Starts of the Week + Week 3 Games, Tucker 2x4! | Fantasy Football 2026 - Ep. 1979

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

0:21Welcome in.

0:24Huh?

0:25It's football time.

0:28Yes, it is.

0:30Week three.

0:30Kind of.

0:32No, it's real.

0:33It's absolutely real.

0:36I refuse to believe.

0:38Pua?

0:38That the first two weeks of the Falcons are prescriptive for the rest of the season.

0:44I don't think Pua, which in this version of Pua is Michael Penix tonight.

0:49I don't believe he's fixing everything.

0:50As of right now, Jason.

0:52Yes.

0:52It's just a moving target right now for the Falcons of, like, this entire offseason.

0:59We're like, they brought Tua in on purpose.

1:04Yeah.

1:04To replace the guy we're happy is starting tonight.

1:10That's the moving target I'm talking about.

1:12And when that happened, let's say right before preseason started, it was like we had watched enough Penix to be like, yeah, Tua is not good, but he's significantly better than Penix.

1:25Then Tua played preseason, it was like, oh, gosh.

1:28He's significantly worse than Penix.

1:30And now, but still, both should be significantly better than what we've seen the first two years.

1:34And then remember, Michael Penix was medically cleared, like, over a week ago.

1:41He was just like, I'm not ready.

1:43Ramping up, man.

1:44I find it.

1:46That's football time.

1:48It's going to be a fun game.

1:49All right.

1:49All right.

1:50So we got Packers.

1:51We got Falcons.

1:51I will just say this.

1:53I don't know.

1:53There might be a lot of points.

1:55Yeah.

1:55It's very possible.

1:56I don't know if you have thoughts on this.

1:57I am just always amazed at it's like the opposite of what is the phrase about perfection and good?

2:06Like the enemy of good is the enemy of great.

2:09Good is the enemy.

2:10Yeah.

2:10I just, Kirk Cousins would be the best quarterback of the Falcons.

2:14Yes.

2:15Right?

2:15For sure.

2:16Kirk Cousins would be the best quarterback for the Vikings.

2:21TBD.

2:22Probably.

2:22Probably.

2:23I mean, probably.

2:23Yeah, probably.

2:24You go back.

2:25Like, Ryan Fitzpatrick was the best quarterback for probably half the team.

2:31Baker Mayfield was the best quarterback for the Browns.

2:35Yeah.

2:35Sure.

2:36Right?

2:36Like, we do this over and over and over again where.

2:40You move on.

2:41You get bored.

2:42You get.

2:43You want to aspire to Mahomes or Brady and you will never.

2:48I mean, that is a microscopic chance as a team.

2:53But isn't it worth taking.

2:54Flacco would be the best quarterback for half the teams in the league a few years ago.

2:59Yeah.

2:59But he's a backup.

3:00But isn't it.

3:01Like, wouldn't you say it's worth taking the shot at.

3:05Hitting that greatness.

3:06Even though it's a low odds shot.

3:08Just because you know that with Kirk Cousins or with that older version of Flacco or, you

3:14know, you're not winning a Super Bowl.

3:15So, I don't know if that's true because Flacco's won a Super Bowl.

3:20That's why I said the older version of Flacco.

3:22But I think the older version of Carson Palmer took the Cardinals to 14-3.

3:26The older version of Kurt Warner took them to a Super Bowl.

3:28I just think it's funny where, you know, it's 11 on 11.

3:33There's a lot of other pieces on these teams.

3:35And sometimes, like, we don't often say when the good quarterbacks there, we're not like,

3:41man, it's that one linebacker.

3:43They're that one linebacker away from winning.

3:46But if you have a bad quarterback, we end them on this show.

3:50It ends everybody.

3:52Yeah.

3:52The Cooper Rush ended Drake London and Kyle Pitts.

3:55Yeah.

3:56It's just funny how.

3:57Well, I guess he did.

3:58Yeah, that's, yes.

3:59That's the point.

4:00We saw it happen.

4:01Yeah, you can do that.

4:02You can delete a team.

4:03But Kirk Cousins won't delete a team.

4:04Yeah.

4:04Right.

4:05No, it's, yeah.

4:06It's just a good philosophical money problem.

4:09We've watched it for so long.

4:10But we got a Thursday night football game.

4:12We got starts of the week today.

4:13We got news to talk about.

4:14Oh, yeah.

4:17I just like when football's on.

4:18It sounded like electricity going through your body right there.

4:21Yeah, it's football.

4:22Which we had.

4:23We actually had some of that rain stuff in Arizona this morning.

4:25We got a boatload.

4:26We really did.

4:27There was a moment.

4:28And there was lightning and thunder.

4:29We had like three or four brownouts this morning.

4:32Is that from like the, aren't there tropical storms going on right now?

4:35Hurricanes on the Pacific?

4:36There's a nor'easter or something.

4:37Something.

4:38I don't know.

4:38We don't really know.

4:39Yeah.

4:40Us desert folk don't know nothing about that.

4:42No, we're desert men.

4:43But.

4:43We're doctors, not meteorologists.

4:45You know?

4:47We know metal.

4:48Oh, yeah.

4:49And we know butterfly stretches.

4:51And law.

4:52But anyways, let's just get into the news.

4:57News and notes from around the league.

5:04Well, why not?

5:05Jonah Coleman didn't practice.

5:07Oh, come on.

5:08Probably the number one waiver pickup for about half of the leagues out there.

5:11And he didn't practice.

5:12And J.K.

5:13Dobbins and R.J.

5:13Harvey were limited.

5:14So they literally practiced more than Coleman.

5:17The news was all over the place, man.

5:19It was.

5:19I saw so many.

5:22Jonah Coleman's not going to practice.

5:23Oh, we saw him.

5:24He was.

5:24He was practicing.

5:25You're like, no, he definitely was not practicing.

5:29It's like, this is.

5:30Get it together.

5:31We can verify this.

5:31We could do it with our eyes.

5:32I know.

5:33Well, that's what they're allegedly were doing.

5:35Is he in a disguise?

5:36Was this.

5:36He had a little grouch on marks.

5:37I don't think Coleman can hide.

5:39So you can't hide that body shape.

5:41Official injury report on the Wednesday practice.

5:43Jonah Coleman did not participate.

5:45R.J.

5:45Harvey and J.K.

5:46Dobbins were limited participants.

5:47I have a dynasty league that I am so injured and empty on running backs where Tyler Bidet

5:52started to look good.

5:54I mean, these three guys are not healthy.

5:58Speaking of not healthy, this is of great concern for a number of reasons.

6:04I want to get your thoughts.

6:05Puka Nakua did not practice on Wednesday.

6:06Sean McVay went on a radio show.

6:08If you watched it, I mean, he was very candid.

6:10He's just like.

6:11He was.

6:11Yeah, he's not making great progress.

6:14You got to do the McVay voice.

6:16I don't know.

6:16I was trying.

6:17No, I liked it.

6:17I liked it.

6:18It's a little bit higher, though.

6:19Yeah, that's true.

6:20I mean, he's not making great progress.

6:22He's not making great progress.

6:24Yeah.

6:24And if you have to.

6:26Anyways.

6:27Yeah.

6:27Look, if you have to come out and say what injury they don't have, it says something to

6:32me.

6:32Okay.

6:32But it's also.

6:33It is good news.

6:34He doesn't have a torn ACL, guys.

6:37It is good news.

6:38And they said it's not the hernia.

6:39He came out and said it's not a hernia.

6:42He was very definitive.

6:43It's not a hernia.

6:43It's not a hernia.

6:44Now.

6:45But he's not making great progress.

6:46And like we have.

6:47Is there a difference between sports hernia and him ending up with an abdominal surgery?

6:51I don't know.

6:52I.

6:54Yeah.

6:54I don't know, guys.

6:55I mean, my point is.

6:57Let's say it's a groin injury.

6:58Since he said it's not a hernia injury.

7:00If it's a groin injury, that could take multiple weeks.

7:02You cannot make progress right now.

7:04It'd be totally fun.

7:05Miss a game.

7:05Miss two games.

7:06Miss three games.

7:06And then you're back and you're Puka sensational.

7:09The hernia was the big fear.

7:11And it's.

7:12For him to come right out and say it's not a hernia.

7:14Yeah.

7:14Which means, I guess, people other than me were questioning that.

7:18He said once you get to a certain point, he's going to allow it to heal.

7:21And I think you'll be pretty good moving forward.

7:23Look, there are players in which an injury concerns me more than other players.

7:28And Puka, the fact that he's dealt with some things on and off in his career, it does concern me.

7:33I don't think you're going to see Puka Naku on the football field this week.

7:37And I don't know how quick you'll see him back out there.

7:41But Zay Flowers didn't practice on Wednesday.

7:44That's unfortunate.

7:46You wanted to see him back in the swing of things.

7:48Preferred.

7:48They are.

7:49Do we have an update yet today for Thursday?

7:51I don't think so.

7:52I have not seen.

7:53But a reminder, the Baltimore-Dallas game is in.

7:57It's an international one.

7:58It's in Brazil.

7:59Yeah, I mean, Mike, you made the point.

8:02It's a bad field.

8:04It's not on the same field, I believe.

8:07We can double check that.

8:08Are all fields in Brazil the same?

8:09I don't know.

8:10Okay.

8:10I don't know.

8:11I don't know how they're...

8:13Your point being that if they were going...

8:14They don't want to take a risk, potentially, with Flowers re-injuring himself if they don't

8:19feel comfortable with the playing surface.

8:20Correct.

8:21Which, if it's anything like when we saw, what was it, Packers-Eagles?

8:27And it was Packers for sure, because it was Jaden Reed just destroying the world because

8:32no defender could get any sort of grip off of the ground, which is...

8:36If it's like that, you don't want to do with a hammy playing.

8:39Brock Bowers limited on Wednesday.

8:40Could be back this week.

8:42Are you just right back into the lineup if Bowers is out there?

8:44When he starts, I will definitely be starting him.

8:47I am still skeptical, even though he's practicing limited this week.

8:51We'll see if he's actually active.

8:53Travis H.N. Jr., despite getting no work, limited on Wednesday with a hamstring.

8:58You could see Alvin Kamara a lot on Sunday.

9:00Oh, man.

9:01Mike Evans did not practice on Wednesday.

9:04Honestly, if for some reason Etienne was downgraded, if he didn't play, I feel like Kendra

9:10Miller is the better option to go with.

9:13It might be.

9:13I think you could get some one-yard passes to Kamara.

9:20Mike Evans, I said, didn't practice.

9:22They're going to take it easy with him.

9:23I don't worry about Wednesdays with Evans.

9:25I worry about Thursday, Friday.

9:26Aaron Jones did not practice on Wednesday.

9:28Okay, sure.

9:29Why not?

9:30That one is troubling.

9:32I mean, I thought about...

9:33I had a waiver claim in this morning to pick up the Montclairborne.

9:38I ended up withdrawing it.

9:40I don't think the team trusts him.

9:42I think DJ Dallas will get more work.

9:44Yes.

9:44I think it will be annoying.

9:46And we still don't know if Jones will be out.

9:48But, of course, we lost Jordan Mason.

9:50Yeah, if Aaron Jones is out, it will be between those two guys.

9:54I agree.

9:54I think DJ Dallas is the more trusted player, will play more snaps.

9:58I think if I had to throw one of them in a lineup...

10:00Come on!

10:02Come on!

10:03I would actually put DeMond Claiborne in over DJ Dallas simply because I think...

10:08Then you wouldn't be starting DJ Dallas.

10:09I see what you're going with.

10:10Yeah, you just have more explosive upside.

10:13This is a player who's got some great speed, fits the system well in Claiborne.

10:18And I'm, you know...

10:19No, I get it.

10:20I get it.

10:21I might or might not be starting him in Chopped.

10:23Okay.

10:24Oh.

10:24Well, I started Jordan Mason week one.

10:26Oh, no.

10:27Aaron Jones.

10:28Jonah Coleman week two.

10:29Oh, okay.

10:30And now I'm just...

10:31My RB2 in that league for a couple more weeks.

10:34Sounds like we're safe this week, Mike.

10:36That's what that sounds like.

10:37I love to hear it.

10:38I think I'm like top three score so far.

10:39Oh, okay.

10:40Well, Josh has already declared that he would be the one who was Chopped.

10:45Well, you declared that week one and you're still around.

10:47Well, it was pretty amazing to have Drake made A.J. Brown week one.

10:51In a Chopped league, there are a lot of teams right now.

10:55Yeah.

10:55And so we had somebody saved.

10:57A lot could go wrong.

10:58We had somebody 100% dead last week.

11:01And then Jackson Dart happened.

11:03Jackson Dart, yeah.

11:03So you can survive.

11:05Let's talk starts.

11:09Starts of the week.

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11:14All right.

11:14My starts of the week always...

11:17I mean, we all do our rankings individually each week.

11:19Some guys just show up better than the other ones.

11:21And we want to give you some confidence plays and endorsements on players this week.

11:24And my quarterback, it's Brock Purdy for a second consecutive week taking on Arizona.

11:31He's good.

11:32He's really good.

11:33He's just executing to a perfect level right now.

11:36And that's not to say he's not good.

11:38He's very, very good.

11:39But he also...

11:40But he also...

11:41He kind of...

11:42He's the surgical kind of quarterback.

11:45He's not going out there and doing...

11:47You know, it's not 450 yards.

11:48It's...

11:49I am going to slice and dice you up with perfect efficiency.

11:53Always has the touchdown upside.

11:55Leads quarterbacks in EPA per play.

11:57Eight and a half point home favorites.

11:59This is going to be...

12:01It's going to be bad for Arizona.

12:02Do you see that he was on like a podcast or something talking about how quarterbacks basically

12:1040% of the time they can't see where they're throwing?

12:13Oh, yeah.

12:13I did see that.

12:14Yeah.

12:14You're like...

12:15Dude, that's...

12:16Because he's...

12:16And for him, it's 60-70%.

12:18Because he's essentially saying like, this is processing and you're...

12:22Like, you just have to know what's going to happen.

12:24Processing over arm strength.

12:25Yeah.

12:25Knowing where to put the ball.

12:26No, it's funny because we said coming into the year, Brock Purdy is the one quarterback...

12:31Literally the only one quarterback where you assume 7 plus percent...

12:35Yes.

12:35Which is ridiculous.

12:36...of his passes for touchdowns.

12:37That's usually the outlier year.

12:39And then you regress.

12:40And I was like, what does he have right now?

12:41He's at 8.9% so far on the season.

12:44So he does have room to regress.

12:45Yes.

12:46And still be awesome.

12:47Back to his normal 7%.

12:48No Stribling.

12:49No Demarcus Robinson.

12:51No Christian Kirk.

12:52No problem.

12:53And who knows?

12:53Maybe no Mike Evans.

12:54I don't care.

12:55If Arizona, I'm taking him.

12:56I'm going to go with Jared Goff.

12:58Jared Goff.

12:59Jared Goff.

13:01Against the New York Jets.

13:03He is at home.

13:03Last week, obviously, went off 300...

13:05There you're introducing.

13:09He went off...

13:10Jared Goff.

13:13327 and four last week.

13:15He is at home.

13:17In a dome.

13:17The Dominator has averaged 21 fantasy points per game at home since 2022.

13:22And they've got the fifth highest implied point total this week.

13:26Tyler Shuck.

13:27Get out of the way, Jason.

13:29Stealing my stream of the week.

13:30The king of the Shuck daddies is here.

13:32His number one supporter.

13:34We're playing him this week.

13:35You got to be so happy I let him go and let you take it.

13:38Oh, brother.

13:38It feels so good.

13:40But having...

13:41Oh, man.

13:41With the combo of Dak and Tyler Shuck.

13:44That's my platoon right now.

13:45I'm feeling pretty good about my quarterback.

13:47I'm feeling pretty bad about letting him go.

13:48Feeling good about that.

13:50He is the first player in NFL history with 3,000 passing yards and a 67% completion rate

13:56through his first 13 career games.

13:58He's old.

13:59He was seasoned.

13:59He was ready to play.

14:01He's in the perfect system with Kellen Moore.

14:03You're essentially getting an extra five or more drop backs.

14:06It's like an extra drive per game because of how fast they play.

14:09I mean, you're looking at these players.

14:11We got Drake May at Jacksonville.

14:13Herbert at Buffalo.

14:14Stafford at Denver.

14:17Yeah, look.

14:18I'm rolling out Tyler Shuck.

14:20It's a big week.

14:21We've talked about it all week long.

14:23I think the offensive line, maybe no A-chan.

14:27I cannot wait to see if he can...

14:29Yeah.

14:29I think it's a big week for him.

14:30I'm going with the player that had a down week.

14:34These are the kind of starts you need sometimes.

14:35David Montgomery is going to be my start of the week at the running back position.

14:40It should work.

14:41Eight total opportunities last week.

14:43Less than five fancy points.

14:44Still out-snapped Woody Marks, who Woody Marks was pretty good efficiency-wise again.

14:48But the Colts, boy, you want to start players against the Colts right now.

14:5230th in EPA per rush attempt.

14:5431st in yards per carry allowed.

14:56I think it's that kind of week.

14:58Honestly, I think C.J. Stroud's kind of okay this week.

15:00I really think he'll throw for a ton of yards.

15:03But I'm going to go Monty at running back.

15:05Yeah, wait until we get to my tight end.

15:06For now, I'll talk about Cameron Scadaboo.

15:09Oh, going Cameron.

15:10I'm going...

15:11Yeah, well, he wants to be called Cameron, not Cam, according to Cameron.

15:15Cameron.

15:16But, yeah.

15:17So, through two weeks, he's seen 16 and 18 opportunities.

15:21He is the Giants' lead back.

15:22Now that you've got Jackson Dart gone, I think they're going to have to rely on him even more

15:26at home against Tennessee.

15:29I think the Giants are going to run, play defense.

15:31He should be a very solid RB2 this week for fantasy.

15:34Yeah, there are going to be matchups for the Giants where not having Jackson Dart scares

15:38me about the run game.

15:39This is not one of them.

15:40Yeah, this is a good matchup.

15:41And I think Jameis is going to check down to a little bit more to Cameron than we've seen

15:45the first two weeks.

15:46I'm going with a running back two on his own team.

15:49I'm going Blake Corum against the Denver Broncos.

15:52I like him this week.

15:53I think he's very playable through two weeks on a per-touch basis.

15:58He's looking awesome.

15:58Six yards per carry on 22 attempts.

16:01Only Ken Bone, the absolute, the man, is higher than Blake Corum in that.

16:08Speaking of Ken Bone, this is...

16:09The man, the bone, the legend.

16:11The man, the bone, the legend.

16:13I love it.

16:14This is the matchup where Kenneth Walker showed us maybe the Denver Broncos are not so good

16:20at tackling.

16:21Through two weeks, dead last in EPA per rush.

16:24Dead last in yards after contact per attempt allowed.

16:2829th in fantasy points allowed to running backs.

16:31He might be the backup, but I think Blake Corum is very playable this week.

16:35I keep expecting to finally see that Blake Corum outscores Kyron Williams on a week because

16:41of how well he's playing.

16:42That won't happen.

16:42And it just doesn't ever happen.

16:44They were like identical rushing the football this past week.

16:47I'm going Deebo Samuel when it comes to...

16:50Oh, that's a man.

16:52Now you're a man.

16:53Yeah.

16:53A man, a man, a man.

16:55He's the last man standing.

16:56I was going to say it.

16:57Oh, are you?

16:57I was.

16:59Deebo against Arizona.

17:00The stack with Brock Purdy.

17:01He's 50% out wide, 5% in the backfield, 45% in the slot.

17:06He's going to be a part of the game plan.

17:07What I love about Shanann is he goes into these games and he says, look, this is how we win.

17:12He's running out of options to choose from on the, this is how we win.

17:15You can't overload Kittle right now recovering.

17:18It's a Deebo game.

17:19And Mike, I know you got him and you're going to play.

17:22I'm pretty happy about it.

17:23I am going at wide receiver with Lad McConkie.

17:28Injured Lad.

17:30If you watch the practice reports last week, he barely practiced.

17:33And then in the game, he was more of a decoy.

17:35He was out there a little bit, but played less than half the snaps.

17:38Wasn't a good game.

17:39Already this week, full participant in practice on Wednesday.

17:42I think that the matchup is good.

17:44They desperately need him.

17:45I expect a billion points in that Buffalo game.

17:48I couldn't imagine having him on the bench if he goes off in an environment where he should.

17:55The Bills' offense has been great, but their defense, it's, it's, they've been winning.

18:00So you're not worried about the defense as much, but they're 31st in points per drive allowed.

18:0428th in pass success rate allowed.

18:0630th in fantasy points allowed to wide receiver.

18:08Specifically losing a lot to the slot wide receiver.

18:11So this is just a perfect matchup.

18:13I know he's a little banged up, but based on the practice reports, I think he's going to

18:16have a very fine fantasy week three.

18:19I'm going Josh Downs.

18:20I love it.

18:21Against the Houston Texans.

18:23Last week, Downs was awesome.

18:24Nine targets, seven for 72.

18:27Alec Pierce is now officially out of the picture.

18:30And you know, all the analysis of like, is Josh Downs going to be out there?

18:34The answer is yes.

18:35He is a full-time player.

18:38He is their number one wide receiver now.

18:39Andy's trying to trade for Alec Pierce for me right now.

18:42So we'll have Alec Pierce.

18:43I gave you a 24-hour period to accept my trade.

18:45You didn't reply.

18:46You mean Josh Downs or Alec Pierce?

18:48What?

18:49You said Alec Pierce.

18:50Did you mean Josh Downs?

18:50Oh, I meant Josh Downs, yes.

18:51Yes, Josh Downs.

18:52Okay.

18:52And speaking of that, 30th in first read target share.

18:5530%, I should say.

18:5729% of the team's receiving yards so far.

19:00And maybe it's just a Buffalo-Cincinnati thing.

19:03Houston is bleeding points to the wide receiver position.

19:06And coincidentally, this is a matchup that Josh Downs has actually been pretty good in five

19:13career games versus Houston.

19:14Downs is averaging over 10 fantasy points per game against that defense.

19:19And if you want to be just mesmerized by a stat, my tight end start of the week is Travis

19:24Kelsey, who, quote, leads all pass catchers in the NFL in yards after the catch.

19:32Oh, yeah.

19:32Yeah.

19:33He's had a couple big runs.

19:35They are 11.5-point road favorites.

19:37He leads the team in targets per route run.

19:39And if it was just some hidden stats and not the eyeballs, I would not be bringing it up.

19:44But if you go and you watch the game.

19:46Looks good.

19:46I think he's lost some weight.

19:48I think he looks in better shape than last year.

19:51And it's Miami boys.

19:53I mean, if he doesn't score in this game, I'll be shocked.

19:56I think it was a friend of the show, Matt Harmon, had tweeted about, he's like, Travis Kelsey

20:01got in wedding shape and then just stayed in shape.

20:04Okay.

20:04He's like, I see you, Travis.

20:05There you go.

20:06Hey, if we like a narrative, I don't hate it.

20:10But what about all the pictures when he shows up to camp and he looked like.

20:15He was just bloated.

20:16Yeah.

20:16He was very.

20:18I'm going to go with the doctor.

20:20Oh, the doctor.

20:21Dr. Schultz.

20:22We said last week that he was going to get a bajillion targets for probably.

20:26He's such a good play right now.

20:27For probably 30 yards.

20:28But he broke a few Travis Kelsey-esque long, empty field runs.

20:33He was 12 for 140 against Cincinnati last week.

20:3512 on 14 targets.

20:37Did you hear him going down the field?

20:40Oh, you upgraded him.

20:42I did.

20:42I gave him credit for running.

20:44For being the tight end two on the week.

20:46That's it.

20:46There it is.

20:47The Colts are certainly a team that you are targeting right now.

20:51I mean, that was who Travis Kelsey just obliterated on Sunday night.

20:54So if Kelsey could do it, the doctor can do it.

20:56Okay.

20:57Also, Terrence Ferguson on waivers.

21:00Yes, yes, yes.

21:01If Puka is gone, would be like a secondary start of the week.

21:03Oh, that'd be very good.

21:04That was starts of the week.

21:05Hey.

21:05Bye.

21:06Hey.

21:07Mike gets one.

21:08My tight end start of the week.

21:09Oh, I'm so sorry.

21:10Get out of here.

21:11You're going to like this one.

21:12They reminded me about the CTA.

21:14And then I was like, let's just do it now.

21:16You guys over here waving my hands at you, but you didn't see me there.

21:19Well, you know what?

21:19Maybe just.

21:21Sorry.

21:22I'm going with Tucker second and fourth craft for tonight.

21:27Yeah.

21:27Tonight against the Atlanta Falcons.

21:29Second and four.

21:30What is second and four?

21:31What is that?

21:32That's what your trade was.

21:34Uh, a second and a fourth.

21:37Yeah.

21:38You think it's worth it?

21:39I will be in the end.

21:40I just, that's what I'm calling him right now.

21:42The ramp up.

21:43He played 98% of the snaps.

21:45Yes.

21:46They have some offensive line issues.

21:48That was a huge jump, but Tucker craft is back to being a full time player.

21:53With Jaden Reed out, Tucker craft should absolutely dominate the middle of the field.

21:58Uh, and Atlanta is currently 29th and scheduled adjusted points to the tight end position.

22:03And they played the muth and Darren Waller.

22:06Yeah.

22:06That's, that's great.

22:06I will say when I saw this in there, I really liked the two four in there, but I thought you

22:13wrote it wrong.

22:14I thought you were calling him Tucker two by four.

22:17And I was like, Oh yeah.

22:18Oh, he's just going to smack guys.

22:21Hold on.

22:21Tucker two by four.

22:22Two by four.

22:23Yeah.

22:24In the face.

22:25Hold on.

22:26Tucker two by four.

22:27Tucker two by four.

22:28I that's, that's your trade.

22:30I don't hate it.

22:30I don't really mind it.

22:32Yeah.

22:32The two by four brings a two by four to your face.

22:34You're getting out of the way.

22:35It takes a two by four to get them in a trade too.

22:38Uh, that was starts of the week.

22:39Officially, officially starts.

22:41Yeah.

22:41Yeah.

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22:53Tucker two by four.

22:54All right.

22:55We'll take a break.

22:56I, I mean, we'll get in.

22:58It does put it on the board.

22:59It rolls off the tongue.

23:00Uh, let's take a break and we'll get into the forecast.

23:02All right.

23:11It's week three.

23:15Fantasy forecast presented by prize picks.

23:18If there were two teams that couldn't be in more opposite sentiment situations, right?

23:31The vibes around the Los Angeles chargers who are Oh, and two traveling to the brand new

23:37high Mark stadium.

23:39The Buffalo bills are two and Oh, the Vegas line is Buffalo minus seven.

23:44And the over under is 50 and a half.

23:47Nearly every part of my being is tempted here because this is the national football league.

23:55There wasn't a soul who thought that the, the Ravens would lose last week to, well, there

24:00were a few, but it was a big line, right?

24:03It was eight and a half points.

24:05You had the Browns come back with a win last week against Tampa.

24:09I don't think anybody expected that I just, I would not be shocked if you got one of those

24:16weeks where the rubber met the road and the chargers made it close.

24:20I'm not, I'm not going to do it because it's just the extremes are too extreme right now.

24:25DJ more.

24:26We could get them back this week.

24:26We'll see.

24:27It's the second highest over under the week.

24:29So for fantasy purposes, independent of the outcome, very exciting game.

24:34Yeah.

24:34I mean, I made lad a start because the Buffalo bills defense has been very, very bad.

24:38CJ Stroud destroyed them and their offense has been so good.

24:42It's been irrelevant.

24:43I mean, they're blowing guys out.

24:45And I, I agree partially with your sentiment that I think the chargers are going to figure

24:51stuff out.

24:52I think they're going to get better.

24:53And I believe getting lad back is crucial to this offense.

24:56When lad has been out there, you know, the very beginning, the, you know, the first half

25:00against Cardinals, their offense looked significantly better with, with lad out there.

25:04I also think their offense might be more explosive with Gadsden being forced in instead of Najoku.

25:11And, you know, they, they were, they were playing this slow, uh, tight end heavy, uh, you know,

25:17scheme.

25:18And I, I think that it could be good.

25:19But I, I still believe that right now Buffalo is just cooking.

25:24So they are on fire.

25:27And that second game at, at home at high Mark, I don't see the charters.

25:31You got any more heat related analogies cooking?

25:33They're on fire.

25:34What else you got?

25:35Blazing?

25:36I think they're scorching.

25:37They're magma, man.

25:38Magma.

25:39Uh, yeah, this, this is, uh, they're playing, they're playing good football.

25:44And here, here's the thing about Buffalo that I don't think people like, if you say, okay,

25:49Josh, yeah, on those two games, it's all, you know, that's otherworldly.

25:52You're not going to get that all year.

25:54You, you know, I don't know.

25:55This is Joe Brady.

25:58McDermott was the coach for all those years.

26:00When McDermott was the head coach, I always had confidence that this defense would progress

26:05over the course of the season because he, that's what he did.

26:09That's what made him good.

26:10And it didn't matter if they lost personnel, they figured out the defensive side.

26:14You could say, oh, we just want to run the ball and play defense through two weeks.

26:19Joe Brady looks like he's got the offense on lock and the defense looks suspect.

26:23Sure.

26:23That's fair.

26:24But play Allen, play cook.

26:26If DJ Moore is active, do you play him?

26:28He was limited on Wednesday.

26:30That's a good sign.

26:30Uh, yeah, I, I'm, I probably play him, but understand the, the risk of, I mean, a hard

26:38fall on that shoulder and you could lose DJ Moore again.

26:41Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, risky at best.

26:46Yeah.

26:46Coleman didn't practice on Wednesday, which is unfortunate.

26:49Of course he didn't.

26:49Yes.

26:50Of course.

26:51You make it one, one game.

26:52You look confident as a receiver and you don't practice.

26:54So I'm at least keeping an eye on him.

26:57Maybe a, just a speculative ad, not so much of a nasty play this week.

27:02We did mention that like that might swell up after the game because he went back out

27:05there and then Dalton Kincaid.

27:06Yes, please.

27:07Yeah.

27:08Yeah.

27:08Dalton Kincaid has just been awesome.

27:09He looks like their number one receiver, even with DJ Moore out there.

27:12It's just, he is, he's always been excellent per route.

27:16Now he's actually running more routes.

27:17Yeah.

27:17Now healthy.

27:18Doesn't it feel like they got two new receivers?

27:21Yeah, it really does.

27:22Because Dalton Kincaid has not been a thing yet.

27:23No.

27:23I mean, he was struggling with that knee injury all last year, played, I want to say 38%

27:28of snaps.

27:29And now they have a full time second round draft pick player who has been really good.

27:35Was he a first round pick?

27:36Dalton was the first.

27:37Yeah.

27:37Oh man.

27:37I mean, he's, we loved him.

27:39We spent years believing that this was the, this was the year he was going to get it together.

27:46Pick 25.

27:47Yeah.

27:47So our, our all season fire pick looks good.

27:53Hampton.

27:54Hampton is a great matchup for him.

27:56Hampton's a great play.

27:56Gadsden, if you're desperate.

27:58Man.

27:58I think Gadsden is an okay start.

28:00I mean, he hasn't done much on the season.

28:02He had a touchdown last week, but only two, two targets in the game.

28:05But it's the fact that the injuries are going to force him to be on the field.

28:10Yeah.

28:10I, I hate the part of that.

28:12It's had to be forced.

28:13Whereas like, does McDaniel and company, do they like Gadsden?

28:18Do they really want him as part of the plan?

28:19I just think he's not a complete tight end in any way, shape and form.

28:22He's an athletic free blocking.

28:23Who can go catch the football.

28:25It's a little bit like, you know, we've seen what likely can do in the passing game.

28:29Right now with the giants and, in, in, but it was always, you know, Mark Andrews and

28:35Smythe and other guys getting snaps ahead of him sometimes because the incomplete nature

28:39of it, but Gadsden right now, I mean, these guys are on IR.

28:42So, right.

28:43So it's over for them.

28:44It's Gadsden almost every play.

28:46Yeah.

28:47And huge is huge.

28:49Has reverted back to a pumpkin.

28:51Yeah.

28:52Yeah.

28:52Carolina one-on-one Cleveland one-on-one in Cleveland, Carolina minus two and a half

28:59over under 42 and a half.

29:00Wow.

29:01Good for you, Carolina.

29:04And Cleveland's one-on-one too, Mike.

29:06I just mean like Carolina is on the road and favored.

29:11Yeah.

29:12Yeah.

29:12It's, I mean, we talked about Bryce Young on the unsolved mysteries episode yesterday,

29:16whether, you know, Mike and I were kind of very much on the side that we believe it's

29:21a level up.

29:21We believe that the, I believe the math of Carolina right now chances that it could be

29:27for real.

29:29Well, yeah.

29:29And Carolina is, you know, they've got weapons.

29:34Tett McMillan and Jalen Coker is a viable twosome each and every week.

29:37And then you bring Darren Waller into the equation.

29:40Their, their prize picks projections are, are they the same?

29:43Yeah.

29:43They're the same, both at 59 and a half receiving.

29:45That's a lot.

29:46Yeah.

29:47Both of those guys are plays, right?

29:48Darren Waller, Jason, would you rather start?

29:50Let me, let me put it this way.

29:51Okay.

29:51Waller seems like as good of a bet as a touchdown opportunity as any tight end right now.

29:58For sure.

29:58Cause he's enormous.

29:59And I think that the snap counts are going to rise for him.

30:01They're very low right now.

30:02Would you play him or I guess you'd play Schultz.

30:06I would play Schultz.

30:07You'd play Ferguson.

30:07And I would play Ferguson.

30:08Then it would be Waller.

30:09Then it would be Gadsden.

30:10Would you play Waller or the other Ferguson, Jake Ferguson, who had two touchdowns last week?

30:14I still, oh man, I, I think I would go, I would go Ferguson over Waller because he's out on the field more.

30:22He's used between the twenties more and they both can catch touchdowns.

30:25I, I still would put the odds of a touchdown higher with Waller than Ferguson, but it's not a big enough gap to take the fewer snaps.

30:33But I think Waller is a great player to roster as the season goes on.

30:36I expect him to get more and more involved.

30:38But, but the great thing is, is that he is always involved around the red zone.

30:44And so that's, that's all you really need from the middling tight end pool is a touchdown.

30:50Waller or Fannin?

30:51Oh, and, um, same game.

30:53Oh, I think I go Waller.

31:02I think a much better chance at a touchdown.

31:06That hurts though.

31:07That hurts big time.

31:09Yeah.

31:09I mean, Harold Fannin's at 17% target share through two weeks.

31:12It's just, it's not, it's not good enough.

31:16No, it's not good enough.

31:17And I, you know, Watson was 24 for 30 last week, two 38 and two Bryce young, six touchdowns through two games.

31:25And there are only five running backs that are top 12 in each of the first two weeks.

31:31Ken bone Gibbs, Henry, Jonathan Taylor.

31:35Oh wait.

31:37And Chuba.

31:38Yeah.

31:38Chuba is the other one.

31:40And, and John, the Brooks just went to IR and AJ Dillon is not good and they didn't sign Austin Echler.

31:44So in this week in particular, Chuba is a must start for sure.

31:49And who would have thought you'd much rather draft him than Judkins?

31:52Much rather.

31:53I know you weren't in on Judkins.

31:55I wasn't in on Chuba either.

31:56But you wouldn't have been in on Chuba.

31:57No, I was not.

31:58I thought Brooks would be more of a impact, but this is all Chuba.

32:03And if this team is, I give, if they're for real, then Chuba is going to be awesome.

32:08I think the biggest question in this game is actually Bryce Young because we've talked about

32:13picking him up, taking shots on him.

32:15Is it real or not?

32:17This matchup is one where so far through two weeks this season, it looks like a, not, not

32:22a terrible matchup.

32:23Last year, obviously it was very, you didn't necessarily want to play against the Browns,

32:26but Miles Garrett is gone.

32:28I don't think this is a bad defense.

32:30So this is a perfect matchup to me where it's like you push has come to shove and you've

32:37got to make your call right now as to whether or not you believe in Bryce Young.

32:41I am, I still feel skeptical.

32:43I would start him this week.

32:44Justin Herbert or Bryce Young?

32:45Bryce Young, easy.

32:46Oh, that's an easy Herbert for me.

32:49Yeah, I'm going to start Bryce Young.

32:51I'm not, I'm not going to go back to this well where it's like you, there's no way that

32:55that's a guarantee that Herbert's better.

32:56And why not take the guy that's had two prolific weeks?

32:59Like I, I give zero credit to the Cleveland defense last week relative to the, I mean

33:03the Tampa Bay offense is abysmal.

33:05Yes.

33:06And they still, you know, they're 22nd in terms of fancy points given up to quarterback

33:10through two weeks.

33:11I'm taking, I'm taking Bryce.

33:14That could be a water bet.

33:15Oh, Jason wants to make, Jason just literally.

33:17Yeah.

33:18Oh, we're doing water.

33:21Water bet.

33:22I think the water in this one is money because he just made me a hundred dollar bet about

33:27Bryce Young versus Herbert.

33:28I just think that'll be a, that'll be a fun thing to watch for in this, in this week.

33:32And I think both are good starts this week.

33:36The matchups aren't too bad, but let's, let's go with others.

33:40Like you don't have to start Herbert.

33:42You don't have no, you got no reason.

33:43You don't have to do it.

33:44I, I, it's just the matchup to me.

33:46I think that there's going to be a gillion points.

33:48Was the Cardinal and Raider matchups pretty good for Herbert?

33:51Well, those were those decent.

33:52I mean, the Cardinals, while they won, it wasn't an environment where you were going to

33:57keep passing the ball a lot.

33:59I do think in this one.

34:00He scored 7.9 fantasy points against the Raiders.

34:03So let me give you some.

34:04I'm not saying you're going to be wrong.

34:06I'm just saying the evidence right now is like, Hey, why go through the pain of trying

34:09it again?

34:10Right now?

34:10We've got Bryce Young as our consensus quarterback 15.

34:14Is he going Herbro?

34:15Is he going Herbro right now?

34:17Jason?

34:18Yeah.

34:18What are you talking about?

34:19Jason has been.

34:19I am always going to be a Herbro.

34:21Jason has interlocked arm and arm up the street for the Herbros.

34:24But I also think.

34:26Yeah.

34:26I mean, that's why I'm smiling.

34:28It's fun.

34:28It is fun.

34:29There's two things here.

34:30My primary belief here is more anti-Buffalo Bills defense.

34:34That I am targeting the Buffalo Bills defense the way that, you know, in years past we were

34:38targeting the, you know, when you're playing against the, the, the Bengals, when you're

34:42playing against the Cowboys, you want pieces in that game.

34:45That's how I feel.

34:45But also I really do believe the lack of lad has been the biggest problem for, for Herbert.

34:52But let's talk about other players.

34:53Would you start Bryce Young or Tyler Shuck?

34:56I think those are neck and neck this week.

34:58They're close.

34:59I lean Tyler Shuck in that one.

35:01I like Bryce.

35:02But it's, it, what about Drake May at Jacksonville?

35:06Bryce.

35:07Bryce.

35:07I'm making the switch.

35:09I'm putting Bryce above.

35:10And what about last one?

35:12Matthew Stafford been on fire, but at Denver.

35:15Bryce.

35:16I'm okay with going Bryce there.

35:17I think we need to adjust our rankings.

35:18Yeah.

35:18Because Bryce shouldn't be down to 15.

35:19I just moved him up.

35:22I moved him up.

35:23Oh, and he's sitting one spot ahead of Justin Herbert.

35:26Okay.

35:26There it is.

35:28Yeah.

35:28Look, I, I guess I, I have the confidence in Bryce Young right now.

35:33Um.

35:34He's feeling it.

35:35You know, like Shuck's been good.

35:37Mm-hmm.

35:38But the, like Bryce has done the three touchdown thing two weeks in a row.

35:41Yeah.

35:41That's, I don't feel like extremely confident saying Shuck over Bryce.

35:45Yeah.

35:45Yeah.

35:45But way to walk us through it, Jay, because I needed to tweak the rankings a little bit

35:50there.

35:50Um.

35:51Ted McMillan and Coker.

35:52Yes.

35:52Waller.

35:53We talked about it.

35:54The other side, you know, I don't feel good about any of it really.

35:57I think Boston is the one that you could probably play because you're going to get, you're going

36:02to get the targets.

36:02You're going to get some high value targets.

36:05But I'm not messing around with the rest of those guys.

36:08The.

36:08I.

36:09If Quinshawn Judkins is bad in this matchup.

36:14You've got to put him on a boat.

36:16You give it a shove.

36:18You light your arrow and you fire.

36:21Judkins should be okay.

36:22That's what.

36:22This is a.

36:23But I'm saying if he's, if he's bad in this matchup, I don't know when you're going to

36:28have hope to actually play.

36:30It's so hard.

36:30Judkins is like a start of the week candidate because you don't want to start him, but you

36:35can't.

36:36You should.

36:36There were two players in my start of the week finalists.

36:39I don't know if you saw that.

36:40No, I didn't.

36:41It was David Montgomery and Quinchon Judkins.

36:42Yeah.

36:43And I didn't choose Judkins.

36:45I don't.

36:46I don't.

36:46On purpose.

36:47I don't blame you.

36:47You're holding your breath.

36:48I mean, but those are the type of players where people are going to be here.

36:51Really, really want to bench.

36:53And it should work.

36:55Carolina's dead last in giving up yards per carry, rushing touchdowns allowed, and EPA

36:59per rush.

37:00If you look at the last.

37:01This is the time, Judkins.

37:02You better show up.

37:03That's so far this year.

37:04Also, they sucked last year.

37:06And the year prior, they were one of the worst of all time against the run.

37:09This.

37:10Run funnel, baby.

37:10Come on.

37:12New York Jets one and one.

37:13Detroit Lions one and one.

37:15Vegas line is Detroit minus six and a half over under 47 and a half.

37:20Under a touchdown, huh?

37:22Yeah.

37:23I mean, I, I, this is the game to me that is, uh, this is going to tell me a heck of a

37:27lot about the Detroit Lions long-term, uh, agree situation because I, I think this should

37:34be the game that they destroy.

37:35Yes, it should.

37:37At home against the Jets, the Aaron Glenn revenge game, whatever they should, they should massacre

37:43the Jets in this game.

37:44And if they don't, it will tell me that they, they don't quite have the, the defensive personnel

37:51and, and the vibes right now with the blob fish to get this thing going at home against

37:57the Jets.

37:57But, um, the nice thing is for fantasy players, the over has hit in each of the last six Detroit

38:04games.

38:05It's a 47 and a half already.

38:08That's cool.

38:09Yeah.

38:10We'll take that.

38:10Start of the week, Jason, Jared Goff.

38:13I love Goff at home.

38:14I mean, you're going to love all the lions pretty much every week.

38:16I don't know.

38:17There's one to talk about.

38:18Yeah.

38:19I'm still throwing Jameson Williams out there.

38:20Okay.

38:20I mean, Jameson Williams is the type of player when you drafted him, you knew you were getting

38:24volatility.

38:24You knew you were going to have some games where you had a, an absolutely dud of a matchup,

38:30but you keep him in.

38:31First of all, you were drafting him as your wide receiver three.

38:33You were drafting him as a flex.

38:34This isn't a guy you were drafting in the third round.

38:36He is out there to go nuclear and win you matchups.

38:40And that is worth taking some of the duds along the way, because as opposed to finding

38:45someone off the waivers, who's getting eight targets every game, and who's going to get

38:48out there and give you seven fantasy points or eight fancy points or nine fancy points

38:51regularly, that's not going to help you win matchups.

38:53You put, you put Jameson Williams in.

38:55So you'd start him over like a popular free agent pickup this week, Adonai Mitchell, who

38:58is currently ahead of Garrett Wilson in target share.

39:02Yeah.

39:02Speaking of targets, what if I told you my boy, Isaac Tesla had one more target than J-Mo

39:09Williams last week?

39:10I'm not worried about that.

39:12If, if, if at the end of the season, he has more targets than Jameson Williams, I will

39:16eat my shorts.

39:17Yeah.

39:18I mean, the, uh, J-Mo played, J-Mo played 97% of snaps.

39:23I, I'm mostly with you on everything you said.

39:25You know, what's funny about this game?

39:27I was looking at a, uh, someone put together the pace of play of matchups.

39:32I think it was Jared Smola.

39:33I apologize if I, if I'm getting that wrong.

39:36And it was like, based on both teams in the game, you look at the pace of both, both teams

39:41and go, okay, what's the pace of the game environment?

39:44And I saw this matchup and they were like bottom five.

39:46And I was like, what?

39:47Oh, the lions.

39:48How is that possible?

39:50The lions are top five in the league in pace of play.

39:53And that's how slow the jets are playing right now that when you combine them, they're like

39:58one of the slowest games.

40:00It's outrageous.

40:01Yeah.

40:02Very tortoisey.

40:03The, uh, the Gino Smith led jets have yet to commit a turnover this year, but Gino will

40:08be under fire.

40:09Uh, you know, the Aiden Hutchinson lions highest pressure rate in the NFL.

40:14Uh, it'll be put to the test.

40:16Brees hall.

40:17Yeah.

40:17You play him.

40:18You play Garrett Wilson.

40:19And I think you play out in I Mitchell this week.

40:21I'm okay with it.

40:22I would play him over Boston in the previous game.

40:24So I like him more than, than Denzel Boston.

40:28I, you should put Kenyon Sadiq on your bench.

40:30There was a start sick question that Brooks put in here.

40:33I'm sorry.

40:33I'm going to say it out loud.

40:34Would you start Adonai Mitchell in this game or Adonai Mitchell in this game?

40:39Oh man.

40:41I'd go with, I'd go with AD Mitchell.

40:44It was Kyle.

40:45Oh Kyle.

40:46Brooks would never.

40:47Yeah.

40:47Kyle.

40:47Do you, do you feel comfortable with me letting the people know what you're going through

40:52right now?

40:53Oh, that is, that is.

40:54Probably related.

40:56Sure.

40:58Oh, that didn't sound like a man who actually.

40:59Well, because you, you already, you're like, Hey, I'm going to do this thing.

41:03You cool?

41:04That's a fair point.

41:05He might not have the cognition though to reply in a good.

41:09Kyle was hit in the head with a baseball this week.

41:11He was being a good dad pitcher for his league.

41:15Yeah.

41:15Good dad, bad baseball player.

41:17Well, he, I believe he said that he was, I asked him if he was behind.

41:20Way too old.

41:21Yeah.

41:21His kids are all like they're in a 10 year old league.

41:24And then like some 13 year old came up there and now I'm picturing him as like, this kid's

41:29gigantic.

41:29Oh, for sure.

41:30He just, he dropped off the keys after he got out of his truck, walked up here and, and

41:36he took a, he's like legit.

41:37He took a line drive.

41:38He fired a piss missile right into your head.

41:40He, we're going to go Brady would love that term there.

41:43Jason would too.

41:44But he, he literally hit a line drive off of Kyle.

41:47And I was like, well, were you behind a pitching screen?

41:49And he said, yes, it was too fast.

41:52Wow.

41:53So Kyle's been actually dealing with, um, I, I would say a trauma.

41:57No dad thought they deal with it.

41:59Not in the 10 year old baseball league.

42:01It was unbelievable.

42:02So, so in other words, yeah, I would take Adnan Mitchell versus Adnan Mitchell in this

42:07one.

42:07But so Kenyon Sadiq with Mason Taylor out or I'm sorry, he didn't practice.

42:12Uh, seems like he's going to be out this week.

42:16Kenyon Sadiq first round pick, very athletic player, not some, we didn't particularly love

42:23him and his production profile, but draft capital and opportunity here says that Sadiq

42:29is someone to pay attention and athletic profile.

42:32We talk about it.

42:33When you look at athletic profiles, it doesn't matter that much at most positions, but tight

42:38in that is like almost always required to be good at fantasy.

42:42And he is off the charts.

42:44Perfect matchup for him with Meowson out.

42:47So, yeah, I mean, it's not one that like all those other names we were talking about

42:51earlier, the Darren Waller, the, the Terrence Ferguson, I'm going to start those guys over

42:55Sadiq.

42:56I want Sadiq on my bench, but a DFS play, some kind of surprising, you know, if you can find,

43:02um, you know, I don't know what price picks line is on him, but that might be Waller or

43:07Sadiq.

43:07I'd probably still go Waller.

43:09I'm just bringing them up of like me.

43:10If you're, it could be a breakout game.

43:12If you're waiting through the mucky muck of the tight end position, this is like, this

43:17is the situation where, okay, first round pick shows up because the, the starter is out

43:22and then the, and that first runner has a great game.

43:25It's like, it's done.

43:26He'll, he'll just take the job.

43:28Yeah.

43:29Yeah.

43:29That, um, it's Jason's point, by the way, so you have golf in this one as your start

43:34of the week.

43:34So Sadiq right now 25 and a half receiving yards on, on the price picks projection.

43:40Okay.

43:41Um, Houston.

43:43Oh, and two taking on the own two Indianapolis Colts.

43:46The Vegas line is Houston minus two and a half.

43:50The over under is 42 and a half.

43:53Okay.

43:54Here we go.

43:55I, I, you know, the, the Houston part is the cackle is just that they're both on two.

43:59I mean, the spread, where are we, where are we going?

44:03Yeah.

44:03The spread and the fact that like, you know, I still look at Houston's defense as a top

44:07tier defense, but we, we have yet to get that kind of prolific performance so far.

44:13The Colts had a heck of a battle against the chiefs made it a game.

44:17They've fallen short the last couple of weeks.

44:20I just don't, I don't know how complicated the start set decisions are, but I don't think

44:24Nico's not practicing.

44:25And so I don't think you're going to have him.

44:28And so outside of the doctor in Montgomery, is that the whole offense?

44:32Is it consolidated for Houston?

44:35Uh, yeah.

44:38For fantasy, it's pretty, it's pretty gross.

44:42Cause it's like Hutchinson is, it's he'll get targets.

44:47He's just, it's not him.

44:49So I don't know.

44:52I don't know.

44:52I mean, Jalen Noel, if you're wanting to get disgusting.

44:56Yeah.

44:57I mean, it's, it's a really good matchup, um, you know, against the Colts D you want to

45:02target.

45:02This is why we like David Montgomery and Dalton Schultz.

45:05I do think someone else will, you know, we'll have a good game.

45:10It's just one of those things where I mentioned Noel, can you, yeah.

45:13Is Jared Wayne going to be the guy, you know, you just don't know where the ball's going

45:18to go.

45:18All right.

45:19Pilgrim.

45:20It's me.

45:22Uh, yeah.

45:23I don't, I don't know that you can confidently start booty Hutchinson, Noel Wayne.

45:29So start the doctor.

45:31Who's booty Hutchinson, booty Hutchinson.

45:34If they put them, if I got both of their scores, I would absolutely start them in this

45:38game.

45:39Sounds like that's who Jared Wayne would fight in the wild west.

45:41Oh, booty Hutchinson.

45:42Oh, oh yeah.

45:43Oh, booty.

45:45This town's not big enough.

45:47Uh, we're doing a lot of impressions today.

45:49We really are.

45:50By the way, I like the Josh.

45:51And really good ones.

45:52Really good.

45:53Uh, Josh down, start of the week for Mike.

45:55I like him a lot in this game, but I will say this.

45:57If you want to buy low opportunity, the moment is now on Tyler Warren.

46:01I like Pierce is going to miss an extended period of time.

46:03Um, I think that, I think that Tyler Warren is going to be a beneficiary of the consolidation

46:11of targets.

46:11We haven't had the yardage there.

46:13We've had the touchdowns.

46:14Otherwise he'd be, I mean, you would be talking about Tyler Warren right now in the same breath

46:18as Loveland and everybody in pits.

46:21The only saving grace is that the 30 something yards he's got comes with a touchdown right now.

46:26Yeah.

46:26It's so weird.

46:27He is a yak machine.

46:30That was what he was in college.

46:31That was what he was last year.

46:33I mean, he led all pass catchers in yards after catch through the first, uh, three weeks

46:37of the NFL season last year.

46:39Now, all of a sudden 3.8 per catch last year is 10.8.

46:43Yeah.

46:43I mean, it's like by low, he is not, he really doesn't look like the same monster out there,

46:50but I mean that, you know, you have a couple down weeks.

46:52I agree with you.

46:53This is a very good buy low opportunity.

46:56Uh, he should have a better rest of season.

46:58And, uh, is Keenan Allen going to be on this team the rest of the season?

47:02Probably because of injuries, but not because of play.

47:05I mean, he, it was weird, man.

47:07I two drops hitting him in the chest.

47:11Keenan like that is just not normal.

47:14And the, his, they're still talking about his suspension.

47:17I believe that that is pushed.

47:20It's yeah.

47:20It got pushed.

47:21I miss the last.

47:22I think it might happen this season.

47:24Yeah.

47:24Unless you saw something like in the last day, they've been talking about it.

47:27Oh no.

47:27I mean my, what, my information was probably four days ago where it was like, basically

47:30he's going to get a three game suspension, but it'll probably play out after the, oh,

47:34they think it'll be after, after the court proceedings, which will probably be after the

47:38season.

47:38So I got you.

47:39Yeah.

47:40Well he, you know, when you're close to retirement, that's a real sneaky technique.

47:44Yeah.

47:44It's like, Oh, why don't we just push this off?

47:46Let's say just to the end of this season.

47:49I'll totally accept that.

47:50Whatever you decide.

47:52Give me a 20 game suspension after the season.

47:54That's right.

47:55Kansas city two and oh, taking on the oh and two Miami dolphins, Kansas city minus 10 and

47:59a half on the road over under 46 and a half.

48:03That's that's cute.

48:05Yeah.

48:06It should be more.

48:06Only giving them 10 and a half.

48:08No, I'm with you.

48:08I mean, the chiefs are 28 and three whenever they're double digit favorites, but they have failed

48:14to cover the spread in 55% of those games.

48:19I mean, the chiefs looked amazing and the dolphins look terrible.

48:22So, uh, there you go.

48:24And you take the one player, the only player in the passing offense that kind of looked

48:28like he had some sort of rapport with Malik Willis, Caleb Douglas, and you throw them

48:32on to, you know, the practice report with ankle injury.

48:36I doubt Caleb Douglas plays this week.

48:38I'm not sure that outside of HN, you can play a dolphin.

48:42No, I don't.

48:43I don't think you can.

48:44I mean, we're excited for the prospect, the future of Chris Bell as a good wide receiver

48:49and a rookie.

48:50This isn't the game for him.

48:52Malik Washington should get the most targets.

48:55If you're in a two point per reception league, you know, a point per target, the dolphin only

49:01league, um, you know, you, you, you can throw him out there, but I think you're right.

49:04It's basically the Von H and a check out.

49:07And the fact that they are not using Malik Willis's brother is bring it up.

49:12I believe Kirk Cousins has more rushing attempts than Malik Willis.

49:16Ian Harden brought it to our attention or to my attention.

49:19I'll say Kirk Cousins with more rushing attempts than Malik Willis on the year as of right now.

49:25And that is what?

49:27Yeah.

49:27You have a superpower that you're sticking in your pocket.

49:30What are you doing?

49:30No, it's dumb.

49:31I mean, it, it was part of the argument from Malik Willis was like, you unlock everything

49:36by running.

49:37Why would you bring him in and pay him that money and not say, dude, you need to run like

49:45this.

49:45You change the offense.

49:47If, if you're just going to be a pocket passer.

49:49Yeah.

49:50Then a bunch of rookies and nobody's.

49:52Then what are, what are we even doing here?

49:53We're going for that number one pick.

49:54Uh, I will say play Mahomes, Walker, rice and Kelsey on the chief side.

49:59Week one, six rushing attempts for 39 yards.

50:02Last week was bad, but I don't think that's the norm.

50:06Malik will run.

50:07I believe he will run, but it's like, how can that even possibly happen?

50:11That just can't happen.

50:13Especially when you're having no success moving the football.

50:15Right.

50:15And you know, the night, the nice thing I will say about a chant is that when they are

50:22the worst, he's still fine.

50:24You know, uh, last week was 24, 74 on the ground, three catches for 19 yards.

50:29Hasn't gotten in the end zone yet.

50:31That was a big concern.

50:32Yeah.

50:32He won't very many times this year.

50:34Uh, it, it does seem like that will be a challenge for this team until they find some

50:38sort of momentum on offense.

50:40But yeah, Walker, Mahomes, rice only targeted on 11% of routes.

50:45But look that this is a heavy favorite situation with a 28 and a half point implied point total.

50:50It's the second highest of the year.

50:51If you don't play rice here, why would you play him ever?

50:54Sure.

50:54Yeah.

50:54I mean, this is, this also could be a game though, where not only is Kenneth Walker awesome,

50:59but I think you could start Emmett the same way that, um, Mike, you're saying you can start

51:05Blake Corum.

51:05Now we know Blake Corum is going to get more work than Emmett, uh, Emmett Johnson, their rookie

51:09who's looked great behind Kenneth Walker, but I believe the fourth quarter of this game,

51:14Emmett might game script the whole entire fourth quarter.

51:16That's what I mean.

51:17He might get 10 carries just in the fourth.

51:19And if, if you give him enough carries against this Dolphins offense, he's like a Emmanuel Wilson

51:23last week.

51:24Exactly.

51:24Yeah.

51:24I'm with you.

51:26Sneaky.

51:26Tennessee.

51:27Oh, and two taking on the one-on-one New York giants.

51:29This is the lowest over under the week giants minus three at home.

51:3338 and a half is the over under.

51:36Oh, is that good?

51:40Dude, where's that toilet sound effect?

51:43That is flushed this game.

51:44I feel like I'll leave that to, we'll leave that to Al.

51:48That's what I have for you.

51:49Okay.

51:49Well, um, would it be helpful to tell you that in a game in which, oh gosh.

51:56It's a long one.

51:58Oh man.

51:59Brace yourselves.

52:00It's just reminding me of your Browns.

52:02Oh yeah.

52:03Of course.

52:04And Brown discussions.

52:05Yeah.

52:06Uh, good.

52:07Okay.

52:07We got to stop the toilet.

52:09It's a real long flush.

52:12Um, 80, uh, 68% chance of rain, potentially high winds.

52:17Awesome.

52:17Oh, perfect.

52:18That's what this game is.

52:19Building a game plan around Jameis Winston.

52:21We need to slow this thing down.

52:22I mean, Winston was 11 for 27 last week.

52:25You're pushing 30% completion.

52:28Yep.

52:28Cam Scadaboo is your start of the week.

52:30I mean, I don't feel a lot of confidence with Malik Nabors right now.

52:34No, I don't either.

52:36Um, this is especially with the wind with his shoulder.

52:40I think Malik Nabors is one of those players where he's not a guaranteed start.

52:45Um, the, the, the worry here is a lot of different things can go wrong, but with a shoulder injury

52:52that popped out of the socket last week and then he basically wasn't targeted, it's hard

52:59to imagine benching him, but I don't, I don't think that's the wrong move necessarily.

53:03I mean, I think you're.

53:04Would you go all the way down to the Denzel Boston Adonai Mitchell tier?

53:07No, I don't think I could do that.

53:09I don't think I could.

53:09Would you go to Rashad Bateman if he's alone?

53:11Cause they flowers, by the way, not practicing again today.

53:13Would you play Bateman?

53:15No, I don't think so.

53:16Yeah.

53:16I wouldn't want to.

53:17I would rather trust that the game plan, like a lot of times a backup quarterback comes in

53:21flustered, didn't practice with the ones.

53:24Now you get a week of practice.

53:26Winston has the arm strength.

53:27The way the Rams were playing, I honestly think that Jackson darts line would have looked

53:32not much better.

53:33I think, you know, if you've got other options like a Devante Adams or Ladd or Ted Aroa or.

53:40So really, really, if you have like really good.

53:42Well, like Jameson Williams.

53:43Jameson Williams hasn't been playing.

53:44I'd play Malik.

53:45Yeah.

53:46I would too.

53:47Okay.

53:47Yeah.

53:48Let's, uh, let's be quick though.

53:50On the other side.

53:53Zero dot zero starters.

53:54What sucks is.

53:55I mean, two ankle injuries for Spears and Pollard.

53:58Pollard and Spears did not practice.

53:59Uh, I believe it was due to, they, they said ankle, but I also saw that.

54:03Saw some, uh, the general was reporting for, for duty.

54:06Yes.

54:06General Sornis.

54:07Yes.

54:07We know him well.

54:08Because older I get the Pollard should be playable in this matchup.

54:15The giants like they're, they're not able to stop running backs and Tony Pollard should

54:21see a bunch of carries.

54:23It, it, it's disgusting.

54:25I understand if you're looking at that actual start to decision, like I can't live with myself

54:30if I do this, but I think Pollard should be okay.

54:34Carnal Tate is a, uh, bench right now.

54:36Yeah.

54:36Yeah.

54:37Yeah.

54:38I mean, in a game with bad weather, low over under, I don't, I mean, he, he's got the talent

54:44to take anything to the house, but a lot of those other middling guys that you are far

54:48more confident that in the passing game in targets heading their direction.

54:52I think this is a bench week for Carnal Tate.

54:56You could feel more confident about that house call.

54:58If he could see a target that's 20 yards down the field, which he has yet to see this entire

55:02year, they're not taking shots and that's putting a lot more on.

55:05That's his superpower.

55:07Yeah.

55:07But they didn't want to do it.

55:09They said, no, you gotta let him fly.

55:11There is at least there.

55:12They're Tating their time on this one.

55:15Swish.

55:15Okay, good.

55:16You got it in there, man.

55:18That was close.

55:19That was close to being a.

55:20I thought it was a misspeak at first.

55:22And then you're like, no, it was just a good old fashioned footballers pun.

55:28Yeah.

55:29I don't think I've ever switched before.

55:31That might be my first switch on the show.

55:33I think that.

55:33It felt it.

55:34It felt important to get that in there.

55:37They just need to throw the ball more.

55:38And I don't expect it to happen in this specific matchup.

55:40He's got 24% target share, which is like for a rookie through two weeks.

55:44You're going, okay, that's not bad.

55:45It's the biggest slice of a turd pie though with this.

55:47But yeah, it's a small turd pie.

55:49Yeah.

55:49He needs.

55:50Yeah.

55:50So they need to like, they need to bake a new pie.

55:53We got to take a break.

55:54It's really limited touches.

55:57Cause it was seven carries a week.

55:58One, 14 carries in week two.

56:01Tony Pollard's running for 4.7, man.

56:04You just, you are in love with Tony.

56:06If he's healthy, I guess Mike would start him over Judkins.

56:09We know this.

56:10I don't hate it.

56:13I mean, Judkins has got a great matchup.

56:14Which, which do you take?

56:15We got to take a break.

56:16Give me an answer.

56:18Judkins.

56:19All right.

56:19Well, he just said Judkins.

56:20Yeah.

56:20Clip that.

56:21All right.

56:21We'll be back.

56:22We'll be back.

56:23I had to say Judkins or Pollard.

56:25You were going to say clip it no matter what I said.

56:26Yes, I was.

56:27Here we go.

56:28It's a trap.

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58:04The 2-0.

58:06Somehow, the 2-0 Cincinnati Bengals.

58:08They travel to Pittsburgh to take on.

58:10Well, I say somehow because they don't ever start a season well.

58:12Oh, okay.

58:13I mean, it does seem like a fair comment.

58:14Yeah.

58:15They normally start falling on their faces slash injured.

58:17And it's because of their defense more than their offense through two weeks.

58:212-0 traveling to Pittsburgh, who is 1-1.

58:23Vegas line Cincinnati minus 3.5.

58:25Over-under 40.

58:26Oh!

58:26Over-under is 42.5.

58:28And I really hate to do this, but I'm going to.

58:30I understand.

58:34Andy's almost upset of the week.

58:38I am not just almost upset that I did that.

58:41I am fully upset.

58:42Yeah.

58:42You're wrong, but I understand.

58:44Yeah.

58:45Look, the Steelers offense has been so hard to watch.

58:49Yeah.

58:50We did get word that Jalen Warren is back at practice and Rico Dattle still not practicing.

58:54It could be the Warren only experience.

58:56Warren was limited.

58:57He's definitely still injured.

58:59Michael Pittman was limited, also injured.

59:02But so it's like they're kind of there and we're hoping they play, but they're being done.

59:06What was Metcalf's designation?

59:08Bad.

59:10That he's just a full participant.

59:11He's listed as limited with bad.

59:13Yeah.

59:13Yeah.

59:13He's limited with wet farts.

59:16Yeah.

59:17Metcalf sucks.

59:18This team offense sucks.

59:20But for some reason.

59:21So wait, you're calling for an upset, but who do you possibly play?

59:24It's TJ Watt.

59:25He's calling for the defense.

59:27The passing defense for the Pittsburgh Steelers has been very good.

59:32You know what?

59:32I just remembered.

59:33I need to know that Jalen Ramsey is playing in this football game because I know he missed

59:37Wednesday practice.

59:37Do we have a Thursday practice report on Ramsey yet?

59:40Because I could play that.

59:43I could undo that.

59:44If Ramsey's active in this game, the over-under is low.

59:49He is participating.

59:51Okay.

59:51This will be an old-fashioned AFC North battle.

59:56It's a low over-under.

59:57I haven't seen the Cincinnati offense that I've been like.

1:00:01I saw Jamar Chase make the play of his life on pretty much an alley-oop.

1:00:07That was amazing.

1:00:08There's been no point during the season where I'm like, man, they are running on every cylinder

1:00:12on the offensive side yet.

1:00:13It's been the defense.

1:00:14And I think the defense going to Pittsburgh, that'll be a challenge.

1:00:16And look, you play the players you're going to play in this one.

1:00:19Jamar Chase, Higgins, Burrow, Chase Brown, easy on the Cincinnati side.

1:00:23I just think it'll be a dogfight and I wouldn't expect prolific numbers from them going up against

1:00:29the defense for the Steelers.

1:00:30That's just the Steelers right now through two weeks.

1:00:33It's two weeks.

1:00:33But, and one of them was Cooper Rush.

1:00:35But they're number one against quarterbacks, two against wideouts, and fifth against tight

1:00:39ends.

1:00:39They're going to put the pass rush on.

1:00:41The other one was Drake May.

1:00:43Yeah, but that, I mean, okay.

1:00:44Drake May was a number two quarterback last year, right?

1:00:48Drake May has been doo-doo since the wildcard round.

1:00:51So the two games, oh, the rest of the playoffs in these two games.

1:00:55Yeah, I mean, like I said, it's two games, Mike.

1:00:57I disclaimed it.

1:00:58One of them is Drake May.

1:01:00But we know what the Steelers' DNA is on the defensive side of the football.

1:01:04And that part is what keeps them in game.

1:01:05So, I mean, you wouldn't say this is a plus matchup for the Bengals, would you?

1:01:09No, no, no, not at all.

1:01:11No, the Steelers, I mean, you might be forced into playing DK Metcalf.

1:01:18The targets are there.

1:01:19Maybe someday he will actually convert and something good will happen.

1:01:24Would you play him or Adonai Mitchell?

1:01:26Oh.

1:01:27I'd be willing to go back to the well with Metcalf this week, personally.

1:01:33And that is a...

1:01:34That's tough.

1:01:34I like the environment of that Detroit game so much more than this.

1:01:38That's true.

1:01:39Yeah, that's true.

1:01:41Yeah, I'll probably play Adonai Mitchell.

1:01:43Also, then I don't have to play DK Metcalf.

1:01:45But the...

1:01:46That would be one of the keys.

1:01:47I was going to bring up the Muth of...

1:01:49Look, Dr. Schultz against Cincinnati, 12 for 140.

1:01:54Cincinnati, you know, we mentioned Carolina against running backs.

1:01:58It's like just historical.

1:02:00Long enough, it's a disaster.

1:02:03Cincinnati.

1:02:03We're like eight years running of just target Cincinnati with the tight end position.

1:02:07Pat Friermuth.

1:02:08Yeah, I mean...

1:02:09It's a floor play, but it's...

1:02:10You could definitely do worse.

1:02:12Yeah, it's a touchdown play.

1:02:14You know, it's like Friermuth.

1:02:16Who else can catch a touchdown there?

1:02:17DK can't.

1:02:19It feels that way.

1:02:20Warren, if he's all alone.

1:02:23Yeah.

1:02:23Sure.

1:02:23Take the volume.

1:02:24Take the volume.

1:02:25I...

1:02:26I'm Heidenreich.

1:02:27You're just saying the name of a player you recently signed out loud.

1:02:32Yeah.

1:02:33I was sad to see Jalen Warren...

1:02:35Just throwing names out.

1:02:36...back at practice because Eli Heidenreich, their late-round rookie running back who...

1:02:43I mean, has an analytical profile in college that is outrageously good.

1:02:49A very jack-of-all-trades.

1:02:52I just want one week this year where...

1:02:57And I thought it might be coming right now where Warren and Rico are...

1:03:01A beautiful butterfly.

1:03:01Yes.

1:03:02Yes.

1:03:03I want him to turn into a beautiful butterfly.

1:03:05Eli Heimlich.

1:03:07Eli Heimlich.

1:03:08I'm a cute little bumblebee.

1:03:11It would be awesome to see him forced into the role where he gets all the opportunity.

1:03:16I would love to see it, too.

1:03:17Perfect fit for Aaron Rodgers checking down the way that Kenny Gainwell did last year.

1:03:22He's as good a receiver as he is a running back.

1:03:24You might see him this week.

1:03:25One more game to preview.

1:03:26Seattle 2-0 against the Washington Commanders who are 0-2 right now.

1:03:31Oh, my gosh.

1:03:32The lowest implied point total possible this week.

1:03:3616.8 points for the Commanders.

1:03:38They will not have Jaden Daniels.

1:03:41Have we gotten any updates?

1:03:43We've had no updates.

1:03:44And what's wild is, I don't know if you saw this, Kurt Warner came out and said he suffered

1:03:49the exact same injury in 0-7 and played the next week.

1:03:52He said, yeah.

1:03:52He's like, Jaden can play if he wants.

1:03:55I did.

1:03:56Look, I don't...

1:03:56It's a little bit different, though, because it's...

1:03:58I know we're doctors.

1:03:59It's not just an injury.

1:04:00It's a redo of the redo.

1:04:04But there's no redo there.

1:04:05The injury was...

1:04:07They did not repair the ligaments.

1:04:10They are torn already.

1:04:11The dislocation, I'm sure, causes a bunch of swelling and inflammation and pain.

1:04:16I bet it hurts.

1:04:17Yes, it hurts.

1:04:19But that might lean itself into the Kurt Warner side of things.

1:04:22All I know is he throws with one arm and the other arm is hurt.

1:04:25Generally, when that kind of thing happens, I think a quarterback, if they can catch the

1:04:29football on a snap, I'm shocked that they can't play.

1:04:32Now, I know that oversimplifies it.

1:04:34I'm not trying to imply that Jaden Daniels is not tough.

1:04:38I don't know.

1:04:39I guess I'm implying it a little bit.

1:04:40But I don't know the details.

1:04:43Kurt's wife responding by saying, quote, yeah, Kurt, and your arm has been messed up since.

1:04:49That's fair.

1:04:50I mean, it's fair.

1:04:52But, you know, I guess I'm just surprised that we haven't gotten an update.

1:04:57The no update is very weird.

1:05:00It's Thursday.

1:05:01Yeah, I mean, we had that injury happened.

1:05:04We had Jackson Dart situation all figured out as of two days ago, basically.

1:05:09And here we are sitting with Jaden Daniels is like, well, what's going on?

1:05:13So, look, the point is, is this week the over under is low, right?

1:05:17It's 40 and a half.

1:05:18But Seattle's got 24 points implied.

1:05:20So Seattle's going to be fine.

1:05:22Mike, your stream was either Darnold or Locke, whoever starts.

1:05:26Yep.

1:05:26I think JSN is obvious.

1:05:29But other than that, do you have a start on Seattle that you feel comfortable with?

1:05:34And is it Emmanuel Wilson at running back?

1:05:36No, I mean.

1:05:37I'd play him over Price.

1:05:39You'd play Emmanuel Wilson over Jaden Price?

1:05:41I think they're going to give Emmanuel Wilson the opportunity to continue what he started last week.

1:05:46Yeah, I mean, the matchup is, you know, last year the commanders were very bad against the running back position.

1:05:53You could do worse, but I think this game is going to be over quickly.

1:06:00And when I say that, I don't mean, like, the score is going to mean the game's out of reach.

1:06:05I mean, the game, I think, is going to disappear fast.

1:06:08Like, you know, sometimes you look up at all the afternoon games and you're like, oh, that game's over already.

1:06:15I just feel like this is going to be few plays in this game.

1:06:18It's not a game environment I'm excited to have players a part of.

1:06:22The commanders are only implied for 16.8 points.

1:06:25That is the lowest of any team this week.

1:06:28The Seahawks defense is so good.

1:06:30Sure is.

1:06:31I think that.

1:06:33I mean, that speaks to saying that a running back for Seattle could be good for sure.

1:06:39And so, Jadarian Price is banged up.

1:06:42That's question number one.

1:06:43But for what happened last week, I mean, through the first three quarters, it was far closer.

1:06:51And it was like Jadarian Price in the first half had three more carries.

1:06:55In the third quarter, Jadarian Price forwarded a three for Wilson.

1:06:58It was the fourth quarter where Price was hurt and knocked out of the game.

1:07:02And then they just full salted with Emmanuel Wilson.

1:07:05Stephon Diggs has found his way into the end zone frequently so far this year.

1:07:11Yeah.

1:07:11He's on my roster.

1:07:13I would prefer...

1:07:13Are you benching him?

1:07:15I prefer not to play Stephon Diggs with the backup quarterback against Seattle.

1:07:20I don't want to play anybody on Washington.

1:07:22I don't want to play Bill.

1:07:23I don't want to play Dick.

1:07:25That would be Dick White.

1:07:26White.

1:07:26And I don't want to play K-Tron Allen.

1:07:28So, I would be trying to find other options.

1:07:31Not many people are aware of that name.

1:07:35Dick White?

1:07:35Yeah.

1:07:36Where did that come from?

1:07:38I don't even know.

1:07:39I don't know.

1:07:40I don't even know.

1:07:41At this point.

1:07:42Nobody remembers?

1:07:43No.

1:07:44Doesn't matter.

1:07:44Richard.

1:07:45It came from Richard?

1:07:46Yeah.

1:07:46Instead of Rashad?

1:07:47Yeah.

1:07:47Richard.

1:07:48And then Dick is short for Richard.

1:07:50Yeah.

1:07:51So, then he became Dick White.

1:07:51That can't be how it happened.

1:07:53That sounds like how it happened.

1:07:55Everybody's nodding over there.

1:07:56Yeah, because Betts accidentally typed in Richard.

1:07:58Oh, okay.

1:07:59Yeah, I mean, that sounds exactly how this show works.

1:08:01That does seem the math now checks out.

1:08:04I will say.

1:08:05Anyway, Bill and Dick.

1:08:06I will say that usually when Marcus Mariota plays, he just ends up great for fantasy.

1:08:14He should be rostered.

1:08:16This matchup against Seattle.

1:08:18He should be rostered?

1:08:19I think so.

1:08:20In a 12-man league?

1:08:21Yeah.

1:08:21I think Marcus Mariota will have good fantasy output as the season goes on.

1:08:25When he gets the opportunities to start, he oftentimes, I mean...

1:08:31He started eight games last year and averaged 11 fantasy points.

1:08:34Yeah, but he has those big games in certain matchups.

1:08:37He had 23.3 against Denver.

1:08:39Well, what's the actual schedule?

1:08:41Because there's 0.0.

1:08:42I'm not playing him against Seattle.

1:08:43No, I'm not either.

1:08:45Coming up, Indy.

1:08:46Indianapolis the next week.

1:08:48Like, he'll probably be our stream of the week.

1:08:51Indy and then the Giants.

1:08:51Yeah, he'll be in week four.

1:08:54I don't think you need to roster him, but sure.

1:08:57Pick him up.

1:08:58A couple injury updates.

1:08:59A.J. Brown, is that a new?

1:09:01I mean...

1:09:02It was.

1:09:02Looking at six to eight-week recovery, I thought we had said that before.

1:09:05Yeah, we...

1:09:06Maybe they're just confirming it, but it's being reported again.

1:09:08That's a long time.

1:09:09Yeah.

1:09:09It's a long, long time for a fantasy league.

1:09:11Yes.

1:09:11Zay Flowers not seen participating on Thursday.

1:09:14We talked about it earlier.

1:09:15He's not out there, and I...

1:09:17With the international game, I don't know.

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1:09:59Two weeks in a row, Green Goblin, man.

1:10:01He better be.

1:10:02You got to do something with him.

1:10:03Oh, he's going to be in my lineup.

1:10:05He has to.

1:10:05Rules are rules.

1:10:06He plays tonight, so he can't.

1:10:08Oh, no.

1:10:08Yes!

1:10:09I'm free!

1:10:10Yes.

1:10:11Yeah, you can't do that.

1:10:13But I guarantee you he will throw for 400 tonight,

1:10:15and he will rush like eight times.

1:10:17Oh, for sure.

1:10:18So he'll beat both of the ones that he got you on.

1:10:20Yeah, because Christian Watson is going to eat.

1:10:22You said Tucker 2x4?

1:10:23Is that who's going to eat tonight?

1:10:24Him too.

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