The BIGGEST Takeaways After Week 2 in the NFL | Fantasy Focus

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0:13>> Welcome to Fantasy Focus Football. It is

0:15Monday, September 21st. Our week 2

0:18wrap-up show is upon us. We have not our

0:21normal crew today as the great the

0:22venerable Liz Loza is sitting in for

0:24Daniel Dopp. It's Daniel's wife's

0:26birthday. So fair.

0:27>> Happy birthday to Rosie Dopp. And big

0:29thanks to Liz for hanging out with us

0:30today.

0:31>> Happy to be here. I've been here since

0:33Saturday.

0:33>> You're burning the midnight oil right

0:35now, too.

0:35>> I've been up for a little bit. And what

0:37a day of football did we have. Wow.

0:39>> It was Why Why are you smiling when you

0:41say that? Cuz I wasn't smiling at all

0:43yesterday. That was

0:43>> I wasn't smiling, but I did get to

0:44experience the war room, which I have

0:46yet to do this season. And that is

0:47always an enlivening experience.

0:49>> We had this very high scoring week one

0:51and relatively clean injury slate. And

0:52then week two was like, "Yeah, not so

0:54fast." My friends, as we are going to do

0:56every single Monday, we will begin our

0:58game by-game recap. One of us will take

1:00the lead on a game. The others will fill

1:03in any potential missing pieces. And of

1:06course, we start with Liz Loza, and

1:08we're going to start with an injury of

1:10note in DC.

1:12>> Yes. Now, there's a buzzer on this, so I

1:14have to be rather concise.

1:16>> It was a run. We're out of time. Next

1:18game.

1:19>> All right. So, the Commanders Cowboys

1:21matchup. Commanders fell 20-37 at

1:25Dallas. Biggest news obviously is that

1:26Jaden Daniels was carded off the field

1:28with an elbow injury in the last play of

1:31the first half. This is the second elbow

1:34injury for him on that same elbow. Um

1:37this stunk man like the energy

1:39completely deflated from the war room,

1:42from the field. Um he had sadly also

1:45rushed for 69 yards up until that point

1:47was looking a little vintage. We had

1:49seen shades of that in week one. There

1:52seemed to be some momentum going on. He

1:54had also connected with Stfan Diggs on a

1:56four-yard touchdown before exiting.

1:59Let's talk about Diggs for a second. Oh,

2:01Adam Shfter also telling us that today's

2:03X-ray on the elbow showed no fracture.

2:06So, that's good news. I will have to

2:09monitor that situation moving forward,

2:10but obviously it doesn't feel great.

2:12Neither did his O line's reaction. I'll

2:14leave other people to debate that. Um,

2:17Stefan Diggs though, bit of a homecoming

2:19as we discussed at the top of the

2:20season. Then he accounted for both of

2:21the teams touchdowns actually one via

2:24the affforementioned Daniels and the

2:26other in the second half after Marcus

2:28Mariota took over for him proving to be

2:30quite uh a excellent acquisition for the

2:33team. Six tow his six targets however uh

2:36were tied for the second on the team

2:38with Rashad White. It was Terry

2:39Mcccluren who actually led the team in

2:41looks. He managed to draw nine but was

2:44not particularly efficient with his

2:46opportunities. Only converted two of

2:48those for 50 yards. This is my favorite

2:50player in the league. I've decided. I

2:52love Terry McLaren. Favorite player in

2:54the league. Very apprehensive about his

2:56fantasy prospects moving forward though.

2:58>> Who does start the season?

2:59>> Yeah, it's not great. Not great. Should

3:01we move to the Cowboy of all the hype

3:03around him too in the offseason?

3:04>> I know. After getting paid at the end of

3:06uh at the beginning of last season, too.

3:08>> Uh the only thing I'll say before we

3:10move on from the commanders is that not

3:12so fast on giving this job to Jakori

3:14Kroski. Merritt in the back field.

3:15Decided snap for Rashad White. Rashad

3:18White 53.7 to 34.3 for Kroski Merritt

3:22and more importantly six targets six

3:25catches for Rashad White just one target

3:28which is not an atypical number for

3:30Jakori Kroski Merritt but uh wasn't

3:32efficient enough as a runner not going

3:34to see enough volume in the passing game

3:36more than anything this feels like a

3:38stay away back fieldielder

3:39>> yeah I agree he had six catches did

3:40Rashad why JCM ran seven routes it's not

3:43going to cut a big change from week one

3:44so

3:45>> I know you and I were both big on Bill

3:47coming into this week, especially with

3:48the matchup. Um, can we talk about the

3:50Cowboys now? Be loud. Okay. Um,

3:53>> so no question in this contest, who is

3:56the Cowboys wide receiver one? It was

3:58something we debated heading into the

4:00season. It is CD Lamb. He bested his

4:02five catch outing versus the Giants in

4:04week one. He converted eight of a team

4:06high nine for over 150 yards. Two

4:09touchdowns got fantasy managers 35

4:12fantasy points. That's he's going to be

4:14like the wide receiver, too, I believe,

4:15heading into Monday Night Football.

4:16capitalized on a favorable matchup. Dak

4:18Prescott, speaking of dominating, he was

4:22sharp in this effort. He completed 84%

4:25of his passes for 279 and four

4:28touchdowns. Ended up with nearly four

4:30fantasy points. Jake Ferguson also

4:33showed up. He uh was on the receiving

4:35end of two of Dak's touchdowns. Moving

4:37forward, I think this is going to be an

4:40exploitable matchup for tight ends.

4:41Dallas Goddard managed two touchdowns

4:42against the Commanders in week one. So,

4:44just something to keep an eye on moving

4:46forward. Um, and they go to Brazil. I

4:49believe

4:49>> they do. Yeah.

4:50>> Just keep an eye on uh linebacker there

4:53Frankie Luvu has been out. He's so

4:55that's probably going to affect your uh

4:56tight ends a little bit. That's the only

4:58thing I'd say we'll monitor that. But

4:59yeah, you're right. So far, so good for

5:00tight ends.

5:01>> Biggest thing from the Cowboys other

5:03than what you talked about because

5:04they're the maybe one of the chalkiest

5:05teams right now in fantasy football. We

5:06know who to start and they generally pay

5:08off is a slowish start compared to last

5:10year for George Pickins. Yep. So, we'll

5:12discuss Pickins prospects going forward

5:14later on this week. Uh, Liz, we're going

5:16to give you the same the next game as

5:17well. The Vikings at your Bears. How are

5:19you doing emotions wise this morning?

5:22>> I will say that I don't know, there was

5:24a lot going on and I'm still processing.

5:26Um, it was a it was a messy game.

5:28Obviously, the weather had something to

5:30do with it. Vikings obviously won 9 to3.

5:33Um, this was

5:34>> yours duel.

5:34>> You know what I thought honestly? Yeah,

5:35I know I'm not supposed to take time

5:36saying this, but like under my breath

5:38watching that game, this stinking Madden

5:40cover curse. It was the only thing I

5:42could think about. Um,

5:44>> but I it wasn't like a convincing effort

5:47before Caleb Williams got hurt. Um, the

5:50Ray notwithstanding very very messy

5:51effort. In fact, here's a a stat I

5:53pulled. The Bears experienced the

5:55largest drop off in points from one week

5:57to the next since the 1920 Rochester

6:01Jefferson.

6:02>> Yeah, I remember that game. I was going

6:03to say, yeah, I I I barely won my

6:05fantasy matchup that second week because

6:07they were so good the week prior.

6:08>> You look so good h for having been born

6:11over. Yes, you look fantastic.

6:13>> That's weird. I You didn't say that to

6:14me.

6:14>> Well, I don't know what his skin routine

6:15is. I already know that you're like a

6:17Neutrogena girl. Anyway, um Brian Flores

6:21really did dial it up. Neither Roma

6:23Dunay Luther Burton or God has helped me

6:25Coloulston Lovelin cleared 45 receiving

6:28yards in this effort. It was DeAndre

6:29Swift who as a reminder is the team's

6:31running back that led in receiving yards

6:33with 54 guys. I'm at a loss. I don't I

6:37don't know. I don't know what to say. I

6:39don't know what to do.

6:39>> Yeah. Well, a new quarterback now at

6:41least for a short amount of time. It

6:42looks like

6:43>> quarterback that through an endzone look

6:46at Coloulston Lovelin's feet in the end

6:48of the fourth quarter.

6:48>> Yeah. And a guy also a quarterback that

6:51hasn't played regularly since in three

6:53years.

6:53>> Yeah. He had that one start against the

6:54Chargers on Sunday Night Football a

6:56couple of years back. Tyson, four

6:58straight games he played. Yeah, but it

6:59wasn't that great. 6.0 yards per

7:01attempt. So that could hurt this offense

7:03in the short term. Luckily though, it

7:04looks like hamstring not something more

7:06severe for Caleb Blame. So this might be

7:08a short-term injury, but we have to

7:10adjust this

7:11>> the drama for just a hamstring injury. I

7:14know it's not my job. I know it's not my

7:16job to say that, but like I am relieved

7:17that it's a hamstring injury and yet

7:20it's a little

7:20>> It did look way worse than it turned out

7:23to be, which is always good news, you

7:24know, relatively speaking. Yeah. the

7:2610:07 Eastern time vibes or that this

7:28might be something that's more in like

7:29the couple to few weeks range as opposed

7:31to maybe the entire season. It looked

7:33bad. Just takeaways from this game

7:35there. There are some reasons to

7:36discount a lot of what Minnesota did.

7:38They went in there and they basically

7:40said, "We're going to find a way to

7:42grind this one out with our defense and

7:44the weather is going to help us." Aaron

7:46Jones played a ton of snaps.

7:48>> Yes.

7:49>> 80 plus% of the snaps. He wasn't that

7:51great. He had zero targets that did

7:53Aaron Jones, but he got 23 rushing

7:55attempts. So,

7:56>> I think he probably creeps into that.

7:58You know, he stays in that low-end RB2

8:00strong flex consideration until Jordan

8:03Mason.

8:03>> This is a four-week deal with Aaron

8:05Jones, I think, where they're just going

8:06to throw it all at him and then he'll

8:08come back and then they'll let him

8:09>> Well, he didn't draw a look though. He

8:10did run 11 routes. DJ Dallas, if people

8:13are just looking at the box score, did

8:14see one target, but he only ran three

8:16routes. So, just an idea of

8:18>> 20 pass attempts for them with them

8:19being ahead. This game did not go game

8:21script-wise how we thought. We thought

8:22Chicago would get some get some points,

8:24score maybe one touchdown. That would

8:26have been nice.

8:27>> I mean, Carson Wentz, you're right,

8:28failed to score, failed to throw a

8:30single touchdown. And Jefferson

8:31Jefferson was like fedish is 40% target

8:36or 30% target here, excuse me. He'll

8:38he'll be fine. He was three for 55 in

8:39the first half. I'm less concerned about

8:41the Minnesota stuff. The Bears

8:43independent of the Caleb Williams stuff,

8:45independent of the weather, like we got

8:47to get these pass catchers going in a

8:48major way. All of them, all of them are

8:51amongst the biggest early season busts.

8:53>> No doubt about it. Like Roma Dunce,

8:54Luther Burden, Coulson Lovelin, none of

8:57them have come anywhere close to paying

8:58off close to value. I mean, I guess if

9:00you're like a Luther Burden manager,

9:02you're like, well, I mean, I could have

9:041.3 total fantasy points from Coulson

9:06Lovelin over two weeks. It's just been

9:08awful. We thought this Bears offense

9:10would be very good. I have optimism it

9:12will be once Caleb Williams returns, but

9:14we need it to be really good and

9:16featuring the guys. So, where does your

9:18optimism come from though?

9:19>> They scored 59 points last week.

9:20>> Yeah, talent. Yeah, they have Ben

9:22Johnson, I think, will get it together.

9:24The problem is Caleb's out this week and

9:26you're playing the Eagles. Really tough

9:27matchup. It's going to be hard to rank

9:28those guys particularly, at least for

9:30week three.

9:30>> Yeah, the Bears also kick themselves in

9:32the shin at the goal line yesterday.

9:34DeAndre Swift fumbles on the 1 inch

9:36line. They also had a missed field goal

9:38early. Let's move forward here. Eagles

9:40and Titans. Mike, it is all yours. This

9:42game was played at volcanic temperatures

9:45in Nashville. Holy cow.

9:46>> Yeah. And uh the Eagles tried to blow

9:48this one a few times just like they did

9:49Washington the week before, but Jaylen

9:50Herz's impressive drive toward the end

9:52there. Dvonte Smith had a huge game, 10

9:54for a buck 17, and a touchdown. The

9:56Eagles pull out the win 2420.

9:59Uh big news here is certainly the

10:01injuries on the Eagles side. Uh we'll

10:03start with Saquon Barkley. He went down

10:06early, didn't play the whole rest of the

10:07first half, then came back and just kind

10:08of played spot snaps in the second half.

10:10That at least at least gives me hope

10:12that he they're gonna he's gonna he's

10:13scheduled for an MRI today, but gives me

10:15optimism that'll be okay for next week.

10:17We'll keep an eye on that throughout the

10:18week. If Tank Bixby is on waivers, you

10:20could scoop him up, but

10:21>> I still think it's worth it.

10:22>> Uh waiver it waiver

10:25and you guys will discuss that tomorrow

10:26on the waiver show. But Will Shipley was

10:28heavily involved as well. So Bsby not

10:30going to be I don't think like a lock

10:32and load RB2 by any means, but could be

10:34on the flex radar. Again, BSB is the

10:36priority there, but we're going to keep

10:38an eye on Barkley. It shouldn't be too

10:39long if he misses any time. The one that

10:42could be is Dallas Goddard. He goes down

10:44in this game. Misses doesn't come back

10:45at all. Uh we'll see what happens with

10:48that one. He has a history of missing

10:50multiple games per season. So it's

10:51really unfortunate, especially as Liz

10:53pointed out, he had a good week one. So

10:55monitor that throughout the week. Not a

10:56lot of not a ton of people were drafting

10:58him to be their starter, so this one

10:59might not move the needle too much. But

11:01again, something to monitor. Again,

11:03Devonte Smith locked and loaded as a

11:05borderline wide receiver. One with a

11:07huge game and back here.

11:09>> Your guy Devon uh yeah does it again.

11:12Five for 74. Uh he is flirting with the

11:15flex radar. Uh the reason why he's able

11:17to do that I think is because Mai

11:19Lemon's nothing nothing to be seen

11:21there. He's a a bench guy. You hope at

11:23some point his roll increase is just one

11:25catch so far. Um I think that's it from

11:28the Eagle side, Titan side.

11:31>> Nothing.

11:32>> Nothing. I mean

11:33>> who's starting like

11:34>> the wide receiver? The wide receivers

11:36are a mess. The only wide receiver over

11:3835 yards in this game is Alec Aomo

11:39Manor, who by the way was stealing snaps

11:41from Wandel Robinson in this game.

11:42>> Absurd.

11:43>> I mean, Cardinal Tate can't get going.

11:45Uh, he was the only Titan over three

11:46targets. He had five in this game. So,

11:48Tony Pard ran fine. He's still in a

11:50committee. By the way, Taj Spears,

11:53>> is he the fastest guy in the league? I

11:54mean, what I was about to make, they got

11:57to find a way to get the ball in his

11:58hands more. Every time he touched it as

11:59an Eagles fan, I was nervous because he

12:01was so explosive. They got to get him

12:03the ball more. But right now, this is a

12:05situation to avoid. I don't think we

12:06could trust even Tate or Wando. Right.

12:08>> And Cam Ward accounted for both of the

12:10team scores which came by the ground.

12:11>> Also irritating. Yes. If you're invested

12:14in Titans. Yes. Uh in 10 team leagues,

12:16there's not a single Titan that I think

12:17is worth starting right now.

12:19>> In 12 team leagues, I don't think

12:20there's a single Titan worth starting

12:22right now. We'll see in deeper leagues

12:24where things get really desperate in a

12:25hurry. But Tennessee, my note for them

12:28on my full one page here was just a big

12:31X all the way through the box score.

12:32Nothing. There's no Titan I want to be

12:34starting right now in fantasy. Eagles

12:36just they just a wins machine, Mike. I

12:38don't know how they do it, but they find

12:40a

12:40>> tighter than it needed to be though.

12:42>> Doesn't matter. Yeah, I know. That's

12:43what makes me took them and pick them,

12:44but schedule is very light this year.

12:46So, uh, you know, they might be able to

12:48chip away, but when they have a tough

12:49game, we're going to find out about this

12:50team.

12:51>> Uh, the Texans haven't grinded out any

12:52wins so far this year, Liz. They're 0

12:54and2. The Bengals 2 and0, sort of the

12:56reverse of what they have been too

12:58frequently under Zack Taylor, which is

12:59slow starters. 20 to6. Good

13:02business-like win down in Houston.

13:05>> Yeah, it was nice to see Jamar Chase

13:07bounce back for fantasy purpose.

13:08>> How good is that guy?

13:10>> Incredible. I mean, both of Joe Burrow's

13:12touchdown passes went to Jamar Chase on

13:15highlight worthy grabs. Turns out he is

13:19in fact him. Um, T. Higgins also, I

13:21think we need to mention because he led

13:23the team in targets with 10. He caught

13:25half of those for 95 yards. He is

13:27averaging an impressive 19.3 yards per

13:30reception over his first two weeks of

13:322026. So I feel like T. Higgins on any

13:35other NFL squad would be a wide receiver

13:38one and he tends to get buried because

13:39Jamar Chase is just so elite. I was also

13:42really impressed with Chase Brown who

13:45maybe didn't post giant fantasy numbers

13:47but did have a productive outing in real

13:49football in a tough matchup. He touched

13:51the ball 23 times for 82 scrimmage

13:54yards. I think that was worth 15 fantasy

13:56points. uh only in RB2 in fantasy for

13:58this week, but locked in obviously is an

14:00every week start. Joe Burrow also

14:02entered the contest. Mike, I believe you

14:05had questions about Joe Burrow and his

14:07health particularly and whether you were

14:08going to downgrade him when we were

14:09talking about the issue on FFC.

14:12>> Entered it banged up. Still proved to be

14:14serviceable for fantasy.

14:15>> 16 points. Yeah, I think uh he was in a

14:17middle. Yeah,

14:18>> we'll travel to Pittsburgh in week

14:20three. Um any other notes before I move

14:22to Houston's side note.

14:23>> Pretty pretty status. Bengals are like

14:25the the Cowboys.

14:26>> Oh, a typical Mike Cassiki goes from a

14:28huge week one to his zero in week two.

14:31That was perfect. Perfect. Mike Caseiki,

14:33right?

14:33>> Um well, speaking of tight ends, Dalton

14:36Schultz is pretty much the only answer

14:38for the Houston Texans. He stepped up

14:41bigly, if you will, with Nico Collins

14:43out. Drew a monster 14 looks, ended up

14:46with 12 catches, 140 yards. No offense,

14:49Mike, but he crushed his nine-point

14:51projection here, earning managers 26

14:54fantasy points. Um, he's going to be a

14:56top five play at least, you know,

14:57heading into by the end of Monday Night

14:59Football, rather. Other Houston wide

15:01receivers, it doesn't matter. This

15:04receiver room is completely unsettled.

15:06Xavier Hutchinson led the team with nine

15:08looks and former Pittsburgh Panthers

15:11stand out Jared Wayne was second on the

15:14team with uh in targets with seven.

15:16>> I did mention him on FFC for the record.

15:18went to college. I did that for you. And

15:21uh basically this receiver room is just

15:23like a I like to say a Mishagos of meh.

15:25>> Yeah. Nico or bust. Uh yeah, Dalton

15:27Schultz tight ends against Bengals.

15:28Could that be a thing again?

15:29>> Maybe it's back. It wasn't back in week

15:30one,

15:31>> but Bengals Bengals defense is

15:33>> dramatically better. Much better. I know

15:35they gave some points to Tampa Bay last

15:36week, but they made some plays and shut

15:38down Houston. This week, David

15:39Montgomery in this one, six carries, 10

15:41yards. Woody Marks, eight carries, eight

15:43yards. What do we think? Were they the

15:45people that were really mad about the

15:46idea that you agreed with? By the way,

15:48my stance after week one was David

15:49Montgomery is the perfect sell high

15:50candidate. Yeah, a lot of people were

15:52mad. Mike sided with me. I think Daniel

15:53was more on the people's side.

15:56>> Yeah.

15:56>> 4.4 fantasy points.

15:58>> Yeah. Not great.

15:58>> Not great, Bob.

15:59>> Cincinnati Bengals defense. Just going

16:01to say really quickly. Kh coach Edwards

16:03in the war room was came up to me and

16:04was like, "How does a team go from the

16:0631st ranked defense to this?" So, I do

16:09think we got to give the Bengals

16:11hard cash, right? Much different team.

16:13Yes. Sometimes you pour a lot of money

16:14into a defense or an offense and it

16:16doesn't necessarily convert. So just not

16:18we cannot keep the same narrative from

16:20last year about the Bengals defense

16:21unless it pertains to

16:22>> Absolutely not. Yeah, maybe maybe tight

16:23ends though after what Colts did in this

16:25one, but we'll see.

16:26>> Carolina went to Atlanta and absolutely

16:28wiped the floor with the pathetic

16:29Falcons. They dominated them and Bryce

16:31Young was awesome for the second

16:33straight week. He had three passing

16:35touchdowns and 24.1 fantasy points. I'll

16:38make this quick on Bryce because we've

16:39seen Bryce have good moments and then

16:41he'd have sort of come back down to

16:43earth moments does Bryce Young. I like

16:45four of his five next matchups. So, for

16:48some reason you're sputtering at

16:49quarterback. Maybe you drafted Justin

16:51Herbert. Maybe if Matthew Stafford duds

16:53again tonight and you're like, "What the

16:54heck?" Drake May, he's been awful for

16:56two straight weeks and you want to

16:57consider a change up. Bryce Young will

16:59have our attention until further notice.

17:02Going to continue to reiterate it's the

17:03Chuba Hubard show in the Carolina

17:05Panthers backfield. He ends up with

17:0714.4. 4 fantasy points. Jonathan Brooks

17:09just 2.1. The snap share was a little

17:12tighter this week, but that's because

17:14this game was a blowout. Chuba was

17:16playing the consequential snaps again

17:18until further notice. I'm not saying

17:19this is all year, but I think I thought

17:21this coming into the season, and I feel

17:22the same way now. It's the Chuba show as

17:25a he's the new James Conor, the the

17:27unsexy RB2 that you don't really feel

17:30great about drafting, and he ends up

17:32being pretty solid. By the way, Brooks,

17:33really quick, Brook Brooks did leave

17:34this game hurt too later on, but it was

17:36still a

17:37>> He also had a groin injury. I just want

17:38to make sure people know it's not a knee

17:40issue. So,

17:41>> um, the Panthers might have two

17:42receivers that are in our rankings in

17:44the top 30. Tedo McMillan, you know him,

17:47and he was good yesterday. He had 10

17:49targets, highest on the team, five for

17:50101 was the final line there with some

17:52sweet grabs as well. Not too far behind

17:55is Jaylen Coker from

17:58>> You got this one.

17:59>> Holy Cross.

18:00>> Thank you.

18:00>> OH, I GOT ONE. OH, that one.

18:02>> Mike nailed it. Eight catches for 66

18:05yards. So, the yards per catch just over

18:07eight yards, but he is awesome. Eight

18:09catches on nine targets backtoback.

18:11Really solid weeks here for Jaylen

18:13Coker. Guy got a legit extension this

18:15off seasonason. Three years, $35

18:17million. This kid can play. This offense

18:19is playing with a ton of confidence

18:21right now. If I like Bryce Young's

18:23matchup, four out of the next five

18:24weeks. I like the matchup for the wide

18:26receivers as well. Coker would be inside

18:28my top 30 in my very preliminary week

18:31three ranks.

18:32>> Oh, wait. He only caught eight of nine

18:33targets. Darn. He was 14 of 14 against

18:35Atlanta in his career before yesterday.

18:37>> Damn it. You didn't mention that stat

18:39coming into the week. Uh

18:41>> yeah, I'm with you. Just keep in mind

18:42Bryce Young owns the Falcons. I mean,

18:44his two best games ever against Atlanta.

18:45Had another big one yesterday. Uh so I'm

18:48curious to see if he can keep this

18:49going. He's not known, as I talked about

18:50in FFC uh yesterday, has never had two

18:53back-to-back good fantasy games. This is

18:55the first time in his career.

18:56>> Yeah, he's a backto-back good fantasy

18:57game. So, we'll see if he keeps that

18:59going.

18:59>> Uh, the Falcons,

19:01>> hug a Falcons fan if you know one.

19:03>> Yeah,

19:03>> they need therapy. What a pathetic

19:04existence this offense is right now.

19:06>> Good news is Thursday night they play

19:07again. Maybe we get Michael Pennock

19:09back.

19:09>> Okay, that's we need that. They did get

19:11their Jack Strand moment. It didn't go

19:14well from jump.

19:16>> Cooper Rush had negative.6 fantasy

19:17points. I I'm trying to find a silver

19:19line here. There is none because there

19:21are three guys that we are not just

19:22invested in but heavily invested in in

19:25fantasy, right? Be John obviously was

19:27RB2. He had a monster game last week. He

19:30had 11.1 fantasy points this week. They

19:32kind of yanked him early. He played just

19:3451% of the snaps. He was efficient as a

19:36runner, 16 for 72. The problem is

19:38there's there's there's no touchdown

19:40equity in this offense whatsoever. They

19:43have one in two weeks. It was a long

19:45chew uh excuse me, Brian Robin Pan

19:46Robinson screen pass that went the

19:48distance. Uh Kyle Pittz is on the

19:50Colston Lovelin plant. He improved from

19:52zero points in week one to one catch for

19:5515 yards in week two. And then Drake

19:58London who was a little better. Sure, a

20:00little better. But I mentioned this last

20:01week during our preview show. Can you

20:03really really trust any Falcons pass

20:05catcher with Cooper Rush once again? If

20:08you're like, "Well, it got better for

20:09Drake London. I got a whole 8.9 fantasy

20:11points." You didn't take Drake London as

20:13potentially wide receiver 789 or 10 to

20:16feel good about 8.9 fantasy points. We

20:18need a new quarterback stat. Mike

20:21mentioned it. They play Thursday night.

20:22There is some indication that it could

20:24be Michael Penn Jr. on the field. And I

20:27like Pennix. I think he's a very

20:28talented thrower. And I can promise you

20:30it can't get worse than what they have

20:32thrown out there the past two Sundays.

20:34>> Mhm. Yeah. Nothing more to add.

20:35>> Uh let's go move ahead now to Did I skip

20:38a page? Okay. Broncos and That's right.

20:40We have the Oh, no. Browns. Browns

20:41Buccaneers. My bad, Mike. That's me.

20:43>> Yes. This game was ended this morning

20:45after several weather delays.

20:46>> I know that was wild. Uh, Browns with

20:48the upset 2019. You know, do you ever

20:50have a thought in your head about

20:51football and you're too afraid to say it

20:53publicly, so you just seem really text?

20:56Yeah,

20:56>> I watched the film of Deshun Watson

20:58after week one and I texted those guys

20:59and said, "I'm not going to lie, he

21:01didn't play that bad. I mean, he was

21:02pressured over half the time. It was

21:04rough, but he made some good throws. He

21:06didn't make a He made a couple

21:07mistakes."

21:08>> And then he goes into week two and plays

21:10like that. It was much It was really

21:11good. Incredible. He was He played

21:13really well. 24 of 30, 238 yards, two

21:15touchdowns in this game. also led the

21:17team with 22 rushing yards as well. So,

21:20not saying he's back or anything, but I

21:21think he at least saved his job for

21:23>> He's not getting pulled.

21:24>> Not right now. Not Not right now. Not

21:26after you played like that. I think he's

21:27off to a much better start than uh the

21:29the public might want you to think. So,

21:31um we'll see how that goes moving

21:32forward. They're back home uh this week,

21:34but I point you in the right direction.

21:35Not not making a waiver claim unless

21:37it's super flex, but you know, we'll

21:38monitor this one. Um the other part of

21:41this is the guy he was throwing to

21:43Denzel Boston is clearly established as

21:45a number one wide receiver in this

21:47offense. Uh seven target of the snaps.

21:50>> Yeah. Yeah. He's the only one he's the

21:52only one that was over 70%. They're

21:53rotating the other guys. Uh five

21:55catches, 95 yards, and a touchdown. Also

21:57scored in week one. That was garbage

21:58time. This one was certainly more legit

22:00in a competitive game. He is the one

22:01there. He should be rostered. Bless you.

22:03Field in all uh fantasy leagues right

22:06now for sure. Uh, on the other hand, we

22:09have the guys that are disappointing

22:11here. Quinn Sean Judkins, 12 carries, 21

22:13yards. They can't they can't block. They

22:14can't block for watch.

22:15>> My concern, right?

22:16>> They can't run block.

22:16>> I will say silver lining and it's a very

22:18very thin silver lining. He at least saw

22:21five targets, right? There was some

22:22action in the in the passing game for

22:24him. Something we did not necessarily

22:26anticipate heading into.

22:27>> Yeah, no doubt. Uh, certainly helps that

22:29know Dylan Samson will be out for a

22:30little while longer, but Judkins to play

22:3269% of the snaps. Nothing on the ground

22:34but to your point 7.7 points in the

22:36passing game. Conpsion Harold Fannon

22:39fine usage in this one. Conpsion six for

22:4128 and Fannon five for 54. It's a point

22:44in the right direction for Fannon. He's

22:46flirting with the top 12 but you don't

22:48have to start.

22:49>> Six points better than his four fantasy

22:51point debut. And we

22:52>> ugly Jerry Judy could drop him.

22:54Hopefully he gets traded at some point.

22:55>> Can I just give you a quick Harold

22:57Phantom Jr. thought is sometimes when we

22:59think about like future years and when

23:00you're trying to categorize bus it feels

23:02like the way to sort of lean towards is

23:04like who had like top one percentile

23:06outcomes the prior season and in some

23:08ways Harold Fannon Jr. had like

23:09basically top one percentile outcome,

23:11right? The offense was so bad and the

23:13offensive line was so bad that there was

23:15nothing to do besides get the ball out

23:16quick. They were constantly playing from

23:18behind.

23:19>> Harold Fanner Jr. got a million designed

23:21targets late in the season.

23:23>> Not the same this year. A much more

23:25aggressive and not

23:27>> electric, but more competent offense in

23:29the first two weeks of the season.

23:30>> Yeah, if you I mean, if you get a 20%

23:32target share and get carries too,

23:34including at the goal line, that's going

23:35to be mean a lot at the tight end

23:36position. So, I'm still confident he

23:38could get back back into that

23:39conversation. A lot's going to have to

23:41do with how well Deshun Watson plays

23:42moving forward.

23:43>> Just saying like there was a point last

23:44year where it was like, wow, was like

23:45Harold Fannon Jr. the next man up behind

23:47Brock Bowers and Trey McBride.

23:49>> Not so fast. Use your expression from

23:52earlier. Uh, all right. Buccaneers side,

23:54not a lot to report here, uh, except

23:56that Bucky Irving has reestablished

23:58himself as the clear number one. There's

24:00a lot of offseason chatter that, hey,

24:02they paid Kenny Gainwell a lot of money.

24:03He's the one. No, he's not. Uh, it's

24:05Bucky Irving. 48 snaps in this game. Can

24:07he gain well? 23. Shawn Tucker back from

24:09injury. Zero. So, he's not a factor in

24:11the offense at this point. That's huge

24:13for Irving uh to generate some goal line

24:15work. 90 yards and 21 touches for Bucky

24:17Irving. He's a lineup block right now as

24:20an RB2. Uh and then uh as for the

24:23passing game, again, very disappointing

24:25at home against this Cleveland defense.

24:27It isn't isn't quite as good as it was

24:28in years past, but no Bucks over 49

24:31receiving yards. Fortunately, if you

24:32have a Mecha Ibuka bailed out by that

24:34touchdown, uh just three catches for 16

24:37yards on five targets in this game. Ted

24:40Hurst, Kate, they all had more targets

24:42than Ibuka in this game. Still confident

24:44in his talent moving forward and in

24:46Baker Mayfield, but that was a

24:47disappointing effort from this offense.

24:49>> He's one of the early season bust as

24:50well as Amecha Ibuka. He has not been

24:52good through two weeks. Not nearly as

24:53good as we had hoped for. Anything you

24:55want to add on that game, Liz?

24:56>> I don't think so. I think Mike covered

24:58it all. uh three sacks for Baker

25:00Mayfield which was a little bit

25:01concerning as well.

25:02>> Uh they have a lot of questions to

25:04answer right now down in Tampa Bay.

25:06Let's move to a game that I think has

25:07one of the more important revelations

25:09from the weekend. It's Saints at

25:11Baltimore or the Saints get a huge win

25:1324-17. A crazy end of game sequence

25:16there where Tyler Shuck eventually does

25:18score on a 6inch touchdown run. Uh

25:22Baltimore gonna keep let's start there

25:23just because like Derrick Henry I know

25:25the stats been going around four second

25:27half rushing attempts or something like

25:29that for Derrick Henry

25:31>> the game all of a sudden became more

25:32competitive they were playing either

25:34with a lead or a big lead. It should

25:37have he should have been playing more

25:38period. End of story. But it's not the

25:40first time we've seen this from Derrick

25:41Henry. He actually had three catches

25:43yesterday which is a huge number from

25:44him. He's fine. Lamar Jackson ends up

25:47with under 15 fantasy points. Lamar came

25:49out hot yesterday. Hey, this offense

25:51came out hot yesterday. This is going to

25:53be one of those games that I think

25:54lights a fire under the booty of the

25:56Ravens. They're way too good to be this

25:58this bad on offense as they were in the

26:00second half and really second quarter

26:02on. Uh the question was who could step

26:04up for Zay Flowers? The answer is Rod

26:06Bait. We have our answer until Z Flowers

26:08is back and they're traveling to Brazil

26:10for a game. I don't know when they're

26:12leaving. I'm gonna guess this is not

26:15like the ners who left a week in advance

26:17of their game in Australia, but they're

26:19probably also not going to go the Rams

26:20route where they show up like an hour

26:22before kickoff. Um, we'll see whether

26:24Zay Flowers makes the trip down there.

26:26He did practice on Friday. Rashad

26:27Baitman, 91% of the snaps, nine of Lamar

26:32Jackson's 31 passing attempts were

26:34targets for Rashad Baitman. Seven for 88

26:37and a touchdown. I understand he's been

26:39very disappointment. Very disappointing.

26:42Yeah,

26:42>> he's also a former first round pick who

26:44has been extended

26:44>> under 30 pick like an early Yes. And I I

26:48agree with you.

26:49>> Two extensions from Baltimore in his

26:50career, right? None of one of them were

26:52big bank breakers, but still like this

26:54team has shown a level of commitment to

26:56Rashad B.

26:56>> Yeah. And we've talked about how they

26:58can't really support multiple wide

27:00receivers in this offense and Z Flowers

27:02hasn't missed games in a while. So now,

27:05you know, it what we learned here, I

27:06think, is that one guy

27:08>> can establish himself as the top guy.

27:10And in this case, it's, you know, used

27:11to be Hollywood Brown and, you know,

27:13obviously it's been Z Flowers. Maybe

27:14it's Baitman until Flowers.

27:16>> I left him on my bench and didn't like

27:17it.

27:17>> Let's talk Saints. Uh, moment of

27:19appreciation for Tyler Shuck first

27:21backto-back games with over 22 fantasy

27:24points. Got in the end zone as a runner,

27:26as I mentioned, to win the game. 37% of

27:29his fantasy points from the weekend came

27:31as a runner for Tyler Shuck. Enough

27:33mobility to be very frisky and

27:35dangerous. They play the Raiders next

27:37weekend. I'm sure we'll be talking about

27:38Chuck. Chris Olive, what an amazing

27:40player he is. A joy to watch him week in

27:42and week out. 22.6 fantasy points, but I

27:45am going to serve up what I think might

27:48be the most confusing deployment of

27:50backs in the league, right?

27:50>> I know. I don't get it.

27:51>> I I have a hard time figuring this one

27:53out. It felt It's going to It felt to

27:55me, now I'm sure there are Saints fans

27:57that can correct me if this is wrong. It

27:59felt to me like all off season the

28:01Saints were trying to navigate the exit

28:04ramp for Alvin Chimera. They wanted to

28:06do so in a way that was, I think,

28:07cordial to a franchise legend. Instead,

28:10they eventually get a deal done with

28:12Alvin Camra to keep him around after

28:14signing Travis Achan to a 4-year 48

28:17million dollar contract. Travis Achan,

28:20after playing 58% of the snaps in week

28:22one, dropped down to 43.8 snaps in week

28:25two. He had just two targets. Remember,

28:27last week he had seven catches. He had

28:29eight rushes to Alvin Chimera's nine.

28:32Chimera averaged a mere 1.6 six yards

28:35per carry yesterday and is still playing

28:3725% of the snaps with CJ Donaldson

28:40playing 23.4% of the snaps. I would say

28:43that Achan and Chimera are amongst the

28:45most established and prolific receiving

28:48backs the league has seen over the past

28:49decade, especially of course Chimera.

28:52Donaldson's playing where they're

28:53playing hurry up snaps.

28:54>> Yeah, I I have no idea. But this

28:57backfield, which I thought that HN had

28:58the chance to be one of those boring

29:00RB2s that by the end of the year has

29:02graduated to backend RB1s. This

29:05backfield going into week three feels to

29:07me like a stayaway. A dead zone. Yeah,

29:09>> it is a dead zone. And also, I think we

29:11have to mention that Kamar was not

29:12particularly effective with his targets.

29:14He managed one more receiving yard than

29:17he did looks. Yeah, that's not great.

29:19>> Five receptions for seven receiving

29:20yards was the final number here for

29:22Alvin Chimera. So, I thought this was

29:24going to be the Travis Achan show. I was

29:26following the money. Like if the Saints

29:28felt this confident, Alvin Chimera and

29:30TJ Donaldson, who is an undrafted free

29:32agent, but like Kendrick Miller, who

29:34they liked enough to play him last week,

29:35was a healthy SC. I just um I don't get

29:38it.

29:38>> I haven't figured it out. It's basically

29:39my take. Like I just don't understand

29:41the logic behind it. By the way,

29:43Donaldson played 14 special team snaps

29:45as well. I mean, in the 20 offensive

29:47snaps, I mean, they're featuring this

29:48guy as a team. They love him. I don't

29:51I'm It's shocking.

29:52>> I get like I It's It's a very cool

29:54development story. It's a great find by

29:56them as a college apartment.

29:58>> Great on that part. Yeah.

29:59>> But man, like it's some what why four

30:02for 48 million? Four for 48 million for

30:05Travis Achan. Like the the message

30:07you're sending with that is we feel like

30:10we have a gigantic need to add a feature

30:12back and we think this guy is the truth.

30:14>> And then now they're saying actually

30:16he's not that good.

30:17>> Like what what are the strengths we like

30:18that of him? Like he's not the lead

30:20runner in terms of attempts. He's

30:22certainly not going to play all of the

30:23passing down snaps because Alvin Chimera

30:25has got six targets to HN's two

30:27>> without carried and out targeted.

30:28>> Like what's the value? Like in his day

30:30could have been slightly salvaged. There

30:31was at the end of the game there was a a

30:34penalty on a one-yard touchdown run that

30:35HN had called back. But still like this

30:38one went from potentially promising in

30:41the preseason to potentially completely

30:44useless all the way around.

30:46>> I think what's more frustrating than

30:47that is that they just pulled off this

30:48big upset. So there's no actionable

30:51reason to change anything.

30:53>> They won't change.

30:53>> Not at the moment.

30:54>> Yeah. Um I have a question. How good is

30:56Tyler Chuck?

30:57>> Where do you think he's going to settle

30:58in? He's a top 15 quarterback. Top 10

31:01top.

31:01>> Real life or fantasy?

31:02>> Yeah.

31:02>> Real life. Like how good how how legit

31:04is this football player?

31:06>> Yeah.

31:06>> Is he the Mendoza line?

31:08>> He He might be pushing into the Mendoza

31:10line. I mean Yeah.

31:11>> Good. He has his moments. They They have

31:13to They have to figure it out early in

31:14games.

31:15>> Who was the Mendoza line? Kyler Murray.

31:16For a long time it was

31:17>> Andy. I think Andy Dalton.

31:20>> Yeah, that was one. Yeah. Yeah, he I

31:22don't He might be better than the

31:22Mendoza line. The way he's playing so

31:24far this year.

31:24>> Yeah, he is playing well. All right,

31:25Mike, I'm gonna pass it uh No, to Liz

31:28for the uh the battle of the green

31:30uniforms. Jets and the Packers. Nearly a

31:32tie. A win for the Packers.

31:35>> Another NFC North matchup here.

31:39>> Packers ultimately win this one. Let's

31:42start with Jordan Love. He tossed two

31:43touchdowns obviously as you can see in

31:45this one. one to Marshon Lloyd with

31:48about 10 minutes left in the half and

31:50then his second not until about seven

31:54minutes left in the fourth quarter to

31:55Christian Watson. I actually breathed

31:58quite a sigh of relief seeing Christian

31:59Watson have his day saved with that

32:02touchdown. Uh Jordan Love only completed

32:0452% of his passes. There was rain in

32:08this game as well. So we can attribute

32:10some of that

32:10>> and an underrated defense I would say.

32:12>> And an underrated defense is an

32:13excellent point. Um, I think for me the

32:16bigger story is Green Bay's backfield

32:18from a fantasy perspective because we've

32:20got Caleb Johnson, Marshon Lloyd, Chris

32:22Brooks accounting for 63 total rushing

32:26yards on 18 combined carries,

32:29>> guys. That's less than inspiring.

32:30>> No, this is a stayaway. Like I I'm not

32:33trying to be redundant, but I think

32:35after two weeks, we have already

32:37stockpiled

32:38close to a half a dozen stayaway

32:40backfields.

32:41>> It's not Halloween, though. I don't want

32:42dead zones. I want live zones. is it's

32:44pumpkin spice season almost.

32:46>> We'll make sure. Listen, we they started

32:47pumping out Halloween candy in August

32:49here. It's ridiculous. It's ridiculous.

32:51Don't get me started.

32:51>> I think the only thing we learned is

32:52that when Josh Jacobs returns at some

32:54point, which we expect he will be the

32:56clear feature back again. No one is

32:57stealing like a buoy this entire

33:00offense.

33:01>> He will be a very very busy back will

33:03Josh Jacobs once he gets back. Um stay

33:05away from the running backs. I'm I'm

33:07gonna reserve the right to change this

33:10stance because they play Atlanta on

33:12Thursday night at home.

33:14very disheartened by the first two weeks

33:15of the Green Bay Packers offense. Yeah,

33:18Christian Watson aside, you guys know

33:19that's my guy. But besides that, it's

33:22been disappointing. I thought this could

33:23be an offense that went nuclear. It has

33:26not been the case through two years.

33:27>> I think there was also the assumption

33:28that with the backfield affected so

33:30terribly by Jacob's absence that there

33:32would be more funneled through the air

33:34and we'd have obviously with also the

33:36number of looks vacated, some more

33:38clarity. I do think we have the clarity

33:40in that Matthew Golden is going to get

33:42fed. He may not be effective, but he's

33:44going to get fed. And Christian Watson

33:46remains the highest ceiling option for

33:49two weeks in a row now.

33:49>> Yeah, we should mention too, Jaden Reed

33:51serious injury in this one. Probably

33:52going to be out for a little while.

33:53We'll keep an eye on that. Hopefully

33:54he's able to return.

33:55>> A neck injury. He does, I think it's

33:56worth saying, also did have um feeling

33:58in his extremities and movement in the

34:00>> Hope he'll be back soon. By the way,

34:01turns out recovering from a knee injury.

34:03Might take a little time. Tucker Craft

34:04slow out of the gates here. Had a couple

34:06splash plays in week one, not enough to

34:08be super fantasy relevant. and then just

34:09two for 15 in this one despite playing

34:12he ran 25 routes so it was right up

34:13there% of the snaps.

34:14>> Yeah, he played a lot but it wasn't

34:16happening yet. So it might take a little

34:17time for him to get rolling, but uh at

34:18some point he

34:19>> Here's the thing about people that argue

34:20with Mike on the internet.

34:21>> Some are right. Some are

34:23>> sometimes I go off like vibes, right?

34:25Like some I'm I'm not afraid to to admit

34:27that like sometimes it's just a gut call

34:29that leads me down a path to fantasy

34:30football.

34:31>> Mike will make an argument. Well, I know

34:33but but Mike when you argue with Mike,

34:35it's literally arguing against like a

34:37formula. It's like arguing against

34:38science. It's like arguing against the

34:40computer. Like everything that Mike says

34:41is incredibly well thought out and

34:44reasoned and pragmatic. People get so

34:46got so mad about Mike's stance on Tucker

34:48Craft. And it's like two weeks in it's

34:50like, hey, he's an awesome player. He

34:52might I think he's the highest paid

34:53tight end ever now. It's great, but Mike

34:56was not doing so because he has a

34:57personal issue with Tucker.

34:58>> Exactly. It was just here's why

35:00>> lead you down the path. Here's why he

35:02could bust and we're seeing it so far,

35:03but a long way to go. Um, the good news

35:06on the Jets, we can be extremely quick

35:07here, Liz, is that

35:08>> I feel like you just know what you're

35:10going to get. It's two guys.

35:11>> Well, it is two guys though because over

35:13the summer, right, right?

35:16>> Here at Wilson remains the team's alpha,

35:18right? He is the number one, but there

35:20is room for AD Mitchell and over the

35:21summer there was a drum beat on Mitchell

35:23and I think all of us were like, I don't

35:25know, is Gino going to be able to

35:26support two wide receivers? Gino has, by

35:28the way, proved to be fairly stable. We

35:31don't really we didn't really like his

35:32effort this time. Oh, there's a The

35:34reason we're all angry is because the

35:36Jets should win a game against really.

35:38Okay, that's amazing process. Should I

35:39>> I don't I think you could Can you say

35:41that word? Because Tom Brady said it on

35:42TV yesterday. Dismissal.

35:44>> That was hilarious.

35:46>> We'll get to that. We'll get to Well, we

35:48already talked about that game. Um, but

35:49yes, uh, Wilson had the most productive

35:52outing of a most productive fantasy day.

35:54He was out targeted by AD Mitchell.

35:56Mitchell drew 12 looks. He earned a

35:58target share of nearly 30%. His longest

36:01gain though, only 15 yards. Obviously,

36:02these numbers are a little bit inflated

36:04because the game went into overtime, but

36:06I am happy that the offseason drum beat

36:09is in fact finding a rhythm and is

36:11legitimate. I think both of these uh

36:13both of these receivers could see hefty

36:15volume again as the uh Jets are

36:18seven-point road dogs against Detroit in

36:20week three.

36:21>> Oh, good good secondary for Garrett

36:23Wilson to pick on. That's that's one of

36:24my most invested players this year. So,

36:26>> we talk about

36:28he he is what he is, right? Right. He's

36:30just a solid RB2 that's an excellent

36:31pass catcher. He had some explosive

36:33plays. Let's get to the Patriots playing

36:34host to the Steelers. The Patriots win

36:3620 to3. Wasn't because of the offense.

36:39Let's do the Steelers though quickly. Uh

36:41Jaylen Warren plays 72% of the snaps as

36:43Rico D gets banged up. Do you guys know

36:45what it was?

36:47>> Uh what was it? I I don't but I

36:48apologize for it was he came back in and

36:50then they ruled him out. So I this does

36:52not seem major.

36:53>> Doesn't seem major, but Jaylen Warren

36:55had a massively inflated snapshare as a

36:57result of it. They were also getting

36:58toasted in this game. I think DK Medaf,

37:01like the rapport between he and Aaron

37:02Rogers wasn't great last year. It's

37:04still not great this year. I also think

37:06that DK got Gonzalez yesterday.

37:09Christian Gonzalez obviously one of the

37:10best corners in the NFL. Had plenty of

37:12snaps lined up opposite of DK Medaf.

37:15Jeremy Bernard had eight targets for the

37:17Steelers. I would file that under the

37:19monitoring for super deep league

37:21category more than anything else. But I

37:23don't really want any part of the

37:25Steelers offense right now. They're

37:26dreadful. Aaron Rogers has some

37:28interesting comments after the game.

37:30Aaron Rogers got absolutely jacked up

37:32yesterday on a a sack. Like the Patriots

37:35defense was probably the best unit on

37:37the field. So, I'm not going to say much

37:38more on the Steelers unless you guys

37:40have something you really want to add.

37:42You know you got jacked up when it's

37:43like you're in field goal range and it's

37:45third and whatever, third and five,

37:47third and 10, whatever it was, and then

37:48the next play it's fourth and 45 because

37:50you got hit that hard. The ball went all

37:51the way back down the other side of the

37:53field. So, let's get to the Patriots

37:55because there are a few interesting

37:56things there. Let's let's begin with the

37:59nonAJ Brown wide receivers yesterday.

38:02The wide receiver that played the most

38:04snaps was M. Collins, nearly 70%. He

38:06also ran the most most routes, 21 to

38:08Romeo Dobs, 20. Romeo Dobs had the most

38:12targets out of all of the wide receivers

38:14with four. He turned that into three

38:15catches for 96 yards. Much of that

38:18coming on one big play. Patriots have

38:20had a difficult schedule against

38:22defenses out of the gates. They play

38:23Jacksonville and Buffalo over the next

38:25two weeks. I'm not sure it gets a whole

38:26lot easier this upcoming Sunday. Drake

38:29May has been bad. Eight fantasy points.

38:31Like Drake May, we'll talk about him

38:32more throughout the week. You can't tell

38:34me that guy is an absolute lock to be

38:36inside your top 10 for quarterbacks for

38:38week three.

38:39>> But I don't So the

38:41>> Drake not playing as well, the targets

38:43not being that significant, and a lot of

38:45Romeo Dobs production coming on one

38:47play. I'm not convinced that just

38:48because he led the team in fantasy

38:50points this past weekend amongst pass

38:51catchers that Romeo Dobs has now

38:53convinced me he deserves to be a flex.

38:55It's a possible it's a possibility that

38:56we're back to where we were

38:58>> a couple years ago where there's no

39:00Patriots wide receiver that you want to

39:02have inside your lineup. Anybody have

39:04any stronger opinion on the Patriots

39:05wide receivers before?

39:06>> No, I agree. I think Dobs is the closest

39:08to a flex. Um and the thing I'd say on

39:10May though is we had him as a bench

39:12weeks one and two. So this isn't

39:13shocking. This was a tough schedule.

39:15He's now played what? Seven straight

39:16games. six straight games against really

39:18good defenses and hasn't performed well.

39:20So, this is something we're have to

39:21>> failed to throw a touchdown.

39:22>> Yeah,

39:23>> a single touchdown.

39:24>> I think he had one in week one.

39:25>> Did he ever win

39:26>> against Eli Raren for the first

39:28touchdown of the season, but yes, I mean

39:29it has not been good for the Patriots

39:31offense.

39:31>> We'll see when the matchups lighten up

39:32if it's a moderate.

39:34>> Seems like a lot of excusing, Mike.

39:36>> I'm just saying it's

39:37>> I mean, he was ranked as a top six

39:39quarterback for fantasy purposes heading

39:41into this season. We're going to bench

39:42that guy for two weeks. We maybe I back

39:46him back weeks.

39:47>> I didn't draft him. I don't have any

39:48shares of him, but like

39:48>> I don't in season long either.

39:50>> I have I've benched him in in both of

39:51the leagues that I have him. Or sorry, I

39:53have I have him one league. I've benched

39:54him back toback weeks. I'll have a

39:56conversation this upcoming week.

39:57Although the other quarterback is

39:58Patrick Mahomes. Who is it?

40:00>> Uh Jacksonville.

40:01>> Jacksonville.

40:01>> In Jacksonville. But let's talk about

40:02the most interesting thing for the

40:03Patriots in fantasy this weekend. Except

40:05for if you roster Randre Stevenson. He

40:08played 36% of the snaps to 60.4 to

40:10Trayvon Henderson. Why? Well, Raandre

40:12Stevenson put the ball on the ground. He

40:14has been the most fumbleprone running

40:16back in the NFL. And here's the

40:18fundamental question we have to ask. He

40:20fumbles early. He does not get totally

40:22sent to the bench, but his role

40:24dramatically decreased. Is this going to

40:26be what we see pretty often and actually

40:29pretty often for RA Stevenson where he

40:31kind of gets put in timeout for the rest

40:33of the game, but the next week he's back

40:35on the field when the Patriots take the

40:37field.

40:37>> I feel like I'm a lot.

40:39>> That's my guess. No, I think Ramand I

40:41believe that based off everything the

40:43Patriots have talked about all off

40:44season and some of the areas that

40:46despite the brilliance of Trayvon

40:48Henderson as an explosive runner, still

40:50not going to be the guy they want pass

40:52protecting, there's going to be so many

40:54small things that Raandre Stevenson

40:55does. I do think that Randre Stevenson

40:58will be on the field when the Patriots

41:00begin the game next Sunday. What I don't

41:03think is going to happen though is that

41:04Raandre Stevenson is going to play the

41:0670 to 75% snap share that we saw at

41:08times in the playoffs last year. Tayvon

41:11looked great on that one long run. Super

41:13explosive player that

41:15>> nothing in the passing game. He did have

41:1616 carries for 76 yards, but again, most

41:18of that came on one play. So, buyer

41:20beware on that one, especially if

41:22Stevenson does start again next year.

41:23>> I just want to say I agree with Field on

41:24the Pass Pro and that's why I've had

41:26Reandre Stevenson aggressively ranked

41:28much more than the consensus. But we

41:30also saw Drake May take three sacks.

41:32>> Uh 15 for 35 carries on that. Uh 15

41:35carries for 35 yards for Tayvon in the

41:38non-touchdown run. Uh Mike, let's get to

41:40the Seahawks and the Cardinals. The

41:42Seahawks,

41:43>> what what a professional outfit they

41:45are. 31-7.

41:47They wax the Arizona Cardinals and oh my

41:50god, Jackson Smith and Jigba.

41:52>> Yeah, seriously. Uh Sam Darnold must

41:54have played well, right, if they

41:55dominate. No, they just go to their

41:56backup quarterback and still crush

41:58Arizona, who I guess this actually makes

42:00the Chargers look worse after, oh man,

42:03the Cardinals just beat them pretty

42:04handily. Uh, yeah, Lock was solid. Uh,

42:07three touchdowns in this game, but to

42:09your point, JSN uh did work in this one.

42:11Nine for 11, 155 yards, and three

42:14touchdowns. He does it again. The guy is

42:16just an absolute superstar on another

42:18level. now leads the NFL in target share

42:21through two weeks with a 44% target

42:24share, which is an obscene number. Do

42:26you have a second in that, by the way?

42:27Did we get to this team yet?

42:28>> We haven't gotten there yet. We'll save

42:29it when we do a couple moment for a

42:31little bit. Um,

42:32>> yeah. So, uh, JSN, good. Uh, on the

42:35Seattle side as well. Jarian Price left

42:37this game with a chest injury. Uh, 13

42:40carries for 52 yards, one catch for

42:42eight yards, wasn't doing much damage.

42:44We saw a lot more Emanuel Wilson. He was

42:47the one that was rotating with Jarian

42:48Price throughout this game. Once Price

42:50left, then we started to see some George

42:52Hani, but he was phased out. It was

42:53Emanuel Wilson. If Price is going to

42:55miss a game, we'll keep an eye on this

42:57one. Wilson would be the ad in fantasy

43:00and should see a ton of rushing volume.

43:02He had 21 carries for 92 yards in this

43:03game.

43:04>> I just want to add one thing about

43:05Emanuel Wilson and Jadarian Price. This

43:07is a red flag for Jadarian Price. Before

43:09he got hurt, the Seahawks had three

43:12straight carries from the four yardd

43:14line and in. They went from the four to

43:16the two to the one. All of them went to

43:19Emanuel Wilson. He is their goal line

43:20back right now. That is very concerning

43:22for Jadarian Price's upside. Uh agreed.

43:25No doubt about it. Uh Arizona side of

43:27this one. Uh I we thought coming into

43:29the season.

43:30>> Yeah, we thought it come Well, hold on.

43:32First of all, I'm going to start with

43:32the running backs. Coming into the

43:33season, I thought

43:35>> I I you know me. I mean, yes, Marvin

43:38Harrison would be the story line, but

43:39for me it's Jeremiah Love. Um I thought

43:41he would get off to a slow start. A

43:42little slower than I would have hoped.

43:4360 64% of the snaps for Tyler Algier,

43:4640% for Jeremiah Love. I wish they would

43:49feed this guy more. He did lead them in

43:51carries with nine only at 29 yards, had

43:53three targets, only 16 yards. So, we

43:55haven't seen that big explosive play

43:56from him yet. I'm hoping it's coming,

43:58but for now, he's fallen down to the

44:00fringe RB2. More of a flex play at this

44:02point. Tyler Algier, obviously not

44:04startable. Um, kind of hoham for Trey

44:06McBride. Eight for 41 and a touchdown.

44:09>> That's it.

44:09>> That's hoham for him. Yeah,

44:10>> that's over for It's over for

44:12>> Yeah. Marvin Iris. It's You're exactly

44:14right.

44:15>> Traded, right?

44:16>> I don't know. At some point, maybe not

44:17this year. I don't know. Uh 26 routes in

44:19this game, one target, zero catches. He

44:22has that 33 yard catch this season.

44:23That's it. That's all he got. He's going

44:25to have a game at some point. Maybe

44:26soon, maybe week three. We'll see. Or

44:28he's going to have, you know, seven for

44:3062 and a touchdown. And we're going to

44:31say, "Yeah, that's the guy that they

44:32drafted and we believe it's it's not

44:34that's not it." All right. Like there's

44:36too much of a sample size. 31 games

44:38where he's got four of his 31 games. 13%

44:41of the time, zero catches.

44:43>> Yeah, I will say this. No Cardinal other

44:46than McBride got to 20 yards in this

44:48game. So, it was a disaster against

44:49Seattle. Uh but their schedule's tough,

44:52so I'm not sure it's going to be

44:52substantially better going forward. Uh

44:54it's not as tough as the Chargers who

44:55are now 0 and2 and staring down the

44:57barrel of a gauntlet. What a pathetic

44:59effort this was. I'm so impressed by the

45:01Raiders. 26 to4ers

45:04does matter. Clint Kubak goes out there

45:06and helps out in a major way. Uh for the

45:09Raiders, not a lot of takeaways, right?

45:11Because there's only two guys that we

45:12really care about for fantasy. Ashton

45:14Genty, who was fine yesterday. Really

45:17good snap percentage, 82% inefficient as

45:20a runner, 21 for 48. He dropped three

45:23passes, but he had seven targets. That's

45:25good. I actually thought that Genty made

45:26the case for those that like a little

45:28bit skeptical on Genty coming into the

45:30season was he's an amazing player. He's

45:33going to play a good amount of snaps,

45:34maybe a very good amount of snaps, but I

45:37am a little concerned that this

45:38offensive line is better, but not that

45:39much better. Right. Yesterday maybe

45:41helped make that case. They've got to

45:43like

45:44>> week one was not the right matchup to

45:45decide whether this offense is all the

45:47way back, but one game is not enough to

45:49decide whether this offense is all the

45:50way back to where it was prior to week

45:52one. Uh but we'll have a better snapshot

45:55of them in future weeks by the Saints

45:56this upcoming week. But let's talk about

45:58the Chargers, guys.

45:58>> Wait, real quick. Can we just for

46:00anomaly sake point out that Kirk Cousins

46:02has scored three touchdowns, has thrown

46:04three touchdowns in back-to-back weeks.

46:06He has six touchdowns on the season.

46:07>> Yeah, the that's good for the Raiders,

46:09but not good for us wanting to see

46:10Fernando Mendoza because that's been

46:12bumped down the road a little.

46:13>> Say if you want to see more piss

46:14missiles thrown on Sunday, you want

46:16Fernando Mendoza on the field. Let's

46:18talk about the Chargers, though. And uh

46:20it's a great term. I'm so mad. It's so

46:22pathetic. I I like

46:24>> one of the questions we'll be discussing

46:25on first draft later today is what's

46:26wrong with the Chargers offense? My

46:28response is what's right? What is right

46:29right now? Are you kidding me? Like what

46:31are they doing well? Like this is just

46:32an awful effort. Every player that you

46:34could count on, you're saying to

46:35yourself like, oh yeah, like maybe Joe

46:38Alt will be back to being all pro Joe

46:39Alt. Three full starts yesterday, a hold

46:41in the end zone. Justin Herbert, hello.

46:4315 for 27. Yeah. And you can point out a

46:46couple plays where guys drop passes.

46:47Like at some point there are certain

46:49quarterbacks that we just continue to

46:50make excuses for and there are others

46:52that we don't. Right. Yeah. Justin

46:54Herbert, no more excuses. flat out not

46:57good enough. Gigantic bust. It's driving

46:59me up a wall right now. All the pass

47:01catchers are are Lad Mcconi was hurt

47:04yesterday. He played only 45% of the

47:06snaps, but he was under 50% in week one

47:08as well. Lad's a top 20-ish wide

47:11receiver. I thought Amarian Hampton was

47:14fine yesterday. Not great. 17 and a half

47:16fantasy points.

47:17>> He's it though.

47:18>> Under four yard, maybe just over four

47:19yards for carry. But even Hampton feels

47:21like one of those guys that's

47:22underwhelmed through two weeks. Like

47:24just this entire offense is bothering

47:26me. They have an absolutely ridiculous

47:28schedule coming up. All the Chargers are

47:30disappointing. Hampton's still going to

47:32be started. Lad McConny will still be on

47:34the fringes.

47:36>> Justin Herbert though, man. Oh my god.

47:37Could not have been more wrong. Wrong

47:39wrong.

47:40>> Can you tell who from Vibes in this room

47:42who was invested in the Chargers

47:43offense?

47:44>> I think a lot of us were excited though,

47:45but he's not mentioning Mike McDaniel.

47:47And I think that that's a giant part of

47:49this problem. And McDaniel's not

47:51scheming for the offensive line talent

47:53that he has. And I will just go off for

47:55a second out of pure frustration as well

47:57and say that

47:58>> we all thought McDaniel sat there and

48:00said, "Oh, I had all these job offers. I

48:02had all these opportunities. I chose Los

48:04Angeles because of Justin Herbert. I

48:06wanted that. I wanted that talent. I

48:08wanted to unlock it. I wanted to get my

48:10hands on it." Well, girl, get your hands

48:11on it.

48:12>> It's awful right now. Well said, Liz,

48:14because it is just incredibly

48:15frustrating. I mean, look at that

48:17schedule. We flashed it on the graphic.

48:18Next seven weeks. Good luck finding a

48:20way to get to even like four and five

48:22for the Los Angeles Chargers.

48:24>> It's been a while since Herbert

48:25Herbert's been like an established QB1

48:27and it looked like he was going to be a

48:28superstar early in his career and it's

48:29been years now.

48:30>> Okay. So, I mean unbelievable.

48:32>> Independent of the fantasy side, Mike,

48:33he doesn't look like QB1 in real life.

48:35>> Oh, no. I agree.

48:36>> But he's not even playing like a top 10

48:38QB. He's playing like a bottom 10 QB

48:39right now.

48:40>> That's shocking.

48:40>> Jaguars go to Denver. Had a big lead and

48:42they coughed it up. Mike, gritty win for

48:44Denver. What did you take away from

48:45that?

48:46>> Yeah, it was uh pretty impressive. My m

48:48main takeaway is we have a budding

48:50superstar, maybe now an established

48:51superstar, a wide receiver for the

48:53Jacksonville Jaguars here. Parker

48:55Washington is for real. Another huge

48:56game, 12 targets, seven catches, 98

49:00yards. I earlier I teased us this second

49:02in the NFL in target share.

49:04>> Go ahead and guess.

49:05>> Parker Washington. 37% for Washington.

49:09He's a borderline wide receiver one and

49:10he'll be ranked as such going forward by

49:12me at least. Yep. You guys do what you

49:14think is best

49:15>> if you don't want to. I mean, it's

49:17dangerous, but yeah, how can you not? I

49:18agree. He's awesome.

49:20>> Um, running game for this team. Another

49:23good game, another good day day for Bay

49:25Shaw Tuton on the ground. 13 carries, 65

49:28yards, and a touchdown, but still not

49:30much in the passing game, which is

49:31really really limiting him uh in terms

49:33of a breakout potential, three yards,

49:34and two targets. They're using four

49:36running backs still. They're still

49:37working Amir Abdullah into this back

49:39field as well. So, um I'm hesitant to

49:43get too far ahead on Bashal Tuon. still

49:45more of a flex option, I would say. Uh,

49:48and you know what? I'm keeping an eye on

49:49Brian Thomas. Eight targets in this

49:50game. He was busy early in week one

49:52before he got hurt as well. They're

49:54trying to make him the number two here.

49:56>> Uh, but Myers kind of phased out. So,

49:58>> but Jacobe played 89% of the stats.

50:00>> Yeah, but they're just not Yeah, they're

50:02not using him.

50:02>> Brian Thomas Jr., dude, the drops are so

50:05bad. They're trying.

50:06>> Oh my god.

50:08>> Thomas for Harrison trade. Change of

50:10scenes. Honestly, like

50:11>> Oh,

50:11>> we saw um this is super nerdy, but we

50:13saw that Mason Smith trade this off

50:16season where like two teams just swap

50:17second round defensive tackles. I forget

50:19who it was for.

50:20>> Who was that? Oh, man. Atlanta and

50:21Jacksonville, right? Uh

50:23>> Mason Smith went to Atlanta and then

50:25>> who was it? Uh not worth wasting our

50:27time.

50:28>> Yeah, we'll get there.

50:28>> There's a buzzer, guys. That's going to

50:29happen.

50:30>> Yeah, Roorith. There you go.

50:31>> Was it? Anyways, the bottom line is that

50:34so the Jaguars uh Brian Thomas Jr. they

50:37try they're trying to make it happen but

50:38the the drops are just

50:39>> Parker Washington also though a 30 yard

50:4132 yard grab something like that. We

50:43would thought we would have thought that

50:44BTJ would have been the field stretcher

50:47or the more vertical option of the two

50:49of them and so Parker Washington is

50:50doing all of the things.

50:51>> They are trying right now to give Thomas

50:53a shot.

50:54>> Yes, they are. And and it's not going

50:55great yet but we'll see. Uh Bronco side

50:57Jaylen Wadd is back. No, we we said last

51:00week zero concern about this one and we

51:02are right on that. Eight for 138 on 10

51:04targets. Uh but Courtland Sutton and

51:05another Dud three for 25. They're really

51:07trying to get the ball in the Jaylen W's

51:09hands right now. Dun will have some

51:10games. I'm a little worried about him

51:11being a consistent top 20 option. Maybe

51:14more of a flex for the moment and we're

51:16keeping an eye on a big injury here to

51:18JK Dobbins. Injured his hamstring. We're

51:20going to monitor this throughout the

51:21week. But again, as you'll discuss on

51:23waiverss tomorrow, Jonah Coleman

51:25priority ad. uh had his ups and downs in

51:28this game, but did find the end zone. Uh

51:30so if he's out, it will be Jonah Coleman

51:32and maybe just Tyler Beday because we

51:34don't know if RJ Harvey, who was out for

51:36this game, will be back from injury next

51:38week. So we'll keep an eye on this one.

51:40>> I just want to say some vintage Shawn

51:41Payeyton here with 10 different pass

51:43catchers targeted throughout the effort.

51:44>> No, we don't like that. No, we don't

51:46like that. But at least we got a ton of

51:47Jaylen Wadd. That was great to see.

51:49Let's go to the Dolphins at the 49ers.

51:52We can probably keep it pretty quick on

51:54the Miami side before I tell you where

51:56Mike was wrong. The answer is not

51:58really. Um, for Miami, there's kind of

52:00only one player that we care about for

52:02fantasy week in and week out. It's Devon

52:04Han. Daniel, I think, might be on to

52:06something from last week, right? He was

52:08really frustrated by Devon Achan after

52:10week one. Um, he had six targets, so

52:12he's now got back-to-back games with

52:14five or more targets, does Devon Achan.

52:16That's a serviceable number. And his

52:18rushing efficiency was okay. Not great.

52:21Not not great, but okay. Right. Nearly

52:23four yards per carry. That seems There's

52:26two problems here for Devon A. The elite

52:28rushing efficiency in backto-back games

52:30has not been there. Two, the touchdown

52:32equity is just going to be a whole lot

52:33harder to come by. This team is doing it

52:36the right way. They're taking it all on

52:37the chin this year, but this is easily a

52:39bottom five team in the NFL. Maybe a

52:42bottom two team in the NFL is Miami. I

52:44think Achan has graduated downwards

52:46right from like an RB1 to like probably

52:49RB2c closer to flex territory. That's at

52:51least in my assessment of him at the

52:53moment. For the Niners, I don't know

52:56what Mike was thinking when he was

52:57saying that Brock Purie is in for a

52:58monster day because Brock Pury did have

53:00two incompletions yesterday.

53:01>> Wow, that's embarrassing.

53:02>> Yeah, two uh 20 for 22, 287 yards, two

53:06passing touchdowns, plus three rushes

53:08for 30 yards and a touchdown. 28.5

53:11fantasy points for Brock Pury. The

53:13Dolphins play host to the Chiefs next

53:15week. Crank up on Patrick Mahomes.

53:18>> George KD back too.

53:20>> Yes, George KD had a a big game

53:23yesterday. KD had a long 40-yard catch

53:25and then a touchdown later on. So KD

53:27played 51% of the snaps, turned it into

53:3018 fantasy points. Great to see

53:32Christian McCaffrey played a bigger role

53:34in week two based off snap percentages

53:36in week one. And Kalin Black played less

53:38than Christian McCaffrey, sorry, than he

53:40did in week one as well. Kaylin Black

53:42was down to 29% of the snaps yesterday.

53:44McAffrey finished with nearly 23 fantasy

53:47points. Honestly,

53:49wasn't a perfect day from Christian

53:50McCaffrey. He found the end zone twice.

53:52This is a hard game to read too much

53:54into other because of the fact they

53:55played Miami.

53:56>> I know, but goal line gremlin Christian

53:58McAffrey.

53:59>> We'll take it, right?

54:00>> Well, we will take it, but it is a

54:02little bit weird. I mean, he converted

54:04for all four of his looks for 43

54:05receiving yards, but that is the

54:07Christian McAffrey. is also averaging,

54:08and I know that obviously they were

54:10short runs, so this is a bit skewed, but

54:12under two yards per carry after coming

54:14off of a really inefficient in terms of

54:15rushing season last year, just

54:17>> a little over two yards. Yeah. Uh, by

54:18the way, they played like 55 snaps

54:21yesterday.

54:21>> Yeah, they did. Only 22 pass attempts.

54:23Yeah. Mike Evans left injured, but it

54:25seems like he could have probably came

54:26back in. The game is out of hand.

54:27Demarcus Robinson looks like a high

54:29ankle sprain. He'll be out probably, I

54:31would guess, a month or so. So, uh, but

54:33not a high impact.

54:33>> That Ner's wide receiver room is

54:35thinning out by the moment. Let's get to

54:37the finale of Sunday night, Mike. The

54:39Chiefs overtime. They win uh lastminute

54:42field goal from Harrison Buter to get a

54:4433-30 win. And the word vintage comes to

54:48mind when watching this game last night.

54:50>> Yeah, no doubt about it. Mahomes is back

54:52at least as a passer. Actually, he's

54:53running the ball a little bit as well at

54:5417 yards, but 382 through the air, 32

54:56for 47, three touchdowns, and a great

54:59connection with, to your point, Travis

55:00Kelce. Uh caught nine of 11 targets, 101

55:03yards, and a touchdown. Right. Back in

55:05the tight end one conversation goes

55:06Travis Kelce. Whatever.

55:07>> When you say that, do you mean like

55:08tight end one overall or just

55:11day? I know. I'm just I'm just saying

55:13after last night, he looks freaking

55:14awesome.

55:14>> He looked like the tight end. Yeah, he

55:15looked like the tight end went overall.

55:17>> He looks way faster than he did last

55:19year.

55:19>> Yeah, he does. He said he said he

55:21changed his regimen during the offseason

55:22and he looks

55:23>> He got married, dude. He had to get into

55:24wedding shape.

55:24>> Yeah, he sure did.

55:25>> Wedding shape is different than marriage

55:27shape.

55:28>> But he's in both.

55:29>> I just said that out loud.

55:30>> He's in both shapes. Whatever shape he's

55:32in is good for

55:34>> newly married shape.

55:35>> Yes, he absolutely is.

55:36>> Before you move on, Mike. Yeah.

55:37>> Travis Kelce, not just in whatever shape

55:40we think he's in, but also a man of the

55:42fantasy football people. Take it.

55:44>> Oh, yeah. Okay.

55:45>> On the way out, man. No one cares about

55:47anyone's fantasy football team, but I do

55:49want to tell you that last grab when you

55:50turned it up and got 11 yards on the

55:52catch, you might have helped your boy

55:53win a game by like 0.1. So, I'm

55:56grateful. I owe you. Thank you for that.

55:57Good looking out. All right.

56:01I've been I've been uh I've been a ghost

56:03in the uh in the fantasy football world

56:05for a while. So hopefully I got a few

56:06few people uh some victories tonight.

56:08>> I'm I'm a ball knower. I selected you

56:10with good reason. Hey, do me a favor.

56:11Tell your lovely bride I said hello. Uh

56:13until next time. Stay well. All right.

56:15I'll see you soon.

56:17>> Look at that. That's how you acknowledge

56:18it right there. Travis Kelce, by the

56:20way, hasn't been a ghost. All right.

56:21Like this.

56:22>> But we love a self-aware king.

56:23>> Yes. No doubt.

56:24>> Definitely not. He hasn't been at the

56:25level he used to be for sure. But he was

56:27last night, so that's good. Uh he had 11

56:30targets in second place on the team with

56:3210. Ken Walker III. This guy doing his

56:35best. Christian Mccaffrey impression

56:37here. 24 carries, 117 yards. Also six

56:40catches on for 61 yards in this game.

56:43Their game so far the first couple weeks

56:45of the season has just been Mahomes

56:46drops back short area throws just

56:48setting up. Uh Xavier Worthy uh for him

56:50to make plays with his legs and the same

56:52thing with Ken Walker. So Walker uh very

56:54much in the top five conversation at

56:57running back. Rasheed Rice 83 yards in

56:59this one on six targets. We need a

57:00little bit more from him.

57:02>> He's he's graduated down.

57:03>> Yeah, he's he's gone the wrong way.

57:04Xavier Worthy going the right way. We

57:06thought he might be post hype if he's

57:08healthy and he saw seven targets and

57:09scored a touchdown in this game. Not a

57:11lineup block by any means, but he's

57:12going the right direction. So, Chief's

57:14offense looking awesome right now.

57:17Indianapolis side, you know, Jonathan

57:19Taylor, I mean, what more do you need to

57:20say? 24

57:22and two touchdowns. Also caught four

57:24passes for 40 yards. He's terrific. uh

57:26injury to Alec Pearson in this one. Heel

57:28injury. We'll keep an eye on this one.

57:29He was carded off. Don't love that. Not

57:32much to say on that yet. We'll monitor,

57:34but if he does miss time, Josh Downs,

57:35seven for 72 on nine targets in this

57:38game, was clearly their passing game

57:39along with Tyler Warren who had went six

57:41for 21 and scored another touchdown. He

57:43had a he scored him week one as well for

57:46good start for Tyler Warren. Very

57:47quietly, but the guys just getting the

57:49job done.

57:49>> Yeah. Not a lot of yards per catch there

57:51for Tyler Warren, but if you're going to

57:52see seven targets a game and score in

57:54back-to-back weeks, you're going to find

57:55a way.

57:55>> We got goal line carries, too. This

57:56guy's uh

57:57>> also doing better than Coloulston

57:59Lovelin, who was drafted at the same

58:00point heading into No. Definitely.

58:02They're neither neither one of them is

58:03Dalton Concade, but uh perhaps both of

58:05them can find their way to stick around

58:07that top five tight end range. Um, let's

58:10get to the Monday Night Football game

58:11because we're not going to have a

58:13massive storyline every week for Monday

58:15Night Football, but we got a gigantic

58:17one. And that is the status of Puka

58:19Nakua, who is iffy at best, I would say,

58:21going into this game Monday night. If

58:24it's possible the ship has already

58:25sailed, I've seen a lot of leagues where

58:26Puka is in someone's lineup and there's

58:29nobody left on the bench and the IR spot

58:31is already accounted for by someone

58:33else. If you still have flexibility,

58:35Mike, can you rank the let's call it I'm

58:38trying to think the flex options that

58:40probably are not lineup locks already.

58:43>> Yeah. So, if it's a wide receiver slot,

58:45you're going to go to Darno Mooney or

58:47Malachi Fields, one of the wide

58:48receivers. Uh, if it's a flex, I think I

58:51would lean more towards the Rams tight

58:52ends. Kobe Parkinson, priority one.

58:54Terrence Ferguson, priority two.

58:55Parkinson was the clear number one tight

58:58end for them in week one. I don't know

58:59why that would change this week. Uh he

59:01was good down the stretch last week as

59:02well or last year as well. Sneaky bet

59:04for a touchdown or two in this one for

59:06sure. So that would be my order. If you

59:09have to go deeper than that, it's Devin

59:11Singleary maybe. But again, I'm nervous

59:13about him because what if Naji Harris is

59:14active in this game and takes that role?

59:16So he was the passing down back last

59:18week. That's what I'm looking at. I

59:19don't think you have many other options.

59:21>> How excited are you to watch Isaiah

59:22Leley tonight, Liz?

59:24>> I am moderately excited.

59:25>> Oh, really?

59:26>> I am moderately excited. I am mostly

59:29intrigued because the overunder on this

59:32game is still 47 and a half.

59:34>> Well, the overunder that I kept

59:35remarking on during fantasy focus

59:37countdown yesterday as being low were

59:39too high as it turned out yesterday

59:40because it was a done of a weekend.

59:42Yeah,

59:42>> but that seems I mean the Rams are

59:44favored by six and a half even with

59:47question marks around Pukat. I'm just

59:48surprised that nothing there. There's

59:50not been more movement. Um

59:53>> I think uh Giants are gonna make this a

59:54game. But I also feel like there it

59:57could be a decently high-scoring game

59:58when we and we talked about this on FFC

1:00:00when we look at all of the injuries to

1:00:01the quarterback room in New York.

1:00:03>> So I am just feeling I don't know how

1:00:06it's going to shake out obviously if

1:00:08Puka is not available.

1:00:10>> But I do feel like Shawn McVey coming

1:00:12off of that horrific week one showing

1:00:14and at home is going to have to summon

1:00:17the firepower from somewhere to make

1:00:19this a ball game. And because the

1:00:21matchup is so favorable,

1:00:23>> he's going to find a way to do it. And

1:00:25all that talk about 17 and0 and the best

1:00:27team in the NFL and the Avengers

1:00:30team, he might be back. Yeah. No, no

1:00:32Miles Garrett probably limited Aaron

1:00:34Donald in this one. Uh shapes up for the

1:00:36Giants offense to keep up their momentum

1:00:37from last week. And as you guys know, I

1:00:39was very invested in them. So, I'm I'm

1:00:41excited for this one.

1:00:42>> New regime has a moment to prove that

1:00:44they are real here.

1:00:45>> Yeah, this is a big one. John Harbaugh

1:00:47might get a win in SoFi Stadium before

1:00:49Jim Harbaugh this season.

1:00:50>> Uh the three of us are all picking the

1:00:53Rams to win. The producers though are on

1:00:55the Giants. We'll see if their pivot

1:00:57pays off. That'll do it for our show

1:01:00today. But do not forget tomorrow Liz,

1:01:02me and Daniel are coming back. We are

1:01:04talking week three waiverwire names that

1:01:06you need to know. We'll recap Monday

1:01:08Night Football and anything else that

1:01:10may come up. We are hoping for good news

1:01:11on Caleb Williams today. We will see.

1:01:14Until then, for Mike and Liz, I'm field

1:01:17Monday.

1:01:2161.

1:01:23Focus.

1:01:24Fantasy.

1:01:27Fantasy. Focus.

1:01:46Hey,