Starts of the Week + Week 4 Games, Cat Fight! | Fantasy Football 2026 - Ep. 1984

0:00Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright.

0:22Welcome in.

0:25It's football time.

0:27New graphics.

0:28Oh, we got new stuff?

0:32I got a little nervous you weren't going to remember to do it.

0:35Does he have to time that up?

0:37I mean, he just hit the button.

0:37Does he have the ability?

0:39Yeah, I was a little late, I'll be honest.

0:41Okay.

0:41Yeah, he wasn't happy with it.

0:42We'll lock it in.

0:44So you're breaking out the graphics for Steelers-Browns, huh?

0:48It's the first time you want to break them out?

0:49That's right.

0:50For our...

0:50Watson-Rogers.

0:51Upcoming dominant Cleveland-Browns victory.

0:54Yes, Mike.

0:55Yes.

0:55I'm on that side.

0:56Browns bros!

0:57Oh, man.

0:58What could go wrong?

1:00Wow.

1:01Now, is that the game we've got the money on?

1:03Yeah, we got the money on.

1:04Fantastic.

1:05You can't keep track of how much stuff you got money on, can you?

1:08I can't.

1:08Can you?

1:09It's literally the only thing I have money on right now.

1:11Okay, fair enough.

1:11Well, we do get football tonight, and the week four of this season begins, so it'll be fun.

1:20Week four is a fun week, because after that is, you start to feel like, okay, we're getting

1:26a handle on what's going on with these defenses, who we actually have to target.

1:30I know.

1:30What was an outlier?

1:31I know.

1:31You also start bye weeks next week.

1:35Hmm.

1:35Yeah.

1:37Yeah, that's interesting.

1:39Yeah, we have some fun Sunday-Monday night matchups, too.

1:45Like, I think it's Lions-Carolina on Sunday night football.

1:49Oh, is that Sunday night?

1:51Yeah.

1:51Because that game's going to have approximately two bajillion points.

1:56That's Sunday night, and yeah, Carolina's defense, not good, and more beat up.

2:00Yeah.

2:01I'm excited.

2:02Are you excited?

2:03Because I have, like, Gibbs and Amon-Ra against you that night, because we're playing each

2:06other.

2:06Are you excited about that?

2:08No.

2:08That part, I'm not.

2:10I mean, I'm excited to watch the game.

2:11On Monday night football, you have?

2:13I have Tyler Shuck, Bijan, and Devon Vele.

2:17Yeah.

2:17I'm not excited about that.

2:19Yeah.

2:19I mean, but I am for the game.

2:20So that's fantasy football in a nutshell.

2:22But it should be a fun week.

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2:49We're going to jump into the news.

2:52News and notes from around the league.

2:57Oh, I didn't see this.

2:59Thursday night football, Steelers have ruled out running back Rico Dowdle.

3:02I had last seen that they were thinking he was going to be back.

3:05So it'll be all Jalen Warren tonight.

3:08Sean McVay said he expects Puka Nakua to play in week four against the Eagles.

3:12Okay.

3:14Okay.

3:16That's great news for all Puka managers as someone who has the Higby-Ferguson combo

3:24everywhere.

3:25I'm like, oh, man.

3:27But glad he's healthy.

3:28Yeah, that does change the equation for the spot start of Mr. Higby.

3:32Yeah.

3:33He might have been dropped in many leagues this morning.

3:37Yeah, that news changes things.

3:38Jalen Waddell practicing in full despite the report of a precautionary walking boot.

3:43Mike Evans did not practice on Wednesday.

3:46The news from their general manager, John Lynch, was that he's going to do everything

3:49he can to play through everything he can because, I don't know, probably at his age

3:53he has to play through something all the time.

3:55You're telling me he's going to do everything?

3:58Not just most of the things?

4:00I think he's going to try to do everything.

4:02What a guy, Mike Evans.

4:04So let's say you're getting Puka Nakua back, right?

4:07You're one of those managers.

4:08You made accommodations for Puka Nakua.

4:09And let's just say the two wide receivers that you had in at the time were Tett McMillan

4:13and Jamison Williams, two somewhat underperforming draft picks.

4:17Who would you put Puka in over?

4:19This week, unless weather changes things later.

4:23Both are matches are good because they play each other.

4:25Yeah, I really like Tettoroa this week so long as the weather is okay.

4:29I mean, obviously, the weather is going to be the same for both of them.

4:30So I would prefer McMillan this week.

4:34Yeah, I see a little rainy, rainy on Sunday Night Football.

4:37It should easily be McMillan.

4:39Right.

4:41Yeah.

4:41I don't know, man.

4:42That second half was disheartening.

4:43Coker's going to be out, so it should be a lot of McMillan this week.

4:47Well, we don't.

4:48We just know that Jalen Coker didn't practice Wednesday.

4:50He hasn't been ruled out yet.

4:51Correct.

4:51Yeah, I think he'll be out.

4:53Justin Jefferson considered day-to-day, did not practice on Wednesday.

4:56And then Jalen Coker, like you said, didn't practice on Wednesday either.

5:00But that's all we have by way of news.

5:01Not too much today.

5:02Let's jump into the starts.

5:07Starts of the week.

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5:11All right, boys.

5:12I'll kick it off here at the wide receiver position.

5:15Tadaroa McMillan.

5:17Okay.

5:17I see what we're doing.

5:19Is that really what it is?

5:20Yes.

5:21Okay.

5:21Yes, it is.

5:22You really slow played your excitement for him in the last segment.

5:25Yeah.

5:25I kind of like that guy this week.

5:27I have the lead.

5:28It's a little lead in.

5:31No, but seriously, play him.

5:32Tadaroa McMillan, people are very disappointed.

5:35I am very disappointed.

5:36Yeah, and I get it.

5:38But the reason you're disappointed is because he's a really good player,

5:41and he's not showing it.

5:42The utilization has still been pretty good.

5:4423% first read target share.

5:47He's had four red zone targets, three in zone targets.

5:51Those are very valuable.

5:52Unfortunately, hasn't come down with the touchdowns.

5:54This just happens.

5:55The help is in the way of the Lions' pass defense.

5:5929th in fantasy points allowed to wide receivers.

6:0229th in receptions allowed.

6:0329th in receiving yards allowed there.

6:04They are a great matchup.

6:06And Tadaroa McMillan, I think what's happened is Jalen Coker looks awesome.

6:12And so now we have to hate Tadaroa McMillan, and we don't.

6:15No, no, no.

6:16But I'm saying as a people.

6:17I don't think so.

6:17As a people, that's the vibe that I'm getting.

6:19I think I see that out there.

6:21I see, like, because I think – maybe I think Jalen Coker's better than Tadaroa McMillan.

6:26Now people are, like, crapping all over Tad.

6:28Like, he's bad.

6:29He's not a bad wide receiver.

6:31He's all alone.

6:32It's a perfect matchup.

6:33I can't imagine not starting him again.

6:36Pay attention to the weather.

6:37It sucks that it's a Sunday night game for weather, but there is a world where maybe you would flip off of him.

6:43But if the weather's not prohibited –

6:45Currently, showery, overcast, and miles.

6:47That's fine so far.

6:48Last I saw was, like, five-mile-an-hour wind.

6:50That's fine.

6:51Dude.

6:52Big dome.

6:53If that Sunday night matchup gets ruined by weather, big dome is – we're dropping the hammer on Monday.

6:59Nothing's going to be ruined for Jameer Gibbs.

7:01He'll be fine, Mike.

7:03Maybe.

7:04And the league leader in passing yards, Bryce Young.

7:08This is not a dome problem.

7:10This is an El Nino problem.

7:11It's a Super El Nino year.

7:13You're building domes just for one, like, 100-year event?

7:17Yeah, I am.

7:18Yeah, for sure.

7:19Super El Nino doesn't happen enough.

7:20Because in 100 years from now, when my great-grandchildren start putting their fantasy lineups in,

7:25I want them to know that great-great-grandpa started right here.

7:29Great-great-grandpa was soft.

7:31He liked a roof.

7:32He liked a roof.

7:34He liked anything.

7:36Let me guess.

7:36You have a roof on your house, too?

7:38Yeah.

7:39Most of it.

7:39Soft.

7:40Soft.

7:41Josh Downs at Washington is my start of the week at wide receiver since we're starting there.

7:45He exceeded a 30% target share and 45% air yard share in each of the last two games.

7:51He was one of the trade-for candidates I was a big fan of yesterday that you brought up.

7:55And, like, his expected fantasy points in the last two games was very high.

8:01He just didn't land on the opportunity share.

8:04I think it's going to happen this week.

8:05Washington is a great matchup.

8:07Dead last in fantasy points allowed to wide receivers.

8:09So when I say great matchup, I mean the greatest.

8:12His first read targets are off the chart.

8:15And it was this way last year.

8:16It was this way last year with the Colts as well.

8:19It's like they design plays for someone.

8:21And it's like he is the one right now with Alec Pierce gone and Keenan looking bad and Pittman gone.

8:28So I think Tyler Warren's awesome.

8:30Josh Downs is awesome.

8:31Yeah.

8:32I'm going with my trade target from yesterday.

8:34We're going with George Pickens against Houston.

8:39We got to, like, we're in week three, you know, or we're in week four.

8:44So far, Houston, through the air, 30th in explosive pass play rate, 30th in fantasy points allowed to opposing wide receivers.

8:52I mean, if we have another game of people just crushing Houston through the air,

8:58you got to start changing your opinion of should we be afraid of the Houston Texans.

9:02Right now, I'm not.

9:02And, George, when you're talking a discrepancy between expected fantasy points and actual fantasy points,

9:10he has the second largest gap.

9:13Only Michael Wilson is underperforming.

9:14His touchdowns are on the way.

9:16Yes.

9:16Jason, where do you want to go next?

9:18We'll go to the quarterback position.

9:20And all of us, Shuck, Shuck, yeah, just unite.

9:23Tyler Shuck is out there.

9:25You're getting in.

9:25Oh, yeah.

9:26I mean, I love Tyler Shuck.

9:27I wouldn't trade him to you in our Dynasty League, Mike.

9:30You tried.

9:31Well, you would have.

9:32I just, I wouldn't pay your price.

9:34Yeah, exactly.

9:35My price is high.

9:36Monday Night Football in a dome.

9:38Fantastic.

9:39Quarterback three on the season.

9:40He's looked really great.

9:41And we've talked about this a lot.

9:42The Saints, the Saints are so uptempo.

9:46You basically get an extra five dropbacks, like an extra drive every single game.

9:52You don't understand how upset my son is with me right now.

9:55Because you dropped Tyler Shuck and Mike picked him up and Mike is playing him against you.

9:59Point number one, I have Josh Allen.

10:01Because me and your boy know.

10:03We were OGs.

10:03Point number two, I drafted Tyler Shuck.

10:06But then it's like, you know, you know how it gets.

10:09Like, do I want a backup quarterback or do I want a shot at a better potential tradable asset?

10:15Now, he would have been the best.

10:16I mean, it was just.

10:17It is funny that you.

10:18Nobody wanted him for me after week one, by the way.

10:21Yeah.

10:21Your team.

10:22Especially that guy back there, Al Borland.

10:24Your team is like.

10:25But now I can't root for him because I'm playing.

10:27I don't want him to succeed for you.

10:28The only squad.

10:29It sucks.

10:30That could be like, Tyler Shuck is my backup.

10:33Yes.

10:33Because he's the QB three.

10:34Correct.

10:35The only person that could say that was.

10:36There's only two other teams.

10:37So it's amazing for you.

10:39Because the only person that could ever drop Tyler Shuck is the dude with Josh Allen.

10:42And now I don't get a root for the guy I like and drafted.

10:46We rise up.

10:47Do I get a ring?

10:48If you win the title.

10:49I'll send you a note.

10:51Okay.

10:51Anyways.

10:52It's a good start.

10:53Sam Darnold at the chart or versus the Chargers.

10:56Oh boy.

10:57I talked about this.

10:58The Chargers.

10:59They lose a tough one again.

11:02And you know, force five turnovers.

11:04And their reward is they go into Seattle to play a team in Seattle that lost.

11:10And champions respond to losses in a different way.

11:13It's the hardest place to go play.

11:15Somehow Sam Darnold in his defeat last week.

11:19379 and four.

11:21I mean, finished as the QB one.

11:23Chargers defense was carved up by Kirk Cousins.

11:27And Darnold at home.

11:29It just looks too juicy.

11:31Like I don't normally want to go to the Darnold level necessarily.

11:35But I think this week people have had injuries.

11:37You've dropped Drake May.

11:38You've you've.

11:39I've got a league.

11:40I'm playing Sam Darnold.

11:41It makes sense to me this week.

11:43I dropped Kyler.

11:45And because Sam Darnold was there.

11:46I'm struggling because I think I was the Drake major.

11:49Or I don't know.

11:50It's a safe.

11:51It's a safe play.

11:52That's the funny thing.

11:53It's the safest play this week.

11:54There's nobody playing better than JSN right now.

11:56Oh my goodness.

11:57That's exactly why Darnold is fine.

11:58Because JSN is there.

12:00He's off the.

12:01He's fine.

12:01Did you see the numbers?

12:02We're like 50% of the yards again.

12:04It's ridiculous.

12:05He has the second highest fantasy points of all time through three weeks at wide receiver.

12:09And the number one of all time was like.

12:11I think it was Mark.

12:11I think 2000 Marvin Harrison.

12:13Yeah.

12:13Yeah.

12:13Not the junior.

12:15Wait.

12:15What?

12:16But.

12:17Yeah.

12:18Sam Darnold's the best.

12:18All right.

12:19I'm going Trevor Lawrence against the Cincinnati Bengals.

12:21Yes.

12:21The defense has improved.

12:23But.

12:24We want game environments.

12:25How about.

12:26Tied for the highest over under the week.

12:28We got 51 and a half.

12:29Not just a 50.

12:31We have surpassed it.

12:33So.

12:33People are looking at Trevor Lawrence.

12:35Where.

12:36He was.

12:37An awesome week one.

12:39Very very down in week two against Denver.

12:41And then.

12:41He.

12:42He wasn't a top 12 guy against New England.

12:43But it was still good numbers.

12:45Don't lose the faith in Trevor Lawrence this week.

12:47All right.

12:48Jason.

12:48What about your running back?

12:49My running back.

12:50We're going tootin'.

12:51Bayshell tootin'.

12:53Juicy.

12:54A juicy one.

12:55In Cincinnati.

12:56He's.

12:56The running back 13 through three weeks.

12:59He was a running back 11 last week on 17 opportunities.

13:02The.

13:03The Jacksonville offense is just cooking right now.

13:08And I really think that they have.

13:09The way that they've talked about him.

13:10The way they've utilized him.

13:12I think Bayshell tootin'.

13:12I've tried to trade for him in a couple places.

13:14He looks like he's going to be the dude.

13:16The Bengals defense has gotten better.

13:18They're improved.

13:19But if you look a little deeper.

13:21They're still giving up high rates of explosive plays.

13:25And that's what Tootin has in his wheelhouses.

13:29He ranks second among all running backs in rush success rate.

13:32And first in those plays reaching 15 miles an hour.

13:35More than Gibbs.

13:36He's very explosive.

13:37So I think the matchup is okay.

13:39And I can't fathom benching Bayshell Tootin'.

13:41And I'm going from the waiver wire right into your starting lineup.

13:45We got Braylon Allen.

13:47It's a one week as of right now.

13:49We've seen one game with Braylon without Brees.

13:51And it was 16 opportunities.

13:53That included five targets and 81 total yards.

13:56And it's the matchup.

13:57It is juicy.

13:59Chicago 29th in EPA per rush allowed.

14:02So this is.

14:02And I expect a heavy, heavy dose of the run game.

14:07As opposed.

14:08Like Geno was awesome last week.

14:10I think that this week with the Jets against Chicago.

14:12They're going to be on the ground.

14:14Aaron Jones against Miami is my pick this week.

14:16Jordan Mason on injured reserve.

14:18Okay.

14:19Yeah.

14:19No, I'll take the old man voice for Aaron Jones.

14:21Look, he's been a high-end RB2 since the move of Jordan Mason to IR.

14:26The last two weeks.

14:28Since the Jefferson administration.

14:3180% of snaps.

14:3350% of the total rush attempts and targets.

14:37Miami's 30th against running backs.

14:39It's a 10.5 point favorite Minnesota team that should be running the ball all day.

14:46Yep.

14:47Yep.

14:48You screwed it up because you were like, I'm going first.

14:52And I'm going with the position we don't normally start with.

14:54I'm going to go with.

14:55You messed yourself up.

14:56A Nolens stack.

14:58I'm going to keep starting Juwan Johnson every week right now.

15:00He's been fantastic.

15:02You know, against the Falcons.

15:04He's a tight end four through three weeks.

15:06Averaging 12.9 fantasy points per week.

15:09He's very involved.

15:10He's tied with Trey McBride for the league lead in end zone targets.

15:13Second most red zone targets.

15:15I mean, it's perfect.

15:17And Atlanta's 26th in fantasy points allowed to tight end.

15:19So, you know, this was one of our, you know, most targeted like late round guys.

15:26Week one pickup.

15:27Right now it looks like he's a weekly start.

15:29Maybe that changes when Jordan Tyson, you know, gets off of IR, which could be as soon as this week.

15:34But he's on IR right now.

15:36Or as soon as next week.

15:37So, yeah, keep starting Juwan Johnson.

15:40And I'm going with Tyler Warren.

15:42Josh Downs is a great play, but I think Tyler Warren is as well.

15:45We're going to attack Washington throughout the entirety of the season.

15:50And, you know, even though week one felt not great, he is the only tight ends with eight and a half fantasy points in each of the three weeks.

16:00McBride, Kelsey, Juwanson, and Tyler Warren.

16:03It's been quietly okay.

16:06And Washington is 31st in schedule just to points to the position.

16:10You'll be playing tight ends against them all year.

16:13All right.

16:14I'm going with.

16:15Oh.

16:18Okay.

16:19We got to get that jersey updated.

16:22Darren Waller against Detroit on Sunday night.

16:25Annual update of Darren Waller's jersey.

16:27That's right.

16:27I mean, he can probably just do like a huge change on that.

16:30I think that's what we did last time.

16:31To get it from Miami to the Carolina blue.

16:35I think we can pull that off.

16:37The snap shares, they're going up.

16:39Yeah.

16:40I mean, Darren Waller, Detroit.

16:42We talked about it.

16:42Sunday night game.

16:43High over under.

16:44Jalen Coker could be out.

16:46You know, the snaps were up at 51% last week.

16:49Red zone target.

16:50Lions have been bleeding points to the tight end position.

16:53Listen to this.

16:54Saints tight ends, two of them in week one.

16:56Bills tight ends, two of them in week two.

16:58Touchdowns.

16:59Jets tight ends, two touchdowns last week.

17:01Yeah.

17:01Delightful.

17:02Two a week?

17:03I'm having a real problem here because I think the breakout is coming for Tucker Craft

17:08at some point.

17:09It is.

17:10It definitely is.

17:10But I'm sitting here staring down Darren Waller versus Tucker Craft this week and having

17:14a harder time by the minute deciding about what I want to do with that decision.

17:19So I think Waller is going to be especially if you know Detroit's putting points up.

17:24I mean, Coker is out.

17:26Yeah.

17:26I don't know how you wouldn't play.

17:29I know.

17:29The Walrus there.

17:30I know.

17:31I plus I feel like if I did that and bench Tucker Craft, I could force the breakout because

17:35it would definitely happen.

17:37I would be under my control.

17:39But there you go.

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19:03All right.

19:03We have a London game, guys.

19:04You ready to get up at 630?

19:06You want to watch a little early football, Mike?

19:08Boo.

19:09Not really.

19:11Yeah.

19:11The Colts at 1-2 take on the Commanders.

19:13Even less now.

19:141-2.

19:15There's going to be fantasy goodness in this one.

19:19Yeah.

19:19Indy minus 3.5 over under 47.5.

19:21That's a nice number.

19:22Not bad.

19:23And a couple teams that I don't know.

19:27I don't know about either one of them, to be honest.

19:29You know, you said through three weeks we get an idea of who these teams are.

19:34I mean, what are your thoughts?

19:35I mean, Daniel Jones so far?

19:36I don't know that I've been in love with what I've seen so far from Daniel Jones.

19:41No, so far Daniel Jones is looking.

19:45It was Baltimore, Kansas City, Houston.

19:47So you can say that's a gauntlet.

19:48I don't think he's looked terrible.

19:51But it's not unlike when he had a great year for the Giants and got the extension.

19:57And then he turned into a pumpkin.

20:00And then he was playing great last year.

20:02And he turned into a pumpkin.

20:04The injury is not a joke.

20:05No.

20:05He is a mobile quarterback.

20:06That was one of his superpowers.

20:08Nine fantasy points, 11 fantasy points, and seven.

20:12Considering we have two Colts receivers that are starts of the week, you know, pass catchers

20:18in Warren and Downs, the fact that Daniel Jones can't surpass 12 fantasy points, not

20:23helpful.

20:24So I hope he can get it done.

20:25The matchup is great.

20:27I just think these are two teams that I've been, like, I expected the Colts to look a

20:30little better than they have.

20:31And I expected the Commanders, honestly, to look worse than they have.

20:34And here we are.

20:36So Mariota last week, it was awesome.

20:3720 fantasy points, threw for three touchdowns.

20:39Can definitely stream him.

20:41Yeah, I think this week you can.

20:43Jonathan Taylor, of course, you're playing him.

20:44And we've talked about Downs and Warrens.

20:46So flipping to the other side.

20:48Well, you can play Keenan, too.

20:51Can you?

20:52Yes.

20:53He's going to.

20:54But do you want to?

20:55Not necessarily, but.

20:57Yeah, he had nine targets last week.

20:58I think Mike's right.

20:59You can.

21:00Again.

21:01Yeah.

21:01Well, Andy scored last week.

21:04We like the other guys more.

21:06I'm just saying.

21:07And insert, like, if you're in a 14-teamer, then Keenan Allen feels like about as good

21:12of a flex start as you'll get.

21:14On the running back room for the Commanders, Ja'Cory Kreisky-Meritt last week, if you watched

21:21the game, so he had 19 attempts on the ground that equated to 36 yards.

21:28That's 1.9 a carry.

21:29That part was bad.

21:29The part that was good is he had a 50-plus yard touchdown run, called back on an irrelevant

21:35illegal formation that had nothing to do with the play.

21:37So he did make a big play that didn't count.

21:40He was almost my start of the week.

21:42I was between Basial Tootin and Ja'Cory Kreisky-Meritt.

21:45And Bill?

21:46Yeah.

21:46And Bill?

21:47Huh?

21:48I don't have it anymore.

21:48Oh, you don't have it.

21:49Come on.

21:49But yeah, I mean, he's getting the opportunity.

21:52There.

21:52That's fine.

21:53Yeah.

21:53Yeah.

21:54But 20 opportunities last week.

21:56And that was against Seattle.

21:58Seattle's a very difficult team to run the ball on.

22:01And so you don't expect them to be great.

22:03It's not like their other options were great and Bill was bad.

22:07Now you have Rashad White.

22:10Dealing with an injury.

22:10I don't know if he's going to play this week.

22:12They go out and sign Austin Eckler.

22:14He's back.

22:15Which leads me to believe maybe Rashad White's shoulder is more serious.

22:18I think Bill gets a lot of work in this game.

22:20And against the Colts, you're fine.

22:23I mean, that's a great matchup.

22:24I agree.

22:24Bounce back week for McLaurin last week.

22:28Almost did it two weeks ago when Jason made him a start of the week.

22:30He just had a couple of almost touchdowns.

22:33Last week he got into the end zone, had nine more targets.

22:35The last two weeks have been great with the target share.

22:38And six catches, 77 yards.

22:41I'd certainly prefer him over like Diggs or anybody else in that passing offense.

22:46The hard part for Diggs is this is actually very juicy in terms of because he's playing the slot.

22:53You know what?

22:54I'm almost 60% of the time.

22:56And the Colts are, to my numbers, the second most vulnerable team against the slot wide receiver.

23:01But the Mariota factor makes it more difficult to trust.

23:06But Diggs should be great in this matchup.

23:09Yeah, we haven't seen the, you know, the snap count rise to a level where we'd be, you know, all about Antonio Williams.

23:18So I think that's kind of cooled off.

23:20Yeah.

23:20Yeah, he feels like an injury or next year, injury away or a next year play.

23:27The New England Patriots back in the United States here, they're one and two.

23:32They take on the three, you know, Buffalo Bills.

23:34So you've had a hard start.

23:37Head to Buffalo.

23:38Good luck with that.

23:39Oh, man.

23:39The highest implied point total on the week is the Buffalo 27.5.

23:44This game is Buffalo minus six and a half over under 48 and a half.

23:48You know, I think the most difficult thing to get your confidence back is to travel to your division rivals home field and face, you know, Josh Allen, who is going to put points up.

23:59It's going to put you in a position to do everything that, like if I wanted to help Drake May, I'd want to run the football and be efficient and then play good defense.

24:08And then let him win the game in, you know, by not having to do everything.

24:12And this is a game where at some point it's likely Drake May has to try to put the team on his shoulders and do more.

24:18It's just a shaky situation.

24:20And, you know, how do you, Andy, how do you feel about the 21 points implied for the Patriots?

24:25Like feels high.

24:27Can they get to 21?

24:28Well, I think this is just all based on how atrocious the Bills defense has been.

24:33I mean, the Bills last week, they did win the game, but I mean, on the year 24th against running or quarterbacks, 29th against running backs, 28th against wideouts.

24:42I am a little surprised at that.

24:45But, you know, I think part of the problem is, is when we're like, like, just tell me the story of the Patriots scoring points.

24:53That's what I mean.

24:54You don't know who any main characters are in this book.

24:56Like there are none.

24:57Travion Henderson rips off a long touchdown.

24:59The end?

25:00It's somewhere.

25:01The end of the story?

25:01No, I mean, is that the only three times to get to 21 points?

25:06Oh, man.

25:07I don't know.

25:07Is there a pass interference penalty near the end zone that Ramondre can take advantage of?

25:11It really does feel difficult to see them scoring.

25:14They've just been an inept offense.

25:15How do we not have like a 10 target game for Romeo Dobbs who you paid all this money to?

25:19We haven't had that at all.

25:20It's weird.

25:21You've got Mack Hollins leading the team in target share.

25:24You've got a tandem of running backs that each makes the other irrelevant, sort of.

25:28If I had to start one, I'd still start Ramondre.

25:32I have them back to back in my rankings.

25:35But I mean, I don't care if you want to go the other way.

25:37Yeah.

25:37And I think it's really a matter of like, if you're the underdog going to match up.

25:41Who would you rather score six points for you?

25:43If you're the underdog in a matchup, throw Travion Henderson out there for the idea that he gets a big blow up game.

25:49The more likely leader in fantasy points is Ramondre, but probably without a very high ceiling.

25:56So I don't love playing either.

25:58The matchup is great.

25:59The over-under is good.

26:00Do you start a Patriot?

26:03I think in most leagues, you're going to have Ramondre or Travion Henderson on rosters where you're going to start them.

26:08Yes.

26:09It's not like they are shoe-in top 15 running backs by any means.

26:14But in today's NFL, you're probably needing to start them.

26:19Josh Allen James.

26:19Oh, here's a good question.

26:21Patriots running back or Ollie Gordon?

26:22I mean, I'd play Ollie Gordon.

26:23I would play.

26:24For the chance that something like 20 carries.

26:27I mean, we don't know if Jalen Wright's going to play this week for Miami.

26:32So there's just no world I wouldn't try Gordon now.

26:35I would go with the Patriots.

26:36I would go with both Patriots.

26:38Both of them?

26:38Yeah.

26:39Yeah, well, you guys are like, I've picked up on that.

26:41I mean, we talk about how are the Patriots going to score 20 points, but against Minnesota,

26:45how are the Dolphins going to score three?

26:48Okay.

26:49Strong point.

26:51I kind of put the Minnesota part out of my mind for a second and was just focusing on workload.

26:55But yeah, I was going to accuse you guys of being anti-Ollie, but I think you're pro-Vikings.

27:01That is correct.

27:02James Cook and Allen, of course, you play them.

27:04Dalton Kincaid, get them back out there.

27:05See if we...

27:06It will be a bit of a...

27:08Like, you want to preview a potential storyline for next week?

27:11A disappointing Kincaid game?

27:14We'll put you in the position of saying, same old, same old.

27:18Or, you know, I feel like it's an important one.

27:21This is a very tough matchup.

27:22I mean, New England against tight ends is...

27:26Number one.

27:26Yeah, they're number one.

27:27They don't give up a lot of points against tight ends.

27:304.5 points per game on average.

27:32Which they've played...

27:34I mean, they've played some tough teams, right?

27:35I mean, they are like some tough tight ends.

27:38They stopped Kelsey, right?

27:39That was one of their games?

27:41Am I misremembering their schedule?

27:43Baltimore?

27:44Yeah, you are misremembering.

27:45You had Seattle, Pittsburgh, and Jacksonville.

27:47Yeah, I think I was a matchup before.

27:49So, they...

27:50Those are not any big tight ends that they faced.

27:52The prize picks projection for Dalton Kincaid's at 53.5 receiving yards.

27:57Oh.

27:57That's not bad.

27:57That's only ahead of him is Bowers McBride-Kelsey.

28:01Because he's a big play guy.

28:02Yeah, the projections are still there.

28:04I'm still playing Dalton Kincaid with confidence, even if...

28:07Would you play Waller or Kincaid?

28:09Oh, man.

28:10If you have the decision.

28:12Oh, my gosh.

28:14It coquers out.

28:16That's such a firestorm of a perfect situation for Darren Waller that I think I'm still going to play Kincaid.

28:25But it...

28:26I understand that.

28:28What do you guys think about DJ Moore as a trade-for candidate?

28:31I like that.

28:32He's been very, very involved.

28:34Yeah.

28:35And he got hurt.

28:36Ten targets.

28:37I believe that he is going to be there.

28:40Like, if we do...

28:42I'm sure we will soon do, like, a redraft.

28:44We usually do early in the year where we draft people over.

28:47I doubt we get to where DJ Moore would go, but he would be significantly higher to me.

28:51The way he has looked this year, the involvement in the offense, I am fully bought in that DJ Moore will be the primary wide receiver for a great team.

29:03And I think at the end of the year, you could look back and say, this is like a top ten wide receiver.

29:07That's really bullish.

29:08And it feels weird because last...

29:10We had the injury game where he hurt his shoulder and went out with a negative.

29:15I believe he had...

29:16I'm seeing negative 0.1 fantasy points.

29:19And so that's going to really...

29:20It's going to bring down your total average.

29:22It's going to bring down the manager's feelings about them.

29:24But he comes back with the injured shoulder.

29:26Gets ten targets.

29:28I really like DJ Moore.

29:29I'm going to be extra transparent here to my own detriment.

29:33But I want to have the discussion because I think it benefits the listenership.

29:37I've really had the long thought process.

29:39And maybe this is just my own problem because I can't just stay pat with a great team.

29:43But I've had the thought process of like, is...

29:47And we didn't bring him up on the tradeaway candidate yesterday.

29:50But Devontae Adams is having the best three-game start of his career.

29:53He's an older wide receiver.

29:56He is a compelling...

29:58Like, if you're offering him around, that's a compelling player.

30:03And I've had the thought about how do I view...

30:05How do I view DJ Moore?

30:08I hate this so much.

30:09Why do you hate this?

30:09I hate this because what you're saying is that you're considering trying to offer Devontae Adams for DJ Moore.

30:16And something else.

30:18And plus?

30:19Oh, my gosh.

30:20He would have to.

30:21He'd be worth plus.

30:21For that move where the market is right now, Devontae Adams is worth more.

30:26I mean...

30:26I've had the thought.

30:27And then, you know, I have Josh Allen.

30:29Yeah.

30:30You know the math on that.

30:31And it's like...

30:33It's really...

30:34It's always going...

30:35No matter how...

30:36Like, if you think we're smart, if you think we're dumb, whatever.

30:39No matter who you are.

30:42You can have it in your mind that you're going to trade a player that's...

30:45That's like a great trade-away candidate.

30:47But if they've played three amazing games in a row, I don't think there's a soul out there that doesn't feel like, what if it keeps going?

30:55Like, Adams has been that good.

30:58What if Puka has surgery?

30:59All these things go on your head.

31:00Yeah.

31:00What if he goes out and plays this week and then it's re-aggravated?

31:03And...

31:04I mean, that's a humongous deal.

31:06So, it has crossed my mind.

31:08Like, those two players.

31:09I feel like DJ Moore is a trade-four candidate.

31:11I feel like Devontae Adams is probably...

31:14He's probably going to maintain value throughout the year, but he's probably not going to be what he is right this moment.

31:18No.

31:18Not what he is right now.

31:20I mean, Devontae Adams...

31:21Let me see where he is on the year.

31:22He's the wide receiver, six.

31:24He's been insanely good.

31:27Yeah, 195, 137 yards these last two games.

31:30I don't mind the thought process.

31:32I hope that...

31:33But I do...

31:33I think Adams is more valuable at the end of the year.

31:36That, I mean, that...

31:37And DJ Moore.

31:37Yeah, and DJ Moore has dealt with the injury already, and there's some concerns about, you know,

31:43Josh Allen hasn't needed a go-to guy since the Diggs years.

31:46So, sorry for the detour there.

31:48No, no, that's fine.

31:49I mean, whatever you do, I just hope it's the wrong decision.

31:51It could be.

31:53And it's worth remembering, you know...

31:56That I've made wrong decisions lots of times.

31:58No, last year, Devontae Adams was the wide receiver, eight, and Puka played.

32:03Yeah, no.

32:03It's not like Puka...

32:04Puka coming back destroys...

32:05I can't tell if he's trying to talk me out of trying to pursue this.

32:08Puka coming back...

32:09That's where I'm with it.

32:10Absolutely destroys the Terrence Ferguson, Tyler Higbee...

32:14But not Adams.

32:15But not Adams.

32:16No, not Adams.

32:16There's two valuable pieces for the Rams.

32:18And one thing to remember is Puka's return, the reason he didn't play is he said his explosiveness

32:25wasn't there.

32:26So, we still need...

32:27When he plays, we still need to know that he's 100% Puka, right?

32:29You don't want half Puka.

32:31Am I right?

32:32I would take half Puka.

32:33Yeah, that would be pretty good.

32:35I would score most wide receivers.

32:36The New York Jets in our next matchup at one and two, taking on the Chicago Bears with

32:40the big Monday night victory, making Philly look silly.

32:45The Vegas line, Chicago minus three and a half, over under 43 and a half.

32:51You know, the Jets have been a competent team this year, which is great because competence

32:57at quarterback means relevance for Garrett Wilson.

33:00Maybe Kenyon Sadiq continues in a sense.

33:02He was limited in practice with a back injury, which I would guess happened when he laid out

33:07and looked in pain at the end of that catch.

33:12But the Bears, Case Keenum, we think it'll be Case Keenum?

33:15Think so.

33:17Caleb Williams was getting better every day.

33:20They have said they know who the quarterback is.

33:24But they won't tell.

33:25I was a little confused because I saw the locker room stuff with Case Keenum.

33:29Oh, his little, with the speech, the game ball speech?

33:32With the speech, which was awesome.

33:33The speech was great.

33:34But then like, Caleb didn't play, right?

33:37Are you talking about the robe?

33:38The robe.

33:39But he clearly did a little post-game shower.

33:41He's in the robe.

33:42Well, you could, just because you're not playing, I mean, you might get a little dewy.

33:47Okay.

33:48Okay.

33:49Just thought it was weird.

33:50And it was a really nice robe.

33:52I don't feel like we all got that robe.

33:53You think it's weird that a guy's like, hey, you know what I could be wearing right now?

33:57No, the robe.

33:58Of luxurious spa quality robe?

34:01You got to go take shower time from the guys that play.

34:05I think there's enough showers for everybody at a professional facility.

34:09They're not sharing one leaky bucket.

34:11This is the question.

34:13Was he in pads?

34:15No.

34:15So he was just in normal, regular clothes at a game and then was like, that is weird.

34:21I'm going to go change it to a robe.

34:22It's weird.

34:23But also, it's a robe, Jason.

34:25We all want to wear a robe.

34:27I wear a robe every morning.

34:28It's a great life.

34:29We all want to wear.

34:30Okay.

34:30I'm not going to dunk on a guy for wanting to wear a luxurious robe.

34:34Okay.

34:34All right.

34:36Start Sid decisions.

34:37Mike, you brought up Braylon Allen.

34:39Yep.

34:39His prize picks projections at 70.5 Russian receiving yards.

34:43That's awesome.

34:43Yeah, we will take that.

34:44That is...

34:45We do have...

34:46So I'm very bullish for this week in particular.

34:49We have popular Start Sid questions that are...

34:52Related to Allen.

34:53That are funny.

34:55Get that nasty button ready.

34:56I'll go to you, Jason.

34:58Braylon Allen or...

34:59Hold on.

35:00Spotlight.

35:01Or Omari and Hampton.

35:02Omari and Hampton.

35:04That's the wrong answer.

35:06But they're playing Seattle, right?

35:11Yeah.

35:12At Seattle.

35:12You're going to play...

35:13They just had 1.9 a carry for JCM.

35:17For the guy that's getting half the snaps of JCM.

35:19Yeah.

35:20I will absolutely still start Omari and Hampton in that situation.

35:24Okay.

35:25How about...

35:26Clip that.

35:27We're just going to keep the spotlight the whole time?

35:29No.

35:29It's any Hampton we need to have.

35:31Okay.

35:32And then Judkins.

35:33I would play Braylon Allen.

35:34Okay.

35:35Yeah.

35:35That one's easy for me.

35:37DeAndre Swift.

35:38But...

35:38You know, it's been a great start to the season.

35:40You have to play him on the other side.

35:43We'll see when Braylon Allen comes back or if you get Braylon Allen for more than one week.

35:48I'm avoiding the toughest part of this entire matchup right now.

35:51Garrett Wilson, play him.

35:53How do you feel about Sadiq?

35:54Like, after last week's breakout, do you...

35:57Like, where is he in your weekly rankings relative to the Dalton Schultzes of the world

36:01and things like that?

36:02Let me go have a peek.

36:03Seven for 105 and a touchdown last week with a 43-yard catch.

36:07Yeah.

36:07I mean, I've got Sadiq right now...

36:09You've got all the tight ends right now, but go on.

36:11No.

36:11I don't mean on my roster.

36:13I mean, in my weekly rankings, he's at tight end 11.

36:17I'm at 13.

36:18Yeah.

36:19It's like, you know, you can start him.

36:20The Bears are usually a little bit more of a pass-funnel team.

36:25Not that they're weak against tight ends, but I think that the way that they're using

36:29Sadiq is a little bit more like a wide receiver.

36:32So it'll be interesting.

36:34I think you can throw him out there and start him.

36:38You know, his numbers have gone up, his utilization, his involvement.

36:41He's a player who missed, you know, pretty much camp and preseason with injuries.

36:47So getting him involved, I think, will be a progression.

36:52And we've already kind of seen it.

36:54And it's been forced with some of the injuries around him.

36:57The latest I saw, I don't expect Adonai Mitchell to be there yet.

37:03Omar Cooper Jr. is on IR.

37:05So, yeah, I mean, I think Kenyon Sadiq is probably the wide receiver, too, for this team

37:09right now.

37:12What do you do with the pass catchers?

37:15So, I...

37:18Adonai Burden.

37:19Burden is in.

37:20Loveland.

37:20Like, assuming it's Case Keenum, he hyper-targeted Luther Burden.

37:25I'm going to play him with confidence.

37:31After that, the confidence goes away.

37:33Can we get the spotlight for Mike here with the Loveland decisions?

37:36Okay, give me some questions.

37:38Go ahead.

37:39Yeah, so, Mr. Loveland.

37:41Mr. Loveland.

37:41How about Kenyon Sadiq or Loveland?

37:44That is so dirty.

37:48Dirty.

37:49Oh, that's such a good question.

37:51My rankings have Kenyon Sadiq ahead.

37:53Harold Fannin Jr. after nine targets.

37:56Or Colston Loveland.

37:58Fannin.

37:58Why is Loveland doing so much cardio and not getting enough action?

38:02I don't know.

38:03I don't know.

38:03He's got 84% of snaps, 78% of routes.

38:06I don't know.

38:06Benzins...

38:06I mean, you can get him real cheap right now if you believe in the long-term return to

38:10relevance.

38:13Which you don't.

38:14Well...

38:15Or you're scared.

38:15I'm scared.

38:16Yes.

38:18It's definitely worth some...

38:19There's going to be some squads where you want to take the chance that he bounces back.

38:23I still feel like there's...

38:24It feels bad right now.

38:24There's no world where he doesn't have monster games coming up.

38:29Would you rather have Waller or him the rest of the season?

38:31Loveland.

38:31You'd be Loveland, right?

38:32Yeah, it would definitely be Loveland.

38:33I think that Loveland will still for sure have big, massive, weak-winning games.

38:40The one thing I am far more skeptical on now is that he will have the consistency that

38:45you hoped for as a number one target for the team.

38:47Yeah, that part is...

38:48And you don't get quite the answers you want even waiting weeks right now because Caleb's

38:52not there.

38:53Yeah.

38:54So you just said you're playing Burden because Keenum proved he could hyper-target him.

38:57We didn't see enough this year, I think.

39:01Kalief Raymond?

39:03Raymond will probably...

39:05If you play him, you will die.

39:05He will outscore Loveland.

39:07Everyone loves Raymond.

39:08Hmm.

39:09Raymond.

39:10Raymond.

39:11All right, we'll take a break.

39:12We'll come back with some more matchups.

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41:43Jacksonville, 2-1, taking on the 2-1 Bengals.

41:45This is fun.

41:46I mean, these are two very good teams, and one of them is going to be .500 after this.

41:49Plus, two pretty ferocious cats, if you...

41:52I mean, Kyle has given us the cat stats.

41:55Oh, let's have them.

41:56Cat stats?

41:56A cat fight?

41:57So, in terms of size, it's clearly the Bengal.

42:03The Bengal Tiger's got to be bigger.

42:05By a lot.

42:05By a lot.

42:06Up to 350 pounds for a Jaguar, 700 pounds for a Bengal.

42:10The bite force, which I have not researched these numbers.

42:14This is purely on Kyle.

42:15Underrated stat.

42:16He's...

42:18Cat stat.

42:18Sure.

42:19The Bengals got the size, but the Jaguars got the bite force.

42:211,500 PSI on the bite?

42:23Well, let's talk speed.

42:23Compared to 1050?

42:24Let's talk speed.

42:25You got a Bengal can only get up to about 40 miles per hour.

42:28Oh, slow poke.

42:29Only.

42:30While a Jaguar's up to 50.

42:32Catch me if you can.

42:33Can't.

42:34Thank you.

42:35So, who wins in a fight?

42:37The Tiger.

42:37The Bengal.

42:38Yeah.

42:39We tried to make it compelling, but the Bengal would win.

42:43Wow.

42:43There you go.

42:44My goodness.

42:45Trevor Lawrence, your start of the week.

42:47Bachelot Toot and Jason, your start of the week.

42:48Yeah.

42:48We won in on this game.

42:49And Parker Washington, your start of every week.

42:52Play him for Jacksonville.

42:53Oh, man.

42:54The Brian Thomas Jr., Michael...

42:56Or Marvin Harrison Jr.

42:58Like, if you are a rookie from three years ago with a junior in your name, you're going

43:02to be talked about at the trade deadline this year because there's more rumors about BTJ.

43:07We had rumors about him going to San Francisco last year.

43:09They have reemerged.

43:11San Francisco has a potential destination, which if you want to say, hey, how do you save

43:15your career?

43:16You can go to San Francisco.

43:18Yeah.

43:18Get a good injury severance.

43:19I know.

43:20That's true.

43:22Jacoby Myers is a flexible player this week.

43:26And then, you know, the nice thing about the Cincinnati Bengals, it's really easy each

43:33week.

43:33Joe Burrow, Chase Brown, Jamar Chase, T. Higgins, and log out, right?

43:37Yeah.

43:37I mean, there's no team ever easier than the Bengals.

43:41You have to start all of them every week.

43:45It's like Dallas.

43:46They're very similar.

43:47I mean, you've got play Pickens, play Seedy, play Javante.

43:51Would you rather play Jacoby Myers or Keenan Allen?

43:55Yeah.

43:56Jacoby.

43:56I want this game environment.

43:58I want a 51 and a half point over under two great offenses and the chance for 70 points

44:05to be scored in a game.

44:06Okay.

44:07Yeah.

44:08Yeah.

44:08So, you know, keep an eye on-

44:10And you don't have to wake up at 6.30 in the morning to watch.

44:12Yeah.

44:13Well, there are people, Jason, that don't have to wake up at 6.30 in the morning to watch

44:17it.

44:18Lucky.

44:19It's our job.

44:20But then they have to stay up until midnight for-

44:23And when we get done with our job, no matter how hard it is, we take a shower.

44:28No matter how easy.

44:30When my contractors get done working on my house, I take a shower.

44:34Yes.

44:35Perfect.

44:35I believe we're so focused on a man that just wants to be clean.

44:39How clean?

44:39Clean and comfy.

44:41You don't want to be clean and comfy?

44:42It's weird, man.

44:43I earned that shower.

44:45What?

44:46What?

44:46I don't understand that.

44:47I don't know.

44:48I'm just having fun with it.

44:49All right.

44:49Get healthy, Caleb.

44:51Yeah.

44:52Come back and score 59 points.

44:54He's working on his health.

44:55His health and his wellness.

44:56He's staying zen in his robe.

44:59Yeah.

44:59And he can give him all the guff.

45:01He's one of his three.

45:02My guys obviously loves Caleb.

45:04Yeah.

45:04Yeah.

45:05So I'm allowed a license to-

45:06Absolutely.

45:08Make fun of him.

45:09All right.

45:09The Cardinals 1-2 taking on the 2-1 New York Giants.

45:12Arizona favored on the road by 2.5.

45:15That is your-

45:16What?

45:16If you want to check in on the Jameis Winston meter, I didn't know that until just now.

45:21That's crazy.

45:22The over-under is 44.5.

45:24But-

45:25I have-

45:25That's why you traded for McCarthy.

45:28I have gone so back and forth on this one and been thoroughly convinced that both teams

45:34are going to figure out how to lose.

45:37But it's like both of their defenses are not great right now.

45:45The Giants lost one of their superstars in Brian Burns.

45:49But the Cardinals can't get pressure.

45:50And if you can't get pressure on Jameis, he will figure it out.

45:55Like he's not that incompetent that if there's no pass rush coming, he will find Malik Nabors.

46:02But the Card-

46:02You're like, well, but the Cardinals offense with Jacoby.

46:04How do they not outscore the Giants?

46:07It's a crazy game.

46:08I mean, 44.5 is not a lot.

46:10Jeremiah Love is going to be the story of this game.

46:12I mean, he should get pretty much all of the work like he did last week.

46:16They talked about it.

46:17They said it was just a hot hand.

46:19But his hand is going to be on fire here.

46:21The matchup is great.

46:22And the fact that you lost Brian Burns, your defense is beat up.

46:26That's usually where you beat the Giants is on the ground.

46:29I think that Jeremiah Love, you know, he could be the running back five on the week easy.

46:34Yeah, I think this is a very significant Vegas line to tell you the story of this game.

46:40Like Winston is statistically the worst quarterback in EPA per play in the league so far.

46:44So it does not give me any confidence.

46:47Statistically and visually.

46:48Visually speaking, he's the worst.

46:50And, you know, for the team to go trade for McCarthy, who's not exactly headline making talent.

46:55Right.

46:56So, so far.

46:58But that gives me, I like have no confidence in anybody but scat on the Detroit, on the New York side.

47:02Yeah.

47:03I mean, the scataboo start should be good.

47:05They're going to give him a billion opportunities.

47:08So how far down are you with Malik?

47:11Malik or Terry McLaurin?

47:13Let me see.

47:14I think it's Terry.

47:16No.

47:16I think it's definitely Terry, actually.

47:17I think it's Malik here.

47:19Last week was, you know, that crazy weather game.

47:23What do you have?

47:24Like 30 yards, but five targets.

47:27The Arizona Cardinals coming to town, I think, will be a salve for Malik.

47:31And I expect Malik to have 10 targets.

47:35And if you give Malik 10 targets and you're not in some kind of crazy stormy game against the Cardinals, there's a good chance that he has a big play.

47:43Are you positive that he's the same guy right now?

47:46When, you know, there was an expectation even of Jackson Dart was here that the beginning part of this season would start slower.

47:53I always thought that the beginning part of the season, I mean, this is the normal ramp up that is usual for coming off of an ACL.

48:00You know, we said when you drafted him that it would be a slow start.

48:04Like you said, even with Jackson Dart, I think the Cardinals defense is just the difference here.

48:10Will they be able to tackle him?

48:13I mean, their number one corner, Will Johnson, is gone now.

48:16So who's guarding him?

48:19Maybe Buda Baker can try to break his ribs like he did Mike Evans.

48:22But take it easy.

48:24He also missed an easy tackle on Debo and let him score 80-yard touchdown to your point about, you know, a big play.

48:32But, yeah, I don't personally, like I have neighbors quite a ways down the list.

48:38Like I'd play Josh Downs my start of the week over Malik neighbors.

48:41He's still in my top 24.

48:43Who was, I'd play Bird and I'd play Golden.

48:45Here's the most interesting one.

48:46He's at 25 for me, Mike.

48:47Here's the most.

48:49He's at 22 for me.

48:50So we're not too far apart.

48:52But the most interesting one is on the other side of the field.

48:55Michael Wilson.

48:56Oh, easy Michael Wilson.

48:57Coming off of 17 targets.

48:59Yeah, easy Michael Wilson.

49:00I mean, the Cardinals are favored in this one.

49:02They have the better quarterback by a wide margin.

49:04I mean, I'm taking the quarterback.

49:05I don't trust Jameis at all right now.

49:07But, yeah, I think he's going to be okay.

49:10He seems like he's not taking football very seriously.

49:13I think he'll be okay in this game.

49:16He's so ready to be a broadcaster.

49:17He's going to be an awesome commentator or broadcaster.

49:20Wherever he's talking, I'll be watching.

49:21He's got to be the sideline dude.

49:23Oh, yes.

49:24I don't think you can trust him to talk for the entire game.

49:27I think you need him to have his select moments.

49:29The sideline, the pregame, the postgame.

49:31I think he could be a color commentator.

49:33Oh, man.

49:34No, that's too much, Jameis.

49:35What about what Booger did?

49:37That was sideline.

49:38He rode the Booger Mobile.

49:39He didn't get a Winston Mobile.

49:40That's fine.

49:41He was actually the color commentator.

49:43And then we were like, we got to get this out of the booth.

49:46Yeah.

49:46And then they put him in the Booger Mobile.

49:48And we're like, we got to get him out of this Booger Mobile.

49:51Get back to college, Booger.

49:51There is nothing wrong with having a role to play.

49:56And I think Winston's role in the media will be amazing for the next 20 years.

50:00But it seems like we have a difference of opinion, though.

50:04I very much believe Arizona wins this football game.

50:07I saw.

50:07And I believe their offense is much better than the Giants in this game.

50:10I saw a stat.

50:11I don't have it in front of me.

50:13Don't know where it came from.

50:13Don't know the specific stat.

50:14Oh, my God.

50:15I don't even know the stat.

50:17The stat itself is actually a mystery to me.

50:19But it was.

50:21Someone find that.

50:21It was first read targets for Michael Wilson.

50:25What could I be thinking?

50:26For Michael Wilson and Marvin Harrison Jr.

50:29And they were shockingly.

50:32It was shockingly close.

50:34For career?

50:35No, no, no.

50:35I think it was last week only.

50:37And you look at 17 targets for Michael Wilson.

50:40So it was like, first read.

50:42They looked.

50:43So he looked at Marvin.

50:44He was like, nope.

50:44Nope.

50:45Like an active no.

50:47Yeah.

50:47It's like, we're trying, man.

50:48You're not.

50:50Does he just kind of giggle when he looks over?

50:51And he's like, oh.

50:52I think it might just be.

50:53Catch you again, Marvin.

50:54I think it might be a fake from the get-go.

50:56It's like, it's really just to make defenders go, I'm totally looking at this side of the field.

51:01Psych!

51:02Michael Wilson.

51:04First read target share?

51:06No.

51:07No.

51:08The stat that you didn't know where it came from or where it's gone.

51:11Is this the whole?

51:11This was, it looks like last week.

51:13Yeah.

51:14I thought that's what he was talking about.

51:15That is what I was talking about.

51:17Yeah.

51:1745% for Michael Wilson.

51:20So the stat that you didn't know.

51:21You didn't know where it came from, where it was from, or anything.

51:24It would have been fun.

51:24It would have been super fun.

51:26Here's a stat I made up.

51:28But think about how fun that is.

51:30If it was real.

51:31I'm going to find what I was looking at.

51:33Oh my gosh.

51:34Please do, because the numbers that we have is 45.

51:36I know, but I want to know.

51:3745% Michael Wilson, 18% Tray McBride, 15% Marvin Harrison.

51:41I will say this.

51:42Did you get hit by one of those satire accounts again?

51:45We'll find out.

51:46Did you get a guy?

51:46We'll find out.

51:47I did disagree with one thing you said yesterday about Michael Wilson, which was like this contention

51:53that he's never going to be the first receiving target for Arizona.

51:56I think that there's a place where Michael Wilson and Tray McBride really share that at

52:02the tippy top of the team's depth chart.

52:07And I found it.

52:09Michael Wilson, like the targets last week told me he could be a number one target.

52:13Yeah, for sure.

52:14I found what I was looking at, and it was a very great account from Jared Smola.

52:21This is why, when I said, I don't remember what I said, I prefaced it properly because

52:25I was letting everybody know I don't know what I'm about to talk about.

52:28You should have shared it.

52:29Yeah, yeah.

52:29Well, no, because we got to the truth here.

52:31That's what we do.

52:32Right.

52:33The winding road.

52:34It was a real close first read targets between Michael Wilson and Tray McBride.

52:39Oh.

52:41Marvin Harrison was down to 9%.

52:42So it's basically like, yeah, the offense is not running.

52:45They do not care about getting Marvin Harrison.

52:47Gotcha.

52:48But yeah, I think Wilson is a definitively great start every week.

52:54And obviously you play McBride.

52:55And a very good wide receiver.

52:57He's very Parker Washington.

52:58It turns out that, you know, we.

53:01When you're good, you're good.

53:02The fancy time machine where we had, who's this year's Michael Wilson.

53:05Right, it's Parker.

53:06No, it's Michael Wilson.

53:07Oh, yeah.

53:08That often happens.

53:10Like, who is the JSN?

53:11Yeah, we just don't believe.

53:12I couldn't believe that JSN could have a more perfect season than last year.

53:18It just, it was not statistically an outcome that could ever happen.

53:22And he's like, yes, I can.

53:25Yes, actually I can.

53:26I like somebody who was saying that this year's JSN is Brock Bowers.

53:29And I'm like, based on what I saw in that game, you might be right.

53:32Like Brock Bowers, I played against him last week.

53:35I was terrified on every play.

53:36And every play is open.

53:37And there's no way to cover him.

53:38That's, it's a, it's a cheat code.

53:40It was the old Kelsey games where you're like, you know, they're going to throw the ball to

53:45Travis Kelsey.

53:46Why is no one guarding him?

53:47You can't guard a tight end that's that like that.

53:49That's the truth.

53:50Who guards him?

53:51Buda Baker?

53:52You bring the safety down to guard him?

53:53It's just so.

53:54A linebacker can't guard him and you don't line up a corner against him because they're

53:57too small.

53:57Like anecdotally, maybe it's not true, but what I was seeing of like the, it's like short

54:02stuff where he's kind of leaking out a little bit later.

54:05And then it's genuinely.

54:06The defense is like, oh, he did it again.

54:08It's not possible.

54:09Not Brock.

54:10You can't do that again.

54:11We're not going to.

54:12And then the next play slow, just leak out, turn around.

54:15And it's funny.

54:15Cause I've never, I mean, when have you ever had a, you've had these lockdown corners, you

54:18know, Patrick Sertan goes up against somebody, they get one catch.

54:21When have you had one of the elite of the elite tight ends go into a game?

54:25And then it's like, we just shut him down.

54:26I can't remember.

54:27Kelsey never got shut down.

54:29Not in his day.

54:30Not in his day.

54:31Yeah.

54:31And McBride never gets shut down.

54:33They just, they're too big.

54:36Oh, that McBride.

54:39Oh, the face mask.

54:40It wasn't a stiff arm.

54:41It was a, it was a spike.

54:43It was a football spiked a human.

54:45Yeah.

54:46It was awesome.

54:47It was amazing.

54:47All right.

54:48We got to move on.

54:48The Rams one and two taking on the two and one Eagles.

54:51Vegas line here, Rams minus three on the road.

54:54So again, that is going on the road to Philly and being favored is the one and two team.

55:01Not common.

55:01Favored on the road by three.

55:03Yeah.

55:04The Eagles wins this year.

55:05Commanders Titans.

55:06So we're not proud of that yet.

55:08Over, under 43 and a half.

55:10Very low.

55:11I mean, if you watch the Eagles defense last or offense last week, and then you said, okay,

55:17let's go ahead and upgrade the defense you're playing against and now go score.

55:21What is the, I mean, how does that happen?

55:23They're going to need to run the ball more, um, which I don't know why they got away from

55:27it.

55:27It was working with Saquon last week and then they put the ball in Jalen hurts his hands

55:31and he's just not, he has looked really simple, really unspecial.

55:36He, he's targeting Devante Smith too much.

55:40And, and I love Devante Smith.

55:42I've got the, the hurts Devante Smith stack.

55:44But when I go back and I watch film on this team, it is just like, there are wide open

55:49players.

55:50You know, we've talked about Makai Lemon is getting wide, not like, oh, he's got a step

55:55on a guy you could have thrown on the ball.

55:56It's like, did you not see the dude that no one was guarding?

55:59And then you threw to Devante Smith and double coverage.

56:03And I don't know, man, it's like, he's not, he's not.

56:05That's got to make AJ Brown so mad.

56:07Like, cause he just wanted you to throw him the ball and triple coverage over and over

56:11again.

56:12I'm, I'm still hopeful that they figure this out.

56:15Um, specifically with Makai Lemon, uh, a rookie first round talent, uh, first round pick

56:22who, you know, should get more involved, should get more, um, you know, connection with Jalen

56:28hurts as time goes on.

56:30It's not going to be in this game.

56:31I mean, I can't imagine anything good for the Eagles offense against the Rams defense

56:36players.

56:37Like Makai Lemon are the very hardest players in fantasy to just keep holding on your team

56:41because you kind of, when they're not producing yet, you just want to rotate through the young

56:45guys that have a good week.

56:46You know what I mean?

56:47It's like Ted Hirsch is getting 75% of snaps.

56:49Oh, maybe it would be his week.

56:50And then maybe it'll be Antonio Williams.

56:52And then maybe it'll be this rookie or that rookie.

56:54I just think those guys are hard when you need a player.

56:56Like, I'm not saying he's not going to develop.

56:59I think he will.

56:59I just don't know when.

57:01And I, it's hard to keep those guys on the bench.

57:03Yeah.

57:03But in this game, like Saquon, sure.

57:05He ran well last week.

57:06He gets to face the six best rush defense that has Aaron Donald back.

57:10I have a hard time believing that it's going to be a big game for him.

57:15Devante Smith's dealing with the hamstring.

57:18You know, Dontavian Wicks.

57:21He's okay.

57:22I mean, he's okay.

57:24The, like, it's just not going to be.

57:26Their implied point total is 20.

57:27Okay.

57:29And these are two good defenses.

57:31Because I think that.

57:33Well, we think.

57:34On the Eagles side, I think it's very shaky.

57:37Barkley is in play just because of who he is.

57:39He's a superstar.

57:41One run can make the whole week in volume.

57:43The rest of the team, very scared of.

57:46Including Jalen Hurts.

57:47So, would you play Jalen Hurts or Bryce Young against Detroit?

57:54My goodness.

57:55It's disgusting.

57:56I think I pray Bryce.

57:58I mean, I told you.

57:59Are we playing against each other in the Dynasty League?

58:02Wherever it is, I finally made the move where I put Shuck in above Hurts.

58:07And it feels real good.

58:08That feels like an easy move.

58:09No, it was very easy.

58:10That's what I mean.

58:11That one's easy.

58:12But how about Jalen Hurts or CJ Stroud against the Dallas Cowboys?

58:17I don't like this.

58:25Because you know the answer is CJ Stroud.

58:26Probably Hurts at home.

58:27I think I go Hurts.

58:28I would play CJ Stroud.

58:29Yeah, I get it.

58:30Like, Jalen Hurts right now is not doing anything that you wanted for fantasy.

58:33The last two weeks, he would be on pace for 348 rushing yards.

58:37Not good.

58:383,500 passing yards.

58:39Not good.

58:3917 passing touchdowns.

58:41Not good.

58:41How many rushing touchdowns?

58:44Eight and a half.

58:45Okay.

58:45Hurts or the guy on the other side?

58:47But he's on pace for 26.

58:50Interceptions.

58:51Matthew Stafford or Jalen Hurts?

58:54Andy, what do you think?

58:55The former MVP.

58:56Last year's MVP against the current 27th.

58:57If he's getting Puka back and I get Adams in Puka, I'm playing Matthew Stafford.

59:03Poof.

59:05Good luck.

59:05I'm sorry, everybody.

59:06This one's been hard.

59:08Jalen Hurts or Drake May?

59:10Jalen Hurts.

59:11Okay, we did it.

59:12We got Jalen Hurts in the lineup.

59:14Yeah, play Kyron.

59:16Play Puka and Adams if Puka's active.

59:18If Puka's not active, Mumfield is the desperation there or the Tyler Higbee option.

59:24You don't have Goddard.

59:26He's not practicing.

59:27Wicks is desperation.

59:28Lemon is desperation.

59:30Devontae Smith, if he's active, you play him.

59:33But it's not a high-scoring projected game.

59:36There's supposed to be a little bit of rain, a little bit of wind.

59:39Maybe some water and heart.

59:42I don't know.

59:43Earth!

59:45The Green Bay Packers at 1-2 take on the 0-3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

59:48Okay.

59:50One win between these two teams and both fan bases are positive they're going to lose the game.

59:54Green Bay minus 3.5.

59:57Over-under 38.5.

59:59We may all lose with that over-under.

1:00:01That's what that tells me.

1:00:03Jalen Daniels, undrafted free agent out of Kansas, will get the start.

1:00:07Won the backup role in Tampa.

1:00:09And, yeah, that's who he starts for, Tampa.

1:00:12Bucky Irving was limited with a glute on Wednesday after they said he's got nothing wrong.

1:00:18They literally said he will not be on the injury report.

1:00:21Gotcha.

1:00:22Liars.

1:00:22But, yeah, both of these fan bases, like, let me go to the source here.

1:00:28Al Borland, as a Green Bay Packer fan, confidence in the running game right now.

1:00:33Zero percent.

1:00:34Zero percent.

1:00:35If you had to bet one guy gets more than eight carries, would you make that bet?

1:00:40One of the three, Brooks, Lloyd, Johnson.

1:00:44Are you asking Al or us?

1:00:46I'm asking you now.

1:00:47I do think that they will.

1:00:49There's been a lot of talk.

1:00:50I mean, first of all, I don't expect that the Tampa Bay offense is going to do a ton.

1:00:54So there's been so much talk this week from the Packers camp about needing to run the ball more even when it's failing.

1:01:02Because it's going to fail.

1:01:04I love that that's the context.

1:01:05Because it's really stating the exact state of affairs.

1:01:09Yeah, but it's like they want to, you know, they talked about it being like a body shot in boxing.

1:01:14Where it's just you've got to keep hitting them over and over.

1:01:16And you've got to stay committed to it.

1:01:17When you get a bunch of third and eight, you are body shotting yourself.

1:01:22Yeah, I get that.

1:01:23But my point is, when you really are committed to the run and you want to do it all game, you still cannot if you're down a score or two.

1:01:33And in this matchup against Jalen Daniels, an undrafted free agent rookie making his first start, I hope that the Packers aren't going to be down two scores.

1:01:44Because that would be embarrassing for them.

1:01:46And if they are up or if it's, you know, in a neutral game environment, I do think they're going to be committed to handing the ball off.

1:01:54But to who?

1:01:54Probably Lloyd first, Caleb Johnson second.

1:01:57Yeah, they came out and said that all the running backs have not had enough chances to get going.

1:02:02To me, that says maybe they'll pick one.

1:02:03To get a chance to get going.

1:02:05Last week, neither one had over eight opportunities.

1:02:07The price picks line, I think, is like eight and a half for Caleb.

1:02:11Give Caleb Johnson 15 touches.

1:02:13Here's my predict.

1:02:13I think they'll give Caleb the ball this week.

1:02:16Yes.

1:02:16And it will fail miserably.

1:02:19Yeah.

1:02:20But good luck against Vita Vea with this talent on the offensive side.

1:02:24Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, play them both.

1:02:26Tucker Craft, that is a spot where Tampa Bay has been vulnerable so far.

1:02:32He only has one red zone target.

1:02:35They've made moves to make the offensive line better.

1:02:37This is an easy math equation for Green Bay.

1:02:39Tucker Craft gets better when he gets healthier from the ACL and isn't needed to block in line as much because they fixed some things on the offensive line.

1:02:48Until those things happen, Craft will be hit and miss.

1:02:51I, you know, the breakout game is coming.

1:02:53I still believe it.

1:02:54I do, too.

1:02:55He's too good.

1:02:56He's paid too much money.

1:02:58You know, Jaden Reed is gone.

1:03:00Like, the kind of short area stuff.

1:03:04You know, is it this week?

1:03:05I am really indecided with him and Waller.

1:03:07I just don't know what to do with that situation.

1:03:10Yeah, that is pretty tough.

1:03:12I think I lean the Tucker Craft side.

1:03:16Like Mike said, eight targets last week.

1:03:18And similar to neighbors, you expect a slower start to the season, but they will get it together.

1:03:25But, like, by the end of the season, at some point, the athleticism catches up.

1:03:29I mean, the atrophy goes away and you are ready to be the manimal you were.

1:03:34I don't know if it will be this week, but the matchup is pretty good against the Buccan Aers.

1:03:38Stop dropping the ball.

1:03:39Yeah, that's going to be helpful for sure.

1:03:40Jordan Love or Jalen Hurts?

1:03:47Jordan Love.

1:03:47Jordan Love.

1:03:49I'm still confident in the passing game for the Packers.

1:03:52Yeah.

1:03:53They can't run.

1:03:53Matthew Golden and Christian Watson, it's delightful.

1:03:55My only fear at all was that last second visual hamstring pull from Christian Watson.

1:04:05Wednesday's injury practice report came out.

1:04:07He was not on it.

1:04:08He wasn't even listed as a full participant.

1:04:09He was just not on it.

1:04:11He was just doing a bit.

1:04:12Yeah.

1:04:13A little psych out.

1:04:14Got us.

1:04:15Like on the interception.

1:04:16What a prank.

1:04:16Because he was like, oh, I would have been a part of that play.

1:04:19But my hammy.

1:04:21Emeka Abuka.

1:04:22Wide receiver 33, 32, and 39 through three weeks.

1:04:26Right now, I mean.

1:04:27No.

1:04:27He's in the category of, you know, are you playing Dontavian Wicks or him?

1:04:35I mean.

1:04:35No, I'll still go Abuka there.

1:04:37But there is.

1:04:37I mean, backup quarterback.

1:04:38Abuka with an undrafted quarterback who we have no idea if he can be good.

1:04:44The Packers defense is not scary, but a situation where you're already not performing and now

1:04:50you have a worse quarterback.

1:04:51I would prefer to have you on the bench, score a bunch of points so I can have confidence for next week.

1:04:56I mean, it's 11 weeks in a row for Abuka where he has not had 10 fantasy points.

1:05:02He hasn't had nine fantasy points.

1:05:04So this is not a guy with a rookie quarterback that I'm expecting to get a touchdown, which is seemingly his only way he's going to hit that double-digit threshold.

1:05:14I mean, he had a touchdown two weeks ago and he didn't hit 10 points.

1:05:19That's insane.

1:05:20So he's, to me, he's like a double flex option.

1:05:24Bucky seems like a good play in this game because Green Bay's defense has given up 29.2 fantasy points.

1:05:30And how do you protect a rookie undrafted free agent?

1:05:33You let him hand the ball off and you have success against Green Bay.

1:05:37He 100% should be a good play, but an injury combined with the defense can just, like, when you're a bad rush defense but you don't have to worry about the quarterback,

1:05:50I'm going to sell out until the quarterback proves that he can beat me.

1:05:54Tennessee's 0-3.

1:05:55They travel to Baltimore to take on the Ravens at 2-1.

1:05:58Oh, boy.

1:05:59The line, Baltimore minus 11.5.

1:06:02We can be quick with this one.

1:06:03The over-under is 42.5.

1:06:04That gives Baltimore 27.

1:06:06That means you start Jackson, Henry, Flowers.

1:06:09End of list.

1:06:10If Flowers is back, Bateman is not an option.

1:06:12Correct.

1:06:12So the Baltimore starts are simple.

1:06:15On the Tennessee side, the Tennessee sits are simple.

1:06:18Yeah.

1:06:19All of them.

1:06:21Sit them all.

1:06:22You want to play Pollard?

1:06:24He didn't practice.

1:06:25Foot injury.

1:06:25You want to play Spears?

1:06:26Didn't practice.

1:06:27Ankle injury.

1:06:28You want to play Cam Ward?

1:06:29You literally should be in an institution.

1:06:31It's Singleton's time to shine, baby.

1:06:34I mean, Nicholas Singleton, I like.

1:06:35Yeah.

1:06:36But he's not shining.

1:06:37No.

1:06:38It's his time to not shine and get carries.

1:06:41Yeah.

1:06:41Some context.

1:06:43Spears was knocked out of the game.

1:06:44Bro.

1:06:44And they were like, Singleton, you stay there.

1:06:48Listen, Jason.

1:06:48I watched.

1:06:49Both starters are gone.

1:06:51Pollard didn't practice really last week, too.

1:06:53I watched Carnell Tate routes this week.

1:06:56They were fantastic.

1:06:57Open all the time.

1:06:59Double moves.

1:07:00No.

1:07:00He even got targeted on some of them while he was wide open.

1:07:03As it flew over his head.

1:07:04Do you realize that Cam Ward has zero completions over 20 yards?

1:07:08There's no big plays.

1:07:11He is 34th in yards per attempt.

1:07:14I mean, this is.

1:07:15How are we talking about Caleb Williams in a robe?

1:07:19And we're not talking about that play last week where Cameron Ward stopped moving.

1:07:24Yeah.

1:07:25What a cool trick you got.

1:07:26He stopped moving.

1:07:27You're allowed to do that if you're the best.

1:07:29Not if you're the worst.

1:07:29He kind of sat, like, he had the feet going, and then Noah was up, and then he just kind

1:07:33of.

1:07:33He just turned off.

1:07:34And he was like, hmm.

1:07:35He did complete the pass on that play.

1:07:37But it's like.

1:07:38He did it in college a couple times.

1:07:39This is not.

1:07:42Serious.

1:07:42This is not appropriate.

1:07:43It's not serious quarterback.

1:07:44That is unserious.

1:07:45And they've talked about his footwork is atrocious.

1:07:48And.

1:07:49Interception in the end zone.

1:07:50They could have won that game.

1:07:50I can't imagine being a head coach in the NFL.

1:07:53Don't worry.

1:07:54Brian Dable is confident in him as a player in person.

1:07:57Yay.

1:07:57Yay.

1:07:58I think Brian Dable is going to have a new job next year.

1:08:01I hope he's got a new quarterback sooner than his new job.

1:08:04But some context to rookie, you know, highly drafted wide receivers and their target share

1:08:11for the first three weeks.

1:08:12Because Carnell Tate's at a 25% target share.

1:08:15They're not throwing the ball enough.

1:08:16But he is being targeted last week.

1:08:18How many?

1:08:19How many do you have it in front of you?

1:08:20Who do you want?

1:08:21It was like nine targets.

1:08:22No, he did.

1:08:22He had nine targets, six catches, 58 yards.

1:08:24Wide open for a touchdown that they couldn't complete.

1:08:26I saw people dropping Carnell Tate.

1:08:28No, no, no, no, no.

1:08:29And I went to scoop him up immediately.

1:08:30I think that is a massive mistake.

1:08:32Would you play Abuka or Carnell Tate?

1:08:34Carnell Tate, for sure.

1:08:35Easily.

1:08:36With the Jalen Daniels start?

1:08:38I think I'd play Carnell Tate.

1:08:40I think I would play Carnell Tate.

1:08:41Ironically, some of the numbers on that.

1:08:43Emeka Abuka, his first three weeks as his rookie season, he was only 22% target share.

1:08:49Rome was at 18.

1:08:50Teterola McMillan, great rookie season, was only at 24% through his first three weeks.

1:08:54It's just so much more than target share.

1:08:56No, I agree with that.

1:08:57I'm not saying you're saying that it's all that, but it's not a stat that I am holding

1:09:01on to for Carnell Tate in particular because the target from Cam Ward, you need four to

1:09:07equal a target from a regular quarterback.

1:09:09And those three games for Abuka last year that you talked about, he scored three touchdowns

1:09:13in them.

1:09:14For goodness sakes, Carnell Tate, what's the overrunner on touchdowns the rest of the

1:09:16way?

1:09:16What's insane is-

1:09:17Three?

1:09:17Carnell Tate should have had a touchdown in that game.

1:09:19Exactly.

1:09:19He was wide open in the end zone.

1:09:21And it was a target.

1:09:21Yeah, and it just got missed.

1:09:23So it's, I mean, it's so easy.

1:09:27And Wondell's out targeting him.

1:09:29Yeah, I mean, it's going to those two guys.

1:09:32The part of the problem here is volume and speed.

1:09:37Because, you know, you could say, oh, 25% target share is not bad.

1:09:40But, you know, we've talked about this in the past with Baltimore where it's like, well,

1:09:44how many total targets?

1:09:45They're playing so slow where it's like Cam Ward had 23 completions.

1:09:48Two weeks ago it was 13 completions.

1:09:52You'd have to have like 75% target share to matter.

1:09:55So hopefully Cam Ward gets it together, figures out a little bit better play.

1:10:00I mean, we saw down the stretch last year some signs of life from Cam Ward.

1:10:03You came into this season, Andy.

1:10:05Shut up.

1:10:05Shut your mouth.

1:10:06Really believing in the Titans.

1:10:08Shut your freaking mouth.

1:10:09We're going to be a good offense.

1:10:10I don't know what you're talking about.

1:10:11That wasn't me.

1:10:12It was going to be good.

1:10:13That wasn't me.

1:10:14So, you know, it's still very early in his career.

1:10:18I hate myself for thinking that.

1:10:20I really do.

1:10:21Yeah.

1:10:22I want to apologize for that.

1:10:24I want to apologize for believing anything about Malik Willis and Miami.

1:10:29I want to apologize for doubting Kyron Williams.

1:10:32Oh, the spotlight here is...

1:10:34I hate any wrong things I say, and those were super wrong.

1:10:40Cam Ward sucks balls.

1:10:41Oh, get wrecked!

1:10:45Get wrecked!

1:10:47I mean, I had to do something to get out of the spotlight.

1:10:49I will remind you.

1:10:50Which is still...

1:10:51Something's happening in this room right now.

1:10:53Andy, for as bad as you feel, just remember, the Titans drafted him at number one.

1:10:57They feel worse, you think?

1:10:58Yeah.

1:10:59Our room is...

1:11:00We're in a complete...

1:11:01We're where we should be.

1:11:01Oh, Jeremy's running around.

1:11:03He definitely wants the camera on and over there.

1:11:07Dallas.

1:11:08Oh, yeah, Brooks.

1:11:08I should have hit that.

1:11:09What did he say?

1:11:10That's on me, Brooks.

1:11:11I don't say it often.

1:11:13That's for sure.

1:11:17Dallas 1-2, Houston 0-3.

1:11:19Over-under 48.5.

1:11:20You talked about Stroud.

1:11:21Houston minus 3.

1:11:23Still favored at home at 0-3 against Dallas.

1:11:25Because Dallas is 1-2 and seem...

1:11:27They just seem inexact in what they are.

1:11:32Like, we don't...

1:11:33They just made a trade for Joey Porter Jr.

1:11:34Big trade.

1:11:35Probably not playing this week.

1:11:37Could be out there.

1:11:38Houston's defense has been weird.

1:11:40They are still stopping running backs.

1:11:41So, I have my doubts about Javante going into Houston with that crowd and going up against

1:11:47the number two running defense and doing anything.

1:11:49So, I think there might be start-sit decisions related to him.

1:11:52Like, Braylon Allen.

1:11:53Like, Braylon Allen or Javante, I think, is a fair question.

1:11:56I think it's fair.

1:11:56Like, Braylon Allen will probably have more yards than Javante.

1:12:00But I'll...

1:12:01Touchdown upside still...

1:12:02Just to go with Javante.

1:12:03It's still pretty hot in this game.

1:12:04Are you there too, Jay?

1:12:05Yeah.

1:12:06I am a barely Javante.

1:12:07I think that's a fair call, though.

1:12:09You can make the decision on your own.

1:12:11This is a team that, you know, last year, the Texans, you couldn't do anything against

1:12:14them.

1:12:15This year, they've been beaten in the passing game.

1:12:19However, two-thirds...

1:12:21Two-thirds of their games were Josh Allen and Joe Burrow.

1:12:25And now, here's Dak.

1:12:26So, it's like, I don't know.

1:12:28Are they going to figure that out?

1:12:29No.

1:12:30You don't think so?

1:12:30Do you think they're just not as good as they were last year?

1:12:32I don't think they're figuring it out this week against Dak and Seedy and Pickens.

1:12:35No, I don't.

1:12:36I think their numbers are going to look this bad next week.

1:12:38They might win the game because Dallas' defense is equally atrocious.

1:12:43And, you know, can they run the ball?

1:12:46They thought that they could get their little Joe Mixon thing going with David Montgomery

1:12:49and Woody Marks.

1:12:50They have not.

1:12:51David Montgomery has been...

1:12:52If Woody Marks is on your waiver wire, you should pick him up.

1:12:54I mean, David Mopportunity is a cool 6 for 10 and 11 for 33 the last two weeks with no

1:13:00touchdowns.

1:13:02I mean, it's been gross.

1:13:05Gross, nasty, nasty.

1:13:06I would pick up Woody Marks.

1:13:08Yeah, but he's only averaging 3.3 a touch, but they may move on.

1:13:11But he has looked much better than David Montgomery.

1:13:14I mean, I know that there's been some talk about them getting him more involved.

1:13:18I think this...

1:13:19You're still going to go to bat for David Montgomery?

1:13:22Woody Marks was 8 for 8.

1:13:23Yeah, I mean, this is...

1:13:24Woody Marks was 5 for 15 the last two games.

1:13:27They haven't run it the last two games.

1:13:28It's an offensive line problem.

1:13:29Yes.

1:13:30And I do think that they certainly still prefer David Montgomery over Woody Marks.

1:13:35David Montgomery played 63% of the snaps last week.

1:13:38So, it's like this is still their leader.

1:13:39At this point, he is.

1:13:40Yes, but it was a difficult matchup.

1:13:43Now, they're playing against the Cowboys.

1:13:46This could be a week where David Montgomery is benched in a lot of leagues and has two

1:13:53touchdowns, again, on your bench.

1:13:55Are you playing him against a Dallas defense that's ranked 25th so far, or are you playing

1:14:01Javante, who gets everything against the number two Houston defense?

1:14:05I would play David Montgomery.

1:14:07So, that's interesting.

1:14:08You guys should bet like $100 on that.

1:14:09No, I'm not bullish.

1:14:11I'm not bullish on David Montgomery.

1:14:13He only bets on Naren Rogers.

1:14:16I bet against...

1:14:16He's a man of principle.

1:14:17I bet against the Browns.

1:14:19Okay.

1:14:20In this game, by the way, Nico Collins could be back.

1:14:22He was seen practicing again on Thursday.

1:14:25And you play him.

1:14:26They would need him.

1:14:26CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, Mike's start of the week.

1:14:29Play him.

1:14:29And then Jake Ferguson, he has managed to score in two straight weeks.

1:14:32He is a touchdown or bust tight end, but you could maybe do worse in a high over-under

1:14:36game than sliding him into your lineup if you need to.

1:14:39Ferguson, Mike, or Colson Loveland?

1:14:42Wow.

1:14:44Wow.

1:14:44Let's finish our matchup talk with that.

1:14:48Ferguson.

1:14:49All right.

1:14:50This also feels like a playoff game.

1:14:52Like, one of these teams...

1:14:53Between a 1-2 and 0-3 teams.

1:14:54As in, like, you lose your toast.

1:14:56Oh, I see what you mean.

1:14:58One of these teams is going to be, you know, really...

1:15:02If you're 0-4 is the Texans.

1:15:03Yeah.

1:15:04It's over.

1:15:04Wow.

1:15:05And if the Cowboys lose in their 1-3, they're going to feel like it's...

1:15:09You're right.

1:15:10It's tough, too.

1:15:11No, I get it.

1:15:11You're right.

1:15:12Absolutely.

1:15:12Dalton Schultz, it is a revenge game for him.

1:15:15He's got the second most targets.

1:15:16He is a if-Niko-doesn't-play start to me.

1:15:20Seahawks have designated running back Zach Charbonnade a return to practice, guys.

1:15:23Oh, ho, ho.

1:15:24Trade away, Jadarian Price.

1:15:26Yeah, I think it's too late.

1:15:28Who's buying?

1:15:29I think the bag is in your hands.

1:15:31Much like Monty right now.

1:15:33Yeah.

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