The Week 3 Calls to WIN You Your Fantasy Matchup | Fantasy Focus

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1:48>> What's up friends? Welcome into fantasy

1:49focus football. It's Thursday, September

1:5224th, alongside Michael Le Force.

1:56>> 24th. I think I I think it did.

1:58>> Yeah. May the 24th be with you guys.

2:01Thank you. Thank you. Little synergy.

2:04Mike Clay, Field Jates. My name is

2:05Daniel Dopp. Very excited to be here.

2:06We're going to talk about Thursday night

2:08football. We're going to dive into our

2:10week three preview part one. But first

2:12and foremost, you look nice. Mike, did

2:14you dress yourself this morning? You

2:15don't look as nice as you usually do.

2:17>> No, I I did. Yeah. Why? What's wrong?

2:19This is This isn't just a standard

2:20t-shirt. It's like a slightly thicker

2:22t-shirt.

2:22>> Heatherthered. It's like a ultra cotton

2:24t-shirt there.

2:25>> Yeah. So, it's a little nicer than

2:26usual.

2:27>> Oh, is that what it is?

2:27>> Let's be honest. Mike is trending so far

2:29up. He is off the charts. Parker

2:31Washington of fashion.

2:34>> Kenneth Walker the third of fashion.

2:36It's like annoying. He said great

2:38projections, great fantasy analysis, and

2:40he dresses like a 10. His hair always

2:42looks good now, too.

2:42>> Oh, wow. True.

2:43>> I've been told I need a haircut, so I

2:45don't know about that. But

2:46>> who told you that?

2:47>> Never mind. Okay. Yep. I figured. Yeah.

2:49When in doubt.

2:50>> When in doubt, that's what it was.

2:51>> You know who you know who

2:52>> you look. You look fantastic. You look

2:54great as well, Field. Very excited to be

2:55here to talk about football today.

2:57Thanks, man. I'm very excited. Um, I am

2:59the Devon Achan right now of uh Fantasy

3:02Analyst when it comes to the way that I

3:03dress.

3:04>> You're the tiny moving part of the show.

3:06>> Oh, that was a call out to the shirt

3:08that I'm wearing. That's a bandit.

3:10>> I'm going to go see a couple bands this

3:11week. Can I Can I ask you guys really

3:13quickly? Have you ever heard of a band

3:14called Saves the Day?

3:15>> Of course. Yeah.

3:16>> All right. there. Um, we were just

3:17talking about a band prior to the show.

3:20Yes. And their most iconic songs. Yes.

3:22And we managed to name I named one and I

3:24was like, "Isn't it this?" And you named

3:25a different song.

3:27>> Yeah. We were talking about Five. Yes.

3:28Yeah. Yeah.

3:29>> Um, what is Save the Day is big?

3:31>> Save the Day. They had two big records.

3:32Through Being Cool and Stay What You

3:33Are. My buddy Chris plays guitar, so I'm

3:35going to go see them this week. And then

3:37another band named Thrice, uh, which is

3:38another pretty big band. Uh, I'm very

3:40excited to see them. Take Sunday. What

3:42about

3:43>> Sun? You know, Taking Back Sunday.

3:44>> That one. Yeah.

3:45>> All right. Do you know? Uh, have you

3:46heard of Dan and Shay?

3:47>> I've heard of Dan and Shay.

3:50Uh, I'm going to see them. I'm going to

3:51see them Saturday night. And so is Field

3:53Day.

3:53>> Wait, you're going?

3:54>> Yeah.

3:54>> Yes. Let's sit together.

3:55>> I love that all the three of us are

3:56going to shows on Saturday night. All

3:58right. That's going to be fun. We're

3:59real friends here. All right.

4:00>> We're going together though. We excluded

4:01you cuz you're like two mainstream on

4:04the radio. You've been heard on the

4:05radio so you wouldn't you wouldn't know

4:06them.

4:07>> You know what I heard on the radio

4:08unfortunately yesterday was a quote from

4:10Shawn McVey guys when we're talking

4:11about Pukanuka. Let's dive into a little

4:12bit of football. That was an amazing

4:14segue right there. Did you really hear

4:15it on the radio though?

4:16>> I did. I didn't, but if I was, it would

4:18have been on ESPN radio where I heard

4:20it. Um, well done.

4:21>> Sean McVey didn't officially rule out

4:24Puka Nua for this week.

4:25>> I don't like this week, by the way. Say

4:27that in advance. There's a lot There's a

4:28lot of a lot of bad.

4:29>> You should make uh you should make plans

4:31to not have Puka. I'm just going to read

4:32this quote, and if this isn't the one

4:33that you guys were talking about, please

4:34let me know. Yeah. Um, McVey said that

4:37Pukanukua does not have a hernia, but

4:39when you're a skilled player and you're

4:40really trying to hit high speeds and you

4:42just really open up and you feel just

4:44it's like some things can almost be like

4:46preh hernia is kind of what he's

4:47feeling. So, you air on the side of

4:50caution.

4:51>> Usually time is the best thing that

4:52allows that to heal and then once you

4:54get to a certain point then I think you

4:55feel pretty good moving forward.

4:58He didn't actually say how much time was

5:00going to be missed, but the idea of

5:03saying pre hernia taking time. What are

5:07you reading into this when you hear all

5:08of these things that he's talking about?

5:09>> Yeah, this morning I said to our to our

5:11show group text like we should probably

5:12talk about Puka. I know we'll talk about

5:14it tomorrow because we'll have one more

5:16data point as to whether he practices or

5:18doesn't. Correct. I'm assuming he won't,

5:20but I think we should flag this now

5:21because if for some reason you have a

5:24consideration at Flex that plays in

5:26tonight's game, Matthew Golden would be

5:29an example of a guy who's on that Flex

5:30radar, that could be your best option if

5:33Puka doesn't play.

5:34>> You better be prepared to play that

5:35player tonight.

5:36>> One thing about Shawn McVey is that he

5:38doesn't he has a pretty bad poker face.

5:41He does basically everything else great.

5:42Doesn't have a great poker face. and and

5:45that's actually a good thing for our

5:46purposes when he's describing injuries.

5:48And I would say that he is telling us

5:50without telling us directly that Puka is

5:52probably not going to play this upcoming

5:54weekend. So there's the actionable side

5:55of it of if you have a player that you

5:58think is good enough to be a flex if

6:01Puka were on a buy, you should be

6:03strongly considering that player

6:05tonight. I just wanted to ask you guys

6:07like do you have buyer remorse if you

6:10use a top five pick on Puka or have we

6:12not reached that point?

6:13>> I can't be. It's not like we saw it

6:14coming. It's not like we were like, "Ah,

6:16he's injuryprone. He's probably gonna

6:17miss multiple games or like that could

6:19have happened. I mean, anybody I don't

6:21want to put this in the in the word."

6:22Exactly. All right. I won't I won't say

6:24a specific name, but

6:26>> that could happen to anyone. And you

6:27can't look at it that way. If a guy bust

6:29because they're not playing well or

6:30something went wrong with the offense or

6:31whatever, fine.

6:32>> But like if if they struggle because

6:34their quarterback got hurt or because

6:35they got hurt, that it's hard for me to

6:36have regret over I mean, it's

6:38unfortunate.

6:38>> Same. No, I had a feeling you wouldn't

6:40feel the same. But in part, I moved Puka

6:42down as wide receiver four because I

6:44felt like there were three other wide

6:45receivers in Jamar Chase and JSN and

6:47Amaras St. Brown that are just like

6:49almost as safe as you can get. And at

6:52this point, if I didn't grab one of

6:54those three guys when I felt like dang,

6:55they are the safer play. But I want the

6:57upside of what Puka can be cuz I think

6:59his upside was potentially the highest

7:01given what it can be in that offense.

7:02>> But did you think he was safer because

7:04of for health reasons or just because we

7:06were worried about the suspension?

7:07>> Both. I think Puka maybe uh

7:12we talked yesterday about JSN and Aman

7:15Ross St. Brown and how they're not divas

7:17at the position of wide receiver.

7:19They're just like easy players. I'm not

7:21ever worried about them getting in

7:22trouble off the field. I'm not worried

7:24about what they're going to say in like

7:25a weird in a moment.

7:27>> With Puka, there is a little bit of that

7:28and there's a little bit of the health

7:29concern. We've seen him just miss time

7:31in pockets throughout his career so far.

7:33So that's why it's just like a it was a

7:35safe play. He's still wide receiver four

7:37and there's going to be likely a full

7:39season. So like do I have buyer's

7:41remorse?

7:43I don't know.

7:44>> Okay, last question I'll ask on this. If

7:46you're 0 and2 with Puka and that's

7:47possible because if you use your first

7:48round pick on Puka through two weeks

7:50you've gotten 12.4 fantasy points. He

7:52had a

7:53>> pretty average week one. Five catches

7:54for 74 yards

7:57>> and you're 0 and2.

7:58>> Yeah.

7:59>> And you don't know when Puka is going to

8:00play. Maybe it's this weekend, but it

8:02doesn't sound likely. Are you actively

8:04shopping him and taking the best that

8:06you can get?

8:09>> Man, it's it's a conversation of like

8:11where's the line? Like that the line

8:13it's like do I trade him for CD Lamb?

8:16You know, maybe.

8:16>> Sure. Okay. Yes. All right. So,

8:18>> but I don't know if I'm going much

8:19further than that. I don't know if I'm

8:20going outside the first round.

8:21>> Sometimes hesitant answers are actually

8:23very clear answers. Like both of you

8:25just told me like the answer's no. Like

8:27I'm not like actively being like I got

8:29to get the best I can for Puka.

8:31>> Yeah. But both of you would at least

8:33consider it. I don't think, by the way,

8:35the CD Lamb manager would trade you CD

8:37Lamb right now.

8:37>> Yeah, probably not. But that's my point

8:39is kind of like I'm not going like I'm

8:40not trading him for Parker Washington.

8:41As much as I like him, I'm not going

8:43that far. And Washington might be a top

8:4515 play the rest of the year, but

8:46>> I don't know if he's getting to the

8:47level of Nua. Maybe he will, but I I

8:49don't know. I'm not doing that.

8:50>> If Puka was my only miss, quote unquote,

8:53then I would consider maybe trying to

8:55move him. But if I also had like a Devon

8:57Aan who hasn't lived up to expectations

8:59and it's like oh shoot now I've got two

9:01underperforming guys or yeah there may

9:03be like another situation or one of the

9:05injured quarterbacks that you were you

9:06know really in on um you know you might

9:08have to make a move. So I think

9:10>> I have a team with Puka and I think this

9:12team is going to be awesome. It's in our

9:14Michigan men league.

9:15>> Yep.

9:16>> Josh Allen, Zay Flowers, Puka Nua and

9:19Brock Bowers. Four of my first five

9:21picks. I think this team is going to be

9:22awesome.

9:23>> Got to hold that hope. But I am 0 and2

9:25because I've either had players

9:27unavailable or in the case of Puka, his

9:30one game he has played, he didn't play

9:32great. So I that's an I'm like I can't

9:34do anything with Puka yet, but 0 and3

9:36would be a really difficult hole to keep

9:38myself out of.

9:39>> That sounds like a coaching problem. I

9:40mean, you got the pieces field. Why Why

9:42is the coach not putting it together on

9:43the field for the team together?

9:45>> I got to admit I had a bad travel plan

9:47for our team.

9:47>> That's what sometimes you're just the

9:49dumbest guy in the room and you make a

9:50bad travel. He show he set his line up

9:52like minutes before the game started.

9:53Like he just wasn't prepared at all.

9:55>> Speaking of, let's talk about Thursday

9:56Night Football. Don't wait until right

9:57before the game to set your lineup.

9:58We're going to talk about it now so you

10:00can be all set and ready to go.

10:02>> Okay,

10:03>> Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers

10:05lineup blocks in this one. Bjan

10:06Robinson, Drake London. Still lineup

10:08blocks.

10:09>> New quarterback

10:10>> because we've got a new quarterback. And

10:11then Christian Watson the only lineup

10:12block on the other side. Mike, knowing

10:14that we've got a new quarterback, I do

10:16want to ask you why Kyle Pittz isn't

10:18also considered a lineup block or is he

10:19right on the fringe there?

10:21>> Quarter line guys moving up too kind of

10:23hurt him a little bit too because he

10:24obviously is off to a slow start and

10:26then you have Isaiah likely in there and

10:28now in there and we might have Dalton

10:31Schultz in that conversation if Nico

10:32Collins doesn't play this week. So

10:34yesterday he did not.

10:34>> I know he did not. Uh so we have a lot

10:36of competition for that spot. Um, and I

10:39think you don't have to force it really

10:40with like I think he's fine. If you

10:42drafted Pitts and you want to fire him

10:44up, I think you could have more

10:45confidence than you had during weeks one

10:46or two. But, um, yeah, I think he misses

10:49that cut. He's more like around the top

10:5010 than he is a cemented lineup other

10:52guy.

10:53>> Sorry. As as the known numbers guy,

10:55>> yes,

10:55>> the player that we need to be discussing

10:57right now is Drake London.

10:58>> Yeah, that's the one that

10:59>> he's a lock.

11:00>> He's a lock and the upside potential.

11:03And I I am just basically guaranteeing

11:04he'll go like three for 31 with what I'm

11:07about to say.

11:08>> Don't do it.

11:08>> But let's just go through some of the

11:09good things that Michael Penn Jr. brings

11:11to the table compared to what we saw

11:12over the past two weeks. Please.

11:13>> In 12 career starts, Michael Penn Jr.

11:16has 227 passing yards per game.

11:18>> Like that.

11:19>> Serviceable. Not amazing, but

11:20serviceable. Especially when you

11:22consider the Falcons in their first two

11:24games have 247 total passing yards. So

11:28you're basically getting two for the

11:30price of one here. When Michael Penn Jr.

11:32is starting versus Cooper Rush. He has

11:33started 12 games in his career. Has

11:35Pennix. Drake London and Kyle Pittz have

11:38been available in all 12 of those games.

11:41Here's what the numbers bear out. In 12

11:44games with Michael Penn Jr. as a

11:46starting quarterback, Drake London is

11:47averaging 20.5 PPR points per game.

11:50>> Hallelujah.

11:50>> 11.1 targets, 6.8 catches, 96.8

11:56receiving yards.

11:57>> Huge numbers.

11:57>> And a target share of 34.7.

12:00I mean, that's like what we saw last

12:02year for a while, like top four, five

12:04wide receiver, Drake London.

12:06>> So, especially against a Packer

12:07secondary that certainly has question

12:08marks a corner. Um, you're probably

12:11running out of time to make a trade for

12:12Drake London. It sounds like what you're

12:14saying. Uh, today's your day. After

12:15tonight, it might be a little

12:16problematic.

12:17>> I' I've guaranteed you that it's going

12:18to be three for 31 by giving you this

12:20rosy outlook here on Drake London. But

12:22for all the frustration that we felt

12:23during the first two weeks, Michael Penn

12:25Jr. And even if the Penn experiment

12:27doesn't last that long, because Atlanta,

12:29I still think wants to get a look at Tua

12:31at some point, I think Tua gets us much

12:34closer to the numbers that I just shared

12:35for Drake London with Michael Penn Jr.

12:38than what we saw from Cooper Rush the

12:39past couple weeks.

12:40>> No, definitely the Penn's mightier this

12:41week um than

12:44>> than the rushier than the rush. Okay.

12:48>> Um Kyle Pitts, the numbers aren't quite

12:49as favorable. Kyle Pitts in those same

12:5112 games, 8.4 PPR points per game.

12:54field. I've got one catch for 15 yards

12:57through two weeks. I'll take 8.4

12:58>> PPR points right now.

12:59>> Completely understand that. I'm just

13:00letting you know that you know compared

13:02to what we just like it's not like Penn

13:04returns.

13:04>> It's not the same as Drake London

13:05>> and we're saying our confidence just

13:08skyrockets across the board for all

13:09these past catchers. It has seemingly

13:11meant the most for Drake London. So, I'm

13:13very optimistic starting tonight. Little

13:15bit of a hedge in my ranking just to see

13:17it. Pennix is coming off of a major knee

13:19injury. We want to see how he looks in

13:20his first start back. But uh I would

13:22have told you like I I before last week

13:25I brought up Drake London. I was like

13:27are we sure we're starting him if there

13:30is Cooper Rush under center. This week I

13:33am not asking that same question going

13:34into tonight's game.

13:35>> By the way, my uh he's my QB one in my

13:38uh Michael Jr. Only fantasy team. So got

13:41another Michael Jr. back on the field.

13:42>> Love that.

13:43>> You've been saving that one for a while

13:44for a minute.

13:45>> I mean we have no we talked about this

13:46Michael Pitman Jr. uh Mike Washington

13:49Jr. There's a lot of Mike Good Mike

13:50Juniors out there. So, uh, you know,

13:52we're putting a team together. What

13:53about Let's talk about Packers. Jordan

13:55Love, guys. Are we at a point now where

13:57Oh, do you want to start with the

13:58running backs or you want to start with

13:59Jordan Love? Actually,

14:00>> I think the running backs are fine

14:01because it could be really quick.

14:02>> Yeah, let's do the running backs.

14:04>> Kind of. Yeah. Three Three guys. If you

14:07have three guys, you have no guys in

14:08fantasy, right?

14:09>> So, with that context, with the way that

14:11we feel about it, and given that we've

14:13seen this the last little bit, is Jordan

14:14Love kind of like on that streamer like

14:16low-end QB1 conversation for this week

14:18for you guys? I'd never feel good about

14:20him in fantasy. There's not much upside.

14:22>> That's not the question. The question

14:23is, do you feel good? Yes.

14:25>> The question is, is he like a

14:26quarterback 10 to 12, low-end QB1? I

14:28think he is.

14:29>> I think it's worth reminding people like

14:31we're staring down the barrel of three

14:34quarterbacks being unavailable this

14:35week, right?

14:35>> Caleb Williams, Jane Daniels, Jackson

14:37Dart,

14:38>> all three of those guys. And Jackson

14:39Dart now officially out for the regular

14:41season. He's higher eligible as you'd

14:42imagine. Um, but like three of our top I

14:45think if those guys are all healthy on

14:47average they're top 12 quarterbacks at

14:49worst. So if 25% of our top 12

14:51quarterback guys are gone like yeah.

14:53>> So Jordan Love was QB 15 or 16 and now

14:56he's quarterback 12ish. Like that makes

14:58sense.

14:58>> That's where I land. Like is he a

14:59high-end streaming option? No. This like

15:01the matchup is good enough though. Bryce

15:03Young carved these dudes up last

15:04weekend. That Love with a bad running

15:08game, bad offensive line, so hopefully

15:10gets the ball out quick and a

15:12consolidated receiver group. I actually

15:13like not just Love, but Christian Watson

15:15and I think Matthew Golden is really

15:17viable tonight.

15:18>> Yeah, I think he's in the conversation

15:19this week as a streamer, but in general,

15:21I'm just like I don't know. I don't feel

15:22and I rarely feel a lot of optimism

15:24because he hasn't done it for years.

15:26It's the same conversation we have with

15:27Herbert in the offseason. He just It's

15:28been so long since he was a consistent

15:30QB1. He did it like one time, one season

15:33like Herbert. Like I just

15:35>> I don't know. I don't feel great about

15:36it. But yeah, I mean he's a I'm at 12.

15:38You're a little higher at eight.

15:39>> But eight. Yeah.

15:39>> I also don't feel great about it. But I

15:41do feel like all of the things line up

15:44for things to work in his favor. There

15:46is no Josh Jacobs. The running game is

15:48atrocious. They they have a very finite

15:50group of pass catchers now to funnel the

15:52ball to. I mean, for us, at least in

15:53fantasy, this is kind of like the best

15:55that we could get from Jordan Love is

15:57>> you're a little you're you're a little

15:58lack. You know, they had so much depth

16:00in the past. They're a little lacking a

16:01little bit right now.

16:02>> Now they are on Jaden Reed. He might be

16:04out for the season. Yeah. But Sky Moore

16:06is gonna get some run. Yeah.

16:08>> We'll talk about Skymore a little later.

16:10>> Yeah, we we will. But uh yeah, I mean

16:11look, Christian Watson's resume isn't

16:13great with injuries, too. So, if he

16:14misses time, then you're looking at

16:15Golden and Craft. And that's about it

16:17for like guys who are like legit

16:20starters in the NFL. So, we have to uh

16:22keep an eye on that. Are you in the same

16:23spot? Do you feel the same way about

16:24Tucker Craft that you do about Jordan

16:26Love? Basically, is that kind of like

16:27the same conversation? That's where I'm

16:28at.

16:28>> Yeah.

16:29>> Yeah. We talked about him yesterday.

16:31Played every snap last week, which is a

16:33point in the right direction, but the

16:34production wasn't good. So, but with

16:36Reed out again, they're going to have to

16:37get him the ball a little bit more. And

16:38by the way, Atlanta three touchdowns to

16:40tight ends already this season. So,

16:41maybe there's something there. Maybe

16:43there's something.

16:43>> All right. Who's taking this one?

16:44Packers or Falcons? Packers get it done

16:46at home.

16:47>> I think I also took the Packers.

16:49>> You did? I can confirm that.

16:50>> You can confirm that. Thank you, Field.

16:51I appreciate that.

16:52>> See Caleb Johnson in prime time tonight.

16:55We'll see if he gets a little bit more.

16:56He's got a little more last week. Maybe

16:58he'll get a little more. Uh good good

17:00Matt Laflur had uh some positive things

17:02to say about him. So, we'll see.

17:04>> Oh, producers took the Packers. That

17:05must be for our man Q.

17:07>> Big fan.

17:08>> Yeah, big Packers fan. He came in

17:09wearing a Jordan Love jersey today. Man

17:10after my own heart.

17:11>> Yep. Q is uh definitely uh he is all

17:14about his Packers. He's from like the

17:16West Coast, too.

17:17>> Is he?

17:18>> He's got California and I think Oregon

17:20roots as well. Look at that.

17:22>> Where'd he go to Where'd he go to

17:23school? Field. Yeah. Come on.

17:24>> Uh Q went to Harvard. It's the Wesley.

17:26That's true. Yes, that's accurate.

17:28Accurate field. All right. Week three

17:30preview, my friends. Let's get into it.

17:32We're going to start as we always do

17:34kind of uh going around with a couple of

17:35storylines here with Panthers and Browns

17:37for the first one. Lineup blocks. Chuba

17:39Hubard officially a lineup block.

17:41Jonathan Brooks going to be out for a

17:42number of weeks. IR eligible. He's going

17:44to be the number one running back there.

17:46>> And then both Ted McMillan and Jaylen

17:48Coker.

17:49>> That's beautiful to see.

17:49>> Jaylen Coker is in there right now.

17:52>> Absolutely. Back-to-back weeks with nine

17:53targets for Coker. Looks fantastic. No,

17:55Bryce Young, with the three quarterbacks

17:56that we have out and the way Bryce Young

17:58has played the first two weeks, is he on

18:00that fringe for you guys?

18:01>> On that door. Yeah,

18:02>> I'm at 10.

18:03>> Okay, knock. Absolutely.

18:04>> Feels a little trappy sometimes. I don't

18:07know. I'm still not fully trusting this

18:09offense. I'm a little nervous about it

18:10going into Cleveland and sometimes

18:11you'll just see get them like 13 to 10

18:14games in Cleveland. Like I'm a little

18:16nervous, but uh we'll see. I mean, maybe

18:18this is the year for Bryce. Maybe he

18:19finally put it all together.

18:20>> And the Browns were way more respectable

18:22defensively last weekend. Yes, they were

18:24not good week one. They were good in

18:25week two.

18:25>> Trevor Lawrence lit him up in week one.

18:2725 fantasy points, four passing

18:29touchdowns. Mike, if it's a 13 to10

18:31game, does that mean that Quinchan

18:32Judkins actually maybe got a lot of run

18:34in that one?

18:35>> Hopefully, he got the touchdown. If in

18:37that case, I'm hoping uh the Browns

18:39offense gets it rolling a little bit on

18:41the ground. I you know, we were nervous

18:42about the offensive line coming into the

18:44season. That has reared its head so far

18:46because Judkins averaging 2.3 yards per

18:48carry. Deshun Watson has faced a ton of

18:51pressure so far this season. So, hasn't

18:53been great. Um, this is a big week for

18:55Quinn John. We talked about it

18:57yesterday. You know, it's been a while

18:59since he's had a good fantasy game

19:00tracing back to the later stages of last

19:02season, but he's playing almost 70% of

19:05the snaps. He had five targets last

19:07week, which probably isn't going

19:08anywhere with uh Raheem Sanders

19:11replacing Dylan Samson in that kind, you

19:13know, number two role. Uh, but the key

19:15here is really the matchup. They're

19:17they're at home for the first time this

19:18year and they're playing Carolina who

19:19has allowed 406 yards already to running

19:22backs through two games, Chicago week

19:24one and 148 yards to the Falcons backs

19:27last week. So, this is an opportunity

19:29for Judkins to get rolling and that's

19:30going to be a huge part of this

19:31Cleveland offense. So, I'm op

19:32optimistic. I think he's very much at

19:35least in the lineup block conversation

19:37this week. I think he gets it going.

19:39>> Helps that he's a running back. It

19:41always pushes him up closer to the

19:42running back the lineup block

19:43conversation given that. Uh, what do you

19:45guys feel about Denzel Boston? Because

19:47the first two weeks he's looked like the

19:49only guy that has a connection with

19:51>> Can I ask you what you feel about Denzel

19:53Boston?

19:53>> Oh, sure. I'll tell you a couple things

19:54about it. Tell me more.

19:55>> Uh, first two weeks you he looks like

19:56the only guy with a connection, right,

19:58with with Deshun Watson cell phone

20:00service or

20:01>> said this. No, no, he is the only one

20:03really catching passes and being

20:04productive. Yeah.

20:05>> Two for 59 and a touchdown. Five for 95

20:07and a touchdown. That's only seven

20:09catches through the first two weeks. So,

20:10like I recognize as a part of this

20:12there's a little bit of chasing

20:13touchdowns here, you could say, but he's

20:16played 93% of the snaps field. I think

20:18you talked about this a bunch. He is a

20:19full-time player. He is the one that is

20:21out there. Panthers allowed many points

20:24to the Chicago Bears in week one. It

20:27wasn't to all the guys that we wanted,

20:28but it it gives me a little bit of

20:30optimism that I think with what we saw

20:31the first two weeks that Denzel Boston

20:33has creeped into the flex conversation.

20:36I'm way higher than you guys. I have him

20:38at 28. Field you've got at 36. Mike,

20:40you've got him at 38. Do you want to see

20:43it another week before you're in on the

20:45Denzel Boston can start for me train

20:47>> with one tweak there? I'm good on Denzel

20:49Boston. It's the Browns offense as a

20:51whole that I need to see for another

20:52week before I'm like, "All right, I 100%

20:54would have added him over waiver on

20:56waiverss or or I did slash I had him on

20:58a couple teams already, which was

21:00>> one of those like bonuses. I didn't

21:02draft him being like, you know what, by

21:04week two I've got myself a a potential

21:06flex in Denzel Boston. It was more of a

21:08long range play. But yes, I think he was

21:10both worth the waiverwire ad this week,

21:12but also a little bit of a wait and see

21:14like if there because the offense is a

21:17wait and see offense.

21:18>> Definitely. Yeah,

21:19>> they could they could lay an egg on

21:21Sunday and it wouldn't stun me at all.

21:22>> Yeah, he looks good. I think he's going

21:23to be a legit player in this league. Uh

21:25but one thing I will mention though is

21:27and the reason maybe I'm not a hair

21:28higher is Casey Conception's on the

21:31verge I think of a good game. He has

21:32handled 10% of their carries so far,

21:34which is a that's like peak Samuel level

21:37usage. Yeah. Percy Arvin. And also

21:40Boston and Conpion both have a 21%

21:42target share. So I mean he's been busier

21:43than you realize. His role is just

21:45different and Boston has hit for a pair

21:47of touchdowns, one of which was in

21:48garbage time. But um there's reason for

21:50optimism. If you look at the projection,

21:52you might be like, why is Conpion

21:53hanging around like 10 points? That's

21:55why because his usage has been really

21:56good. He just hasn't converted quite

21:58yet. But that's coming.

21:59>> Who you guys taking in this one? I got

22:01the Panthers. Um I have uh the Mike

22:05Browns.

22:06>> Yes, I could there's I could see the

22:07Browns winning this. They just went into

22:09Tampa in one, but

22:10>> no, you can't.

22:11>> You can't such a hedge thing to say

22:14after it shows up in the

22:15>> This is like a 5149 one for me. This is

22:17a close call.

22:18>> Mike has the Panthers winning this game

22:2022.4 to 21.6.

22:22>> That's what it is.

22:22>> That's probably a little lower than

22:23that, but yeah, I don't know. I could

22:25tell you though.

22:26>> No, it's okay.

22:26>> We don't want to know.

22:27>> Just give me 10 minutes to find out.

22:29>> All right. Next up, Jets and Lions.

22:31>> 21-20 Panthers.

22:33>> Wow, you were actually way to go. Lineup

22:36blocks in this one. Jir GBS, obviously.

22:38I'm on round St. Brown. Obviously, Bree

22:40Hall and Garrett Wilson. Couple names

22:41that are not on that list. Jameson

22:43Williams first two weeks, guys. Hasn't

22:45been a lineup block for our squads. Is

22:47this a week in which he finally gets

22:49back into form? You think?

22:50>> I am going to pretend like I'm a mirror

22:52and ask that question right back to you.

22:54>> You know,

22:55>> do you believe that Jameson Williams

22:56gets back into form this week? played

22:5891% of the snaps. I mean, this is the

23:00same kind of thing. He's on the field

23:02all the time. He had nine targets in

23:03week one with like two major drops that

23:06if he doesn't have those drops, I think

23:08we would be singing a little bit of a

23:10different tune cuz we would feel what we

23:12saw in week two is like, oh, this is

23:14part of the Jameson Williams roller

23:15coaster after what would have been a

23:17nice week one. This is week two. So,

23:19>> I like that the this is the third

23:21highest imply total.

23:22>> Okay.

23:22>> A lot of points are going to be scored.

23:24>> Y

23:24>> there's a little bit of like this

23:25revenge game narrative. I don't know if

23:27they're gonna want to like run it up on

23:28Aaron Glenn.

23:29>> I was like, where who does Jameson have?

23:30>> No, no, no, no. But like Dan Campbell

23:32and the Lions and like you know they're

23:33playing against their former defensive

23:35coordinator kind of a thing. Uh but a

23:38little bit extra rest home game Jared

23:40Goff in a dome. You like all those

23:42things. I think he's still a flex

23:43option, but I have lost some confidence

23:46over the first couple of weeks in

23:48Jameson Williams.

23:48>> I'm a little lower. Uh but to your point

23:50though, snap share

23:52>> route participation. Hi, area yard

23:54share.

23:56>> All basically identical to last year in

23:58the last two seasons. His target share

24:00down a little bit, but not by much. I

24:02mean, he should be better going forward.

24:04I will say this though, Jets, 4.7 yards

24:06per attempt allowed so far. That's

24:08second best in the league. That was a

24:10defense I thought was underrated coming

24:11into the year, but they're better than I

24:12thought so far, and we'll see if that

24:14continues. This is a big test for them.

24:15>> We're hoping JMO gets on track, but it

24:18kind of feels like

24:19>> Jets wide receivers might be in for a

24:21big day field. I'll talk about I'll talk

24:22about them in just a moment. But don't

24:24you think at some point this is year

24:25five for Jameson Williams. Even if you

24:27want to throw away his rookie season

24:28because he was coming off of an ACL

24:30tear, like

24:31>> at what point do you learn that when you

24:33draft Jameson Williams,

24:34>> you draft everything? Like you draft the

24:36good and the bad. And what you don't do

24:39is is is pull the plug after two games

24:41because fantasy karma then leads to a

24:4422point performance from Exactly. Right.

24:47Like you just have to when you draft

24:49them, when you press that button in your

24:51draft room, you have to acknowledge that

24:53no matter what happens in a two or three

24:55or even four-week stretch, it can't

24:58phase you because there has been very

24:59little rhyme or reason in the past. Like

25:01they have, you mentioned the high

25:03implied total.

25:04>> That's going to be every game for the

25:05Lions, right? They're bad defense and a

25:08very good offense.

25:09>> So the the implied total is going to be

25:11robust. There's going to be

25:12opportunities for scoring. They're going

25:14to have good matchups because of their

25:15schedule. And it may not matter for JO

25:17like that's just the nature of how this

25:19player operates. So um the ranking

25:22matters for sure but I would say J like

25:24I only have J Mo on one or two teams and

25:27I haven't thought about removing him.

25:28I've just said you know what I'm going

25:29to stick it out because eventually he's

25:31going to pop and when he does the good

25:33version of J Mo can be a very useful

25:35player. Not as much you I remember you

25:37told me this Daniel like there's not as

25:39much upside for JO as it feels like.

25:42Yeah.

25:42>> Like his career high is like 26 fantasy

25:44>> 27.8 or something like that. Yeah,

25:46>> he doesn't even have a 30 point game to

25:47his name, but there's enough upside that

25:50you got to keep riding that wave.

25:51>> Yeah, he did have 16 points or more nine

25:54times last year season or over half the

25:56season.

25:57>> And I would like to say even though he

25:58didn't make it on the list, I think Sam

25:59Leaport is a lineup block with the way

26:00he's played the first two games of the

26:01season and the tight end position.

26:02>> Yeah, he probably could be in there.

26:03It's a close call, but yeah, he's on

26:05that borderline.

26:06>> So, the player I wanted to discuss is

26:08Garrett Wilson. Um, as the as the

26:10Garrett Wilson enthusiast on this

26:12podcast. Yeah.

26:13>> Yes. Um, I think Mike is going to be on

26:15the uh the target.

26:16>> He never he never bites on it ever.

26:18>> I was playing into it.

26:20>> Look, everyone watching knows that's not

26:22true. So,

26:24>> correct.

26:25>> That's the comedy of it. Um, Mike

26:26obviously is the Garrett Wilson

26:28enthusiast on this show. And I think

26:29this is just I mean,

26:31>> if it's not this weekend for the

26:33absolute crush job for Garrett Wilson,

26:35there's never going to be a matchup

26:36where we feel as confident. Maybe guess

26:38when they play Miami, which that will be

26:40a good one, too, for for for Garrett

26:41Wilson. But I know it's a tiny tiny tiny

26:44tiny tamp sample size, but through two

26:47games, the Lions have allowed by far the

26:49most fantasy points to opposing

26:50quarterbacks and wide receivers. They've

26:53even been generous to tight ends. So, if

26:54you feel sort of, I don't know, a little

26:57frisky and you want to throw Kenyon Sadi

26:59out there. Sounds like Mason Taylor is

27:00not going to play. That would be a

27:02little bit too that be it would be a

27:04bridge too far for me, but a really good

27:06opportunity for uh J for Garrett Wilson

27:08to thrive. And I'll say it, in a deeper

27:12league, like I'm not talking 10 teams,

27:1414 team league or or larger, Gino Smith,

27:18your guy, Mike on the streaming radar.

27:20>> We got there.

27:21>> Yeah. I'm not uh folks. All right. All

27:23right. I'll give it to you in Superflex.

27:25Probably not going further than that. I

27:26like him. I What I like about him is not

27:28for fantasy. It's for get the ball in

27:29the hands of Garrett Wilson, who

27:31>> by the way, I want a little higher

27:32target share for Garrett Wilson. It's

27:33down 24%.

27:34>> 83.7. Solid number, but that's not a

27:37Garrett Wilson number. We need that to

27:38be a little higher.

27:38>> Agree. Uh yeah, it definitely is a shot

27:40at a huge game here.

27:41>> Check in on Fantasy Focus Countdown on

27:43Sunday morning and we will talk about a

27:45DFS lineup that has a double stack of

27:46Gino Smith with both of these wide

27:48receivers and then a Lions comeback on

27:50the other side.

27:51>> Double stack. I was

27:53>> uh we were I was

27:54>> my do my two older daughters and I were

27:56playing this morning and we were playing

27:59like you know we

28:00>> breakfast

28:01>> uh we were up in the playroom. We were

28:02just talking about random things and

28:03then we were um pretending we were

28:05casting spells on each other.

28:07>> Yeah. And so naturally started that

28:09first I was I was a frog. Then I became

28:11frozen. And then I became a unicorn who

28:13had three double stuffed Oreos on his

28:15horn.

28:16>> Your girls know how to play.

28:17>> Double double stuff. Double stack.

28:19>> Double stack. I was thinking pancakes.

28:21My I went to breakfast. So

28:23>> Oh, it was great. Did you?

28:24>> Yeah.

28:24>> No, I mean like that's where my brain my

28:26brain went to breakfast. Sorry. Uh

28:28taking the lines in this one. You guys

28:29taking the lines as well as the lines.

28:30Taking the lines. All right.

28:32>> Moving on to the next uh game, my

28:34friends. Texans and Colts.

28:37Guys, Nico Collins did not practice.

28:39>> Don't like that.

28:41>> Don't like that. Sort of play it out

28:42here. Is like uh

28:45>> lineup blocks by the way. Jonathan

28:46Taylor, Tyler Warren for the other side.

28:48But Nico Collins the only one right now.

28:50>> He Yeah, if he plays he's in there.

28:52Well, if he doesn't practice today,

28:53he'll be out of the projection. So, I'll

28:54keep an eye on that.

28:55>> Uh just a reminder, new season. Um, Tiko

28:58Ryan has traditionally been amongst the

29:01least likely head coaches where a player

29:03who does not practice Wednesday or

29:05Thursday actually plays on Sunday. Okay,

29:07>> that's good to know.

29:08>> So, just if he doesn't practice today,

29:10you can likely count on him being out.

29:13>> So, if we're planning on Nico not being

29:15in there last week field, we saw Daltton

29:18Schultz. Yeah. Is this just like a

29:19rinse? Like, do you guys feel it's a

29:21rinse repeat situation or would you stay

29:22away? If if Nico's out, Daltton Schultz

29:25would be a top 10 tight end for me.

29:27There is a very notable reservation that

29:29I have about Dalton Schultz. Not to the

29:32point that he would be like tight end

29:3320, but I want you to temper

29:35expectations because the numbers suggest

29:36this guy should be like,

29:38>> you know, tight end three or four,

29:39right? He's run the most routes, got the

29:41second most targets, he had a monster

29:43week last week. If Nico's out, they're

29:45so so so so thin. The Texans have had

29:48the most unexlike game script, though.

29:50That's the point that I think is

29:52important is that they've played games

29:53where they are either

29:55>> playing shootouts against the Buffalo

29:56Bills or playing from behind against

29:58Cincinnati and they can't run the ball.

30:01>> I know everybody got on me about I had

30:04the audacity to suggest that David

30:05Montgomery might be a sell high after

30:07week one. Two weeks in like he's

30:09averaging like 2.6 yards per carry and

30:12Woody Marks is no better or he's a

30:14little better but not much, right? So,

30:15they can't run the ball, which is going

30:17to lead to more throwing, but I don't

30:19think it's going to be so much throwing

30:21that Daltton Schultz is going to

30:22consistently be amongst the most routes

30:24run at tight end. If Nico's out though,

30:27I'm still starting him. I'm just letting

30:28you know that if he goes out there on

30:30Sunday and finishes with four catches

30:31for 48 yards on five targets, don't be

30:34surprised because the circumstances have

30:36been like top five percentile for him in

30:38the first two weeks.

30:38>> Yeah, he tends to have games like that,

30:40but he did not have a game like that

30:41last year when Nico was out. He had a it

30:43was worse than 448 4448. I think he had

30:46like three points or something in

30:47fantasy. So just cuz Nico's out hasn't

30:50automatically meant big Dalton Schultz.

30:52But I agree he'll be up a little higher

30:53in the rankings, but I'm not I wouldn't

30:55consider him a lineup.

30:56>> I said to you guys last week if Nico was

30:58out, I was going to watch all of these

30:59receivers just to see if anyone

31:00established themselves. The

31:01>> answer is no. I'm done watching.

31:03>> He's the only pass catcher that if Nico

31:04is out,

31:05>> you go into the matchup saying, I have

31:07some confidence. Obviously, one of them

31:09could. like it's the a Colts defense

31:11that got shredded by Patrick Mahomes.

31:13They are not a good team period right

31:15now. Definitely not a good defense right

31:17now. Um so somebody could have a big

31:18day, but we're not forecasting that

31:20going into the game.

31:21>> Yeah, I made a joke last week about

31:22Jared Wayne having a role and he had

31:23like what? Four targets. What? Seven

31:25targets.

31:25>> Seven targets. He was busy.

31:27>> That's unbelievable. Honestly, we're

31:29going to be without both of the top two

31:30wide receivers in this one. Both wide

31:31receiver ones for each team because we

31:33know that unfortunately Alec Pierce

31:35replaced on IR. So he's going to be out

31:36there. Does that give more target share

31:39to Josh DS to Tyler Warren? How did it

31:41break out in your pajamas? How dare you

31:42disrespect Laquan Treadwell like that?

31:44>> Is that what it is after Pierce led

31:47after Pierce left last week? He actually

31:48led the Colts and routes run after that

31:50point. Did Laquan Treadwell, but uh

31:52Treadwell actually hasn't had

31:55>> uh a game with double digit fantasy

31:56points since 2021. It's kind of wild.

31:59He's just hung around, but that's five

32:00years ago somehow. Uh it's been it's

32:02been quite a while. So he'll probably

32:04play more this week, but Darius

32:05Sllayton's on the roster and he should

32:06be in game shape because obviously he

32:08was with the Giants until late August.

32:10So actually might have made it till

32:12September the final cut. Yeah.

32:14>> Um it was after that I think. But he um

32:17>> he could have a role here too. But the

32:18guy is obviously Josh DS. He had a 30%

32:21target share after or in in last week's

32:23game which obviously Pierce missed most

32:25of that. Seven for 72 on nine targets.

32:27So, if you think about how the Colts are

32:29going to operate their offense now going

32:30forward, obviously Jonathan Taylor's

32:32number one, but then it's downs and

32:33Warren, you're going to run through

32:34those three guys uh moving forward. And

32:36to your point about Houston, they've

32:37really struggled so far. The most

32:39touchdowns and fantasy points allowed to

32:41wide receivers already, three have

32:43already hit 14 and a half points against

32:45them in just two games. You have to

32:46think they're going to get that

32:47straightened out at some point. I think

32:49back to like Baltimore, was that a

32:51couple years ago? Remember Baltimore the

32:52first month was just unbelievably

32:54terrible defensively and then they were

32:56really good the rest of the year.

32:57Houstones,

32:59but they have been just torn apart.

33:02>> Tyler Warren hasn't been the

33:03disappointment that Coulson Loveland,

33:05the other tight end, has been, but he

33:06has not been, but he has. He has not

33:08been good.

33:09>> He's had a touchdown in both games,

33:10hasn't he?

33:10>> He's been saved by touchdowns. He's got

33:13nine catches for 34 yards.

33:16>> Not what we thought it was going to be.

33:17Yeah.

33:17>> Yeah. Sure. Range roll, but Yeah.

33:19>> Yeah. No, I'm just saying like

33:21>> Field knows what I want to say.

33:22>> Yes. Like if Coloulston Lovelin had had

33:24two like even average games, we'd be

33:27talking about Tyler Warren, I believe, a

33:28little. He's averaging under four yards

33:30a catch. He's averaging like fullback

33:32yards per catch.

33:32>> He is a unique role for sure. I mean,

33:35he's going to get goal line car. I I

33:36still feel okay about him just because

33:37especially with Pierce out. I mean, he's

33:39going to be so busy.

33:40>> I think I have I don't exactly know what

33:42to make of the Colts right now. This is

33:44sort of a real life conversation more

33:46than a fantasy conversation. Well, the I

33:47think the Texans are going to be an

33:49elite defense that will hang their hat

33:50on that and being, you know, CJ Shroud

33:53can be good enough. Like I thought about

33:55the Texans in my AFC Super Bowl pick

33:57coming into this.

33:58>> Yeah, there's a lot there's a lot of

34:00Everyone was higher than me on the

34:01Texans. I did not understand that, but

34:02>> Okay. Well, who has more championship

34:04equity in your guys' opinion? The Texans

34:06or the Colts?

34:07>> Uh the Texans.

34:08>> Texans. Yeah, I would

34:09>> such an interesting team because it's

34:11like feel like they've got a healthy

34:13number of solid players,

34:15>> but it's like the ceiling just feels a

34:16little capped for this franchise.

34:18Jonathan Taylor is obviously amazing,

34:19but like Daniel Jones is like a solid

34:21quarterback, not a great quarterback,

34:23you know, like

34:24>> S Gardner, they traded for him and

34:26traded two first round picks. Like

34:28that's a hefty price for a guy that

34:30plays a position that and by the way,

34:33like they're playing a lot of zone.

34:35>> If I said to you in today's past, this

34:38is nothing. It's not fantasy, but like

34:39in today's passing league

34:41>> that the leaders of your passing squad

34:44were going to be Daniel Jones and Alec

34:45Pierce.

34:46>> Yeah,

34:46>> that's got to rank towards the lower

34:48end. And by the way, they're both

34:50getting paid.

34:50>> Yeah, that's the thing. They're getting

34:52paid. So, I think where I land on the

34:54Colts is like I think they are a good

34:56team. I think they they can be a good

34:57team. I said earlier they're a bad team

34:58because they have been through I mean

34:59they hung with the Chiefs, but like

35:01they're 0 and2, right? Um they can stay

35:04they can hang tough on occasion. just

35:06don't feel like this team has they kind

35:08of

35:09>> sort of like where the Steelers have

35:10been for the last decade or so. It's

35:12like they can they can find their way to

35:14Frisky and N.

35:16>> Yeah. When it really matters that middle

35:18is just a dangerous place to be in the

35:20NFL.

35:20>> Yeah. But they're both 0 and2. Huge

35:22divisional game. Huge game. The Whoever

35:24loses this game is in deep trouble.

35:26>> Must win for both teams.

35:27>> Well, Texans fans would say if we lose,

35:29we'll be exactly where we were last

35:31year. 0 and three.

35:32>> You're right.

35:34>> Yeah. I got the Texans. Ooh, I'm taking

35:36the Colts in this one, Phil.

35:37>> Yeah, I have the Colts as well. Me and

35:39the go with the Texans.

35:41>> Yep.

35:41>> I like it. I like it when we get split.

35:44>> All right, another one. Vikings and

35:45Bucks. We're going to go to the mailbag

35:47after this, but first we want to dive

35:48into one more game. Bucky Irving

35:51>> and Amecha Ibuka. Both still technically

35:53on the radar,

35:54>> both on the lineup block list. Aaron

35:56Jones, Justin Jefferson as well.

35:58>> Aaron Jones is officially iffy for the

36:00game on Sunday.

36:01>> He is.

36:01>> Yeah, he said soreness though, right?

36:03So, I'm not panicking on that one yet.

36:05>> Also, I don't know when it's soreness,

36:07how often, and you really need to read

36:08into this with veteran players. Is it

36:10like we're just going to be like sorest

36:12like a legitimate like let's make sure

36:13we keep our eyes on this. Okay. Okay.

36:15So, I'm telling you guys now and if he's

36:17out,

36:18>> sure. Like you'll see DJ Dallas move up

36:21in our rankings, but not to the point

36:22that he'll be in the top 20.

36:24>> I also think

36:24>> Jerome Ford.

36:25>> Yeah. Yeah. He'll be probably be

36:26activated.

36:28>> I And I was less optimistic than you

36:30guys were on Aaron Jones last week. his

36:32role was really good. He had well he had

36:34zero targets but he saw a lot of carries

36:36but just 10.4 fantasy points.

36:40I don't think they'll do that again. I

36:42like if if he's banged up after one game

36:44of getting 20ish carries. I think

36:47they're going to be much more judicious

36:48with him for the next three weeks or

36:51longer if Jordan Mason isn't available

36:53after his IR period officially comes.

36:55>> That was a tricky one. It was a

36:57surprising game script first of all.

36:58remember. I mean, they were ahead

36:59anyway, but then Caleb got hurt, so they

37:01couldn't really take the lead from them.

37:02The Vikings couldn't score, but the

37:04Bears couldn't take the lead, so

37:05Minnesota just ran the ball into the

37:06ground. We did not see that coming. But

37:08it was also it's a really important

37:09divisional game, so like they were they

37:11wanted Jones out there. They just don't

37:12have good options. So, I'm not surprised

37:14it went that way. But I agree in general

37:16that's not going to be the play. I think

37:17they'll be far more judicious. But the

37:19thing that I wanted to talk about before

37:21this Aaron Jones was yesterday is Kyler

37:23starting. Kyler Murray is starting. And

37:25I I don't really think and we had this

37:27conversation I think it was Monday or

37:28Tuesday. I believe it was Tuesday. Um

37:30like my ranking for Justin Jefferson

37:32didn't move up or down. Name with any

37:35other Minnesota skill player.

37:36>> Oh no.

37:37>> But as we just mentioned a few moments

37:38ago, 25% of our top 10 or 12

37:41quarterbacks are going to be out this

37:43weekend. Right. So is Kyler can he

37:46resurrect himself enough that in future

37:49weeks we're talking about Kyler as a

37:51weekly starter? Because Jackson starts

37:53out for the year. We've had no timeline

37:56on Jaden Daniels, but it sure sounds

37:57like he ain't going to play for multiple

37:58weeks. Caleb Williams sounds like he's

38:01going to be multiple weeks as well. So,

38:02if Kyler balls out on Sunday, then next

38:04week when we're going down this same

38:06path, are we going to be saying, "Yeah,

38:08Kyler's my QB8." I don't even know they

38:09play next week. But, um, Kyler is

38:12definitely talented in the ways that you

38:14need to be talented to be good for

38:15fantasy, right? He's still a very

38:17effective runner, even if he's not the

38:18same level of athlete as he once was.

38:21And he's got, I would say, good weapons

38:23around him. one of the best ever in

38:25Justin Jefferson, but good enough around

38:28him with the good offensive mind that he

38:29can resurrect his fantasy career.

38:31>> Agreed.

38:31>> Next week they play the Miami Dolphins

38:34every week.

38:34>> Oh, maybe. So, think about that. I mean,

38:37even better, like if Kyler shows if he

38:39gets you 20 fantasy points this week,

38:41then I bet Mike will have him as

38:43projected as like the fifth quarterback,

38:46he'll be in that vicinity. And keep in

38:47mind if you had Jackson Dart or you had

38:50Jaden Daniels, he was out there in

38:51waiverss in quite a few like 10 12 team

38:53leagues. So you might because he was

38:54out. So I scooped him up as a

38:56replacement for Dart. I think I have

38:57Lawrence in that league. It might be the

38:59FFC league. Uh he's on my bench now. So

39:01now I'm going Lawrence Kyler and that

39:03might work out just fine. So

39:04>> Kyler's still available in 43% of ESPN

39:08leagues right now. So if you need a

39:09quarterback, go out and think about it

39:11at least for these next two weeks.

39:12>> Mike, what do you want to talk about

39:13here from this? just had, by the way, we

39:15just had uh Justin Jefferson up on the

39:16screen for those that are watching.

39:17We're talking about Aman Ron JSN being

39:19lowmaintenance. Shout out Justin

39:21Jefferson.

39:22>> You're awesome. He's the best in that

39:23regard.

39:24>> Uh another receiver. We'll go from

39:25Jefferson to the number one, we hope,

39:27wide receiver for the Buccaneers. And

39:29Amecha Ibuka, I'm sticking with him as a

39:31lineup lock. You drafted him as such. He

39:33should stay in lineups. He hasn't been

39:35horrendous. He does have double digit

39:36fantasy points in both games. We haven't

39:38gotten to that high ceiling. obviously

39:40was bailed out by a touchdown last week,

39:41but he is leading the receiving uh wide

39:43receiver room in snaps so far. The

39:45problem has been Baker Mayfield has been

39:48spreading out targets. You talked about

39:49this yesterday, Daniel. Four Bucks have

39:51exactly 10 or 11 targets so far. Ibuka,

39:55Kton, Bucky Irving, and Ted Hurst of all

39:58people. Jaylen McMillan will probably

39:59play a little more in this one as well.

40:01Uh but they

40:03>> I thought they were going to get Jaylen

40:04McMillan more involved.

40:05>> I mean, he was out. He was clearly

40:07limited last week. They just were. We'll

40:08give you a few snaps. Yeah. Yeah, that

40:10could change this week. So, I wouldn't

40:11say miss yet. Um, but the target share

40:13is too low. 18%. He was at 24% last year

40:16was Ibuka. So, that number needs to go

40:18way up. If it does, he'll be just fine.

40:20And, uh, I'm optimistic that it will.

40:22This is a tricky match up. Minnesota was

40:24so good against the pass last year. They

40:26shut down Chicago last week, even before

40:28the Caleb injury, obviously. But

40:29remember, they gave up 55 points to the

40:31Packers receivers in week one. So, maybe

40:33they can be had by at least one

40:35receiver. And if you're picking one from

40:36this group, obviously it is Amecha

40:39Ibuka. They're at home. They're 0 and2.

40:41>> Huge game for

40:42>> huge. Um they should be the they should

40:44be the best team in this division. And

40:45>> over under.5 weather delays on Sunday.

40:48>> Under.

40:49>> Uh I would say under as well is that's

40:53the longest one I can remember in a long

40:54time last week. That was

40:56>> that was crazy,

40:57>> man.

40:57>> You guys going with Vikes? While field

40:58looks this up. You're going with Vikings

41:00or the Vikings? What did I I don't uh

41:02Yeah, I picked Tampa. I thought so. At

41:03home.

41:03>> I took the Vikings as well. You took

41:04Tampa? Yeah, they're getting it. They're

41:06back at home. They're going to get it

41:07straight out.

41:07>> Sunday 84 and beauty, beauty down there.

41:11It's going to be nice.

41:12>> We have crazy weather coming our way

41:13here.

41:13>> I'll skip tomorrow's show and head down

41:15>> and head down there.

41:16>> Just a report on Kyler. See what's going

41:18on in Mecca.

41:19>> I mean, we're supposed to get like three

41:20inches of rain here in Connecticut this

41:21weekend.

41:22>> Yeah, it's supposed to be uh a little

41:23stormy, windy, and all that kind of

41:25stuff.

41:25>> Third straight wash. Be safe out there.

41:27My wife taking care of three kids for a

41:29gigantic portion of Sunday has just

41:31loved three straight rainy Sundays to

41:32start the season. Eric Moody's basically

41:34taking care of three kids when he

41:36handles chat because he's holding it

41:38down for us. That was a tough one. I

41:40didn't I didn't love that transition as

41:41much. I tried. I don't know. Red Pants

41:43Brigade Thrice is not a band. It's the

41:46number of losses I will have come

41:48Tuesday.

41:48>> Hey, with that attitude positive.

41:51>> That's right. I appreciate that though.

41:53Uh Anthony Bubba 200 wants to know Wadd

41:55or Kairen Williams in the flex.

41:57>> That's a good one, but it's hard to

41:58argue against Ka Williams. I think right

42:00now I'd still go with Kirn, but that's a

42:03that's that's a good flex consideration.

42:05>> I have them both projected for 13.

42:07That's a really close call. Amazing.

42:09>> I'll give it to Kairen just because

42:10Denver's been slow against the run so

42:12far. I I'll go lean that way.

42:13>> Do your projections not go to decimals?

42:15>> They do, but I have to

42:18>> know. Got it. No, no, no. I understand

42:19that the Got it.

42:20>> It would be funny if they are the same

42:21number, though. But let's see.

42:22>> How many decimals do your projections

42:23go?

42:24>> They go to a bazillion.

42:25>> That's not real number.

42:27>> 13.1 for Wadd, 12.6 Six for Kyler. So,

42:30or for Kairen. So, it actually leans

42:32that way.

42:32>> Leans water a little bit. All right. I

42:34would go with Kirn still in that way.

42:35>> Yeah. Their running backs are generally

42:36a little safer.

42:37>> Matt wants to know Dak in a potential

42:39shootout or Momes in a potential second

42:42half run game script.

42:44>> Yes.

42:44>> Wait, both of them are good, but I'm

42:46going Mahomes.

42:48>> I have Mahomes higher. Yeah,

42:49>> I would also do Mahomes. Uh I don't

42:51think we're talking we're not talking

42:53the uh the game in Brazil today, but

42:56worth noting that the Ravens for sure

42:58traveled today. So we'll know on Z

43:00Flowers by

43:01>> Yes.

43:02>> Bert Mlin wants to know from the FBI if

43:04Bowers doesn't play. Would you do Kyle

43:07Pittz or third and Jan?

43:09>> Jawan Johnson.

43:11>> Do you know Bert Mlin fell into a pit

43:13one time?

43:13>> He did. He fell into a pit.

43:15>> Kyle Pitts.

43:15>> Wow.

43:16>> You're going Jawan.

43:17>> Is that your logic? Because honestly,

43:19I'd be so proud of that.

43:20>> That's not my logic. I My logic is I

43:22have him ranked 10 spots higher.

43:23>> I would do Kyle Pittz just with the the

43:25hopefully the rise in the offense with

43:27the new quarterback. Last one. This

43:28one's from Tony Nardelli.

43:30>> Oh, this one's painful.

43:31>> Holston Loveland

43:33or Gaton.

43:35>> All right. So, first of all, Gatson

43:36obviously on the rise because David

43:37Njoku is on IR and Charlie Kar is going

43:39to be out for a while. So, this is a

43:41shot for Gatsson to have a big role at

43:42tight end because they don't they signed

43:44Hayden Ruchcci off a practice squad to

43:45be there too. They just don't have

43:46anyone there. I believe from somebody

43:48else's practice.

43:49>> Exactly. That's what I mean. He knows

43:50Mike McDaniel.

43:51>> Trust me, I looked at their practice

43:52squad immediately and was like, I don't

43:53see anyone. I recognize a tight end.

43:55They're gonna they have some trouble

43:56there. Uh so Gatson should play a big

43:58role. If they're throwing to a tight

43:59end, if it's a passing down, you need a

44:01tight end on the field. Most of the

44:02time, it's going to be him in this game.

44:04So, he's on the rise. But I'm sticking

44:06with Lin. I can't I I can't do it. I

44:08have to leave him in there. I'm leaving

44:09him there as well. So, do they only have

44:11two? Because Charlie Kolar was

44:12previously announced as going to IR. Jim

44:15Harbaugh said they ended up getting some

44:17good news. So maybe, you know, probably

44:19not four weeks miss, but probably

44:21multiple weeks for him. Um,

44:24>> right now are there only two healthy

44:25tight ends on the roster? G,

44:27>> they they also have Alec Engold who can

44:29do some things as an Hback fullback, but

44:30on the practice squad, they have two

44:32guys that I was not familiar with uh

44:34when

44:35>> you don't. So I they have they have a

44:37problem at that spot. But again, it's

44:38good news for Gadson to get a look here.

44:40It's always bad when you're a player in

44:42our ESPN fantasy database and Mike says,

44:44"I was not familiar with your game."

44:46>> They were not in They were not active in

44:47the fantasy game. Let's put it that way.

44:49They have not played in the NFL quite

44:50yet, I believe.

44:51>> Okay.

44:51>> The problem is it's my subject, so I

44:53I'll figure it out in a little bit.

44:55>> Yeah.

44:55>> Um All right, let's talk about Patriots

44:57and Jaguars.

44:58>> Yep.

44:59>> Pats and Jags lineup blocks in this

45:02one's Drake May

45:04>> at the low end of the QB radar in part

45:06because again, we have three

45:07quarterbacks missing this week. Trevor

45:09Lawrence also and then Parker Washington

45:11obviously has absolutely crushed so far

45:12this year. I don't see any running backs

45:15for the Patriots on there, guys.

45:16>> You don't and there shouldn't be,

45:17Daniel. But I did want to go back and

45:19check out what we saw last year because

45:21the Patriots are an interesting running

45:22back conversation for this week.

45:24Obviously, most people realize that

45:26Raandre Stevenson fumbled last week, his

45:29first fumble of the season. His

45:30>> Glad I wasn't here for that show.

45:32>> Uh yes,

45:32>> you thought about it a little bit.

45:33>> Uh his first fumble in a while by his

45:35own standards, right? Raandre has been a

45:37very turnoverrone player. Uh but it's

45:39been a while since he fumbled. He

45:41fumbled in two separate games last year

45:43did Raandre including two fumbles in one

45:46game. So he had three fumbles lost in

45:472025, but two of them were in a single

45:50game. So I went back and I checked to

45:52see in the two games following his

45:55fumbles, how much was Raandre

45:57Stevenson's role impacted, if at all,

46:00relative to Trayvon Henderson.

46:01>> Great exercise. Well, it turned out that

46:02he ended up playing more than Trayvon

46:05Henderson the following week and he

46:06still had more carries than Trayvon

46:08Henderson in each of the following

46:09weeks. Now, it's worth noting that RARE

46:11kind of got hot at the end of last year

46:13and that did coincide with where ball

46:16security was not really an issue with

46:17him at all. So, those two games

46:19following fumbles, he was ineffective,

46:21but he was still the Patriots lead back.

46:23And I have him ranked as running back

46:2527. Trey Henderson I have ranked as

46:28running back 29. If you ask me which one

46:30of these guys is more likely to handle

46:32if they split up 25 carries and one gets

46:3514 and one gets 11, I'll put my money on

46:37Raandre Stevenson getting the 14 and

46:39Trayvon Henderson getting the 11. So,

46:41it's certainly much narrower than where

46:44we thought it would be uh like where we

46:47were last week going into that game with

46:48Trayvon healthy as well. Um but I still

46:51think Raandre is the Patriots running

46:53back that is more likely to have a

46:55fantasy relevant role. Yeah, I'm kind of

46:56projecting it how I did leading up to

46:58the season. Now, after what we saw last

47:00week, uh Henderson did double up uh

47:03Stephvenson in snaps after the fumble in

47:05that game. I do expect that to even out.

47:07I think it is what it is. I think

47:08Stevenson, to your point, is this that

47:10guy they that's reliable that he's he's

47:13going to be out there in passing

47:14situations uh out there to pass block.

47:16He's probably he's going to be the

47:18starter, but Henderson's g and yeah,

47:20he's an he's an effective player, but

47:21he's not quite as explosive for

47:22Henderson. And that's going to be

47:23Henderson's role. Remember, during the

47:25regular season last year, Anderson did

47:26hold an edge in carries. So, at the

47:28very, even if there's some garbage time

47:29there, it was fairly even in terms of

47:31carries, but Stevenson had the edge in

47:33passing situations, and that's what it's

47:34going to be. So, you might be looking at

47:3610 carries and maybe one target from

47:38Henderson for the time being. Keep in

47:40mind, he had zero targets even though he

47:41played such a big role last week. So, I

47:44don't feel great about Henderson as a

47:45starter, but I don't feel great about

47:47Stevenson's fantasy upside, which he

47:48also did not have last year.

47:49>> It's kind of where we, as you said, it's

47:50kind of where we were coming season.

47:53Henderson, by the way, and this has been

47:54brought up by several people, is yes, he

47:57had that 39 yard touchdown run, but his

47:59other 14 or 15 carries were very

48:01ineffective. I always feel like that's

48:03kind of a tough bit of analysis to do

48:04because through 18, I guess, yeah, 18

48:08games of of his NFL career. Like, Tvian

48:11Henderson is about as good of a bet as

48:14any player maybe other than Jir Gibbs to

48:16have a long touchdown run.

48:19I'm gonna I'm gonna say Jir Gibbs is if

48:20you were to ask me who is the best bet

48:22this weekend to have a 30 plus yard

48:24touchdown run. I'm gonna go Gibbs one.

48:26Gibbs definitely won. Yeah. At the

48:27running back spot.

48:28>> Who's number two for you guys? Is it

48:29Bejan? I would. Yeah, I'd say him.

48:32>> Walker say Ken Walker would be up there.

48:34>> Jonathan Taylor's in the top five.

48:36>> I would still You know what?

48:37>> Derrick Henry would still be up there.

48:39>> Derek Yeah, that's totally fair. I would

48:40still include Devon Han. I think he has

48:42a shot at a big play this week. Devon.

48:44The point is that Tayvon Henderson ranks

48:46a lot higher on that list than he does

48:48our running back rankings for week.

48:50>> So, um I have again Raandre at running

48:53back 27, Tayvon at running back 29. Uh

48:57big game for the Patriots and Jaguars.

48:59Both teams are one and one here.

49:01Anything for the Jags? No,

49:05I I think we know who we're starting and

49:06I I am passing on the running backs if I

49:08can help it unless I have literally no

49:10other options and Bashel Tutin is the

49:11only guy I have. Like

49:12>> until further notice, it is the Parker

49:14Washington show here in Parker.

49:16>> You can start Lawrence, you can start

49:18Tutin, but you're definitely starting

49:20Washington and you're def uh and that's

49:22it. I guess his range

49:24>> for for those that may wonder um we

49:27don't expect Christian Gonzalez to

49:29shadow Parker Washington.

49:30>> Uh no, Washington is in the slot about

49:31half the time. He's might see a lot of

49:33Brian Thomas, though. I I was kind of

49:34curious if they would put him on Meyers

49:36or uh Thomas or just have him play his

49:39side or go on Washington when he's on

49:40the outside. But it's nothing to worry

49:41about because they move around too much.

49:42>> Yeah, that's right. The Patriots faced a

49:45more elite receiver in week one and

49:47Jackson Smith and Jigba who had a

49:49monster game. Obviously, he did see some

49:52of Christian Gonzalez, but just with the

49:53way they move him around and him playing

49:55the slot, it's hard to shadow that guy

49:56for a full season.

49:57>> That's why your guys Yeah, that's why

49:58your guy Monro never gets shadowed.

50:00>> That's right.

50:00>> So, he's in the slot. always moving

50:01around everywhere very often in this.

50:03>> I'm on an island. I am on Foxboro Island

50:05here. Yeah, you are. I am taking the

50:07Patriots.

50:07>> I took the Jags. Mike took the Jags. Our

50:09producers took the Jags.

50:11>> Yeah, we'll see how this one works out.

50:14>> Next game up,

50:16>> Titans and Giants.

50:18>> You can do the Titans, Daniel, after you

50:20give us the lineup.

50:20>> This one makes me sad a little.

50:21>> Lineup blocks here. Cam Scataboo, Malik

50:24Neighbors, and Isaiah Likely.

50:27Quick analysis on the Titans.

50:30>> Still lined up.

50:31>> Mike, over to you.

50:32>> Yeah,

50:33>> we're not starting any Titan. Uh, both

50:35of the wide receivers are outside the

50:36top 50 of the wide receiver position

50:38right now. There's just no chemistry.

50:40You can't

50:40>> both running backs are hurt now.

50:41>> They're both bad. Neither one of them

50:43practiced. Both Taj and Tony Per did not

50:45practice this week or on Wednesday.

50:47>> I'm not playing Cam Scativoo or sorry,

50:49uh, Cam Ward. I am not playing a tight

50:51end. We are just unfortunately passing

50:53on all Titans. But we have a lot to talk

50:56about for the Giants because without

50:58Jackson Dart, how are we looking at the

51:00offense different?

51:00>> By the way, I just want to say Carninal

51:01Tech does have a 24% target share. So

51:03maybe maybe it happens at some point. At

51:05least he's getting the the usage. We'll

51:06see if that translates at some point. Uh

51:08but yeah, I mean it's hard to believe,

51:10but I still feel like you're locking in

51:13three Giants even with Jameus Winston

51:14out there. We talked about this

51:15yesterday. We know he can put up big

51:18passing numbers, and that's what we're

51:19going for. The guy averaged 20 fantasy

51:21points per game the last time he was a a

51:23full-time starter which was about six or

51:25seven games. Um so I feel like he can

51:27still get the ball to Malik Neighbors

51:29and Isaiah likely. Uh Neighbors had a

51:32dud last week but he obviously got hurt

51:34early in that game and Dart left that

51:35kind of shook things up. I'm not too

51:36worried about that. The Titans have

51:38struggled against wide receivers so far.

51:40They've allowed at least nine fantasy

51:41points to five different receivers

51:43already and the opposing number one

51:45receiver had a good game both times.

51:47Garrett Wilson at 13.9, which is fine.

51:49And last week, Dvonte Smith had 27.7

51:52in that game. So, um, some optimism for

51:55him. Isaiahly has 18 targets already. We

51:58can't bench him at this point. He's he's

52:00been too good. He's third at tight end

52:02in targets and catches. And then Cam

52:03Scataboo,

52:05>> 18 for 81 and a touchdown in week one

52:07last week. Didn't run it as well. 12 for

52:0936, but had four targets in that game

52:11and caught them all for 19 yards. So, we

52:13need to kind of combine those. give us

52:15the good rushing and also a handful of

52:17targets and then it'll be the full

52:18package for uh Cam Scatter played 60% of

52:20the snaps in both games even with Naji

52:22Harris and Devin Singleary involved last

52:25week. Uh and again I think this is an

52:27exploitable defense. So I think all

52:29three belong in lineups.

52:30>> Uh the Giants amongst the interesting

52:32options for streaming defenses this week

52:34facing the Titans obviously the Panthers

52:36also in that category facing the Browns.

52:38A couple of options to sift through.

52:39>> Yeah, Brian Burns out for the Giants

52:41hurts but otherwise

52:42>> they have no pass rush right now. It's

52:43wild. How do you guys feel? I know

52:45you're not a good offense.

52:46>> Are the Titans a highly rostered

52:47defense?

52:47>> Um,

52:48>> is, and I'm saying this is, is this

52:50silly? Like,

52:51>> I don't think it's silly. You know what

52:52I mean? Like, is this

52:53>> You could throw for 400 yards, you could

52:54throw for four touchdowns.

52:55>> Yeah. For the other team,

52:56>> he'll throw Yeah. He'll throw two of

52:58those touchdowns to the wrong team.

52:59Yeah.

52:59>> Like, would they would that be a defense

53:00if you had to stream someone? I actually

53:02am using them in one of my DFS lineups

53:03cuz I had they were I'm just I'm buying

53:05into the potential Jamus narrative.

53:07That's all.

53:07>> I'm on the Giants in this game, by the

53:08way.

53:08>> I am also on the Giants in this one.

53:09>> Yeah, Giants.

53:10>> All right.

53:10>> We are. Hold on.

53:11>> Big opportunity for Jamus.

53:12>> Four.

53:13>> Sweep. sweep here. All right,

53:15>> last game.

53:15>> Bengals and Steelers.

53:18>> Talk to me about these running backs,

53:20Daniel.

53:20>> I don't really want to.

53:22>> Lineup locks in this one. Chase Brown,

53:24Jamar Chase, and T. Higgins. All three

53:25of them. No, Joe Burrow in this.

53:27>> We'll talk about that. Yeah, we'll talk

53:28about it in a minute.

53:29>> Um, running backs. We had a DNP from

53:32Rico Dowel. Jaylen Warren was actually

53:34limited at practice. If we don't have

53:37Rico D out there, I think Jaylen Warren

53:39is going to move up our rankings to

53:40probably more of a low-end RB2

53:42flex option. Yeah, definitely usable in

53:44this one given where we're at. If Rico D

53:46plays,

53:47>> then it probably eats enough into Jaylen

53:50Warren that I wouldn't have him in the

53:51RB2 radar anymore, unfortunately.

53:53>> Yeah, he's tricky. I thought about him

53:55for a little foreshadowing. I did think

53:57about Jaylen Warren as a sneaky start of

53:59the week. talk about tomorrow, but

54:02>> Bengals might be good against the run so

54:05far. Like that little nervous if Dow's

54:08out, I would feel better about it, but

54:09we don't know for sure. I do have him

54:10out of the projections for now. So, our

54:12guy uh Eli, how do you pronounce

54:14>> Hidenick?

54:15>> Heidenrich. Yeah,

54:16>> great American.

54:17>> Could could have a role in this one

54:19alongside Jaylen Warham, which would be

54:20fun.

54:20>> Is that one person picky and

54:23>> Eli Hyde and

54:24>> Realtor? Yes. And

54:26>> Eli Realator and Hiden.

54:28>> Okay, got it. He is the seventh round

54:30pick out of Navy.

54:31>> Oh

54:32>> yeah.

54:32>> Great young man.

54:33>> I know this story.

54:34>> I didn't realize it from the name. Yeah.

54:36Okay. That's very cool. Made the team as

54:38a seventh rounder and he's had three

54:40touches already, but an opportunity to

54:42uh to play this week perhaps if D was

54:43out.

54:44>> Yeah, we'll definitely keep an eye on

54:45this running back situation. But if

54:46Jaylen Warren's the only one, we'll

54:47probably start him this week. If Rico

54:48D's out there, I'd rather not use either

54:50one of them. On the other side of this,

54:51Mike, like DK Metaf. Yeah, guys, we

54:55haven't done a ton of receiver corner uh

54:57matchup stuff because there hasn't been

54:58anything super impactful so far this

55:00season, but this one could be very

55:01impactful uh for DK Mechaf. First of

55:04all, I mentioned that Bengals defense is

55:06not your slightly older brother's

55:08defense. Like they're a little bit

55:09better, a little bit better this season.

55:12Uh they did not allow a they have not

55:14allowed a single receiver to reach 11

55:16and a half fantasy points so far this

55:17season. They played the Bucks and the

55:19Nico Collins list Tex Texans fine. Um,

55:23but the the major thing here is

55:24potential shadow coverage. DJ DJ Turner

55:27on DK Metaf. Uh, he shadowed him both

55:30times last year. And you know what Metaf

55:31did in those games?

55:33>> Less than 10 fantasy points in both of

55:34those games. So, this is a tough spot

55:36for him.

55:37>> It'll probably help if Michael Pitman

55:39plays. Maybe they're less prone to put

55:41Turner on Mechaf exclusively in this

55:43one, but he's going to see him a lot.

55:45So, I'm I'm definitely worried about

55:46him, especially with this atrocious

55:48start because I mean, here's the thing.

55:49If I told you in during draft season

55:51that Mechaf was going to be top five at

55:53receiver in snaps, routes, and targets,

55:56you'd feel pretty good about that.

55:57>> Yeah. 19.

55:57>> He's averaging Yeah. 19 targets. He's

56:0062nd in receiving yards. He's averaging

56:02>> 3.5 yards per target, which is beyond

56:04terrible. I mean, you have to fix

56:06>> when when you pause the podcast and then

56:09you go into our ratings and next to the

56:12stat chemistry, there's the little flame

56:14next to all three of us.

56:15>> Yeah. next to DK. It's like an ice cold.

56:19He has no chemistry with Aaron Rogers.

56:22It doesn't look like in spite of the

56:23fact that he has 19 targets, they do not

56:26look good with each other right now. It

56:28is not great.

56:29>> He if you know this is Aaron Rogers like

56:31last NFL season, the Steelers pivot to a

56:34much more aggressive thrower next year.

56:36DK will be one of those guys that we

56:37spend all off season talking about. It

56:39was like this could be the rebreakout of

56:41DK Medaf. Uh I'm taking the Bengals. I

56:43think we all are.

56:44>> I think I am too. Yeah,

56:45>> maybe not because of our producers.

56:47>> Oh, Christina, big Steelers fan. Hey,

56:50look at the soil.

56:51>> She's got to do it. That's right. This

56:52is the right way to do it.

56:53>> Bengals 2 and 0. I mean, wow.

56:56>> Starting strong. Not used to that.

56:58>> No.

56:58>> Yeah.

56:59>> All right, let's do our Raheem Sanders

57:01pick of the week. We missed here in week

57:03two, unfortunately, but week three, we

57:05got some new guys on tap,

57:07>> guys. I'm going to go with one AJ Dylan.

57:10>> There it is.

57:12>> Number two running back there in

57:13Carolina. only rostered in.3% of

57:15leagues. There's a shot that maybe he

57:17can get an end zone look or a goal line

57:21carry with Tuba Hubard being the only

57:22other running back there.

57:24>> Fields, where you going?

57:25>> Laquan Treadwell, the aforementioned

57:26Laquan Treadwell had three catches for

57:2861 yards last week. We'll see whether

57:30Darius Leighton is playing as soon as

57:32this weekend for Indianapolis. Kind of a

57:35similar skill set to Treadwell. But

57:37Treadwell, as Mike said, still hanging

57:39around. former first round pick wearing

57:41that number 13 for Indianapolis. Bad

57:44match up against Houston, but crazier

57:46things have happened than Laquan

57:47Treadmill scoring in week three. I like

57:49it. I'm going to pick I'm I went a very

57:50similar direction here. I'm going Sky

57:52Moore, who I mentioned earlier. Uh so

57:54guys, this is fun because it's tonight.

57:56Yeah, baby player. Uh Sky Moore just one

57:59career touchdown. That was back in 2023.

58:01During the regular season, he had a

58:02playoff touchdown as well, but no, still

58:04no Savon Williams for Green Bay. Now, uh

58:06Jaden Reed is out. Um, and Skyore

58:09already is quiet by four targets this

58:10season. One of which was an end zone

58:12target, which is what we're looking for.

58:13>> Very good returner as well.

58:15>> By the way, uh, you're right. Uh, do

58:17they count? Are we counting?

58:18>> Absolutely. That's an end touchdown. Um,

58:21Atlanta, uh, weirdly has allowed four

58:24passing touchdowns already. None to a

58:25wide receiver, but maybe this will be

58:27the first perhaps.

58:28>> I like that.

58:29>> Hey, uh, our producers are going to go

58:31with Kobby Young. I got to admit, this

58:34is a random one, but Andre Yoshivas is

58:36going to go on to IR. So, Kobe Young,

58:39the third wide receiver for Cincinnati.

58:41You like it?

58:41>> Yeah, that's a good one. That's a great

58:42call. A guy that's going to, you know,

58:44low rostered, so but they're going to

58:46play a larger role here this year.

58:47>> I got two others that I almost picked.

58:49Did you have others on on the list?

58:50>> Eli Haidider Rick I almost picked, but I

58:52didn't know if uh Dow was going to not

58:53play.

58:54>> I like Jeremy Rucker as the, you know,

58:56tight end, you know, Jets taking on the

58:57Lions.

58:58>> No, Mason Taylor.

58:58>> You're not going to play. And the

58:59aforementioned Jared Wayne, if there's

59:02no Nico Collins, Jared Wayne literally

59:04was a a big part of that offense. He's

59:07rostered in under half a percent of

59:08leagues. Someone else I thought about.

59:10>> Can you do a parlay of what? Seven names

59:12that we give you.

59:13>> Kevin probably already has all of them.

59:15>> They wouldn't, but also you could retire

59:17on Monday like you're you're set. So,

59:19can you just start doing those every

59:20week so we can get you to retire?

59:22>> That would be great.

59:22>> That was mean.

59:23>> Oh my gosh.

59:25>> Sorry. Sorry. That was

59:26>> All right. Well, we love each other on

59:27this show. We do love this guy.

59:29>> We do love this guy. Even though we

59:30didn't dress up today. It's a hefty

59:33shirt though.

59:34>> Thanks for hanging out with us today.

59:36>> I'm sitting by field at the concert now.

59:39>> But I sang all during concerts. You're

59:41going to want to hear it.

59:42>> You are going to want to hear it.

59:43>> You're going to want to hear that.

59:43>> Thanks for hanging out with us today, my

59:45friends. Make sure you come back and

59:46hang out with us tomorrow. We're going

59:47to go through the rest of our week three

59:48preview. Recap what it was. That was

59:50Thursday Night Football. Make sure you

59:52set your lineups. Don't forget to love

59:54each other and be kind to yourself. You

59:55deserve it. We'll see you guys later.

59:57Bye.

59:59You're in the 06010.

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