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Buy Low & Sell High Trade Targets Ahead of Week 3 + Worry-O-Meter (09/23 Fantasy Football Podcast)

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 Buy Low & Sell High Trade Targets Ahead of Week 3 + Worry-O-Meter (09/23 Fantasy Football Podcast)

The fantasy football preview highlights key player developments and trade opportunities ahead of Thursday night football. Drake London is viewed as a more reliable pick than Kyle Pits due to consistent targets and explosive plays from Michael Pinnix. Chuba Hubbard, despite limited carries, is expected to dominate due to a high-volume passing offense and strong fantasy upside. Tucker Kraft emerges as a breakout candidate with a sharp rise in route rate and target share, making him a top trade option. AJ Brown’s return is heavily questioned due to a severe ankle injury, raising concerns about his performance. Jalen Coker and Dalton Concade are praised as undervalued bench players with strong performances and upside, prompting calls for trades. The Falcons’ aggressive passing game and pressure rate are seen as strengths, particularly against the Packers’ weak offensive line. Packers’ struggles with the run game and short week open opportunities for wide receivers like Christian Watson and Tucker Kraft. Players such as Devante Adams and Jonathan Brooks face risk due to injury or inconsistent performance. The show emphasizes maximizing value through strategic trades—selling high on underperforming players (like Coker and Concade) and buying low on high-upside players (like Hubbard and Kraft). Trade charts and injury updates are key tools for decision-making, with fantasy managers advised to stay flexible, prioritize value, and consider game scripts and matchup dynamics. Overall, the focus is on identifying emerging value, managing risk, and capitalizing on short-term opportunities before the season’s early games stabilize.

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This is fantasy football today from CBS sports It's time to dominate your fantasy league Now here's some combination of Adam Dave Jamie and he Okay, bye lose still high happy hump day Wednesday September 23rd You know, it's our favorite show at least my favorite show. I love the Wednesday show Have a great time and Dave and Jamie and heath are here. We're gonna preview Thursday night football Is this the beginning of the season for Drake London and Kyle pits? Should you be buying low? Basically in the next like 10 hours before the game starts tonight And who should we sell high on and which H&N are we more worried about before we do skip a day? What's that you skip today? It's Wednesday. Oh, yeah, you got you got a few hours It's Wednesday. It's my favorite show. You have 10 hours I thought we were doing that Wednesday night football thing. Yeah Well, we're previewing the game so I got really good. You're your your last two intros of your last two shows. We've done together. Wow Oh my gosh, you know what Jamie would when Wednesday closes a door Thursday opens a window We got some news and notes for you. We'll fly through them real quick We know Jackson Dart will be out a while. We did a bonus show on that yesterday So if you want to listen to it, you know, we're not going to talk about it throughout the show But we're not going to do a big analysis today. We already did that Tyson Baygent has a concussion case kingdom Could start on Monday night for the Chicago Bears Or Caleb Williams could start I suppose and Sam Darnell has a chance to play this week at Washington I could be a nice match up for Sam Darnell Running back news and that Johnson's going to continue to get more snaps. Make sure he is rostered JK Dobbins was apparently dealing with leg cramps So we are going to expect him to play but Nick Cosmider of the athletic thinks that key that Jonah Coleman's role Will continue to grow even when the backfield is healthy. We'll see what that means Rico Doudel is day-to-day. He could play this week against Cincinnati Jonathan Brooks. Dave is going to have surgeries going to miss about six weeks It's weird that Chubah Hubbard only has 22 carries in two games. He does have two receiving touchdowns They are 22nd and running back carries even after a 34-3 win against Atlanta I don't really know what to make of that. It's probably just statistical noise at this point But um, I was thinking like Should I trade? I don't have any Chubah Hubbard unfortunately, but hypothetically I don't even know what day it is. Should I trade Chubah Hubbard For Devon H&N because like I kind of feel like a chubbered might outperform him Going forward, but what do you think? That trade will get accepted I think people like what we're what they're getting out of Chubah Hubbard But they'll still take the upside that H&N has and I know it's been gross so far for H&N But he's still getting a lot of work. He's gonna have his games That seems like a stretch to trade Chubah Hubbard straight up for Devon H&N two weeks from now That might be one of the silliest things I've ever said but for now I think H&N is still getting more Attention from the fantasy world at least on the trade chart. It's definitely come out H&N ahead of Chubah now if you want to put somebody with Chubah To get H&N Rather you're gonna give up H&N and you're gonna get Chubah and something else Yeah, I wouldn't mind that one bit and there are definitely some receivers that you can pair with Chubah Hubbard To have that work out nicely for you. Okay. Tell us about the trade chart real quick Every week For the last 16 years I've been creating a trade chart to help people make fair trades in their league It's not based necessarily on what I think it's based much more on public perception Future matchups for players. Just what a player's value is Going week after next. It's basically like giving a stock price to every player in the league And then you just match up players to see if the price is match and if they do you've got a good one for one trader You take two players and you add them together to the goal and get one other player It's just a way to make trading easier because everybody's so scared about getting ripped off This is something to help show people that you're not gonna get ripped off and that there are ways to make fair trades and fantasy And there's non-PPR half PPR full PPR trade chart values and there's two QB one QB and then one QB four point and six point values on the trade chart You can look forward on my x-page or you can just literally search CBS trade chart and it'll come up in your Google machine Keep you have your dynasty trade chart to write. I do have my dynasty trade chart updating dynasty rankings this week Talked about it yesterday on the show and the trade chart will be updated soon. I look at that dynasty trade chart all the time Especially now since I'm tanking in one of my dinosaur leagues and now maybe both of my dynasty leagues So that that thing is getting a lot of attention from me. So thank you for doing that eat Vinnie said I traded Sequan Barkley for Chuba Hubbard and Kyron Williams who won the trade you won the trade You do you do such a great job on the notes And there's sometimes like on Wednesday or Thursday morning. I'm like I I've been searching and I can't find any news about this guy. What's going on with this guy and usually when I see your notes I see that somebody said something about it Have we heard anything about Sequan tomorrow? I was just think how have we heard nothing about Sequan Barkley It's so weird because he had an MRI. Yeah, I mean I would just going to get an MRI. I would hope that the fact that we haven't heard anything is a good sign because if it was bad We probably would hear from a team source or an agent to one of the insiders Again, I don't know what data is either, but they don't practice until Thursday So we won't know what his status is until then so that could be 10 hours from now Um Did you skip day? I'm I'm I'm moderately encouraged by by Barkley playing this week All right, let's go to wide receiver news jaden read has no timetable like they even talked about not even knowing if jaden read Will be able to return this season right? Is he droppable? Yeah, unfortunately unless you have an IR spot you want to save it see what see what happens got away from to go on IR first There's a few like This is just a frustration of like Tuesday transactions and get a little bit more leeway with Wednesday when you have the Jonathan Brooks news the jane read news the jackson dart news the jane dan News news like guys that are expected to probably go on short term IR and you have to wait until Making a second transaction so you lose out on on a player or two that you might want Yeah, absolutely I have a couple notes in my phone to go back and check my teams I have Dallas Goddard and jaden read on one that's another one. Yeah, hoping that these guys move to IR But also I'm just just real to follow up on jaden read is it possible that he just Doesn't even go on IR comes back quickly are all things on the table right here with jaden read I would guess based on what live floor said that that's probably not going to happen so right You know Neck injury or back injury of his severity is probably something that they want to be cautious about look snack Okay, other news We've got oh pukinakua status unknown and of course it's a Sunday night game So hopefully we don't have to sweat that one out San Francisco sign Brandon cooks to the practice squad Okay, that's what they need is another old wide receiver I I think Like I were projecting Mike Evans and there's no reason to like panic or anything yet But I would they play a four o'clock game this week I'd like to have somebody on my bench that I could potentially put in for him late Because when Kyle shanehan says we're going to have to manage him this week Like he kind of underplays injuries on occasion I would I'm just like to make sure that I had a backup for my Kevin's just in case I thought the cook signing was more about DeMarcus Robinson. Yes, miss. Yeah, I'm and it doesn't have to do with Evans But you're right like the track record is certainly there for Kyle shanehan To downplay injuries Hopefully, you know, it'll just be easy if we see Evans practicing by Friday then he should be good to go for Sunday And there's actually a team in the FFT Open Thomas Schaefer division called the substation players state Players substation players layer very good team name there. We have a team just a quick team name Tuesday on a Wednesday from Morgan Watch me with Watch me Velae very good Tide news Mason Taylor week to week maybe that helps the What's his stupid name? Ken Young's the Density. Thank you. It's okay. He was just a first round tie then Charlie Kohler is hoping to return in four weeks Brock Bowers expected to play this week according to in rap report the Green Bay Packers lost their starting right tackle And best offensive lineman for the season We that is terrible news for the Packers And cornerback AJ Tarell is on IR for the Falcons and defensive tackle David on Yamada is on IR for the Jets And let's get into Bilo and so high here we go Heath you got Drake London on your Bilo list. Jamie you've got Kyle pits on your Bilo list Question for both of you Heath you can go first. Are you valuing Drake London The same way you know what and Kyle pits for that matter the same way you did in preseason Um, so I think there's reason to feel just a little bit more optimistic about Drake London than Kyle Pits Um, because we've seen Michael Pinnix Just feed Drake London relentlessly. We've seen Drake London be atop six wide receiver with Michael Pinnix And so I'm probably a little closer to feeling exactly the same way I did before the season with London I think there's reason to hope that they're both exactly what we thought they were, but London's more of a little more certain about it. I would agree. I did like the fact that the Falcons Office Coordinator came out this week and said they've done a poor job of involving culpits. It came out, yes, or I think was. So hopefully that's something that they, you know, over-correct. We saw it with the Broncos, for example, when they did that with Jalen Waddle in week two. So it's really just more about for both these guys. I'm sure everybody can see that. That it's going to be competent quarterback play. Kyle Pits, I think, was on a live stream this week as well. Somebody asked him about his quarterback and he kind of chuckled. You know that he'd get Phoenix back. They all know that, you know, and it's hard not to foresee better production coming for both of these guys. You hope that what we were expecting the preseason does come to fruition. It's just been a disaster across the board. Okay, so there you go. Drake London, second round caliber player, Kyle Pits. I mean, Iodave was not high on Kyle Pits to begin with. And Dave and I noticed the route depth was up this year, but yeah, it's still a lot. It looked a lot like 2024 week one. He was just running clear outs so they could dump the ball off to be John, right? There was plenty of that, but just further downfield has never been a good look for Pits. And that's what he was doing through the first two weeks. So I'm hoping that what the offensive coordinator said means shorter routes for Pits and easier dump off passes and the type of thing that actually helped me buy into Pits in the first place. I've been excited. I really don't like the idea of giving up much for Pits. And you've really got to be struggling at times. I'm sorry, but you've really got to be struggling at tight end to make a move for him because if he stinks on Thursday, we might see him hit the waiver wire in a couple of leagues. I do feel better right now about Pits than I do Loveland. Not, but what I was going to say was I just mostly don't think we've seen the offense, the Falcons intend to run. Correct. Yeah, right, right. Forget those two games. I hope. Okay. Heath, you're also saying Jeremiah love is a biolo. Yeah, I think, I mean, last week was a terrible matchup. He's basically, I think he's averaging 12 and a half touches per game through his first two games. We had some concern that they do this too much Tyler Algier thing early in the year. I still think it's not he's not going to get unleashed to the point of Kenneth Walker or even to the point of 20 touches a game. I don't think this year, but I do think that we're probably going the second half going to see 15 plus touches per game for Jeremiah love. He's going to have some better matchups. He's going to pop off at some point and be valued much, much higher than he is right now. So I don't know that it gets a lot better immediately, but if you can buy low, I think even for I think we all have him ranked right around RB 30 this week. And that's probably about the consensus opinions. It's kind of what he's been. He got we got fortunate. He scored a touchdown on week one. But I think we're still tracking towards the second half of the season. He's easily a top 20 running back. Right. And that's where he is on the trade chart. Would you rather have to be hovered or Jeremiah love? What's my record? Your record's one and one. Probably hovered to an O definitely love. Really? Yeah. I think it depends on what you've got a running back. Yeah. And the nice thing about people who have Chuba Hubbard is they drafted him late. Right. So if you're rich at running back and you could feasibly get away without even using Chuba Hubbard in your lineup, then you could possibly trade him straight up for love. I want to look into why Chuba Hubbard only has like 22 carries or so. Well, I think part of it's because they are throwing the ball a lot. Yeah. And creating explosives. Yeah. So he has the second low second highest explosive play rate Bryce Young does. And he's averaging 37 and a half pass attempts per game. That doesn't leave much room for the running back. They're really going the ball going to field. It's really just game two because game one they were chasing points the entire game. You know, so it's why didn't they run the ball more? Yeah. Third they were, but they were in a competitive back and forth game. I mean, in week one, they just they have been very passive. They've been super aggressive. As you mentioned, explosives, but they're throwing the ball down field all the time. And they went forward. They were, the panthers were fourth and goal at the three yard line on their opening possession against Cooper Rush. And you could easily kick kick the field goal there. They went for it through a touchdown at Chuba Hubbard. I mean, they are going for the jugular. And I really like what I'm seeing. And as I sit here and talk, I'm going, no, I think I want to I think I want to go try to get me some Chuba Hubbard. So I don't have like Jonathan was going to be out for six weeks at least. And he doesn't don anything. I mean, this guy is the clear runaway leader of this backfield. If this offense is good, Chuba Hubbard's going to just smash ADP. And by the way, he was a top 12 running back two years ago. Oh, I think he's going to smash ADP already. Yeah, like done, but we're all of the AJ Dylan touches in garbage time. I think so. And they're working out. Austin Neckler today. Yeah, that doesn't bother me. All right. No, I shouldn't bother you. I'm just yeah, yeah, you're right. I should have mentioned it. He had, let's see, he played four snaps, AJ Dylan and they were all, yeah, last five minutes of the fourth quarter. Okay, moving on. I'm sorry. Anything. No. No, I should say that was my biggest disappointment on the waiver wire last night was in the FFT open where I didn't have where I had Jayden Daniels and no QB two. I didn't get Bryce Young. He went for 26%. You got to Sean Watson though. I did get to Sean Watson, which is super nice. It's basically the same thing. We had a take a break. Adam, all your guys are coming back to, to be good. Like who? No, just, just on Watson. Okay, just on Watson. Yeah. You want to, you want to buy him in the dynasty league? We got to take a break. Dave's going to tell you why Tucker Kraft and George Pickens are good by-laws. Jamie's going to tell you why AJ Brown is a, is a good by-law. 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Many areas in New York, Oregon, Washington and the third party online sites. Taxes and fees may apply. All right, putting out a trade-off for now, DJ Moore for Chuba Hubbard. Once that gets rejected, I'll try to sweeten the pot. But what makes you think that's going to get rejected? Because he's injured. But, you know, we'll see. All right. Bilo for Dave, Tucker Kraft and George Pickens. I'll start with Kraft, who saw his route rate basically double from week one into week two. The targets were cut in half from week one to week two. So that part kind of stinks. But I think we're getting the scenario that can make Kraft an important part of this packer's offense. So he's being ramped up. We know he's coming back from an ACL. Jayne Reed is out. We don't know when he's coming back. The run game is a mess. We don't know when Josh Jacobs is going to come back. And if the run game will ever be good, here's the perfect short area target for Jordan Love to lean into. And somebody who could also win further downfield, many examples on film of him gaining big yards after catch. I just can't help but feel like his time is coming where he's going to be able to be a much, much, much better fantasy producer than what we've seen through the first two weeks of the season. The people who drafted Tucker Kraft are probably ticked. They probably went to their waiver wire. There have been a bunch of other tight ends that you could have picked up off the waiver. I think Kraft has the upside to be better than many of those tight ends. And you can get them on the cheap right now. Would you rather have Tucker Kraft or Isaiah likely? I have likely over Kraft, but it's close. They're dead even in non-PPR. So maybe you offer likely and you get Kraft and another player back. Sure. If you can make that work, I don't I worry about how interested people are in Giants players in the wake of Jackson Darts injury. Yeah. It's true. Okay. And then George Pickens, I think we talked about this on the box square. I mean, it just seems like not too much to worry about here. Right. I mean, he's still playing a lot and he's still getting one game with a lot of targets, one game with fewer targets. I do wish he were more involved inside the 10-year-old line, but he had a touchdown opportunity last week on on an out route. And Dak just got hit before he could really throw that ball with accuracy. And if he had thrown it with accuracy, Pickens would have been in the end zone and everybody wouldn't be freaking out. Still a top 12 receiver on the trade chart, but it's borderline. And it's really close. And part of the reason why it's borderline is because Drake London, Lad Makonky, neighbors, they haven't really had monster games. Makonky had one nice game. Drake London hasn't had any nice games. Hopefully that changes this week, but we're still looking for receivers to kind of fill that role. And I think Pickens can still do it. So I would say if you can get him on the cheap, obviously he's somebody that has better days ahead. - Biggest thing I think for Dallas so far is their averaging 53 offensive plays per game. - Yeah. - The last three years with Shotinheimer and Deck, they have been one of the highest-paced offenses in football, average 65 and a half. And they still are a very fast pace. They have one of the highest pace right now. Sixth and pace, but 28th and plays. They barely had the ball on week one against a Giants. - And that's pretty close to where they were last year. Remember how we took that sliver of games where Quinn and Williams was on the defense? - Yeah. - And their defense was better. I think they were averaging around 56 plays per game. So it's a little bit off of that pace, but it's still right around where they were last year. - Okay. - And the receivers were good last year during that, Sam. All right, Jamie, we got Kyle Pits who you discussed. First Kyle Pits or Tucker Kraft ask you that. And then talking to me about AJ Brown and what you expect from him coming back. - I would rather have Tucker Kraft and Kyle Pits right now that could change Thursday night if Pits looks awesome, but I think, I mean, I was drafting Kraft before Pits anyway. This is a perfect opportunity if you're two and no to go try and get AJ Brown. So you're looking at an AJ Brown team. I'm sure there's many of them that are O and two and struggling and certainly needing receiver help and maybe you have something on your bench or another position that could help that manager. So as this continues to go and as you continue to win, that's the type of player you're looking to help you in the stretch run when he's healthy. Hopefully he'll be 100%. So it's the cheap time to get AJ Brown as opposed to having to pay up when he's closer to being back on the field. - So yeah, I think I mentioned this on my Monday show with Jacob and Dan. I'm worried about AJ Brown. Just the hell? Sorry, my phone just screamed at me. - I'm worried about AJ Brown just 'cause this does, like I've given examples of players who have come back from high ankle sprains and been just fine. And I think you look at the way Jeremiah love is running right now, I think he looks great. CD-LAM last year. Sake won Barclay in the past. Jonathan Taylor in the past. All those guys missed about three weeks. This is obviously a more severe high ankle sprain. So I am hesitant to value AJ Brown the way I did before the season started. Not to mention he just lost their right tackle. But I don't know, it's just a guess on my part. I don't feel super confident in that opinion, but I don't know, I'm hesitant to value him. Yeah, I guess so that's the question. Like, let's say, do you think he's going to perform like a second round or when he gets back? Do you think more like a third round or what do you think? - Even if he's a top five round pick, so let's say fourth round, fifth round, you know. You're not, you shouldn't be going into this at this point giving up much because you're trying to help somebody that's got a zero and give yourself a zero for the next at least three to four weeks. But the hope would be is by the time he comes back, your team is in such a great place that you're adding a significant asset to it. So it's just a matter of, you know, what the offers are. You know, so like I have Jalen Coker as a sell high, I wouldn't be selling Jalen Coker for AJ Brown right now. That could change in a few weeks. But that's the type of player I'd be looking to get if I was the AJ Brown manager in that range. Somebody that's on someone's bench or a frustrating start for somebody. But at the same time is a must start for me as the Brown manager and looking at it, does Coker keep this up? And does AJ Brown certainly deliver on what the expectations were prior to the season when he is healthy? So I would guess the six week timeframe is built into what the severity of the ankle injury is because he's eligible to come back in four weeks. So we'll see just when he's going to be activated when he starts to ramp up. But if you're trading for AJ Brown, you're doing so with the idea of, I know my team has playoff capability, the capability to be a playoff contender. And I want to have this player at his best in December. - I'm going to throw one more by-low out there and repeat from last week. I still believe in James and Williams. - You're great. He was somebody I considered mentioning as well. - I think getting to, they were down, they're down their center right now, he's on IR. But they were down two offensive linemen on a short week against Buffalo. I believe both of those guys are going to play this week. So I think better times are ahead for Jared Goff. Remember he had an opportunity to hit Jamo on a big play and got sacked just before he was about to throw it. Actually, I am in the process of making an offer for James and Williams in one of my leagues. And maybe George Pickens is there on the same roster. All right, let's go to some sell highs. Jamie, you got Jalen Coker as a sell high. Oh, why? This is your guy. Ooh, that's a lot of rhyming right there. And you have Dalton Concade as well. Jalen Coker and Dalton Concade. It's just maximizing value for players that haven't done this before. And so if you could turn Jalen Coker into George Pickens, I'm sure a lot of people would be open and excited about doing that. And the George Pickens manager may consider it, probably take a little bit more to sweeten it. But it's just looking at players that were drafted as bench options and turning them into hopeful superstars that are struggling. So it doesn't have to be receiver for receiver. If you don't have the best running back, you still believe in Devon H&N. You want to trade Coker for H&N to an H&N manager that drafted AJ Brown and may have, I don't know, some other receiver concerns based on the injuries, the laundry list as long. And the same thing with Dalton Concade, who was in most cases a late round tight end or a second tight end for a lot of managers. And if your tight end situation is good, it's turning that type of player into something else. I think they're both going to be very good. You just talked about what the Panthers offense is doing right now. It's a very underrated story. You know, we gave Davis Webb a lot of crap for what they looked like in week one. We haven't really talked about canals, gave over play calling duties as well to Brad Ittsik and it's looked great so far. So it's working. The tackles aren't there yet. Bryce Young could get, I don't know, better, but this may be something that's sustainable and Coker looks fantastic right now. He did struggle with injuries last year. He already played through an ankle injury. Dalton Concade, we know about his history and his knee problems. So I hope it's sustainable. Again, I'm not giving them away. I don't think he should be giving them away. I think there's massive upside for both of these guys, but it's just taking them when they're at their peak and maybe turning them into something that was expected to be great and hopefully will be great at the top of the draft that's struggling right now. - Labaconcier, Jaylin Coker. - What? - I think I'd buy it to lab, but that's a little tougher with the rib injury and what he looked like last week. - Would you trade Jaylin? - Is it what he looked like or is it what the whole thing is? - Not the whole thing, it's what he looked like. - Yeah, we're really the offensive line. - I'm gonna look at the most traded list here. Chuba Hubbard is the most traded player in CBS Lee's. How about that? Would you trade Jaylin Coker for Colson Lovelin? - They're about even on the chart. I think I'd rather have Coker. Coker's a little higher than full PPR and half PPR. - I'd rather have Coker. - I'd rather have Coker right now with the Caleb Williams injury for sure. - Okay. Would you rather have Coker or Travis H. Ann? Who's higher on the trade chart? H. Ann. - Coker. - Interesting guys. - Devon H. Ann or Coker? Devon H. Ann. - I'd take the upside of H. Ann. You know I wasn't very excited about that. - So it goes H. Ann Coker, H. Ann. That's what you're saying. - Right. - Dude, we're at Chuba Hubbard injury away from there being the third one. - I know, so what's that other than chat? It's so funny. Well Trevor H. Ann's on IR though, right? - Yeah, yeah. - All right, we got, did you talk about Concade? I'm sorry. I just kind of lumped them together. It's the same theory. It's two players that are awesome right now and should maintain a high level of play, but it's just the uncertainty of either injuries or never doing this before and maximizing value when it's available to you for guys that are probably where drafted as bench players for you in the majority of the case for both of these guys. - He's easily tied in three rest of season. - Oh, is it? - If he stays at this level, absolutely. - I mean, he might be better than that rest of season. - Yeah. - So high if he's tied in three. - Well, again, you're not giving these guys away. There could be some scenarios of you drafted Concade and Kiddle, right? And you're maximizing the value for Concade while Kiddle works his way back. You may have drafted Loveland and Concade. You're not trading Loveland at this point when you have Concade. So there's very different ways that this could have all worked out for you. If you just drafted Concade as your only tied in late, you're thrilled about this. You're not giving him away. So it's just if you have the ability to trade these caliber of players for superstars or struggling superstars or injured superstars that you have faith in rest of season, that's the type of reason to explore trading these guys. - Yeah, okay, but it should be noted that if you have Jalen Coker and Dalton Concade, you've done well and you should expect to be able to start, these are not examples of guys who are off to a hot start and are going to crater. These are examples of guys that we believe in. But you got them really late. You can turn them into somebody who was drafted really early. - Correct. - Concade more so than Coker, but yeah, same theory for both. - Dave Devante Adams and Omari and Hampton. These are some spicy names here. Adams coming off one of his best games ever and Hampton scored in both games. They are on your cell high list. - Let's just repeat it again. This is not cell for what you can get. This is not these guys suck. And so get them off your team. This is cell high. You're trying to maximize the value. It's literally what we've been talking about for years on this show. And Devante Adams having the Smoster game, who was absent for that game for the Rams? It was Pukka Nakua. Do you think we're gonna get games like this from Devante Adams when Nakua is back? Whenever that is. I don't think so. And there's a pretty serious track record, especially of Adams when he's got tougher matchups where he's not nearly as good. Like not even like, 30% as good as what he did in week number two. So I, you have to kind of pull back, but here's a player that you drafted maybe a little bit later on and expectations were a little bit lower and people are desperate for wide receivers. You might be able to get quite a bit for Devon to Adams and Trey. - His next two games are at Denver and at Philadelphia. And look at that. - Perfect example. - But then after that, I don't know about Buffalo, they might be all right. But Buffalo, Arizona, Raiders, Chargers, Commanders, Cardinals. That is an amazing stretch. - It is. - But hold on, just to finish up here. Just what did he do in tough matchups last year? Houston, Philadelphia, and two games against Seattle. He really struggled. He had touchdowns in three of the four games. But as we saw in week one, he wasn't on the field in 13 personnel in goal-to-go situations, which is something he dominated last year that was Pukin'aku in week one. He did score touchdowns, but he had 51, 56, one and 89 yards in those four games. - How many targets did he have in those games? - 8886. - Okay, that's more than I thought he had. - Yeah, and I remember he was shadowed by Stingley. I don't remember anything else there. But yeah, it really resonates with me 'cause he's, Adam's one of my most rostered players, but I can just like get one good game in the next two. I think he could go crazy in the games after that against great matchups, but I could be wrong, you know. Obviously, no Pukin' certainly helped. By the way, I could have no Pukin' this week too. - This is the best call of all though. Of the so high candidates. - But is he because this guy was a top 10 wide receiver last year? - But he's not gonna do this. - He's not gonna do this, but no one thinks he's gonna do this. No one's trading, I don't know that. - Well, you don't know that, Brown for him. - You don't know that though, like. - Oh, you'd be crazy. - Who would you rather have a season? Adam's or Pukin'? - Pukin'. - Okay, well, the Pukin' manager maybe looking to do that because no one's gonna play again. - I don't know about that. - You don't know how Pukin' will take. - Okay, yeah, that's a layup. But who would you rather have, who would you rather have a rest of season? Adam's or Pukins? - Pukins. - Pukins. - Pukins. - And all you have to do is go back to week one and saw what Devata Adams did in that game and realized that that's the kind of floor he had. - That's with Matthew Salford. - That was a horrible game for the Rams. Horrible game for the Rams. Matthew's, everyone was like. - I love Sean McVeigh stick, by the way. Hopefully he does it. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Yeah, that was fun. - All right, hand in hand. - Well, I do think, if we're gonna say, he's a seven target per game wide receiver. We know that he's a dynamite player in the red zone. He's gonna get looks for touchdowns. He's gonna be a number two wide receiver rest of season, and that's how he's valued on the trade chart. But if you can turn him into a top 15 receiver, or better, he had a top 15 running back, top three tight end, like you're helping yourself. This is presuming that you've got other wide receivers that you can roll with. - Yeah. Again, you're not giving him away, but this is maximizing the value of someone who's taken advantage of an injury on his team. - I know, I'm not treating him. We need to give a specific example, which is because I, I mean, I think it should be obvious. Don't give him away. But I think when you say trade-em for pickens, extremely realistic. And the fact that all three of you said that, that is great, actionable advice, that you'd still rather have pickens over Devon. - Would you, I think you'd have to throw in something with Adams to get pickens too. - I don't think so. - And another easy target for me would be Nico Collins. - Yeah. - Okay. - Same exact thing. - I don't love trading for injured players, but I wouldn't, I would not trade him straight up for AJ Brown. I would not trade up for Richie Rice. I would not trade him straight up for Jameson Williams. If you wanted some running backs, I wouldn't trade him straight up for Tutin. - Would you trade up for Bucky Irving? - H-Anne. - Travis H-Anne. Would I trade him straight up for Bucky Irving? Yeah. - Okay. - I like the way Bucky's looked so far. He's the best part of the Bucks offense. - Yeah, but I think that's a buy high, right? Bucky Irving? - Yeah. - Yeah. - Amari and Hampton. Give me real quick on Hampton because he hasn't spoken in like 30 minutes. - Top 20 in PPR points per game. Top 12 in touch as per game. The offensive line is so bad. And you can kind of cherry pick around his biggest plays and see that he's just not an efficient runner. Fumble in each of his first two games. One of them was an embarrassing fumble. Kind of needed touchdowns to get good numbers. I would be Leary of Amari and Hampton turning it on and being a top 12 running back rest of season. - His schedule sucks. Buffalo, I don't know, that could be fine. Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, by Rams, Houston, Ravens. That's getting, then you got New England after that. This schedule sucks for Hampton. Wow. Yeah, this is one, this is an eye opening one here, which of course is funny for me to say because my eye can't open. If you've been noticing, I have weird eye. But Heath, so you guys laughing, we had to see as I have no idea what that was about. - I thought he said he'd talk. - No, I said Heath hasn't spoken in 30 minutes so Dave go quick so Heath can get-- - All right, all right, all right. So Heath can rip the chargers. - No, Heath, go ahead on Diggs and Shock. Stefan Diggs and Tyler Shock are your cell highs. - I'd still like to hear his opinion on Hampton and his teammates to be honest. Okay. - Yeah, I think I went with the lower end cell high guys, but Stefan Diggs has three touchdowns in two games and he's still playing like 60% of the offensive snaps and I think you should probably see if someone thinks that Stefan Diggs is a must start wide receiver again and try to trade him to that person. We just had three quarterbacks get hurt. Tyler Shock was drafted as your QB2. He's put up great numbers with miserable first halfs and great second halfs. It's kind of the Jacobi Per Set experience so far. And I think that's the type of guy that like somebody's running to the waiver wire and they miss Bryce Young and they had to schedule for Deshawn Watson. And you say, you know what, I've got Tyler Shock. He can be your QB1. Look, he's QB7 right now and they're throwing all the time and he's gonna be awesome. And go improve one of your other starting positions and then just find somebody else to be your QB2. Stefan Diggs is fifth in target per out run rate. It actually looks a lot like last year except he's got these three touchdowns. It's not playing a time but he's heavily targeted. So Heath, I'm kind of approaching him like, maybe. Yeah, I mean, I could love to sell high for, I don't know, Diggs ends somebody for pickins or whatever, you know. But I'm fine just keeping them. I don't think this is gonna be a good week for him. But yeah, I think it'll be a flex, right? I think he'll be, he might be a wide receiver three with a flex and a two wide receiver lead, yes. But he's got the name and Jamie talks about this a lot. Like a lot of times the guy with the all pro name that are currently producing like an all pro can get you more than they're worth in a trade. Devon Day Adams probably falls into that too. He's obviously higher on the trade chart than Diggs is. But listen, Diggs is right now performing as a top 12 wide receiver. We've got a lot of years of Diggs being a top 12 wide receiver. There might be somebody in your league who believes he's a top 12 wide receiver. Did you guys watch Devon Day Adams? Like, oh, he was incredible. He's a awesome, yes, yes. He's still a great player. I mean, I know the catch rate and the yards and all that stuff was bad last year, but this guy can still play. He can get open. Do you think that that changes anything for the offense when Polka's back? No. No. No. No. All right. And that's why I can't get that excited about Terrence Ferguson because I think he goes back to a limited role when Polka's back. If Terrence Ferguson is just 10% better than Colby Parkinson, you win. Do you win what? Because of we Parkinson was a streaming tight end last year. So like you get getting a great, huh? Not really. I mean, he was. He was too. I mean, he was a little bit, but not on a consistent basis. Remember the Seattle game, but everybody bought it. Colby Parkinson averaged 8.7 points. So he's 10% better. Be 9.6 points. That would be a win at where he was drafted. Exactly. Be okay. All right. Let's take a break. We'll talk about Atlanta and Green Bay. Dave, we missed you with the Thursday night theme song last week. We'll break it out when we come back on Fantasy Football today. All right. Thursday night football. Atlanta. Green Bay. Na na na na na na. Who's Vanessa? Vanessa Franco, man. One of our diehard fans. She sings along to the theme song. Oh, okay. Stat of the game that probably doesn't matter. But surprised me. The Falcons are third in pressure rate while being second to last in Blitz rate according to true media. And pro football reference has an eighth in pressure rate with the fifth lowest blitz rate. And that's the thing about pressure rate. Like it's a little subjective, but they are getting pressure without blitzing on a team that we thought would have one of the lowest pressure rates in football. That's impressive. And they were second and sax last year, but that's surprising to me. And it's, I think it's relevant because we got some offensive line issues for this Packer's team. And they're on a short week here. And it's that of the game that hopefully continues. The Packers have been top four in pass rate in each of the first two weeks. Heath, how do you see this game playing out? Um, you know, I think that we're going to see a better Falcons offense. And it may be even more encouraging in the passing game in the second half because they're going to be chasing points. I think that Christian Watson and Matthew Golden and Drake London are all must start wide receivers. You're obviously starting B. John craft. I would start over pits. I'm not super excited about either one this week. Jordan loves a borderline top 12 quarterback. When you say you're not super excited about Tucker craft, do you think he's just the kind of guy that you just kind of have to start him because he's going to be. going to have some big plays and big games and he's going to have some bad games too. For the most part, yeah, like this week is kind of interesting just because we had so many surprising tight ends emerge that I think you might have some, some tough decisions if you've got somebody else's you're tied into. But most people are just going to start tougher craft. And for one, if there is something that's encouraging, they've given up touchdowns to in every game to tight end so far. Pat Friday, and we've won and two to Darren Waller last week. So you have no Jay and Reed taking away whatever amount of targets, you know, target percentage that that's going to be there is David alluded to previously with the, you know, trading for him. And this feels like an opportunity for a get right game for the Packers passing game. And I say that just coming off last week because they were great in week one. But that was against a team that pressure is quite a bit as well from the Vikings and Jordan love handled it. Fantastic. They can't run the ball. So unless you're buying into this is going to be the game they get right running the ball, which it could, I don't think the Falcons defense has got a lot of reasons to fear anything. But I don't know, this feels like a Jordan love game. It feels like a get right game going back home, two straight games on the road for them. I'm hoping that it's a shoot out from the standpoint of the Packers, build a lead in the Falcons. Finally, look like the Falcons offense that we were hoping to see. And, you know, they're all their main weapons because Bijon is such a significant factor in the passing game. You know, he comes to play also. But, you know, calling, calling Tucker craft, like I think he's nailed it. There's so many different tight end options. You can look at this week between Friar Mooth's history against the Bengals and what he could do there. And Terrence Ferguson, if there is no Bucca and Hunter Henry and, you know, the potential that he has, Joanne Johnson, like there's just so many different options that, you know, you may be able to pivot to Dalton Schultz. If you are in a league, we're still available. So I don't think it's a slam dunk. You have to start Tucker craft. But there's plenty of reasons for opt to be optimistic about it this week. I'll give you one more. Atlanta plays single high at a very high rate. And I think they do deserve credit for having a good pass rush. And that's something that we really didn't think that they'd have. And here they are getting some pressure on the quarterback last year. And this is the last year's step. A Tucker craft had an amazing target for route run rate against single high coverage. The reason why Atlanta does it is to try and stop the run. Last year, when they didn't have AJ Terrell, they leaned even more into single high coverage. And it's the same defensive play callers. It was last year. I know they changed coaching staffs, but they kept Jeff Ulberg. I think that there are some huge opportunities for Tucker craft building from week one to week two in terms of just playing more week two to week three, getting back on track with targets and making some plays. I think it all comes together this week. Top 10 tie down for me. Yeah, just interesting. If the Falcons play single high to stop the run, are they going to do that against a Packers team that can't run? But I think it's just what they do. I don't think it's I don't think that they're going to suddenly change what they do. And they play some too high. Every defense doesn't stay static. But I do think that it's just the majority of the snaps that they'll play will be single high unless they play some early too high. And they're really successful with it. Then they may be pivot, maybe. But otherwise I buy into just what we've seen. This is what the spots say on the leopard skin. So, or maybe what the feathers are on the Falcon, given the bird versus our closes more. All right, let's let's read some chat questions real quick. We'll come back to this game, but stark Drake, Drake London or Luther Burton London, London, we're just start London this week. Okay. Forget about what you've seen the first two weeks as it pertains to London. And sort of what it pertains to picks the trash cracker with London with Michael Pentax is really good. Yeah, but Pentax is coming off another serious injuries, shaking off the rust, but still we're going to start Drake London, start Tucker Kraft or Isaiah likely. Like, I have likely one spot higher, likely. Sorry, Kraft or Kittle. I'd go Kittle. I've got Kraft higher. I've got Kraft higher, but these guys are a coin flip for me, especially Evans is up. Oh, yeah, I think if Evans is out, then Kittle gets the nod. Right. Thursday that we were not going to know that by Thursday. One of the differences is just it could this could change in week three, but in week two, Tucker Kraft ran 85% of the routes. George Kittle ran about 50% I think. Um, Kraft or Laporta? Sam Laporta. Matthew Golden or Denzel Boston? Golden. Agreed. Uh, Matthew Golden or Jalen Koker? Koker. Matthew Golden or, um, all right, let me, let's talk about Matthew Golden, then I'll come up with some comps. Uh, how about Josh Downs or Matthew Golden? Golden. I've got Golden one spot ahead of Koker. I go downs over Golden. How about Bazel Tutton against the Patriots or Golden or Golden? Golden Golden. Golden and full PPR. So you guys are pretty confident in him. You have him ranked in the top 24. Uh, Jamie, why the confidence in Matthew Golden didn't have a great game, 9.8 fantasy points last week. No, but I think we get closer to what we saw on week one, not 12 targets, but just more opportunities. Again, no Jane Reed. So you're looking at a situation here where there should be concentrated targets to the three main guys. We love that. Uh, beat up secondary for the Falcons. Not a very good secondary for the Falcons when even when they're 100%. And so I'm hoping that we just get some, some shots down the field and some, you know, explosives from a player that's capable of doing it. And so it's, uh, I don't remember what it was, but after week one, like five times in his career, we've had at least five targets. He's got at least 11 PPR points. So the floor is kind of safe because you kind of know he's going to get opportunities given the, the state of the receiving core here for, uh, for Green Bay. Um, I think he's just a given the, the state of receivers and the matchup that he has, he's in easy number two receivers. Okay. And Christian Watson is more like a number one receiver this week. We're going to keep starting him and that brings us to Jordan love because we're not starting any Packers running backs and we are starting B John and we're starting London and Kyle. Well, I don't know if we talked about pits, but he's 11th for Jamie 15th for day of 15th for Heath. That was as of yesterday 13th for Jacob. Uh, if you have any pits, questions, fire away. I see Jordan love or Bryce Young. Young. Okay. How about Jordan love or Geno Smith at Detroit? Love. Love. Oh, love. Jordan love or Dak Prescott against the Ravens. Dak. Agreed. How about shock against the Raiders or love? Uh, I love one spot. I have shock hire. How about Jordan love versus Matthew Stafford at Denver? Love. I have love one spot hire. Okay. You know, I could take the, you know, the Michael Jackson song, um, what's the one's like, which they will be there. We talked about the River Jordan. I could make a Jordan love song. What do you think? Why are you trying to make songs? Okay. That's it for the Packers DST starter set. I don't mind them. It's the match up. Yeah. Third borderline. Like the Niners better. I have the Niners right behind them. Uh, nine years all day. All week. What about all month? How about Patriots at Jacksonville? Patriots DST, Jags DST or Packers DST? Patriots, Packers, Jacks. Interesting. I'll have the Packers the highest. All right. Say it. He wants to say the Patriots. Um, I do have the Patriots the highest, but also, I think the idea that somebody has the Patriots, the Packers and the Jacks defenses to make a decision is a little hellish. The waiver wire. I'm like, you have the Patriots. You could pick up the Packers. You have the Jaguars. That kind of thing. All right. Let's go to the warrior. Oh, that's it for Thursday night football. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. All right. We got the worryometer. We got grade the trade and the show. Cole trickle is putting Terry McClure and on the worryometer on a scale of zero to 100 on our cool slick looking worryometer. Where are you guys on Terry McClure and Jamie Dave Heath? It's, uh, 100, right? Yep. Um, I haven't seen this. What's cool? 17% Wow. That's pretty low. I'm a chlorine. All right, Dave. I'll go higher. I'll say 33.3%. Uh, 28%. I think we got to put it at like the 26th, 27 range there on Terry McClure and, uh, why not more concerned on Terry McClure and Jamie? Well, I, I think we're going to get some situations where they're throwing the ball a lot because of their defense and just, you know, game script. And I was encouraged by McClaurth last week. I was discouraged in week one, but I was encouraged last week. And I know it's Jane Daniels to going from Jane Daniels to Mario. I don't know how much of a dropout that is to be honest with you in terms of how, Mark, how McClaurth will perform because Mario will give him chances to produce at a lower level, but still enough that I think you could just still starting to me. He was a number three receiver. I'm still starting was number three receiver. So I didn't really have high expectations once they signed stuff on digs. So I, I don't know, the, the, the targets last week were more encouraging to me and the, it felt like they were just trying to get him involved. Okay. Yeah. He's got a 30% catch rate, 31%. That's obviously ridiculous. And three almost touchdowns last week. But that was Dallas. You know, he's got Seattle. Then maybe sauce gardener of the week after that. There's good ones. There's bad matchups for him. - All right, this is from Mr. Not So Wonderful. - Ooh, get out of here, dude. We don't like you. - Warriorometer on Drake May for the whole season. Drake May. - 53%. - 49%. - 46%. - Ooh, okay. - We're all in the same neighborhood. - 50, let's go, we'll call it 50%, whatever, right around 50% worried. Dave, why are we worried about Drake May? - AJ Brown, gone for a month. The rest of the receiving core, kind of a question mark. Offensive line, took a hit, losing their right guard already. May himself, looking terrible in week one, looking a little bit better in week two, just seems a little messy in New England, and it's tough to look at Drake May the same as we did during the run up to fantasy drafts. - Do you guys think he's gonna be just a massive bust? - I think it's gotta be in consideration if we're thinking that there's a 50% chance that we're, I mean, that he's a 50% on the Warriorometer. What does that mean? Adam, what does that mean? - That means I'm not starting him. That means if he's a 50% on the Warriorometer, means I'm genuinely concerned, that I am not going to have a usable, startable player in Drake May, that he's just gonna be a bust. - And if we, if he were at 100%, we'd probably just say to drop him. - Yeah. I think so. - So is this a Warriorometer or a Dropometer? - It's a Warriorometer. - I think if you like your team, and you are comfortable with Tyler Shocker, Bryce Young, depending on what your other quarterback situation looks like, this is a good trade candidate, because he has not played well for a while. Mostly it's against the playoff teams, and the first two games of the season, which are Seattle and Pittsburgh. And so while the schedule is still not as favorable as it was last year, once he gets AJ Brown back, there's still the potential of what we thought he was going to be coming into the season. So if you're looking for a playoff caliber fantasy option, that you can get as cheap as he'll probably be, this is the type of guy to go get. - I want to change my answer. He's like a 70% on the Warriorometer. I'm pretty worried about what he'll be. Restful season. - Okay. All right, this next one is from Savini. Jalen Warren and Quincheon Judkins will go, Jalen Warren, first, he let's say, let's say, Dowdall at most misses one game, right? That's not a factor, let's just say. How worried are you about Jalen Warren? - Zero percent. - Right, yeah, well, it's not much to worry about, I think. In fact, he's been so much better than Rico Dowdall, and maybe he starts getting more carries. But how about Judkins? - 35%. - Dave Judkins. - 50%. - Heath, oh, Jamie. - 42% on Judkins zero and Warren. - All right, so Judkins is, yeah, 42% right around there. But encouraging that he's been more involved in the passing game. He ran 46% of the routes. Four straight games dating back to last year with a route participation rate over 40%. He did not do that in any of the first 12 games of his career, though he did come close in some of them. And he has four or more targets and three of his last four games dating back to 2025. So that's not bad for Judkins. Sorry, if you listen to Monday's show, I already said that stuff. But it has been a tough start. If you were drafting today, what round do you think for Quinch on Judkins? - Seven the earliest. - Six. - Six. - All right, you're gonna have 'em. We just got a game where the game script was relatively favorable for him, and he didn't even get 10 PPR points. And this one is from Travis, both H&Ns. Let's start with Travis H&N. Let's start with Devon, let's start with Devon H&N. I'll try to fish out this stat from Ryan Heath at fantasy points about Devon H&N. While I do that, Heath, Dave Jamie, zero to a hundred, worryometer for Devon H&N. - 35%. - I'll go higher than that, I'll say 55%. 20%? - Well, so that's weird, 'cause Jamie was the low guy on him. - Well, this is what I expected, though, so I'm not worried. - Right, and I had higher expectations, so I'm more worried. - Well, you didn't expect them to be bad, though. - No. - Oh. - I mean, I didn't expect them to be this bad, but I expected this situation to be bad, and this situation's bad. This is one of the worst offenses that we've seen in a very long time. - Okay, a couple of things from Ryan Heath. Excluding Neal, Sacks, Crambles, and Throwaways, the Miami Dolphins are averaging 46.5 plays per game this year. The worst full season mark in the fantasy points data era belongs to the 2025 Raiders at 50.1. So there's that, they're gonna run more plays. And then two, it was specifically about H&N, and basically his usage, anyone getting his usage is almost guaranteed to be, you know, have like a floor, God, I wish I remember what it was exactly. Have a floor higher than much higher than this, like a good floor. Basically, it was screaming by low on Devon H&N. But, you know, look, we got unique circumstances here. They haven't run a play inside the five yard line, and maybe they've run one. So, yeah, they've run one in two games. You actually gotta carry it at the two yard line, and God, stop for a loss. But- - And look, the pro and Con of it, pro for Devon H&N, Con for Malik Welles, is he's not, there's not a lot of design runs at all. So, they are not giving him the things that I thought were gonna be a problem for H&N. He's been more involved in the passing game than I expected. - 11 targets through two games. - Actually, how about this? So far, he's on pace for 264 carries, Devon H&N. Last year, he had 238 in 16 games. He's on pace for 60 catches. Last year, he had 67 in 16 games. So, it's lower, for sure, but it's still 60 catches. Just the efficiency hasn't been as good, and it's especially- - It's great. - It's great, 3.5 yards per rush is decidedly not Devon H&N. - Yeah, he'll have a blow up game at some point, and you'll either decide that this is the time to trade him, or you'll think that this is the beginning of something. It's just, this is a very bad team, and I'm hoping for their sake, it's by design, to just load up for 2027, find your quarterback, and make that the starting point of what your reset is for your franchise. It was not going to be a good year for H&N. I'm convinced it's going to be a bad year for him, based on where he was drafted. I'm still hopeful that the workload will get him to some quality performances. I just don't know where the ceiling will be for him over the course of the year. - And I think I hate his upcoming schedule. Chiefs, Vikings, Bengals, who have clearly a good run defense, and then a buy. So, I don't know if now is the best time to go get Devon H&N, but he is Devon H&N. We can always make your week in one play. And we'll do one more here on the worryometer, and we'll go with Rishi. Oh, Travis, sorry, Travis H&N, Travis H&N. - I mean, just 75%. - I put him in the chamber, so I have a Devon. - It makes no sense. - Make any sense. - Well, you know, it would probably help if he would do something. - Give him a chance, give him the ball. - He's averaging 4.2 yards per carry. - Yeah, it's a little fluky. He had one long run on a give of a play. Same with-- - I hate that that Alan Camarra injury happened when it happened because I was so out on track with H&N. And then just, okay, here he's going to be the guy. It just like you sign him the first day free agency opens. You make Alan Camarra jump through hoops and restructures contract to stay. The first week of the season, you split touches with Kendra Miller. Then you make Miller a healthy scratch. And then Camarra comes back and you give him all that work. It just makes no sense whatsoever. - I think you have to hope for the coaching staff realizing, okay, and they probably knew it already because of all the hoops they made Camarra jump through. But they recognize that Camarra just can't do what he used to do. And they put him into the Marvin Harrison closet of you're going to play some, but you're not going to get the ball much. And then all those opportunities fall into H&N's lap. But he's never been a super explosive back in the NFL. Certainly not even last year. He just got a lot of work. And I think you have to hope for him getting a lot of work in the Si Powered Saints offense. You got to touch on taking off the board last week if that accounted, you'd feel a little bit better about H&N. I think that he will be able to be helpful. But where were we driving him? Or at least round three, four somewhere in that range? I don't know if he's ever going to, he might get close to that. He might act like a fifth-rounder and a low-end RB-2. But I don't know if he's going to be top 15 type of running back. Do you feel like this is the lowest point of Travis H&N's value? Could clearly we can't think he's going to be as good as we thought? But do you think that this is the belly? Yeah, maybe. And that maybe you can go get him. Yes, I'm going to say yes. So this is-- Name that movie. I think you can go get him now. Oh. Yeah, you're a superman too. You want me to go get him? No. Let's see how he reacts. Interesting. I think you can go get him-- I guess, Major League. Rick Vaughn. Yes, yes, yes, yes. All right, that's great. Some trades. He the ever-seed Major League. Yeah, I've seen Major League a few times. - You think there has? Yes, no chance. All right. I'll say yes double or nothing on our dollar bet. Okay. Okay. I've already want to know with scar face There's no chance you see it Major League. I love this game. We have to do this every day Great the trade from Lewis Colston, Loveland and Antonio Williams I have Terrence Ferguson and Aronde Gatsden at tight end For Harold, Fanon, Jr. and Jamison Williams. So Loveland and Antonio Williams for Harold, Fanon and Jamison will love it Love it. The Williams side wins the Jamison side wins Jonathan Brooks placed on fire. Okay So he David's giving that trade an A it seems and frankly not shocking B be for Heath and One move on Justin from a city in northeast Pennsylvania Allentown. I don't know if that's northeast send send the Andre Swift received Brock Bowers See a minus Getting Bowers, that's a win. I Just don't know what to expect from Bowers exactly. It's a real question mark I tell I feel this week, but I think that he's going when he gets healthy Yeah, if you get healthy last year because I say I was gonna say just rewind to rewind to 2025 and the same things And when he gets healthy, he'll just be amazing. I mean, I think he was I remember Azar Stadding some I wasn't that wrong about Brock Bowers because he averaged 16 points per game in his healthy games or something Yeah, he had he had one huge game. Yeah, the 40 point game against Jackson. Well, let me ask you this if you got Last year's version of Brock Bowers like after he came back from missing the two games or whatever it was when would you rather have that or Swift? Swift yeah Okay, but there's a reason to think it'll be better than that. All right, Jayman in New York give Hampton Rice and Mayfield Hampton Rice and Baker Mayfield is a two-cubi league by the way Get scatiboo flowers and shock. Oh, that's a win Sorry, keep going Give it a grade in your voice get that high I've never tried Really are you minus? He's really no damn. Oh, yeah, that's he said is that the one with Rosie O'Donnell Then he said he's just kidding. He said he's just good. Okay, but he's never seen it. No All right, this is from Eli $2 now. Yeah, that's great. Eli Spangler 12 team half PPR I got offered Rishi Rice for my Parker Washington No, keep Parker The D for me Yeah, I'll say C minus I think I There's there's some encouraging things in the Rishi rice that I think it could be better but It's slightly prefer Parker Washington I like he's been he's been very efficient in this new role So he had a 31 yard catch at the very end of regulation where they just let him run And I think that that kind of helped but I thought he looked like crap in week one and I thought he looked better in week two I thought the in-breaking route look good. I think Xavier Worthy still looks terrible But Parker Washington looks like he's one of the best receivers in football right now He's saying Lee good Like this guy unbelievable all right from Tanner is this a by-low opportunity? I'm a leak neighbors should I trade DJ Moore to get Malik neighbors? I'm two and oh If your shoulders, okay, I would say yes, we don't know if it is, but it's also we don't know the DJ more shoulders Okay, so I guess that's fair. Yeah, I'd rather neighbors. I would too, but it's close between the two of them Very close I was really upset really disappointed with DJ Morris usage in week two even before he got hurt He just failed enough right all right last one here from Mike Well, he got he got banged up in week one. Maybe that was part of the reason why maybe From Mike like Mike Mike Mike 2-0 with Bowers supposedly coming back. I have John Johnson So I offered Devonte Smith and John Johnson for Drake London and Colston, Loveland It doesn't need you on Johnson his Bowers. It's a bee Like the upside of having Loveland in case and I think It's London even London and Devonte are close enough Okay All right, that's it for today's show. Thank you very much for watching and listening everybody tomorrow we will break down the aFC home games and Yeah, that's all I got for you. Talk to you later. Really versus fantasy Wednesday evening on YouTube Yes, we will talk about the Bears. We will talk about the Chargers. We will talk about Cajun honey butter wings really yeah, they sound gross. Oh, yeah, they sound good I guess that's what Scott Turner who's got more insight than all of us could buy so that's what you definitely want to listen to and Dave Jamie and Heathrow on CBS Sports Network at noon eastern tomorrow, and I am off to the automatres Tomorrow. See you later. 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Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Drake London shows more promise than Kyle Pits due to consistent target volume and explosive plays from Michael Pinnix.
  2. Chuba Hubbard is emerging as a top-tier running back despite low carries, driven by a high-passing offense and strong fantasy upside.
  3. Tucker Kraft is seen as a breakout target with a significant increase in route rate and target share after returning from injury.
  4. AJ Brown’s return is uncertain due to a severe high-ankle sprain, leading to caution in trading for him despite potential upside.
  5. Jalen Coker and Dalton Concade are identified as high-value bench players with strong recent performances and upside for trade.
  6. The Falcons’ aggressive passing attack and pressure rate are key factors in their improved offensive efficiency.
  7. Packers’ offensive line struggles and short-week schedule create favorable matchups for wide receivers like Christian Watson and Tucker Kraft.
  8. Several players, including Devante Adams and Jonathan Brooks, are flagged as high-risk due to injury concerns or performance inconsistencies.

Summary:

The fantasy football preview highlights key player developments and trade opportunities ahead of Thursday night football. Drake London is viewed as a more reliable pick than Kyle Pits due to consistent targets and explosive plays from Michael Pinnix. Chuba Hubbard, despite limited carries, is expected to dominate due to a high-volume passing offense and strong fantasy upside.

Tucker Kraft emerges as a breakout candidate with a sharp rise in route rate and target share, making him a top trade option. AJ Brown’s return is heavily questioned due to a severe ankle injury, raising concerns about his performance. Jalen Coker and Dalton Concade are praised as undervalued bench players with strong performances and upside, prompting calls for trades.

The Falcons’ aggressive passing game and pressure rate are seen as strengths, particularly against the Packers’ weak offensive line. Packers’ struggles with the run game and short week open opportunities for wide receivers like Christian Watson and Tucker Kraft. Players such as Devante Adams and Jonathan Brooks face risk due to injury or inconsistent performance.

The show emphasizes maximizing value through strategic trades—selling high on underperforming players (like Coker and Concade) and buying low on high-upside players (like Hubbard and Kraft). Trade charts and injury updates are key tools for decision-making, with fantasy managers advised to stay flexible, prioritize value, and consider game scripts and matchup dynamics. Overall, the focus is on identifying emerging value, managing risk, and capitalizing on short-term opportunities before the season’s early games stabilize.

FAQs

It's unlikely to be a good trade. Chuba Hubbard has strong upside and is expected to perform well, especially as the offensive line struggles. H&N is currently getting more attention on trade charts, but trading him for Hubbard straight up is not recommended due to the lack of immediate value and the risk of losing a proven back.

Yes, Drake London is more consistently valued than Kyle Pits. London has shown strong performance with Michael Punia, and the Falcons are using more passing plays, which benefits London. Pits is still underperforming with limited route depth, but there is potential for improvement.

Yes, if you're willing to buy low. Love has averaged 12.5 touches per game and may see an increase in touches in the second half. While he hasn’t had a breakout yet, he’s on track to become a top-20 running back and could be a valuable asset if you're looking for a bargain.

Jalen Coker and Dalton Concade are top sell-high picks. Both are performing well despite injury histories and were drafted late, making them valuable trade assets. They are expected to improve and could be traded for higher-tier players in need of upside.

Yes, especially with the Packers’ run game struggling and the absence of key players. Kraft has seen a significant increase in targets and route participation, and with the Falcons’ aggressive passing game, he could be a top-10 target this week.

Only if you have a strong team with playoff potential. Brown’s recovery timeline is uncertain, and he’s at risk of underperforming. It’s better to wait and evaluate his performance before making a trade, especially if you’re not already in a playoff position.

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