Fantasy Football Today - Buy or Sell, Cowboys-Bucs, Fantasy Cops and More! (09/08 Fantasy Football Podcast)

Episode Date: September 8, 2021

Starting the show with some quick Fantasy topics: Where are we ranking Saquon Barkley this week (2:15)? Which players will make or break our teams (4:00)? Which players do we wish we had more shares of (5:30)? Then we'll give you the news and notes (9:30) as we talk about Tony Jones, Le'Veon Bell, and Brandon Aiyuk among others ... We'll read some Buy or Sell topics from our listeners (18:30). Michael Carter, CEH, Kyle Pitts, A.J. Green and Trey Lance are discussed. And it's finally time to preview a football game! We get into Cowboys-Bucs (28:00) and tell you who to start and who to sit ... Ready for some NFL picks (33:00)? We'll pick division winners, wild cards and the Super Bowl. And we've got the Fantasy Cops (41:00) and your questions via Apple Podcast (51:00) ... Your emails at [e-mail] Fantasy Football Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr, @ctowerscbs, @BenSchragg Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday Join our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/FantasyFootballToday/ Sign up for the FFT newsletter https://www.cbssports.com/newsletter You can listen to Fantasy Football Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Football Today podcast." To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Touchdown. Oh, he's done it again. Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, Heath, and Beck. All right, everybody. Welcome to the show. This is Fantasy Football Today. Big show today. Fantasy Cops return.

Football is almost back. It is happy football eve, Dave. I know you're psyched. I am very psyched. I can't wait for this game tomorrow. See the champions crush the Cowboys and force Dak Prescott to throw quite a bit in the second half. Turn Zeke into a guy that everybody says, why did you tell me to take him in round one? He wasn't that good. And Heath, you know, I don't mean to start the season off on a negative note.

But if Dave thinks that the Bucs are going to crush the Cowboys, well, then we're going to have some lousy primetime games. I'm sorry. We deserve better than Bears-Rams on Sunday and Ravens-Raiders. The Raiders don't deserve a Monday night home game to start in week one every year. They get it every freaking year. We deserve better than this, Heath. Who can I speak to?

I don't share Dave's sentiment that this is going to be an uncompetitive game, and I don't have any reason to believe that the other games will be uncompetitive as well. All year long, we are going to see great teams play down to the level

of their competition. We're going to see bad teams have good games. There's no reason at all to think that any of competition we're going to see bad teams have good games there's no reason at all to think that any of these games are going to be blowouts week one oh i mean not even the texans they're playing jackson they might even win yeah i think they might win too but that's not a prime time game prime time game thank god yeah uh well i know on our draftathon rj white likes uh White likes the Texans in that game, at least with the spread. All right, so more on that in a little bit.

Well, actually, no, I don't think we're going to talk about that game. More on other more important things in a little bit. Here are some quick questions to start the show. Where are you ranking Saquon Barkley for week one? I'll start with you, Dave. Where are you ranking Saquon Barkley? What we know right now, it seems like he's likely to play, but might be on a snap count. It's only Wednesday,

but if you have to make a decision, say Ronald Jones or Fournette or Giovanni Bernard, obviously you're starting Zeke over him, but where are you ranking Saquon Barkley? I've got him 18th in PPR. I'm nervous about how much work he'll actually get. I think the matchup is going to be difficult. I'm concerned about the offensive

line popping open lanes for him. There's too much in play that makes me nervous to trust Saquon like he's a number one running back. We're going to get to that point sooner than later, but it's not going to be week one, and I don't think it's going to be week two, short week against Washington. So have number two running back expectations. Yeah, it's tough to start too many of the Thursday night backs because we have questions about Ronald Jones and Leonard Fournette and Giovanni Bernard's workload as well. Saquon Barkley might lead in touches amongst

that group. So he's RB20 for me. I've really struggled with Saquon versus some other backs like Josh Jacobs, like Daryl Henderson, like Miles Sanders, like that class of backs. But I would start Raheem Mostert

over Saquon Barkley this week. I would start Mike Davis over Saquon Barkley this week. There's people. You might be benching Saquon Barkley. Yeah. All right. Which players will make

or break your fantasy teams? Which players will make or break your fantasy teams? Heath, get the spreadsheet out. Well, like obviously DeAndre Swift and Joe Mixon, I think, are the running backs. A.J. Brown and Tyler Lockett are the wide receivers. Mark Andrews and, I mean, Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson

are the two quarterbacks I drafted the most of. I don't think they're going to break my fantasy team. They may not make your fantasy team either, because we just expect them to be great. Yeah, they might only score 25 or 26 fantasy points a game. Well, for me, I have Tom Brady as my most rostered player, but I can't say he's going to make my teams, but he could certainly break it.

I don't know. I've got Brady as QB3 this week. I think there's a sneaky chance that he could just break all of the records because of how good his passing receivers are, and he doesn't do well. I don't know how Brady is QB3 this week. I think there's a sneaky chance that he could just break all of the records because of how good his pass receivers are, and he might make your team. He might be Aaron Rodgers from last year. He might be. I'll take that. Dave, who's going to make or break

your fantasy teams? I've got Jonathan Taylor and Jerry Judy on a bunch of teams. They're in my lineups a lot, so if Taylor and the Colts get off to a slow start because they're not in sync and Seattle's defense is what they think it is in Seattle, they think their defense is really going to be great this year, then I'm going to have a major problem.

We know that Giants defense is underrated. We've talked about it before. If they can get to Teddy Bridgewater and bracket Jerry Judy, I'm probably going to go 0-1 in a bunch of leagues. All right. I was going season long here. I didn't know. That's fine.

Take the week one approach. I like that. Listen, I got them in a lot of leagues, and I'm going to start them for several weeks to begin the year unless they get hurt. So if they don't get off to a hot start, I'm in trouble with those guys. Yeah, they might.

I mean, they might against the Giants. You know, the Giants were fifth best against receivers, something like that. Not quite that good. They were good against receivers, though. Which player, now that the drafting is done, maybe not, it's Wednesday, which player do you wish you had more shares of?

Hmm. No regrets. I wish I had Miles Sanders. I don't know if I have Miles Sanders. Why? I just think he's really good, and I think he's going to surprise people and play more like a third-round pick

than a fifth-round pick. I don't think he's going to... And I like him. I wish I had more of him. I don't think I have any... I have one David Montgomery team. That's a Dynasty League. I can't say I have a huge regret.

I'm not sure. Oh, CeeDee Lamb. I never ended up with Lamb, I don't think. Okay. Sorry to interrupt you. I think I have Travis Kelsey on one team. Didn't get Kelsey on very many teams. I have Mahomes on one big team that I've got. I took him in round five. There was a draft that I was

in, a 14-team league, and I took Mahomes as the first QB off the board in round five. So that's the only league I off the board in round five so that's the only league i have my homes in and i i love watching derrick henry play i always tend to gravitate toward those big guys at running back so i i wish i had more of derrick henry because i'm gonna watch him anyway i yeah i think mine is uh my two are justin jefferson dk metcalf um i was taking aj brown ahead of them in full PPR. I was taking Keenan Allen ahead of them.

I didn't get very much DK Metcalf or Justin Jefferson. That could make me sad at some point this year. Heath, let's accept the trade offer that I sent you last night. What do you think? It's a good trade. I'm just not sure. Let's see how good this trade is. It's a 2QB league.

It's not really. It handles the 2QB league now okay okay nice so he has offered me josh jacobs and jamis winston jake is his ppr or non-pp yeah ppr jacobs has the same value either way because he doesn't catch the ppr jacobs and winston got it for chris carson 2B. Are you ready for this? Dead even on the trade dead even there. Both sides are worth 23 points on the trade chart.

I don't think it was an Acer trade. No, not at all. No, I'm I'm not 100 percent sure how much more I value Jameis Winston than Zach Wilson.

But you only have two quarterbacks the the bigger and i don't like i i have josh jacobs on four teams i have chris carson on three teams so i don't really i don't really want to have five josh jacobs teams and two chris carson teams but but is that really i'm considering it okay. All right. Is that a reason to not accept a trade? Because you'll be too oversaturated on one player across all of your leagues? What if the trade offer was one that you really liked, but you'd still have a lot of Josh Jacobs on your team? If I'd really like it, then it would be a different story. I'm very, like you just said, it's a dead even trade on the trade chart. I don't particularly like it or dislike it.

Great. If it were a no brainer, you would take it. Oh, I would take it in a heartbeat. Yes. And you would deal with having too much Jacobs. Give me,

give me another Patrick Mahomes or Deandre Swift or Joe Mixon share. I'll do it. All right. Listen, you know, it's a no brainer. The pick six podcast. If you want just straight NFL talk, Pick 6 is so funny, so fun, and so frequent.

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unlikely to have a full workload in week one, facing the very talented front seven of the Denver Broncos. I mentioned this, I think, on the live stream last night, but if you are trying to learn about matchups for this week, maybe you guys have some resources that you want to share as well, but Sharp Football Analytics ranks position groups. So they rank front

sevens, they rank secondaries. And if you're like, hmm, well, does this my guy have a good matchup this week? You don't necessarily want to just look at fantasy points aloud from the previous season. But I just found that to be a useful tool. So just going through some of my research for week one.

Just wanted to throw that out there. Was there one position group that you were surprised by their ranking? Well, the only problem I had with the front seven was it seemed a little pass rush heavy and not necessarily against the run. So I guess the Giants were not rated very high on the front seven. No, not really. They were like 20th or something. The Ravens were the number one secondary.

And who was the number two? I think the Bills were rated as having the second best secondary. Interesting that they were that high. Do you know where the Bills were rated for their front seven? I actually think I have the list up right now. Yes, I do. Bills were 17th in their front seven. Wow. This was done on August 9th. Some, I do. Bills were 17th in their front seven. Wow.

This was done on August 9th. Some things have changed. There have been some injuries. But, you know, look, if Gregory Russo and Boogie Basham are good, it's going to change things quite a bit. They were rounds one and two picks for the Bills. So they were 17th in their front seven.

The top five front sevens are the Bucks, the Steelers, the Niners, the football team, and the Rams. But good read there from Sharp Football Analytic. Sharp Football Analysis. Sharp Football Analysis, I'm sorry,.com. Okay, anyway. CEH and Daryl Williams are expected to play

this week against Cleveland. Chris mentioned yesterday, that was a high-pitched, Chris mentioned yesterday on the stream, the YouTube stream Tuesday nights, 8 p.m. Eastern, that Odell Beckham could be limited to start the season. Did you guys see this? Odell Beckham's been limited since he left the Giants. But yes, not worth worth starting not worth using because he might play 25 of the snaps or

something in week one i'll look for it on the athletic i don't know if you guys saw that i just like one of the adjustments i had to make i tried to make before this show in case we were going to talk about them to my rankings they generally just start off solely projections and when they were solely projections, Odell Beckham was not in my top 48 wide receivers. And so I just pushed him into the top 48. So I didn't have to hear the high pitched Adam. Odell Beckham's not even in your top 48 receivers.

But I don't want to start Odell Beckham in week one. Okay. No better than a flex in week one. But all right. All right. I'm going to try to read this article now about Odell Beckham here. But I don't know. I was unaware of this. Odell Beckham.

Okay. OBJ's status for week one. I was unaware of this. He's going to not play a lot thing. But I'll look into it right now. Seattle left tackle Dwayne Brown is going to play. They gave him a new contract. That is good news.

Baltimore signed Mark Andrews. Four years, $56 million. $37 him a new contract. That is good news. Baltimore signed Mark Andrews. Four years, $56 million. $37.6 million guaranteed. That is good news for Mark Andrews. Meanwhile, two big running back items here. Justice Hill out for the season. The Ravens signed Le'Veon Bell. Tyson Williams, as of yesterday, was 50% rostered.

What is the impact, Heath, of Le'Veon Bell going to the Ravens? I tweeted last night that I already deleted three levion bell tweets and i was just going to sleep on it and i slept on it and i don't feel any more clarity i don't i said this yesterday on fft i don't think current levion bell is any better than current justice hill and but his name is certainly much different and if his name it involves makes the. And if his name makes the Ravens give him the number two running back touches, then I would guess Le'Veon Bell is going to average like four and a half yards a carry because he's playing for the

Ravens now. It's riskier for Tyson Williams, but if I had to bet, I would still bet that Tyson Williams has more touches than Le'Veon Bell this year. Okay. Dave, let's talk about Latavius Murray.

Okay. Oh, wait, wait, wait. We have a buy or sell real quick. Buy or sell from Michael. Tyson Williams finishing with more points than Le'Veon Bell on PPR. Buy or sell? Buy.

I'll buy it. Williams needs to be on rosters. Le'Veon does not. All right, so just... Deeper rosters Le'Veon can be on. Would you rather have Tony Jones or Tyson Williams? Tony Jones. Tony Jones, yeah.

Okay, Tony Jones needs to be on rosters. And he's available in 66% of CBS Sports Leagues. Yeah, Saints released Latavius Murray. Chris Godwin limited with a quad injury. We're going to have to keep an eye on this. We're previewing this game later, but Godwin pro limited with a quad injury. We're going to have to keep an eye on this. We're previewing this game later, but Godwin propped up on the injury report. And I think I saw,

I was trying to find the actual tweet, but Greg Allman had tweeted last night that we're probably going to have to wait, maybe it was yesterday, probably going to have to wait until Thursday night to know for sure what Godwin's status is. I actually adjusted it. I've got, right now, Antonio Brown listed as the number two wide receiver

for the Bucs this week. Someone asked me, would you start Amari Cooper or Antonio Brown? And I said Antonio. I said Amari Cooper. But if Chris Godwin's out, does that become Antonio Brown? Right now, I don't have Godwin out. I just have him limited. So I would still start Cooper. If Godwin was out, I would't have Godwin out. I just have him limited, so I would still start Cooper.

If Godwin was out, I would probably have both Evans and Brown ahead of Cooper, yes. Didn't Bruce Arians say something about how Antonio Brown looks like he did four or five years ago? Yes, he did. In camp? No, I think he... I thought he said five or six, but you're right, four or five years ago. He's running at a speed of four or five. Four or five or six or seven, you know. Four or five years ago. He's running at a speed of four or five. Four or five or six or seven.

Pick a number. Those years were similar. He looked similar four to seven years ago. Yeah. Yeah. Buy or sell from Alien Smithy. Antonio Brown will be the top Bucs receiver this season. I'm selling.

Sell, but it's much, much closer than their ADP ever represented. Sure. Brandon Ayuk is practicing. Don't know about his workload at this point. How are you guys ranking Brandon Ayuk at Detroit? I was excited about him, and I had him as a high-end flex before there was serious concern about him possibly missing the game and so like if you're weighing iuk versus antonio brown and we don't get clear news on iuk today before the

game on thursday then uh i think you've got to go with brown number three wide receiver like a more non-ppr than full do you like debo more than Ayuk this week? Not currently. Never. No, but I mean, I just don't know that Ayuk's getting his full snap share. That's all. I mean, I just think you'd love to start him at Detroit. Yeah, we'll have a better idea. Houston named Tyrod Taylor.

It's starting quarterback. No surprise there. Sonny Michelle on track to play this week. This is what Ron Rivera said about Curtis Samuel. Quote, it's more about conditioning. Are you going to get 20 to 25 really good plays out of him? 20 to 25? I think I'm going to sit Curtis Samuel. Yeah, I wasn't going to start him if he was playing 50 plays,

so I'm definitely not starting at 20 to 25. Well, he might get 50 plays, but 30 of them might absolutely suck, and 20 of them might be really good plays. That's Curtis Samuel we're talking about. San Francisco signed cornerback, Josh Norman for some depth, new Orleans signed cornerback, Desmond Trufant,

Cincinnati cornerback, Trey Wayans missed all of last year. And now he's out week one with a hamstring injury, supposed to be a starting corner for them. Yep. And this is a revenge game for him against Minnesota, but he will not play in it. It does.

It does great things for the matchup for Cousins and his receivers. I think they should be on the DFS radar for this week. And Jamison Crowder may be able to play in week one. Has not been ruled out yet. By the way, for Cousins, something you should keep in mind. I'm pretty sure this is the case. Jacob Gibbs will confirm for me. He crushes man coverage. So I do not know what the Bengals

will be playing, but if he faces a team that's heavy man coverage, Kirk Cousins, I don't know why people play man coverage against him. I'm going to tell you what they did last year. I'll text Jacob Gibbs to make sure that's true, but I'm pretty sure that's the case. He just owns man coverage. Kirk Cousins, the Bengals played the 11th most man coverage kirk cousins the bengals played the 11th most man coverage according to pff last year you think gibbs is asleep right now it's 7 30 his time no i doubt it um so when you see 11th most wouldn't that that's like they were about average sure i mean it's they played more than a third of the snaps in man coverage that's probably the better way to put it but that means that they do dabble in it a lot more than most teams do all right let's do some buy or sell all from the

listeners here we go from spud falcon buy or buy or sell Michael Carter runs away with the Jets starting running back job before week four and runs for a thousand yards this season. I think it's more likely that Michael Carter is inactive week one than that this happens. I think both could happen. I would buy both of those statements, that he's inactive and they don't use him in week one

and then by week four, he's the main guy guy i just i i can't believe that tevin coleman's going to get a lot of playing time ahead of him and that ty johnson is going to play ahead of him through week four cream rises to the top he he's the best running back i'm just going to say this and my maybe mich maybe Michael Carter is cream, but Michael Carter is a day three running back who was a committee back in college, and he just had a month competing against Tevin Coleman, Ty Johnson, and Michael P. Ryan,

and he's currently listed behind all of them. Hey, by the way, look at this graphic here. This is an old Jacob Gibbs tweet. Kirk Cousins passer rating 142.5 versus man defense is 21 points above second place. So yeah, Kirk Cousins crushes man defense. Yeah, that's from last year. But thank you, Shraggy B.

Now, hopefully we didn't wake up Jacob for nothing. I don't know. I can't see Michael Carter rushing for 1,000 yards. He would have to average 58 yards per game rushing. I can't see him breaking 1,000 yards. It is a little weird how he's fallen to third on the depth chart. He's never been anywhere. He's fourth, actually.

Right, sorry, fourth. Well, remember he got, hey, Michael Carter got first team reps. That was way at the beginning of training camp. That was when training camp started. Yeah. So he's not ready. I don't know. All right. From Caleb. Caleb had a lot of good ones, so I put two Caleb

buyer sales in here. Jarek McKinnon has more receptions than Clyde Edwards-Ziller this season. Well, I don't want to buy that. I don't want to either. I don't want to buy it. It's like buying dental insurance. I don't know if it. I don't want to buy it. It's like buying dental insurance. I don't know if it will be McKinnon

is my only problem, but I do project Daryl Williams and Jarek McKinnon combined to have more receptions than Clyde. I won't buy it. Clyde has more. Confidence in Clyde. Well, if that one comes true, it won't be good.

If this one comes true, we're going to have a problem here. From Caleb again. Buy or sell. Pat Fryermuth finishes the season with more touchdowns than Kyle Pitts. I'm not buying that. I'm not buying it, but it would be super duper fun. I would be very happy if it did happen. I think everybody's kind of overvaluing those two touchdowns

that firemuth had against the lions playing with rothlisberger i don't think that's a sign that he's going to be their best red zone target i think that was rothlisberger making great plays and firemuth just being right place right time i'm gonna go i'm gonna say heath is in a fantasy sense rooting against kyle Pitts? No, I root for chaos generally when it doesn't impact me. And I didn't really, I drafted Kyle Pitts once. So I just pretty much always root for chaos

outside of my own interests. And it would be, it'd be really fun if Pat Fryermuth was the best rookie tight end this year. That would be fun. It would be. All right, Brendo says, Buy or Sell,

AJ Green can get back to his old self. Didn't we see his old self last year? I believe that. He's an old self, all right. I think he bounces back, but there's no way he's bouncing back to his old self. The question is, will he bounce back to fantasy relevance?

AJ Green. I don't see it. I would sell. Okay. From Luis, Buy or Sell, Rondell Moore will be second in targets on the Cardinals this season.

I'm going to sell it. I'm going to sell it. He had a hard time staying healthy at Purdue. He's got some serious competition from both Green and Chase Edmonds. He could be close, but I don't think he'll be second. I don't know who I would project to be second.

I'm sure I have no idea who I projected to be second on the Cardinals, which makes me kind of want to buy it. Can you look? Targets? Yeah. I think it's going to be...

Adam, who do you think Heath said? He said AJ Green. I'm going to say Heath said Rondell. I have AJ Green at 89, Christian Kirk and Rondell both at 83. Where do you have Chase Edmonds? 77. I'll take that. All right. From Tristan. Where do you have Chase Edmonds? 77. I'll take that.

All right. From Tristan. Buy or sell. Trey Lance does not take over as a full-time quarterback unless Jimmy Garoppolo gets injured. Well, the only other way it happens is if Kyle Shanahan gets impatient and doesn't like what Garoppolo is doing on the field. I'm going to buy that.

I'm going to say it's going to take an injury. And unfortunately, if Garoppolo is playing less because Trey Lance is playing more each game, there's less of a chance of injury for Garoppolo. Yeah, well, I think if we both buy that, if you both buy that, that Trey Lance doesn't take over unless there's an injury to Jimmy Garoppolo, then people have to... Obviously, we could be wrong about this, but you have to wonder how long you're going to really sit there and stash Trey Lance. All right.

King Hassan says, Buy or sell. There will be at least two teams with three wide receivers in the top 24. No, I don't think so. At the end of the year, points per game or points? Total points. Total points. I think if one of those teams with three receivers,

everybody stays healthy, that could happen. But not two? Two teams? Two teams. No, I don't buy that. One will, but not two. Who's the most likely? Bucks, Cowboys, Bengals, Steelers. Am I forgetting anyone? Who's the most likely? Bucks, Cowboys, Bengals, Steelers.

Am I forgetting anyone? Who's the most likely? I'm going to say Bengals. I will say Bucks and Steelers a little bit behind the Bucks. The key is that it could be really helpful if they were all like 21 through 24. It's going to be difficult

if one of the receivers is top 12. From Juan, Justin Herbert will outscore Russ, Dak, and Rodgers in six point for passing touchdown leagues. Sell. I will sell.

From Drew, buy or sell, Dak Prescott will immediately begin producing the same elite numbers we saw last season pre-injury. I hope sell. From Drew. Buy or sell? Dak Prescott will immediately begin producing the same elite numbers we saw last season pre-injury. I hope so. No. He threw way too much last year to expect that to happen again.

He's averaged 330 yards per game since Kellen Moore became the offensive coordinator. I'm saying specifically last year. He can't do that. But he could do... Well, yeah, he was on pace. He was throwing for 420 yards a game. No, he can't do that.

Right, right, right. But he could do what he did in 2019. The combination of the two. Oh, you think he could be even better than 2019? For sure. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, just needs a higher touchdown rate.

A little bit of an outlier. Would be nice. Let's see. From Frank Serio. Buy or sell. Trey Sermon is a top 20 running back this year. Sell. I think Trey Sermon will have weeks where he's a top 20 running back for sure,

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All right. Tampa Bay. I mean, like, what are we doing here? Who are we sitting? I don't think you can feel great about Ronald Jones or Leonard Fournette or Giovanni Bernard. The game script will probably suggest that the Bucs will run the football a decent amount.

I think there's a good chance of that unless Dallas builds a lead and keeps it competitive and the Bucs have to throw in the second half. And it's not like it's a bad matchup, but I think the Cowboys could be a little bit better against the run than they were last year just by having Michael Parsons at linebacker. I would be very hesitant to start Ronald Jones outside of DFS where you're just trying to catch a little lightning. We don't know how much work he's going to get. We think he's going to start. We think he's going to be the lead back for Tampa Bay, but honestly, I think they're going to go with the hot hand deal where you'll see Jones for a series, Fournette for a series.

Maybe that happens again the first half, and then whoever is doing better is who gets the ball in the second half no guarantee that it's going to be ronald jones i yeah i would geo is my favorite running back in ppr on the books um i'm not starting michael gallup i don't really want to start any of the tight ends i would consider gronk and non-ppr i'm really excited to see O.J. Howard because Brady was talking him up again yesterday. I think there's a chance O.J. Howard could be the best tight end in this game and the best tight end in the Bucs this season.

Gronk would be my favorite to start. We'll have to see what information we get on Chris Godwin. I want to give this stat, but I just don't think it's relevant. But in terms of the tight ends, the Bucs were not very good again. The Bucs really didn't have a good pass defense last year.

It was weird. They've got such a great pass rush. They have good cornerbacks. At least I think they do. I guess they didn't really play all that well last year. Tyree Kilden thinks so. Tyree Kilden, I think so. And the tight ends, I mean, they were 21st against tight ends six of the last not even counting the travis kelsey who had eight for

82 against the bucks which wasn't even great the next eight games six tight ends had 70 yards or a touchdown against tampa bay irv smith hayden hers twice logan thomas robert tunyon and then kelsey again in the super bowl so they struggled against tight, but I don't think anyone can sit here and tell you to start Blake Jarwin or Dalton Schultz. I have Blake Jarwin 12th in PPR, but the concern is that Dalton Schultz is too involved and there's too much sharing going on, just like with Gronk and O.J. Howard. But I think Jarwin is by far the better downfield option, and I'm really encouraged by the fact,

I know death charts don't really mean that much, but I'm really encouraged by the fact that he came from where he was at the beginning of training camp to the fact that he was listed as the starter for week one. So I do think Jarwin's the best tight end. And in full PPR,

he's the one I have highest ranked in this game. Okay. And the thing is, when you look at last year, there aren't too many teams that return their entire starting defensive unit, but the bucks are one of them. They're going to be down to starting safety in this game. But I think, you know, you could look at the personnel hasn't changed. They return all 22 starters. So maybe there are some parallels that you can draw

there, or, you know, maybe some lessons you can learn. Cowboys on the other hand of a very different defense. They have a new defensive coordinator. Dak Prescott and Tom Brady are no-brainers, right? Yes, they are no-brainers. I would start Brady over Dak, but yes, same. I mean, Ezekiel Elliott legitimately has a very, very difficult matchup. Tampa Bay has now allowed the fewest fantasy points to running backs two straight years. When they had stud defensive tackle Vita Vea in the lineup for five games last year, they gave up 2.5 yards per carry to running backs.

Alvin Kamara had 12 carries for 16 yards. Christian McCaffrey had 18 carries for 59 yards. Now, they both had big games because they scored and they caught passes, but my question is, my long-winded question, is there anyone that you're starting over? Is there a scenario where you're sitting Ezekiel Elliott? It's hard to find one in PPR. Yeah, I don't think there's one in PPR that I would consider.

In non-PPR, I do have Gus Edwards higher. I do think Gus Edwards can have a slightly better game. Odds are if you have both of them, you're starting both of them. And then in terms of Cooper, we know that Cooper sometimes struggles with tough defensive back matchups. Is that a consideration in this game? No. No.

All right, so just start the guys you drafted to be starters in this particular matchup here. Watch the news on Godwin. Watch the news on Godwin. Antonio Brown, assuming Chris Godwin plays, Antonio Brown is where in your wide receiver rankings? Wide receiver three You said Godwin?

No, no, Antonio Brown Brown's a wide receiver three Oh, he's a wide receiver three, okay I was like, wide receiver three, that seems pretty high Not the number three That's pretty much it for this game Na na na na na na na Hey, you guys want to give me your NFL picks? And that's pretty much it for this game. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na.

Hey, you guys want to give me your NFL picks? Divisions? Yeah. For what? For this game? No, divisions and whatnot. The season, Dave. Okay, okay.

All right. All right, let's go AFC East. Hold on. I got to make... Shragger, you're going to have to... I'm going to lose all this information, so you're going to have to... I guess I can write it down. Let's see.

Who can I make mad this year with my picks? All right. Let's start with the AFC East. Bills. Yes, the Bills. Just say the Bills. Give me a break. I'll say Bills.

AFC North. Ravens. Cleveland Browns. I've given this zero thought. I'll go Baltimore too. I'm just going to say whatever he says. Thanks. AFC South.

Titans. Tennessee. Yeah. Tennessee. Yeah. Tennessee. Yeah. AFC West. Yeah. Chiefs.

Chiefs. Cross the board. Wildcard teams. Well, the first one will be Baltimore. The second one will be New England. And the third one will be Denver. Interesting. Okay.

Um, I'm going to go with new England and the chargers and the Colts. Boy, it's really wide open, huh? For the wild card, there's probably going to be two spots that are wide open. All right, I'm going to give Cleveland and Pittsburgh. We have three AFC North teams in there. I almost did that in the West.

Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and... The Patriots. I'm going with the Patriots over the Dolphins. We're going to get killed for not putting the Texans in there. We're going to get, nobody has the Dolphins in the playoffs. We're going to get killed for not having the Texans in there. I don't think so. All right.

The NFC East, the NFC East Cowboys, Washington. Okay, here we go. Here's the big upset pick. The NFC East winner will be... Oh, no.

No, you're not going to... No. He's already done it on Twitter. You stick with it. I changed it. The Philadelphia Eagles are winning the NFC East. Wow. I thought you were going to go full Homer.

They have by far the easiest schedule. Because there are now... This is actually kind of interesting. There are now three... With the 18-game season... With the 17-game season and 18 weeks... There are now three, with the 17-game season and 18 weeks, there are now three extra games. Every team in the division plays the same schedule except three extra games.

The team that finished in first place plays three first-place teams from last year. The Eagles get three last-place teams from last year. They get the Jets. Washington has to play the Bills as their extra game. The Eagles get the Jets. Washington has to play the Bills as their extra game. The Eagles get the Jets. I think they get the Lions, and I think the Niners or something. Who finished last in the NFC West?

They get the Lions, Niners, and Jets. Yeah, so the Eagles have a big edge there. Washington gets the Packers, Seahawks, and Bills. Yeah. I mean, that's potentially a three-game swing between the Washington and Philadelphia. So, yeah, I know, that's potentially a three-game swing between Washington and Philadelphia. So, yeah, I know it's crazy. Except I think the Jets and the 49ers could actually be fairly competitive.

Oh, the Niners. I'm sorry. Yeah, yeah, the Eagles aren't going to beat the Niners. So that's a two-game swing. The Jets suck. NFC North. They'll probably lose a lot of games. NFC North. Who we got?

Packers. I'll take the Vikings. Ooh. You want to talk about easier schedules? Yeah, probably. Where did Green Bay finish? Where did Minnesota finish? Yeah, yeah. NFC South.

Tampa Bay. Wait, Adam, you didn't give an NFC North pick. Green Bay. Yeah, I'll go with Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay all around. NFC West. Tough one. Tough one.

This is. I don't know. I honestly have no idea. Rams. I agree with you, Adam. I think this is tough. I think you can make the case for any of those four teams. I will ride with Russell Wilson and the Seahawks.

All right. Seattle Rams. And I'm going to go San Francisco. All right, we have three wild cards here. Three wild cards. Definitely the Seahawks and 49ers. I'm doing Dave first here in my list. Oh, sorry. I've got to think about it. So the Packers will be a wild card team.

The Rams will be a wild card team. And let me see. Hmm. This is tough because, excuse me, I'm not sure if there's another really good team. Well, the 49ers get the last place schedule. Just pick them. No, I 49ers get the last place schedule. Just pick them. I don't want to just pick them.

All right, Heath, you're on the clock. I don't know. I got to think about this. Dave lost his pick. Rams 49ers and pretty sure you pick the Rams to win the division. Okay, then Seahawks 49ers and Vikings. Yeah, I like the Vikings too.

All right, my wildcard teams will be the Rams, the Seahawks, and yeah, I guess the Saints. Do I really have the Saints missing the playoffs? They always make the playoffs. Yeah, Minnesota with the improved defense. I'm going to go with Minnesota. Did you guys not put Washington in the playoffs? I did not.

Wow. Yeah, I'm changing my Minnesota to Washington. Okay. There you go. Crap, man. I don't really have a good feel for who that third wildcard team will be. Eagles, Dave. Put me down for the Carolina

Panthers. Is that serious? I can't believe I'm saying that because it's Sam Darnold. Maybe PJ Walker will take over. All right. All right, Ben, you got it all recorded? All good to go? Just sent it over to you.

Aren't we supposed to pick other things? Oh, yeah, who's going to win the Super Bowl? You've got to pick Super Bowl. Panthers! No. I will pick the Buffalo Bills to win the Super Bowl. Super Bowl. Panthers. No. I will pick the Buffalo Bills to win the Super Bowl. Over who? Tampa Bay.

Chiefs over Tampa Bay. Ooh, rematch. Revenge rematch. I'm going Bucs over. Yeah, rematch. Bucs over Chiefs again. Again? Yeah, I know. Boring. Chiefs over Packers. Let's go. Chiefs over Pack Yeah, rematch. Bucks over Chiefs again. Again? Yeah, I know.

Boring. Chiefs over Packers. Let's go. Chiefs over Packers. All right. That's what I almost said. Yeah. It was close to that one.

I would love to see it. Love to see it. You know what else I love? I love the fantasy cops. We're going to take a break here. When we come back, we're laying down the law in your fantasy football leagues. Fantasy cops right after this

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Here we go. All right. First from Brian from the Diamond City. If you have any league disputes, send in your emails. Put Fantasy Cops in the subject. It has to say Fantasy Cops because that's what I do. I do an inbox search for Fantasy Cops. So put it in the subject line.

Fantasyfootball at CBSi.com. All right. Sorry. I'm in a league that was 10 teams with two flex bots. Fantasyfootball at cbsi.com. All right, sorry. I'm in a league that was 10 teams with two flex spots. This year we added two more teams, so now it's a 12-team league. The commissioner then asked if we should keep two flexes or go to one because we added teams. A lot of managers didn't have an input one way or the other,

so it was changed to one flex. We had our draft, and no one said anything during the draft. A day or two after the draft, a few managers started throwing a fit because they thought it was, and they still want it to be, two flexes. In the same group message, they proceeded to take a vote if we should have two flexes or one. There were about seven votes total. The commish and a manager are now going to delete the league

and input the draft manually since they can't add more positions once the draft has occurred. So I guess they're going back to two flexes. I don't want to give my input on what side I'm on, but what is your opinion? Should it go back to two or should it be one? It was changed to one and then people started flipping out

and now they're going back to two. I mean, the commish has to be fired like it's your job to establish order and reason within the league and you have quite clearly failed so step one find a new commissioner uh step two you can't you can't like if you're going to change the rule back to two flexes, then you have to do the draft over. Oh, yeah. Draft new teams. You guys can decide that if you want to, but you've got to do the draft over.

You can't change the rules after the draft. I think it's one flex this year, next year, two flexes. Everybody knows it's going to happen. Keep it moving. This is from Tim. My commissioner wanted to change our keeper league to a dynasty league. We could keep three players going into this year's draft.

So we did that, and then we drafted. Then after the fact, we found out that our platform won't allow us to convert to dynasty. We can make it a 34 keeper league. Yes, we have 34 roster spots. But we'd have to not keep at least a few players in order to have a rookie draft next year. And we'd have to force teams to keep their players. To me, that isn't dynasty.

Should we, A, make it a 34-keeper league, force teams to keep 30 players, B, make it a normal keeper league, C, make a new dynasty league and give each team their same roster, or D, something else. Why do you have to force people to keep 30 keepers

if it's a 34 keeper league? And what's the difference between a 34 keeper league and a dynasty league? Well, they have to keep only 30 so they can have roster spots for a rookie draft. That's what he said.

Right, but we need that in our dynasty league. You know how you create those roster spots? You cut players that you don't want on your team anymore. just like they do in the NFL.

We cut players in our dynasty league every year. Yeah. And half of the league probably has an illegal roster right now. Because our commission

needs to be fired. I would love it. Please. Please. I'm begging you. Should we make it where the last place team is the new commissioner? I don't even care.

Whoever wants to be the new commissioner. What do you want to tell Tim? You're good at it, Heath. You're good at being the commissioner. What do you want to tell Tim? Yeah. Why don't you make a dynasty league and give each team the same roster? Problem solved.

I like it. Oh, that's not. Oh, that was from Tim. This is from another Tim. I'm the commissioner. Tim's word of the odds. I know. I'm the commissioner of a fantasy league on a different website.

We post keepers on a message board over two weeks before an online draft. When inserting one player's keeper, I mistakenly inserted Josh Allen from Jacksonville instead of Josh Allen from Buffalo. I recognized this about 15 minutes before the draft and I tried to change it, but the app would not allow me to change any keepers

and locked all players. After searching through the settings, there was no option to stop or pause the draft. Therefore, the only option available was to notify everyone in the chat to not draft Josh Allen of Buffalo. Everything else was proper and remained unchanged, including the corresponding round

the original team was supposed to keep Josh Allen in. I notified the league via live chat not to draft Josh Allen or he would have to be removed. But of course, one team, not an auto pick, drafted Josh Allen in the third round. I re-sent the message asking him why he did that and that Allen would have to be removed. No response. I emailed him, no one has his number, telling him that Josh Allen would be removed and he should pick up another removed. No response. I emailed him. No one has his number. Telling him that Josh Allen would be removed and he should pick up another quarterback.

No response. I sent an additional message via the direct message on the app. No response. After the draft, of course, I had to transfer Josh Allen over to the proper manager. The guy who drafted him claims he's being punished and it isn't fair. He states that he was drafting on his phone, so he didn't see the live chat

and he didn't see any of the other messages on time. Other drafters on their phone did see the messages. Additionally, all keepers were posted over two weeks before the draft, so everyone could plan accordingly. He was aware Josh Allen was being kept and he drafted him anyway. What a weasel.

Yes. Anyway, he was drafting fourth, so he was drafting fourth, so he was ninth in waiver wire priority. I moved him up to first for compensation. Outside of that, I don't know what else I can do. He said that's not enough, and he wants me to give him who I picked in the third round to compensate.

Any suggestions? This is the worst. Other than kicking him out of the league, what should we do here, guys? First of all, you should kick him out of the league like what should we do here guys first of all you should kick him out of the league if he's gonna act like this and you don't even have his phone number for crying out loud yeah not even a friend some but right do you even know this person's real name it's probably not tim it's jay allen i think i think you've gotta do what you gotta do as commissioner put josh allen on the right team and you do what you've got to do as a commissioner. Put Josh Allen on the right team. And you know what you should really do? Is put Josh

Allen from Jacksonville in Josh Allen's place on the offending manager's team. He's got Josh Allen in Jacksonville. He doesn't get any compensation. He didn't follow the rules. He didn't pay attention. These are the types of deadbeat fantasy managers that make me angry, but I want to play with them anyway because they're easy money in my leagues.

He should get to stay this year. And if you don't have his phone number and you don't have a way to contact him next year then you boot his ass out he's out i'm tired of people like this man if you're gonna play fantasy play fantasy be into it this is annoying and uh i i can't believe how mad i love it and i agree with everything dave said there should be some sort of self-imposed sanctions on the commissioner because had you just done your job the correct way, this wouldn't have happened. It was an honest mistake. It was an honest mistake.

I don't think he purposely meant it. This is the consequence. There are no consequences here. You have to deal with this whole mess. No. I know. There shouldn't be an additional consequence. This guy lied.

This guy lied. He knew what he was doing. He knew what he was doing. He knew what he was doing. He could have seen. Everybody saw the chat. I don't know who is speaking honestly in this situation. I have no reason to ascribe honesty to one party and not to the other. Well, Tim, who emailed, said for him to say he didn't know Josh Allen was not being kept or was being kept is misleading.

And everybody else who drafted on their phone saw the messages. So I just don't believe this guy. I think he pulled a fast one on them, or he tried anyway, and you know. Be better, Tim. Yeah. All right, here's one from Kyle. Do you guys remember,

do you remember last week we read one of the two fantasy managers sort of colluding to draft all the running backs and hurt the other teams? Yes. Okay. Which was also dumb AF. Okay, here we go. Ready? This is from Kyle. all the running backs and hurt the other teams? Yes, which was also dumb AF.

Okay, here we go. Ready? This is from Kyle. Please read this letter on the air because I'm very sure that the fantasy cop's question from August 31st was my league mate. Dear Chase from a city more than a mile high, which is evergreen Colorado, elevation 7,220 feet. Next time you want to write into a podcast that you know, which is Evergreen, Colorado, elevation 7,220 feet. Next time you want to write into a podcast that you know,

I, your commissioner, also listens to, please use a fake name and a less obvious location when asking about how to pull off borderline collusion. Unlike David Heath, who think you should be kicked out of the league for conspiring to try and draft all the running backs with your plethora of early round picks. I don't care. Why? Because you will squander them all anyway.

I'm glad I've gotten in your head enough that you have resorted to this. I won last year without a first round pick, and I'll win again this year without a first, third, fifth, or seventh round pick. I'm going for the three-peat, so have fun overdrafting dead zone running backs to, quote, stick it to me while I make savvy moves to crush your soul. Fantasy football is bleeping back, baby.

I can't wait to share this with the league on draft day. First of all, I don't think this has ever happened in the history of our podcast where we had a second person from the league write in after they recognized somebody else from their league. It definitely hasn't happened with the fantasy cops. Didn't happen with fantasy.

It's happened before. It has happened, but you're not on every show. So I wouldn't expect you to know that, but it has happened. Maybe last year. Probably not. No,

it's very rare, Dave. It's very rare and very awesome. Very awesome. It's hilarious. He's going to kick you out of the podcast. Don't laugh at Dave. I'm not the one that's crushing his soul right here.

Like right after he just said it's never happened before. Now you're wrong. Well, it has happened. But it's rare. How many shows have we done over 11 years right now? Yeah, yeah. It's very rare. This is the type of person that I want to play my fantasy leagues with.

Someone who's excited about playing fantasy and I love that he listens. Thank you for listening and that you recognized your league mate. Yeah. Busted.

Yeah. All right. And now we go to our Apple... Thank you, by the way, for the fantasy cop questions. Good stuff. Apple podcast questions. Thank you for the five-star reviews.

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football today. And try to get them in early because sometimes they take a little while to populate. From WakeUp23, who's the best flex option in PPR? Daryl Henderson, Sonny Michelle, Brandon Cooks, Chase Edmonds, or Corey Davis? Daryl Henderson,

Sonny Michelle, Cooks, Edmonds, or Corey Davis? I'm quickly rifling through my rankings to make sure that I think I have Henderson. I think it's Corey Davis. For me, it's Henderson.

I want to say something about Corey Davis. Little, I'm a little worried that, uh, we're going to get a big reality check. Yeah. You can't just sit there and look at one guy and throw to him every time. Once the regular season starts and defenses are actually scheming.

We're not expecting that. We'd have him ranked as the top 12 wide receiver if we were. We've basically I think just got him ranked like he is what he was last year. I don't know, but why wouldn't you take Cooks? I know he's not going to be what he was last year, but he's got Jacksonville. He's the only good option on

the team. I don't know. I actually think Corey Davis could be heading into a challenging matchup. I like the cornerbacks for Carolina and the pass rush for Carolina. It's why I picked them to be the last wildcard team. I have Henderson, Corey Davis, and Brandon Cooks within like two-tenths of a fantasy point. Okay. Okay.

So what's the answer? So he says Corey Davis very, very slightly. Dave? I'll take Henderson. Henderson. Okay. Henderson. From Sam P.

Dear Marty, Jonah, Wendy, and Charlotte. Heath, when's it coming back? I don't know, but I can't wait. I think, is it November? I am not sure. There's a lot of things coming back in November. Are you in on Ozark? What's that?

Dave, you in on Ozark? No. that? Dave, you in on Ozark? No. Tremendous. I once talked about watching it. Late 2021? All right. All right. Choose my week one flex, half PPR.

Juju, Rojo, Callaway, and Gage. Juju, Rojo, Callaway, and Gage. Juju. I will take Juju Smith-Schuster. Aren't you really high on Callaway and Gage? Juju. I will take Juju Smith-Schuster. Aren't you really high on Callaway, Heath? I'm really... I've got him and Juju very, very similar. Both of them a lot better in PPR than

non-PPR, but I like Juju over Callaway. Juju's going to be open for those short targets against Buffalo, and the way that Buffalo's defense tends to play. They don't want to give up the big play. So lots of zone, lots of underneath throws to Juju. He'll have a good game.

As a commissioner, I don't know who this is from. Someone in my league spent 90 of 100 of their fab budget, 90 out of 100 of their fab budget on Jared Cook and Tyrell Williams. Should I consider giving his fab back if he did not understand how fab works or have him accept the consequences i don't mind giving back but i don't want the league to get mad is this the first year your league has ever done fab did you explain to them what it means before you made the change like that's the that's the question yeah but probably not probably so probably stuck with it that is you can be nice and give him back like 10 of his fab if you really

really feel sorry for him but otherwise it's a big n to the o i wouldn't mind like if you're gonna but i do think if you give him 90 of his fat back he loses jared cook and tyrell williams of course oh darn no please and now your emails at fantasy football cbsi.com you think maybe he meant to spend nine instead of 90 no because he did it twice ah yeah you know all right nick from a norcal town where Charles Swartz is from. Must be Truckee. Okay. Half PPR. Who has the highest floor and who has the most upside this week?

Chase Claypool or Jalen Waddle? It's Claypool for both. I think Claypool is the correct answer. Mike from Midlothian, Illinois. Oh, all right. He's a longtime listener. And Midlothian, I just, what is that place like, Dave? It seems so strange to me.

It's a weird name. It's one of many hardworking Chicagoland suburbs. Okay. He says, hey... Good people. Alfred, Albert, Father Bioka, I don't know. This is from the last kingdom on Netflix. I'm just not even going there.

12-team half PPR league with two flex bots. Who should I start from this group? Pick two half PPR. Juju, Deontay, Jamison Crowder, Darrell Henderson, Cole Komet, and JD McKissick. Grab your yellow towel. You're starting two Steelers.

Yeah, half PPR, I might have Henderson over Juju. I was just trying to look. That would be very, very close. But definitely Deontay. And let's go with Henderson.

Yeah, for what it's worth, it's probably not worth much, but the Steelers passing game was horrible against the Bills last year. So a little risky to start both of them. Noah in the capital of California.

Sacramento. Home of Carmichael Dave. Hey, Derek Rich, Jamarcus, and Carson. Raiders. Quarterbacks. 10-team full PPR. Please choose two.

Russell Gage, Chase Edmonds, Damian Harris, Raheem Mostert, Jamar Chase, Amonra St. Brown, and Jonu Smith. I'm going to eliminate Gage, St. Brown, and Smith, so let me read it again. Pick two. Edmonds, Damian Harris, Mostert, and Jamar Chase. Mostert and Edmonds.

Yeah, I'm probably going to lean that way too. And you have no issue with me eliminating Gage, St. Brown, and Smith, right? We're not starting that. I might put Harris in there. I know he's not going to catch the ball. All right, last email is from Adrian. Adrian's in a 10-team half PPR league. He has Nick Chubb.

He also has Kareem Hunt. And he has Miles Gaskin and Chase Edmonds. I find myself thinking I should start Chubb and Hunt on a weekly basis. I recalled last season that there were games when both went off since Cleveland runs their offense through the backs. I checked the scoring from last season. Both backs were top 10, even though Chubb missed four games.

Am I crazy to think they could do this again? Considering week one is at the Chiefs, I figure this is a relatively safe week to deploy my theory, given Hunt's involvement in the passing game. Tell me why I shouldn't do this all season long. Start both Browns running backs. There were only five games out of 12 that they were both active for. I believe they were both active for 12,

where they both scored at least 13 PPR points. So I would start there as a reason to not start both. Yeah, I'm a little bit worried about what happened to hunt down the stretch and like we talk about his involvement in the passing game in their playoff game against the chiefs nick chubb and kareem hunt combined for three catches for six yards um hunt was actually better in that game because he scored the touchdown i I wouldn't start Hunt over Gaskin. I wouldn't hate starting Hunt as a flex. This week, yeah.

And maybe going forward. You mean this week? Most weeks, yeah. Okay, yeah, I don't know. It's just not really maximizing your upside there. Wouldn't you want to do it when the Browns have a great matchup where they should be able to run the ball a ton? Well, this is a pretty good matchup, isn't it?

I mean, it's a ton of points, and they're going to need to score. The thing you don't know, because I think the Chiefs, generally speaking, will allow you to run the ball between the 20s. It is a pretty good matchup for yards per carry. But you don't know. Some teams go in thinking, man, if we just run and keep it away from the Chiefs, and that doesn't usually work. That's not what the Browns tried to do last year.

That's what the Chiefs are inviting you to do. Chiefs have the 18th best front seven, according to sharpfootballanalysis.com. There we go. Everybody, thanks so much for listening. Preview to game. It is officially football season. We will talk to you tomorrow with Start or Sit for the AFC home games. Have a good one, everybody, and talk to you.