Fantasy Football Today - LAST-MINUTE Week 2 Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Advice! Actives/Inactives & Q&A (09/14 Fantasy Football Podcast)
Episode Date: September 14, 2025Brock Bowers, Jauan Jennings, TreVeyon Henderson, Darnell Mooney, Quinshon Judkins, Marquise Brown and more questionable players, plus plenty of your questions as we help you set your lineups for Week... 2. Fantasy Football Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts Watch FFT on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/fantasyfootballtoday Shop our store: shop.cbssports.com/fantasy SUBSCRIBE to FFT Dynasty on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dynasty/id1696679179 FOLLOW FFT Dynasty on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2aHlmMJw1m8FareKybdNfG?si=8487e2f9611b4438&nd=1 SUBSCRIBE to FFT DFS on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fantasy-football-today-dfs/id1579415837 FOLLOW FFT DFS on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5zU7pBvGK3KPhfb69Q1hNr?si=1c5030a3b1a64be2 Follow our FFT team on Twitter: @FFToday, @AdamAizer, @JameyEisenberg, @daverichard, @heathcummingssr Follow the brand new FFT TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@fftoday 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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Good morning, everybody.
Let's get that injury update right now.
Kind of said it singular for a reason.
On Fantasy Football Today Express.
Well, we're happy because we don't have a lot of injuries to talk about.
Really, Brock Bowers is the main one.
We have some other ones to discuss.
But it's great.
That's great news.
There aren't a lot of question marks in the lineup.
But Bowers is definitely the big name to talk about here.
We're going to answer your questions as well on Fantasy Football Today Express.
And here we go.
Brock Bauer is questionable.
Pete Carroll says he's likely to play or expects him to play.
I am not ready to take him at his word, Heath.
I still think we need a backup plan here.
What do you think about this Bauer situation Monday night against the Chargers?
Yeah, I think the Coach Speak index on Twitter had him at a 70% reliability rate, which isn't fantastic.
Like, you don't really feel good about a one in three chance that a guy that's going to play at.
10 o'clock on Monday night might play.
But I'm pretty optimistic just because it was almost like the very next day or immediately
afterwards that they said, it's not serious.
We think he'll be fine.
He got an extra day to rest.
I did go in on several of my Bowers teams and add Michael Mayer, which is by far the
easiest way to handle this, because if you told me Bowers was out,
mayor would probably be a top six tight in for me this week.
and so if you can do that you don't even have to think about it just go add michael mayer wait
for brock bowers if you can't i'm afraid there's not really much that we can do to help you
because it's entirely a risk tolerance situation like if brock bowers plays i've got him
projected to outscore everybody besides mcbride by three five six fantasy points just in my
projections and he has the upside to outscore them by 15. So how much are you willing to take that
chance? I'm not going to sit Brock Bowers. I think the mayor's solution is really, you know,
smart, 10% rostered. So go ahead and do that. Usually when a coach says I expect him to play,
that's enough for me. But I don't know, I saw, I guess I saw one of the prominent doctors on X,
that he's going to miss week two and it and it is Pete Carroll and he's just never been
someone that you can take out his word. In fact, 70% seems high to me for the coach speak index.
So, all right, there you go. That's what the best thing to do is to pick up Michael Mayer.
Joanne Jennings is expect. And if you can't pick him up, you got to make the decision.
So, okay, sorry. So if you can't pick him up and you have tight end today versus Brock Bowers tomorrow,
you're probably just playing Bowers, right? I am. Now, I think especially if you look at your game
center and you're a 20 point favorite and you just want to play harold fanning or joan johnson or
somebody i that's perfectly fine i just i you're giving up a lot of upside and you might feel really
dumb if you're down by two points and you're tied in scored eight and then brock bowers is active and
three other options would be tyler conklin kate otton who did not have a catch last week and
dalton shultz if someone already picked up michael mayer you can get the other three tight ends who
play on Monday night.
Obviously, they're probably not going to be very good, but maybe they can get you five fantasy
points or something like that and can cover your bases in a sense in that way.
Okay, Joanne Jennings is expected to play, but left tackle Trent Williams is going to be
a game time decision for the 49ers at the New Orleans Saints.
That is a one o'clock game, so we'll know early there.
Any interest in starting Joanne Jennings and how much would the Trent Williams injury
if he's out. And again, he did not have a good game in week one. But how much would that affect
Ricky Pearsall? You know, it's interesting because this game is already tied for the lowest
over under of the week with Pittsburgh, Seattle, which after what Pittsburgh did in week one,
that sounds kind of weird. But it's going to be a low-scoring kind of gross game. If
Joanne Jennings is active, and I haven't made that adjustment yet, because I'd seen one thing
that said game time decision.
I'd seen one thing that said expected to play.
If Jennings is active, then I drop Pierceall down into the wide receiver three range,
probably close to wide receiver 30.
And Jennings would be quite a ways behind that.
I'd call him a desperation flex at best.
Okay.
We do have a report from ESPN's Mike Reese that the Patriots running back,
snap distribution could be changing in week two.
Did you move Trevian Henderson up in any way?
Well, I didn't really move Trayvion Henderson down after last week's split.
So this was something that I think we all kind of expected.
Mike Brable talked early in the week about how they have to get Henderson the ball in space more
and how they have to get the run game fixed.
I think Henderson is the definition of a borderline number two running back with considerable upside.
Okay, we're going to take a break and we're going to give you some more news and notes
right after this on FFT Express.
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All right, welcome back, folks.
So Quintan Judkins is going to play.
He'll be on some sort of snap count.
They're at Baltimore.
What does this mean for the Browns running backs?
I think you can drop Jerome Ford.
Dylan Sampson is right behind Trevion Henderson for me
in that borderline RB2 with especially in PPR with upside.
Judkins is not in my top 36 running backs.
I've got him right behind Nick Chubb.
He could break one long run.
But the other thing I'd said is expect him to play the snaps of a backup running back.
So I don't think he's someone,
he's someone you want to make sure his rostered,
not someone you want to start.
Samson, a much better play in full PPR than anything else.
There was some report also that said Judkins could have 12 carries.
It might be 12 snaps.
I'm not sure if the Browns have 12 carries in this.
Dallas Goddard's out.
Devante Smith, CSN.
You should start Devante Smith.
I probably don't have him as high as you would like for me to have him.
But he is a top 24 wide receiver
And someone you start as a number two wide receiver
Okay
And Xavier Worthy out, we know that
So Marquis Brown or Devante Smith?
I would go with Devante Smith
I have pretty low expectations for the chiefs offense too
Okay
Marquis Brown when he'd lined up outside
He was typically on the left side of the formation
I think that means
He's going to be going against the Dory Jackson a lot
who really stunk
and I shouldn't say that
struggled in week one
so or he'll be in the slot
but he probably won't face
the Eagles top cornerback too much
Darnell Mooney is going to play
yay and so is Drake London
so what does this mean for Mooney
and for Pitts
I'm kind of in a give
Darnell Mooney a weak mode
another guy that I want to make sure
is rostered but I don't want to start him
he's not currently inside of my top
48 wide receivers
but I do want to make sure he's rostered
Pitts went from, ooh, I might want to start him to, you know, I should probably have him on my bench just in case.
Okay, 77% rostered for Darnal Mooney.
So would you start Joanne Jennings and Harold Fanon Jr. over Kyle Pitts?
Joanne Johnson.
Sorry.
Definitely, Juan Johnson.
Man, I thought you were going to say Joanne Jennings and Darnal Mooney, and those are two guys that I just don't think anybody should have any reasonable expectations for.
I would start the two streaming tight ends over Pitts, yes.
look on your face
when I said Juan Jennings
versus Darnal Mooney
Projections Heath go
All right
And then the last thing
Evan Ingram's going to play
And there was a report in the Denver post
That Tyler Biday could have a big role
In the passing game this week
So I hope that's not true
But
Well he had six to like
What do you mean?
What do you have six targets last week?
Yeah
And he picked up like four yards
We want to do that more
I don't know
I don't really have faith to start R.J. Harvey yet.
Not at all.
Yeah, okay, good.
I'm glad I'm not alone.
And if you're one of the 41% of CBS players in CBS leagues or not the best way to say it.
Young Wayku is rostered in 41% of leagues.
If you're one of those managers, he's benched today for Parker Romo.
So don't start Young Wayku.
Let's finish with some of your questions here.
Ooh, this is a great one to start with Cam Ward or Spencer Rattler.
Are you serious right now?
I don't have those guys in my rankings, so I'm going to have to look in my projections.
I have Spencer Rattler projected for 16.1 points and Cam Ward for 15.8.
We normally say flip a coin. Don't waste a quarter on it.
Like see if you have any pennies laying around.
That's all I would put on that matchup.
All right. Jackson Daniels says start two of these four.
David Montgomery, Giovante Williams, Dylan Samson, George Pickens, PPR.
so I'm a little bit lower on Montgomery I know than Dave is I think he would actually be last of this group for me I've got 12.3 points for Pickens which is like identical to what I have for Samson and Giovante I would probably full PPR start Samson and Pickens Tony Pollard or Cortland Sutton at Flex I'm going to go with Pollard Ken Walker
Javante Williams.
I'll go Javante.
I need two in non-PPR.
Chubb, Swift, Stevenson.
Definitely Swift.
And I will go with,
ooh, I'm going to go with Chubb.
And then two wide receivers in non-PPR.
Coleman, T-Mack, Olabe.
Definitely T-Mack, and I'll go OLAVey.
Montgomery or Henderson, full PPR?
Henderson for me.
traded RJ Harvey and Drake London
for Rishi Rice and Trey McBride
Interesting
I like that deal a lot better
As long as you're 1-0
Like I think after week two
I was one of the things I planned on send out
And kind of a programmed message is
If you're 2-0
Go see if Rashi Rice is available
Shaheed or Tillman, PPR.
Those guys are very close, but I'll go Tillman.
Jordan Mason or Pittman?
Mason.
Just giving the music. I'm not giving the advice.
Fields, Mason, okay. Fields or Burrow, four point per passing touchdown.
Ooh, four points, obviously, quite a big boost there for fields, but I'll still take Burrow.
Kashon Booty or Cedric Tillman?
I'm going to go with Tillman.
Giovante Williams or Devante,
Giovante or Devante Smith?
Devante.
Pickens or Joanne Johnson
tight end premium, PPR.
Yeah, I mean, it really depends on how many
tight end premium points you're getting.
If it's a full double, like if you get two points
per tight end catch, I would go with Joanne Johnson.
If it's 1.5, then I'd go Pickens.
Last one, Abuka or Pearsall?
Is Joanne Jennings playing?
You'll make this decision at about 11.30 this morning.
If Joanne Jennings is active, I would go Abuka.
If Joanne Jennings is out, I would go Pearsall.
Okay.
Thanks to Heaf Cummings and all of you for watching and listening.
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