Fantasy Football Daily - 2021 Week 2 Matchup Podcast

Episode Date: September 16, 2021

John Hansen (@Fantasy_Guru) and Greg Cosell (@gregcosell) preview Week 2 NFL games. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fantasy-points-podcast/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to the Fantasy Points podcast brought to you by FantasyPoint.com. Top level fantasy football and NFL betting analysis from every perspective and angle, from numbers to the film room with a single goal to help you score more fantasy points. And here we go. Welcome back to the Fantasy Points Matchup podcast, the week two edition here, recording this on Wednesday, September 15th, 732 p.m. Eastern, if you must know. I am John Hansen from FantasyPoints.com. Greg CoSell

NFL films, our guy work with Greg for about 15 years now, dating back to the old site. He's been grinding in the film room all day long. I just wanted to mention here at the top. This is merely a taste of the content

at FantasyPoints.com specifically in this podcast from Greg CoSell. So we do the live stream on Thursday where you can basically listen to it like a podcast. It's almost two hours with me, Greg, and Adam Kaplan. We go over all the matchups, and we go a lot more in-depth than we do here on this little 30-minute sample teaser of the podcast. Greg, I saw your notes that you sent on over.

Man, what a day you spent, well, two days probably, maybe three, I guess. You've been grinding hard here, Greg. Three days, John. Oh, I mean, early in the season, and it just drives me nuts because I can't see everything and I want to see everything. You know, somebody mentioned to me, and I haven't seen the game yet, that Roshan Slater did her great job against Chase Young. I haven't watched the tape yet, so I can't speak to that. You know, there's so many games that I still want to get to,

but I just need another day in every week, John. That's what I need. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, I actually, believe it or not, I actually forgot it was Wednesday. I'm literally going on like three hours of sleep. But you have to go to the West Coast every week, right? Yeah, yeah. So I come back Monday, early evening, like 6 o'clock.

but, you know, week two was the first real week of projections building on Tuesday. And, man, it just, it just, I kept grinding. And, you know, one of the things, you know, it's funny you say that. And obviously you have to do that. And one of the things that I talk about with my guys on the matchup show is we all talk about the fact that week one is not necessarily a template for what's going to happen all season. Because as you know, John, when the schedule comes out, and I think this year came out the week after the draft, not before the draft, but still, you know teams want to win week one.

So they really game plan for who they're playing week one. And obviously they work within the framework of what they do. But that doesn't mean they're going to do the same things every week. This doesn't necessarily mean that, hey, we can look at week one and say, this is it. This is how they're going to play every week because it doesn't quite work that way. Yeah, that is absolutely true. Also, though, we do in the fantasy business, we make assumptions. because we don't know otherwise often, and we make educated guesses.

And after that first game, though, that first week especially during the pandemic is even more still. You know, we do have to make some adjustments. There were some position battles and roles I just weren't sure about. But great, that's neither here nor there. Let's get right into it here because you have way too much. You're going to leave a lot of meat on the bone here in this podcast for sure. I think I'll start in Philly. We're Philly people.

So it was one of the bigger stories in fantasy for sure. And obviously just watching it. it on television. It certainly looked like the coaching staff came into this one with a beautiful plan and Jalen Hertz executed it. It was clean to me, the old line. I had a good vibe here all summer pretty much, Greg, on this offense here. Going in blind a little bit, but, you know, what stood out to you? I'm sure it was a positive experience watching the tape. What'd you like? Well, you hit it right on the head. I thought that it was such a good plan defensively, I mean offensively to get Jalen Hertz comfortable.

You saw the first few plays. They started the game with two bubble screens. Those are no read throws. Then the third play had an RPO look to it with his own read element, but it was a design throw to Watkins in the flat. So you're dealing with getting, and the fourth play actually was his own read where he ran. So the first four plays of the game was such good coaching

just to get Jalen Hertz comfortable and into the game. And the game obviously, played out where they didn't have to do an awful lot with hurts as far as difficult throws, third and long type plays, and he got very, very comfortable. And even that first touchdown, which ended the first possession, John, it was third and four. They called a great man-beater concept and had a rub element to it. Yeah. So it was a design throw. It was basically a no-reed throw. Smith was the read. You know, I mean, he didn't have to look anywhere else. That was the play. And they got exactly what they wanted. And it was just to me.

actually on both sides of the ball, I thought the Eagles coaching staff was really on top of their game. Yeah. And it certainly was a good matchup overall. We've seen this before where teams come in and camouflage a guy or a unit for a game or two or three. It didn't really feel that way to me. It felt like a perfect combination of now we have some talent. We have some, you know, a good old line. We have some skill players here. And we're going to, yeah, we're going to call a game to protect the quarterback, so to speak. But we're not playing scared here either. kind of felt like, you know, they had a really good command. Yeah, and I think as this season progresses, obviously Herzl ideally continue to improve,

but this team went from being arguably the slowest team in the NFL two years ago now to being one of the fastest. Now, that doesn't mean all those guys are great players, John, but just in terms of the speed that they put out there, because their top three wide receivers now are clearly Smith, Rager, and Watkins, and that's pretty good speed. Yeah, no doubt. I was in on Devante Smith. I was a believer. I actually remember talking to you about it earlier in the office. Maybe a week or two ago. I'm like, I kind of feel like he's kind of like a high volume guy here. And I think he did get what, eight or nine targets? So any impression on him? You know, I certainly look good on television. And then, you know, Jalen Rager scored. I imagine he was in the slot a lot. And I think that's a really good environment for him. You know, I think that I guess overall, I would say that Smith looked very good. You know, it wasn't a game.

He had a lot of short throws. I mean, he didn't push the ball down the field. He made some plays, though. Yeah, of course. And he made plays within the context of this offense. Yeah. And basically, that's what they asked him to do. I mean, you know, they'll be more to this offense.

Look, they played a game that they, they don't. dominated defensive. We don't forget this game was only 7-6 late in the second quarter, but the game was close enough that the Eagles did not need to change anything they did on offense. I thought Hertz settled into the game. I mean, the 19-yarder he hit to Smith early in the fourth quarter. That was third and nine. And I thought by that point, Hertz had kind of settled into the game because he subtly climbed the pocket with his eyes downfield on that play. It was a nice route combination. I don't know if they anticipated that specific. coverage, but it ended up being a really nice route combination against the coverage they got,

and there was a big void for Smith on the deep curl. I mean, it became pitch and catch. But no, I think there's a lot to, I don't want to say get excited about. It's one week against a team that probably is not a great team, but you still have to go out and play, and you still have to go out and execute, and I thought they did a really good job. And I think you get excited, honestly, because of what the fans have gone through the last couple years here. It's been, pretty bad and you certainly feel really good about where they are and uh i saw darius sleigh didn't travel so that might they didn't they didn't do that at all so he wouldn't be traveling potentially this week against debo i know you saw the eagle d and you saw the nineer oh that's going to be a fun

matchup john because you got a really good old line against a really good d line yeah really how about seamolo left tackle though man i saw my man brian westbrook break it down that kanny gainwell run with a You mean on left guard, yeah, he was a left guard. Or left guard, I mean, yeah, that's right,

Seamolo. No, no, no, no, no, Maelata on this, on the play, yeah, they doubled on Gainwell, they doubled the nose.

Yeah, the touchdown. They had two doubles and they just, they just dominated at the line of scrimmage, yes. Melata is a huge individual. He's a rather large man.

It was kind of a duo concept, great double. What you're referring to is there was a great double by Kelsey and Seamalu on the one technique, Kaminski, right up to the stackbacker Oluacoon, and it was just, it was picture perfect.

Got to ask you about, and I know you broke him down for the fantasy points draft guide, and you liked Elijah Mitchell. I did. That was shocking. I know you saw the tape. What did you think of the tape? The tape was good. I mean, it looked like he did in college.

I mean, I made the point, and I know Joe put it out on Twitter because, you know, we put out my report again, where I said he would project best in a foundational zone scheme, since that's what he was featured in in Louisiana. And he was, he ended up running a very, very similar scheme in college that he's now running with the Niners, which by the way, I'm sure is one reason the Niners drafted him. Yeah. But I think he has, again, I don't, they've had injuries, most it's out for the year. I'm sure Sermon will be active this week. I don't know if Mitchell's going to get 19 carries every week, but he'll certainly be a major factor in their run game.

And this is a team that they start their offense with the run game, as you all know. And they want to attack the edge. They want to take the edge until you take it away. A lot of people in fantasy are picking them up thinking they have like the next big thing. And obviously I'm not asking you if that's going to be the case or not. We'll see. Yeah, we don't know the answer to that. Does he have, I mean, I wouldn't believe him to be, you know, a foundational type of player where you can kind of build your running game around them.

Maybe we need a new term. for these Niners guys because, you know, a rotational back sounds like a knock on them. But, you know, they do rotate two to three backs in there. Like last year, Jeff Wilson, right? Great example. He had about, yeah, he had over 100 yards versus New England. Then he hurt his ankle in that game. But Mitchell certainly fits the profile of a one-cut outside zone runner.

He's got excellent downhill bursts and explosiveness. And so, no, he fits what they do. Yeah. Like I said, I'm sure that's the reason they drafted him. How good did Debo look to you on tape? I was one of my big calls this summer, Debo. Yeah, I mean, obviously he was the number one guy. Ayuk, you know, has been fighting an injury.

He didn't play that many snaps. But they, you know, it's funny you say that because their offense, and I had this conversation with my guy who we worked on the matchup show together. And, you know, we work on scripts together. And, you know, he was a coach and a scout. And we talked about the difference. And I actually read about this in a book I read this summer by Jeff Duncan, talking about Breeze and Sean Payton,

there's a difference between players and plays, and the Niners are so good with plays. Like Debo's good, no question. And he's... But so much of what he did came because of play scheme and play design. Yeah. He was the result of it, and that's all that matters for you in fantasy. Hey, George Kittle, probably the same thing.

I mean, he probably wouldn't mean as good. Yeah, Kittles... He's wide open all the time. Well, there's talk... They're so well-schemed offensively. Yeah. Well, and quickly on the Niners matchup here against Philly, I know you were liking the D-line going into the season.

They look very energetic. What did you think of the new D, you know, basically? Philly in Philly. You know, the Philly D, what did you think of their overall performance? I loved it. I thought, again, they can roll out a lot of people on their D-line. It's a totally different D-line. defense than a year ago. You know, what they did is they played five across in their base.

You know, there's Sam linebacker who was either Avery or Patrick Johnson was on the ball. It was a five-man reduced front, which is what a lot of teams in the league are playing. Wilson was the Mike linebacker, and Edwards was predominantly the will or they were stacked. I could be wrong in that, but they were stacked. and they've even played a five-man front in their nickel. So that's kind of the way they're going out. They played predominantly zone coverage, John, just so you know. That's one reason why Slay didn't travel.

They didn't match up. My guess is they won't be a match-up defense in the secondary. That's my guess. So you saw the Falcon offense, and now I'm not sure if you saw their defense. I mean, if they didn't match up Slade or Riddley, I don't think they're going to be a match-up defense. Yeah, oh, for sure, for sure. Maybe good news for Debo.

So you saw that Falcon offense like, I mean, what are your thoughts? I mean, obviously their offensive line got overwhelmed, which will probably be a huge problem again this week. But what else happened? For Atlanta? Yeah. Well, they were overwhelmed on both sides of the ball. I mean, on both lines.

And when that happens, you can't play. And beyond that, there's not much to say. They were overwhelmed on both sides. I mean, Brady could throw for 600 if they really wanted. Their rookie left tackle, Jalen Mayfield, who was a left guard, excuse me, their rookie left guard, who was a right tackle in college. He just, he's going to see Javon Hargrave in his nightmares for weeks. I mean, and then this week he's going to have Sue and Vita Vea.

So he's, he has a tough deal. Yeah, that's a real tough deal. Dallas, let's get to them and their offense. And obviously, a lot going on. With Zach Martin out, Lyle Collins now going to be out. Looks like we'll get Zach Martin out. I guess wisely, Greg didn't really try to run it. But how did you think Ezekiel Elliott looked otherwise?

Because a lot of people are panicking. Well, the reason they should panic is not because of him. It's because what's the cowboy offense going to be? Right. I mean, it's a thing like what do they want to be versus what are they going to have to be? Correct. That's the issue. I mean, you know, again, that's why week one is.

so hard because did they go into that game with the idea that, hey, we need to score 30 to compete. Well, Greg, I mean, watching the game, it was like the last 11 months hadn't happened. It was like we were back at week three of 2020, right? Well, the point is, again, that's why I said you just don't know. Does, you know, they, did they play that game with the idea that, hey, we got to put up 30. We're not putting up 30 if we handed it to Zique. Right. True. Yeah. Maybe in the old days, they would have said, hey, let's try to

slow the tempo of the game down and hand it to Zeeke. I don't know. Right. Well, against probably the best run D in football, they're probably like screw it. Well, that's the other issue is not only did they feel like they probably had to put up 30, but they're playing against a great run defense. Yeah, they didn't even really try. I don't feel comfortable. I mean, I know you have to make a projection, but I don't feel comfortable saying that this is exactly what they'll be every week. I think that could have been a function of who they played. Oh, I'm sure they'll be, they'll be balancing it out. we'll see about this week against the Chargers,

not the best matchup in the world without Lyle Collins. I guess, you know, Tyron Johnson, you know, going to be on Joey Bosa. That's the matchup, I'm sure. But, Dak, man, that had to have been Dak's best game on film, Greg, that you can recollect. That's pretty freaking good. Damn, he, that was really good, Greg.

Yeah, and as you noticed, and I told you this before the season, that they were going to move people around because the Lamb only had 20 routes out of the slot. with four targets. So, and he ran 47 routes in the game. So 27 of them came outside. So they're going to, and Gallops hurt now. So they're going to start moving people around.

Lamb will play some in the slot, but he may not be exclusively a slot receiver at this point, John. Oh, sure. Yeah, I mean, a little sloppy, but, I mean, the dude made plays. I mean, what did you think of him out there out wide? Because, you know, we really didn't see that last year. Oh, I think Lamb's, I think he's their most talented receiver personally. So I think he'll be fine. Yeah, yeah, certainly was fine.

the other night here. And then, you know, they're not going to have Demarcus Lawrence in Dallas, Greg. He's out. He's injured. So their pass rush, I know, was non-existent last week. And then the coverage on the back end quite poor. And now you got the jolly green giant here, Justin Herbert, who, you know, from what I saw, I didn't watch the old 22, man, but he was unbelievable.

Yeah, I didn't see that old 22 yet. So, you know, just seeing a good amount on TV, he's dialed in, John. Oh, no doubt. No doubt. Amazing. Amazing. I can't wait to you to check out that tape. But yeah, I mean, over under on this one, Greg, here. I'm, you know, 75. Don't say that for this reason. There's a track record here. He's playing against a Brandon Staley defense. They played against Brandon Staley with the Rams last year, week one. And that was very efficient, but they didn't score a ton of points. I don't automatically assume because Brandon Staley is one of the best in the

league that the Cowboys are putting up 30 or 35. I'm not saying they won't, John, so I don't want to come across like, oh, Cosell saying they're not going to score. They could well score 30 because they've got a lot of talent and Dax's playing at a very high level. But I don't think it's an automatic that they're putting up 35. Well, what I do think is an automatic, and this is to my point. The number is 52. I think that's one of the highest, if not the highest. I think the chargers are going to absolutely destroy them. And, you know, the Marcus Lawrence is now out. Yeah. So, yeah, I mean, it's going to be interesting. Now, Micah Parsons, I thought, played pretty well.

He played 51 snaps. He lined up on the ball, off the ball, rushed the quarterback. I thought he had a very good first game for a rookie. Any thoughts on, you know, anything else about, like, seemingly rotating a lot of guys in here. I mean, I wonder, you know, if that does anything to continuity, because it seemed like Van der Esch was in, out, you know? Well, Parsons is, I think he's going to end. up being the guy because he's the most physically gifted. We'll see how, I don't know how that's

going to play out. I don't know because they played four guys at linebacker throughout the game and they mixed and matched. They had Neil and Parsons playing a lot together. They had Van deris and Smith playing together. I'm not sure. Again, that's week one. I don't know how that's going to play out. They did use Parsons a lot as a pass rusher in some sub-defense. So I don't know if they do more of that, then you could have Smith and Vanderers playing more. I don't. don't know. But we are we are absolutely expecting though, Herbert and the Chargers. I mean, it's just unbelievable. So, and Dak may have to throw it 59 times again. So we shall see, Greg, Tennessee and Arizona. Well, I mean, it's very basic, but I guess Tennessee didn't score at will,

John, like people said, when they got Julio. I mean, did you notice Julio on the field? I got to tell you, and this is purely tape, and it's one game. So, you know, I want people to understand when they listen to this and when we do our live stream tomorrow that I'm just responding to what the tape shows. I am not making a judgment about the whole season. Yeah. Because I think that's really important week one. Okay. Yeah. In this given game, Julio struggled to separate in this given game. Yeah. I'm leaving it at that. He may come out this week and go nine for 150. I don't know. But this week, he struggled to get open. Although Seattle's defense is a different defense. They're doing some different things, and they look pretty darn good this past week.

Yeah. Wow. I mean, it wasn't like, you're not going as far as, like, questioning effort or health or anything with Julio because, you know, I don't think he was hurt at all. I mean, you just looked like he was out there normally just not separating like he normally does. He wasn't. I mean, that's all I can tell you.

Right. Okay. Yeah. Fair enough. Like I said, that's what happened this week against Arizona, who, by the way, and I know we just kind of jump around with this. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I thought Arizona's defense was so much fun to watch. They did so many different things. Okay, put aside Chandler Jones. We know he's a great pass rusher. But they did so many different things tactically. Finally, Isaiah Simmons, you know,

now is a second year player who having a real off season. They used him in so many different spots. He played on the ball, off the ball, rushed the quarterback, played in coverage, matched up to tight ends, had a snap or two with safety. He really looks like the superior athlete that he is. He's playing fast. The rookies, Avin Collins, predominantly played in the base, some snaps and nickel in the second half. Boy, he played fast too. I mean, you know, they have what every defense wants, length and speed.

Now, the key will be their secondary. That's going to be the key to their season as far as defense. but their front seven has length and speed, and they do a lot of things. Sure seemed like the front seven protected that secondary last week, Greg. Yeah, they start the rookie Marco Wilson from Florida at corner with Byron Murphy, and then Murphy moves inside and Nicol, and Alfred plays on the outside with Wilson.

You may not believe this, but I actually projected the Cardinals to be top five in the NFL and Sachs this year preseason. Well, maybe Channel Jones will be top five by himself. Exactly. My goodness. My goodness. Yeah. So any thoughts on what happened, basically, because, you know, I was out on Derek Henry. Well, I can tell you what happened from the tape. Yeah. I mean, the Titans started the game playing Titans football, John. I mean, people now, once the game's over, everybody, you know, is a genius, as you know. But they started the game playing Titans football. Base personnel, 12, 21, 22, you know, fullback. two tight ends, giving the ball to Henry. They couldn't block the front. They could not block the front. Wow. And Chandler Jones

wrecked a couple of those plays, didn't he? The first play of the game, he killed Taylor Luana with a quick inside move and tackled Henry for a three-yard loss. But they just couldn't run the ball. So they played Titan football. Titan football just didn't work in this game. Yeah. Would you chalk it up if you had to guess

more of a burn-the-tape game or maybe a sign of potential trouble down the road? That's a hard question to answer. I mean, do we want to say that they're not going to run the ball this year with Derek Henry? Is that what we want to say? My guess is we don't want to say that. They do have a pretty good O line. It's not like the O line's bad, bad.

So maybe it was just one of those week one games. You know, that's why it's hard. I don't think their offense is going to change dramatically. In fact, I think they're going to go to Seattle and go back to basics again and try to play you know, Titans football. Yeah, sure. I will say my big concern because they, you know, did lose

John who and Corey Davis and didn't really replace them much. Well, where without Julio? They replaced Corey Davis with a better player. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. But Julio Jones is, you know, 10 years older, nine years older, whatever.

You know, if we don't have a, the normal Julio Jones or, you know, a facsimile thereof, I would be a little concerned about their ability, you know, to throw it as effectively, even working off of Henry if they don't have an effective Julio. I mean, it's Agent Brown and who else? Well, we're going to find that out. I mean, I think they didn't feel like they had a true, a true slot. I mean, they're playing Chester Rogers.

He's been around the league. Yeah, yeah. these are, I'm being honest with you, these are unanswerables after week one. This was the kind of game week one where they just got their ass kicked, okay? And do we really believe that the Titans are going to get their ass kicked every week? I don't think we believe that. Yeah, that's fair. Yeah, that's fair.

That's fair. I'd lean toward burn the tape, but I am concerned as well. So I'm waffling on that, I guess. But how impressed with Kyler? I mean, that looked to me. I didn't study it, but it sure looked like one of his best games ever, Colin Murray. Yeah, I mean, he had the runaround play, which, you know,

everybody is going to, two of them. And obviously, you know, he made those and that's, that's great stuff. I mean, what are you going to say? I mean, that's really great stuff. But you know what? We know it's really, really great. He only ran five times for 20 yards.

I know. I thought that was great, you know? Well, they generated zero pressure on him, just so you know. Yeah, exactly. He made a couple of really good throws. He did. How about the ball location with Kyle Murray right now? It was good.

It was really good in this game. I was, he hit, there was one where, um, I think he hit Kirk on a crosser when Kevin Byer was playing him. And it was just an absolutely beautiful throw. It was a laser, yeah. Yeah. It wasn't a laser. It wasn't a laser.

No, it wasn't a laser. It was a beautiful placement. But it was, it was a beautiful, beautiful throw. Yeah. You saw Seattle's offense. Any changes here? Oh, yeah. The whole offense is different. It's the Rams offense. Shane Walden is the new coordinator. He came from the Rams. It's totally different. Mike, this... It's going to be better for Russell.

Well, I'm going to ask exactly, because we're on this roller coaster ride. I'm thinking more consistency now with this new offense. I think it will be more consistent. And I know this might be sacrosanct or heresy. be the better word for people who love Russell and Russell's a great quarterback. That's not my point. But I think Russell is going to end up running less in the context of this offense. Okay. All right. More structure, right? I think so. I think he's going to play a more disciplined game. Now, I'm not saying you want to take a, like, I think if he sees something you don't want to say to him, never run. But I think the throes, the reads and the throws are going to be more defined and that he's going to be able to get rid of the ball within structure cleaner.

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run backs. The left tackle was an issue. What's Eric Fisher status? I think he's saying he's feeling good. So I believe he's on the mend and maybe nearing a return as soon as this week. Yeah, that was an issue. You know, and I'm going to be honest with you, John, I kind of watched that tape, obviously. I thought Wynce was okay.

You know, it's just not a rhythmic feel to me to watching him play. Yeah, yeah. I mean, he made a couple of good throws. They took away, you know, a lot of stuff. You know, Seattle is a different defense as well, by the way. Carson Wentz, an individual play type of guy. Yes. That's the way I kind of feel.

I mean, the Seahawks played a ton of zone coverage in this game. Now, again, we don't know if that was a function of them being ahead most of the game because they played about 70% split safety. Okay. Is that what they're going to be? Because clearly they've been much more of a single high defense the last number of years. Is this going to be more of what they are? Adams was not used as a blitzer in this match.

He blitzed one time that I can remember. And he was offside. He got a sack, but he was offside. other than that, he played a lot of split safety. And while they wore snaps in which he moved around close to the line of scrimmage, he certainly was not active, as active as he was a year ago, that the way they played defense made Adams a more disciplined and structured player. It seemed like he had a good game then.

Real good. A solid game. But again, another team that lined up with five-man reduced fronts, they did that both in base and with nickel. That's become a big trend in the NFL. Two more very quickly. Matt Stafford, obviously they went bombs away a little bit and it looked great. But, I mean, we all expected this.

We got it. You know, how impressed was that, how impressive was that tape? You know, I found out something watching that tape that Matthew Stafford can throw it pretty good. What do you think? Oh, I thought you were going to say grew up with Clayton Kirshaw. Well, that I knew. I know. That's the joke.

Everyone tweets about, oh, did you know? Yeah, yeah. They tweet about it like it's new news, you know? Exactly. Yeah. But, yeah, I found out that Stafford. can throw it pretty good, by the way. Oh, my goodness. That'll be a good fit. I mean, is he going to have a great game every? No. And by the way, I don't think they're going to play.

See, this is the thing. There's very few quarterbacks, even great ones who can throw like Stafford. There's very few quarterbacks where you can just say to them, you have to be the reason we win every single week. It's hard to play that way in the NFL. Now, Stafford would know well. Stafford would know that well. Correct. And I don't think that McVeigh is often. is built to say my quarterback has to be phenomenal every week, even for us just have a chance to win. I don't think he builds offense that way. Just be a ball distributor. Yeah. I mean, and then we'll take some shots because the one thing they want to do, which they didn't, they certainly can do it better with Stafford and certainly with Deshaun, even though Van Jefferson caught that deep ball.

The one thing that McVeigh does want to do is he wants to, he wants to have the deeper play action concepts off boot that he didn't quite have with Goff. And Stafford can do that. Just look at the touchdown at Jefferson. I mean, he rebooted left and threw it. I don't know how far that ball went in the air, but it was probably 60 yards in the air. And finally, how about my guy, Mac Jones, man? I know he's not physically talented, flashy, man, but this kid is special.

It's amazing how quickly he's assimilated. Am I overstating this? Greg? you saw the tape in the first real game. I was really impressed with Mac Jones. You do have to take it to account. He doesn't have a power arm. And again, I think certain throws will lose energy a little bit.

A little bit. But as far as being in command, I thought he played really well. And you saw my notes, and I'm just going to read one thing because I think it's really pertinent, just to instead of me trying to, you know, fudge my way through it because I said that a couple of things about Mac Jones. Number one, I said that there's a natural poison calmness to the way he plays. He looks comfortable as if nothing is too fast for him.

He trusts his protection and delivers versus pressure without speeding up his mechanics. I think that's really important. And then I said he showed efficient movement within the pocket. He had a good feel for pressure and where it was coming from, had a move to avoid it. I thought he just had a very good feel for managing the pocket. And even though he was not under pressure a lot at Alabama, John, I thought he had an innate feel for what's pressure and what's not pressure in the NFL. Because bodies around you is not automatically pressure at the NFL level.

You know where I'm going with this? TB, circa 2001. Well, he's stylistically the same. I'm not going to sit here and say he's Tom Brady. But stylistically, that's the way in which he plays. Yeah. Totally. And, you know, especially the efficient movement within the pocket, you know, processing, brain power, accuracy.

I just keep one thing in mind, John. Everybody's talking about their 12 personnel. He was 18 for 21 for 196 yards out of 11 personnel. Wow. I thought Nelson Aguilar looked good. Yeah, Nelson Aguilar, I mean, he's, he can run, he can move. He always looks fluid. He's that kind of guy.

Do you see anything from him and Janu, Mac and Johnu? because that, no, nothing major. You know, I mean, it was a short, structured, get the ball out passing game. I mean, you know, that's what they'll be. I mean, they'll add to that as the season goes, you know, for sure. We're not complaining because that was a scary spot in South Beach.

That was a little scary there. And, you know, all reports there, he handled it well. Greg, we're going to wrap it up here, man. That's a lot of great stuff there, 33 minutes plus. And if you like the podcast, you're not already at fantasypoints.com, use promo code 21 Hanson 10, save 10%. You can hear Greg wax poetic about basically all teams with me and Adam Kaplan on Thursdays, get his notes and all the other great content.

Complete no-brainer, Greg, people are absolutely loving all the content this year. I mean, it's unbelievable the feedback that we've received. I mean, like nothing negative at all. Or maybe I've just muted all those people on Twitter. Well, as you can see by my notes, it's up to this point, John. I'm grinding away. Yeah, we got that little burst of energy early in the season. You're like, you want to stay

on top of everything, right? You know? Well, I just feel like there's so much I want to see, and I just can't get to it all. And I hate that feeling. You know, because I want to see everything. Tell me about it, Greg. We started the podcast. I forgot it was Wednesday. Okay? So, you know, I'm right there with you. But for

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