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Week 2 Matchups + WHEEL OF SHAME! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/18

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Week 2 Matchups + WHEEL OF SHAME! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/18

The Fantasy Footballers podcast highlights a high-impact Week 2 NFL landscape, focusing on standout performances and major injury reports. Josh Allen’s dominant start with 248 yards and three touchdowns, including two rushing touchdowns, solidifies his status as a top fantasy quarterback. The Lions’ defense delivered a massive performance, shutting down the Bills and proving to be a formidable unit, though defensive injuries could hinder their consistency. Multiple key players face injury setbacks: DJ Moore is out with a sprained AC joint, Nico Collins and Lad McConkey are sidelined, and others like Christian McCaffrey and Jaylen Waddle are under scrutiny due to health and utilization concerns. The panel analyzes matchups, emphasizing that early-season data is still limited and that defenses like the Bills and Saints are showing vulnerability. Fantasy decisions hinge on injury updates, team depth, and offensive schemes—especially with the Chiefs, Raiders, and Dolphins facing tough schedules. The podcast notes that while some players like Dalton Kincey and Ken Coleman have been impactful, others remain risky due to injuries or inconsistent usage. A recurring theme is the need for patience in early-season matchups, as true team dynamics and defensive trends take time to emerge. The hosts stress the importance of monitoring injury reports and adjusting lineups accordingly, with a focus on players like Jalen Waddle, Ken Walker, and Devon HN as potential breakout picks. The discussion also touches on the value of early-season performance, noting that players like Caleb Douglas and Michael Wilson show promise but remain unproven in high-stakes games. Ultimately, the episode underscores the volatility of fantasy football in the first two weeks, where injuries, injuries, and unpredictable matchups dominate decision-making.

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Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome in. Oh, brother. Oh, brother. Friday, September 18th, the Fantasy Footballers podcast. You're getting you're ready for the weekend. Oh, get out of here, Jason. You're booing me. It's not fair. It's jealousy. It's disgusting. It's absolutely disgusting. Well, we didn't get, I mean, we didn't get a hundred, didn't even get into the game. 113 points. I heard. I heard 72 points last year. You heard. I heard and the people heard how long his intro was, how much flourish was in that introduction. He is so happy. And then of course, I am happy for the fantasy football players out there that had lions and bills that weren't name D.J. More and James and William the stallion is just did you have any Andy? I did have some. Yeah, which three I did. I had Josh Allen. Oh, OK, I had almond Ross Saint Brown. Oh, a couple of studies. And then the lowest score on my team, kind of a stinker must be a bad player. Jamire Gibbs. Yes. So I have 103 fantasy points on Thursday with three players. Well, I mean, look, this is not. I don't think anybody would be a Josh Allen and Jamire Gibbs and almond Ross Saint Brown had a nice afternoon evening in Buffalo at high mark stadium. What a game it was. Josh Allen 248 and three with two more rushing touchdown 69 rushing yards and now has nine touchdown zero turnovers through two weeks. I think that's an MVP start so far. Oh, it certainly is. He seems unstoppable right now. The lion's defense seems unstoppable in a different way. Hey, they're back for us. Thank you Detroit. Yeah, they. Sorry Detroit fans because that's not going to work out. 4131 bills. Jared Goffa was a spot start. He ended up with a monstrous game. I mean, four touchdowns 327 yards in the comeback attempt. Gibbs just 16 for 52 on the ground. They bottled them up after Montgomery scored thrice against Buffalo last week. But Gibbs had six for 61 through the air. How to touchdown. I'm on raw has been. He's got four touchdowns through two weeks. 13 targets. Jamison Williams. Yeah, I was going to say almond Ross picking up for the slack of Jamison Williams who is goodness gracious. Get it together, man. Two for 33 for JMO and other drop in this one. Dalton Kincaid seven for 95. You saw DJ more go out early in this one. That was that was a huge bummer. I mean, everybody played DJ more after last week. And he dropped the ball in the end zone and ends up with an AC joint sprain leaves the game doesn't come back. I think you technically had negative fancy points because he had like one carry for negative one yards. And the latest report there. You know, will he be available this week? I'm leaving no, but it could happen. And he's it's not a broken collarbone. That was a fear that I mean, it seems like good news. Honestly, like to be like, Oh, you're hurt, but when he was crumpled, we all, if you we've all watched football long enough to be like, Oh, it's collarbone enemy. You're like, OK, what's the collarbone six weeks or more? Yeah. So it did the fact that you're like, Oh, maybe one game. That would be very good news. Yeah, James Cook was awesome 21 for 135 and one, although he did have a couple of the like they gave him his touchdown. Finally, at the end of that game, but that previously it was Alan a couple of times around the goal line. But he was great. And and I don't I don't have any stress going into the weekend anymore. I mean, this is this is wild. Yeah, the the Lions defensive performance in this game, though, does. I mean, I said it this morning in our slack channel. I was like, this this helps me understand Baltimore minus eight and a half at home because the Lions right defense through two weeks is a sieve. And you look at what shocked it in the second half. And it was awesome. But going to Baltimore against the different defense will be more of a challenge. I kind of get it. But this is how our like this is you need multiple weeks of data to kind of start to fill in, you know, the answers to these defenses that are good and which ones are bad. And well, they ended up the Lions ended up with more defensive injuries, which is going to hurt them going forward. However, you also have to account for the fact that this is the bills. Like it's not just, oh, they're a sieve are the Texans. No, you know, the Texans just got all by the bill. So maybe it's both and the Saints and shock are really good. It's still still really small sample. But they did give up 71 points through two weeks. And so yeah, it's it is both and pay attention. Try to remember all of it over the next couple of weeks because once you're a month into the season. I think you you really could start playing match. And really could start playing matchups and understanding what, you know, where things are at two matchups little early. Yeah, this was this was awesome. What a game is I mean, it delivered delivered the magic awesome. And, you know, beautiful new stadium. Game was electric. It was awesome that the Lions kept it close enough to where the bills had to had to keep playing. That was my worry halfway through the game. If you had Lions players, you're like, well, even them going out there and scoring on that last drive and going on site. I wasn't sure they were going to try to score on that drive. When it went into the half, it was like, Oh, this game is over. There's not going to be anything from the Lions. The Lions are going to disappoint, you know, universally. I had to watch the game afterwards. I had my son's show. So I knew what was going to happen. Like I knew the score at halftime. I knew, you know, that the bills won and then watching it after knowing that it's like, this guy good replay value because these guys are awesome. And don't concade genuinely. I think is one of the biggest stories eight targets seven for 95. He's getting the yardage. He's getting the targets. He's getting everything that we had hoped and dreamed use, you know, is my embarrassing. You talked about concade all off season as, you know, hey, this guy is not dealing with these chronic injuries he's dealt with in the past. And yeah, it's two weeks. Stay healthy, Dalton. But right now he's delivering on your promise. And there was even more. Like there were the Dawson Knox touchdown was a design play for Dalton concade. Josh Allen was was booting out. But the defender wise it out of three. That defender had to choose between three things. And so he chose the right guy. Yeah. Yes. The rookie. The best thing he could do was cover Dalton concade and hope that the rest of his teammates could take the other two options. The other two options remained wide open running it in. Josh Allen is decided that he will be a benevolent king. Yeah. And he will give Dawson. It was really it was really gracious decision. He could have just jumped it in. He had to after as we're like, you're welcome. Yeah. Now, you know, that was my touchdown. And I you're getting dinner. I've never said this before. But I was impressed with Ken Coleman throughout the game as well. DJ more if he missed his time. Palmer Coleman Shakir. Maybe it's too many mouths to feed with the tight ends. But he on Coleman six for 63 caught all six of his targets. Broke his ankle and having then was fine. The next play. I don't know how that happened. He went down in a heap. And it was like DJ more and him got hurt back to back. And then all of a sudden he was fine. And it'll be something to watch. So because that could be one of those swells up ankle spraying that you can play through at the moment. But then you miss a week. Yeah. And I I'm sure our audience will not but don't overreact to Joshua Palmer getting a touchdown in back to back weeks. This was like one giant pretty broken. It was like the DJ more touchdown last week. All right. It's Friday. Put clan Friday. We love your foot clan. That's why every Friday we give a $100 gift card away to fantasy champs.com to a lucky foot clan supporter from join the foot.com. This week's winner sir flop a lot. Oh man. These are always. LeBron is watching Jason. I had a Luca joke lined up and you went LeBron. I mean they both they're yeah. But we hate one out of gun king and queen of the flops out of gun and beat sir flop a lot. Congrats. We'll send you that $100 gift card. Thank you for supporting the show. Let's talk some NFL news news and notes from around the league. Nice little injury update say flowers returning returning to practice on Friday. So. Zaymond. Zaymond is like Raymond. Yeah. Oh man. His birth name. Zaymond. Oh brother. You're throwing me for a loop now. Everybody loves Zaymond. What throwing you for a loop is in maybe you get to play a really good player. Yeah shut up. DJ Moore exited with the left shoulder AC joint spring. We talked about it. I had a plan. Bangles expect Joe burrow to play that your plan was Devon Valey, right. Oh, he's playing regardless. Oh, 'cause he's a superstar. Nick Underhill said Chris Olave hamstring left practices across. You were you were talking about Devon Valey. Yeah, I know. Olave though the hamstring. We need to keep an eye on that hamstrings are popping up right now. Joe burrow expected to play the back injury. Hopefully he'll be fine. His back's just tight. We're gonna do. Nico Collins is not going to play, right? Isn't that the news we got this morning? I mean he's not practicing today. He's got a great one. hamstring issue. I can't fathom. He played the report we got was the expectation is he'll be out. Jay, and genuinely, I know don't, uh, don't shaltz the doctor. Yeah. Dr. Sholtz is your start of the week. I, I don't expect him, I can't expect him to have more than 50 yards, but he might have 50 exceptions. Yes. I mean, he's going to be peppered with targets. Yeah. Xavier Hutchinson, I think at six targets last week. And then you remove the primary target. He'd be someone no, Jaylin, no, I mean, that's the hard part is there's a bunch of different people, but yeah, and booty. Nico Collins did not practice on Thursday, not seen practicing on Friday. We talked about it. Jaylin Coke or limited on Thursday with the ankle Michael Pittman, this one, yeah, not practicing on Friday was a DMP yesterday and is in the, he is firmly in the, I'm injured doghouse for Aaron Rodgers, he is Aaron Rodgers. If you listen to him, this off season, he talked glowingly about Roman Wilson and, and, and DK Mecca and Pat Fryermuth and then was like, and then Pittman, you know, he hasn't been around. It's, I mean, he was so clearly not happy with Pittman's unavailability to do the injury. This was this the injury he was dealing with through. I don't remember what, what specific injury Pittman had. This is for it. I don't, I don't remember. Maybe Kyle does. I, I thought it was more soft tissue, but yeah, Kyle, if you can look up what, what Pittman missed a lot of the camp with, I think he might be out this week and then you're talking to me. You might get loose again. Yeah. Or for Pittman to be gone and also DK Meccaff, who we talked about, he had one of the highest expected fantasy points they were targeting him. They were giving him valuable targets, deep targets. It didn't work out because as Mike would say, he sucks. Um, what I would never say, but I, I would say that Meccaff seems like a fine play. Oh, he's a good play this week and I mean, honestly, because there's leagues out there where people, you're glossed over, but Roman Wilson, like 16% target share last week. Aaron Rodgers seems to already trust him. It's, I've, I've smelled stinkier trash in my day. Yes. Pittman, Pittman was a hamstring through camp. Oh, so this is even worse for him than just a new part of the leg. Yeah. I mean, that's not good. But is a foot part of the leg? No. No. No. No. It's a leg bone. Yeah. Otherwise, it would just be your leg bone. Okay. All right. Good. I didn't know. No, I know you do. So your hand is not part of your arm. Yeah. That makes sense. He's just working through. Yeah. We're working through the science books right now. 401. Uh, Katelyn Black. Super. This sucks. Katelyn Black. Growing injury. No. Seriously? Butterfly. Let me check the website. Hold on. Let me check the couple of these websites. Yeah. Let's see here. He is on the groinandex.com. Yeah. Oh, we got Jason's name on it. That's, that's probably for the best. Jason Morgan. I was trying to teach people how to avoid those, those groinandries. It's simple. Groinandry prevention. Yeah. We need to get the URL up there just for people that might not understand. Uh, Lad McConkey did not practice again on Thursday worked off to the side with trainers. I would not expect when you have a rib injury, uh, I'm not saying Lad's going to play. So what I'm, what I'm saying is is if he's going to play, I don't think you would have seen a different half to playing this, uh, this week because a rib injury, you're not going to take hits. You're not going to go out there and take hits until game time. This is the last update we can give other than Sunday live. Make sure you follow on, on YouTube and, and we'll be there an hour before kickoff. But I don't think that the advice could change from now to then. Let's say Lad is active. Do you play him and who do you play him over? Yeah. I would, I would say you play an active Lad McConkey after what we saw last week. And I would say he falls pretty much right into where he would have been. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I don't, I'm not going to discount it. If they think he's good enough to go out there and the medical, you know, the medical people say, look, this is something people normally play through. I, I guess I'm still going to, I think the PPR stuff's going to be there to me. There are some guys out there that I throw some out that I would have played. Like I would have played Lad if he was healthy over Mike Evans, Parker Washington, T Higgins. Yeah. I play all three of those over him. Yeah. Okay. Do you play Adams or Lad? Um, I, I'd probably, I think Lad with the, I mean, they're heavy home favorites again. I'm going to play Lad. Okay. So that's about the waiver sensation, Jalen Koker. He's got his own injury. He does. I would definitely go Lad there. Okay. Really cool story here. Michael Pinnick's throwing to practice squad receivers right now while Cooper Rush takes majority of throws with starters while they hope that Tua could somehow play. What a disaster. There's going to be Cooper Rush again. Did you play Pat Friarmouth over Kyle Pitz? Yeah. Probably. Yeah. Hunter. I just had that thought. I just had that realization right here right now. Don't insults. I mean, he should be out there in most situations. Yeah. Um, I, luckily for me, it doesn't even matter even if, I, you're like, I'm going to just get a play pitch. I am. I don't, I'm not going to. You're a team when you have 100 points from three players on Thursday night. Yeah. Yeah. We get it. Maybe I won't play any. Just bench him. But for those out there struggling at the table, uh, my process is like, I, he, of course, something crazy could happen for Kyle Pitz, but I don't care about that. I'm not playing him with Cooper Rush. The, the one thing that I'll say is that, um, the Pittsburgh defense is not the Carolina defense that gave up 59 points. So there, there's a world where I think Carolina will score against the Atlanta and I think the Atlanta will be able to score even with Cooper Rush against Carolina. So I mean, I, what's the overrunner of that game? Do we have it? Is that only like 40, 41? That's got to be, but they're heavy. They're three and a half point favorites. Yeah. Drake London is the biggest question mark to me. I mean, Pitz is an easy, Pitz is an easy guy to swap out. Right. You got Don Schultz. It's fine on the waiver wires. Grab him. Play him. Hunter Henry. Whoever. All the, all the names we've been mentioning. But Drake London's a guy that, you know, that was your second pick in a draft. And it's like Terry McCloren, my start of the week or Drake London, who's a way better player. More investment. Terry. Yeah. Terry against Dallas. You got to do it process wise, 43 and a half point over under for that game. 23 to 20 is the implied point total Carolina favorite. There you go. Brock Bar was not practicing again on Thursday. So he's so healthy. Dead. He's not playing in the second now, not where he's second to second. I hate. Just stop. You hate. I know what you're going to say. Wait. Can I guess? Yeah, you can guess. You hate right now. You're hating Kubiak. Yes. I knew it. Yeah. Because it's like, we want to love Kubiak. He's such a brilliant mind is doing this to us. Don't be a turd. Like, you don't, you don't need to do it this way. No. Not everyone are like, this isn't the standard. You could just, like, I don't know. There's plenty of coaches out there that are brilliant. You don't have to like, you know, I think about how, what a tight squeeze of information air in Glenn keeps. And it's like, okay, air is that is that how he's winning. Oh, that's why he's winning. I will remind people with all these injuries and late decisions, Michael be live an hour before kick off on Sunday on YouTube, youtube.com/dfantasyphobolars for Sunday live. Comment, submit your questions. You know, there are thousands of you on there last week, it was super fun. Definitely check that out. We'll take a break. We'll jump into the forecast. Fantasy forecast, presented by prize pigs. Can I, can I like talk a little bit about my mindset with my super team for a second? I want to just deal with it. Can you mute him? Like, we've done this show. Okay. This is not bragging. We may cut you off at any moment. That's fine. What I'm keep it clean. We've done this show for so long. We've played fantasy for 20 plus years. I'm saying, this is like a different, like I didn't think there was something I haven't seen before, but with, I've never had a team that looks this good on paper and should be good, but it's a 17 week season. So I don't even know how to feel about them playing well now because there's injuries and there's things that just go to sleep. Don't worry about it. Yeah, you think I'll be fine. I think you just do nothing just to rest on your walls. I'm so used to being a neurotic trader. No. And you don't need to. I sit like 12 trades out this morning. It's the leader of the ball. I did. I, I, I sent a bunch out because I don't know what else to do. I normally wake up on Monday and trade. So trade. Yeah. Trade away. Well, I tried. People turned down. No matter what you do. It won't matter. It feels like a right now. Yesterday, we talked through the Panthers Falcons game we just mentioned. The Vikings Bears, Eagles, Titans, Steelers, Patriots, Packers, Jets, Browns, Buccaneers, Saints, Ravens, Bingles, Texans. That's how we, uh, that's what we covered yesterday. Seven more matchups today starting with the Jacksonville Jaguars who looked great in week one. One and oh against the Denver Broncos who continue their gauntlet of a schedule to start the year. Broncos on one Vegas line, Denver minus two and a half at home, overunders 45 and a half in this one. Jags won 34 to 10 chiefs beat the Broncos 31 to 10. So bounce back. Do we expect it? I mean, the tackling by the Broncos was some of the worst statistically in history and so frustrating. The worst I've seen with my eyeballs. It was insane. They looked pitiful, but they are well coached in a good team and should bounce back and they're at home in their favorite. So how much do you expect to see the bounce back and and where does that translate in terms of fantasy? Like we've had our week one high draft picks that have failed. The Colston Lovelins of the world waddles in that category. He seems like the biggest question marked to me on this team right now is like, do you have the same, like, Loveland, you have no qualms, throw them right back out there. Let's go. Do you feel the same about a lot of, uh, not as strong as Loveland, but I'm letting more than one game happen, like I with the brand new team. It was definitely a bummer, but I mean, he's, they, they brought him in for a reason. I don't think that the, the, while the Jags were awesome against the Browns is the Browns. Like, I want to see their defense against not Dushon Watson, uh, before I start really formulating that opinion. So I'm, Waddle is right back into the lineup for me. Uh, just for, you know, Sutton who is seemingly like the least popular player that could exist because Pat Bryant's sexy and exciting and Waddle's the new arrival, uh, he led the team in snaps at wide receiver. Cortland Sutton had more than Waddle, he had more than Pat Bryant, um, I just, just noticed that he also had a target share that just trailed Pat Bryant. So I don't think the team looks at Sutton. I don't think they look at it as a, uh, it's, it's this guy or that guy, right? It's, it's everybody, one big group. That's been a problem before with Mims and Franklin and guys getting involved and we expected Sutton to do it. So this will be a week to me where if Jalen Waddle doesn't have eight targets, I will start being really worried that it will not necessarily be, uh, uh, one, a alpha that we're expected, like we expected with the draft capital they gave up to get them the money. Like they're saying, hey, he's our, he's our Drake London. He's our JS and he's our, our leader of the wide receiver room and the target share needs to go through him. This matchup is very different than the Kansas City Chiefs. I mean, we don't know what the Jags defense is because they played the Browns week one. But if you look at last year, they were pretty dog on good against the run, most of the year, and they were just an average team against the past. So this is an average NFL matchup. There's a team that should be able to score on the Broncos, uh, because they're, they're a good defense and that could get in the way of wide receivers. So to me, this matchup is like the perfect recipe for your average game where you can pass the ball. Does Jalen Waddle get eight plus targets? Is he like the, the, the one for the offense or is he one of the pieces in the offense? Right. Are you playing Parker Washington on the other side over him? Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, I mean, 45 and a half point over under it's not, you know, it's fine. It's good. It makes me wonder, you know, RJ Harvey. He had 51% of the snaps that running back. He is questionable right now. He's dealing with the you who. Yeah. That'd be a hamstring, when you put it like that though, you who sounds like something else. If he's out, we might finally see Jonah Coleman on the field. It's true. And I think that's exciting. I don't think that there's a world you can start him. I'm not even sure if you can start JK Dobbins this week. Like I said, this is a team that last year was very good against the run. You can start top. I guess with RJ Harvey. Yeah. Out if he's out Dobbins is okay, but I'm not bullish on him. Really? Yeah. You get more. I'm pretty interested in Dobbins. If Harvey misses though, this is, that's the window that Jonah Coleman needs. And like his Jonah Coleman has to get on field, get some tape, start earning the trust. He has been kind of the biggest concern for the success of Dobbins. If an injury like this happens to Harvey, I don't think once the genie's out for Jonah Coleman, that I think that's what ends up happening. But for this week, Dobbins will be in my starting line. I like Bechel tootin a lot this week, although there's a report this morning that liquid Allen is going to get more and more third down snaps, according to Liam Cohen. That's fine. So we'll see what happens there. Parker Washington is a star, Brian Thomas junior to me is a must bench this week. I would not mess around with the shoulder injury. He got knocked out early last week. Yeah, I agree. A good defense. Another option out there, like Velae, he can, he's the, like, Velae seems to be the litmus test of like the spot start this week. He does. But I mean, Pat Bryant on the other side, would you play him over Brian Thomas junior? Yes, I would. Okay. Pat Bryant looks like he's in the, you know, like Troy Franklin, Jason, yeah, I mean, if you want to go ahead and hit that, I do it. Sometimes you do it for the last time. Yeah. Sometimes you know it's getting Roy Franklin's role in that offense last year. He got a ton of targets. And it's like, I think that's Pat Ryan's job now, where even if Cortland Sutton's in there, you know, running on the field more, Pat Bryant's going to get more targets. And then just for Basel Tudon, Tudon is a tackle breaking machine. Like this is part of what he does, Kenneth Walker, tackle breaking machine. I mean, the fantasy algebra doesn't always work out, but make them approve. They can tackle you. If you're good at it, even when people do tackle, well, yeah, that's a good point. Trevor Lawrence, I think it's not the best start match up wise on the road in Denver. But I, I imagine if you started them last week and got two 45 and four, you're going to roll them right back out there and trust Liam Cohen and then bone next, I'd find someone else to kind of lead my team until he proves that he can get it going. By the way, a quick update for you since we covered the game yesterday, I'll tackle this real quick, a further update on the Xamond flowers. He did return to practice, but did very little during the media viewing portion spoke to teammates and coaches did not do any running during media viewing at all. So the full practice or back at practice thing, well, he'd be limited on the official report. We have an injury blitz podcast that comes out Friday afternoon by Kyle, or by Matthew Betts. Almost a Kyle Betts, which they're. Oh, it's based. They kind of merged. Although we are. That would imply an amount of technological advancement to Matthew Betts that he doesn't possess. But Kyle's just screamed do not do not combine them. But there he goes. They flowers still very much in question. Mike, your plans now, that's so much worse. You had plans to like not have flowers and you were so bummed when flowers was available. Well, but he's not available. Well, you should be happy. This is worst case scenario. Is it? Yes. Last year of mine, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, I did like when you're like, I've, I've never seen this with my team, super duper champ over here. No, you know, there's a big difference in what I was talking about. You ended. I want to be in the playoffs. You didn't go into the season. Like you had, Josh was at a better record than you last year. Yes. That's all I'm saying. Like I, I think it's a, it's a heavy burden to bear. I don't know why Josh is catching strays over there. Catching strays by having the best record and then losing when you just gave him the stray. It was implied. Mike is all over the place. The Raiders want to know against the Chargers, Oh, and one. Of course, Vegas line, Chargers, minus six and a half, overrunners, 43 and a half. What I saw, what, no, I know I already hit the button once, but what I saw on tape last week from the Raiders defense in particular. And the Chargers offensive line against the Cardinals brings me great concerns here. There are three things that have happened in the last few days. One is the Chargers are favored by almost a touchdown. So it's like, okay, the complete forgiveness. The Chargers are going to be totally fine. Then there is the, we were looking at MVP odds after the game last night for quarterback. And right there, last on the list, you could still bet. He's still on it. I'm Justin Herbert. It's like brother. Oh, you're just, and then we were doing our, our, they know, we were doing, they know they could just, all the herb rows are like, yeah, fine, give me your money. We were doing the picks, Dumbo, we were like, every, every week we have like a small office pool for the past. No money. Just a pool where we're picking the lines every week. And I come to this match up and I'm like, we were like six and a half. And I was like, Oh, I'm, you know what? I'm going to click on the Chargers. I'm going to completely forgive him. And I mentioned that and then Mike's like, I kind of am too, but it's like, it feels like we know it's a trap. We are this week against the Raiders at home, dude, I'm an archers Herbert. You have got to get it together and if you don't, if you don't win this game, I'm about to tell you the story of stories. You ready? Yeah. If you don't win this game at home against Las Vegas, because by the way, the Cardinals are supposed to be the easy one and this one too, let me tell you what they're doing next. Oh, they're scheduled. Yeah, just listen, just watch the plane fly around the country here. You ready? Week three at Buffalo, but don't worry, Jason, week four. You want to get back on track. You just started off with a tough start at Seattle. Okay. What? Don't worry. Don't wait. Then you play Denver, Kansas City, the Rams, Houston, Baltimore, the next week. What? I'm not joking. Paul Buffalo, Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, the Rams, Houston, four of them on the road. You got in Los Angeles against the Rams. They'll be back in this building. You have two days to figure everything out because that's it. You got two days left to fix it all. So yeah, this is, this is completely the most important game of their season right now because you are staring down by week winlessness potentially. You could be oh and six. Going into the buy, it's not impossible three or four after this week, three of your four games are at Buffalo at Seattle at Kansas City, you have to imagine they are decent underdogs in all three of those. Yes. Yes. Um, so yeah, Mike McDaniel, he said it was a case of humble pie and losing to the Cardinals. Yeah, it tasted. There you. Humble pie tastes terrible. How dare you? All right, start to decisions in this one. You know, the Hampton thing. I think last week, it's like, what are you watching this week? What are you looking for confirmation on or continuing to keep an eye on to see what your decisions are? You know, Hampton this week, that's where my eyes are. I want to see this guy play well. There has been some talking in the past, you know, three or four days about the scheme fit, not necessarily being right. Um, Lad McConkey, the injury, him not out there, they looked way worse on offense without him out there. Mike, you're throwing your hat in with Quentin Johnson this week. Yeah. I mean, understand what it is, but yeah, I think you can play him. Yeah. And then other than, you know, Herbert, you going back to him this week or you trying to pivot? I'm going back the, you know, just like the, we were saying about Jacksonville playing the Browns, Raiders played Miami, who Miami's, Miami's probably going to end up being the worst team in the NFL. So let's see some more from, from the Raiders until, until they give me a reason to really believe and not target them, then I'm going to do it. So I'll play Herbert. Gentie was great in week one, got the ball a lot in the receiving game. You can play him. Bowers probably not playing. You probably have better options than Michael Mayer, although he led the team in targets last week. So he's not the worst. I don't think it's complicated on the Raiders side in terms of starts. Correct. I mean, you're not playing a wide out on the road. Six point underdogs. You're not playing cousins. You're not playing, probably not playing a tight end. So, you know, Jack Bashes on pace for 17 touchdowns. Thank you. Thank you for that. The Washington commanders, Owen one taking on the Dallas Cowboys who were oh and one Vegas line Dallas minus three and a half at home over under 50 and a half. Kyle would call it the backwards hat versus the visor. That's right. Yeah. You've got Dan Quinn with the backwards cap. Looks so cool. And then the visor on shot and heimer. You know, the idea of visors is very funny because you're like, you're not going to cover the head. Yeah. You're like, I want to I want to shade the eyes, but it's a little too warm on the top of the dome. How do we possibly? You don't want hat hair. But you know, you still get a visor hair. Yeah. It pushes the worst part of hat hair is the front when everything is is is diverted to the back. Yeah, it's a forced, you know, for a cowlick, cowlick. Yeah. All right. Starts the decisions in this one. Dak. Jaden Daniels. I think they're both in your lineup, right? Dak has got a Dak is the highest projection of the week on price picks with 266 and a half yards. Yeah. I think I would agree with this. I mean, these were these were two of the worst defenses in football last year. And, you know, the commanders definitely didn't get blown out in week one against Philly. I think they looked okay, especially stop and say quon. But yeah, you're you're starting all your your stars in this one, JCM Mike. Yep. You're starting the week. Jason, you're going to give Terry McClure in a pat on the button, say, Hey, this is your week against Dallas 15 and a half. Yeah. He should be he should be absolutely fine. I think that means that Diggs should be fine. And I think it's in Tony Williams is interesting to keep an eye out. There was a can't credit it. I apologize, but before the season started, you know, it was I don't necessarily think it was like a bold take, but it was a like these are things that I that are that a little spicier, but we truly think it happened out of Washington. They're like, Diggs is probably going to leave this team in receptions and yards and stuff, just based off of what he does versus Terry McClure. So as Diggs, the safer play between Diggs and McClure. Oh, I think so. Yeah. So would you start Diggs or Valey? He's got both Mike has but he probably he's probably starting both. I will be starting both. But if in the if you had to pick one, I'll play Diggs me too. Really? Yeah. I would definitely play Diggs. I would play Diggs over McClure. For sure. In any situation, man, but so, but that's also, you know, it feels hot. Yeah, I don't know, man, I I'm very interested in what this offense is going to turn into with these three guys. Dallas is always easy. Dak CD, George, put him in your lineup. Javante Williams. Yep. Put him in your lineup. The only one that's difficult for some people out there is Jake Ferguson. He's a name that people think, oh, should I start him and probably not? It probably not. He's still running tons of routes. So you might get a it's a great match up. Yeah. The corners have been bad against the tight end position. So there's that going for you. But no, he hasn't hit double digit fantasy points since week seven of last year. When George and CD are available, Fergie takes the back seat. Yeah. Seattle's want to know Jason taking on the Arizona Cardinals who are also want to know pretty much the same as the chance as everybody's all coming. Vegas line Seattle minus three and a half on the road. The overrunner is 40 and a half. This is the second lowest total of week two. And it makes sense because it's part one backup quarterback through lock. Part two, great defense against Arizona should be able to slow them down because the Cardinals start to know. Seems that it is in the realm of possibility. Yeah. Because they are want to know. Right. Yeah. Yeah. The math checks out there. I was with you in turn the last week of the almost upset because the spread was just 10 and a half. Two agree. Just against the team that has up a a potent offense. This one though, the Seattle defense is just so elite that it would surprise me. Well, then does that impact your start decisions for Arizona? Because you know, Jeremiah love. They see a lot in your lineup. It's brutal. Yep. Look, the price picks projections on both Jeremiah love and Algier are pretty much neck and neck when it comes to rushing yards. 37 and a half for love. 36 and a half for Tyler Algier. Those are not high numbers. No, they are for Jeremiah love. The the nice thing was I mean, they gave them what the carry inside the five. I think they were inside the five when he got the touchdown. Whatever, they were very close. And the targets are going to go to Jeremiah love. But it this will be up a pretty split backfield. I think you're I think you're flipping a coin like week to week as right now the way things are between who's more valuable of Algier or Jeremiah love, which feels disgusting. Cardinals at home. Giderium price had 48% of snaps. Would you play price over either cardinal in this matchup? That is so brutal. You know, I mean, Hampton got slowed down last week by Arizona. I mean, very surprisingly. It really seems like you right now can expect kind of 50% ish of the snaps for price. The matchup is still significantly better. I know, I know. You're getting green though. I mean, the Walter Nolan edition for the Cardinals versus what they didn't have them for a lot of last year. I think that's making a difference on the interior. So Andy, do you where's your confidence, the price in terms of the the goal line? Not high. That's like, you know, I mean, I, but it's a lot of either problem. Yeah. I mean, I think one guy has a salami problem. One guy's got an Algier problem. But I think Jeremiah love is the better player. And that's the player I would go. That's that's how I have him. I was looking at my rankings. I have him 24 and 25. Well, hasn't had a salami problem at some point in time. I mean, who, yeah, who amongst us? Who amongst us? Jackson Smith and Jigba. Yep. Michael Wilson, Marvin Harrison. You got one of these guys. You got to play a card number. See, we throw Kendrick born in the mix. Which guy do you start? Michael Wilson. Yeah. See, that was very definitive because it wasn't before week one. And that's that something when you. Marv. Marv is a player. I'm not dropping. Marv. Not yet. But the he is definitely one where it's like, I have to see it happen before I have any level of confidence. So here's the weird thing. So Seattle, right favorite Super Bowl champs, great defense. Is JS in the only player you're playing on this team? Yeah, pretty much. I mean, are you trying to find an alternate to Jadarian price? No, I think he's a he's a fine running back too. Yeah, I've got him running back 24. So he's or 25. So he's playable. But I don't. I'm not excited about price. I mean, genuinely, I'm not excited about most players in this game. You talked about it at the beginning. It's one of the lowest overunders on the week. Obviously, JS in his great because of his talent and also because his target market share is outrageously other world. He's just the whole offense. Trey McBride, JS in those are the only two people I really want to start in this game. Marvin Harrison, where are you right now after one week? He ran go routes. He was bracketed. He looked okay. Going back and watching the drop. Obviously he had a drop. There's a pretty okay drop. I rewatched that. That was that was not an easy catch. That was a blast across the middle way behind him. I'm not sure he could have caught it. Yeah, depending on it was much a different angle. Made it look much more difficult. I think Marvin Harrison will be involved. He was open on a lot of routes. And the thing is is he wasn't necessarily targeted. But the the play still worked. I mean, I mean, you had Kendrick Bourne with eight catches, Michael Wilson with five. the offense was humming, but I don't think Harrison did anything bad. I don't, you know, I believe that in certain weeks he's going to be fine. This isn't the matchup I want to be like, I'm going to call my shot on Marv. I think Marv is involved. I think Marv will get, you know, more than 35 yards. But I don't sit there and see he's going to have 102 touchdowns. Addbreak coming up. We'll get into the dolphins in 49er game. By the way, play Tramick bride. If you, if you weren't planning on it, please do that. Play him. He's, he's pretty good at football. And so far, pass rate above expectation. Like Arizona Jacobi percent that was still high. The drum continues to beat for that, that offense. They, they look good in week one. It would be a huge win against Seattle in week two and it, and it'll probably be more of a, a dogfight. I think this week. The Miami dolphins. Oh boy. Oh, and one with a rough week one goes, go to San Francisco. Yeah, I mean, this one is wild San Francisco. It's not 13 and a half anymore. San Francisco minus 12 and a half. The overrunners 44 and a half cowards. I am shocked that the line moved that direct two cowards. So that's an implied point total for the, for the dolphins of 16. And that's a bad number. 28 for the, for the 49ers. So in the Brock party era, when 49ers teams have been favored by 10 or more points, it's happened nine times. They were nine and one and they scored more than 27 points in all nine games. They deliver when heavily favored. And it's a hard, it's a hard bet to say Miami is going to deliver. We are, we are gathering information on these rookie whiteouts. I think for Miami that, you know, Caleb Douglas looked amazing in week one, 94 receiving yards in your debut. That is the third highest debut for a day two wide receiver over the last decade. Chris Bell, only 52% of snaps in week one, one, two targets, one drop, one catch. And then Malik Washington still had a number of targets in this game. Didn't see a lot from Dulcich. That was something we were watching. Yeah, it was, but they're probably going to be playing from behind. You're, you're looking at your value for HN to be coming in the receiving game or the big play. So I, it's hard to have much of an expectation. You don't bench, Devon HN, but the other guys on in this matchup, you, you're not wanting to play any of them. Yeah. The only one that I might put out there in that valetier would be Caleb Douglas. You know, if, if you're getting as much work as he got in his first week as a rookie, you're going to be down and you're going to be throwing the ball a lot. I expect targets to go to him with 16 implied points. You don't, you don't assume that he's going to have a lot of huge fantasy success. So he's like just a PPR floor play. That would be the, the second player on this offense outside of HN. I guess, I guess Malik Willis in certain situations because of his rushing upside would be there. But yeah, I mean, you, you just don't want dolphins. The team stinks. You want some 49ers? Yes. By the way, Malik in that stinky week one's to end it up as a quarterback 13 on the week. And he looked bad in my opinion. I don't think he played well. Which is you can make the argument like, oh, that's good news. I'm mostly agree with you. Because you can, you know, he can figure it out. Get more, he's more than 20 passing yards, 39 rushing yards. Well, I just mean like his accuracy. I felt like there were a lot of bad throws, but at the same time, he's dealing with two rookies, playing a ton of snaps that one of which he didn't really play with through camp. So could be brighter days. I mean, to your point of like Malik Washington led the team in target share. Yep. And air yards. And Caleb Douglas was the talking point because he's the one who actually got the production was like Malik Washington should have had the production. But Willis didn't get it to him. Brock Perty's my start of the week. Christian McCaffrey. Yes, please. Caitlin Black with the injury report. Well, they bring somebody else up. Well, who'd be okay? We'll see. He was 43% of snaps and 15 opportunities last week. Would imagine Jordan James is not a healthy scratch if Caitlin Black can't play, but would also imagine Christian McCaffrey is just going to get all the work. I would say I had I've had Jordan James on my dynasty team for three years or two years. However long he's been in the league. I dropped in this week with Caitlin Black's emergence. And I just needed to pick somebody else's. It's just ironic. It's just one of those things where I think it's going to be okay. It doesn't matter. Yeah, it doesn't matter. Mike Evans, you play him. Debo, I think you're good there too. I think both these guys spot start to Marcus Robinson. If you're desperate, I mean, two catches last week after the departure of struggling, you're looking for the touchdown with Robinson. And George Kittle, um, limited practices. You're going to see more of that only played 46% of snaps. But now, Thomas basketball is out for the year. Yeah. Thomas is not an alternative option for this team. Kittle to me showed me enough to where I'm really excited for the second half of the year. And also absolutely not starting him now. So he's just a roster. Sholkes. Yeah. All the one Johnson. Yep. Got it. All those guys. All those guys that start over. Kyle Pitzer or Kittle. Uh, who's the quarterback for Cooper? Cooper rush. Then Kittle because he could get a touchdown. Harold Fanon or George Kittle. Oh, that's a good one. Disgusting. Uh, Fanon. Yeah, I go Fanon. Colts, Sunday night football taken on the chiefs. We get more prime time. Ken Bone Walker, chiefs minus six and a half over under 46 and a half. Good work. Schedule people. Honestly, the sketch people need to relish in his greatness. These first two weeks, schedule people are kicking butt. I mean, these, these prime time games are fantastic. Read the Eric B. Enemy quote. Yeah, I will. This is for Mike. But it's also for everyone else out there who drafted Kenneth Walker. Eric B. Enemy who Mike brought up all offseason as of one of the reasons he loves Ken Walker in Kansas City. I hadn't seen this. You haven't seen this quote. Oh, he says quote. You want to read it? Yeah, why don't you read? Sure. He says quote, ideally, what did he have? 23 carries. Some people have carried a whole lot more than that. So I don't think you want to put a limit on anything. I think sky is the limit. Oh, brother. This is delightful. I mean, it's why he went to keep on. Yeah. Oh, another. I don't like being high full tower. I need to get Kenneth Walker in one of these leagues. So I can join it. I know it's, it's over. I can't. I told you the draft. Yeah. I mean, look, barring injury, which is the story of all players. Can't, you know, Christian McCaffrey and all these guys. He's going to be so good every week running back early fence and run the football. Early on in the year for fantasy football, you want to see utilization. How are they using players? Kenneth Walker is going to be everything. It's like, maybe he can't, you know, all the on what sucks about this situation is like the the people that if Kenneth Walker gets hurt, what she probably will because he's playing NFL football. He's most likely going to get hurt because running miss get hurt. Goodness gracious. The victory lap on Kenneth Walker missing a game or two is going to be so obnoxious. They're like, I told you, like, yeah, he plays football. He's probably going to get hurt 24% of top 24 running backs over the last 10 years play in a complete season. So you have a three quarter chance, you know, 75% chance that you're going to miss a game. Rashe rice guys two for 19 last week, troubling was terrible. If you look at the separation scores in week one in terms of being able to, you know, get apart from the DB. I I think you're going to play him in this game. I don't think you don't play Rashe rice, but you are your temperate expectations probably absolutely. I think if you have Rashe rice, you are praying for a touchdown and then you are trying to ship him out of town as soon as humanly possible. The utilization and I know he's coming back from the knee injury. Maybe it'll completely change, but I think this is an Eric BNME and Kenneth Walker change of offense where Rashe rice isn't just the, hey, I'm going to target you pretty much every other passing play. They had no one else. Yeah, like you can you can actually throw the ball to Kenneth Walker. I think it's funny as it is. I think there's a world where Cyrus Allen is giving more and more and more snaps over the back. Towards the back half of the year. They've talked about bringing him along really slowly. What I saw from the wide receiver room in week one was we need to get a possession receiver. Yeah, they can go out there and run a 15 yard in or something and catch the football. That's not Thornton. That's not rice. It's probably not Kelsey anymore. I'm not telling you to go pick them up. I think this is just deep league, crazy deep league, dynasty leagues. But if I'm the chiefs, I'm like, I need to get a wide receiver on this team. And there have been rumors that are turning into like things I think are going to happen that Tyree Kill will join this team by the midpoint of the season. I had not heard that. Yeah, he said yeah. So there have been some stuff going out there. A reunion is possible. And if this team is cook and halfway through the year, I've seen Tyree running now and breaking. He hard times the team. You still got Tyree. Oh my gosh. Jonathan Taylor. This is going to be a hard match up. But you never said him. So just play him because one play is all it takes. Alec Pierce practicing on Friday. So they gave him some time off. But that's good to see Keenan Allen and Josh Downs. I'm afraid these guys are going to kind of cannibalize each other throughout the year when you also have to mix in Tyler Warren. That one was wild. And Warren. By the way, horrible week saved by the touchdown. I mean, three for 13 on 93% of snaps was disappointing to me too. Keenan Allen, the Keenan Allen Josh down situation of Josh Downes being out there for such a high percentage of dropbacks and routes for the Colts and yet Keenan Allen leading the target share. It will be something to watch. Yeah. Are you playing Alec Pierce or, you know, where are you with him? This is a tough matchup. I'm willing to play Pierce, but it's more of his like a hopefully a wide receiver three. I think he's a great trade for target right now as he gets back into full snap counts when you get half snaps and, you know, he's supposed to be there, dude. And so he's coming off an injury, didn't get a lot of practice, didn't get training camp, played 59% of snaps was still four for 61. I mean, like, right, I mean, that's the name of the game for him. 15 points to a carrier or a catch again. Like, that's a target for you. I mean, I can totally see him being a target for the second half of the season. But as far as this week in a tough matchup, are you not worried about the fact he didn't practice on Thursday, I believe? Uh, that just seems. Yeah, that's what I brought up. It was bad. If you practice on Wednesday, you don't practice on Thursday. That's why I was asking Mike if he liked it because it's a bad matchup. I I would not be comfortable starting out. Pierce those, those other guys trade form now that we've gotten that that valet here, I would throw those guys in personally. You guys want to watch a Monday night game? Giants, Jackson, Dart and company, cams, scataboo, go to LA and take on the Rams who looked pretty bad in week one. They looked quite tired. They looked tired, but they also have missing personnel. Maybe Aaron Donald comes back this week. Maybe he doesn't, but Miles Garrett's going to be gone. And in week one, it was, uh, they give up 40 points to wide receivers. That's not great. We'll see what happens in this one because the Giants look great in week one. Los Angeles minus seven, the world expecting them to bounce back over under 48 points. It gives the Rams 28, the Giants 20. So you expect full bounce back for the Rams in this one on the offensive side. Puka, Adams, Kyron, Korum, Stafford. Yeah. I mean, we left Australia saying we're throwing the game away. Yes. It's hard to do that because we just saw them be like not show up to a game. And but I do think that that is the mentality. The most difficult one for me is Devonte Adams because there was a world where at his age, he comes in and has lost it. There's also the issue of utilization versus performance where he wasn't utilized inside the 10. It wasn't on the field inside the 10, which was and is his superpower. So he, he scares me a little bit. I'm still starting him. You think that's prescriptive of this team? I don't. I don't think they did. They did real good when they utilized them. Yes. I feel like that was an anomaly. I believe changes will come, but he's the only player that what I saw on week one from the Rams scares me that it might be prescriptive. Yeah. The other guys, I was because the age component that you're just like the age and the weird like, why would they? I mean, I think they'll fix the still 22% of the targets inside the 10 stuff. Yeah, I would go back to him, the league neighbors. I mean, six for 69 coming back from a serious injury. When like two hours before the game, he was not sure he could go and play Isaiah likely back baby. Yeah. I mean, I say, I likely cam scataboo dart. I mean, it's a pretty, it's a pretty clean four pack there. I think dark scataboo neighbors likely keep your eyes on Malachi fields because I, I just, I like to do. I think he's a good player, but I'm not starting him. The, I would, the, the cam scataboo route share will be something to pay attention to because we, you know, he's just coming back from his injury. So maybe they were trying to, you know, less than that for him, where Devon Singletary was kind of the, the receiving back for the team. But yeah, but that was in a stunk. It really, it really stunk that they didn't throw him. He's such a good pass catcher. I, but it's saying like this is a, this is the new regime. Yeah. Where you can't just copy paste last year's receiving work to the new, the new play collar. Yeah, it's it, the play collar is the issue. I don't think it's the health. I don't think it's coming back off the entry because they give him tons of work. They, they, they did not seem like they were resting him or, or giving him low snaps. It seemed like on passing downs. He wasn't the back. They were utilizing. Hopefully that changes. It could have been a situation where it was Tyrone Tracy, who was really the guy they wanted to be that. And then he took himself out of the game. And then they're like, okay, well, the other pack and maybe this one, he's having a bad month. He's having a, yeah, bad year. So hopefully he, hopefully, Scataboo gets more involved. I do think obviously you've got miles Garrett on the IR right now. It looks like Aaron, not all this trending towards playing, but it's not confirmed. They're hopeful he will play Monday night against the giants. I don't know if that impacts whether you're, I mean, you, you've got to make your decisions ahead of Monday night. I'm not sitting Scataboo in any situation. You're not sitting Scataboo. I don't think you're sitting neighbors in any situation. And the question that becomes just likely and not sitting dark. So then all three are all playing Joe Burrow practice on Friday, a little injury update for you. He feels good. Jalen Koch are not on the injury report. So at least he seemed to tell the truth about it. Not being a big deal. Chica Conco hamstring ruled out against the Cowboys. Go ahead, Mike. Just, just will it into exist. Who's Mike? You want to tell the people who I picked up in our shared dynasty league? Yeah, Jason did me a, in a, a very solid friendship move. There's the connection between co-managers Ben Senate was picked up. Let's go, baby. There you go. I mean, Jesse Bates touched down on the way. Here we go. Almost certainly. Almost certainly. Let's, let's jump into the face off. Fantasy face off presented by prize pigs. Alrighty week one in the books. It was, it was a successful week. We went, what is it? 10 of 12 on the picks from this section. So, Jason, it's time. Oh, that's a very new wheel. We've got a new wheel showing up behind us here. The wheel of gene. All right. Let's spin that wheel. Also, I do this in protest because my line of cash and I got three out of four, right? She's had, oh, the, oh, the lore. Jason, the trees, the trees. First, go ahead and take care of that. Yeah, you got to put that over your head. Well, you left the glasses on that. That's a way to do it. I feel like I'm going to rob a bank. You will have to take the glasses off anyway. You're going to rob a bank, but then also do some construction on the way out. Yeah, I got to say safe. He's working on it. He's working on it. Get under there. Come on. You need some help mentally. Yes. Oh, you look good. Oh, this is nice. I'm going to go to Andy Reed. All right, we are into it. Jason, you look great. Thank you. Even under protest. All right. Let's go ahead and kick it off here. Also, might I just say, great job, us because last week you went four for four. Yeah, for four. Mike and I went three for four. It was, it was a nice, it was a nice week. All right, I'm going to kick it off here. Christian, McCaffrey, Green Goblin, starting it off, 16.5, receiving yards. I'm taking them more dead. That's the, that's the, that's the, you know, much 16.5. That's about a, it's a free square. The first drive. Yes, that first reception. All right, Jason. Who's your, who's your running? Why are we not on his solo camp? Yeah. I mean, what are we doing? All right. My, yeah, Lorax is good old too. Yeah. Look, Lorax is neat glasses. Okay, and then your glasses need glass. Oh, my running back start of the week. Or what are those? I'm going with Aaron Jones senior all alone without Jordan Mason, more than 61 and a half rushing yards. I think he gets it done on the ground. Okay. Does he? Okay. He does. That's spicy. I'm going with chase brown Cincinnati bangles 21 and a half receiving yards. I will take them more. All right, moving to the quarterback position next. I just realized that this, this isn't supposed to cover my mouth. This is a lot easier. I'm like talking through fabric. You had the fabric. I had it up over my top because you were going to rob the bank. Yeah. All right. I'm going Kirk cousins. What's at the quarterback position? And that's not a goblin. More than 192.5 passing yards this week in LA. I like it. I'm taking Kirk cousins. You got a little crazy. That's right. What do you got Lorax? All right. Well, this is my green goblin. I've got Jordan love. Oh, you're going back to the well of the only one you lost last week. Got it. But he's going more than 183.5 passing yards. Okay. That's your green goblin. That is my green goblin. Let's see. It would be funny if he let you do twice. You threw for almost 400 yards. Yeah. I think they're going to let him throw the ball and they can't really run much. That seems that seems better than the rushing attempts for him this week. Yeah. My green goblin is my quarterback as well. I'll be taking a Tyler Schuck. The Schuck daddy himself 17.5 past completions. I'm going to go more. Okay. So you're going completions. You ready for this one? Wide receiver. You told me I didn't have to do the Kirk cousins one, right? Oh, what are you doing? Yeah. Come on. Brian Thomas. - Junior. - Oh, I want to do it, Neil. - You just said Junior. - Ryan Tom is not on a start, Brian Tom is junior. - 36.5. - Shut up Jason. - Receiving yards, I'm taking the less. - Oh. - Oh. - All right. - What a reveal to take the lower number on the guy you don't like. - Okay, well I've got a similar one. Marvin Harrison, Junior, 34 and a half yards. - What? - I'm taking the more. - Oh, 34 and a half. - 34 and a half. - I'm taking more. I think he can get that on one reception, which he almost did last week. He'll be more involved. - Is that the. - I'm sure it wasn't 16 and a half. - Is this an issue with Jason not being able to read? - What am I doing? - It's 16 and a half, Jason. - For Marvin Harrison? - No, it's not. It's 34 and a half. - All right. - It's in the screenshot that I sent you. - Okay, well given the 34 and a half. - It's Marvin Harrison, Junior, 34 and a half. - What a disaster for the lower-ends. - I got Matthew Golden because I also believe in Jordan Love this week. Matthew Golden, 46 and a half, receiving yards. - I will go more. - Look at you, Matthew Golden. - Hey, this is, you know, last year was the year of Mike. This is the year of Mike forgiveness. - I'm going to go with another wild one for you. Tremac ride at the tight end position. 60.5 receiving yards. Maybe that is where the confusion. - Yeah, that feels easy. - That might've been confused. I'm going less. I'm taking less. I think Seattle's defensive focus will, if it's with your over, Jason. I'm going Tremac ride less than 60 and a half. I think their elite defense will focus entirely on Tremac ride this week. - I hope so. - I'm going to take the less. - Okay, my tight end. Look, I'm going back to the well from last week. Darren Waller, who looked good is getting more healthy, more involved. He's at 17.5 receiving yards. That feels, that feels very easy for him to pass that. - Wasn't that what he was last week? - Yeah, I mean, any crushed it. So more, more snaps, more easy. 17.5, I'll take more. So you went to two of the same dudes last week when you ended up Lorac's. - I mean, I still cash last week. I was the worst of three great options. - All right, like the outcome of this show, you're like, yeah, I like that. - But to be fair, my lineup last week, where I took these two guys, isn't where I lost. - I was wearing four. - It was the tie breaker lineup I had with Mike that I lost. - That is true. - Love lost for you last week. I'm going to continue to hate on the Browns. Harold Fanon, Jr. Six targets. - Oh, interesting. - Less. - Interesting. There's a lot of really interesting ones in here. - Yeah, that's what I'm trying to spice it up. - So the Marvin Harrison receiving number is 34.5. Is that what you said? - 34.5. - 34.5. - 34.5. - If you're looking at the board, that is. - That's way better. - Let's look at him instead. - Yeah, if it was 64.5, I would go less that he'll be in that range. - Wow. - Wow, that should be fun. That was fantasy faith. - That was all presented by PricePix. The amount of your mustache on that microphone is incredible. - Oh, that's the cleaning crew. - That was fantasy faith. It's all presented by PricePix with Friday Flux. Win your flux. - Yeah, man, that mustache. - Or get your net loss back in bonus lineups. PricePix run your game. By the way, they pricePix shut it to them. With the, they'll take care of you with a first half injury. I had a DJ more PricePix. - Yep. - Yesterday and. - Got hurt. - Not taking care of it. - And it was forgiven. So I still hit. All right, that is gonna do it for today's episode. Injury Blitz podcasts this afternoon over on JoinTheFoot.com. Sunday live, Sunday morning and hour before kickoff with Mike the Fantasy Hitman. And enjoy the games. Goodbye. (upbeat music) - Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on JoinTheFoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at theFFBollars. [Music]

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Josh Allen had an outstanding start with 248 yards and three touchdowns, including two rushing TDs, making him a top fantasy option through two weeks.
  2. The Lions’ defense performed exceptionally well against the Bills, showcasing strong defensive pressure and limiting scoring, though injuries may impact their future performance.
  3. Key injuries include DJ Moore (AC joint sprain, likely out), Jared Goff (spot start), and several others like Nico Collins and Lad McConkey, creating significant fantasy uncertainty.

Summary:

The Fantasy Footballers podcast highlights a high-impact Week 2 NFL landscape, focusing on standout performances and major injury reports. Josh Allen’s dominant start with 248 yards and three touchdowns, including two rushing touchdowns, solidifies his status as a top fantasy quarterback. The Lions’ defense delivered a massive performance, shutting down the Bills and proving to be a formidable unit, though defensive injuries could hinder their consistency.

Multiple key players face injury setbacks: DJ Moore is out with a sprained AC joint, Nico Collins and Lad McConkey are sidelined, and others like Christian McCaffrey and Jaylen Waddle are under scrutiny due to health and utilization concerns. The panel analyzes matchups, emphasizing that early-season data is still limited and that defenses like the Bills and Saints are showing vulnerability. Fantasy decisions hinge on injury updates, team depth, and offensive schemes—especially with the Chiefs, Raiders, and Dolphins facing tough schedules.

The podcast notes that while some players like Dalton Kincey and Ken Coleman have been impactful, others remain risky due to injuries or inconsistent usage. A recurring theme is the need for patience in early-season matchups, as true team dynamics and defensive trends take time to emerge. The hosts stress the importance of monitoring injury reports and adjusting lineups accordingly, with a focus on players like Jalen Waddle, Ken Walker, and Devon HN as potential breakout picks.

The discussion also touches on the value of early-season performance, noting that players like Caleb Douglas and Michael Wilson show promise but remain unproven in high-stakes games. Ultimately, the episode underscores the volatility of fantasy football in the first two weeks, where injuries, injuries, and unpredictable matchups dominate decision-making.

FAQs

Josh Allen had an outstanding performance with 248 yards and three touchdowns, including two rushing touchdowns, and zero turnovers. He is considered to have an MVP start so far.

DJ Moore exited with a left shoulder AC joint sprain and is not currently available. There's a possibility he could return, but it remains uncertain.

Key injuries include DJ Moore (AC joint sprain), Nico Collins (hamstring), Lad McConkey (rib injury), and Brock Bowers (not practicing). Additionally, Katelyn Black has a groin injury, and Mike Evans is listed as a potential concern.

The Lions defense has been dominant, especially in the second half of games, and has held the Bills to 71 points over two weeks. However, they also suffered defensive injuries, which could impact future games.

Dalton Kincaid has been a strong performer, with 7 for 95 yards and a touchdown. He is showing consistent production and has been a reliable option in the passing game.

The Jaguars appear to have a strong chance against the Broncos, with Jalen Waddle expected to get at least eight targets. The matchup is considered a favorable one for wide receivers due to the Broncos' poor tackling and defensive issues.

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