unabated.com/?ref=ymjkzgj Sign up for premium fantasy football content and get exclusive Discord access: www.patreon.com/davismattek Subscribe to the AutoMattek Absolutes Newsletter: https://automattekabsolutes.beehiiv.com/ Download THE DRAFT CADDY: https://endgamesyndicate.com/membership-levels/?pa=DavisMattek Audio-Only Podcast Feed For All Davis Mattek Streams: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grinding-the-variance-a-davis-mattek-fantasy-football-pod/id1756145256 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    1 h y 1 min
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A long-lens view at sports, fantasy sports, gambling, sports betting & all the digital culture in between. A guest joins Davis Mattek on Wednesday's to have semi-intelligent conversations about this world of outcomes and analytics.

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