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Welcome to Fantasy Focus!
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0:13>> What's up, friends? Welcome into Fantasy
0:15Focus Football alongside Fields Yates
0:18and Liz Loza. My name is Daniel Do. Very
0:20excited to be here on a Tuesday. Liz,
0:23how you doing?
0:23>> I am great. Thank you for reminding me
0:25what day it is, though. I'm a little bit
0:27discombobulated. Yeah, we had a long
0:29weekend. A lot of football going on. I
0:31wasn't here yesterday. I so appreciate
0:33you guys being able to do the show
0:34without me. Thank you for holding
0:35everything down,
0:36>> especially because you had to work with
0:37Mike. I know that's so difficult, guys.
0:39So,
0:39>> honestly, we survived.
0:40>> You did.
0:41>> By the way, sorry, I was looking I was
0:42staring at my watch cuz I pressed a
0:43button and all of a sudden my watch
0:44stopped and I figure out what I pressed,
0:46but I think I fixed it.
0:47>> Okay, good. I'm glad that that makes me
0:49feel better. Okay. By the way, I didn't
0:50see you yesterday. I wanted to say this.
0:52Shout out to you for Sunday. You looked
0:54so good on Fantasy Focus Countdown
0:57Field. I realize that what you look like
0:59when you dress down
1:01>> is what I aspire to look like when I
1:03dress up. [laughter]
1:05>> That's when we hit our equilibrium. Like
1:07our powers combine. Like you look so
1:09good on Sunday, not in a suit for the
1:11first time hosting the show.
1:13>> You look good in a suit as well. I'm
1:14just saying. I thought you look nice.
1:15>> I don't know what. Do you need
1:16something?
1:17>> No. No. I just wanted to tell you that.
1:20Thank you for that. Um I wanted to make
1:21Mike feel awkward as the only person
1:23wearing
1:24>> wearing a suit. In my defense, I did
1:26tell Mike in advance like, "Hey, I felt
1:27like after last week when a lot of the
1:29crew was dressing down and you and I
1:31were dressed in suits that maybe we were
1:33the oddballs, so uh I thought we could
1:35meet in the middle."
1:36>> Yeah.
1:36>> Mike was like,
1:37>> "You did a great job."
1:38>> No. No. No.
1:40>> No. Mike, he said he goes, "Field, you
1:42can't hide money." That's right. So,
1:44>> let me keep dressing up dressing
1:46[laughter] up.
1:47>> What do we got on today's show? Today,
1:48we're going to recap that Monday Night
1:50Football game, unfortunately. dive into
1:53a couple of waiver targets and then we
1:54also have some the biggest risers and
1:56fallers after the first two weeks. We'll
1:59dive into a number of names that have
2:00been definitely on the move. But let's
2:03start with a little bit of news first
2:04and most importantly Caleb Williams guys
2:07avoided a major hamstring injury
2:09expected to be week to week quote
2:10unquote is what we hear from this
2:12situation.
2:13>> Don't know if that's one week, don't
2:14know if that's three weeks.
2:15>> Yeah, awesome clarity.
2:16>> Don't know what that means there. But
2:17what it does mean to us in fantasy is
2:18that if you have Caleb Williams, one,
2:21you need to make a plan.
2:22>> You need to go out and find another
2:23quarterback. Curious, have you guys
Caleb Williams
2:25started to think about how this is going
2:26to impact your Chicago Bears rankings
2:29across the board knowing that you will
2:30probably get Tyson Beant under center
2:32here?
2:32>> I mean, guys, how much lower could these
2:35guys go?
2:35>> That's a great question.
2:36>> This is a double-edged sword, right? So,
2:38on the one hand, Caleb Williams, Tyson
2:40Beant is a legitimate downgrade, a
2:42significant down. Tyson Bean's a
2:43serviceable backup quarterback, but we
2:45thought Caleb Williams was heading
2:47towards potential superstardom. He
2:49looked like one certainly in week one.
2:51Yeah. But Caleb Williams was a superstar
2:53in week one without any of his notable
2:55contributors doing a thing for fantasy
2:58amongst the pass catchers, right? So, we
3:00have the fact that these guys are just
3:01generally downgraded as a group and the
3:04fact that Caleb's not going to be out
3:06there. You're going to be hardressed to
3:08convince me that Roma Dun and Luther
3:10Burden, yes, belong in lineups in week
3:13three in a tough matchup. Yes, they're
3:15playing at home. Hopefully, it won't be
3:18raining like it was on Sunday, but
3:20against the Eagles, you want a piece of
3:22that. That's certainly not an offense
3:24that I want a whole lot of right now,
3:25assuming Caleb Williams misses week
3:27three. Luther Coulson Leven will still
3:30be a top 10ish tight end for me just
3:31because tight end position,
3:32>> right? But the two wide receivers
3:34passing for week three.
3:35>> I'm with you.
3:36>> I think that's very accurate. I also
3:38think we have to take into account that
3:39Badin doesn't have Caleb Williams arm.
3:42So I think that hurts um Roma Dunay much
3:45more than it does Luther Burton who can
3:46create after space.
3:48>> Been a decent mover. Um but there's
3:50going to be a lot of like middle of the
3:51field throws which I think does and I
3:53say this with a giant eye roll salvage
3:56Coloulston Lovelin's potential floor.
3:59>> Yeah. Yep. Let's hope we can get there.
4:00Yeah,
4:01>> sounds like DeAndre Swift will get a lot
4:02of work as well, just because he's been
4:03one thing that keeps working right now
4:05in this Bears offense.
4:06>> Yeah, kind of interesting that Ben
4:07Johnson did not rule Caleb Williams out
4:10yet for Monday, but the signs certainly
4:13suggest this could be at least a oneweek
4:15absence for the Bears QB.
4:16>> Guys, we had uh the internet just sort
4:19of took over here with a lot of Caleb
4:21Williams stuff. We figured we'd rifle
4:23through a couple of them just because it
4:24really did light the world on fire. You
4:26>> guys make me feel so welcome. Oh, this
4:28uh this one was uh just slept on my neck
4:30bunny.
4:31>> That one got me.
4:32>> That one's not too bad. Him. Him
4:34definitely. That's a tough one.
4:36>> Next one. Me accepting a Diet Pepsi if
4:38they don't serve Diet Coke.
4:40>> I mean, this one I can really It
4:41resonates. Do you feel for me? Yeah. Is
4:44that different?
4:44>> A Diet Coke afficionado. Is that
4:46different for you?
4:47>> Yes.
4:48>> And it depends if it's fountain, but
4:49that's a whole other thing.
4:50>> Me after googling my symptoms, finding
4:51out I only have a few more days to live.
4:52Yes, that happens. I don't Google my
4:54symptoms on the internet anymore because
4:56they all tell me that I'm in major
4:58trouble. There's nothing you can do. You
5:00shouldn't eat carbs or protein or like
5:03grains. All this bad. Stepped on a Lego
5:05this morning is my favorite to be
5:07honest. As I was going to say as a dad,
5:09>> this is the only one that I can relate
5:10to. [laughter] I I feel bad here. I
5:12don't know.
5:13>> I know.
5:14>> God, this is a
5:16>> Yeah, this was a big one. Me, I'm not
5:18going to lie. Uncomfortable couch in the
5:19hospital after my wife gives birth.
5:21>> Yeah. You know what?
5:22>> Yikes. If I my third child, my wife,
5:25depending on what time of the day the
5:27baby is born, might influence us a
5:28little bit, but our third, she was like,
5:30"Just a heads up, you are not sleeping.
5:31Go away." I was like, "Go home%. Please
5:33go home."
5:34>> She was like, "Just go home." Like, she
5:35was like, "What? We have two kids at
5:36home already. You need to go back and
5:37help them. And like, you're going to be
5:40you're going to wake up tomorrow morning
5:41with, you know, a sore neck and
5:44frustration after our child was born
5:46hours before. So I do concede that for
5:49you know whatever it was 6 hours the
5:51night that our f our third baby was born
5:52I was at home to help care for our two
5:54other children and my wife she uh she
5:57definitely understood the assignment
5:58because those couches no matter how hard
6:00they try not comfortable.
6:01>> Yeah you had it way worse feel
6:03definitely.
6:03>> Yes. Yeah. [laughter] Correct. That's
6:05the point of the meme here. Liz.
6:06Exactly.
6:08>> Yeah.
6:08>> Thank you Liz. Thank you. Hey. All
6:09right. Let's keep on talking football.
6:11The fantasy gods have finally smiled
6:13upon us. We got news. Michael Pennix Jr.
6:16supposed to be the starting quarterback
6:17for the Atlanta Falcons.
6:18>> Thank God. I mean, yes. And they play on
6:20Thursday night, so we'll get this this
6:21view of Michael Penn Jr. very soon.
Michael Penix
6:23>> Another week of patience is what we have
6:25to say, right? Like, you have to still
6:27>> Yeah,
6:27>> that's it.
6:28>> You're allowed to have some optimism,
6:29but I do think it's wild that we're
6:31like, "Oh, THANK GOD, MICHAEL PENN."
6:33>> I KNOW. That's where we're at.
6:34>> This is where we're at. Such a an
6:35interesting barometer of the situation.
6:38>> They haven't made it to the red zone in
6:39two games. We all know
6:41>> like I there there are other inept
6:44offenses around the NFL, but like they
6:45score like a touchdown or two a game.
6:47The Falcons don't even get to the red
6:49zone. That's how bad they have been.
6:50>> And meanwhile, the irony Kirk Cousins
6:52has six touchdowns over two weeks,
6:54>> dude.
6:54>> Yes. Cousins has been very functional
6:56for the Vader for the Raiders so far.
6:58Pennock can spin the thing. Like that
7:00much is for sure. And Drake London, you
7:01may recall during the three starts that
7:03Michael Penn Jr. had at the end of his
7:06rookie season. Drake London had 39
7:08targets and was balling out with Michael
7:11Penn Jr. I just think he he's a way more
7:14talented quarterback than Cooper Rush.
7:16It gives his offense some upside. How
7:19much upside? We'll see. But it gives it
7:21some upside. And they literally had no
7:22upside with Cooper Rush. I I understand
7:25this was not a decision the Falcons made
7:27because they thought that Cooper Rush
7:28gave him a better chance to win. This is
7:30a medical situation. But thank God we
7:32have reached the point where Michael
7:33Penn Jr. feels comfortable enough to
7:35play on Thursday night. I have to I'm
7:37excited to see him and it doesn't seem
7:39like the Falcons are fully committed to
7:41Penn as being their guy of the future.
7:43>> This was the eighth overall pick in the
7:45draft three years ago. Like Penn does
7:47have a gigantic arm. He was throwing it
7:50all over the yard in college. He's had
7:51moments where he has thrown it all over
7:53the yard in the NFL. Accuracy has been a
7:55problem through the first two seasons of
7:57his career, but he's not afraid to push
7:59the football down the field. He's not
8:00afraid to take some risks in general.
8:02I'm excited about what it's going to
8:03look like.
8:04>> That's what I want when you've got Kyle
8:06Pittz and Drake London. Two big guys
8:07that you can push the ball down the
8:09field and take some risks with. That's
8:10what I'm hoping. I know field. Don't get
8:12me started. All right, let's talk about
8:14the Vikings. Kyler Murray has cleared
8:15concussion protocol. I actually don't
8:17know what to think of this yet because
8:18we didn't see enough about of Kyler
8:20Murray and Justin Jefferson in week one
8:21before he got hurt. Really?
8:22>> Yeah.
8:23>> And then week two with all Carson Wentz
Kyler Murray
8:25like that was just a a deluge of rain.
8:27That was a weather game. So like I don't
8:29even know what to think about it. So,
8:30we're going into week three and the
8:31question still stands. I don't really
8:33know what Justin Jefferson and Kyler
8:34Murray are going to look like. Is this
8:35an upgrade over Carson Wentz? Is it not?
8:38I don't know.
8:39>> I don't think we all any of us do. And I
8:41also think, by the way, we're allowed to
8:42say we don't know instead of pretending
8:44like we have some some Remember that
8:46character on Peewee's Playhouse. I'm
8:48like telling my millennial
8:49[clears throat] right now where it would
8:51open and be like, "Honey, honey." Like,
8:53we're not that guy.
8:54>> Mecha
8:56ho.
8:56>> I have NO IDEA WHAT YOU
9:00NONE.
9:01>> How's it feel to have chemistry with
9:03Abs? Never mind.
9:04>> No.
9:05>> What a call back to FFC. You didn't get
9:07that.
9:07>> Oh, yes. Thank you. Sorry. Um
9:10>> Um anyway, we don't know. And we're
9:11allowed not to know, but we are. I don't
9:13think anyone's starting Kyler Murray.
9:15>> No. Well, maybe
9:16>> with quarterback injuries, I don't think
9:18given.
9:18>> Yeah, I think so. I think it's possible.
9:19I think there well so I what this news
9:22to me was less about what it means for
9:23Justin Jefferson and more about what it
9:25means for a team potentially looking for
9:27a quarterback this week alone Caleb
9:30Williams Daniels and Jackson Dart which
9:32we'll discuss in a few moments all went
9:34down right so there's a world in which
9:36you're in a 12 team league and Kyler
9:38Murray was maybe your week one starting
9:40quarterback or he became your week two
9:42backup quarterback and you might need
9:44him now so I think there's there's a
9:46world in which Kyler has started in some
9:47leagues and I That's a huge dart throw
9:51of faith, right, to be starting
9:52>> Kyler though. Like I know I understand
9:54we'll talk about one later that is a
9:56very compelling option off of waiverss
9:57right now. But given the fact that three
10:00of the top
10:01>> what 12 quarterbacks in fantasy if we
10:04were going to if those guys were all
10:05healthy, I think that Jaden and Caleb
10:08and Jackson Dart are probably all top
10:1012ish options for us this week.
10:12>> The fact that 25% of them are not
10:15available most likely because of health.
10:17Not
10:17>> great. Yeah, this Kyler Murray news
10:18moved the needle for me. I do think he's
10:20going to be somewhere in the 12 to 15
10:22range for my week three rankings.
10:24>> 12 to 15.
10:24>> Is this Bucks defense scaring you?
10:26>> No.
10:26>> Deshawn Watson just completed 80% of his
10:28passes against them.
10:29>> Yeah, Dallas got it going to miss a few
10:31weeks with an MCL sprain. Um the rookie
10:34that they have there also on IR
10:35unfortunately Eli.
10:37>> So not going to be anything there. We'll
10:39continue to monitor that. And then do
10:41you think Zach is going to be anything?
10:42>> Maybe. Dude, Zack Z was a panelist. He
10:46was doing like a day a week on Peter
Dallas Goedert
10:49Shrager's new show.
10:50>> Yes, I saw him.
10:51>> Like that was his job as of a week ago
10:53and now he's going to be back with the
10:54Philadelphia Eagles. So, it's obviously
10:56a very cool story from a reunion
10:58standpoint. They play on Monday night.
11:00It sounds like he's got a real shot to
11:01play on Monday night. Does Zack Z um we
11:05always joke about how bad the depth is
11:07at tight end?
11:08>> Yeah. But even I'm not sure that Zack Z
11:12on Monday night in his first week back
11:13with Philadelphia in a new offense,
11:16which that's been definitely a common
11:18theme, is going to crack my top 10 tight
11:20end rankings. I think he is a
11:22speculative ad. Maybe if you have Dallas
11:24Goddard, you think you can get a one
11:26forone replacement. Don't have a lot of
11:28great options to give you if you have
11:30Dallas Goddard, but Zack's not going to
11:32crack my top 12 tight ends in week
11:34three. Alec Pierce going to be out
11:36several weeks unfortunately with a heel
11:38injury. Guys, Liz and I were talking
11:40about this really quickly before the
11:41show and it's just this doesn't feel
11:42like a lot of upside in this passing
Alec Pierce
11:44game right now with Daniel Jones. Tyler
11:47Warren feels like uh you hope that he
11:49hits his floor at the tight end spot,
11:50but no one else really has stepped up to
11:52be someone in this receiving.
11:53>> Well, Josh DS did get a theoretical
11:55promotion in terms of not just being
11:58tied to this leather. He's going to move
11:59around the formation. So, there's an
12:01opportunity for more volume. Obviously,
12:02when we talk about the targets vacated
12:04by Michael Pitman's departure and also
12:06in terms of deployment, but there isn't
12:08a real field stretching presence here on
12:12the Colts offense, which just sort of
12:14caps the entire ceiling of its potential
12:16explosiveness. And frankly, while I
12:19think obviously Jonathan Taylor's volume
12:21remains super steady, his efficiency
12:23probably not going to be that great.
12:24It's just a very boring offense. Yeah,
12:26it doesn't feel like we're not going to
12:27get back to QB7.
12:28>> Very boring offense. On top of the fact
12:30that, you know, like Daniel Jones we
12:31thought could maybe be on the QB2 radar,
12:33Daniel Jones has, I think, 14 rushing
12:36yards for two games. Not a gigantic
12:38surprise that his rushing is down coming
12:40off of an Achilles tear late last
12:42season, but Daniel Jones right now is
12:44nowhere near the fantasy radar. We
12:46thought maybe he could be on that
12:48fantasy radar as a good value at QB.
12:51Little bit of Chris Godwin being
12:53resigned by Tampa vibes right now for me
12:56>> with Alec Pierce. Remember Godwin gets
12:58this huge deal to stay with the
12:59Buccaneers coming off of a massive I
13:01think it was an ankle broken ankle two
13:04seasons ago. I think the at the time the
13:06reporting was the Patriots were hot on
13:08the trail of Chris Godwin. They ended up
13:10with Stfan Diggs. Uh Alec Pierce got a
13:13bag, right? Four years, $112 million.
13:15Maybe the most surprising contract of
13:17free agency. People are like, "Wow, that
13:19guy really." he was going to have a red
13:22hot market if he reached the open
13:24market. He also was hurt and like
13:26surgery got was was delayed. It was like
13:29a late surgery for Alec Pierce. And I
13:31don't know exactly whether this injury
13:34suffered on Sunday night is directly
13:36tied to what he dealt with this off
13:38season, but he did not look himself in
13:41week one. He was playing a part-time
13:43role. So, I think it's at least logical
13:46to wonder whether these two things could
13:48be tied. Hopefully, he is back at
13:50mid-season as the report suggested. But,
13:52you know, Pierce was one of those guys
13:53that had theoretical upside based off
13:55where he was being drafted.
13:57>> Now, it feels like droppable.
13:58>> Yeah, doesn't feel great. If you have
13:59to, if it's going to be half of the
14:01season with what we've seen already and
14:03you need to use your IR spot in someone
14:04else, I would understand feeling like
14:06you need to pivot from that situation,
14:08unfortunately. All right, let's talk
14:10about Monday Night Football Recap, my
14:12friends. There was some good and some
14:13bad in this one. Unfortunately, let's
14:15start at the beginning. Puk and Aua
14:16didn't even play before we even got into
14:18the game. Puka ruled out hopefully you
Giants vs. Rams recap
14:20had that pivot that we talked about
14:22heading into Sunday, excuse me, Monday
14:24Night Football
14:25>> field. This hip injury, how worried are
14:27you about this potentially lingering
14:28into
14:30>> I don't have a lot of information. I
14:31don't know if you guys have heard
14:32anything different. The only thing that
14:34I'll note right now as far as Puka is
14:36concerned is they play again Sunday
14:38night this week. So, you're going to
14:40have to make a decision. It's useful
14:41when you're player that you're trying to
14:43make a decision on,
14:45right? Because then you have so many
14:47ways in which you can go. Puka, you're
14:49going to have to potentially have an
14:50insurance plan once again going into
14:53Sunday night. The indication has been
14:54it's not something major. He was a
14:56pregame decision last night, but yeah, a
14:59not not great to not have your number
15:01one overall pick or, you know, probably
15:02a top five pick in your draft last
15:04night, but it did create plenty of
15:06opportunities for a certain throwback
15:08wide receiver. We'll talk about that in
15:09a minute.
15:10>> It did. Would you want to do that now?
15:11Like how do you want to do this?
15:12>> I just want to call out and give props
15:14to Tyler Fulgum who on FFC fantasy
15:16football countdown on Sunday mentioned
15:18the fact that if Puka were to sit the
15:21last time he did, Devonte Adams scored
15:23three touchdowns in week seven of 2025.
15:26>> Fell one short.
15:27>> Yeah. Yes. But he was amazing. 39 and a
15:30half fantasy football. I mean my
15:31goodness.
15:32>> Let's just talk about the Rams really
15:33quickly.
15:34>> Fantasy
15:36football countdown. What do I call it?
15:37>> You said fantasy football countdown.
15:38Fantasy focus countdown.
15:40Fantasy focus countdown.
15:41>> No, you said fantasy football countdown.
15:43It is fantasy focus countdown.
15:44>> I said FFC, y'all.
15:45>> Yes, you got everything right.
15:47>> Countdown, not now. We're getting
15:48better.
15:49>> Aliteration is our friend. Money in the
15:50jar. It's okay.
15:51>> We'll start with the Rams and just talk
15:52about them really quickly and then we'll
15:53pivot over here. Um, but from the Rams
15:55side of the ball, Matthew Stafford
15:57rebounded in a major way. Devonte Adams
16:00literally is being drug tested right now
16:02for the Fountain of Youth series.
16:03>> He looked like he was 24 years old out
16:05there.
16:06>> Resurgent. Last night was to me more
16:09important than what we saw last season
16:11from Dvonte Adams in the sense that
16:12Dvonte Adams last year and it you still
16:15get the fantasy points, right? It's not
16:16how, it's how many you get. Yep.
16:18>> But it was unsustainable for Dvonte
16:20Adams to have all of these one-yard
16:22touchdowns. I mean, he was flying down
16:24the field last night. He had the 64 yard
16:26catch from Matthew Stafford. Just
16:28ridiculous plays where he's catching the
16:30football like both over and around
16:32defensive backs. Eight for 195 and two
16:36touchdowns. Yeah. So that's what like 20
16:38almost 25 yards per catch for Devonte
16:41Adams. It was a vintage performance. He
16:43clearly still has gas left in the tank.
16:46He didn't show it much in week one. And
16:48maybe when Puka is around, you're just
16:49not going to see that much volume from
16:51Devonte. But this hip injury for Puka,
16:54we don't know that much more about it.
16:56So if he's out in week three against the
16:58Denver Broncos, a tough matchup, but you
17:00can certainly have more confidence based
17:01off what you saw from Devonte last
17:03night. Absolutely. Being able to see him
17:05stand up without Puka makes me feel
17:06really good if Puka is out. Also, if you
17:10had to make a pivot, hopefully your
17:11pivot with Puka in the Puka in the flex
17:13spot was Terrence Ferguson. I know, man.
17:15It's like this is why this game is so
17:18weak to week, right? Is the guy has a
17:20bagel in Australia week one. Mike Clay's
17:24favorite late round target at tight end,
17:25Terrence Ferguson. And then last night
17:27he has nine targets, good for six
17:29catches, 54 yards and a touchdown, 17.4
17:33fantasy points, tight end eight for the
17:35week.
17:35>> Was a week too early. That was all.
17:37>> He looks the part. There's no two ways
17:39about that. Very athletic player. Huge
17:41guy. Great in the red zone potentially.
17:43Terrence Ferguson, that was a really
17:45encouraging sign. He's a hard guy to
17:47rank going into week three. When you've
17:48got a dud and a stardom week, it's hard
17:50to say like, wow, like this guy deserves
17:52to be on one side or the other of the
17:55coin. But he has my attention.
17:57>> Well, I he has my attention as well. But
17:59also, can we be sure that things won't
18:01shift? Because in week one, it was
18:03Colobby Parkinson who was running more
18:05routes and seeing more looks. So, is
18:07this a Shawn McVey wild scientist
18:10situation on a week- toeek basis? We we
18:13can't be sure, but I do think that
18:14you're right. He absolutely Terren
18:16Ferguson does need to have attention. We
18:18we kind of know what Kobe Parkinson is
18:20anyway. There's obviously more receiving
18:21upside available in Ferguson. There's
18:23definitely going to be another tight end
18:24that has 17 fantasy points for the Rams
18:26next week. These two go, right? Yeah,
18:28that's how it works.
18:29>> Davis Allen is my nominee.
18:30>> Uh running backs Kyron Williams looked
18:32fantastic. Found the end zone twice
18:34>> as a receiver in both c both cases.
18:35>> Yeah, looked great. Blake Corm looked
18:37really good as a runner. Didn't do as
18:39much for us in fantasy football, but
18:41it's clear that these two um have
18:43command of this back field. Kairen
18:44Williams though, looking great.
18:46>> Sorry, one time as a receiving touchdown
18:48last night for Kairen Williams, but yes,
18:50he is the guy in the back field. Blake
18:51Cororm is going to play a real role. If
18:53the Rams can kind of get back on track
18:55like they were last night, this team is
18:57going to have a lot of opportunity to
18:59bludgeon you on the ground.
19:00>> Cororum though remains a guy that elite
19:04elite insurance policy running back. No
19:06standalone value right now.
19:07>> Yep.
19:08>> All right. For the Giants,
19:09unfortunately, the big story line here
19:10is couple big story lines. Uh Jackson
19:14Dart unfortunately goes down. Gets hurt
19:16halfway through this game. kind of gets
19:17like sandwiched in between two
19:20defenders. Jameson Winston comes. Jameus
19:23Winston comes in. I That's a problem. Uh
19:26we do not know yet about what's going to
19:28happen with Jackson Dart. Again, just
19:30like we said with the other two guys,
19:31you should make plans to be without
19:32Jackson Dart this week just to be safe.
19:34>> It's a reported sprained MCL for Jackson
19:37Dart. Now, he wanted to come back into
19:39the game last night. Probably like
19:41young, brazen confidence from the 22,
19:4423-year-old quarterback. I think you can
19:46expect him to miss time this week.
19:47>> I just thought he was emboldened by that
19:49Old Miss win. Personally, it
19:50>> could be it. Yes, Jackson, of course, a
19:52proud Old Miss grad. Uh, but sounds like
19:54he is going to miss some time. Will
19:56Jackson Dart. The Giants play the Titans
19:58in week three. So, a good matchup.
20:00Jameus Winston is better than what he
20:01showed last night.
20:03>> Agreed.
20:03>> By a lot. He was 11 for 27. But yeah,
20:06you're going to see a downgrade in the
20:08two pass catchers that matter in this
20:10offense. Malik Neighbors and also Isaiah
20:13Likely. if Jame or not if with Jameus
20:16starting this upcoming week.
20:17>> Yeah, Malik Neighbors also left this
20:18game and had a shoulder thing that
20:19looked up ended up coming back but that
20:22was a a scary moment because it we
20:24weren't really sure what he was dealing
20:25with.
20:26>> I uh yeah he said his it popped out and
20:28it popped back in. Uh as somebody that's
20:30had to pop out
20:32>> every once in a while that stuff happens
20:34like I think for the rest of my life my
20:36shoulder will just be like a little bit
20:37compromised and I'll have these moments
20:38of soreness. So, not a total shock that
20:40Malik Neighbors had that. He had one
20:42catch for one yard last night, though.
20:44Not totally all the way there yet.
20:46Certainly a week with Jameus Winston
20:48getting all the reps he probably will
20:50get will help this passing offense.
20:52>> It It feels like the guy that you have
20:54the most confidence in relative to where
20:57his position stands
20:58>> is likely.
20:59>> Yes,
21:00>> he had 10 targets last night. Not a big
21:02game for him, but just that like Malik
21:04Neighbors, the the floor is lower,
21:06right? We saw it last night. one catch
21:08for one yard. If Isaiah Le is going to
21:10get the kind of target share he's seen
21:12in back-to-back weeks, even if he
21:14doesn't have a monster night like he
21:15didn't have last night, 8.3 fantasy
21:17points, you have to start him. Have to
21:19>> because you're chasing volume at the
21:20tight end position, right? That's this
21:22is one of those, especially given this
21:25situation, if there was one backup
21:27quarterback in the NFL from a fantasy
21:28perspective that we could say, "Hey, who
21:30do I want to be the quarterback of this
21:32squad?" It would be Jameus Winston.
21:34Honestly, because you know that he's not
21:36afraid to sling it. I don't have to
21:37start Jamus. I don't care if he throws
21:38three interceptions. I want all the
21:40other stuff. Everyone else's.
21:42>> Yeah.
21:42>> Yeah. So, uh we'll continue to monitor
21:44both of these both with with Malik
21:46Willis. And
21:47>> can we just mention that Cam Scataboo
21:49also saw work in the receiving game. He
21:51caught four all four of his targets. And
21:53this was a game in which uh Naji Harris
21:56made a start and Devin Singleary played
21:58and Cam Cam Scatteraboo obviously still
22:00led the back field. I didn't love what
22:02he did in terms of efficiency, but I
22:03think we can also attribute a lot of
22:05that to the change in quarterback and
22:07>> say pretty dicey start for two weeks for
22:09Cam Scataboo.
22:10>> I'm going to hope discouraged like you
22:13know the the volume not elite the
22:14passing game work was a little bit
22:16better last night but under 20 receiving
22:18yards in total.
22:20>> Have some concerns. You scatteroo was
22:22seeing good volume last year but also
22:25absolutely dominating on his touches.
22:28Hasn't been the case through two weeks.
22:29So, kind of a slow start for Scataboo.
22:31Still an RB2, but a guy that you hope
22:33finds a much more efficient path in
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22:36weeks three and beyond. All right, let's
22:38talk about some waiverwire ads. Do a D.
22:41This is all you, bud. Here we are in
22:42week three. We got a couple of priority
22:44ads at the quarterback spot. We got a If
22:46you're watching the full screen, uh,
22:47watching, excuse me, on the YouTube
22:48feed, NFL on ESPN YouTube channel, you
22:51can see full screen of the priority ads
22:53for week three waiver targets. I'm going
22:55to start at the quarterback spot. Tyler
22:56Shuck is number one for me. QB6 in total
22:59fantasy points. He's second in the
23:00league in pass attempts. He leads the
23:02NFL in passing yards. Back-to-back weeks
23:05with 22 or more fantasy points.
23:08>> And he's also completed 69% of his
23:10passes. He's got a real rhythm and
23:11connection with Chris Olive. Like they
23:13look dialed in with each other. And
23:15Devon Valet to be on Valet. Vele. I
23:18always get this one wrong.
23:19>> Valet.
23:20>> It is Valle. Mike says Val.
23:22>> Val. Valle. Okay. Yeah. Okay.
23:24>> Mike said delay with a V.
23:26>> Okay.
23:26>> Okay. Like filet minan though.
23:29>> Yeah man.
23:30>> All right. Love it. That's what we're
23:31>> Don't you think Mike would ask for a
23:33filet minan? Well done.
23:34>> Probably.
23:35>> You guys are so mean to him
23:36>> with A1.
23:38>> Can you butterfly my filet minan?
23:42>> So anyways, I I love Tyler Shuck. I was
23:44in on him all off season and we the way
23:46he started has been fantastic by the way
23:48against the Lions who we knew they were
23:49going to have to throw a lot. We knew
23:50game script was going to be that. But
23:52for him to do this against the Ravens,
23:54even though that rushing touchdown was a
23:55little bit suspect, still love that he
23:57got to where he did.
23:58>> The big question I have for him this
24:00week or eventually is like at some point
24:03they're not going to be down like 17 to
24:05nothing in the game.
24:06>> You'd think, well, I would hope. Yes,
24:08for their purposes. And that to me is
24:11where the rubber kind of meets the road
24:12for Tyler Shuck. Is he a guy that can
24:16play sort of like with the a correct and
24:18appropriate game script and still be a
24:20top 10 or 12 quarterback or does this
24:23team need to be bad enough where it this
24:25is better than Blake Bort like it's
24:26better quarterback play than Blake
24:28Bortles by far and the team is better
24:30than where the Jaguars were during that
24:31Blake Bortling era.
24:33>> But what you liked about Blake Bortles
24:35wasn't what you saw in the first 30
24:36minutes of the game. It was the
24:37circumstances that drove you to
24:39greatness in the second 30 minutes of
24:41the game that you were like it's sort of
24:42like Jacobe Brassette last year.
24:44Patience is a virtue. You're going to
24:46eventually get there.
24:47>> Yeah. And they draw Vegas who
24:49>> they host the Raiders I believe.
24:51>> Okay. Yep. And then uh I mean they've
24:53they've shut down Justin Herbert and
24:55Malik Willis. So I don't really know
24:56what to think there. And then Atlanta on
24:57Monday Night Football over the next two
24:58weeks. That Atlanta game if they get up
25:00that could be one of those games. I mean
25:01both of them honestly could be games
25:02worth.
25:02>> He's been I mean I think Field's point
25:04is that he's been a second half savior.
25:05So, what happens if he's just
25:07consistent?
25:07>> Yeah, we'll find out.
25:09>> What do you guys think happened to the
25:10NFL schedule maker in like [laughter]
25:13late April, early May?
25:14>> Great question.
25:15>> Like, do we like like
25:18offc court injury
25:19>> maybe
25:19>> like plays some was playing some golf
25:21and strained a calf?
25:22>> I know a guy that plays golf.
25:23>> Maybe like uh maybe like a neighbors
25:26play golf. Yes, he does.
25:26>> play golf with him sometimes.
25:28>> No big deal. Christian Watson.
25:30[laughter] Um but yeah, like some did
25:31someone like egg his house? I wonder
25:33>> because the reason I asked that is that
25:35the Atlanta Falcons are about to play
25:37three straight games on national TV.
25:39>> Yeah. Why' we do that?
25:40>> Thursday night football and then Monday
25:42Night Football and then Sunday night
25:44football.
25:44>> Yeah.
25:45>> Well, somebody wanted to draft Bejan
25:47Robinson ahead of Premier Gibbs.
25:49>> That was the plan.
25:50>> It was a tough one.
25:51>> But that could be fine. Like it looked
25:52fine in week one. We'll see. But like
25:54really three straight Falcons games on
25:57national TV.
25:58>> Really? You guys like that plan?
26:01>> No. But it's not my job. [laughter]
26:03>> It's not what I'm saying that something
26:05happened to the person who made the
26:06schedule. I'm convinced like his his
26:08house got egged or something. I don't
26:09know what it was, but three straight
26:10national TV games for the Falcons this
26:13early in the season is a tough tough
26:16Tyler needs to use his legs more. I'm
26:18just going to close out that
26:19conversation on Tyler Shuck. Tyler Shook
26:20needs to use his legs more. If we can
26:22get him to run a little bit more and be
26:24like a little baby Bon Knicks from last
26:26year kind of a quarterback, then I think
26:28we would be in a better spot. But he's
26:29got that swagger. Did you see his tweet
26:30after the game?
26:31>> I did not.
26:32>> He's got a little bit of he's like this
26:33is part of why I love Tyler Shuck. Like
26:35he's got it in him posting uh oh Lamar's
26:39favorite artist as Kodak Black in case
26:41you didn't know. And that's who uh
26:44>> that's the song he used for the post
26:45there. So it was a little bit of a shot
26:46at Lamar Jackson.
26:48>> Not bad for a 26-year-old sophomore
26:51quarterback.
26:51>> Okay.
26:53>> By the way, I I I actually bet those
26:55guys were close and it wasn't a shot.
26:56They both went to Louisville. Like I bet
26:59that is coincidence, but I respect the
27:00internet doing what it does.
27:01>> I you it's got to do. The internet's
27:03undefeated. Another quarterback, Bryce
27:05Young.
27:05>> Yes.
27:06>> Give me two in fantasy points, six
27:07passing touchdowns, leading the NFL,
27:09second in passing yards.
27:10>> This week draws the Cleveland Browns.
27:12Cleveland Browns, two different
27:14defensive situations. Week one, they got
27:16decimated by Trevor Lawrence. He threw
27:18four passing touchdowns against him.
27:19Yeah.
27:19>> Week two, Baker Mayfield pooed himself
27:22on the field. It was awful. I'm not sure
27:25which one is
27:26>> that they the delay of the game.
27:28>> I think that's what was the problem with
27:29that. That's why there was a delay like
27:30a pool.
27:31>> Exactly. They had to do the whole thing.
27:33So, uh, that one's not great. I don't,
27:35you know, we'll see which which Browns
27:37defense shows up for Bryce Young, but
27:38he's been slinging it honestly for
27:40everything um the first two weeks of the
27:41season and he draws the Detroit Lions in
27:42week four.
27:43>> Yeah, I like the match up for the next
27:45for over the next five weeks. I like
27:46four of his matchups.
27:47>> Yep. So, those are the two quarterbacks.
27:49If you had to look to replace any of the
27:50three that unfortunately went down this
27:52week, those would be our top two
27:53priority guys. Liz, Jonah Coleman would
27:55be the running back for me, replace JK
27:57Dobbins when he went down this one. RJ
27:59Harvey already was out with a hamstring
28:01injury. Little more of a speculative
28:03target because we didn't see a lot from
28:04Jonah Coleman, but we're assuming if
28:06there is a role, he will be one of the
28:08guys filling it in this Denver Bronco
28:09backfield.
28:10>> I really liked him and Field can attest
28:11to this more. To me, he remind he he ran
28:13similarly or played similarly to David
28:15Montgomery as he was coming out of
28:17college. I think that that's a decent
28:18comp for him just to give people an idea
28:20of his skill set. Um certainly kind of
28:23in between what RJ Harvey and JK Dobbins
28:25do. So a more complete um a more
28:28complete back if you will. He was the
28:29RB19 in fantasy points per touch which
28:32doesn't sound that great until you
28:33realize he's only had 13 touches.
28:35>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. How do you feel about
28:37Jonah Coleman just with everything you
28:38saw? For those of us that didn't see him
28:40in the
28:40>> Mike as a player, really talented
28:42runner, can certainly handle the uh
28:44receiving role as well. Well, JK
28:45Dobbins, the early reporting suggests
28:47he's got a shot to play in week three.
28:49And if JK Dobbins is out there, hard for
28:52me to imagine having Jonah Coleman or JK
28:55Dobbins for that matter inside my top 25
28:58of running backs. But if Dobbins is
29:00unavailable and it's all of a sudden
29:01Jonah Coleman and Tyler Bedet certainly
29:03some value definitely worth adding
29:05tonight, especially if you have a
29:07running back injury and there have been
29:08a few of them.
29:09>> There have been a few of them. I would
29:10also say one more to throw a dart on
29:11Rashad White. first half this week, nine
29:14touches, same as JCM. Both of them had
29:16nine touches while Jaden Daniels was out
29:18there. Uh Rashad White 63 yards compared
29:21to just 26 for JCM. Much more explosive,
29:23looked better in the receiving game. And
29:25then once Jaden Daniels went down, you
29:28look at the second half, he was the only
29:30running back with any receiving game
29:32work. Rashad White ran 22 routes. JCM
29:34had four. So
29:34>> of 10 in routes run after two weeks.
29:36Yeah, it feels like if we're going to be
29:37in a spot where potentially again the
29:39commanders are going to be in negative
29:40game script with Marcus Mariota, that
29:42defense isn't super great. We just think
29:43they might be playing from behind. Could
29:45impact JCM. Rashad White could be a
29:47receiving game guy to look at. Couple of
29:49wide receivers really quickly field.
29:50Denzel Boston has looked really good
29:52through the first two weeks. Two for 59
29:54and a touchdown in week one. Five for
29:5699. Five for 95 and a touchdown in week
29:58two. Had seven targets which led the
30:00team. Yeah. kind of looks like the only
30:01guy that has a connection, you know,
30:03pseudo with Deshawn Watson during the
30:06preseason. We were talking about how
30:07Casey Conpion was the one that we were
30:09excited about. Truth. Yeah.
30:10>> Yeah. And now it feels like first two
30:12weeks of the season has kind of shifted
30:13over to the bigger Denzel Boston just
30:16again as like the draft guy here. How do
30:18you feel about Denzel Boston with what
30:20you've seen from him the first two
30:21weeks?
30:21>> NFL probably overthought it there on
30:23Denzel Boston. Big question mark on him
30:25was his speed. Well, he's had two long
30:27touchdowns where speed was not an issue
30:29in the first two weeks, but he's this
30:30super he's a big smooth uh catches
30:34everything that comes his way. Wide
30:35receiver that can play in the slot as
30:37well, so there's some versatility there.
30:39He had an amazing training camp. He was
30:41the talk of Brown's training camp. And
30:43then on top of that, through the first
30:44two weeks, he's the only wide receiver
30:46that's not a part-time player. Yes,
30:48>> he's playing 93 plus% of the snaps,
30:52whereas Casey Conpion's about 2/3 of the
30:54snaps. Sherry Judy not far behind there
30:56as well. So he's on the field all the
30:58time. Talented guy. And as Mike pointed
31:00out, Sean Watson played much better in
31:03week two than expectation. And Mike
31:05feels though as though it wasn't that
31:07bad in week one. I wasn't as bullish on
31:09what he did in week one, but you know,
31:11there's at least some reason to believe
31:13in this matchup against Carolina on
31:15Sunday that Deshawn can piece together
31:17another solid effort.
31:18>> Yeah. And this is going to be one of
31:19those seasonl long things I think more
31:21than just a a quick week thing where if
31:24it's going to work right now with
31:25Deshawn and we expect things potentially
31:26to maybe even unlock more under Shador
31:28Sanders in the future. There's just more
31:30for this unlocking of Denzel Boston. So
31:32I like him a lot now uh in this
31:34situation. I would add him for sure. AD
31:35Mitchell I want to mention really
31:36quickly. Three for 60 in week one only
31:38had three targets but six for 63 on 12
31:40targets in week two taking on the
31:41Detroit Lions in week three.
31:43>> Yeah I hear you. So this is more of a
31:44week three ad you're saying than
31:45>> uh I do not think that. I think that
31:47they think that AD Mitchell, I am more
31:49in on Mike and Gino Smith being a
31:52serviceable part of this offense. I
31:53think he's going to be the clear wide
31:54receiver, too. When you look at this, 54
31:56routes run for Garrett Wilson in the
31:57first two weeks.
31:58>> 55 routes run for AD Mitchell, 14
32:01targets for Garrett Wilson, 15 targets
32:02for AD Mitchell. I am not saying that
32:04he's going to be splitting this like I
32:06like we see with Garrett Wilson. I just
32:08think he's a bigger part of this
32:09offense.
32:09>> I'm a little less convinced here. I feel
32:12like we've seen this on just a couple
32:13too many occasions in his albeit brief
32:15NFL career. But AD Mitchell's had some
32:17moments and we're like, "Oh, the guy who
32:19was supposed to go in the first round
32:20slid to the second round because of
32:22maturity concerns. Maybe he's about
32:24ready to piece it all together." I'd
32:26have to see it for a few more weeks in a
32:27row before I personally believe in AD
32:29Mitchell being a thing.
32:30>> Understood. You also didn't believe in
32:31in the offense really coming into the
32:33season as it is. So that I understand
32:34that there'd be a lot of trepidation.
32:36>> The ceiling is quite low for this Jets
32:38offense. I think the ceiling is low, but
32:39the fact that there was a drum beat over
32:41the summer um is evidence to me that
32:43there is something here and everybody
32:46moves at their own velocity. Not
32:47everybody is in an immediate breakout. I
32:49mean, Michael Wilson is an example of
32:51that. So, while different skill sets are
32:52at play here, I am more optimistic about
32:54AD Mitchell and but I was also more
32:57confident in the Jets being um viable
33:00fantasy-wise this season. Last one I
33:02have and probably the highest
33:04expectation from a short-term
33:06perspective, Rashad Baitman. As long as
33:08A Flowers is going to be out, Rashad
33:09Baitman will be the wide receiver one in
33:11Baltimore. We've seen that the problem
33:12is he's not going to be anything once Z
33:14Flowers comes back. So, he is important
33:17to your
33:17>> I just want to say here, Rashad Baitman
33:19was on my bench in our fantasy focus
33:22show league, but I won my matchup anyway
33:24against Ryan, one of our one of our PAs,
33:26um or APs, whatever they're called.
33:28Anyway, um I I don't know.
33:30>> Important person,
33:31>> right? IPS. Yeah.
33:33>> So, he did blow up my bench. I think we
33:35look at the box score and we're like,
33:36"Oh my gosh, Rashad Baitman 22 fantasy
33:38points, whatever. He could be something
33:40else." He also caused the interception
33:42at the end of the game because he
33:45underran a route that Lamar threw. So, I
33:48think we need to take the whole context
33:50of the the context of all of that into
33:52consideration while we're thinking about
33:54it because I mean, yes, everyone's
33:55allowed to make mistakes, but if you
33:57didn't convert in week one on your loan
34:00target and then in week two you were
34:02serviceable, but you also caused a major
34:05upset or at least a really horrible
34:08point in the game which led to an upset
34:09can be attributed to your actions. I
34:12don't know if you're holding the same
34:13amount of grace.
34:13>> Seven for 88 and a touchdown.
34:15>> I just don't know who they would turn to
34:16if not Rashad Baitman. They're so thin
34:18at wide receiver. And also, Liz,
34:20[clears throat and cough]
34:21oh, what you just did.
34:23>> Am I going to get a talk?
34:24>> No, no, it's okay. You're allowed to do
34:25it. It's It's just It's an amazing
34:27humble brag right there by you.
34:28>> Why?
34:28>> I had Rashad Baitman on my bench in the
34:30fantasy football. Oh,
34:31>> that part. I thought you were going to
34:32yell.
34:33>> The league in which we play, you know,
34:34we have uh
34:36>> Yeah. Liz, who's now 4-0 because we
34:38don't just do
34:40>> headtohead, we do victory points as
34:42well. Not only are you 4 and0, but you
34:44dropped um I was the second highest
34:46scoring team in the league in week one
34:48and you smoked me by like 40 points. You
34:50have scored like 350 points through two
34:53weeks. You are absolutely just
34:55dominating this league. So yeah, he was
34:58on your bench. It doesn't matter, Liz.
34:59You're absolutely destroying the rest of
35:01us.
35:01>> I didn't know that. Field letting me
35:03know. I love that field's tracking this.
35:05I'm trying to win fantasy matchups every
35:06week.
35:07>> So Liz, yes, Liz, 4-0. You and Dave, our
35:10producer, are both 4-0. Through two
35:12weeks, you have scored 341
35:14points, and I have scored the second
35:17most points at 312. So, you're 30 points
35:20better than me. 15 points per week
35:22better through two weeks. So, uh, yeah,
35:24but because I played you in week one,
35:25Liz, I've also allowed 320 points by far
35:28the most in the league. Not that I'm mad
35:30about it.
35:30>> Sounds like you need to work on your
35:31defense.
35:32>> I do. I my my team plays defense like
35:34the Dolphins right now. Also, what a
35:35wonderful co-host because he just
35:37basically shamed me and also elevated
35:39>> put you on a pedestal.
35:40>> Yeah. No, your team's dominating. Your
35:42team is sick.
35:43>> Last one really quickly. Daltton
35:44Schultz. I'm just gonna say this. If
35:45there's no Nico Collins, Daltton Schultz
35:47again feels like he could be a target
35:48monster. 14 targets in this one. 12
35:51catches. I mean, it
35:52>> it feels similar to if there's no Nico
35:54Collins, then Daltton Schultz could kind
35:56of be what Jake Ferguson was last year
35:58for the Cowboys without CD Lamb, right?
36:00Like that's that kind of a vibe. Um, but
36:02once Nico Collins comes back, I think a
36:04lot of that is we're going to return to
36:05earth as we did on our Sunday segment.
36:07Uh, with
36:08>> Oh, he had eight targets, I believe, in
36:09week one with Nico Collins on
36:11>> I agree. I just think that offense from
36:12a passing game perspective is a
36:14>> The other thing in play for Houston here
36:16is just that the first two games have
36:18been atypically high passing volume
36:20because the defense has not found its
36:21form yet. Josh Allen and Joe Burrow can
36:23do that to you. Yep.
36:24>> They played Dan Jones and the Colts this
36:27weekend. If this game is much more in
36:28the 1710 range, might not it probably
36:32means less good things for Yep.
36:34>> Dton Schultz.
36:35>> Those would be my priority ads in 10
36:37team leagues. A quick look at some of
36:39our deeper league ads and just names to
36:41have on your radar as we go through
36:43these early weeks of the season. Emanuel
36:45Wilson and Tank Bsby as well, especially
36:48with what happened with Saquon Barkley
36:50getting that stinger. Just nice make
36:51sure you have his name on your radar.
36:53Trey Tucker, Keon Coleman, and Jeremy
36:54Bernard. Jimmy Bernard looked nice
36:56because you can tell DK Mechaf has zero
36:58chemistry with Aaron Rodgers,
37:00>> but you're allowed to have the Steelers
37:02receivers on your roster. I will opt
37:03against him.
37:04>> Yes. Yes, I agree with that. That was
37:06because Michael Pitman Jr. was not on
37:07the field. That would be why. Uh also
37:09have Ted Hurst, Dantavian Wixs as well
37:11with Khif Raymond, the best pass catcher
37:13in Chicago still on the waiverwire.
37:15Khalif Raymond and Darren Waller doing
37:17the undertaker gift.
37:19>> Two touchdowns.
37:20>> Two catches on and two touchdowns. Yeah,
37:22>> it's crazy.
37:22>> Three for 30. almost had a touchdown in
37:24week one, too. Was called back due to
37:26penalty. So,
37:27>> yep. Any names? You guys good with that?
37:29>> That was a lot of names. Let's have it
37:31in the mailbag here with our buddy Eric
37:32Moody. Follow him on social media, Eric
37:35and Moody. This one comes from just in
37:37time. We love Justin. Gainwell worth a
37:38drop for someone like Emanuel Wilson.
37:41>> I do believe we'll talk more about
37:42Kenneth Gainwell in a little bit. I
37:44agree. I will use this question as an
37:47opportunity to update people that uh
37:49Mike McDaniel was asked about Jadari and
37:52Price yesterday. Uh Price had that chest
37:56injury. Let me make sure I get the
37:57appropriate quote before I give out bad
37:59info.
38:00>> I also just said Mike McDaniel and I
38:02meant Mike McDonald, of course, the
38:04excellent head coach for the uh Seattle
38:07Seahawks. And uh Mike McDonald uh told
38:11yesterday uh said yesterday on Seattle
38:13radio um it's not a chest issue for
38:15Jarian Price. It's actually a shoulder
38:17issue. It's intact and nothing serious.
38:21It seems like
38:23>> now is that a good thing or a bad thing
38:24when they clarify that it's intact?
38:26>> Well, I think that's the first question
38:28you're going to ask as a follow-up. Like
38:29it's a shoulder injury. Is there
38:31structural damage separated or
38:32something? This could be like a
38:34contusion bruise, right? versus mine
38:36which had like basically fallen off of
38:38my body. It was not intact.
38:39>> Yours? Yes.
38:40>> Yours was much more painful.
38:41>> That was bad. It was dumb. It was so
38:43stupid. And I'm still hurting today. I'm
38:45a
38:45>> They had a lot. I mean, this was a lot
38:47of garbage time for them as well down
38:48the stretch as a part of this because
38:50they were up so much, too. They didn't
38:52need to throw the ball a lot.
38:53>> That could be the case for them, right?
38:54They're playing Marcus Mariota and the
38:56Commanders this upcoming weekend. So, I
38:58think that Mar that Emanuel Wilson is a
39:01worthwhile ad at the cost of Kenneth
39:04Gainwell. If you are thin at running
39:06back and need something for this
39:07weekend.
39:08>> Okay.
39:08>> Now, if you're just trying to if you're
39:10trying to stack who has the most value
39:13as a reserve level back, I will maintain
39:15that Kenneth Gainwell is still far more
39:17valuable than Emanuel Wilson.
39:18>> And with your own pinch, though, because
39:20I think the fact that it's it's it's not
39:22serious. It's intact. Like, that's all
39:23good, right?
39:24>> It does not say that he's playing this
39:27upcoming weekend either.
39:28>> Also hasn't looked great through the
39:29first two weeks of the season. I've been
39:31disappointed with all of my Jadarian
39:33price shares up. We're going to be doing
39:34risers and fallers today in just a few
39:36moments. We could probably do like I I
39:38thought about doing this like you could
39:39almost do the top 50 players based off
39:42of ADP and do a stockwatch for them
39:44because
39:45>> there are certainly some guys that have
39:47kind of held water, right? Like
39:49>> Jir Gibbs deservedly went first overall
39:52in most people's, you know, and Josh
39:54Allen was the first overall quarterback
39:55understandably, right? There have been
39:56some guys that have Trey McBride held
39:58serve. You've had a couple guys that
40:00have probably overachieved. We'll talk
40:02about them and some underachievers.
40:03Price would be a stock down guy relative
40:05to ADP.
40:06>> Yeah, I'm with you on that. All right,
Mailbag
40:07another couple questions here from our
40:09chat. Realer Andrich wants to know,
40:12>> hey, who do I start at tight end? Do I
40:14ride with Daltton Schultz till Nico
40:16comes back or do I start third and
40:18Jawan? Jawan Johnson.
40:20>> Elizabeth, you want this one?
40:21>> I think I have been impress impressed
40:24with Jawan Johnson, frankly. Um, and I
40:27think until Jordan Tyson returns, and
40:29again, he will be a rookie coming off of
40:30these lingering hamstring issues. So,
40:31we're not quite sure what level he will
40:34begin at, Jawan Johnson remains
40:35serviceable. And if, as we talked about
40:37earlier, Tyler Shuck remains the second
40:40half savior and just starts throwing the
40:42ball out of nowhere and is super pass
40:43heavy in a way we don't expect the
40:45Texans to be once, as Field pointed out,
40:47the defense does find its footing.
40:49Johnson remains my uh preferred option.
40:52>> I'm going to go with Schultz if Nico is
40:54out. Otherwise, Jan Johnson.
40:55>> Yeah, if if Nico is out, I might I think
40:59I would also default to Schultz.
41:01Otherwise, I would go with Jawan
41:03Johnson.
41:04>> I'm sorry about that.
41:05>> No, that's okay. You're allowed to have
41:06>> Also, we didn't mention this. Not really
41:08news. Last year, we did see Gans Gatson
41:11have like a few weeks of like
41:12serviceable fantasy value. There is no
41:14tight Harley and and David and Jooko are
41:17both on IR, so he is the only tight end
41:19right now. The problem is nothing about
41:21that offense feels good right now. So be
41:24cool if his offense could actually move
41:25the ball.
41:26>> Just a name. We should mention it just
41:27in case they do start to catch fire.
41:29That that is a guy that's out there. All
41:30right.
41:31>> Side note, Charlie Kler's absence is
41:32probably worse for the rest of the
41:34offense and block.
41:35>> That's [laughter] fair. That's fair. All
41:36right. Another question here from our
41:38chat. This one comes from Cion wants to
41:40know, "I want to believe in Coulson
41:42Loveland, but I'm losing games because
41:45of him. Do you think here in week three
41:48he is benchable?" Um, I would need to
41:50know who the other options are on your
41:52on your roster right now
41:54>> because while he is absolutely tumbling
41:56in terms of value,
41:59how many tight ends have risen up the
42:00ranks? Obviously, if you snagged a Cole
42:02uh, excuse me, adult concade
42:04>> late in your drafts or on waiverss,
42:06crank them up.
42:07>> Isaiah likely maybe.
42:08>> Isaiah likely. Another good one. There
42:10have been a few guys that have trended
42:11upwards, but if it's like, yeah, I'm
42:12choosing between Coloulston Lovelin and
42:14Hunter Henry or Kate, like hold serve
42:18there. I think so too, especially with
42:20them having a backup quarterback. I
42:24could see just and I realize that he can
42:25play all of the roles, you know, as a
42:27field stretcher as well. I would like to
42:28see the tight end be like a really nice
42:30safety valve for Tyson Beijing here. So,
42:33>> uh the other one I was thinking of who
42:35was the other uh tight end that did
42:38>> Terrence Ferguson.
42:39>> No, not Samson. No, not Sam Leor.
42:41Anyways, doesn't matter.
42:42>> Somebody is going up.
42:42>> Yeah, I thought someone was going up.
42:44>> Going up in value. I don't know. That's
42:46a good question. Not many of them. No,
42:48not enough, guys. Not enough. All right,
42:49let's move ahead and talk about our
42:51biggest risers and fallers here. We'll
42:52take a few more questions at the end if
42:53we've got some time,
42:55>> but it's through two weeks. I mean, a
42:57little bit of this is are we panicking?
42:59Are we having some patience? Guys that
43:00have gone up and down in our rankings
43:02field. Let's start with you. Who's the
43:03biggest riser for you so far?
43:04>> Are we starting with followers?
43:05>> Oh, I'm sorry. You're right. We're
43:06starting with followers.
43:07>> I'm going to use one player to capture
43:09several players. And it's fitting after
Risers & Fallers
43:12that last question. Oh,
43:13>> my answer is Roma Dun.
43:15>> Okay.
43:15>> Right. So Rome was maybe drafted as
43:18first amongst the Bears wide receivers.
43:20If not, he was very shortly after people
43:24took Luther Burden the third.
43:25>> Yes.
43:25>> And I know that Luther Burden the third
43:27was the the trendier player this off
43:29season. It's worth noting that Roma was
43:32picked ninth overall, not far behind
43:34Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Neighbors.
43:36Remember that class was heralded as like
43:38three camp miss wide receiver prospects.
43:40Yep. I don't feel differently about Rome
43:42as a player right now. I think he's
43:44still an absolute stud, but we just hope
43:46that this would be the ready for liftoff
43:48year for the Chicago offense. And it was
43:50in week one when they scored 59 without
43:53Roma, without Burton, without Colston
43:56Love. So through two games, Romanun has
43:5814.5 fantasy points. One of the big
44:01question marks surrounding Odunce coming
44:02into the year was how is that foot which
44:04bothered him for much of last season
44:06after a red hot start. Seems like Rome
44:09is still a little bit banged up, but not
44:11enough that you'd expect seven catches
44:14for 75 yards through two weeks. So, for
44:16a while, I thought that all of those
44:18Bears would be lineup blocks. I would
44:20say that Roma Dunes, especially for week
44:22three, facing the Eagles with Tyson
44:24Beant finds himself a decent amount
44:26outside my top 25 of wide receivers. I'm
44:30looking at this list of where Roma Dunay
44:32was drafted because we have like where
44:33you know ADP was
44:36>> David Montgomery, Bashel Tutin, Jameson
44:38Williams, Jadarian Price, Kyle Pittz,
44:40Roman Dun, all of them have been
44:42terrible. All of them have just
44:43>> David Montgomery had the one game
44:45>> not great but yeah I he was uh taken in
44:48the seventh round late seventh round of
44:50your fantasy drafts just ahead of Luther
44:52Burton.
44:53>> Liz, what about you
44:54>> for fallers? Uh, mine is the
44:56affforementioned Genny Gainwell
44:58>> and it really hurts because I I listen
45:01when I'm wrong I will admit I'm wrong
45:03and I was very much wrong on Gainwell.
45:06>> Okay, [laughter]
45:07good for you.
45:07>> I blame other things.
45:09>> Um, I well I I am very confused as to
45:12how I'm wrong because I don't know how
45:13you let a player like Rashad White who
45:15has a receiving skill set go and then
45:17you pay Kenny Gainwell coming off of a
45:19career season in that regard. But
45:21regardless, it doesn't matter because
45:23the truth is uh over two weeks, Gainwell
45:26has managed seven rushing attempts and
45:28five targets. For context, Baker
45:31Mayfield has two more carries than
45:33Gainwell. And Bucky Irving has 15 more
45:37routes run.
45:38>> Get out. It's it kind of it goes back to
45:41a little bit of what I was discussing
45:42with the Saints backfield yesterday.
45:44It's like if you plan to bring Travis
45:46Achan aboard to be a gigantic part of a
45:50committee, like what's the point of
45:51paying him $12 million per year? Gain
45:53well is not the same amount of money.
45:55It's two years, 14 million bucks.
45:57>> And maybe the Bucks response would be we
45:59had so much ambiguity about Bucky Irving
46:02after last year that we felt like we had
46:04to protect ourselves. Sure.
46:05>> But still, like wouldn't you bring Kenny
46:07Gainwell on with the idea of being at
46:09least your primary safety valve for
46:12Baker Mayfield? Well, and if your
46:14complaint about your RB1 is that his
46:16running style consistently puts him in
46:18harm's way and you're trying to save him
46:19from himself in some ways
46:21>> and play your RB2 more, right?
46:23>> Correct.
46:23>> Yeah, I'm with you. It's It's very
46:25surprising because I thought I think you
46:27solved football right there. It sounds
46:28like you just figured it out.
46:29>> But don't you feel like at at worst you
46:32could hang your hat on, hey, Kenny
46:33Gainwell doesn't he's not fifth in RB
46:36catches like he was last year, but he's
46:3813th through two weeks. You're like, you
46:40know, he he he's got seven carries, but
46:43he also has 14 targets, so giddy up
46:45Kenny Gainwell. No, not the case at all.
46:47>> No, don't love that.
46:49>> My guy is a running back I've been
46:50complaining about for a while. I think
46:52you guys talked about him on the show
46:53yesterday.
46:53>> We did. Yeah.
46:54>> Devon Aan.
46:56>> The projection this week is very high
46:59for Devon Achan.
47:00>> Is it?
47:01>> Yeah. 19 plus fantasy points.
47:03>> You think Mike's off in the forest doing
47:05drugs right now? That's where the
47:06projection came from. I mean, dude,
47:08>> definitely not. I definitely don't think
47:10that's
47:10>> why would why on earth would he have
47:14like and then like eat well done steak?
47:16>> Mike, are you too high on Devon Han?
47:19Yes, you are. Listen,
47:21>> do steakhouse mushrooms.
47:23>> What? [laughter]
47:24What are we doing?
47:26>> 10.6 fantasy points in week one, 12.3
47:29fantasy points in week two.
47:31>> All of last season, his worst outing was
47:3312.8 fantasy points. These two games
47:36were worse than every other game he had
47:38all of last season.
47:39>> Crazy
47:39>> girl.
47:40>> So, is he getting the volume? Yes, he is
47:42getting the volume check. Is he getting
47:44the game script?
47:45>> Yes,
47:46>> absolutely. They were down 75% of the
47:48game in week one. They were down 81% of
47:51the game in week two.
47:52>> Yeah,
47:53>> there is no efficiency.
47:55>> Even though we are getting some
47:56receiving game work, there's no
47:58creativity to get the ball in the hands
48:00of your best playmaker in space and let
48:02him do what he freaking does. So, at
48:05this point, Devon Achan, even though I
48:06don't like his skill set hasn't
48:08disappeared, they got to find better
48:10ways to manufacture touches for him.
48:12Period. End of story. Because even
48:13though you guys talked about it last
48:15week, he's still getting the receiving
48:16game work. I want him to have a little
48:18bit more when you're down 81% of the
48:21game. That's part of what you do.
48:23>> But still, Devon at we, we got to we got
48:25to figure this out.
48:25>> I see your frustration and may I
48:27validate it
48:28>> with a stat? Yes. Just so that I I I
48:31want to be there for you emotionally and
48:33I want you to know that you are not
48:35wrong. 6.5%
48:37of Han's runs have have gone for 10 or
48:40more yards. That is the RB42 for long
48:43runs compared to last year when he was
48:46the RB1 in breakaway runs.
48:49>> What do you do? And I'll tell you what,
48:51the answer is nothing.
48:52>> I drafted him or I drafted him. I can't
48:54trade him. I mean, his value is too low.
48:57I got to keep rolling them out there and
48:58hope that things turn around and that's
49:00it. This is just the support group for
49:01divine a chain managers.
49:03>> Does feel like a few of the trendy bust
49:05candidates before the season have played
49:08out exactly as those who were concerned
49:11expected them to, right? Is the offense
49:13is going to suck. There's not going to
49:14be nearly as much touchdown equity. To
49:16Liz's point, not going to have as many
49:18explosive runs. And it's like, yeah,
49:19through two weeks that's the case. If
49:20you're a passcatching running back, you
49:22want to be trailing by like seven to 10
49:25or 14 points. The reason I say that is
49:27it's still kind of a game when you're
49:29only down seven or 10 or 14. But when
49:32you're down 28 or 35-7 in the fourth
49:36quarter against San Francisco, one of
49:38two things is going to happen when the
49:39Dolphins offense is on the field. One is
49:42they're going to try to throw the ball
49:4430 yards down the field to try to, you
49:46know, find a way to get back into that
49:48game in a hurry, which they did have a
49:5077 yard touchdown pass in the fourth
49:52quarter when they were playing the 49ers
49:54third stringers.
49:55>> Two is Devon Aan is going to be off the
49:58field because the game is so far out on
49:59the sideline,
50:00>> right? So, yeah, tough start here for
50:01Devon. I totally agree with you, Daniel.
50:03I have him outside my top 12 for running
50:06backs in week three and I think there's
50:08going to be a healthy debate with Mike
50:09when he is back on the show tomorrow.
50:11>> Yep, I'm with you on that. All right,
50:12let's talk about some risers. Let's end
50:14on a positive note with this. Talk about
50:16guys moving up the rankings. Who do you
50:18like first?
50:18>> I mean, it's pretty obvious. There's
50:20only two tight ends this year that have
50:22been a tight end one each of the first
50:23two weeks. Trey McBride. Duh.
50:25>> Duh.
50:26>> And Daltton Concincaid. Yeah. Been
50:27amazing. You know, again, if we were
50:29just reddrafting tight ends for the rest
50:30of the season based off what we have
50:32seen so far, tight end one's going to be
50:34Trey McBride. Brock Bowers, I still
50:36believe will go tight end two and
50:38justifiably tight end three is Daltton
50:40Concincaid,
50:40>> right? He's been unlocked in this
50:42offense. He's actually playing a
50:44legitimate compliment of snaps. Josh
50:45Allen is ballin uh Daltton Concincaid is
50:48a very talented guy. Guys like
50:50Coloulston Lovelin and Tyler Warren.
50:52Warren less so than Lelin obviously, but
50:54Warren there's just no it's got to be
50:57touchdowns. Six for 21 in the touchdown
50:59and for three for 13 to the touchdown.
51:02>> Obviously those touchdowns count, but
51:04they're not going to happen every week.
51:05And if he's averaging four yards a
51:07catch,
51:08>> I mean that that's just not going to cut
51:10it to be a top three tight end. So
51:11Concaid to me feels like the tight end
51:14three in all of fantasy right now.
51:15>> Where was this in 2024 when I wrote a
51:17bunch of preseason articles about his
51:19upside? Right. I know. Goodness. Trust
51:21me. Post types. That's it.
51:24>> Wow. Yeah.
51:25>> Hey, sometimes again,
51:27>> you're never
51:28>> never wrong. Only wrong. That's it.
51:30>> Again, you don't make excuses or do make
51:33excuses for [laughter]
51:34>> Yes. Yes. Yes. Do
51:35>> do make excuses. Do make excuses.
51:37>> Don't admit error or
51:38>> was so preant. Was so preient.
51:40>> Yes. Who's your riser through the first
51:41two weeks?
51:41>> It's Jaylen Wadd. Speaking of being
51:43preent field, actually in red zone on
51:46>> fantasy football countdown. Fantasy
51:49Focus countdown.
51:50>> You now $200 in the jar. [laughter]
51:54>> I love that we locked eyes trying to
51:56figure it out.
51:57>> Almost got it.
51:58>> Just say FFC.
51:59>> Okay. FC um field on FFC mentioned that
52:03Shawn Payeyton had told his wife to
52:06draft Jaylen Wadd, which you know might
52:09hint to the fact that he planned on
52:10using him, but Shawn Payton's a little
52:11bit tricky like a fox. Like we can't
52:13always trust him. True. And finally in
52:15week two, he was unlocked. He finished
52:17uh with eight of 10 for 138, including a
52:20gorgeous 48yard contested catch right at
52:24the goal line that put the Broncos in
52:27scoring position. Obviously, um this is
52:30what the Broncos spent so much to get.
52:34So, I cannot guarantee obviously that
52:37Shawn Payeyton won't Payton and Wadd
52:39will have like a dud, right? I think we
52:41also mentioned that 10 different pass
52:42catchers were targeted in that effort,
52:45but we saw Waddle being used the way we
52:47expected he would be used. And so I'm
52:49going to stay confident. He is a locked
52:51in wide receiver too for me. And
52:53sometimes if the chips don't fall my
52:54way, I know that that's what I'm doing,
52:56but I'm also betting on the upside.
52:57>> There there's got to be an obvious
52:58answer to this. Shawn Peyton must have
53:00been playing his wife in week one,
53:02right? Like he must be in the league and
53:04he must have been playing against his
53:05wife in week one.
53:06>> Or she said, "What was that?" like he
53:09came home from work and she was like, "I
53:10w I lost my league because of you,
53:12honey." And he was like, "Well, all
53:15right. I don't want to sleep on the
53:16sofa. Let's dial it up."
53:18>> Yeah. I don't know if he slept on the
53:20Never mind. Never mind. I was thinking
53:21about the Caleb Williams like the sofa.
53:23Yeah. All that stuff. Yeah. Yeah.
53:24>> That'd be tough for him.
53:25>> Yeah. It'd be tough.
53:26>> Who's your rising?
53:27>> Uh
53:27>> I think mine is the easiest one in
53:29fantasy football. I mean, yours is was
53:30up there as well. Yeah. But Jaylen
53:32Coker's wide receiver five after the
53:34first two weeks of this season, a guy
53:36that we thought, you know, and we've had
53:37him as a sleeper for a little bit. We've
53:38seen small breakouts here and there,
53:41>> looking fantastic. Eight for 131 and two
53:43touchdowns against Chicago. And then
53:44eight for 66. Again, nine targets, 14.6
53:48fantasy points against Atlanta.
53:50>> Good at the game.
53:51>> He looks so good. He looks like a locked
53:53in wide receiver, too. Him and Tedo
53:55McMillan. I don't know if we're I we are
53:57at the point where we can call him 1A
53:58and 1B, but he is clearly
54:00>> getting real close. Yeah, we he is
54:02clearly a invested part of this offense
54:04and I don't think that's going to change
54:06as well.
54:07>> So Jaylen Coker probably my biggest
54:09riser and now is looking like a you know
54:11wide receiver too flex play depending on
54:12where you're at because of of how good
54:14he has been and the volume that he's
54:16getting. I don't think if you have him
54:18you cannot start him. It would be tough.
54:20>> You might have some really tough but fun
54:22flex options that you have to figure out
54:24because you're like boy of these guys
54:26are so good. What do I do here? like
54:28those are the best when you have those
54:29flex options.
54:29>> And reasons for confidence include the
54:31way that Bryce Young is playing. Also
54:33that looking is not totally new. He had
54:35four top 25 finishes in his final seven
54:37games last season. The idea of him being
54:40a talented guy is not some new found
54:42discovery for the Panthers. They know
54:44he's legit. They paid him this off
54:46season. It's great to see.
54:47>> Our buddy Eric Moody unfortunately
54:51>> is no longer with us in the fantasy
54:53focus knockout league.
54:54>> Okay. Whoa. He's still available
54:56everywhere on social media, Eric and
Knockout League Update
54:58Moody. Make sure that you follow him.
54:59But unfortunately, Eric
55:01>> got knocked out this week. We thought,
55:03why not bring [music] our buddy Eric in.
55:05Here he is. Look at him. Eric, sorry,
55:08man. I mean, he looks good in that suit,
55:10by the way.
55:10>> Awesome.
55:11>> That's a 1500 [music] two $2,000 suit if
55:13I ever saw Winfield Jates. [laughter]
55:16>> Why don't we welcome in OUR BUDDY ERIC?
55:18HE'S GOT THE GLASSES on himself trying
55:20to hide his crying eyes. [cheering]
55:22>> The man who holds it down for us every
55:24single day. How you doing, bud?
55:26>> You know what? I I have been better. Do
55:28you know I'm I'm dressed, you know, for
55:30a funeral today because of my uh
55:32knockout league team, and I I just want
55:35to have some words. I guess this will be
55:37the eulogy, so to speak. I felt pretty
55:39good about this team going into the
55:40draft. The draft went well. You know,
55:42Jackson Dart, you know, I had Malik
55:44Neighbors, David Montgomery, uh AJ
55:48Brown, you know, Chase Brown. So, I was
55:50feeling pretty good. Felt great. you
55:52know, in week one, I'm like, "Hey, AJ
55:54Brown, you know, he's injured, but hey,
55:56I've got pretty good depth here. I feel
55:58good going into week two." That
55:59optimism, do it dwindled. Especially on
56:03Sunday, then Sunday night, I'm sitting
56:06there, okay, I've got Monday Night
56:07Football, you know, I've got neighbors,
56:09I've got Jackson, Dart, pretty good
56:10matchup, should be high scoring. I think
56:12I'll be good. And I'll tell you this, I
56:14was sitting there watching the game. I
56:16was sitting there on the sofa. I saw
56:17Dart go down. Uh, so I just had this
56:20feeling of dread. I felt like Spider-Man
56:22in Avengers Infinity War. Thanos has
56:24snapped the Infinity Gauntlet. Half of
56:26the universe is gone. And I just felt
56:28like I felt like Tom Holliver. I was
56:30like, "Hey, Mr. Stark, I I don't feel so
56:32good." That feeling of dread just
56:35carried me through that entire game. And
56:37we all saw the outcome. The Leaf
56:39Neighbors, I'm like, "He he should be on
56:41a milk carton." I'm like, "He didn't do
56:43anything." And I'm eliminated. So, I am
56:45gone. It was a nice run. But, uh, that's
56:47all I have to say about that. Any given
56:49Sunday, right?
56:51Sorry.
56:53>> First off, Liz, this is a funeral. Have
56:54some respect.
56:55>> Seriously, some grace.
56:56>> Some grace here. Eric, we love you so
56:58much. I'm so bummed that you have lost.
57:00You literally are the thing that keeps
57:02our chat together. Follow him, like I
57:03said, on social media, Eric and Moody.
57:05Anything you want to say to him before
57:06we get out of here, Liz L.
57:07>> I thought that was the most spectacular
57:09bow out I have ever seen.
57:11>> Well done by Moody.
57:12>> Eric, he's the best. Eric, we love you,
57:14man. So sorry that you're out. I promise
57:15I'll pick up some of your good players,
57:17though, in order to keep you alive in my
57:18heart. doesn't really happen.
57:20>> Absolutely. Absolutely. Tears of joy
57:23falling now. Tears of joy. All right.
57:26>> Love you, brother.
57:28>> Oh, dang. That's so frustrating.
57:31>> Um, this is a league that has a $1,000
57:33[music] budget. I'm just reminding
57:35myself of that because
57:37>> we have a separate league that we play
57:38in. It's a fantasy staff league and
57:40James Cook was amongst the players
57:42knocked out in week one. And I bid $100
57:45on James Cook because I thought I was
57:47bidding about 10% of my budget. Uh the
57:50other league it turned out the budget
57:52was $100. Oh. So people were very
57:54surprised that I spent all my money on
57:56James know something about James Cook
57:58that we don't know. [laughter]
57:59>> Right.
58:00>> We we ended up rectifying that.
58:01>> Okay. Okay. Good. Love that.
58:03>> Read the rules as they say.
58:05>> All right. We're going to be back
58:06tomorrow. Liz Loza, you were going to be
58:08gone. Although we'll be here to take
58:09facts versus feelings in person.
58:11>> I'll be in the building on the show.
58:12Absolutely. I heard that all flights to
58:14Los Angeles have been delayed for 4
58:15months.
58:16>> Four months, Liz, congratulations. You
58:19get to live with the Double Tree.
58:20>> How many cookies can I eat?
58:22>> Let's find out.
58:23>> Guinness book [laughter] a world record.
58:25Thanks for hanging out with us.
58:26>> Maybe Mike and I will go into the woods
58:27and I'll let you know.
58:28>> Make sure. Okay. All right. Well, that's
58:30going to do it for us here on Fantasy
58:31Folks.
58:31>> We got to get out the show.
58:32>> Yes. Don't forget to love each other and
58:33be kind to yourself. We'll see you
58:35tomorrow as we dive into week three
58:37rankings. See you guys.
58:41You're in the 06010. [music and singing]
58:44Focus.
58:45Fantasy.
58:48Fantasy. [music] Focus.
59:06>> [music]
59:13[music]
59:13>> Hey,
59:20hey, hey.