Fantasy Football Week 2: Must-Start Players You Need in Your Lineup | Fantasy Focus

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0:18Michael. I yelled really loud in your

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0:20>> My name is Daniel.

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0:36>> Yes. Surprisingly in a good mood on a

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0:51we got a fantasy bonanza last night.

0:52Yes. Sorry for your line.

0:53>> We did. No, it was a tough one,

0:55unfortunately. We're going to dive into

0:56our week 2 storylines part two. And a

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1:05>> Pretty much everybody that has Josh

1:06Allen should just start buying the

1:08>> start by Yes. If you have Josh Allen, it

1:10feels like you are set up. He has the

1:11Detroit Lions number over 40 fantasy

1:14points in back-toback games against this

1:16squad. Honestly, everything that you

1:18basically asked for with the exception

1:20of, and I want to say this, DJ Moore

1:22doesn't count because he got hurt. So,

1:23he doesn't count as a disappointment.

1:24>> Yeah. Jameson Williams was the only

1:26disappointment. Everyone else that you

1:28asked for fantasy points from field, it

1:30all came true.

1:31>> It was amazing. So, we can just do the

1:32very quick stuff that was like obvious

1:34and great. Josh Allen so ridiculous.

1:36Even when we told you like, hey, we're

1:38we're we're very comfortable with the

1:40value of quarterback later in drafts. If

1:42you took we said, we we kept saying if

1:44you take Josh Allen in the second round,

1:45I'm not going to be mad at you, right?

1:46Because he's going to finish quarterback

1:48one after two weeks, that seems like it

1:50is borderline a guarantee. Uh we've got

1:52a incorrect box for out there if you're

1:55watching on TV right now. Um but Josh

1:57Allen over 40 fantasy points. James Cook

1:59handles 100% of the Bills carries. He

2:02finds the end zone over a 100red yards.

2:04Dalton Concincade I want to get back to

2:05a moment because to me he's the story

2:08Brown has two catches in the first half.

2:10Yeah. He finishes with 36 fantasy points

2:12because he had two catches for

2:15touchdowns in the second half. He was

2:16ridiculous. Lions garbage time all the

2:18way until the end for

2:20>> uh Jared Goff goes for 325 plus and four

2:23touchdowns. We mentioned him as a

2:24streaming start this week. Everybody but

2:26J Mo was good. Let's talk about JO and

2:28Daltton Concincaid. Let's get the fun

2:30part out of the way because I said this

2:32to you guys in text last night. Like

2:34>> I'm I'm not certain that Dalton

2:36Concincaid isn't just like the best

2:39early season storyline, but maybe the

2:42breakout player of fantasy football for

2:44this year. That sounds ridiculous to say

2:46after 17 total games in just two weeks

2:49for the Buffalo Bills of the season. But

2:52unlike wide receiver, maybe even

2:55quarterback to a degree, running back

2:57and tight end, we don't have enough good

2:59players that when somebody seems to

3:01emerge as a guy that you can start as

3:03not just like a weekly starter, but a

3:06weekly difference maker is incredibly

3:09valuable. Yeah,

3:10>> it was never a talent question with

3:11Dalton Concade. He went in the first

3:12round. The guy was a big investment by

3:15the Bills. They've told us year after

3:16year after year, he's primed for a big

3:18role. It's been about health and perhaps

3:21utilization in prior years, ironically,

3:24with the same play caller that he has

3:25now. And Joe Brady, but two through two

3:28weeks, he looks clearly like the Bill's

3:31best pass catcher. And if Josh Allen is

3:33going to go full nuclear like he did for

3:36the second straight week last night,

3:38could Daltton Concaid quickly creep up

3:40into the tier that we were talking about

3:43Coloulston Lovelin and Tyler Warren

3:45occupying going into this?

3:46>> He's already there. I mean, I told you

3:47guys this before the show, I had a tough

3:49decision last night in one of our

3:50leagues that we're all in. Tyler Warren

3:52versus Dalton Concade. And I knew I

3:54wanted a piece of this game. I had to

3:56have a piece. So, it was close and I

3:58went concade. And I'm feeling good about

4:01that going forward. I mean, he might be

4:02the preferred option over Warren going

4:04forward. We'll see. Warren has the

4:06Chiefs this week, so that was kind of

4:07tough. That kind of led me toward the

4:08higher scoring game. Uh, but no doubt, I

4:11mean, we're going to rank him what,

4:12fifth next week. Fifth, maybe.

4:14>> Easy. Maybe. I was thinking second if

4:16Brock

4:16>> Yeah. I mean, I'm saying worst case.

4:18Like, I that's definitely where he

4:20belongs. And again, we need to stress

4:22this. This is not the past Dalton

4:25Concaid where he'd have a big game and

4:26then disappear because he was playing

4:2835% of the snaps. He ran 26 routes in

4:31this game that was tied for the team

4:32high with Keon Coleman and Coleman of

4:34course got a big boost because DJ Moore

4:35was out. So uh this seems to be for real

4:38with Dalton Concaid. He's a featured

4:39target. He found the end zone. He could

4:41have had two touchdowns. The one where

4:43uh do Dawson Knox scored. Had the

4:45defender turned his head the other

4:46direction toward Knox. It would have

4:48went to Concaid. Well, they were both

4:49wide open. So uh he is in a great spot

4:51for a huge season and I'm buying in. He

4:53is not I said this to you when you you

4:56texted us that and said it seems like

4:57the biggest Yeah. kind of early season

4:59mover. I said he's not a sell. This

5:01isn't a guy I'm looking to move him.

5:03This looks like a legit top five fantasy

5:05tight end going forward. I'm buying it

5:07for sure. Okay, so before Daniel brings

5:08up JO that I feel like in some ways like

5:11maybe one of the strongest demerits for

5:13the likes of James Cook and Daltton

5:14Concincaid is I believe that Joe Brady

5:16and I saw this in week one with Ben

5:18Johnson is going to have a little bit of

5:20like we're going to make guys happy.

5:22Like Dawson Knox might get two or three

5:24catches a game this season,

5:26>> but he designed that little play right

5:27there for Dawson Knox to catch a

5:29one-yard touchdown. Team captain Dawson

5:30Knox probably very respected veteran.

5:32Yeah, that like that might take away at

5:34a couple of opportunities from Daltton

5:36Concaid, but not enough to dissuade me

5:38from feeling like right now

5:40>> if Brock Bowers is out, there's a real

5:42chance that Daltson Concincaid is tight

5:44end two in my week three ranks. But

5:46Daniel, let's talk about Jameson

5:47Williams.

5:47>> Jameson Williams has felt disappointing.

5:49Uh first week, you love the nine

5:51targets. Actually, you love the amount

5:52of volume that he got there. But in this

5:54one, unfortunately, JMO did not get on

5:56track. It was literally everyone but

5:57him. It felt like this is one of the

5:59things that we kind of talked about

6:01coming into the season was a lot of what

6:04we saw from the production of Jameson

6:06Williams last year happened after Sam

6:08Laaporta got hurt. We didn't really see

6:10him be the same guy that he was uh at

6:12his peak while Sam Laora was on the

6:14field at the same time. Now, through the

6:15first two games, Sam Laaport has looked

6:17looked pretty good.

6:18>> Looks awesome. him and Drew Petting and

6:19and the way that they we talked about,

6:21you know, all the tight end stuff that

6:22he loves to do looks great. I think JMO

6:24feels like the odd man out in this

6:27offense that's going to be that guy

6:29that's going to have his weeks. I mean,

6:30because the thing is it only takes three

6:32touches for him to have 19 fantasy

6:34points.

6:35>> The problem is with the way that it

6:36started now, it just feels like he's not

6:38the guy. He's the last one on the

6:40pecking order when you're talking about

6:42Gibbs and Ammon and Leaporta. At least

6:44when I look at it through the first two

6:45weeks.

6:45>> All right. So, pros and cons here for

6:46the investment in Jameson Williams is

6:48that first of all, you probably weren't

6:49drafting him as your wide receiver, too.

6:51>> No, in a 10 or 12 team league, maybe in

6:53a 12 team league if you were a little

6:54more patient at wide receiver, but he

6:56was probably your flex option in most

6:58cases. So, you might have a little bit

7:00of flexibility to get somebody else into

7:02your flex for week three. But second of

7:04all, you signed up for the volatility

7:06and it's possible that JMO has

7:10seven clunkers this year and you've just

7:12gotten two of the seven clunkers out in

7:14the first two weeks of the season. Do

7:15you rest on one side or the other?

7:17>> Uh, positive or negative on uh I I think

7:19he'll have better days. I was just

7:21checking uh his matchup for this game. I

7:23think if you were to make going into the

7:24season, I think if you were to make a

7:26short list of like potential breakout

7:27corners in the NFL, first rounder from

7:29last year, no, Maxwell Haristen is year

7:32two starting now, he shadow Jam Mo in

7:34this game. So that could be a variable

7:36here. We don't know, you know, we don't

7:37know what level Harrison's going to play

7:38at for sure. It's two games, but um

7:41that's interesting to me because you

7:42think about Aman Rah, he's moving around

7:44the formation. He's not he when he was

7:45on the perimeter, Benford did shadow

7:46him, but he was not. I mean, he was

7:48working underneath. He was all over the

7:49place. Uh and Sam Leapora, I mean, we're

7:51not super afraid of the Bills, you know,

7:53linebacker situation right now. So, uh,

7:55you know, he obviously had a good game

7:57as well and and Allen or and, uh, you

7:59know, Gibbs obviously had a huge game.

8:00So, there could be something there.

8:01There could be something to that. But, I

8:03think the bottom line is JO's had

8:05back-to-back thousand yard seasons. The

8:07offense is still putting up yardage,

8:09putting up points. He ran what, 40

8:11routes in this game. He ran two fewer

8:12routes than Oman in this game. He's

8:14still a core part of one of the best

8:16scoring offenses in the NFL. I would be

8:18patient here.

8:19>> We got a chat question, a YouTube

8:21question about Jameson Williams from Amy

8:23wants to know, should I drop JO already?

8:25I want to put golf in jail because he's

8:27already forgotten about Jameson

8:28Williams. Guys, how do you feel? I mean,

8:30listen,

8:31>> she says Gibbs should be in jail, too.

8:32>> I disagree with that.

8:33>> He must be playing against Gibbs, Amy.

8:35>> Yeah, maybe that's what it is.

8:36>> I I think with J Mo, here's the thing.

8:38Um, uh, this is one of the tougher games

8:40on the Detroit Lions schedule for the

8:42entirety of the season. The Detroit has

8:44a really soft schedule this year.

8:46>> Favor for the next 13 weeks.

8:47>> Yes, close to there. This is not a drop

8:50Jame situation. I understand if you're

8:52like, "Hey, like you were just talking

8:53about, I might be making a flex decision

8:55between JO and someone else. Maybe I

8:57roll with someone else if I like their

8:59matchup, but oh, this is a mean tweet on

9:02the screen." You should watch the

9:05YouTube chat, by the way, if you're not.

9:06Um, anyways, yeah, I I'm just I'm I'm

9:08still holding on to Jameson Williams. I

9:10think better days are ahead, but we are

9:11going to have This is the volatility

9:12that you signed up for as a part of

9:14deciding to roster Jameson Williams.

9:15>> Um, are we able to re uh bubble up that

9:19that that question from Amy? Put it back

9:21up on the screen. Are we able to do

9:22that?

9:22>> I bet we can do that.

9:23>> Uh I think it's hard to tell from this

9:26distance. So, if we can I wanted to see

9:28something because I think was Amy's

9:31picture. Does that look from a distance

9:34like maybe she's like visiting Disney?

9:36>> Disney. It looks like Disney in the

9:37background. Yep.

9:38>> Might be. Yeah,

9:38>> sure does.

9:38>> All right. It looks like Amy's on

9:40vacation taking a selfie perhaps with

9:42family. And this is why I love fantasy.

9:44>> That's right. Is Amy who, you know,

9:47seemingly is a, you know, lovely human

9:51traveling with her family somewhere to

9:52see one of the beautiful sights of this

9:54world after two weeks wants to put Jared

9:57Goff in jail because he's not throwing

9:59the football enough to Jameson. Jame

10:01Williams

10:02Gibbs. Yeah,

10:03>> one of us. Fantastic.

10:04>> Where was that? We think that is.

10:06>> Oh, there we go. Box there.

10:07>> Box.

10:08>> Updated. Box. There we go. So, you saw

10:09the numbers right there. I mean, Ahmad

10:10Ro had seven catches and two touchdowns

10:13in the second half. All right. Uh DJ

10:15Moore, the last thing from this game,

10:16unless you guys want to add anything

10:17else, is left early.

10:18>> Yeah, that's it.

10:19>> Do we And and the update from Adam Sher

10:22is that not serious. Could miss week

10:24three when they play the Chargers.

10:25They're playing that game in Buffalo. Do

10:27you think there is a Bills pass catcher

10:29not named Dalton Concaid that will creep

10:31into your lineup next week?

10:33>> Probably Daltton Concincaid. Okay.

10:35>> No, I I I think Keon Coleman should be a

10:38waiver, Brad.

10:39>> Okay.

10:39>> Lee, he looked good. He led them in

10:41routes as I mentioned. He had six

10:42targets. He caught them all for 63

10:43yards. He made some nice catches. It's a

10:46year three receiver that came in the

10:47league pretty young. And maybe he's

10:49making a leap forward here. So, uh, and

10:51and by the way, like he ran 26 routes.

10:54Kill Shakir is at 21. Josh Palmer who

10:56caught that I mean broken play long

10:58touchdown

10:59>> only touchdowns

11:00>> like Keon Coleman might be the number

11:02two in this offense now so and like it's

11:05Khalil Shakir is going to be a reliable

11:06target but I mean Coleman stepped in and

11:08was the guy here. So

11:09>> that's too much for me. That's a step

11:11too far. I can't also believe in Keon

11:13Coleman also breaking out in the year

11:15that Daltton Concincaid three years

11:16later also breaks out at the same time.

11:18I know it's just so many things

11:20happening.

11:21>> You know what though?

11:22>> I'm really happy for Keon Coleman. too

11:24because the Bills the Bills left him

11:28hung out the dry

11:29>> and I'm sure that it was Terry the owner

11:31Terry Beula made some comments that

11:33frankly did no good to the team.

11:35>> That's true

11:36>> to say publicly.

11:36>> Yeah,

11:37>> I'm sure they were fed up with him for

11:38some reasons behind the scenes. But

11:40>> when you get in front of the microphone,

11:42>> bury those frustrations, right? Joe

11:44Brady immediately when he got the job

11:46came to the defense of Keon Coleman and

11:49said I was one of the coaches that got

11:51on the table and said we want Keon

11:53Coleman. So we'll see whether it sticks.

11:55DJ Moore is still the wide receiver one

11:57when he is healthy but pump for Keon

11:59Coleman.

11:59>> Yeah. Well again if Moore is out next

12:00week though Coleman might be the number

12:02one receiver like wide receiver.

12:04>> That's what I'm saying. Yes. So you if

12:06you're the number one wide receiver,

12:08it's let's just say it's him and Concaid

12:10the one-two punch at passcatcher in a

12:12Josh Allen le offense. Yeah, I mean he's

12:15going to be we're going to rank him as a

12:16flex, maybe a wide receiver three. So no

12:18doubt he should be a waiver ad.

12:19>> Let's dive into our week 2 storylines

12:22part two. We're going to start with the

12:24Dolphins 49ers.

12:29>> I don't understand it.

12:32Everyone in the preseason told me not to

12:35worry about Devon AM including me.

12:40Then AM finished week one with just 10

12:43and a half fantasy points and they

12:45trailed for literally 75% of the game.

12:50And last year he was top 20 in every

12:53single week of the season. Now in just

12:56one game with Malik Willis he's already

12:59finished outside the top 20.

13:02Are all of my Atrian chairs going to be

13:04cooked?

13:06>> Does one of you guys want to drive me to

13:07my colonoscopy?

13:10>> I really got to go.

13:19>> What?

13:21Bro, what are you talking about, man?

13:24>> I'm so ted and confused.

13:31So ridiculous.

13:33>> What? What are you guys talking about?

13:34>> You know what we're talking about.

13:36>> Let's talk about Dolphins and 49ers. Now

13:38we got some lineup blocks on the screen.

13:40Brock Pury for sure a lineup block.

13:42Christian McAffrey also a lineup block.

13:43Mike Evans, that same squad, a lineup

13:45block. On the other side, Devon Chan,

13:48Mike tells me, is a lineup block in

13:50spite of my fear of what's going on

13:52there. Mike, I didn't see what I needed

13:55to see out of Malik Willis when they

13:56were trailing 75% of the game to make

13:59sure and it wasn't just Malik Willis, it

14:00was the offense in general, just not

14:02getting the ball in the hands of their

14:03best playmaker. You think it's going to

14:05get better here in week two?

14:06>> Yeah. I mean, it was a low volume game.

14:07Uh he had what 14 touches in this one.

14:10They said Jeff Hafley's already said

14:11unacceptable. They need to get the ball

14:12in his hands more. We've heard that kind

14:14of stuff from coaches before, but I

14:15believe it in this offense because they

14:17have to. I mean, he is their guy.

14:18They're going to feed him. Uh he had a

14:20ton of what was he fifth in rushing

14:21yards last We know what he could do in

14:22the passing game. And also say what you

14:25want about Malik Willis. We're still

14:26uncertain on this one, but he averaged

14:27over eight yards per pass attempt in

14:29that game. And this is a guy that's been

14:30hyper efficient the last couple of

14:32years. I'm not giving up on this just

14:34yet. And and Han is still so good that

14:36yes, if you drafted him in the second

14:38round, maybe the end of the first round,

14:40you're locking him in.

14:41>> I'm noticing and I'll I'll adjust the

14:43ranks a little bit more each week if

14:44this continues. Uh, a couple things here

14:46though. The irony of of Devon Achan

14:50having an underwhelming workload in week

14:52one is not lost on me because do you

14:53guys recall this off seasonason when

14:55Jeff Hafley went on the Rich Eisen show

14:57and was like he's going to I told him he

14:58better be in good shape. He's going to

14:59get 45 touches a game.

15:01>> One game in he's like I got to get more

15:03touches for the guy. It's rookie head

15:06coaches. Um I went back Daniel because

15:08I'm thinking to myself the efficiency

15:10last week for Devon Han feels very

15:12outlierish because one of the cases for

15:14Devon was that he's in a very efficient

15:16runner. Correct. has been throughout his

15:17career.

15:18>> Yep.

15:18>> You go back to even last season in an

15:20ecosystem that we all felt better about.

15:22And even early in the year when the

15:23Dolphins season had not been lost,

15:25>> he had a decent number of clunkers. Week

15:27two, he had 10 carries for 30 yards

15:29against the Patriots.

15:32Yes, it's fair to wonder whether there's

15:34as much upside because this offense,

15:35even in a down year last year, might not

15:38be as good as the offense we saw last

15:40year. I'm not ready to completely

15:42abandon ship here for Devon Chin.

15:44>> I agree with you guys. I am not

15:45abandoning Ship. After the first week

15:47though, what allowed us to feel better

15:50about him being the elite running back

15:53that we saw last year was when he had

15:54those rushing clunkers. The receiving

15:56game worked helped elevate the rest of

15:58his value for us.

15:59>> But five targets is not a bad number.

16:01That's where we seem to disagree.

16:03>> And remember, they had 50 offensive

16:05snaps. His target share in this game was

16:0619%. You know what his target share was

16:08last year?

16:08>> What? Tell me.

16:09>> 19%.

16:09>> That's pretty good.

16:10>> Yeah, it's just the same target share.

16:12Now, again, they have to run more plays,

16:14of course, that's going to be a variable

16:15here. So, um, as long as they're

16:17efficient, like somewhat competent,

16:19playing, you know, six, even get us to

16:2160 snaps a game. If he keeps up a 19%

16:24target share and plays 88% of the snaps

16:26like he did in week one, the guy is

16:27going to be fine.

16:28>> All right. All right. I want to believe

16:31in you guys and I am trusting it for

16:32another week, maybe another two weeks

16:33until we see Malik Willis. You got to

16:35give this offense enough time to to see

16:37what it's going to look like. So, we're

16:38not

16:38>> Soon enough, we're going to have a

16:39threeman board bet. Not amongst the

16:41three of us, but Devon Han Visa varian

16:44visa v Christian McCaffrey. Yeah,

16:46>> they're just gonna turn it into one

16:47gigantic snake board bet.

16:49>> Tough situation here going into San

16:50Francisco for sure after what they just

16:52did to the Rams. I mean,

16:53>> you would like to see some game script

16:54work in his favor. Yes.

16:55>> Could this be a 28 to nothing game at

16:57halftime?

16:57>> Yeah, fair enough.

16:58>> Who are you taking in this one?

17:00>> I am taking

17:01>> 49ers. Y my my hot take of the week. Go

17:04Niners. Go Niners. Go. Producers also

17:08deciding maybe to take the 49ers. All

17:10right. Yeah, you guessed, but you

17:11guessed correctly.

17:12>> I did guess correctly on that one.

17:13Commanders and Cowboys coming up next.

17:16>> Cowboys got embarrassed by the Giants in

17:18week one. Looking to rebound here. We

17:20got a number of lineup locks as well.

17:22Dak Prescott, Jaden Daniels, Javvante

17:24Williams, CD Lamb, George Pickins, Terry

17:26McLaren.

17:27>> Yep.

17:28>> Love all of that. I don't see any

17:29running backs for the commanders on

17:31there. That makes a lot of sense, Mike.

17:33Yeah, they're not on there yet, but uh

17:35you know, we had a lot of running back

17:36situations going into week one that we

17:38were kind of very intrigued to see how

17:40they would shake out, right? We talked

17:41about Carolina, Jacksonville, we went

17:43through them, but Washington was one of

17:44those and in some cases were kind of

17:46left like ah I'm not really sure, you

17:48know, we didn't get much out of it. Um

17:50this one I feel like Jakory Crosky may

17:53up a little bit feel a little bit better

17:54about his situation. Ran well, 16 for 63

17:57and a touchdown against a very good

17:59Eagles defense. Had the snap edge. was

18:01fairly even, but he played 33 snaps, 27

18:04for Rashad White, but they were even in

18:06pass routes as well. And that is the big

18:08difference for Jaori Kroski Merritt. He

18:12ran 14 routes in this game. He only had

18:13one target, but last year he averaged

18:166.7 routes a game and less than one

18:18target per game. And as I believe you've

18:20pointed out several times, had almost

18:21nothing over the final month or two of

18:23the season last year.

18:24>> Six games. Yep.

18:25>> Yeah. So, uh that's a point in the right

18:26direction. There was a lot of chatter

18:27about that in the offseason to get him

18:29more involved in the passing game. So,

18:30uh, is he a lineup block? No. Is he a

18:34great flex option at this point? No,

18:36probably not. Especially against Dallas.

18:37I think they're, you know, their defense

18:39wasn't great in the opener against the

18:40Giants, but the run defense, I think,

18:42will be better based on the personnel.

18:44Um, but the bottom line is he belongs

18:47on, he's the one that belongs on benches

18:48over Rashad White at this point, I would

18:50say, and he's at least flirting with the

18:52flex radar.

18:52>> Okay. I just want to say we went from is

18:54he a lineup block? No. Is is he a

18:57starter this week? No. but he should be

19:00on your bench is where we ended with

19:02he's getting closer to being a a

19:05potentially a solid flex option. I just

19:07don't think we're there yet. The good

19:08news is what I just laid out that it's

19:10headed the right direction. I think this

19:11would be an interesting conversation to

19:13have with a play caller or somebody that

19:15has been influential in designing plays

19:17in the past as you mentioned how he ran

19:1914 routes to Jakori Crossky Merritt.

19:22Same number as Rashad White. So, I

19:24wonder if you go back and look at those

19:2514 plays, like how often those were

19:28routes where it was like this is a route

19:31that is being run with the idea that

19:33this player could eventually be a target

19:35versus this is a route that is being run

19:38just to space things out and the only

19:40way the player actually gets the

19:42football is if the quarterback is so far

19:44under duress that he just dumps it off.

19:47Correct. If I had to guess, and I could

19:48be wrong, but like most of the plays in

19:50which Rashad White was out there running

19:52a route were plays where there was a

19:54greater likelihood that Rashad White

19:56would actually catch the football versus

19:59Jakori Cross Merritt is just like

20:01whatever. You you you just run right in

20:04in a half circle direction and if Jaden

20:08is about to get sacked, he'll throw it

20:09your way.

20:10>> I feel like there should be a difference

20:11between like that safety valve route

20:13that you're not even really doing

20:14anything. you're just in an actual route

20:16like a route where you're part of the

20:17read like hey you're the second read on

20:19this route.

20:20>> I I hear you and yes Rashad White leaned

20:22certainly towards passing situations.

20:24Yeah. But the reason for that is that

20:25Krosky Merritt had 16 carries. He had

20:27seven. White had seven. So

20:29>> I wasn't I wasn't my point is just like

20:32if he's going to be the clear lead ball

20:33carrier, we'll take three targets a

20:35game. Like that's plenty that we don't

20:36need six. You know

20:37>> it's better with what you think the game

20:40script is going to look like in this

20:41one. Stfan Diggs not a lineup block but

20:43a potential flex. Tell you what, there

20:44was people, some film people that were

20:46like, "Did Stfan Diggs show that he was

20:48the best receiver for the Commanders in

20:50week one?"

20:51>> I have to throw it toward McLaren first

20:53to like find out. I mean, he wasn't

20:54really utilized.

20:55>> We'll see. We'll see.

20:56>> Not a line of block, but I think a flex

20:58consideration. Just want to throw that.

20:59>> He's going to like slowly pick up some

21:00steam here. I was not questioning your

21:02Bill Crosky take by the way, Mike. I

21:04just think it would be an interesting

21:05conversation with the play caller.

21:07>> Who you taking in this one? Cowboys or

21:08commanders?

21:09>> Didn't you used to call plays?

21:11>> I did.

21:12>> Okay. in Seattle, right?

21:14>> What Seattle called place?

21:16>> Yes.

21:17>> What's Am I missing a joke here? What's

21:18the

21:18>> He looks like the guy who now is

21:20>> Yeah. If I was If I was bald, the

21:22Seattle

21:24similar to each other.

21:25>> I'm taking the Cowboys as well.

21:26>> I am also taking the Cowboys in this

21:27one.

21:28>> Feels weird that we're on this. The

21:31Cowboys are 0 and one as well.

21:32>> Yeah, I think the Cowboys are going to

21:35this is going to be a big game for them.

21:36All right, let's talk about Colts and

21:37Chiefs.

21:39A number of lineup blocks in this one,

21:41too. Jonathan Taylor and Ken Walker, two

21:43of the best running backs in football,

21:44both top seven in our rankings. Rashi

21:47Rice, wide receiver, eight in spite of a

21:49disappointing week one against the

21:50Denver Broncos. And Tyler Warren, still

21:52here at tight end four, even though Mike

21:54didn't start last night.

21:55>> He's not a lineup block. I guess when

21:56you have Dolan Concade, he doesn't have

21:58to be.

21:58>> Who's not on this list? That's a

22:00question mark for us, Mike.

22:02>> Yeah. So, I want to talk about two

22:03receivers. One actually that is on that

22:05list and Rasheed Rice because I think

22:07there's a little bit of panic after we

22:08saw

22:10week one. Uh the case starts with the

22:12fact that he was still he wasn't like a

22:14rotational player or anything like that.

22:16Nothing changed. 84% of the snap. So he

22:18was a full-time player. He was out there

22:19a lot. Yes. He just had two targets.

22:21When they finally targeted him the first

22:23time in the game, which it took a while

22:24because if you watch that game closely,

22:26they snapped the ball and either handed

22:28it to Walker or immediately threw the

22:30football to Xavier Worthy or something.

22:31They were just like, "We're not messing

22:32around with this. We're not going

22:33downfield." I think they took like one

22:35shot to Taekquin Thornton at some point,

22:37maybe one other. It was like a mid-range

22:39one to Travis Kelce and he ran really

22:41far. They just that was the game plan.

22:43It was very clear, but they threw the

22:44screen to Bryce. He broke a tackle.

22:46Riley Moss broke that tackle, scored a

22:48touchdown. He had one additional target

22:50um and he caught it. So, um I think it

22:52was a schematic thing and also it was a

22:55very low volume game for the Chiefs.

22:57It's not a surprise that they came out

22:59first of all against Denver, but also in

23:01Patrick M's first game back. And

23:03>> you know,

23:04>> Kenneth Walker the third first game

23:05there.

23:05>> People love their new toys, especially

23:07the Chiefs. They have a history of just

23:08featuring those guys. They did it with

23:10Rashi Rice, too, when he got there. They

23:11got to give him the ball a 100 times

23:13immediately. Um, only 27 pass attempts

23:15for the Chiefs in this game. That's the

23:17lowest in a Patrick Mahomes start since

23:19early in the 2024 season. It's been a

23:21long time since they did not throw that

23:23many passes. I know there was chatter

23:25about them being more balanced with Ken

23:27Walker there. Now, I think that's going

23:28to change as the year goes on as the

23:30game scripts are more even, of course.

23:32Uh, but Andy Reid has been around a long

23:34time and that guy loves to throw the

23:35football. They have the best one of the

23:37best quarterbacks in the NFL. So, I'm

23:39not really worried about Rashi Rice. I

23:41think he will be fine in a larger part

23:42of the game plan starting this week

23:44probably against the Colts.

23:45>> You caught yourself there because you

23:46were like, "Wait, Patrick Mahomes is the

23:48most accomplished quarterback in the

23:49NFL." Did you guys watch Josh Allen last

23:51night?

23:51>> That's a better Yes, I did.

23:53>> We're not the right platform to debate

23:54who's the best quarterback in the NFL.

23:56Patrick Mahomes clearly the most

23:57accomplished. He belongs in the

23:58conversation at the very least for as

24:00well. Agree.

24:00>> Um, by the way, um, you were saying like

24:02people love to show off their new toys.

24:04Was that was that Tuesday? No, it was

24:06Wednesday when Mike after the pod was

24:08like, "You guys come check something

24:09out." He was like,

24:10>> "Yes, it was Wednesday.

24:11>> Look at how spacious the center console

24:13is in my new minivan."

24:14>> Yes. He was so excited about it. So

24:16pumped.

24:16>> I have to fit four kids in there. So

24:18>> there's a lot of juice boxes. You had

24:19some Kleenexes.

24:21>> You know, you have to be careful cuz

24:22like you could buy a a car with like a

24:24third row, like an SUV, but then you

24:26have like this much trunk space like

24:28that much. So you need

24:28>> Oh, yeah. bigger one with like

24:30>> I noticed you took out one of the back

24:31seats for the girls in order to put a

24:33little data center in there for your

24:34crypto mining.

24:34>> I mean I have to you put the

24:36self-driving on and then I could sit

24:37back there and learn. That's dedication

24:40to the craft right there.

24:41>> We did buy a new car this off season

24:43because we had our third child and it is

24:44amazing how this car is the size of a

24:46boat and yet we still have enough space.

24:49>> Yeah. Yeah. We had the third row SUV and

24:52also a roof rack. Took another vacation.

24:54Still didn't have enough space. We went

24:56away uh one just one weekend after the

24:58baby was born and we had to put my two

25:00toddlers on the roof. It was bizarre.

25:01>> They probably loved it though.

25:03>> Great. It was a great ride. Um anything

25:05else left for this Chiefs Colts game?

25:07Alec Pierce.

25:07>> A talk about him.

25:09>> Not a lineup lock, but fellas, he might

25:10be soon. He's certainly trending the

25:12right direction. Played 58% of the snaps

25:14in that opener. Ran 21 routes. That was

25:16eight off the team lead of Josh Downs.

25:18He was clearly limited in this game. And

25:19yet

25:20>> let the team in targets. Yeah. In area

25:22yards, in receiving yards. He was our

25:24most productive pass catcher. Uh, and he

25:26was limited in this game. The big one

25:29for me is, and this is what we this is

25:31what we talked about in the offseason,

25:32this guy has led the NFL in what, yards

25:34per reception, average depth to target,

25:36I believe, yards per target as well, or

25:38yards per route run uh each of the last

25:40two seasons. Uh, eight 8.7 average depth

25:44to target in this game. That is over

25:46over half of what where he was the last

25:48couple of years. Yep.

25:49>> Um, that's a good sign for me. And what

25:51what it means is we're going to have

25:52fewer explosive plays, but more

25:54consistent fantasy output, more catches.

25:56That's huge in a PPR format. That's a

25:59good sign. Um some pause for this week.

26:01Remember, the Chiefs just allowed 55

26:03yards on 15 targets to Denver's wide

26:05receivers. A good wide receiver room on

26:07Monday night. That gives me some pause

26:09in starting him here in week two. But

26:11going forward, feeling pretty optimistic

26:12about Alec Pierce.

26:13>> Must win for the Colts. Sure feels like

26:15it to me. It feels like you said that

26:16like about 401.

26:18I mean that I mean that's tough going

26:20into Kansas City after the way they

26:22played. You know, you're just going to

26:23have to battle back from 0 and two, I

26:24think. And

26:25>> well, we all expected all

26:26>> I was going to say I think we all took

26:27the Chiefs in this one. Yeah.

26:29>> Vikings and Bears.

26:32Lot of lineup locks for the Chicago

26:33Bears in this one. Caleb, oh my gosh,

26:35it's literally the entire Bears squad.

26:37Caleb Williams, DeAndre Swift, Luther

26:39Burton, Roma Dunay, and Colston

26:41Loveland. If you have a Bear, you should

26:42be playing that Bear. Probably the

26:44kicker as well. Maybe even Atlanta block

26:46in this one. And then Justin Jefferson,

26:49the only one on the other side. Phil, I

26:51think this is your game, but I do want

26:52to ask Mike, with Jordan Mason being

26:54placed on IR, did Aaron Jones move up in

26:57the projections a decent amount?

26:58>> Again, it was a close call, but I put

27:00him in the lineup block category. I feel

27:02like if you drafted Aaron Jones in the

27:04middle rounds and without Jordan Mason,

27:06this is a guy that might play 80% of the

27:08snaps in this game. Uh, much like Jamir

27:10Gibbs in Detroit where they just like,

27:12"All right, we'll give Cion Baky a

27:14handful of plays here or there." It's

27:16the same kind of thing in Minnesota.

27:17Okay, you have Deon Claybornne who I

27:19don't even know for sure if he'll be

27:20active sixth round rookie. You have uh

27:23uh the DJ Dallas who they brought in.

27:25They like him a lot, but this is a guy

27:26that I believe he hasn't had more than

27:28six touches in a game in five seasons.

27:30Like he's always been a special team or

27:32rotational guy, so there's limitations.

27:33They'll probably utilize him more in

27:35passing situations. Jerome Ford is on

27:37the practice squad.

27:37>> Yeah. Yeah.

27:38>> He's had, you know, he got plenty of run

27:39in in Cleveland, so I could see him kind

27:41of being the number two runner. Um but

27:43we'll see how they how it shakes out.

27:44The bottom line is Aaron Jones, I think,

27:46is going to be a featured rusher in this

27:47game. Turn to DJ Dallas for a little in

27:50passing situations, and it's going to be

27:51enough volume against a Bears defense

27:53that also struggled last week where uh

27:55he's going to be a he's a lineup block.

27:57>> Can you do me a favor? Can you go on

27:58ESPN.com and search DJ Dallas and let me

28:02know what you think of his headsh shot?

28:03>> I know. It's hilarious.

28:05>> Have you seen it before, D or no?

28:06>> No.

28:06>> I mean, it makes me want to start him in

28:09uh fantasy.

28:12>> All right. No one else do. It's our

28:14secret. Just we can pull it up and you

28:16could you could just go ahead and go

28:17ahead if you're listening. Just look at

28:18>> if you're listening. Go check out DJ

28:20Dallas's head.

28:20>> It's going to make you want to pick him

28:21up. Uh I would not though. I would not

28:23start DJ Dallas in fantasy. However,

28:24Aaron Jones should be locked in. Yes.

28:26>> I think by the way, one one more thing

28:28like he's 31. He's not going to be a

28:30feature back like this all year long.

28:32But I think they think probably we could

28:33do a month early in the season of Aaron

28:35Jones as a clear feature backup. That's

28:37my expectation. Let's talk Chicago in

28:39this game. And we'll get to the pass

28:41catchers in just a moment. But I think

28:42the biggest story clearly is can Kayla

28:45Williams mash once again? We talked

28:47about this on Wednesday during the

28:48ranking show. And this is a huge

28:50opportunity for Caleb Williams to kind

28:51of further cement himself as not just a

28:53fantasy starter, but a fantasy starter

28:55independent of who the Bears are playing

28:57that week. They have played the Vikings

28:59four times in Caleb's very young career.

29:01Of course, they play twice a year being

29:03in the same division. During the last

29:05three matchups, Caleb has thrown a total

29:07of two passing touchdowns on 98 pass

29:10attempts. That's a lot of volume with

29:13not much pass game production. The

29:15challenge this week is so decidedly

29:17different from the challenge last week

29:18for Caleb Williams. Brian Flores is an

29:21absolute maniac. Now, so is Ben Johnson.

29:23It's two maniacs headbutting on Sunday

29:25afternoon. Um there's been plenty of

29:27charts that have shown this. I think I

29:29mentioned this on Wednesday, but

29:31>> if a if a team blitzes 50% of the snaps,

29:35it's like an astronomical number. I

29:37believe the Commanders had the second

29:39highest blitz rate in week one at 50.9%.

29:44Their defensive coordinator, their new

29:45defensive coordinator worked for the

29:47Vikings last year.

29:50The Vikings blitzed on 82% of the snaps

29:52last week.

29:53>> Insane.

29:54>> It is insane. They are forcing you to

29:56win before the snap and most likely get

29:58the ball out quickly after the snap. So,

30:00>> it's like Madden play calling honestly

30:02blitzing on 82% of the play.

30:04>> Complet play calling. So, if Caleb does

30:06it again against this real legit

30:09defense, I think the conversation, I

30:12said this on Wednesday, is that when

30:13Caleb is inside the top six or eight for

30:15quarterbacks during the week, we're not

30:18having a conversation about it in the

30:19same way that we don't talk about Josh

30:21Allen or Jaylen Herz or Lamar Jackson,

30:22we just say, "Hey, here's the

30:23quarterbacks. Jaylen Herz's quarterback

30:25four, whatever." You know, so and so,

30:27Joe Burrow's quarterback five. We just

30:28move on, right? Caleb has a chance with

30:30a couple more big games, especially in

30:32opportunities like this, to get to that

30:34level. His pass catchers are a different

30:36story. Not because these guys aren't

30:38very talented, but there is a world, and

30:40we've seen this with other quarterbacks

30:42with lots of weapons where they all have

30:45upside,

30:46>> but it's not a guarantee that all of

30:49them will hit in a given week. As a

30:50matter of fact, it's more likely that

30:52several of them or multiple of them

30:54won't hit. Caleb was quarterback one

30:56last week and Roma Dunay, Luther Burden,

30:58and Coulson Love in hindsight belonged

31:00on benches. So, it's going to take more

31:03than just one game of one of those

31:05players playing really well for us to

31:07feel like there's the alpha in the Bears

31:09offense. But the most important pass

31:12catcher in my opinion to get on track is

31:14Coloulston Lin. And here's the reason

31:15why. I'm not saying for the Bears

31:16success. I'm saying for fantasy success

31:18because Luther Burden, Roma Dunay, we

31:21were drafting those guys what on the

31:22high end is wide receiver 21 22. Yeah.

31:25>> Right. Like borderline wide receiver two

31:27threes. Coloulston Leven was being

31:29drafted as tight end three. Yeah. Right.

31:31Ahead of Tyler Warren, who was not great

31:33himself in week one, but we need

31:34Coloulston Lovelin to be a featured part

31:36of the Bears offense, not just this

31:38week, but every week for it to pay off

31:40relative to investment. So, I've got my

31:42eyes glued on number 84 this weekend for

31:44the

31:44>> Yeah. And to your point, you can be

31:46like, "Yeah, I have a case to like I

31:48have I have another receiver I could put

31:49in for a Doomsday for a week or maybe

31:50even Luther Burton. Same thing."

31:52Probably not a tight end unless you

31:54picked up Concage. Like, you're probably

31:55just going to be like, "No, I'm starting

31:56Lovelin again." Like I I didn't even

31:58think twice about it. Like he's locked

32:00in. So

32:00>> you Yeah, you're right. He's the most

32:02important one to get going. But also

32:04very confident he let them in routes,

32:06right, last week. So yeah, he did. So uh

32:08they'll I think they'll be okay. I'm

32:10going to play this out for a second. In

32:11the Warham League, which is a 16 team

32:13league, I drafted Devon Vele, whatever

32:16must have been around 10 or 12 or

32:17something. And after week one, I was

32:18like, "Dang, I was like, that's a nice

32:20pick right there." Like I might be able

32:21to parlay Devon Vele into something

32:23decent around a 16 team league. Yep.

32:26>> My team has three running backs. One of

32:28the third one is Taj Spears. So, I'm

32:30thin.

32:31>> I went around the league and literally

32:33everybody's thin because there's 16

32:34teams, right? And there's like 21

32:36running backs that matter. And not

32:38everybody, but several teams have like a

32:41decent fourth wide receiver or

32:44>> third wide receiver flex. There's just

32:47so many like if you have a Roma Dunes or

32:49a Luther Burden the third the chance

32:51that you also drafted a Devon Vele or

32:54name some guy that showed you something

32:56in week one that you could justify

32:58starting this week a Jaylen Coker much

33:01higher than I drafted Coloulston Lovelin

33:04and now I'm debating Coloulston Lovelin

33:06versus

33:07Hunter Henry in week two that doesn't

33:09feel

33:09>> TJ Hawinson. Yeah, I'm still Yeah, I'm

33:11still going to be clear. Still going

33:13Love Lovelin and and honestly still

33:14starting a Doomsday and Burton for the

33:16most part. I feel that's Yeah, we're not

33:18going to get eight catches from Kayman

33:20anymore. Like we're done with that.

33:22>> We all agree though that Loveland is the

33:23one that the opportunity cost was most

33:26severe.

33:26>> Most severe. And I think because it was

33:28a a legit goose egg from a guy that he

33:30wants to get involved, you're going to

33:32see a very heavy investment in

33:33Coloulston Lovelin here this week. Uh

33:35who are we taking in this one, my

33:36friends? Mike, who you taking? I'm

33:37taking the Bears at home after that

33:39offensive performance. Give me Chicago.

33:41>> Bears for me as well.

33:42>> I'm taking the Vikings, right? Classic

33:44trap game.

33:45>> By the way, we didn't mention this, but

33:46we're assuming Carson Wentz probably for

33:48this week and then maybe a week uh next

33:50week for Kyler M. Trap game. Are the

33:52Bears playing the Lions next week?

33:54>> No, they're not. This is a trap coming

33:55off of a 59 point game in which you

33:58didn't even play well to be honest.

34:00>> Let me see who the Bears are playing in

34:01week.

34:02>> Just saying. Just saying. All right,

34:03we're going to take a couple questions

34:05from our mailbag. First, our buddy Eric

34:07Moody going to be available for

34:09everybody on Sunday morning. Fantasy

34:10Focus Sunday kickoff presented by Lowe's

34:13live on the NFL on ESPN YouTube page

34:16starting at 11:30 a.m. Eastern. Head on

34:18over to get your lineup questions

34:21answered. One of us will be hanging out

34:22with Eric Moody likely during the show

34:24as well when we have some time in the

34:26break.

34:26>> Uh, worth noting, by the way, the Bears

34:28play Monday Night Football in week three

34:30against Mike's Eagles.

34:32>> Oh, that's a fun one.

34:32>> That's going to be another tough

34:33defense. So to go from a Brian Flores

34:35defense to the Eagles,

34:37>> it's going to be very fascinating to see

34:38what Chicago does against Minnesota

34:40because if they line them up, the Eagles

34:42are in trouble.

34:43>> Heck blends wants to know, who do I

34:44start at the flex, guys? Aaron Jones or

34:47Steph Diggs?

34:48>> Aaron Jones.

34:48>> I agree. I'm on Aaron Jones this week.

34:50Field.

34:50>> I am at Aaron Jones as well. Run him

34:53into the ground this week.

34:54>> Agreed. I'm with you on that one. Next

34:56one. This one comes from Yami. Wants to

34:58know if Leland has another dud, what do

35:00we do?

35:01>> If he's on your team, I would say keep

35:03starting him. If he's on another team,

35:04you go try to trade for him. This is

35:05going to be a high-scoring offense. We

35:07know that their defense isn't very good.

35:09One of the best young tight ends in the

35:11NFL. I hope he has another dud so I can

35:13go get him.

35:14>> This feels like a This feels like an

35:16easy uh easy move. I mean, the guy

35:18remember how good he was down the

35:19stretch. I'm not over it. I do. I'm not

35:21worried about this one.

35:22>> I am very much with you. I believe that

35:24this is even if he has a dudge. You got

35:25to stick with the guy. Aaron Reynolds, I

35:28can't wrap my head around TAB being

35:29ranked so low with the likes of Wentz,

35:31Love, and Willis when he was quarterback

35:33six last week. Someone please explain.

35:35>> Yeah, they're at Denver. That's why.

35:37Okay, that's it. I know at Denver, Mike.

35:39>> I know. I know they went into Yeah,

35:41exactly. I know. I know that Denver went

35:43into Kansas City last week and Mahomes

35:44had a fine game, but I mean, that's a

35:46tough situation against an elite

35:47defense.

35:48>> If Mahomes didn't have You take away

35:50Mahomes like rushing touchdown and he

35:52has 15 fantasy points.

35:53>> Yeah. And Lawrence could get a rushing

35:54touchdown. By the way, they that offense

35:56has been electric since midway through

35:58last season. Jacksonville could go in

35:59there, win, play well. Lawrence could

36:01have a good game. It's possible, but for

36:02I'm I'm hedging against that Denver

36:04defense this week.

36:05>> MJ 6 wants to know, should I start C

36:07Tate? Carnell Tate. Marvin Harrison Jr.

36:10or M. Holland. We're guys, it's week two

36:12and we're already here. We're already

36:14here. We're already doing this. Carnell

36:16Tate. Carnell Tate's the answer. Uh I

36:18know it was ugly. He is about in a

36:20minute.

36:20>> It's a tough defense. Yeah, let's stick

36:23with Tate here. Mac Holland. Matt

36:24Collins without AJ Brown is gonna find

36:26the end.

36:27>> This is like a week 13 question, but

36:29here we are in week two already.

36:30>> I think it's Carnell Tate 2, but I'm

36:32saying Matt Collins, watch out. That guy

36:34knows how to do a little bit of

36:35everything.

36:36>> Look, yeah, I I I don't I'm not even

36:38like mad about the question. Matt

36:39Collins might have a 20% target share in

36:41a Drake May offense. I wanted to uh

36:44Yeah, that's it's true. Fantasy

36:45football's the best. Um virtual hug.

36:48Yeah. uh for you, Daniel. Did you know

36:50that after despite what's happened

36:52defensively for the past two nights,

36:54past two weeks, the Lions are not

36:57underdogs in a game until they play in

37:012027?

37:03>> Every game.

37:04>> Wow.

37:04>> Well, January 3rd, 2027,

37:07>> we have a it's a team. Oh, against the

37:10Packers.

37:10>> Uh at Chicago at the Bears.

37:12>> Okay.

37:13>> The Lions are favored in every remaining

37:15regular season game as of right now.

37:16That will that may change if that

37:18defense doesn't start stopping someone.

37:20But uh at least there's hope right at

37:22safety, you know, especially if you get

37:23Brian Branch back in a few weeks. That's

37:24going to

37:25>> Kirby Joseph hopefully as well. Hutch

37:27looked great. Had a couple of good I

37:28mean I mean they I mean they have some

37:30good players there. It's just they need

37:32to figure it out cuz it's it was it's

37:33been pretty gross so far.

37:35>> Yeah. Let's talk Saints and Ravens.

37:37Speaking of

37:38>> a team that just lit up the line.

37:40>> Saints looked fantastic last week.

37:42Lineup blocks in this one mostly Ravens.

37:44Lamar Jackson, obviously Dererick Henry,

37:46obviously Zay Flowers if he plays.

37:48>> I am thinking no. And by the way, we did

37:50agree on text yesterday that if Zay

37:52Flowers is out, I can obviously amend by

37:54start of the week.

37:54>> Correct.

37:55>> You can have uh Elijah.

37:57>> Yes, you can pick someone else from the

37:58team from the Ravens.

38:00>> Jacobe Lane's out. So Rashad Baitman,

38:02we'll give you him. I mean, that's

38:03>> gonna have Rashad Baitman if you want.

38:04>> Yeah. Well, I'll even give you Lance on

38:06the other side of this game.

38:07>> Watch out.

38:08>> Um on the other side,

38:09>> I haven't revealed those yet. My bad.

38:10Crap.

38:11>> Travis Aan.

38:12Not a not a a lineup block, Mike.

38:15>> Uh, he's not because first of all,

38:17they're going into Baltimore. Tough

38:18situation and a and uh the distribution

38:21of Did someone want to talk about this?

38:22Am I stealing a spotlight? Um,

38:24>> me and you.

38:25>> Oh, it's me and you. Yeah. Uh, I have I

38:27have Tyler Shuck. That's why I was I

38:28just want to make sure I wasn't taking

38:30your someone's spotlight on this uh

38:32topic. But uh threeman rotation last

38:34week at running back CJ Donaldson was up

38:36off the practice squad and took a chunk

38:38of what I assume will be Alvin Chimera's

38:40role. Kendrey Miller they kept involved

38:41as a ball carrier and Han didn't do a

38:44lot in the first half of that game. Now

38:45Alvin Camarz is going to play in this

38:47game. So uh it's yet to be seen how

38:50they're going to distribute. What

38:51happens if they still want to get Kre

38:52Miller six to eight carries and Alvin

38:55Camar out there in passing situations.

38:57Han really benefited. He had what nine

38:59targets in this game. A lot of that was

39:01in that comeback mode in the second half

39:02in overtime. They ran a ton of snaps in

39:04this game. It inflated his numbers but

39:06the playing time in the first half was

39:08worrisome for him. So, I'm a little

39:09nervous about it and it's not enough

39:11where I'm like autobench, but it's

39:12enough where I'm like, "All right, he's

39:14a flex. He's not a lineup blocker."

39:15>> I think that's a fair assessment

39:16>> going into Baltimore.

39:17>> Agreed. And we mentioned Devon Vale.

39:19Obviously doesn't make this list, but a

39:20name I think to keep in mind still if he

39:22does something here in week two, we

39:24should talk about him potentially a

39:25little bit.

39:25>> He's kind of the Jaylen Coker of Saints

39:27wide receiver. Finished strong last

39:28year. Came out of the gates hot. It'll

39:30be so interesting, and this is perhaps

39:32self- serving to say this because I do

39:33have HN in a couple of notable leagues,

39:35but it'll be like what? It will be an

39:37odd admission of money poorly spent if

39:41the Saints really don't lean into him

39:43after giving him a $52 million bag this

39:45off.

39:45>> Tell me about it.

39:46>> I hope it was just like, you know what,

39:47it's week one. Let's just take it easy.

39:50>> Be smart. Don't have Chimera. Let's be

39:52smart. You know,

39:53>> some people do that. I mean, there was

39:54even like you never know how coaches are

39:56going to do. In fact, going into the

39:57game last night, I think Al Michael said

39:59that uh you know, it's a short week.

40:01They just played week one a few days

40:02ago. Jir Gibbs probably will be rolled

40:04back a little bit and it was the

40:06opposite. He played like 80% of the

40:07snaps, but it could be the opposite.

40:08They could be thinking, "All right,

40:10we'll just use him a ton this week and

40:11then he's off 10 days." So, that's what

40:13happened there. You don't really know.

40:14But, uh hopefully that was the case with

40:16Han because it was we were like CJ

40:18Donaldson, this that's a name no one

40:20knows out of nowhere that's getting reps

40:22and f like scoring fantasy points. were

40:25like, "Who is this guy?"

40:26>> Tyler Shuck threw for over 400 passing

40:28yards and had three touchdowns. Mike,

40:30you were projecting something similar

40:32again this week.

40:32>> Yeah, just remember his numbers very No,

40:34I'm not. Uh his number is very inflated

40:37by volume. He had 56 pass attempts in

40:39the comeback and and overtime, 410

40:41yards, three touchdowns, had two

40:43interceptions in this game

40:44>> and a fumble and just and a fumble. Uh

40:47but if you look at there's two things

40:48that stand out here. His efficiency, 7.3

40:51yards per attempt. That's a hair over

40:52league average. and also his exact YPA

40:54from last season.

40:56>> And his rushing, he had four carries for

40:57eight yards and he did run a little bit

40:59more last year, but that's a little

41:01concerning. And also, we said it was a

41:03good matchup. Yeah, we we moved them up

41:05our ranks for that match up against a

41:06Lions defense we thought would struggle.

41:08A little different this week. You're

41:09going in Baltimore, which is tough in

41:10its own right, but also uh the Ravens

41:12allowed the fourth fewest fantasy points

41:14in weeks one week one to the opposing

41:16quarterback. So, uh we expect that to be

41:18a very good defense, tough spot here for

41:21uh Tyler Shuck. So, he is not a starter

41:23for me. He belongs on benches for the

41:24time being.

41:25>> All right, I'm with you on that one.

41:26Unfortunately, even though I loved him

41:27in week one here against Baltimore is

41:29going to be

41:29>> he'll have his spots where he'll he's

41:30like, you know what, he feels like he's

41:32like stream when the match up's right

41:33all season sort of guy.

41:35>> Especially if we see this team keep

41:36growing as a you know, we're excited to

41:38see what the offense looks like.

41:40>> Who you taking in this one, Ravens or

41:41Saints?

41:42>> Ravens.

41:42>> Yeah, Ravens.

41:43>> Yeah, me too. Ravens. Sorry to our

41:44producer Addison who was a big time

41:45Saints fan. Can't do that there.

41:47Seahawks and Cardinals, my friends.

41:51We get the two rookie running backs

41:53facing off against each other. And

41:55surprise, neither one of them are lineup

41:56blocks. Jackson Smith and Chigba and

41:58Trey McBride, two of the best players in

42:00fantasy football.

42:02>> Conversation here though, guys, is the

42:03both of the rookie running backs, Jim

42:05Love and Jadarium Price.

42:06>> I think this might be a mic topic.

42:07>> Yeah, it is. Uh, you know, in the

42:09offseason it was like the cool thing to

42:10say was like, I think uh the the Cole

42:13take was well, no, just like I think

42:15Jarian Price is going to outscore

42:16Jeremiah Love this season. That was a

42:18very popular take. So, here we go. We

42:19get to see him headtohead. We'll see uh

42:21which way which way it goes. Um I'm

42:23leaning toward Jeremiah Love, but guys,

42:24at least for this week, I have them back

42:25to back. Love at 21, Price at 22 in my

42:28rankings. That was this was before we

42:30pulled the guys out for Thursday Night

42:31Football. Um Love again, he is going to

42:35be limited a little bit. This is exactly

42:37what I thought was going to happen the

42:38first month of the season. So, this is

42:39not a surprise at all. He was out

42:41snapped by nine by Tyler Aljier in week

42:43one. Uh Aljier had the edge in carry 17

42:47to1. Love had the edge in passing

42:48situations. He had four targets in that

42:50game as well in addition to the 11

42:52carries and of course scored the

42:53touchdown and

42:54>> passed the eye test. I mean I don't know

42:56if you saw the film of him running but

42:58oh my goodness like a future you don't

43:01well you don't have to you don't have to

43:03look at the I mean you have fantasy

43:05point totals that's all I look at

43:06>> lucky guy.

43:07>> Yeah. So uh look tough situation going

43:08into or they're at home but they're

43:10playing Seattle. Obviously a very tough

43:12matchup here. I expect limited volume

43:14but probably in the range of a little

43:15more than last week maybe 15 touches.

43:17So, it's enough for me to make him a

43:18borderline RB2. And the other side's

43:21your guy, Janarian Price. Obviously,

43:23split the back field with George Hani

43:25last week. We'll see if his role

43:26expands. He was their lead ball carry,

43:28ran the ball well, but there wasn't a

43:29lot of volume for them in that game. So,

43:31same thing. I I think they're both

43:33borderline RB2s for this week.

43:35>> The only reason why it hurts my heart is

43:36because Jadarian Price has a nice match

43:38up against the Cardinals and he's

43:39running back 22. And the only reason why

43:41Jeremiah Love is at 21 is because he's

43:42taking on Seattle and there's a

43:44potential time share there. Excited to

43:46see what those both both of those guys

43:47look like there. Field, what are you

43:48watching in this game?

43:49>> Role evolution for Jarian Price is huge.

43:51Uh I think I'm going to have to keep

43:53asking this question every time this

43:54name comes up.

43:55>> Okay.

43:56>> Is it over for Marvin Harrison Jr.

43:58>> feels I'm not there yet. I just I can't

44:01get past the fact that yes, so he had a

44:03bad week one,

44:04>> but those four games last year, I can't

44:06get out of my head yet. I'm not there

44:08yet. I want to see if he if it's another

44:10game where it's terrible and he's not

44:12targeted, then maybe. But again, he

44:14outscored Wilson in all four of those

44:16games last year in this in this

44:18circumstance.

44:18>> I can quit him.

44:19>> You're good.

44:20>> I can quit.

44:20>> You're done.

44:21>> Marvin Harrison Jun might be might be

44:22over.

44:23>> Yeah.

44:23>> Do we have to do like

44:24>> I'm okay benching

44:24>> breakup ceremony at some point on the

44:26show.

44:26>> Oh,

44:27>> he's wide receiver 47.

44:28>> Yeah. When you say that, do you mean

44:29like we're cutting him loose or he's a

44:31bust in the NFL or we're not starting?

44:32I'll tell you what. Not sure what I

44:33mean, Mike.

44:34>> These are the wide receivers I would

44:35consider starting over.

44:38>> There's 45 of them roughly. Yeah.

44:40>> 30ame sample size now for Marvin

44:42Harrison Jr. in his NFL career.

44:45>> Not huge, but also not nothing.

44:46>> That's not nothing.

44:47>> He has over 20 fantasy points in three

44:50of them. That's 10% of his games. Not

44:52good. That's But that's like 20 plus is

44:54what you're looking for when a guy was

44:55the fourth overall pick in the draft.

44:58>> In more than double that number of games

45:01in his career, he has under five PPR

45:04points. He has seven games with five or

45:06fewer fantasy points in his career. And

45:09if you want to say, "All right, well,

45:11can I get to like average in those other

45:13games?" Not so fast, my friends. In 16

45:16of his 30 games, he has under 10 PPR

45:19points.

45:20>> He's a better bet for his career so far

45:22to be under 10 than over 10. And he's a

45:25much better bet to be under five than

45:28over 20. Is an incredibly difficult

45:30matchup. Yeah. He had 4.3 points last

45:33week.

45:34just feels like for whatever reason this

45:37just feels like it's going down the Kyle

45:38Pitts path.

45:39>> Yeah, just that's where I keep landing.

45:40>> Oh, Kyle Pitts had a actually had a good

45:42rookie. I mean, I guess they had similar

45:43rookies.

45:45>> Yeah, but like there was a limitation

45:46for for Kyle Pitts, which was he didn't

45:48score touchdowns in America as a rookie.

45:49>> Yeah, I hear you. The one thing I will

45:51say though is most of what you just laid

45:53out was with Kyler Murray and it was

45:55obviously not going well between those

45:56two because again, his production did

45:58pick up in his four games with

46:00>> Yeah. Test is not great. Yeah, that's

46:02what has me nervous as well is that like

46:04the eye test isn't great. The efficiency

46:06isn't great. The volume isn't great. The

46:08box isn't great. Box score stinks. So,

46:11>> I hope that it's not over yet. I had a

46:12buddy ask me this morning. He's like,

46:14"Can I can I salvage things with Marvin

46:16Harrison Jr. and I was like, you can,

46:18but I don't think it's happening this

46:19week." So, we are alling.

46:20>> I agree. Bench this week, but uh holding

46:23tight for now.

46:24>> We are waiting for the post hype

46:25sleeper.

46:26>> Yeah. I don't think anyone's going to

46:27trade for him either. So, I don't think

46:28you're not dropping him. You're not

46:30starting him. He's a He's just a

46:31prototypical. You drafted and bench him

46:33for this week and we'll see.

46:34>> Yep. Until further notice, I am taking

46:36the Seahawks in this game.

46:37>> Seahawks.

46:38>> Yeah, same.

46:38>> Taking the Seahawks here. Although, hey,

46:40like go Cardinals. That'd be cool. A

46:42cool story. If they if they pull this

46:44off,

46:45>> the Chargers. Oh, that'd be sick. First

46:47two weeks of the season. All right.

46:49>> Bengals

46:51and Texans, my friend.

46:53>> Lineup blocks in this one. Chase Brown,

46:55David Montgomery, Jamar Chase, T.

46:58Higgins, Nico Collins. Yeah, we're

47:00keeping an eye on that one. Uh, he

47:01belongs in lineup blocks because if he

47:03plays, you're starting him, but we're

47:04watching that hamstring. He's obviously

47:06very questionable for this game. So,

47:08>> him and LA Rad McGranki are two of the

47:12biggest wide receiver injuries that we

47:13are monitoring. Very dicey. Both very

47:16dicey. We'll update the rankings by

47:17Friday afternoon if they are declared

47:19out.

47:19>> I think we asked this, you asked this

47:20question yesterday, but just because not

47:21everyone listens to every show, I want

47:23to ask it one more time. Do either of

47:24you, if Nico Collins doesn't roll, do

47:26either of you have a Texan that you

47:28would throw in at the flex at the wide

47:30receiver spot?

47:30>> I don't think I would go that far. Kan

47:32Booty's generating some hype. They want

47:33to get him more involved in his second

47:34game at the team. So, if I had to pick

47:36one, I'm going with him over Xavier

47:38Hutchinson or Jaylen Null. It's where I

47:40land as well, but I wouldn't feel great

47:42about it given just he's been there for

47:44a month.

47:44>> Yeah. Um, the big question in this game

47:47though to me, a separate from Nico

47:48Collins of guys that we either normally

47:51would start when healthy or

47:54in when somebody else is not healthy,

47:55they would step into a role. Joe Burrow

47:58is the question mark for me. Joe was

48:00fine, not great, but fine in week one

48:02for fantasy purposes. I know week one

48:05doesn't suggest this, but

48:07>> he does face off against the most

48:08difficult matchup I believe you'll see

48:10all season, which is the Houston Texans.

48:12So, what I did was I grabbed some

48:13lowhanging fruit and I ignored last week

48:16and I looked at the stats just involving

48:18last year for the Texans.

48:19>> Okay,

48:20>> last year the Texans ranked first in

48:22yards allowed per game, second in points

48:24per game, second in pressure rate, third

48:26in the total red zone drives allowed,

48:28fifth in yards per play, sixth in third

48:30down conversion percentage. No

48:32quarterback had even 21 fantasy points

48:34against the Texans in 2025. These

48:37quarterbacks had under 10 fantasy

48:39points. Trevor Lawrence, Josh Allen,

48:41Patrick Mahomes, all those guys really

48:44good. Joe Burrow is also hurt right now.

48:46Joe Burrow is dealing with back

48:48soreness. I know that Joe Josh Allen

48:50went nuts last week. I told you I'm

48:52ignoring that one by design. Um,

48:54>> can I just give one stat?

48:55>> Go for it. Yeah.

48:56>> Houston Texans are allowing over 35

48:58fantasy points to every quarterback they

49:00face in 2026.

49:02>> I have a stat, too.

49:03>> What is it?

49:03>> I should have teed this up as a check

49:05this ad. I completely missed a vote. I

49:06don't think we're ready for it, but I

49:07have a good one for you. So, I'll just

49:09make it a trivia question for you guys.

49:11>> Let's see how close you get.

49:12>> Over his last seven games during weeks

49:14one and two. So, we're counting last

49:16week and then the prior three seasons.

49:18Okay.

49:18>> How many fantasy points per game is Joe

49:20Burrow averaging in weeks one and two?

49:23>> Slow start, Joe.

49:23>> 14.4.

49:24>> Uh, that's I was going to say 14 and a

49:26half. So, that's

49:27>> close. 10.6.

49:29>> Wow.

49:29>> 10.6, guys. He hasn't scored 19 fantasy

49:32points in a week one or two since his

49:34rookie season in 2020. No way. 14.2 2

49:37per game in his career in weeks one or

49:38two. It's a real like his slow starts

49:40are a real thing. And he wasn't that I

49:42mean last last week even he had 20

49:44rushing yards. He had one touchdown, one

49:46pick, 254 yards. That wasn't a good

49:47fantasy game either.

49:48>> So Mike and I are team Fadeboroough

49:50here. We're at 16 and 17. You're at

49:52quarterback 12. So you're closer to

49:54being on the edge about starting Joe

49:55Burrow.

49:56>> I think for me it's still that while

49:58it's Joe Burrow, no, I don't want to

49:59start him this week. Um, but I still

50:01believe that with Joe Burrow having the

50:03talent around him that he does, even

50:05though he doesn't have the legs, he has

50:06the people. Chase Brown, T. Higgins,

50:08Jamar Chase, that he's just got more

50:11weapons at his disposal to give me a

50:12little bit more lift. But no, I don't

50:14want to start Joe Burrow. I don't want

50:15to start any quarterback against the

50:17Texans. Every quarterback that I have,

50:19cuz he was quarterback 13 before last

50:21night, and then I pulled out Josh

50:22Shellen. I will not have a quarterback

50:24probably against the Texans that will be

50:25a top 12 quarterback the rest of the

50:26season. Josh Allen was the only guy.

50:28>> He is such an alien. Um, we mentioned

50:30Jared Goff is like, "Hey, if I had Jared

50:32Goff visa v Joe Burrow, we said in the

50:33show yesterday like I'm turning Jared

50:35Jared." Yeah, no doubt. By the way, I

50:36think you think he gets off to a slow

50:38start because weeks one or two still

50:39like a lot of media stuff and he's like

50:41practicing his autograph or something

50:42like

50:43>> like this guy is right here.

50:45>> Sometimes when I get bored, I just

50:46doodle.

50:47>> I wasn't going to bring it up.

50:48>> I was drawing tic-tac-toe boards earlier

50:50and then I was practicing my

50:54joking. I didn't realize that's actually

50:55what you were doing.

50:56>> He was doing

50:56>> tic tac toe over here. I played a game

50:58against myself and then I was

50:59>> That's how little East Paint did us.

51:01>> I did. Yeah,

51:01>> you did. Way to go.

51:02>> I smoked metaphorical Mike.

51:05>> Oh man.

51:06>> So I can make 10 funny jokes and Mike

51:08has no reaction. And then I can

51:10>> sit here doodle.

51:11>> God forbid a guy tries to practice his

51:13signature.

51:14>> I know. Guy's over here writing checks

51:16to pay for his groceries every once in a

51:17while.

51:18>> I was going to make a gigantic donation

51:19with all my fantasy women to Mike's boat

51:22fund.

51:22>> A big check.

51:23>> Not going to happen.

51:23>> Yeah. Field uh field made a joke in the

51:25group uh chat today with everyone and

51:27there it was just

51:28>> Oh, it was great. It was fantastic. It

51:29was a fantastic

51:30>> It was really funny.

51:31>> You know what? You didn't say anything.

51:32No one said anything. I missed it.

51:34>> Who are you guys taking in this one? The

51:35Houston Texans

51:37>> or the Bengals?

51:38>> Bengals.

51:39>> The Texans.

51:39>> I'm taking the Texans, too. You taking

51:41the Bengals? I love it.

51:42>> Love being on an island.

51:43>> Field on an island.

51:44>> I guess you're expecting a lowscoring

51:45affair then if you're not. Uh

51:46>> I didn't hear what you said. I'm too

51:47busy working on my signature.

51:49>> So, let's do our starts of the week, my

51:51friend. Week two starts of the week. As

51:54a reminder, unfortunately Field lost

51:55week one, mostly because of Coulson

51:57Loveland.

51:58>> Unfortunately, we all lost.

51:59>> Yeah, actually we did all lose. Thanks

52:00for that. We all lost like three times.

52:02You're a terrible wheel spinner. Field

52:05tattoos for all of us next week.

52:06>> Why don't we start with you because you

52:09lost. So, we'll give you first pick and

52:11we will allow you to show your lineup.

52:13All right. Neck tattoos coming next

52:15week.

52:15>> Neck tattoo is coming next week. Um, we

52:17have agreed, we agreed offline that Mike

52:19is going to be permanent.

52:20>> Yes, sure. permanent tattoo.

52:21>> And what is it? Fields autograph right

52:23here on my throat. Oh my god.

52:24>> Mike's significant other. Oh, that's a

52:26good idea actually.

52:27>> That is a good one.

52:28>> With Sharpie. Uh Mike's significant

52:29other indicated to us that she thinks a

52:32henna tattoo. Yes.

52:33>> Would be reasonable. Yes. And Mike could

52:35pull it off. Okay.

52:36>> I think so too. I think so too. Have you

52:38ever had a henna tattoo?

52:39>> I have not.

52:39>> Oh, Michael.

52:40>> Depends what it is.

52:41>> You ever been to a rent fair?

52:43>> Are we doing all of our significant

52:44others? Is that what we're putting on?

52:45Is that our test?

52:46>> How many significant others do you have?

52:48>> No. No. I'm saying each of us. each of

52:50our

52:50>> Oh. Oh, I was like, I'm only allowed to

52:52have one. Do you have Okay. Anyways,

52:54let's let's do our starts of the week.

52:56>> Before this gets any further off

52:58>> trouble now.

52:59>> All righty. I had first picked this week

53:01and I went to the show. It's okay.

53:04>> Yours might

53:06>> uh Brock Birdie is my quarterback this

53:08week.

53:08>> Uh quarterback three in our I'm I'm

53:11stole it from my clay. Um DeAndre Swift

53:13is my running back. He had a monster

53:14week last week. Zay Flowers pencile it

53:17in as my wide receiver. Okay. If he's

53:18out, and I guess I sort of spoiled this

53:20earlier on in the show, I will be

53:22pivoting. Mike and Daniel have agreed to

53:25allow me to put Oman St. Brown in.

53:27That's weird. I don't remember that

53:28text.

53:28>> No, we did not. It'll be somebody else

53:30who hasn't yet played and Isaiah likely

53:32is my tight end.

53:33>> This is one of the benefits of being

53:34able to have the very first pick because

53:36Brock Party against Miami felt like a

53:38This is like the best matchup. This is

53:40the right.

53:41Yep. Exactly.

53:42>> All right. For me, I'm going to go at

53:44quarterback spot. I'm buying into week

53:46two, my friends.

53:47>> Justin Herbert, if it doesn't happen

53:49here, I'm not going to use him any of

53:50the rest of the weeks this season. So, I

53:51thought, why not use him here against

53:53the Raiders? Felt like the right week at

53:55the running back spot. Going with

53:56Javvante Williams. Hoping that he gets a

53:57little bit of run here.

53:59>> And then Mike Evans. Hey, if Brock Party

54:01does some things. Hopefully, he's thrown

54:02to my old man Mike Evans out there in

54:04Miami.

54:04>> The Niner stack going I I knew you were

54:07going to go that route. I could already

54:09tell. And then there's no way that

54:11Coloulston Lovelin does it again. Mike

54:13already promised me if he goose eggs

54:14again, we're going to pull him from the

54:16ESPN game completely.

54:17>> Yeah, we could do that. We're going to

54:18create a new player called Daniel Dup.

54:20We can add him instead and get a zero

54:22either way.

54:23>> How dare you? How dare you? But Colton

54:25Lovelin is my tight end. All right,

54:27Mike, who you going with?

54:28>> All right, I'm going with Dak Prescott

54:29at home against the Washington

54:31Commanders. Feel pretty good about that

54:33situation. David Montgomery is my

54:34running back. I I was wasn't sure about

54:37this one coming off the three touchdown

54:38game.

54:38>> A lot of Monty talk this week.

54:40>> Yeah. Yeah, there is. I was so mad that

54:42you guys talked down about Monty and

54:43then you drafted him before I could.

54:45>> I did. That was a tough call, but I went

54:47with him. Uh Cincinnati, I think he'll

54:48be plenty involved in this one. Garrett

54:50Wilson is my guy. A surprise. Good

54:52opportunity to utilize him against the

54:54Packers and going with some guy named

54:56Travis Kelce. Have you anyone heard of

54:58him?

54:58>> I've heard of him. Kid brother for Yeah.

55:02for uh how much like we how little we've

55:05talked about him all off seasonason.

55:06It's like the he's by far the biggest

55:08name and well-known name around the

55:10world I guess in the NFL. So kind of

55:12wild but yeah just that you know

55:14underrated just chipping away old old

55:16guy Travis Kelce at tight end.

55:18>> Why is he so wellknown?

55:19>> Uh I don't know. Hasn't he didn't he

55:21marry someone

55:22>> to someone famous was the most famous

55:24player in the NFL.

55:25>> Travis Travis Kelsey married too. Why a

55:28missing zone? Taylor Swift.

55:30>> Breaking news. Wow.

55:31>> You guys didn't know that, didn't you?

55:32Didn't know that. First heard it.

55:33Sometimes I know some.

55:34>> Wow. All right, let's take a few

55:36questions from our chat before we get

55:37out of here. Matty Randoms wants to

55:38know, "All you guys are in the doghouse

55:40when you get home." Mostly it's Mike.

55:42Mike got us there for what it's

55:43>> worth. I said one thing, you

55:44misinterpreted it in a weird way because

55:47that's where your mind went. You're the

55:48problem here.

55:49>> Okay. I'm the problem.

55:50>> Yeah.

55:51>> Uh Yam Raw wants to know, "Is Baitman a

55:53top 12 wide receiver if Zay doesn't

55:55play?" Would Rashad Baitman even?

55:57>> Look, Jason Baitman, yes. Rashad

55:59Baitman, no. All right, there's

56:00>> Wow.

56:02>> Jason Baitman rules.

56:03>> Jason Baitman, but not Rashad.

56:05>> Absolutely not.

56:06>> Um, Field, help me out with this one.

56:07Cole Klehghorn. Bam. Nailed it.

56:09>> Nice.

56:10>> Guys, should I start Parker Washington,

56:13Jeremiah Love, or Isaiah Likely in my

56:16two flex spots?

56:17>> First two,

56:18>> full PPR. Parker Washington, Jeremiah

56:20Love, or Isaiah Likely?

56:22>> I'm thinking this. Yes, I agree on that.

56:23>> I think so as well. I love Isaiah

56:25likely, but I think I would I would roll

56:26with both the wide receiver and the

56:27running back just having a little bit

56:28more upside

56:29>> there as well.

56:30>> Justin Stoddard at tight end. We going

56:33Fannon or Sadique?

56:34>> Harold Fannon.

56:35>> Yeah, we're not there yet on Sadique.

56:36>> Yeah, he had the cool touchdown last

56:37week, but the Jets are legitimately

56:40playing five tight ends right now.

56:41>> Yeah, they need to uh up his up his

56:43playing time and that'll happen at some

56:45point, but it's fanned for now.

56:47>> Next one. Wild Bill Reviews wants to

56:50know.

56:50>> Figured out what he reviewed. Oh, that's

56:52right.

56:53We never did. Josh DS or Jordan Addison,

56:56guys.

56:56>> Going Josh Downs here down. Yeah, me

56:58too.

56:59>> Had a bagel last week. That won't happen

57:01obviously, but I'm down.

57:02>> By the way, we'd like to take this

57:03moment. We're going to do one more

57:04question before we do that though. Mike

57:06would like to take this moment to

57:07apologize to one of our listeners um for

57:09something he said yesterday on the show.

57:11>> Oh,

57:12no. I'm not

57:13>> real And

57:15>> yeah, he followed me on Instagram.

57:16>> Yes.

57:16>> For real? Yeah. Yeah. Big time.

57:19>> You found out my commentary. I don't

57:21know for sure what his name is.

57:22>> There's no way to know.

57:23>> Real_andrich.

57:26>> But maybe it's still And Rick.

57:28>> It could be. There's no way to know.

57:29Didn't tell me.

57:30>> There's no way to know.

57:31>> There's no way to know. I stand by it.

57:33>> Real letter. And Rick, I apologize about

57:34this.

57:36>> It'd be hilarious if his his name was

57:37actually like Andre.

57:40>> That would be so funny. Yeah, that would

57:41be good.

57:42>> Until until I hear otherwise. One last

57:44question, my friends. One last question

57:45from our chat. Or that was the last

57:48question.

57:48>> That was the last question.

57:49>> Never mind. That was a joke. is what do

57:50you guys have planned for the weekend?

57:51>> Yeah, say that again.

57:52>> What do you have planned for the

57:53weekend?

57:53>> Uh football.

57:54>> Nice. Same. See you all then.

57:56>> To be honest, my wife Rosie turns 40 on

57:59Monday. So, I am going to be gone. She's

58:01got a whole girls weekend planned. I'm

58:03not going to be here on Monday. Yes. Liz

58:04Loza is going to take over for me. So,

58:06I'm going to go celebrate her 40th

58:08birthday.

58:09>> Everybody's taking shows off.

58:10>> Sure. Yeah. You know, you haven't done

58:12enough shows off yet, Mike.

58:13>> All right. Well, all right.

58:14>> That's going to do it for us, guys. We

58:15love you so much. Thank you for hanging

58:16out with us. Come hang out with us on

58:17Fantasy Focus Countdown Sunday morning

58:1910 a.m. Eastern on ESPN 2 for Field and

58:22Mike. My name is Daniel. Don't forget to

58:23love each other and be kind to yourself.

58:25You deserve it. We love you guys. We'll

58:26see you on Sunday.

58:30>> You're in the 060

58:33focus.

58:37Fantasy focus.

58:51Hey,

58:57hey, hey.