Week 2 Preview: One Stat For Every Game

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This episode is presented by Verizon. Let me tell you all about Verizon's new Simplicity plan. You get one plan, one price, just $30 a line per month, even for a single line. So while everyone is running four trade analyzers before offering a backup tight end, Verizon said one plan, one price. Sometimes the simplest move is the best one. Like the Simplicity plan. Head to Verizon.com today. For new customers who switch to Verizon, $30 per line includes auto pay and switch discount. Additional taxes, fees, and terms apply. Welcome to the Ringer Fantasy Football Show. My name is Dana. I'm joined by Danny, Kaylee, and Craig Horlbeck. And we are previewing every game of week two. We're going to give you one fact stat, a little nugget for every single game of week two. A little nug. Yeah. Chicken nugs, baby. All right. We're going to start with, I think we have to start, roughly chronological order here of the way the games are going to go on Sunday. But I want to start with, I think Bengals are at the Houston Texans. I feel like that's probably the biggest game in that early window, which we can never agree on what it should be called. But I'm going to go with the early slate. 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific. You're the only one. You're right. I am upset. We can never, collectively, the three of us can never agree on it. I've never heard anyone in my life, East Coast or West Coast, have an issue with how we discuss the early slate. My one fact for Texans-Bengals is that C.J. Stroud's last three games, he had five fumbles versus the Steelers, four interceptions versus the Patriots, and then two fumbles last week versus the Bills, including a game-ending one where all he had to do was throw it out of bounds or into the end zone. And now they're playing the Cincinnati Bengals, who forced four turnovers last week, including three against Baker Mayfield. This game is really funny because, one, I find myself, out of the three of us here, defending Stroud the most. I think we're placing way too much emphasis on him fucking up that fumble at the end of the game. I really think he just tried to step up in the pocket and make a play, and he got stripped. But this game's weird because you're putting a lot of pressure on Stroud in this game, which I understand. Nico Collins might not play in this game. Nico Collins hurt his hamstring midweek which just kills you. There's just nothing worse. I got Nico Collins in my high school league. You see the little cue pop up on a Wednesday. I'm like, he played the whole game. He had like 80 yards and a touchdown. He looked great. What's the problem? And it's like, hurt it in practice. Now he's undergoing tests. It came out it's a grade one hamstring strain, which is best case scenario. I don't know if he's going to play this week. I feel like it's hard to hurt your hamstring on Wednesday and play Sunday. Probably not. This is not right or fair, but something about your player getting hurt in the middle of the game, the week at practice feels like a betrayal. It does because at least if you had a bad week before, you kind of, but you made it out of like, when your player's not injured on Sunday, that's like the one thing you have if you lost. You're like, at least my team is healthy going into next week. So it is extra shitty. So now CJ Stroud doesn't have Nico Collins. He doesn't have Jaden Higgins, the rookie who tore his ACL. So we're working with like Hutchinson, Jalen Knoll. Jared Wayne. I was going to ask you guys if Jared Wayne is like the first true NPC of the season. He's going to play. Probably he played last week. Yeah. Yeah. You'd catch, but I'm like, he's going to be on the field. So I just think this is a huge game for Stroud. I guess we disagree. I just look at Stroud as it's again, if he does a Darnold and the Texans go and win the Superbowl, CJ Stroud is going to get like the biggest contract in the NFL probably because they're not going to be able to lose their Superbowl starter. So he'll just have, but if CJ Stroud has a horrific season, there's a world the Texans are like, maybe thinking about replacing him. He is the biggest variance of any quarterback in the NFL this year in terms of range of outcomes. And I still think a great quarterback's in there, but yeah, it's like the offensive line for Houston was both better than it looked and also impressive and unimpressive at times. The run game looked better than we hoped. I thought the pass protection was confused at best at important moments in the game. But again, the Bengals, I don't think the Bengals defense is great either. It's vulnerable, but the Bengals clearly are trying to make up with explosive defensive plays and just kind of, they're just going for the ball. Baker's liable for it. Baker's led the NFL in fumbles last three years or co-led, but like Stroud is too, I'm just saying Stroud needs to protect the ball. If the Texans defense gets back to being elite, literally all Stroud has to do is not turn the ball over twice every game. DK, do you have a feel between Xavier Hutchinson, Jalen Knoll, and Keyshawn Booty? If somebody had Nico Collins, or if you're looking for, you know, if you have Ladd McConkie or something like that who might not play this week, do you think any Texan is worth starting or no? Probably not. I think I would, I guess I would lean like Hutchinson or Booty, one of those two, because they're going to be playing the most. I don't have a strong lean. Either way on those two, because Booty just got there. Hutchinson's kind of been around, so I guess I would probably say Hutchinson, but I don't feel confident. I think this passing game could suffer, and that could have ramifications for the run game, which we saw take off last week. I thought the Bengals defense was pretty interesting, at least relative to like, I think, what we've expected from them over the last few years, where it was just like a hot knife through butter anytime you go against the Bengals. The Dexter Lawrence addition looked good. Boy, Mafe had a sack. They, I think they had four strip sacks, or sorry, four forced fumbles against the Bucks last week. Not to say that they're like a great defense now, but I do think they can certainly make more problems for an opposing quarterback than I think we expected last year. And so, yeah, I don't know. I would probably stay away from the Texans offense in this game. I think he played David Montgomery. Yeah, for sure. But the passing game is hard. I think the other thing is Joe Burrow has a back injury. It seems like he both has, speaking of midweek injuries, Burrow has a back issue pop up. I think he got hurt. On Sunday, it seems like that play where Alex Anzalone, the linebacker for the Bucks, just popped him going out of like right at the pylon for a first down. And it seems like Burrow probably got hurt there, but then has this midweek back issue. And he seems like he's going to play. And I don't know if it changes anything. You're going to play Jamar Chase. I think he played T. Higgins, but it wouldn't be shocking if that wasn't a great game for him. The person I kind of think is somewhat benchable is Joe Burrow because I don't like Joe Burrow with back issues versus the Texans, but also, I'm a little skeptical that Burrow is going to play as well as Josh Allen because he's not as mobile. But if you have Joe Burrow, you probably don't have a quarterback that you're willing to bench him for. But I'm not necessarily as bullish on Burrow this week with a back injury. But if you're a Bengals fan, you're nervous. Yeah, hurt Burrow versus the Texans defense is not a great combination. Yeah, we have Burrow as a fringe starter. He's like the 12th quarterback ranked in our rankings. And I think that's right. I think like if you have somebody who's like your backup, like a Jordan Love against the Jets, like I think it's totally fine to consider playing him. I can't believe we're here with Burrow. This is another. This is another dead dove. The quote from Burrow today was, if I'm not getting surgery, I'll be out there. I'm like, that doesn't make me feel good. That's the bar. Like that's like where your head's at. He's like, well, I don't need surgery. So I'll play. It's like, Jesus Christ. I think it was a response to him being last. Would you miss time? And he was like, no. But I mean, again, it's Burrow. It's so funny. I was so. He didn't throw in practice yesterday. No. And again, Burrow has missed time. I mean, he's missed half a season, three times. Turf toe last year. Wrist injury, ACL. And that doesn't include like an appendectomy that cost him all of training camp once, a strained calf, finger injuries, knee injuries. Like he takes a lot of hits. That's the Bengals line gets blamed, but it's kind of Burrow's style of play. Burrow is going to try to scramble in the pocket, extend plays. And he wants to get rid of the ball as late as possible to create a big play. And he's willing to take a sack or a hit to create an explosive play. The downside is, it's kind of just, this is just the new reality is Burrow's just always has something. interesting. Injury-wise, and it's a choice. It's downstream of the choices he makes of the way he wants to play football, which is also why everyone loves the way Joe Burrow plays football and his fearlessness. But yeah, I think Bengals fans are probably freaking sick that there's another issue with Joe Burrow already, one game into the season. Let me ask you a question here. DK, I'll ask you. Always like putting you on the spot. Nico Collins is not practicing today. It's Thursday as we're recording. He's probably not going to do anything all weekend. If, let's say, it's Sunday morning and Nico Collins is out there warming up and it's like he's a game-time decision and it's a. Don't do it. report, Nico Collins is going to start week two against the Bengals and play through this hand. He feels good. Are you playing him or no? I mean, of course, there's caveats. It depends on your team, of course. But I'm trying as hard as I can to avoid doing that, you know, just because I think this was a rule that we came up with last year. If he's trying to make it work the morning of the game, just don't put yourself through that. Don't put yourself through that. It usually doesn't work out. It's a high, high degree or high probability of re-injury or whatever. I don't know. To me, that's just like not a good process, really. And so if you have another option, go with the other option. Especially when it's like the early slate where you have other options. Last year, we decided that, to your DK's point, basically never do it because the answer always seems to be if the training staff, that is a professional football team's training staff, is not even sure about the injury until 90 minutes before the game, the odds that that player is healthy is like so low that you just see the little name pop up and you're like, if you could watch them, I don't know. Probably not. So, especially the fact that it was Wednesday. I think that's the answer. I would not play Nico this week. So, watch him go off. Sorry, Craig. DK. All right. We got Vikings at Bears. Exciting game. My one stat for this game is that last year, Brian, Flores and the Vikings defense blitzed Caleb Williams on 48% of his drop backs in two games, including one game where that number was 68%. So, I'm expecting a kind of fireworks style game here where the Vikings try as hard as they can to get Caleb Williams out of whack and making bad decisions or throwing off his back foot or trying to escape and making a bad decision. And there's going to be a ton of pressure. In those two games last year, Caleb was pressured 35 times, four sacks, eight quarterbacks, three quarterback hits. They split those two games. Bears won once, lost once. So, I'm just really expecting the Vikings to throw the kitchen sink at Caleb in this game. Or maybe, like, if they want to really change things up, maybe they won't, like, blitz as much and kind of see how he can react to just playing in structure. I don't know. I just think it's going to be a fascinating chess match. Our former colleague, Steven Rees, would always talk about how Brian Flores is kind of like the, that little, like, sign of, like, are you talking about tall enough to ride the ride at the quarterback position? And if you're a big boy, you can beat what Flores is doing. But all the quarterbacks that are, like, not really good enough to cut it just get absolutely put through the, like, the wood chipper. And then it takes guys like Stafford and, like, better quarterbacks can really shred it. But it's like, if you don't know what you're looking at, it looks just absolutely, like, quarterbacks can't handle it. And I think Caleb is good enough to shred it. Last year, I agree with you, I think, in the way that he's made jumps each year. I think in what we saw last week, I agree. I think he can handle it. But last year, in those two games, he completed 55% of his passes, averaged 200 yards passing a game, and had just one touchdown with a 78 passer rating. 43% pressure rate. They played them week one. One of their two games was week one, the very first game with Ben Johnson and Caleb. So that was, like, the McCartney game. That was the one they lost. Yes. And so, you know, I might throw that one out a little. They won. They beat Minnesota in week 11 last year, right? Yeah, they beat them 19-17 in week 11. But, yeah, I think, you know, what we saw last year or last week from the Vikings, 78% of the dropbacks for the Packers the Vikings blitzed. They were just sending the house. That's crazy. 78% of dropbacks. So, basically, you know, and by the way, on the one, on the throws or dropbacks that they didn't blitz, Jordan Love was completely ineffective. He was completely out of sorts. Yeah. Because I think he was just expecting, it's like, you know, where someone is expecting something and they don't know what to do and they don't know what to do. It doesn't happen. Like, even when they didn't blitz, I think his numbers were absolutely atrocious. And so. Yeah, it's like telling someone, I'm going to scare the shit out of you in the next week. Yeah. And you just go about your day and every time you round the corner, you're like, is it there? Yeah. That's the question someone asked Ben Johnson at his press conference this week. They're like, since you've gone against Brian, because obviously Ben Johnson was with Detroit before, he's like, you've gone against Brian Flores so many times that do you think that you're like, I know what he's going to do but I'm wondering how many layers deep does it go? And the other thing I want to say, also Jordan Mason, the Vikings running back is on injured reserve with a broken thumb. So I think if you have Aaron Jones, you play Aaron Jones this week because he's going to get a ton of touches. They signed, they have Damon Claiborne who's a rookie but they have DJ Dallas signed and I feel like he's going to end up rotating in just. Yeah, I think he'll play in front of Claiborne. Yeah. At least that's what they were doing in the preseason. And obviously Kyler Murray has a concussion. We'll see. I'm kind of surprised that Kyler Murray, I just, we'll see what happens. I feel like Carson Wentz should play this game but we'll see if it's Kyler Murray or Carson Wentz. Either way, I am a little dubious of either to be honest. Yeah. You guys think you're still not playing someone like Jordan Addison despite playing the Bears defense? I think he. Zero points last week. He had zero points but also Carson Wentz came. I think the Bears, the chance that the Bears are just a shootout team this year, I would play Jordan Addison. I'm willing to. I mean, it depends on your options obviously but I'm not like you have to bench him because there's a chance that this game is an absolute shootout and the Bears can't stop even Carson Wentz. I mean, do you guys feel. I mean, Justin Jefferson, obviously. I have fantasy face blindness for Jordan Addison so I'm just not going to start him because I never see him there. I think there are worse. There's worse process than picking the number two on an offense playing the Bears, honestly. I think that's somewhat sound and if you go down that way, I don't think that's super regrettable. I think Wentz or Kyler, yeah, this week in particular, I think it's worth it. I also want to just note, pro football talk at this, Caleb is one touchdown away from throwing 50 touchdown passes before he throws 15 interceptions which the only quarterbacks to do that are Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson. Wow. Wow. Yeah. By the way, this is one of those rain games, right? Chicago weather is supposed to be 75% precipitation on Sunday. I think everything east of the Mississippi is like you have to check the weather this week to be honest. Could get messy. But Steelers at Patriots. That's right. Speaking of east of the Mississippi, my one stat is not a stat. It's a question. Okay. And the question is, is the week two wide receiver lineup for New England the worst set of wide receivers Drake May has ever had? Oh, interesting because it was real bad last year for a while. It was. But last year, he had Stephon Diggs and Keyshawn Booty. Right, right. This year, he has, or this week, he has no A.J. Brown. He has no Diggs. He has no Booty. That sounds funny. But he has Romeo Dobbs. He has Matt Collins, Kyle Williams, and Demario Douglas. Those are the four receivers that Drake May has heading into week two. Even in college, he had Josh Downs. Seriously. So, look, I think where I'm at with this is I would probably like to nominate Romeo Dobbs as like a screaming by-low. Oh, I think this is a good call, Craig. I think Romeo Dobbs is good. I think he's been good his whole career. And I thought he was really reliable in Green Bay and is a good player and he had a really, really bad drop on a big third down and they cut to him 10 times on the bench because Mike Vrabel paid the broadcast to just show somebody else screwing up, I think. And so it was, and Romeo Dobbs was like devastated. He was like so upset with himself. He's a very good player. The Patriots gave him $68 million. So I would say that, you know, I don't think Joey Porter is playing in this game, the cornerback for the Steelers. The Steelers and him are in this weird standoff right now where the Steelers didn't give him a contract in the offseason and now they have a rule where they, they won't sign anybody after the season begins and now Porter's not on the injured list anymore so now they're almost like making Porter look bad because he's kind of deciding not to play because he's not hurt. So. Well, his back hurts or it was hurting. It was hurting but now that's not the case. Now he's off the injury report. Now he's pulling landscaping duty. That's right. My fingers hurt. So anyway, I wanted to nominate Dobbs as an option. I would also say Travion Henderson is back, the running back for New England who I would be a little bit nervous about starting Henderson I think. Yeah. He had big pops last year and could like and won people many weeks but the Patriots could not run the ball last week. They had the lowest yards per carry in the NFL last week. 2.6 yards per carry and the Steelers have a pretty good run D and they looked good and I actually thought they did a decent job against Bijan on the ground. So, I'm a little nervous about. I think this game is going to be more ugly than fun I guess is my prediction. I can see that as well. I'm jealous of the Dobbs. I'm jealous of the Dobbs take because you're right that that's one of those the Dobbs drop if it happened in a game at 1 p.m. Easter. Sorry, I'm not trying to dig at you guys. If it happened in the early slate amid eight other games, it wouldn't be such a huge narrative that Dobbs cost them this game as opposed to being the first game of the season and we'd probably just be like A.J. Brown was hurt so Romeo Dobbs is probably going to be playing pretty well but because he had a terrible game the most obvious answer is the free agent that they gave a giant contract to who had a bad week one will probably be the number one guy for the next five weeks while AJ Brown's out. 100%. I very much agree with that. I also think that like Ramondre is not as good of a, or is Ramondre Stevenson such a better pass protector than Traven Henderson? And I think they're going to need it against Pittsburgh. So I just, and Travion's coming off this ankle thing. I feel like it's more likely that Travion has like seven or eight carries in this game than he does like 14. How are you feeling about this game, Craig, with the Steelers? I mean, I think the Patriots overall as a team are a good sort of bounce back team this week because of a really crappy week one against a really great defense in Seattle. How are you feeling about this game in particular? I think the Steelers have a shot, to be honest with you. I think the Steelers are a pretty good roster, and I think I do. I think Rodgers played well. That's what my dad says about every game. He's like, I think they have a shot. I'm like, yeah, the spread's like four points. Well, I would say that most people see the sticker price of this game, and just looking at Patriots versus Steelers, they would say, oh my God, Patriots are going to win this game. But I don't know. I just think Rodgers played better than people think last week, and I think the defensive line's really good, and I think their defense in general is really good, and I don't know. I think they beat the Patriots last year. I think the game will be close. We're going to learn a lot about the Steelers this week. That's right. One person I want to shout out on the Pittsburgh offense is DK Metcalf, who had a horrible week one. I asked Craig halfway through the game when it was like really close. The Falcons were kind of sticking with them late into the fourth quarter. I was like, how are the Steelers not dominating this game? And Craig just responds, DK Metcalf. 100%. He had like three crucial boneheaded plays, just dimes by Rodgers that he dropped. But I just want to say that the Steelers are using DK Metcalf differently this year than they were last year. Very differently. Last year, he was just running down the sideline, and now he's doing a lot more over the middle stuff, crossing routes, slants. They're moving him around more. His air yards per target were way up in week one. It was like 17 versus 10 last year. So even though he didn't have a great game, and I think this week he might get shadowed by Christian Gonzalez and might not have a good game, I think DK Metcalf is the number one in the Steelers' offense. I just realized something. You know, there's a chance, and it sounds like a joke, but I'm serious, that the version of, you know, when Cooper Cup was having breakfast with Matt Stafford every morning and we're like, ah, whatever, who cares? Yeah, they're conspiracy browns, Rodgers and DK. There's a chance that DK Metcalf is saying, I think there's a city underneath Antarctica. Was actually a signal that he's the most underrated receiver in fantasy football because I fear that we actually really underrated the difference between Aaron Rodgers signing with the Steelers last year in June and like how much Aaron Rodgers requires being on the same page to throw anyone the ball versus having like way more time this year and like doing all that offseason work in the second year. There's a chance actually that relationship like he's just, trust him to be where he needs to be and we'll throw in the ball like way more frequently. Fantasy points, the strongest R factor or whatever in fantasy points, the strongest correlator for Aaron Rodgers fantasy points is how willing are you to sit down and just listen to him talk about stuff? How long will you sit there and nod when he's talking about a civilization under Antarctica? Yeah, because it could really go two ways. Either DK Metcalf is gullible and impressionable and it's like that, really? Wow, Antarctica, underneath Antarctica is or he's a genius. Yeah, he's like, I'm going to sit down, listen to all his bullshit, say I agree and I'll be the number one target on the team. It's like the usual suspect's limp turns into a walk thing. Yeah, that's DK Metcalf. Shout out my quarterback. That's not bad. Okay, the Philadelphia Eagles are playing the Tennessee Titans this week. My one fact for this game, do you guys know how many passing yards Jalen Hurts had on first down last week? Oh, I bet it's great question. How many? Zero. Zero. I couldn't believe it. That's awesome. I'm telling you, I watched when I, I watched every single snap because of Saquon. When I have a guy on a team like that, I spent a lot of money on or picked her. I will watch every goddamn snap like intensely and I was furious about the Eagles offense. Yeah, I, so this is the most unwatchable game maybe of the year. So I was going to say the Eagles Titans is the three and out bowl. Like these teams the last year or so have gone three and out as much as any team. Like they're up there with the Raiders and the Browns for going three and out. And again, I think what it really comes down to is it's the Eagles go and that's what it comes down to. How does the tush push team go three and out like that? It doesn't make sense, right? It's first down is the Eagles problem because when the Eagles two years ago were Saquon's getting five yards of carry or whatever, then the Eagles are in second and five and then you just run again and then you have three plays to get five yards. But when the Eagles get second and nine, then they run it again and it's third and eight and then Jalen Hurts just throws up a deep ball on the sideline to Devante Smith and then it works up two of the two of the six times and the other ones they just punt. And so that's the issue to that point. I couldn't believe this last week Philadelphia averaged 1.95 yards per play on first down 1.95 1.95 yards is five feet 10 inches. That's me. That's like I'm five 10 you falling down. If I stood on the line of scrimmage and fell forward, that is how far the Eagles gained on first down last week. I love that visual. I think it's just tipped over what's that Simpsons meme just through the way if I'm just if they just threw me forward if I did the tush push and just fell down that's the Eagles first down dare. I say not good enough. Yeah it sucked. You're the three and I think it's funny because that means they couldn't even get to a fourth and one because if you get to fourth and one, wouldn't they just so it's really like they only need eight yards really not eight nine yards and they can't get that even exactly. That's the thing it's this is the answer is yada yada yada offensive line and the offensive line is not the same Landon Dickerson's gone into injured reserve, which I don't even know if I want to say that's a downgrade because he just was playing hurt. He was trying to tough it out. He's one of the toughest players in the entire league and he just played last week and literally after the game was like I'm not me I have to go to injured reserve. It wasn't like anything happened as much as he doesn't have the juice and I don't think again. I don't think he's been him and Lane Johnson ran into each other week one last year and the Eagles haven't been the same since and I that is like the issue. So there's a world the Eagles get better if not playing landed Dickerson just because he's not healthy. But overall, that's what it all comes down to is first down the Eagles have to figure out how to run the ball. And if they can't then they start got to start doing play action because they were dead last in play action last last week to like it was like 8% so they have to just get yards on first down so they can get to the unstoppable fourth down play, which maybe that's not unstoppable either because of the line anymore, but the Eagles lines not special anymore. Yep. That's the other thing I'd say is I actually want to ask you guys. Part of me is like I want should we just not rank the Titans this week? Like we were talking about season long with Kyle Pitts and Marvin Harrison like we put out rankings and part of me was looking at them and I'm like, is there any world you're actually going to play Cornell Tate this week versus the Eagles? Unfortunately, no, we can't not rank them because it'll look like an error but we should almost like like a big sign at the top that says no Titans. I'm looking at it. I'm like they have to go somewhere, but I would feel horrible playing them this week. Like I just feel a disgusting. Yeah, that's how I feel about like Tony Pollard to or yeah, it's just like he's just going to run into a brick wall. There's no way half the time and then they're splitting. He's playing reps way more with Tajay Spears this year than he was last year. I don't really trust this offense to get going. Yeah, it's pretty grim so far, but obviously that's just one week for the Titans. Maybe Cam Ward will turn it around, but this is a really tough matchup. Great. The Eagles have a really good defense. It's just this is going to be a slog. Well, I'm curious to watch the game and just see if they get more than five foot ten inches downfield. Okay. Craig was the next game for the early slate Packers Jets. This game's in New York in New Jersey. My stat is that Gino Smith had the least amount of pressures against him in week one out of any quarterback in the NFL. Gino Smith was pressured the least six times he was pressured. He was sacked zero times, which is not something I typically think of when I think of a Jets offense or a Jets quarterback, right? I thought I had to start Gino Smith in this game for reasons that I am not proud of, but so I watched a lot of the Jets game and I thought he looked sharp. I thought his connection with Garrett Wilson was legit and they just ran the ball in both times they scored. So his stats didn't look that good. Sadiq and Brees Hall had touchdowns, but the Jets were fourth in explosive pass rate in week one and they're playing now Green Bay. They're at home. The Packers let up three touchdowns to Carson Wentz. I think like my overall thought going into this game is like, obviously you look at this and you're like, I mean, this spread is not as big as you would expect. I think the spread is four and a half. Is that still there? Three and a half. It's three and a half. The Jets are only three and a half point underdogs at home against the Packers. And you would think Jets Packers, this should be eight. And it's because I think the Jets might not be terrible. And it's hard to say that because they just played the Titans. So it's like, that's why this is a real, we're going to learn a lot about this team in week two. But Green Bay was messy, man. Green Bay could not run the ball. 15% of their yards in week one came from rushing. 15% of their total yards came from rushing, which was their lowest since 2023. Marshawn Lloyd was very underwhelming. He looked underwhelming. The other thing I want to flag for this game, I know it might rain for this game, for the Jets Packers game. And I bring that up for a couple reasons. We always joke about it during the combine, but Marshawn Lloyd had small hands and he fumbled a lot in college. And it's games like this where that matters. And so I think the running game, like I'm a little skeptical because they don't have a ton of other options. Can I also, I want to make a, can I tell you guys something? I think this is the game the Jets get an interception. I think it's going to happen this week. All right. I really do. Long awaited. This is a huge game for the Packers, too, because the Jets, it would be so obviously incredible to start 2-0 after they've been such a mess for a long time. But Green Bay losing to the Jets would quietly be like a real. I don't know if it's rock bottom because the Bears eliminated them for the playoffs, but the Jets making you go 0-2 after the Bears eliminated you for the rock bottom. Packers have had it pretty good for a long time. And this would be really bad, but I don't really believe in the Packers' offensive line or defensive line and LeFleur's decision-making. I mean, I actually don't mind. Austin wrote a great piece for The Ringer this week where he pointed out LeFleur going for it on fourth down. He took the field goal off the board and went for it. It's kind of a. It makes sense. You'll get more points that way than not. The problem is the play sucked. And I just. I don't. I just don't believe in Green Bay. I don't think they have a lot of blue-chip talent. There's no, like, elite guys. It's really anywhere on this roster. And that bothers me a lot. The. Yeah. The Packers' offensive line, I think, is also. I mean, it's tough because Minnesota blitzed, like, 80% of the game. But I was really unimpressed with Green Bay's offensive line. Like, they were getting blown up. He was pressured. Jordan Love was pressured 25 times. He was hit 15 times in this game. So I'm a little nervous. Maybe this will be a classic, like, it's the Packers. They win 10 games every year. Jordan Love, Matt LaFleur, don't overthink it. And they're playing the Jets. But I'm a little more interested in this matchup than I thought. It would be. It would be nice to see a Packers get-right game where they just beat the Jets. But they have a talent deficit in the trenches, arguably on both sides. Both Jets' lines are probably better than both Packers' lines by a good bit. And that usually decides games. As long as. I mean, it depends if Gino turns the ball over. Do you think Caleb Johnson is a hold in any way in fantasy on the Packers or no? It depends on your league size. I kind of. I think I do. The fact that Marshawn Lloyd, before last week, had gotten how many touches in two years? Like nine? Yeah, like nine or eight. Barely plays. That's not the kind of. He's been injured all over. I think Caleb Johnson, he was a good kick returner. He could eventually get snaps. It depends because I think even if you end up. If I end up being right and I think Caleb Johnson gets the job eventually, I kind of don't think Green Bay is going to be able to run the ball anyway. We'll see what happens with Josh Jacobs. Who knows what's happening there? But I think by the time Caleb comes back, he'll probably start for two weeks. Not get 80 yards. And then be back behind Josh Jacobs. So I kind of think the Packers aren't going to be able to run the ball anyway. Yeah. To circle around what Craig initially started with, very encouraged from what Geno Smith did in week one. And I can't wait to see if he can keep this up. Having a decent offensive line, decent to good offensive line, a few good weapons in the passing game, a decent run game with Brees Hall and Braylon Allen. He completed almost 80% of his passes and he was. Eighth in EPA per dropback in week one. Obviously, a lot of variables here, but it was a very sharp start for him. Yeah. The next game is the Cleveland Browns are at Tampa Bay. And I don't know if this is a fact as much as I would like to suggest a cosmic note to this game. Okay. The Browns ditched Baker Mayfield, the number one pick for them. Mm-hmm. The Browns ditched Baker Mayfield to get Deshaun Watson. And now this week, Baker Mayfield is probably going to beat the Browns so that they bench Deshaun Watson probably forever. Wow, yeah. Baker will literally, after being kicked out of Cleveland for Deshaun, Baker has a very good chance to end Deshaun Watson's tenure in Cleveland this week. Well, I mean, come on. It's like unfair. The expectations are so high for Deshaun. Like they're expecting him to throw for 400 yards and five touchdowns every week. Like that's ridiculous. Dude, that quote. So Deshaun actually said that this week for people who did not know. He was like, the media wants me to throw for 400 yards and five touchdowns every week. The media has this expectation that I'm supposed to throw for 400 yards and five. It's like, you know what? You're the only quarterback ever who got a fully guaranteed contract and they give you 200 plus million dollars guaranteed. Yeah. They do expect you to throw for 400 yards every fucking game. How about 400 yards every two games? That'd be, that'd be nice. So I, this was also my other stat here because I couldn't believe that quote. I thought it was the most. Deshaun Watson might be the most disconnected person from reality in the entire NFL and including Aaron Rodgers. But Deshaun Watson, forget a single game. Deshaun Watson has not thrown for five touchdowns in a calendar month in four and a half years. Damn. Really? Yes. Brutal. Really? It was amazingly, it was with the Browns when he first came back, but that was like, the 2022 was the end of the, like 2022. It was a long time ago. He might have three and a half years. You probably won't. But again, the big dish between everything Deshaun Watson said about the fan, basically saying I'd rather be on the road than home this season. I think they're going to play him. And honestly, I actually believe the conspiracy. I kind of wonder if I, I don't know. I just, I think the Browns want him gone. And I think Shador, they want to come to the home games as like, look, we got rid of Deshaun Watson. Deshaun should, or they just pray that he's going to play well. We don't have to belabor this game. I think it's wheels up for Tampa. They're there. They lost a close game in week one. They're going to be motivated. The Browns Baker thing is extra motivation. I think the Bucks are going to be, they're at home. I think they're going to dominate great defense to start in fantasy. There is a, yeah, I agree. The last thing I'll say, there's a chance. Let's say Deshaun loses and that they, he's benched the rest of the season. There's a chance. If that happens, Deshaun will have made 140, one for $140 million the last three years and have delivered one win. But the media. This episode is brought to you by Chevrolet. Chevy drivers need a truck that shows up the same way they do. That's why Chevy Silverado is number one in manufacturer loyalty. So they can go where others won't. Make their own way there and always get it done. And as long as Chevy people keep showing up, we'll keep building trucks that do the same. Chevrolet, together let's drive. Visit chevy.com slash Chevrolet. To explore the lineup. This episode is brought to you by Nationwide. Everyone knows that to win in fantasy, you need players that can be so much more. The QB that can throw for 400 yards and rush for a touchdown. 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Obviously, there's a huge variable here in who is going to be the starting quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons. And that is, it's between Cooper Rush and Michael Panics, who came back to practice this week. He has been getting some reps with the first team. So I think there is quite a bit of uncertainty whether Panics is healthy enough to play this week or if they're going to kind of wait again. But I mean, the Bijan thing, the usage for Bijan is about as good as it possibly can get. And that's a lot of uncertainty. And that is really exciting because we talked about this before the season. Like, why do we have Bijan ranked so high when he's on a terrible offense with a bad quarterback? That's why. That's why. 54% of the team's expected fantasy points. And he, I mean, honestly, he looked awesome. And he made some incredible plays. I don't think you can expect him to get that type of volume every single week. But this is the answer to the question of why did we have Bijan ranked second? He's the outlier. Yeah. He's the exception that proves the rule. Typically, you don't want that. Sure. I, watching Bijan, this is maybe irresponsible. Watching Bijan, I was kind of wondering if Bijan in the open field is the best running back I've seen since Adrian Peterson. Like, just the way he moves. And I love Jameer Gibbs. There's Saquon, there's Christian McCaffrey. But watching Bijan last week, I was like, I can't believe how good he is with the ball in his hands. It is unbelievable. Honestly, you know, that Rams game, Monday Night Football last week, 17. Bijan is somehow underrated because the Falcons suck. Yeah. But it's like, if he's on a better team, he should be the most famous player in the NFL. I agree. It's a bummer that he's probably not going to be on a good team for a couple more years. This could be a weirdly good fantasy game for both teams. Like, you wouldn't expect the Panthers and Falcons to be, like, a good fantasy game. But, like, Bijan, obviously, with the Falcons, I don't know, you know, what we're going to expect, if anything, from London or Pitts on that side of the football. But, like, the Panthers' offense was a lot better than I expected last week against a bad Bears defense. And I think they could have some success again in this game, too. Fantasy-wise, Bijan, obviously, you're playing. Do you play any other Falcons? I don't think you can play Kyle Pitts. He did not have a catch last week. No, I wouldn't. I probably would not play Pitts, and I would begrudgingly play London because I think it's a lot better. So, Michael Penix Jr. is now splitting reps at first team with Cooper Rush, and Tua's hurt and not even playing anymore. And that's a weird situation. situation. so it's like either michael pennix sailing into this game which makes no sense to me after barely practicing he's gonna come in and take live reps because the falcons next week play thursday night so he's gonna like miss two games if he misses this game but also michael pennix playing with no reps makes no sense to me but there's a chance cooper rush comes in and plays this game in the next and i'm like i don't even are you serious are you playing drake london with cooper rush because i'm a little scared i mean obviously it's nerve-wracking but i probably would this is a panther team that just gave up 59 points so um even i know it's a very different offense but i do think there's a big difference between the steelers um steelers defense and the panthers defense yeah fair enough pits though i would not play if i had to give one brief mini stat on the panther side of things uh this came from ian harditz that the last seven games that jalen coker and ted mcmillan have played together oh yeah coker has 12 more catches at 150 more yards yeah i mean he's the de facto number one in this offense i which is he has an ankle injury but he's like he's they expect him to play this week yeah so i think you kind of gotta play him if he's coker's the parker washington of carolina yeah totally the other thing is also he has also just hasn't played a bad game and longer than you think bryce young like it's weird because bryce young again certain like the niners money in a football game last year was looked like a middle schooler and then it's like but the flip side is the panthers really should have beat the rams twice last year they beat him in the regular season and really should have beat the rams in the playoffs and then we just like completely dismissed that performance yeah but bryce young played well i thought he played okay last week and so i'm curious but atlanta is also like a toothless pass rush because they james pierce jr suspended jaylen walker's out for the season they lost another defensive tackle this week like that was already a weak defensive line that's kind of down three of their best five guys already it's it yeah i kind of think bryce is viable dk look me in the eye right now who are you starting with jaylen waddle or jaylen coker oh not even coker how i think a better question i don't even really have to think about that how long will it take jaylen waddle to get as many points this season as jaylen coker did in week one oh god things are things are bad with my waddle bags do you think jaylen waddle jaylen coker had how many points week 135 how many weeks will it take jaylen waddle to get 35 total points this season seven i like that you had probably not really but uh okay next uh next game here craig all right we have the saints are at baltimore my one stat is that the ravens had the most plays of 10 or more yards last week and the saints gave up the third most plays of 10 or more yards this week so i am declaring this game the mario kart rainbow strip game of the week start them all um so you're starting vele you're starting etn obviously a lave i think you can start juwan johnson i i think on the raven's way you can start inside of things i i think there is a chance that derrick henry has like 290 yards and four touchdowns in this game he might get 40 carries it doesn't know jacoby lane for baltimore i don't know if there's going to be zay flowers so it's rashad bateman it's eli sarat and it's mark andrews and that's it jameer gibbs last week versus uh the saints had 150 yards and two touchdowns on 30 carries um everyone associated with this game i would like to have on my team i mean it's not looking like zay is going to play he did not practice on wednesday or thursday so highly doubt he'll play i love this one this is gonna be a fun game i want to see how shuck starts in this game because this is a this is a the baltimore defense is one of those defenses that can really confound quarterbacks um so i'm just gonna i'm very interested to see if he looks more like he did in the second half or in the first half of last week i went back and watched shuck second half and he was dealing man he was making a lot of high level throws like on the move stepping up and down and he was doing a lot of high level throws like on the move stepping up and down and up in the pocket dropping the ball in a bucket as brady likes to say dropping it like a butterfly with sore legs everybody knows what that means right off that just that's just a phrase you just automatically understand that's one of those performances where do you feel like what what is the ratio to you of tyler shuck is really good or and the lions secondary is horrendous because the lions to me are the other like rainbow strip team that the defense has been bad for years but right now it is really bad i think shuck is solid like i i think the last half of last year we saw it and i i think he's underrated and i think it's because he's like 42 years old and he was hurt every year in college and he was justin herbert's backup 10 years ago at oregon and nobody wants to give him credit and i think if the first overall pick was doing this we would think he was great if cam ward was doing this we would think he was great anthony weaver he's probably this is like classic kind of like respect yes but anthony weaver the defensive coordinator for um why am i blanking for the saints for the saints sorry no sorry for the ravens for the ravens thank you said that tyler shuck reminds him of a poor man's josh allen of course which is like not right pick the superman guy yeah that's just that's a good thing maybe coaches should start doing because obviously belichick was always good about complimenting the opposition and not wanting to give them any motivation and flattering them it'd be funny to actually just going crazier and crazier every single week like yeah like you the niners are playing the dolphins this week and kyle shanahan's like caleb douglas reminds me a lot of when i was with julio jones he's like caleb douglas giving me like prime michael jordan do you think on that do you think if you're tyler shuck this is annoying or you're actually flattered i think that's i think it's flattering i don't think it's annoying i think i would be i think i would be like okay now i know you're lying poor man josh allen come on now i know you're lying through your teeth shucks like how poor yeah okay late games tk all right we got jags at broncos this is a really fun game can't wait to watch this one the jags obviously cleaned up last week against the browns now they face a very good defense in the broncos are favored by two and a half broncos are favored in in denver here's my stat in the last eight games which includes one playoff game trevor lawrence has thrown 22 touchdowns to three picks he is actually he's on an absolute heater in his last eight games uh in that stretch he has a hundred and fifteen pass rating his epa for dropback would have been best in the nfl over the full season last year uh he's an incredible they're 51 success rate which was third which would have been third last year uh and a 18 explosive play rate so he is dealing um and the the jags are seven to one in that stretch by the way the only game they lost was the wild card game against the bills last year um they're averaging 33 points a game 350 yards per game in that stretch and have 31 touchdowns in eight games so this is it this is the hot one of the hottest off offenses in the nfl if not the hottest i mean obviously the bears what they did last week was pretty damn impressive but the the the jags are kind of right there in terms of what they're doing on offense just buzzsaw offense right now and i can't wait to see how they they play against a really good defense in the in denver can i steal you know how craig just said that if cam ward was doing what tyler shuck was doing we'd be freaking out yeah if justin herbert had done what trevor lawrence has done since thanksgiving there would be no that's correct that's exactly right oh my god it is un like trevor how long seaman left how long does trevor lawrence need to play like this until he gets a fraction of the respect that justin herbert like we kind of thrust upon him without having like done this yet has lawrence somehow somehow become underrated now after being overrated it was the browns their defense sucks but he's been unbelievable for like a like so many so many games in a row well it's funny because it's he's tyler shuck where it's like oh he's a second round pick he nobody really knew him it's like this is the first overall pick in the draft who was a very famous college athlete yeah i think it's jacksonville i think it's the jags as a team and like yes they are probably the i apologize to fans they are like the least famous football team in the nfl i would say yeah i mean i i have an incredibly good authority that the before covid the nfl wanted to have the jaguars move to london yeah like they wanted to have them do a four and four in london that is the state of the jack so i don't think it's really the bar is higher for things that jacksonville has to do to make a splash nationally i i mean the last time the jacks played the broncos they smacked them in denver and that's when denver was playing really well and people were like this team could win the super bowl and trevor lawrence had 280 yards three touchdowns and ran in a fourth touchdown and then the browns played like shit and they're like they're underdogs again how does that make sense i do agree with everything you guys are saying i think this is a this is a fact this is the jags and people just kind of doubt that the jags are actually good i think liam cohen paired with trevor lawrence is one of the best quarterback play caller combos in the nfl right now like they are up there with basically i mean in terms of especially the last eight games but like since cohen got there you could put them up against some of the best offenses in the nfl and when the way that they design game the game plans um the way that they structure you or sequence the plays and just like the efficiency that they operate with the points they're scoring like it's it's actually pretty crazy and we just haven't i don't know if we've really caught on yet that yeah this could be a ben johnson caleb williams type of type of marriage between these guys it's funny to me too because the jags and broncos of all the teams in the nfl did any teams change from last season less than the jags and broncos the jags lost travis h and i get that but like the broncos did very little they added jaylen waddle but they like make very literal in the treaty of like marvin nims because they didn't want to they added they traded for him and then he didn't Make him a part of the game plan. Yeah. I just, I don't know. It is funny to me. Heifetz, you mentioned like things don't change. These are two teams that didn't change a lot. Did you see how they used Travis Hunter on offense in week one? Oh, no, no. They didn't even go. The passes for him didn't even go beyond the line of scrimmage, right? Every round was just like at the line. We call them expensive Wandale Robinson. Like, come on. If you're going to play him on offense, actually play him on offense. Don't do this stupid shit. That's just one thing I have that sticks in my craw, but yeah. I'm looking on FanDuel right now. What does Jalen Waddell's over-under have to be for receiving yard for you to take the over? I'm not going to tell you what it is, but what would the number need to be for you to confidently take the over? Bet a lot of money? 26. If you put a hundred bucks on the over for Jalen Waddell, what would the number have to be? 14. I would say like 26. For you to feel like you have a 50-50 shot. That's the point of setting it up. 36. What is it? It's 52 and a half. Oh, God. Should we just bet the Jalen Waddell under until it hits? We should. Because then we can celebrate. I mean, we can celebrate either way, really. So he has 61 and no touchdowns, and then we just play. Well, it's better than fucking three. Somehow he can hurt us more. We actually should do that. Let's do the Jalen Waddell under the week. We should just do that every week, all season. Should we parlay him and Kyle Pitts to both go under every week until we lose? Honestly, it probably should work. People are going to really start hating Pat Bryant because of the implication it has for Jalen Waddell. Pat Bryant is totally innocent in this. Pat Bryant might be an awesome. He's an awesome player. Every time he catches a pass, he's going to be like, God fucking damn it. Pat Bryant's good. Third round pick. The comparisons, you know, the way Tyler Shuck is to Josh Allen, Pat Bryant's to Michael Thomas. That's Sean Payton, basically. Every fucking receiver on the Broncos is compared to Michael Thomas. It's annoying. I think the real answer for Pat Bryant's usage is they get him the ball on the first series three times because they want teams to respect when he goes in motion and he's like really a weapon as a blocker. But Sean Payton wants to establish. If you don't respect it, we will throw him the ball so that he then draws. It's like it's like a bad three point shooter hitting a three early in the game. And you don't actually want them to shoot another three, but you do want them to be covered at the three point line. I think that's kind of what they do with Pat Bryant in these games. Anyway, no one gives a shit. You know, OK, hold on. One more annoying thing about the Broncos. You know, it's annoying. Yeah. What? Every single wide receiver on the Broncos, their number is between 10 and 19. So it's all you don't know what's going on. And every time I'm like, is that Jalen Waddle? And it never is. It's oh, that's Troy Franklin. Oh, that's Cortland Sutton. He's 13. Oh, he's 15. Oh, he's 19. It's so true. It's ridiculous. Even the tight end's number one. Like that feels like a receiver. Oh, we didn't even mention the resurrection of Evan Ingram. Who I thought we had thought had ascended to another plane with the ancestors. It's remarkable what you can accomplish when you just shoot Jalen Waddle down the sideline. He's doing wind sprints. It opens everything up. Yeah. All right. Next game. Here. Commanders at the Cowboys. So to be clear, I'm benching Jalen Waddle in every league, right? We're not joking. If you have Jalen, I'm not playing in that guy until he gets a good game. I mean, yeah. On the leagues that I actually can't bench him. Yes. Okay. I have him in my high school league, my longstanding high school league. For me to bench him, I'd have to start. No, I got to play him. Because Nico Collins is out. I'd have to play like RJ Harvey. Or Jake Ferguson over him. Ooh. Play RJ Harvey. He will outscore him. He will. We should move him down. Like, he will. You're right. We're like, oh, no, you got to. It's like, but then we get the brain and we're like, oh, we didn't play him. He got hurt here. Yeah. He's dealing with a hamstring injury. He's hurt. You'll still score more. I have Waddle in the ringer league and I kind of want to, man, do I bench him for like Jaden Reed in the rain? God, the worst possible. He's going to score more. Matthew Golden in the rain? That just gave me the ick. Dude. God damn it. Okay. All right. Next game. Commanders at Cowboys. My one stat is that the Dallas defense was the only defense that didn't allow a three and out last week. Hell yeah, man. That's just the, don't think about it. That's just how good the Giants are. The Giants are an unstoppable machine. Nothing they could have done. Cowboys were also the only team in week one that allowed a first down or touchdown on every single opponent possession. They allowed a 79% completion rate and 10% touchdown rate, 24th in pressure rate. It was an absolute mess. This is a mini shootout week, I think. I don't think the Commanders looked very good last week against Philly, but Philly's defense is one of the best in the league. I expect, like I would be playing Terry McLaurin this week. I think you could play Stefan Diggs this week. I would like to expect a bounce back from Dallas as well. You know, the Commanders made the Eagles explosive plays look like the Bears. The Eagles had. They had five plays of 20 or more yards last week against Philly. So I like, I like everybody in this game. I even think the one person I would like to highlight is the rookie Antonio Williams, who did not play very much. He only, he played like 30% of the snaps and he only had four targets, but he caught all four targets and he had 64 yards in a touchdown. I thought that guy jumped off the screen to me and I thought he looked good and he looked legit. And I think he's, he's a real player. I totally agree with you, Craig. He exact, pretty much exact same analysis. He just. Just jumped off the screen and he just moves a little bit different than everybody else on the, he, he gives off almond raw vibes a lot. I think it's, he's the same number. I want to say is almond raw 14. And I don't know. He just kind of has that, that Genesee qual, whatever. It just makes him, he just looks like he's going to be a real player. And I think they need to, I think they played him like 30% of the time or something like that. They need to actually get him in and involved in the offense. It's not like they're don't have, it's not like they have a plethora of weapons right now. Um, I think Chig is hurt or. He, he's been injured. He might not play. Um, so yeah, he's gotta be a bigger part of the game plan. We did not talk about Antonio Williams enough on the waiver show. We, uh, he's a, he's a really good ad ahead of it. The week versus he's a stash, but yes, it's like, if you feel like you move Nico Collins to out, right. And you get, and maybe on sleeper app or like some apps, you can get an extra bench spot for, you can just kind of add Antonio Williams before the game. And then just, if he goes off, you have them already. I would highly recommend that if your league allows you to move, if you just have a bench spot. Like I, I would rec, if you have a player that's, do you guys have leagues like that? I feel like I actually have a ton of leagues now that you can put guys who are out to IR and I, in that situation, I would, I would just add in Tony Williams and see what happens this week. Yeah. It's like beat the rush for waiver wire or whatever next week. Um, he, he's the guy who made a bunch of plays in preseason. There was one highlight making the rounds where he caught like a, you know, back shoulder pass and like, didn't raise his hands until the very last second. So the defender didn't know the ball was coming. It was just like, man. Which is the whole thing. Late guys got it next, uh, next game here. DK Seahawks at Cardinals Seahawks are favored in this one by four and a half. Um, this is interesting. Drew Locke is going to be starting. Um, and it, I think he's going to have to do the, he's going to have to be a game manager essentially to win this game. And here's my stat. And it's basically comes down to the Seahawks. Defense is good. I'm I'm breaking news here, guys. The CS defense is good since the start of last year, including the playoffs Seahawks are giving up the fewest points per game of any team in the NFL. And they have. The second most, sorry, they have the second most take takeaways. They have the third best opponent pass rating, second best stats, uh, second best in sacks, second best in quarterback hits. And they're doing all that with the fifth lowest blitz rate. So they're, they're dominating all the most important stats and they're not blitzing to do it, which I think is just such a fascinating thing in today's NFL where blitzing and kind of exotic stuff is, is the deal. This is the Seahawks are exotic in a different way. Um, and basically what they do is they confuse the hell out of a quarterback because the quarterback never knows who's coming on a pass rush. And even though they have, like, usually it's like four guys that will rush the passer. You just never know which four it's going to be. DK, this is an interesting game because I'm kind of fascinated by Arizona, the spread of the same, the spread in this game, Seahawks are only favored by four and a half points. Yep. A week ago, the chargers were favored by like nine points over the same team. Yeah. And so now the Seahawks are favored by half that is this, in your opinion, more, the Cardinals are better than we think. And Vegas is respecting them or more drew lock is a big question mark and a big worry. Um, I think it's a little both not to sit on the fence. I think, I think people earn some respect for, for Arizona. I think their offense has always been a type of offense that can put up points and the defense looked great against chargers in week one. And I think. I think that earned them some respect. And then of course drew lock is a backup. I, you know, how many points is drew lock war? Like how, how, how many points would be going to Darnold from drew lock? Do you like three or four? How, how, what do you think the line would be? If Darnold was starting over a touchdown, probably seven and a half. Yeah, it would be over a touchdown. I'm, I'm just surprised. Like you just look at this game and you're like, see the Superbowl champion Seattle Seahawks are only getting four and a half points or only laying four and a half points versus the fucking Cardinals. I guess it's in Arizona, but like that. I, that, that really surprised me, but yeah, I think the, I, my gut is eight and a half because the bucks Brown, uh, bucks Brown says eight and a half. And I think for like six and a half, everyone would just take the Seahawks. So I think it's seven and a half is the minimum. Yeah. Because Darnold is there. Seahawks have won 10 of their last 11 games against the Cardinals. But I mean, that's, yeah. I mean, that's why Jonathan getting got fired is he didn't really win any games in the division in three years. Uh, do we Craig, but I will, but the answer being drew lock and the Cardinals, that's what you get for asking DK question. you know we take your hits questions right yeah the answer is always both it's like my on we're neither doesn't want to answer the question you know do you think we're not starting michael wilson or marvin harrison jr in this game i is it only trey mcbride and jeremiah love it's just trey mcbride and even jeremiah love is like dude the seahawks run defense i jeremy you probably can start jeremiah love because he will be the starting running back but i'm like dude if they're rotating jeremiah love and he gets 12 touches versus the seahawks defense it's a chance it's 35 yards and it's like he kind of needs a touchdown you can play him but i i do not think you should play marvin harrison jr michael wilson like like i i not no yeah don't do that yeah did you guys know that michael floor became the first cardinals head coach since 1973 which is 14 head coaches before him to win the first game in his coaching debut with the cardinals that's wild that the cardinals are quietly such a horrible organization like i yeah my like they're so poorly run i the because i told you i they're the cardinals have never had an nfl head coach last for six seasons which doesn't sound that remarkable until you remember that the cardinals are the oldest nfl team they've been around for over a hundred years which is weird because they don't feel that way they don't feel like a chicago bears well they're not an nfl blue they were the chicago bears they were the chicago cardinals and the bears were the decatur staley's decatur state in 1920 like literally the cardinals are like 106 years old they like were playing the rock island independence the chicago cardinals and then they moved and i like they've never had in 106 years never had one coach last six years do you know how hard that is that means you're doing terribly that's that's yeah anyway uh next game here late slate uh we have the raiders playing the chargers and my stat for this game is to a tongue of iloa his first game with mike mcdaniel he threw for 270 yards he was one touchdown he was sacked three times and they put up 20 points his second game with mike mcdaniel he had 470 yards six touchdowns and they scored 42 points uh tyree kale and jaylen waddle combined for 360 yards and two touchdowns and my question for you two is is this the most obvious buy low for the los angeles chargers and mike mcdaniel's complicated but obviously very effective and proven offense and we should be buying o'marian hampton and all these motherfuckers on la even if lad mcconkie doesn't play objectively and logically of course yes emotionally it's tough it's just like being let down time and time again um but yes it i think absolutely is logically a great bounce back opportunity for them and very likely this is going to be a team that's offense is much better than what we saw last week hi what say you i think you're probably you're right we're also too in deep to say anything else but i think you know it's funny we don't really do trade advice after week one because in our experience nobody wants to trade after week one no matter how bad your team is like no one was weird it'll be better next week no one wants to give up on anyone part of me does wonder if the chargers and bears are just like colson loveland luther burden lad mcconkie hurt mary and hampton if all these guys are like if you could i mean you're probably not swinging a trade between now and sunday but part of me does wonder that craig because people are probably nervous but it also just comes down to do you think jim harbaugh is a good coach and i do and good coaches can correct things like what happened to the chargers in week one it's the ability to adjust and maybe jim harbaugh's lost a step but i do kind of believe in the chargers ability to pivot now do the chargers have adam gaze on their staff they do that really concerns me yeah uh mike mcdaniel and adam gaze and you know i'm a little nervous but i can't tell you how desperately my my heart needs what you're talking about craig i needed chargers to run up and down on the raiders i mean imagine the chargers lose this game the raiders are two and oh and the chargers are oh i found adam gaze on the chargers team website like somebody finding a like a chopped finger in their chili i was like holy wait a minute jump scare what's in there sam monson sam monson posted this morning and i was thinking of adam levitan i think it established the righteousness of just like all the people that you think are the really horrific coaches in the nfl and jim's tracking what teams they look for yeah and always keeping track of that it's like it's we lose track of them too easily i love the i love the stat about um like like almost every steelers offensive coordinator after they left the steelers like never got a job again it's honestly the truth is retired if mike tomlin remember matt canada yeah that guy if mike tomlin wasn't so lovable and a great guy and beloved that would kind of be the defining part of the end of his tenure is nobody hired ever worked again like look at todd bowles everybody todd bowles hires to run the bucks offense gets a head coaching job and everyone mike tomlin hired never worked yet to your point doesn't even work in the nfl again dude concerning matt canada hasn't had a job since 2023 he's not like coaching college he doesn't have a job it's it's not it's not ideal todd haley was the offensive coordinator for the steelers for half a decade he went one year to the browns after that gone been out of the he's coaching high school yeah arthur smith went to ohio state where i'm always like it always i don't know i'm always like when i see matt patricia succeeds with the ohio state defense and i'm like yes they are playing well you also how many players are first round picks yeah right you know um next game here there's i think the other so there's five games in the late slate which i actually think we oh interesting but we always say we want this and i'm curious how it goes i want four so i can fill the quad box perfectly but i i it is nice to have it's it's this is the right answer though is i think that there's eight games at on the early slate so it's like you have eight and then you have five well which is probably the right number when there's no bye weeks yes and maybe five is nice because then if there's one stinker you can kick it off and then you have five games and then you can kick it out of the box yeah all right so the next the last one here is this going to be the stinker probably dolphins are at the 49ers and again the niners came back from australia but it's been but they gave them the dolphins as uh the consolation for not giving them because the rams got monday night football coming back from australia the niners shouldn't have left they should have been like hey nfl we're not leaving you guys flight us make the dolphins come here we're having a good time we're not fucking leaving they're not leaving uh my one stat for dolphins 49ers is the 49ers success rate last week which is just context adjusted yards two yards and 31 is better than two yards and first and 10 the niners success rate last week was the third best in the nfl and the dolphins were dead last against the rams too which yeah exactly and you probably you don't need to be the line of this game is 13 and a half points i i don't think we have to belabor it like i the niners are probably going to wax them and if they don't we'll blame it on australia you don't yeah i don't have any novel to say i don't know all i'm saying is the jet lag thing is real they were in australia for a week a lot of guys are hurt a letdown game yeah they just lost tonjus they just lost uh tonjus that's that like that's a huge deal well i mean george kittle's still probably on a snap count it's not nothing the way kyle shannon he's the running game like it's not nothing to lose a tight end i mean you could the entire season really relies on like mike evans hamstring to be honest because if he if anything happens some 33 year old mike evans things are very dire did any player individually at least for fantasy purposes like or just fantasy skill players did anybody individually in press you in week one as much as mike evans impressed in that rams niners game i feel like he looked so rejuvenated i thought debo looked pretty good too honestly did look good is it that or is it just the jersey well i don't know i feel like he looks spry he was moving around he was running after the catch making guys miss i yeah evan it looks pretty good so yeah that is yeah the niners will win uh this episode is brought to you by carhartt we spent a lot of time talking about what happens on the field but what about everything that has to happen before anyone can play on it the grass has to be grown the stadium has to be 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This is a good one. We got Colts at Chiefs. chiefs again in prime time here is it a good one well on the sunday night football scale this is like a four colts chiefs is the worst is the most is where we invented the costanza from this game yeah we came up with costanza because i said that everyone on earth will be betting kansas city right yeah right my stat of the game is chiefs runs of 20 plus yards in 2025 the entire 17 game season last year they had one run of of 20 plus yards they had two in this first game with kenneth walker that was so that to me that's like that's twice as good well i don't know what the math is for one game really but like it's it's exponentially better um no i just thought kenneth walker looked amazing i'm not breaking any news here with that either but 191 scrimmage yards most most by kansas city running back since 2017 week 17 of 2017 when cream hunt cream hunt had two games over 200 plus scrimmage yards i think kent walker is basically kareem hunt in this offense which means i think if he can stay healthy he's a top five running back in the league in fantasy um he's going to give them explosive runs which is really important because none of their receivers can really do it other than breaking tackles with rashid rice or whatever and um i think travis kelsey still certainly can can make plays but their receiver core the chiefs receiver core is a real problem i think if if we redrafted the season right now if we just started over and everybody could start drafting again fresh teams if kenneth walker like the fourth pick in the draft if you took ken walker fourth i wouldn't i wouldn't be like that's a bad pick i mean how low would he go it's like jameer gibbs and then it's like you have john derrick henry kenneth walker taylor i will say how far is chase fall knowing that joe burrow has a back injury the first week of the season i think kenneth walker is like the fourth pick maybe mccaffrey's ahead of i don't know no because i mean if we're basing it off a week one mccaffrey was in a timeshare i think he's like maybe we won potentially the third or fourth pick in fantasy drafts going forward i like that which is also funny because we identified all of this about how the chiefs would use him we were just like well what if they don't also he he might get hurt because he has like this history of foot issues and but ironically we got it right and we had him like a little higher and i wish we had him a lot higher yeah yeah yeah all right the most important game of the week monday night football the new york football giant sorry the new york giants the new york giants new york giant the giants your new york giants are at the los angeles rims you're doing it better than him you're overselling it you're right sorry the new york giants the new york giants the new york new york giants giants uh the one and oh giants right we should have known they would have dominated that game i know what we didn't see is that when the camera panned everybody was like crying yeah we weeping openly weeping my one stat is that i have two for this one i liked but i i will start with the giants by epa per play last week was their best game since bc before covid and if you just look at the giants last like 10 games by epa per play there was one game they had that was good in 2019 the rest are all from their title defenses it's like that was the best game the giants had by epa per play since 2008 when the giants were defending the super bowl title and they look and they started like 10 and 0 or something and 2012 when they were defending the super bowl title and the super bowl champion uh that like the their title defense that's the last time the giants had a game statistically that was as all like all around good on offense this is the ultimate is it real bowl i couldn't agree more there's there's so much at stake here are the rams dog shit now who knows are the giants elite maybe i don't know i can't tell the rams are coming off their fewest it was like they're basically the worst performance the rams have had under mcveigh i think that had to have been the worst stafford game we've seen since he's been in la it's up there for the worst stafford game in his career honestly like overall i the i look obviously the rams don't have miles garrett having said that i i fear that the giants i hope the giants are legit but it's worth pointing out what the giants are trying to do which is trot out a fullback two tight ends one receiver in their starting lineup on sunday to football that is like built to beat the dallas cowboys the dallas cowboys don't have those big linebackers like the whole thing is just there's a shortage of linebackers in the nfl it's easier to find tight ends than linebackers and so you can establish you can get back to the running game and all these fast guys that were guard like what sean mcveigh did which is get three receivers on the field get nickel cornerbacks who can tackle get smaller linebackers who are faster they can guard everything mcveigh made like harbaugh is trying to pivot and has been trying to pivot hard against it and the cowboys are like the most vulnerable team to that in the nfl because of the way their linebacker core is and they just got bullied and i'm worried that that like won't work as well on sean mcveigh and the rams if it does i'm gonna freak out and you're never gonna hear from me like you're never gonna hear the end of it for me i'm going to be so obnoxious oh i i can't tell you how much i want them to just come out and do i have a feeling sean mcveigh you guys have heard he's a genius do you think that he'll let devin stagletary get four catches in a row in the flat uh we'll see if we can figure out this whole flat game plan and we'll see if we can figure out this whole flat game plan and we'll see if we can figure out this whole flat game plan and that the giants used against genius but genius i mean you want to talk about like motivation the rams are about as motivated as you could be coming into this game to not lose like that mcveigh is probably not sleeping this week on his 20-hour flight back to la this is this is a real high stress game for the rams if miles garrett injured reserve ty simpson is your first draft pick and that like you know what i mean the rams i mean i don't think any of the rookies are going to be able to do that even active for that week none of the rookies dressed in week one donald wasn't there and garrett was played his worst game probably ever while we're here aaron donald doesn't like the giants by the way it's unclear how many snaps or whatever he's active how many snaps he's going to play but aaron donald what does he have against the giants uh there was a i mean it's not it's more um uh who is the player i don't want to get the details wrong i think golden tate and him got to a fight but it was also the giants the center at the time and him at a big fight aaron donald's he is the best player i've ever seen in football with my own two eyes not even close he's also the underrated most dirtiest player in the nfl and it never gets called because he's awesome and he starts shit and the giants are one of the few teams i saw stand up to him and started all out brawl over it and i loved it because he deserved it because he just grabs people by their face mask and shoves them and the rest are too scared to call anything yeah yeah uh but he's lucky that he's not that he doesn't have to face scataboo yeah well i'm not that's kind of what i'm saying is i don't think i think there's a chance that this game gets a little chippy uh i also want to just throw out because also physicality like the the fullback thing so the this stat i maybe it's obvious i don't know if it's it's good stat or whatever but the giants played again 22 personnel i hate the way the teams call it that's so confusing 22 personnel it means a fullback and two tight ends that's what it means with one receiver on the field the giants played more snaps with a fullback last week even just a week last week than the rams have in 10 years under sean mcveigh combined oh really literally just a fullback sean mcveigh's used a fullback in 10 years like eight times yeah i mean in this league nowadays it's like you either have a fullback or you don't you don't even bother um this is probably the game i'm most excited to watch this week yeah i just think there's so much so many fun storylines don't know what to make of these two teams the giants were almost perfect against the cowboys i have it's i know i don't have to tell you this but i'm like how much my question is how much of a difference would will it matter when they have a defense that's actually good because the cowboys were maybe the least impressive defense i've ever watched in my life i know that's hyperbole but like that was pathetic it was bad it was pathetic like they couldn't guard the most simple thing on the sidelines the real the real test for me and what i'm looking for is jackson dart like i just want nothing more than jackson dart to just be you know similar to lamar jackson where yes he can run all the stuff i know he's not lamar jackson but lamar's ability to play from the pocket makes the rushing more valuable and his ability to scramble makes it easier to play from the pocket and if jackson dart can play from the pocket and go and show that he's growing under again brian callahan's the quarterback coach there who's was a bad head coach but overqualified to be a quarterback's coach i i just can't tell you how much it would mean to me if he can carve up like a rams defense even a little bit as much as he did with dallas i again john said no three announced last week but it's not it's not going to happen again but i do want this to be real desperately but this is this is like a this is the most week one week two game of we'll see if that was like a total anomaly what happened to giants and rams last week or if it's actually like the beginning of a trend line yeah rams are favored by seven and a half yeah fandles got your back to start the season giving everyone bet protect plus for free all september long so your bets are covered if your players get injured i can relate nico collins got hurt in the middle of the week i'm dealing with that right now it's not fun no it's terrible it's i'm scrambling the midweek injury situation it's the worst part of fantasy is the beginning of the season injuries it's terrible it is you might have to play jaylen waddle so we're going to each give you our favorite touchdown scorer of the weekend can i hit you one please what about a little uh look caitlin black running back for the niners here i think they're going to beat the dolphins handedly and caitlin black is two to one to score a touchdown i think they're monitoring, they were talking this week about how even McCaffrey himself was like, I like it. I like the one-two punch thing. I looked at Jameer Gibbs and David Montgomery in Detroit and it keeps us fresher and I think Kalen Black is good. He's going to be in the mix and I think the Niners are going to be up big doing garbage time stuff and McCaffrey's going to be out. So I like Kalen Black two to one score touchdown. Can I go further? Kalen Black 17 to one to score two touchdowns because the combination of mixing with McCaffrey in the games competitive I think Kyle Shannon wants Kalen Black to get reps and if the game gets out of hand, I think they're going to take McCaffrey out in the fourth quarter. If this game if the lines anywhere close 13 and a half points, I think Kalen Black to score two touchdowns at 17 to one is actually a really good bet because he's probably going to be the guy getting the most carries in the fourth quarter. Hear me out. Let me let me let me one up you now even more. Kalen Black to score a touchdown in the second half nine to one, nine and a half to one. That's nice. Let me let me want to. Oh my God. Kalen Black to score three touchdowns, 125 to one. Kalen Black to score 10 touchdowns is one million to one. No, but actually the second half when I really like I actually have an idea. I want to run this by you. This is this is I'm actually I actually have a thought. I think the three the three touchdown things not insane. We just need him to get one early and then two in garbage time. So what if we did this? Also, I'm incorrect. It's it's four to one. It's four to one for a second half touchdown for Kalen Black. Still like it. It's actually pretty good. Still like it. So here's my question. What if we did this? This is stupid and it won't win, but I kind of want to do it. All right. What if we parlayed? Oh, it's funny. I was going to say Derek Henry to score three touchdowns, but that's only 10 to one, which is hilarious. Wow. That's three touchdowns for Derek Henry is only nine to one. He just did it. That's true. Three touchdowns is nine to one. That's that's that's a Greg Dulcich touchdown. What do you think is more likely? Derek Henry has three or Greg Dulcich has one. Henry. Henry. Because he's done it like four times. Four times in the last eight weeks. This is actually really funny to look at other things that are nine to one. If Derek Henry and Kalen Black both score three touchdowns, the and we put a dollar on it, we would win $1300. Boom. All right. I'm going to do that. All right. Well, Malik Benson on the Raiders to score a touchdown is eight to one. And Derek Henry is nine to one. That's amazing. For three touchdowns. So is that is that going to be our thing? It's going to be Kalen Black. Yeah. Touchdowns. Yeah, let's do it. And then I want Derek Henry and Kalen Black parlaying to both score three touchdowns. Great. Okay. We're going to be rich. What do you want, DK? I'll just tell you guys on those. Yeah. You could just do Derek Henry score one touchdown minus 270. I was looking at Keaton Mitchell scoring a touchdown. Oh, in the spirit of the Chargers actually looking good. I believe it's five to one. Keaton Mitchell. Okay. Check out our bet in the Fandle app and remember that Fandle has your back all September long with free Bet Protect Plus to cover you against any injuries. And today's Ringer 107 is brought to you by Fandle. Again, we're competing against all the other shows here at the Ringer and they changed the rules this year because they're mad that we won last year. We found it very curious that this year's this week everybody went three and two or two and three. So it's pretty close right now. And yet they decided in the graphic. We went two and three as did four other teams. And yet we're in last. Hmm. Interesting. Interesting. He chose that. Bill's the best two and three team somehow. Curious. Curious. Yeah. Intriguing. So we have to give four picks right now. One has to be a teaser and the fifth one Sunday, which is funny to me still. The I can I pitch you guys in this? Yeah, I will. I'll double tap if I have the same thing as you. I would like to just attack the bad quarterback situation. I want the Panthers giving two and a half points against the Falcons. And it's like either Michael Penix with no practice or Cooper Rush. And I want to just bet against that guy. I kind of think the Bucks minus eight and a half Baker Mayfield revenge game against Cleveland and Deshaun Watson. I just want to do that. Yep. And I kind of want to take the Bears minus four and a half versus the Vikings because it's either Carson Wentz or Kyler Murray. Yeah. All right. Quiet after that one. I can tell you guys are hard isn't in that one. Um, I liked the I yeah, the Bucks as well. I can I offer a teaser? Teasers are always hard. We lost our teaser, but I'm gonna offer another teaser. Um, I know I hate the Eagles. Oh, if you the Eagles are like minus seven if you tease them down to minus one, it's basically like they just have to beat the Titans. They just have to beat the Titans and then you and then we'll take the total. Put it up to forty five and a half and take take the under. We'll just put it with the Niners for the Niners. The Niners come down to like seven and a half, which I know seven and a half to know any number. It doesn't matter. They're gonna unless you don't you're that afraid of the Australia time something. Um, they're gonna be jetlagged. We're gonna have a rule that's like don't bet on teams that came back from Australia. What about the Steelers Patriots under it might rain. It's Vrabel versus Mike McCarthy. It's like old school Rogers. I'm like it's forty one and a half. We could bump that to under forty seven and a half and put that with the Eagles game. You but you think that you think the Titans and the Eagles are gonna score more than forty five points. I kind of liked where Craig was going. All right, so let's do that then. Let him cook. We're gonna get to ten in this game. Thirteen. Okay, let's do that then. So the Eagles plus one and the and the okay. I like that. I just keep thinking like if the Niners beat the the Dolphins by more than a touchdown. It seems easy, but you're right. They're coming back from Australia. It's it's that's dumb. Okay, so we got we got bucks minus eight and a half. What other games do Panthers? So we need one other game. Yep. We want to go to Panthers. One more. DK you want to do Seattle? Yeah, I was thinking about that Seattle minus four and a half. I don't know. I just feel like sales defense is so good. Yeah, bet on bet on the Super Bowl champions to beat the card. Also, they just been so good against the Cardinals. I don't know. You know what I mean? It's this is a division game. The Seahawks have dominated the Cardinals. I mean the only other thing I was thinking about is like I had written down at the Giants getting more than a touchdown to play the Rams. I think the Giants are good football team. I don't want to do that. Okay. Emotionally and also just betting against the Rams after everyone just they've heard 10 days of like you guys suck. Okay, so let's do Seattle. Yeah. Okay, so we'll do the bear. So we're going to do the Panthers giving two and a half to the Falcons and we're betting against Falcons quarterbacks Baker versus and Bucks versus the Browns and we're doing Seattle even with Drew Locke versus the Cardinals. We're new teasers. The Eagles is it Eagles minus one Eagles are getting a point at minus a point Eagles minus one. And the under for Titans Eagles. Okay. I like those. Okay. We need one more. No, we have the other one on Sunday. The new rule. Yeah. Okay. Gotcha. So only four got it. Today's rigor 107 was brought to you by FanDuel odds subject to change. Can I read you one email? Yeah, of course. Yeah. So this email is from Kyle K bone breakfast was a bottle of water and a ham sandwich from Starbucks. Whole bottle sandwich. Those are kind of good. Those little Starbucks sandwiches aren't bad. Yeah, they're better than you think. There's one that ham breakfast sandwich good like road trip breakfast. Yeah, the square bread one with the egg and it like a bit it works. It's pretty good. It's not bad. It's it's better than you. It's better than I don't like that. The egg bites come in like Reese's cups those that freaks me out. Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. It's kind of I just like I don't know what I want them in but not that can I ask you guys a question when you go in order at a like a deli or what or like a breakfast place. Do you do you say can I have a croissant or do you say can I have a croissant? I say croissant. I don't say French. Do you say croissant? No, I was just wondering if you do you say did somebody pass me a Lacroix sometimes but that's just being like silly. Were you just asking or did you have like an art? Did you have a friend who does this? I mean no, I've had people that I've heard do it before croissant like but I don't do that. I'm I actually turn it up even harder. I'm saying they are as hard as I can croissant. Give me a Crescent roll. Yeah, that's what I said. And they're like what like one of them Crescent rolls and then they figure it out. So Kyle emailed because we asked we were talking about fantasy football auto drafting. We're talking about how you know do all this research and someone who auto drafted beat you in week one and we were like is there anything else like this? Oh, yeah, we're like like give all this time and energy and you're like yeah. I wonder if anyone could do this and we said maybe stocks. Maybe the S&P. But yeah, yeah, we were yes to S&P 500 auto drafting first day traders. The Kylie meal did though and said another example of where auto drafting can beat the pros is I guess there's this thing called why 12 which was a uranium enrichment facility in Oak Ridge during World War two and they needed a lot of operators for this uranium enrichment facility because the basically enrichment. It was not very efficient in the 1940s, so they used on one hand. They had this one facility with just high school educated young women and worked on farms. Okay, and then they had a different facility which was only like some of the best physicists in the world. And when they compare the two the farm girls were better interesting because the physicists were just arguing with each other the whole time literally. Yes, - The physicists were just arguing about the best way to do the enrichment and the farm girls were just enriching uranium all day exactly as they were told and they were way better at this that's funny that's that's kind of amazing the physicists were probably mostly men back then too and they were all probably just like cocky arguing about actually i think the best way to do it is a wikipedia article it's called that i don't know harvard i learned that the calutron girls shout out the calutron girls c-a-l-u-t-r-o-n okay that's good there you go the other one i just want to shout out so this email is from jeff j-bone or g-bone jeff or g j-bone or the way you said that or g-bone is funny um breakfast there's fewer people that spell with the g i'd say breakfast is a bowl of greek yogurt with blueberries granola and honey then an hour later two air fried sweet potatoes and four scrambled eggs two sweet potatoes air fried do you know how much food a sweet potato is dude eating it the entire potato is a ton of food i caught my eyes it's like lambus bread two potatoes it's just a lot of volume i'm not saying it's unhealthy because it's fine but that's just a ton of volume potato is one of the most filling like that's a just starchy just a whole fucking potato it's crazy all right so jeff emailed in and said because dk asked why do we even have it like why you're like why do we even have an embassy there during the cold war right right right you know and i think i asked that perhaps stupidly but yeah the question of international so jeff who's basically is like i'm studying international relations heard this conversation and he's he explains that basically like we need diplomats because we don't know what's going on over there so we need to have some line of communication so no one hits the button who do we talk to if we want to talk to russia exactly so uh he explains that you know like he has some professors who've been diplomats or whatever and he says russian diplomats are apparently intense i can see that he says one of my professors was a diplomat in russia after the cold war and he once said that every single meeting he had with russian diplomats it would begin by putting a loaded pistol on a coffee table pointing at them what the fuck okay yeah dude the russians are built different i have a friend who um is russian and i went to his birthday party or maybe it's a family birthday party i can't remember but it was like with his entire family it was at this back room in a restaurant and everybody got up every member of the family it was like multi-generational grandparents all the way down to kids people get up and give speeches after every speech we took a shot of vodka like it was customary there was like 10 speeches we just kept ripping them and grandparents were doing it aunts and uncles cousins it was crazy people drove there thank you dk thank you craig thank you cam thank you to kill thank you austin thank you everyone for listening our rankings are fantasy football dot the rear.com for week two email us fantasy courts we'll settle your fantasy court disputes well you know we'll you know just settle those disputes emails trivia questions for monday for trivia uh we need the trivia tiebreakers for waivers thank you lord lord lord 80s month dk hit yeah i'm gonna go with a classic okay absolute freaking classic okay not help but just headbang to this song bricked up right now what is it i want to rock rock twisted sister well you want to know what's funny about that song i believe that's the inspiration for goofy goober rock the spongebob stop i don't know what that is but that's great you don't know goofy goober rock dude i didn't watch spongebob there's no no way he knows what it was even though it was part of the original one second song challenge dk fantastic sister uh great name great band name i want to rock why do i know what all these bands are going to look like before i click before i like i googled them i'm like that's exactly what i was picturing this was 1984 man uh this is stay hungry was the album stay hungry these guys might look like the most hair metal band ever yeah twisted sister also a great name i love that name i thought wait what is the name of the song again i've clicked on i want to rock hi listen to the first five seconds of the song i want to rock i want to rock i want to rock hi listen to the first five seconds it's goofy goober rock it just is dk goofy goober rock was a song from the very first spongebob feature length movie which is fantastic might i add um and in it actually that's not true what am i saying uh it's from the the super bowl movie he does the halftime episode yes yeah spongebob joins a band they play at the real super bowl halftime in the in the episode and uh they play goofy goober rock and it's great and it sounds like i want to rock it's all right didn't wait didn't travis scott reference that during his halftime show goofy goober or i want to rock spongebob yeah the spongebob didn't travis scott reference that i don't know or maybe it was just in the stadium okay can you pull up goofy goober rock listen to it sure i do want to i do want you to listen to this song goofy goober rock let me hear it oh wait but you got i gotta make sure you listen to the are you gonna send it to me wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute it is from the movie right i i don't know it's not from the halftime show the halftime show is uh oh you're right keep all this it's from the movie it's uh the spongebob the spongebob halftime show they say sweet victory yes it's sweet victory that's correct you're right um i had it and then i lost it but now i'm back dk i sent you the youtube video oh i can i can hear it it's i i found it in this clip you're a goofy goober rock it's the same thing yeah it's the exact same thing fuck yeah fuck yeah dk backed himself into spongebob he didn't even know it great song iconic really yeah i think i'm gonna add both 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