Week 2 Matchups + WHEEL OF SHAME! | Fantasy Football 2026 - Ep. 1975

0:06Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers podcast with your hosts Andy Holloway,

0:12Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.

0:24Welcome in

0:30Oh, brother. Brother. Friday, September 18th. The Fantasy Footballers podcast getting you ready for

0:41the weekend. Oh, get out of here, Jason. You're booing me. It's not fair. It's jealousy. It's uh

0:50disgusting. It's absolutely disgusting. Well, we didn't get I mean, we didn't get We didn't even

0:54get into the game. 113 points. Not quite, but we did get 72 points left. You heard, I heard,

0:59and the people heard how long his intro was. How much flourish was in that introduction. He is so

1:05happy. And then, of course, I am happy for the fantasy football players out there that had Lions

1:11and Bills that weren't named DJ Moore and Jameson Williams. The Stallion is just Did you have any,

1:17Andy? I did have some. Which three did you have? I did. I had Josh Allen. Oh, okay. I had Alman

1:24Ross St. Brown. Oh. a couple of ties and then uh the lowest score on my team kind of a stinker.

1:30Must be a bad player. Jir Gibbs. Yes. Uh so I have 103 fantasy points on Thursday with three

1:37players. Uh well I mean look this is not I don't think anybody would be surprised that Josh Allen

1:41and Jir Gibbs and Aman Ross St. Brown had a nice afternoon evening in Buffalo at Highark Stadium.

1:48What a game it was. Josh Allen 248 and3 with two more rushing touchdowns, 69 rushing yards, and now

1:56has nine touchdowns, zero turnovers through two weeks. Uh, I think that's an MVP start so far. Oh,

2:02it certainly is. He seems unstoppable right now. Um, the Lions defense seems unstoppable in

2:10a different way. They They're back for us. Thank you, Detroit. Oh yeah, they uh they Sorry, Detroit

2:17fans cuz that's not going to work out. 4131 Bills. Jared Goff was a spot start. He ended up with a

2:24monstrous game. I mean, four touchdowns, 327 yards in the comeback attempt. Gibbs just 16 for 52 on

2:30the ground. They bottled him up after Montgomery scored thrice against Buffalo last week. But Gibbs

2:36had six for 61 through the air, had a touchdown. Alman Raw has been he's got four touchdowns

2:41through two weeks, 13 targets. Jameson Williams, he's Yeah, I was gonna say Alman Raw is picking up

2:48for the slack of Jameson Williams who is goodness gracious. Get it together, man. Two for 33 for

2:54JMO. Another drop in this one. Dalton Concaid, seven for 95. You saw DJ Moore go out early in

3:02this one. That was that was a huge bummer. I mean, everybody played DJ Moore after last week and he

3:08dropped the ball in the end zone and ends up with an AC joint sprain. Leaves the game, doesn't come

3:12back. I think he technically had negative fantasy points cuz he had like one carry for negative one

3:17yards. And the latest report there, you know, will he be available this week? I'm leaning no,

3:24but it could happen. And he's It's not a broken collar bone. That was a fear that I mean it seems

3:30like good news honestly like to be like oh you're hurt but when he was crumpled I mean we all if

3:37you we've all watched football long enough to be like uh oh it's collar bone collar bone and

3:40immediately you're like okay what's a collar bone six weeks or more. Yeah. So it the fact

3:46that you're like oh maybe one game that would be very good news. Yeah. James Cook was awesome. 21

3:52for 135 and one. Although he did have a couple of the like they gave him his touchdown finally

3:57at the end of that game, but that previously it was Allen a couple of times around the goal line,

4:03but he was great and and I don't I don't have any stress going into the weekend anymore. I mean,

4:09this is this is wild. Yeah, the the the Lions defensive performance in this game though does

4:17I mean I said it this morning in our Slack channel. I was like, "This this helps me

4:20understand Baltimore minus 8 and a half at home because the Lions, right, defense through two

4:26weeks is a civ." And you look at what Chuck did in the second half and it was awesome, but going

4:31to Baltimore against a different defense will be more of a challenge. I kind of get it, but this is

4:37how our like this is you need multiple weeks of data to kind of start to fill in, you know, the

4:43answers to these defenses that are good and which ones are bad and well well they they ended up the

4:48Lions ended up with more defensive injuries which is going to hurt them going forward. However,

4:52you also have to account for the fact that this is the Bills. Like it's not just oh they're a civ

4:58are the Texans. No, you know the Texans just got won both by the Bills. Maybe it's both. And the

5:05Saints and Shuck are really good. It's still still really small sample, but it's not impossible. They

5:12did give up 71 points through two weeks. And so, yeah, it's it is both. And pay attention. Try to

5:18remember all of it over the next couple of weeks because once you're a month into the season, I

5:23think you you really could start playing matchups and understanding what you know where things are

5:27at. Two matchups a little early. Yeah, this was this was awesome. What a game. this. I mean,

5:32it it delivered. It delivered the magic. Awesome. And, you know, beautiful new stadium. Game was

5:39electric. It was awesome. That the Lions kept it close enough to where the Bills had to had to keep

5:44playing. I That was my worry halfway through the game. If you had Lions players, you're like, well,

5:50like even them going out there and scoring on that last drive and going on side. I wasn't sure they

5:53were going to try to score on that drive. H when it went into the half, it was like, oh, this game

5:57is over. There's not going to be anything from the Lions. the Lions are going to disappoint,

6:01you know, universally. I I had to watch the game afterwards. I had my son's show. So,

6:06I I knew what was going to happen. Like, I knew the score at halftime. I knew, you know,

6:11that the that the Bills won. And then watching it a after knowing that it was like, "Hey,

6:16this has got good replay value cuz these guys are awesome." And Dalton Concaid genuinely, I think,

6:21is one of the biggest stories. Eight targets, seven for 95. He's getting the yardage. He's

6:26getting the targets. He's getting everything that we had hoped and dreamed. He was, you know, was my

6:30embarass. We talked about King Kade all off season as, you know, hey, this guy is not dealing with

6:36these chronic injuries he's dealt with in the past and yeah, it's two weeks. Stay healthy, Dalton.

6:40But right now, he's delivering on your promises. And there was even more like there the Dawson Knox

6:46touchdown was a designed play for Dalton Concaid. Josh Allen was was booting out, but the defender

6:52wisely out of three that defender had to choose between three things. And so he He chose the right

6:59guy. Yeah. But yes, the he the best thing he could do was cover Dalton Concate and hope that the rest

7:04of his teammates could take the other two options. The other two options remained wide open. Yeah.

7:08Running it in. Josh Allen is decided that he will be a benevolent king and he will give Dawson. It

7:14was really a It was really a gracious decision. He could have just jaunted in. I He had to afterwards

7:19be like, "You're welcome." Yeah, that was, you know, that was my touchdown and I you're getting

7:25dinner. I've never said this before, but I was impressed with Keon Coleman throughout the game as

7:29well. I mean, DJ Moore, if he misses time, Palmer, Coleman, Shakir, maybe it's too many mouths to

7:35feed with the tight ends, but Keon Coleman six for 63, caught all six of his targets, broke his ankle

7:41in half and then was fine the next play. I don't know how that happened. He went down in a heap,

7:45and it was like DJ Moore and him got hurt back to back and then all of a sudden he was fine. It'll

7:49be something to watch though because that could be one of those swells up. The ankle sprain that you

7:54can play through at the moment, but then you miss a week. Yeah. And I I'm I'm sure our audience will

7:59not, but don't overreact to Joshua Palmer getting a touchdown in backtoback weeks. This was like one

8:04giant pretty broken play where it was like the DJ Moore touchdown last week. All right, it's Friday.

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8:50We'll send you that $100 gift card. Thank you for supporting the show. Let's talk some NFL news.

8:57News and notes from around the league. Nice little injury update. Zay Flowers returning returning

9:04to practice on Friday. So, Zemon. Zamund like Raymond. Yeah. Oh, man. His birth name Zund. Oh,

9:13brother. You're throwing me for a loop now. Everybody loves Amon. Um, what throwing you

9:20for a loop is in maybe you get to play a really good player. Yeah, shut up. Uh, DJ Moore exited

9:26with a left shoulder AC joint sprain. We talked about it. I had a plan. Bengals expect Joe Burrow

9:31to play. Your plan was Devon, right? Oh, no. He's playing regardless. Okay. Cuz he's a superstar.

9:36Nick Underh Hill said Chris Olive hamstring left practices across. You were you were talking about

9:41Devon Vele. Yeah, I know. Olave though the hamstring. We need to keep an eye on that.

9:46Hamstrings are popping up right now. Joe Burrow expected to play the back injury. Hopefully, he'll

9:51be fine. Dude, his back's just tight. What are you going to do? Nico Collins is not going to play,

9:55right? Isn't that the news we got this morning? Uh, yeah. I mean, he's not practicing today. He's

9:59got a grade one hamstring issue. I can't fathom he plays. The the report we got was the expectation

10:04is he'll be out. J and genuinely, I know Daltton Schultz, the doctor. Yeah, Dr. Schultz is your

10:11start of the week. I don't expect him I can't expect him to have more than 50 yards, but he

10:17might have 50 receptions. I mean, he is going to be peppered with targets. Yeah. Xavier Hudson,

10:22I think, had six targets last week, and then you remove a primary target, he'd be someone Jaylen

10:27Null, I mean, that's the hard part is there's a bunch of different people, but Booty. Yeah. And

10:31Booty. Nico Collins did not practice on Thursday. Not seen practicing on Friday. We talked about it.

10:36Jaylen Coker limited on Thursday with the ankle. Michael Pitman. This one. Yeah. not practicing

10:41on Friday, was a DMP yesterday, and is in the he is firmly in the I'm injured doghouse for Aaron

10:47Rogers. Yes, he is. Aaron Rogers, if you listen to him this off season, he talked glowingly about

10:52Roman Wilson and and DK Mechaf and Pat Frier and then was like and then Pitman, you know, he hasn't

10:59been around. I mean, he was so clearly not happy with Pitman's unavailability due to injury. This

11:06was this the injury he was dealing with through I I don't remember what what specific injury

11:10Pitman had. Foot. I don't I don't remember. Maybe Kyle does. I I thought it was more soft tissue,

11:16but yeah, Kyle, if you can look up what what Pitman missed a lot of the camp with. I think

11:20he might be out this week and then you're talking the Muth might get Luth again. Yeah,

11:23I mean we're late in the week for for Pitman to be gone. And also DK Metaf who we talked about he

11:29had one of the highest expected fantasy points. They were targeting him. They were giving him

11:33valuable targets, deep targets. It didn't work out because as Mike would say, he sucks. Um,

11:40what I would never say, but I I would say that Metaf seems like a fine play. Oh, he's he's a good

11:46play this week. And I mean, honestly, cuz there's leagues out there where people you glossed over,

11:54but Roman Wilson like 16% target share last week. Aaron Rogers seems to already trust him. It's a

12:03I've I've smelled stinkier trash in my day. Yeah. So, Pitman Pitman was a hamstring through camp.

12:10It's just a new It's just a new part of the leg. Yeah. That I mean, that's not good. But

12:14is a foot part of the leg? No. No. That's a real Your footbone's connected to the leg bone. Yeah.

12:21Otherwise, it would just be your leg bone. Okay. All right. Good. I didn't know. No, I do. So,

12:26your hand is not part of your arm. Yeah, that makes sense. He's just working through it. Yeah.

12:31We're working through the science textbooks right now. 401. Uh very black. Super. This sucks. Kayen

12:38Black groin injury. No, seriously. Butterfly stretch. Let me check the website. Hold on.

12:44Let me check the couple of these websites. Let's see here. He is on the groinindex.com, but let me

12:49check butterfliesstretch.com. Is he there as well? He is also on butterfl.com. Stretch it out. Oh,

12:55we got Jason's name on it. That's That's probably for the best. Jason Morgan. I'm just trying to

13:00teach people how to avoid those those groin injuries. It's simple. Groin injury prevention.

13:05We need to get the URL up there just for people that might not understand. Uh Lad McConi did not

13:10practice again on Thursday. Worked off to the side with trainers. I would not expect when you

13:14have a rib injury. I'm not saying lad's going to play, but what I'm what I'm saying is is if he's

13:19going to play, I don't think you would have seen a different correct path to playing this this week

13:24because a rib injury, you're not going to take hits. You're not going to go out there and take

13:27hits until game time. This is the last update we can give other than Sunday live. Make sure you

13:32follow on on YouTube and and we'll be there an hour before kickoff. But I don't think that the

13:37advice could change from now till then. Let's say Lad is active. Do you play him and who do you play

13:42him over? Yeah, I would I I would say you play an active Lad Manki after what we saw last week and

13:47I would say he falls pretty much right into where he would have been. Oh yeah. Yeah. I I don't I'm

13:52not going to discount it. If they think he's good enough to go out there and the medical, you know,

13:57the medical people say, "Look, this is something people normally play through." I I guess to me,

14:01I'm still going to I think the PPR stuff's going to be there. To me, there are some guys out there

14:06that I would have played like I would have played Lad if he was healthy over Mike Evans,

14:11Parker Washington, T. Higgins. Yeah, I'd play all three of those over him. Yeah. Okay. So,

14:15let's let's go a little deeper. Devonte Adams or Lad? Um I I'd probably I think Lad with the I mean

14:23they're heavy home favorites again. I I'm gonna play lad. Okay. So that's about the the waiver

14:28sensation Jaylen Coker. He's got his own injury. He does. I would definitely go lad there. Okay.

14:33Really cool story here. Michael Penn throwing to practice squad receivers right now while Cooper

14:37Rush takes majority of throws with starters. Uh while they hope that Tua can somehow play. What

14:43a disaster. It's going to be Cooper Rush again. Would you play Pat Fry Muth over Kyle Pittz?

14:48probably. Yeah, I just Henry just I just had that thought. I just had that realization right here

14:53right now. Dton Schultz, I mean, he should be out there in most situations. Yeah. Um, luckily

15:00for me, it doesn't even matter. Even if you're like, I'm just going to play pitch. I am. I don't

15:05I'm not going to make your team when you have 100 points from three players on Thursday night. Yeah,

15:10we get it. Maybe I won't play any. Just bench him. Bench I'll bench out of respect. Yeah,

15:14just to motivate. for those out there struggling at the table. Uh my process is like I he of course

15:24something crazy could happen for Kyle Pittz, but I don't care about that. I'm not playing

15:30him with Cooper. The the one thing that I'll say is that um the Pittsburgh defense is not the

15:35Carolina defense that gave up 59 points. So there there's a world where I think Carolina will score

15:40against Atlanta and I think Atlanta will be able to score even with Cooper Rush against Carolina.

15:45So, I mean I What's the overunder of that game? Do we have it? Is that only like 40 41? That's

15:51got to be But they're heavy. They're three and a half point favorites. Yeah. Drake London is

15:55the biggest question mark to me. I mean, Pitts is an easy Pitts is an easy guy to swap out,

15:59right? You got Daltton Schultz that's fine on the waiver wires. Grab him, play him, Hunter Henry,

16:04whoever. All the all the names we've been mentioning. But Drake London's a guy that,

16:08you know, that was your second pick in a draft. And it's like Terry McLaren my start of the week

16:14or Drake London who's a way better player more investment Terry. Yeah. Terry against Dallas.

16:21You got to do it process-wise. 43 and a half point over under for that game. 23 to 20 is the implied

16:26point total. Carolina favored. Um there you go. Brock Bower is not practicing again on Thursday.

16:33So he's so healthy that he's not playing. Uh and he's second now. Not. We're We're He's second to

16:40second, guys. I hate Just stop. You hate I know what you're going to say. Wait, can I guess? Yeah,

16:44you can guess. You hate that right now. You're hating Kubak. Yes, I knew it because it's like

16:50we want to love Kubak. He's such a brilliant mind is doing this to us. Don't be a turd. Like, you

16:56don't you don't need to do it this way. No, not everyone like this isn't the standard. You could

17:03just like I don't know. There's plenty of coaches out there that are literally don't have to like,

17:09you know, I think about how what a tight squeeze of information Aaron Glenn keeps and it's like,

17:15okay, is that is that how you That's why he's winning. I will remind people with all these

17:22injuries and late decisions, Mike will be live an hour before kickoff on Sunday on YouTube,

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17:34You know, there were thousands of you on there last week. It was super fun.

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18:31Can I can I like talk a little bit about my mindset with my super team for a second? I

18:36want to just deal with this. Can you mute him? Like we've done this show. No, this is this is

18:40not bragging or anything like that. We may cut you off at any moment. That's fine. Uh what I'm

18:44keep it clean. We've done this show for so long. We've played fantasy for 20 plus years. I'm saying

18:48this is like a different like I didn't think there was something I haven't seen before, but with I've

18:54never had a team that looks this good on paper and should be good, but it's a 17week season,

19:00so I don't even know how to feel about them playing well now because there's injuries and

19:03there's things that Dude, just go to sleep. Don't worry about it. Yeah, you think it'll be fine. I

19:07think you should do nothing. Just rest. I'm used to being a neurotic trader. No. And I sent like

19:1412 trades out this morning and deleted them all. I did. I I I send a bunch out cuz I don't know

19:18what else to do. I normally wake up on Monday and trade. So trade. Yeah, trade them away. Well, I

19:24tried. People turn down. No matter what you do, it won't matter. Yeah, it it feels like it right now.

19:29Yesterday we talked through the Panthers, Falcons game we just mentioned. The Vikings, Bears,

19:33Eagles, Titans, Steelers, Patriots, Packers, Jets, Browns, Buccaneers, Saints, Ravens, Bengals,

19:38Texans. That's how we uh that's what we covered yesterday. Seven more matchups today starting with

19:42the Jacksonville Jaguars who looked great in week one and0 against the Denver Broncos who continued

19:47their gauntlet of a schedule to start the year. Broncos 0 and1 Vegas line Denver minus 2 and a

19:53half at home. Overunders 45 and a half in this one. Jags won 34-10. Chiefs beat the Broncos 31

20:01to10. So bounce back. Do we expect it? I mean, the the tackling by the Broncos was some of the worst

20:09statistically in history and so frustrating. The worst I've seen with my eyeballs. It was insane.

20:16Um, they looked pitiful, but they are well coached and a good team and should bounce back and they're

20:20at home and they're favored. So, how much do you uh expect to see the bounce back and and where

20:26does that translate in terms of fantasy? Like we've had our week one high draft picks that have

20:31failed. The Coloulston Lovelins of the world. Waddle's in that category. He seems like the

20:36biggest question mark to me on this team right now is like, do you have the same like Lovelin? You

20:41have no qualms. Throw him right back out there. Let's go. Do you feel the same about Wadd? Uh,

20:48not as strong as Loveland, but I'm letting more than one game happen. the guy with the brand new

20:54team. It was definitely a bummer, but I mean, he's they they brought him in for a reason. And I don't

21:04think that the the while the Jags were awesome against the Browns. Yeah, it was the Browns. Like,

21:10I want to see their defense against not Deshun Watson, uh, before I start really formulating

21:16that opinion. So, I'm Wadd is right back into the lineup for me. uh just for you know Sutton

21:23who is seemingly like the least popular player that could exist because Pat Bryant's sexy and

21:30exciting and Wadd's the new arrival. Uh he led the team in snaps at wide receiver. Courtland

21:35Sutton had more than Waddle. He had more than Pat Bryant. Um I just just noticed that he also had a

21:42target share that just trailed Pat Bryant. So, I don't think the team looks at Sutton. I don't

21:48think they look at it as a uh it's it's this guy or that guy, right? It's it's everybody,

21:52one big group. That's been a problem before with Mims and Franklin and guys getting involved and

21:57we expected Sutton to do it. So, this will be a week to me where if Jaylen Wadd doesn't have

22:03eight targets, I will start being really worried that it will not necessarily be a a 1A alpha that

22:10we're expected with the draft capital. They gave up to get him the money like they're saying, "Hey,

22:16he's our he's our Drake London. He's our JSN. He's our our leader of the wide receiver room and

22:23the target share needs to go through him." This matchup is very different than the Kansas City

22:28Chiefs. I mean, we don't know what the Jags def defense is cuz they played the Browns week one.

22:32But if you look at last year, they were pretty dog on good against the run most of the year, and they

22:38were just an average team against the pass. So, this is an average NFL matchup. This is a team

22:42that should be able to score on the Broncos, uh, because they're they're a good defense,

22:46and that could get in the way of wide receivers. So, to me, this matchup is like the perfect recipe

22:51for your average game where you can pass the ball. Does Jaylen Wadd get eight plus targets?

23:00Is he like the the the one for the offense or is he one of the pieces in the offense? Are you are

23:06you playing Parker Washington on the other side over him? Yeah. Yeah, I am. So, yeah. I I I mean,

23:1145 and a half point over under. It's not, you know, it's fine. It's good. It It makes me wonder,

23:16you know, RJ Harvey, he had 51% of the snaps at running back. He is questionable right now. He's

23:21dealing with the yoohoo. Yoohoo. That'd be a hamstring. Yeah. When you put it like that,

23:26though, if Sounds like something else. Um, if he's out, we might finally see Jonah Coleman on the

23:33field. It's true and I think that's exciting. Uh, I don't think that there's a world you can start

23:39him. I'm not even sure if you can start JK Dobbins this week. Like I said, this is a team that last

23:44year was very good against the run. You can start to I guess with R.J. Harvey out. If he's out,

23:48Dobbins is okay. But I'm not bullish on him really. Yeah, I would think that Dobbins will

23:53get more. I'm pretty interested in Dobbins. If Harvey misses though, this is that's the window

23:59that Jonah Coleman needs. And like cuz Jonah Coleman has to get on field, get some tape,

24:05start earning the trust. Like he has been kind of the biggest concern for for the success of

24:11Dobbins. If if an injury like this happens to Harvey, I don't think once the genie's out for

24:18Jonah Coleman that I think that's what ends up happening. But for this week, Dobbins will be

24:25in my starting lineup. I like baseball tootin a lot this week. Although, there was a report this

24:29morning that Laquent Allen is going to get more and more third down snaps according to Liam Cohen.

24:33That's fine. So, we'll see what happens there. Parker Washington is a star. Brian Thomas Jr.

24:37to me is a must bench this week. I would not mess around with the shoulder injury. He got knocked

24:43out early last week. Agree. A good defense. I think you can find another option out there. like

24:47Veillay, he can he's the like Vele seems to be the litmus test of like the spot start this week. He

24:53does. But I mean Pat Bryant on the other side. Would you play him over Ryan Thomas Jr.? Yes,

24:57I would. Okay. Pat Bryant looks like he's in the you know like Troy Franklin. Jason,

25:06if you want to go ahead and hit that. I Sometimes you do it for the last time. Yeah. Sometimes you

25:11know it's getting returned. Troy Franklin's role in that offense last year. He got a ton

25:16of targets and it's like I think that's Pat Ryan's job now where even if Courtland Sutton's in there,

25:21you know, running on the field more. Pat Bryant's going to get more targets. Uh and then just for

25:27Bashalt Tutin, Tutin is a tackle breaking machine. Like this is part of what he does. Kenneth Walker

25:36tackle breaking machine. I mean the f the the fantasy algebra doesn't always work out but

25:42make Denver prove they can tackle you. And if you're good at it, even when people do tackle,

25:47well, yeah, that's a good point. Trevor Lawrence, I think um it's not the the best start matchup

25:53wise on the road in Denver, but I I imagine if you started him last week and got 245 and four,

25:58you're going to roll him right back out there and trust Liam Cohen. And then Bo Knicks, I'd find

26:02someone else to uh to kind of lead my team until he proves that he can get it going. Uh by the way,

26:09a quick update for you since we covered the game yesterday. I I'll I'll tackle this real quick.

26:13A further update on Zamand Flowers. Um he did return to practice but did very little during

26:19the media viewing portion. Spoke to teammates and coaches. Did not do any running during media

26:24viewing at all. So the full practice or back at practice thing. Will he be limited on the official

26:30report? We have an injury blitz podcast that comes out Friday afternoon by Kyle or by Matthew Betts.

26:36I almost said Kyle Betts which they kind of merge although we are. That would imply an amount of uh

26:43technological advancement to Matthew Betts that he doesn't possess. But Kyle just screamed do

26:49not do not combine them. Uh but there you go. Z Flower is still very much in question. Mike,

26:55your plans now since you had plans to like not have Flowers and you were so bummed when Flowers

27:02was available. Well, but he's not available. Well, you should be happy. This is worst case scenario.

27:08Is it? Yes. Oh, darn the mic. Uh, Las Vegas, Los Angeles. Yeah, I did like when you're like,

27:16I' I've I've never seen this with my team. Super duper champ over here. How dare you? No, you know,

27:22there's a big difference in what I was talking about. You ended I want to be in the playoffs.

27:27You didn't go into the season like you had. Josh was had a better record than you last year. Yes.

27:32That's all I'm saying. Like I I think it's a it's a heavy burden to bear. That's all I'm saying.

27:37I don't know why Josh is catching strays over there. Catching strays by having the best record

27:42and then losing. Ah, when you just gave him the stray. It was implied. Mike is all over

27:48the place. The Raiders 1 and0 against the Chargers 0 and1. Of course, Vegas line Chargers minus 6 and

27:55a half. Overrunners 43 and a half. What I saw what? No, I know I already hit the button once,

28:02but what I saw on tape last week from the Raiders defense in particular and the Chargers offensive

28:08line against the Cardinals brings me great concerns here. There are three things that have

28:13happened in the last few days. One is the Chargers are favored by almost a touchdown. So, it's like,

28:20okay, the complete forgiveness. the the Chargers are gonna be totally fine. Then there is the

28:29uh we we were looking at MVP odds after the game last night for quarterback and right there last on

28:35the list you could still bet you could still bet on Justin Herbert and it's like brother oh you're

28:40just and then we were doing our our cuz they know they know they could just all the Her Bros are

28:46like yeah fine give me your money. We were doing the picks. We were like we every every week we

28:51have like a office pool for the pick. No money, just a a pool where we're picking the lines every

28:57week. And I come to this matchup and I'm like, who do I click? Six and a half. And I was like,

29:03uh, I'm, you know what? I'm going to click on the Chargers. I'm going to completely forgive

29:06them. And I mentioned that and then Mike's like, I kind of am, too. But it's like it feels like

29:11we know it's a trap. We are this week against the Raiders at home. Dude, Chargers, Herbert,

29:20you have got to get it together and send a message. If you don't win this game, I'm about to

29:25tell you the story of stories. You ready? Yeah. If you don't win this game at home against Las Vegas,

29:30cuz by the way, the Cardinals were supposed to be the easy one. And this one, too. Let me tell you

29:34what they're doing next. Oh, their schedule. Yeah. Just listen. Just watch the plane fly around the

29:39country here. You ready? Week three at Buffalo. Okay. But don't worry, Jason. Week four, you want

29:46to get back on track. You just started off with a tough start at Seattle. Okay. Go from to the Super

29:53Bowl championship. Then you play Denver, Kansas City, the Rams, Houston, Baltimore the next weeks.

29:59What? I'm not joking. Buffalo, Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, the Rams, Houston. Four of them on

30:07the road. You got in Los Angeles against the Rams. They'll be back in this building Sunday. You have

30:13two days to figure everything out because that's it. You got two days left to fix it all. So yeah,

30:20this is this is completely the most important game of their season right now because you are staring

30:25down bye winlessness potentially. You could be 0 and six going into the buy. It's not impossible.

30:32Three of four after this week, three of your four games are at Buffalo, at Seattle, at Kansas City.

30:38You have to imagine they are decent underdogs in all three of those. Yes. Yes. Um, so yeah, Mike

30:44McDaniel, he said it was a case of humble pie and losing to the Cardinals. Yeah, it tasted How dare

30:50you? Humble pie tastes terrible. How dare you? All right, start sit decisions in this one. Uh, you

30:56know, the Hampton thing I I think last week it's like what are you watching this week? What are you

31:04looking for confirmation on or or continuing to keep an eye on to see what your decisions are? you

31:09know, Hampton this week. That's where my eyes are. I want to see this guy play well. There has been

31:16some talk in in the past, you know, three or four days about the scheme fit not necessarily being

31:21right. Um Lad McConi, the injury, him not out there. They looked way worse on offense without

31:29him out there. Mike, you you're throwing your hat in with Quinton Johnston this week. Yeah. I mean,

31:35understand what it is, but yeah, I think you can play. Yeah. And then, uh, other than, you know,

31:42Herbert, you going back to him this week or you trying to pivot? I'm going back the,

31:49you know, just like the the we were saying about Jacksonville playing the Browns. Raiders played

31:53Miami who Miamiy's Miami is probably going to end up being the worst team in the NFL. So,

32:01let's see some more from from the Raiders until until they give me a reason to really believe and

32:08not target them, then I'm going to do it. So, I'll play Herbert. Genty was great in week one. Got the

32:13ball a lot in the receiving game. You can play him. Bower's probably not playing. You probably

32:19have better options than Michael Mayer, although he led the team in targets last week, so he's not

32:22the worst. I don't think it's complicated on the Raiders side in terms of starts. Correct. I mean,

32:29you're not playing a wide out on the road. Six-point underdogs. You're not playing

32:33Cousins. You're not playing probably not playing a tight end. So, you know, Jack Bash is on pace for

32:4017 touchdowns. Thank you. Thank you for that. The Washington Commanders 0 and1 taking on the

32:45Dallas Cowboys who were 0 and1. Vegas line. Dallas minus three and a half at home over under 50 and

32:49a half. As Kyle would call it, the backwards hat versus the visor. That's right. Yeah. You've got

32:56Dan Quinn with the backwards cap. Looks so cool. And then the visor on Shottenheimimer. You know,

33:03the the idea of visors is very funny cuz you're like, you're not going to cover the head. Yeah.

33:08You're like shade. I want the I want to shade the eyes, but it's it's a little too warm on

33:13the top of the dome. How do we possibly Maybe you don't want hat hair. But you still get hair,

33:18man. The worst part of hat hair is the front when everything is is is divoted to the back. Yeah.

33:24It's a forced uh you know front. Cowick. Cowick. Yeah. Um all right. Start sit decisions in this

33:30one. Dak Jaden Daniels. I think they're both in your lineup, right? Dak has got a Dak is the

33:36highest projection of the week on prize picks with 266 and a half yards. And I think I would agree

33:43with this. I mean, these were these were two of the worst defenses in football last year. And uh

33:49you know, the the Commanders definitely didn't get blown out in week one against Philly. I think they

33:53looked okay, especially stopping Saquon. But yeah, you're you're starting all your your stars in

34:00this one. JCM, Mike. Yep. Your start of the week. Jason, you're going to give Terry McLaren a pat on

34:05the butt and say, "Hey, this is your week against Dallas." 50 and a half, man. Yeah, he should be he

34:10should be absolutely fine. I think that means that Big should be fine. And I think that means Antonio

34:14Williams is interesting to keep an eye on. There was a um can't credit it, I apologize, but before

34:21the season started, you know, it was I don't necessarily think it was like a bold take, but it

34:26was a like these are things that I that are that a little spicier, but we truly think can happen

34:33out of Washington. They're like Diggs is probably going to lead this team in in receptions and yards

34:38and stuff just based off of what he does versus Terry McLaren. So, is Diggs the safer play between

34:44Diggs and McLaren? Higher upside. Yeah. So, would you start Diggs or Vele? Uh, he's got both. Mike

34:52has both. He probably He's probably starting both. I I will be starting both, but if in the

34:56if you had to pick one Mhm. I'll play Diggs. Me, too. Really? Yeah. Yeah. I would definitely play

35:01Digs. I I would play Digs over McLaren for sure in any situation, man. But but that's also, you know,

35:08it feels hot. Yeah. I I don't know, man. I'm very interested in what this offense is going to turn

35:15into with these three guys. Dallas is always easy. Dak, CD, George, put him in your lineup. Javvante

35:22Williams. Yep. Put him in your lineup. The only one that's difficult for some people out there

35:28is Jake Ferguson. He's a name that people think, "Oh, should I start him in?" And probably not. It

35:32probably not. He's still running tons of routes, so you might get a It's a great matchup. the the

35:37commanders have been bad against the tight end position. So, there's that going for you. But no,

35:45he hasn't hit double digit fantasy points since week seven of last year. When George and Cidi

35:51are available, Fergie takes a back seat. Yeah. Seattle's 1 and0. Jason, taking on the Arizona

35:57Cardinals, who are also 1 and0. Pretty much the same as the chance as everybody saw coming. Vegas

36:02line Seattle minus three and a half on the road. The overunder is 40 and a half. This is the second

36:09lowest total of week two. And it makes sense because it's part one backup quarterback Drew

36:14Lock. Part two great defense against Arizona should be able to slow them down. Um could the

36:22Cardinals start two and 0? Seems that it is in the realm of possibility. Yeah, cuz they are one and0,

36:29right? Yeah. Yeah. The math checks out there. Uh, I was with you in terms last week of of the almost

36:36upset because the the spread was just 10 and a half. It's too egregious against a team that has

36:42a a a potent offense. This one though, the Seattle defense is just so elite that it would surprise me

36:54a lot. Well, then then does that impact your start decisions for Arizona? Because you know

36:58Jeremiah Love, is he a lock in your lineup? It's brutal. So you look the prize picks projections on

37:03both Jeremiah Love and Algier are pretty much neck andneck when it comes to rushing yards. 37 a half

37:08for Love, 36 and a half for Tyler Algier. Those are not high numbers. No, they are. For Jeremiah

37:14Love, the the nice thing was I mean they gave him the what the carry inside the five. I think they

37:19were inside the five when he got the touchdown. Whatever. They were very close and the targets

37:24are going to go to Jeremiah Love, but it this will be a a pretty split backfield. I I think

37:31you're I think you're flipping a coin like week to week as right now the way things are between who's

37:37more valuable of Algier or Jeremiah Love which feels disgusting. Cardinals at home Jarian Price

37:43had 48% of snaps. Would you play Price over either Cardinal in this matchup? That is so brutal. So,

37:49you know, I mean, Hampton got slowed down last week by Arizona. Un I mean, very surprisingly,

37:54it really seems like you right now can expect kind of 50%ish of the snaps for Price. The matchup is

38:03still significantly better. I know I know Green though. Yeah. I mean, the Walter Nolan addition

38:08for the Cardinals versus what they didn't have him for a lot of last year. I think that's making

38:12a difference on the interior. So, Andy, do you where's your confidence with Price in terms of the

38:17the goal line? Not high. That's like No, I mean I but it's not high for love either problem. Yeah. I

38:24mean I think one guy has a salami problem and one guy's got an Algeria problem, but I think Jeremiah

38:29Love is the better player and that's the player I would go. That that's how I have him. I I was

38:34looking at my rankings. I have him 24 and 25. Who hasn't had a salami problem at some point in time?

38:40I mean who Yeah. Who amongst us? Who amongst us? Uh Jackson Smith and Jigba. Yep. Michael Wilson,

38:47Marvin Harrison. You got one of these guys, you got to play a cardinal receiver,

38:50throw Kendrick Bourne in the mix. Which guy do you start? Michael Wilson. Yeah. See,

38:55that was very definitive because and it wasn't before week one. And that says something when you

39:02Marv Marv is a player. I'm not dropping Marv. Not yet. But the he is definitely one where it's like

39:10I have to see it happen before I have any level of confidence. So here's the weird thing. So Seattle

39:16right favored Super Bowl champs, great defense. Is Is JSN the only player you're playing on this

39:20team this year? Yeah, pretty much. I mean, are you trying to find an alternate to Jadarian Price? No,

39:25I think he's a he's a fine running back, too. Yeah, I I've got him at running back 24, so

39:29he's or 25, so he's playable, but I don't uh I'm I'm not excited about Price. I mean, genuinely,

39:37I'm not excited about most players in this game. You talked about it at the beginning. It's one

39:40of the lowest overunders on the week. Obviously JSN is great because his of his talent and also

39:44because his target market share is outrageously other world. He's just the whole offense. Um Trey

39:50McBride JSN those are the only two people I really want to start in this game. Marvin Harrison,

39:59where are you right now after one week? He ran go routes. He was bracketed. He looked okay going

40:04back and watching this drop. Obviously he had a drop. It was a pretty okay drop. I I I rewatched

40:09that. That was that was not an easy catch. That was a blast across the middle way behind him. I'm

40:14not sure he could have caught it. Yeah, depending on It was much a different angle made it look

40:18much more difficult. Um I I think Marvin Harrison will be involved. He was open on a lot of routes.

40:24Um and the thing is is he he wasn't necessarily targeted, but the the plays still worked. I mean,

40:31you had Kendrick Bourne uh with eight catches, Michael Wilson with five. The offense was humming,

40:37but I don't think Harrison did anything bad. I don't, you know, I I I believe that in certain

40:42weeks he's going to be fine. This isn't the matchup I want to be like, I'm going to call

40:47my shot on Marv. I think Marv is involved. I think Marv will get, you know, more than 35 yards. Um,

40:57but I I don't sit there and see he's going to have 102 touchdowns. Ad break coming up. We'll get into

41:04the Dolphins and 49er game. By the way, play Trey McBride. If you if you weren't planning on it,

41:08please do that. play him. He's He's pretty good at football. And so far,

41:12pass rate above expectation like Arizona, Jacobe Brassette, the still high. The drum continues to

41:18beat for that that offense. They they look good in week one. It would be a huge win against

41:23Seattle in week two and and it'll probably be more of a a dog fight, I think, this week.

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43:22The Miami Dolphins. Oh boy. 0 and one with a rough week one. Goes go to San Francisco. Two. Yeah. I

43:30mean, this one is wild. San Francisco. It's not 13 and a half anymore. It's San Francisco

43:34minus 12. The overunder is 44 and a half. Cowards. I am shocked that the line moved

43:40that direction. Cowards. So, that's an implied point total for the uh for the Dolphins of 16.

43:46And that's a bad number. 28 for the for the 49ers. So in the Brock party era where 49ers teams have

43:54been favored by 10 or more points, it's happened nine times. They were nine and one and they

43:59scored more than 27 points in all nine games. They deliver when heavily favored. And um it's a hard

44:07it's a hard bet to say Miami is going to deliver. We we are we are gathering information on these

44:13rookie white outs I think for Miami that you know Caleb Douglas looked amazing in week one.

44:1894 receiving yards in your debut. That is the third highest debut for a day two wide receiver

44:22over the last decade. Chris Bell only 52% of snaps in week one. One uh two targets, one drop,

44:29one catch. And then Malik Washington still had a number of targets in this game. Didn't see a lot

44:34from Doulich. That was something we were watching in week one. But um they're probably going to be

44:39playing from behind. You're you're looking at your value for Achan to be coming in the receiving game

44:44or the big play. So I I it's hard to have much of an expectation. You don't bench Devon Achan,

44:50but the other guys on in this matchup, you you're not wanting to play any of them. Yeah. The only

44:55one that I might put out there in that veil tier would be Caleb Douglas. you know, if I if you're

45:01getting uh as much work as he got in his first week as a rookie, you're going to be down and

45:07you're going to be throwing the ball a lot, I expect targets to go to him. Um, with 16 implied

45:13points, you don't you don't assume that he's going to have a lot of huge fantasy success. So, he's

45:18like just a PPR floor play. That would be the the second player on this offense outside of uh Achan.

45:25I guess I guess Malik Willis in certain situations because of his rushing upside would be there. Um,

45:30but yeah, I mean you you just don't want Dolphins. The team stinks. You want some 49ers? Yes. By the

45:37way, Malik in that stinky week one still ended up as the quarterback 13 on the week. And he looked

45:42bad in my opinion. I I don't think he played well. Um, which is you can make the argument like, oh,

45:49that's good news. I I mostly agree because he can, you know, he can figure it out, get more. He's

45:54worth 220 passing yards, 39 rushing yards. Well, I just mean like his accuracy. I felt like there

45:59were a lot of bad throws, but at the same time, he's dealing with two rookies playing a ton of

46:04snaps that one of which he didn't really play with through camp. So, could be brighter days. I mean,

46:10to your point of like Malik Washington led the team in target share. Yep. And air yards

46:17and Caleb Douglas was the talking point because he's the one who actually got the production. It

46:20was like Malik Washington should have had the production, but Willis didn't get it to him.

46:27Brock Pertie is my start of the week. Christian McCaffrey, yes, please. Um, Kaylin Black with the

46:32injury report. Will they bring somebody else up? Will he be okay? We'll see. He was 43%

46:36of snaps and 15 opportunities last week. Would imagine Jordan James is not a healthy scratch

46:41if Kayn Black can't play. But would also imagine Christian McAffrey is just going to get all the

46:46work. I would I had I've had Jordan James on my dynasty team for three years or two two years,

46:51however long he's been in the league. I dropped in this week with Kayn Black's emergence and I just

46:55needed to pick somebody else up. It's just ironic. It's just one of those things where I think it's

46:59going to be okay. It doesn't matter. Yeah, it doesn't matter. Mike Evans, you play him. Debo,

47:04I think you're good there, too. I think both these guys spot start Demarcus Robinson if

47:08you're desperate. I mean, two catches last week after the departure of dribbling. You're looking

47:13for the touchdown with Robinson and George KD. Um, limited practices. You're going to

47:19see more of that. Only played 46% of snaps, but now Tanis Mc is out for the year. Yeah,

47:25just not an alternative option for this team. KD to me showed me enough to where I'm really

47:30excited for the second half of the year and also absolutely not starting him now. So, he is just

47:35a roster quality. Yeah. All those Jawan Johnson. Yep. Um Goddard, all those guys. All those guys

47:41I'd start over or KD. Uh who's the quarterback for Cooper Rush? Then KD cuz he could get a touchdown.

47:49Harold Fannon or George KD. Oh, that's a good one. Disgusting. Uh Fannon. Yeah, I go Fannon Colts

47:55Sunday Night Football taking on the Chiefs. We get more prime time. Ken Bone Walker Chiefs minus 6

48:00and a half over under 46 and a half. Good work schedule people. Honestly, the schedule people

48:05need to relish in his greatness. These first two weeks schedule people are kicking butt. I mean,

48:10the these these prime time games are fantastic. Read the read the Eric Benemy quote. Yeah, I will.

48:16This is for Mike, but it's also for everyone else out there who drafted Kenneth Walker. Eric Venemy,

48:21who Mike brought up all offseason as one of the reasons he loves Ken Walker in Kansas City. I

48:27hadn't seen this. You haven't seen this quote? He says, quote, you want to read it? Yeah, why don't

48:30you read it? Sure. He says, quote, ideally, what did he have? 23 carries. Some people have carried

48:37a whole lot more than that. So, I don't think you want to put a limit on anything. I think

48:42sky is the limit. Brother, this is delightful. I mean, it's why he went to Kansas. Yeah. Oh,

48:50another I don't like being Eiffel Tower. I need to get Kenneth Walker in one of these leagues so

48:58I can join in. Good luck with that. I know. It's It's over. I can't. I told you to draft him. Um I

49:04mean, look, barring injury, which is the story of all players. Can't you know, Christian McCaffrey

49:09and all these guys, he's going to be it's like so good every week running back early defense and run

49:15the football early on in the year for fantasy football. You want to see utilization. How are

49:23they using players? Kenneth Walker is going to be everything. It like maybe he can't, you know,

49:28all the un what sucks about this situation is like the the people that if if Kenneth Walker

49:37gets hurt, which he probably will cuz he's playing NFL football, he's most likely going to get hurt

49:43because running backs get hurt. Goodness gracious, the victory lap on Kenneth Walker missing a game

49:48or two is going to be so obnoxious. You're like, I told you. Like, yeah, he plays football. He's

49:56probably going to get hurt. 24% of top 24 running backs over the last 10 years play in a complete

50:01season. So, you have a threequarter chance, you know, 75% chance that you're going to miss a game.

50:06Rashi Rice, guys, two for 19 last week. Troubling. Was terrible. If you look at the separation scores

50:14in week one in terms of being able to, you know, get apart from the DB, I I I think you're going

50:22to play him in this game. I don't think you don't play Rashi Rice, but you are your tempered

50:29expectations probably. Absolutely. I think if you have Rashi Rice, you are praying for a touchdown

50:35and then you are trying to ship him out of town as soon as humanly possible. the utilization and and

50:42I know he's he's coming back from the knee injury. Maybe it'll completely change, but I think this is

50:45an Eric Benemy and and Kenneth Walker change of offense. Um where Rushy Rice isn't just the hey,

50:55I'm going to target you pretty much every other passing play. They had no one else. Yeah. Like

51:01you can you can actually throw the ball to Kenneth Walker. I think I as funny as it is,

51:04I think there's a world where Cyrus Allen is getting more and more and more snaps over the

51:08back towards the back half of the year. They've talked about bringing them along really slowly.

51:12What I saw from the wide receiver room in week one was we need to get a possession receiver. Yeah.

51:17They can go out there and run a if the 15 yard in or something and catch the football. That's

51:22not Thornton. That's not Rice. It's probably not Kelsey anymore. I'm I'm not telling you to

51:27go pick them up. I think this is just deep league, crazy deep league dynasty leagues. But if I'm the

51:32Chiefs, I'm like, I need to get a wide receiver on this team. And there have been rumors that are

51:37turning into like things I think are going to happen that Tyreek Hill will join this team by

51:42the midpoint of the season. I had not heard that. Yeah. He said so there there have been some stuff

51:47going out there. A reunion is possible. And if this team is cooking halfway through the year,

51:52I've seen Tyreek running now and breaking. He he he's our dynasty team. Mike, you still got Tyreek.

51:59Oh my gosh. Jonathan Taylor. Uh, this is going to be a hard matchup, but you never sit him. So, just

52:05play him because one play is all it takes. Alec Pierce practicing on Friday, so they gave him some

52:11time off. But that's good to see. Keenan Allen and Josh Downs. I'm afraid these guys are going to

52:16kind of cannibalize each other throughout the year when you also have to mix in Tyler Warren. Yeah,

52:21that one was wild. And Warren, by the way, horrible week save by the touchdown. I mean,

52:26three for 13 on 93% of snaps was disappointing to me, too. Keenan Allen, the the Keenan Allen,

52:31Josh DS situation of Josh DS being out there for such a high percentage of of dropbacks and

52:38routes for the Colts and yet Keenan Allen leading the target share. It will be something to watch.

52:45Yeah. Are you playing Alec Pierce or you know where where are you with him? This is a tough

52:50matchup. I'm willing to play Pierce, but it's more of as like a hopefully a wide receiver three. I

52:56think he's a great trade for target right now as he gets back into full snap counts. When when you

53:00get half snaps and um you know he he's supposed to be their dude and so he's coming off an injury,

53:07didn't get a lot of practice, didn't get training camp, played 59% of snaps, was still four for 61.

53:12I mean like right I mean that's the name of the game for him. 15.2 a carry or a catch again. like

53:18that's a target for Are you not wor I mean I I I can totally see him being a target for the second

53:24half of the season, but as far as this week in a tough matchup, are you not worried about the

53:29fact he didn't practice on Thursday? I believe uh that just seems Yeah, that's what I brought up.

53:36That seems bad. If you practice on Wednesday and you don't practice on Thursday, that's why I was

53:40asking Mike if he liked it because it's a bad matchup. I I would not be comfortable starting

53:44Alec Pierce, those those other guys. want to trade for him now that we've got in that that veil tier.

53:49I would throw those guys in personally. You guys want to watch a Monday night game? Giants,

53:52Jackson Darton company, Cam Scataboo go to LA and take on the Rams who looked pretty bad in

53:58week one. They looked quite tired. They look tired, but they also have missing personnel.

54:03Maybe Aaron Donald comes back this week. Maybe he doesn't, but Miles Garrett's going to be gone. And

54:08um in week one, it was uh they give up 40 points to wide receivers. That's not great.

54:14We'll see what happens in this one because the Giants look great in week one. Los Angeles

54:18minus 7. The world expecting them to bounce back over under 48 points. It gives uh the Rams 28,

54:24the Giants 20. So you expect full bounceback for the Rams in this one on the offensive side. Puka,

54:31Adams, Kairen, Cororm, Stafford. Yeah. I mean, we left Australia saying we're throwing the game

54:37away. Yes. And it's hard to do that because we just saw them be like not show up to a game and

54:45but I do think that that is the mentality. The the most difficult one for me is Devonte Adams because

54:50there was a world where at his age he comes in and has lost it. There's also the issue of utilization

54:56versus performance where he wasn't utilized inside the 10. He wasn't on the field inside the 10 which

55:02was and is his superpower. So he he scares me a little bit. I'm still starting him. You think

55:07that's prescriptive of this team? I don't I don't think that they did a They did real good when they

55:11utilized him there. Yes. I feel like that was an anomaly. I believe changes will come, but he's

55:16the only player that what I saw in week one from the Rams scares me that it might be prescriptive.

55:21Yeah. The other guys I just because the age component that you're just like the age and the

55:26weird like why would they I mean I think they'll fix the still 22% of the targets inside the 10

55:32stuff. Yeah. I I I would go back to him neighbors. I mean, six for 69 coming back from a serious

55:38injury when like two hours before the game, he was not sure he could go and play. Isaiah likely,

55:46he's back, baby. Yeah, I mean, Isaiah Likely, Cam, Scatteraboo, Dart. I mean, it's a pretty

55:50it's a pretty clean fourpack there, I think. Dart, Scatteraboo, Neighbors, Likely. Keep your eyes on

55:55Malachi Fields because I I just I like the dude. I think he's a good player, but I'm I'm not starting

56:00him. the I the the Cam Scataboo route share will be something to pay attention to because we you

56:09know he's just coming back from his injury so maybe they were trying to you know lessen that

56:16for him where Devin Singleary was kind of the the receiving back for the team but yeah but that was

56:22and it stunk it really it really stunk that they didn't throw him he's such a good pass catcher

56:26I but it's saying like this is a this is the new regime where you can't just copy paced last

56:32year's receiving work to the new to the new play caller. Yeah, it's the play caller is the issue.

56:39I don't think it's the health. I don't think it's coming back off the injury cuz they gave him tons

56:42of work. They they they did not seem like they were rusting him or or giving him low snaps. It

56:46seemed like on passing downs, he wasn't the back they were utilizing. Hopefully that changes. Um,

56:52it could have been a situation where it was Tyrone uh, Tracy who was really the guy they wanted to

56:58be that and then he took himself out of the game and then they're like, "Okay, well the other pack

57:03and maybe this week bad month. He's having a bad year." Um, so hopefully he hopefully Scataboo gets

57:10more involved. I do think obviously you've got uh, Miles Garrett on the IR right now. It looks like

57:16Aaron Donald is trending towards playing but it's not confirmed. Um, they're hopeful he will play

57:22Monday night against the Giants. I don't know if that impacts whether you're I mean, you you've got

57:27to make your decisions ahead of Monday night. I'm not sitting scataboo in any situation. You're not

57:32sitting scaboo. I don't think you're sitting neighbors in any situation. And the question

57:37then becomes likely you're not sitting dart. So then all three Joe Burrow practiced on Friday.

57:43A little injury update for you. Feels good. Jaylen Coker not on the injury report. So at

57:47least he seemed to tell the truth about it not being a big deal. Chica Conquo hamstring ruled

57:51out against the Cowboys. Go ahead, Mike. Just just will it into existence. Who's who? Mike,

57:56you want to tell the people who I picked up in our shared dynasty league? I am the Senator. Yeah,

58:01Jason did me a in a a very solid friendship move. Just a connection between co- managers.

58:07Ben Sinnate was picked up. Let's go, baby. There you go. I mean, uh Jesse Bates touchdown

58:13on the way. Here we go. Almost certainly. Almost certainly. Let's uh let's jump into the faceoff

58:24fantasy faceoff presented by prize picks.

58:32Alrighty, week one in the books. It was it was a successful week. Um we went what is

58:38it 10 of 12 on the picks from this section. So, um, Jason, it's time.

58:47Oh, that's a very We got a new wheel. We've got a new wheel showing up behind us here. The wheel

58:54of chain. All right, let's spin that wheel. Also, I do this in protest cuz my lineup cash and I got

59:03three out of four, right? Cheese head. Oh, no. Oh, the Lorax. Oh, the chasing the trees. the

59:10trees first. Uh, go ahead and take care of that. Uh, what is this? Looks like an orange shy. Yeah,

59:16you got to put that over your head. Well, then Oh, you left the glasses on. That's That's a

59:22way to do it. I feel like I'm going to rob a bank. Uh, you will have to take the glasses off anyways.

59:26You're going to rob a bank, but then also do some construction on the way out. Yeah. Well,

59:30I got to stay safe. Oh, he's working on it. He's working on it. Oh, get under there. Come

59:36on. You need some help? Uh, mentally. Yes. Oh, you look good. Oh, this is nice. I might Andy Reed,

59:44is that you? All right, we are into it. Jason, you look great. Thank you. Um, even under protest. All

59:53right, let's go ahead and kick it off here. Also, might I just say great job us cuz last week you

1:00:01went four for four. Yeah. For Mike and I went three for four. Yeah, it was it was a nice it

1:00:07was a nice week. All right, I'm going to kick it off here. Christian McCaffrey, Green Goblin,

1:00:12starting it off 16.5 receiving yards. I'm taking the more that that's the that's the uh Wait,

1:00:18how much? 16 and a half. That's about It's a free square if I is that the first drive. Is that first

1:00:25reception? All right, Jason, who's your Who's your running? Why are we not on his solo cam?

1:00:31Yeah. I mean, what are we doing? All right. Uh my uh Loraxes get old, too. Yeah. Look, Loraxes need

1:00:38glasses. Okay. And then your glasses need glasses. Oh, my running back start of the week or whatever

1:00:44this is. My prospects. I'm going with Aaron Jones senior all alone without Jordan Mason. More than

1:00:5161 and a half rushing yards. I think he gets it done on the ground. Okay. Does he? Okay. He

1:00:56does. That's spicy. Uh I'm going with Chase Brown. Cincinnati Bengals 21 and a half receiving yards.

1:01:04I will take the more. All right, moving to the quarterback position next. Guys, I just realized

1:01:08that this this isn't supposed to cover my mouth. This is a lot easier. I'm like talking through

1:01:14fabric. You had the fabric up. I had it up over my top lip because you were going to rob the bank.

1:01:18Yeah. All right, I'm going Kirk Cousins. What? At the quarterback position and that's not a goblin.

1:01:26More than 192.5 passing yards this week in LA. I like it. I'm taking Kurt Cousins. A little

1:01:35crazy. That's right. What do you got, Lorax? All right. Well, this is my Green Goblin. I've got

1:01:40Jordan Love. Oh, you're going back to the well of the only one you lost last week. Got it. But

1:01:44he's going more than 183 and a half passing yards. Okay, that's your Green Goblin. That is my Green

1:01:50Goblin. It would be funny if he let you down twice. He threw for almost 400 yards last Yeah,

1:01:55I I think they're going to let him throw the ball and and they can't really run with Marshon Lloyd.

1:01:58That seems better than the the rushy attempts for him this week. Yeah. Uh my Green Goblin is

1:02:03my quarterback as well. I'll be taking a Tyler Shuck, the Shuck Daddy himself. 17 and a half

1:02:10pass completions. I'm going to go more. Okay. So, you're going completions. Um you ready for

1:02:15this one? Wide receiver. You told me I didn't have to do the Kirk Cousins one, right? Oh,

1:02:19you What are you doing? Come on. Brian Thomas Jr. Oh, I wanted Jaylen Naylor. You just said

1:02:25Thomas want to start Brian Thomas Jr. today. 36.5 receiving yards. I'm taking the less, dude. Oh,

1:02:33all right. What a what a reveal to take the lower number on the guy you don't like. Okay. Well,

1:02:38I've got a similar one. Marvin Harrison Jr. 34 and a half yards. What? I'm taking the more. Okay. 34.

1:02:4934 and a half. I'm taking more. I think he can get that on one reception, which he almost did

1:02:54last week. He'll be more involved. Uh, is that the uh Are you sure it wasn't 60 and a half? Is this

1:02:59an issue with Jason not being able to read? What am I doing? It's 60 and a half. Jason for Marvin

1:03:04Harrison. Mhm. No, it's not. It's 34 and a2. All right. It's in the screenshot that I sent you.

1:03:10Okay, we'll give him the 35. Marvin Harrison Jr. 34 and a half. What a disaster for the receiving

1:03:14yards. I got Matthew Golden because I also believe in Jordan Love this week. Matthew Golden 46 and

1:03:19a half receiving yards. I want more. Look at you, Matthew Golden. Hey, this is, you know,

1:03:24last year was the year of Mike. This is the year of Mike. Forgiveness. I'm going to go with another

1:03:30wild one for you. Uh Trey McBride at the tight end position. 60.5 receiving yards. Maybe that

1:03:37is where the confusion. Yeah, that feels easy. That might have been confused. I'm going less.

1:03:40I'm taking less. I think Seattle's defensive focus will it fits with your over Jason. Um I

1:03:47am going Trey McBride less than 60 and a half. I think their elite defense will focus entirely on

1:03:53Trey McBride this week. I hope so. I'm going to take the less. Okay. My tight end, look,

1:03:58I'm going back to the well from last week. Darren Waller, who looked good, is getting more healthy,

1:04:04more involved. He's at 17 and a half receiving yards. That feels that feels very easy for him

1:04:10to pass that. Wasn't that what he was last week? Yeah. I mean, and he and he crushed it. So, uh,

1:04:15more more snaps. All right. More easy. 17 and a half. I'll take more. So you you went you went to

1:04:21two of the same dudes as last week when you ended up Loraxed. I mean I still I I still cashed last

1:04:26week. I was the worst of three great options. All right. Like the outcome the outcome of this

1:04:31show. You're like, "Yeah, I like that." But the but my to be fair, my lineup last week where I

1:04:36took these two guys isn't where I lost. It was the the tiebreaker lineup I had with Mike that I lost.

1:04:42That is true. Love lost for you last week. Uh I'm gonna continue to hate on the Browns. Harold

1:04:48Fannon Jr. six targets. Oh, interesting. Less interesting. There's a lot of really interesting

1:04:55ones in here. Trying to spice it up. So, Marvin Harrison receiving number is 34 and a half. Is

1:05:01that what you said? 34 and a2. 34 and a2. 34 and 12. If you're looking at the board, that is Let's

1:05:06look at Let's look at him instead. Uh, yeah. If it was 64 and a half, I would go less. Think he'll be

1:05:12in that range. Wow. Wow. That should be fun. That was Fantasy Face Off presented by Price Picks.

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1:05:43and it was it was forgiven. So, I still hit. All right, that is going to do it for today's episode.

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