Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Starts of the Week + Week 2 Breakdown - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/12

Episode Date: September 12, 2024

Week 2 kicks off tonight! On today’s fantasy football podcast, matchup previews and Starts of the Week! Get fantasy Football start/sit advice and player outlooks for Week 2. Plus, the latest NFL New...s and injury updates. Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast. -- Fantasy Football Podcast for September 12th, 2024. (00:00) - Intro (02:55) - NFL News (03:00) - De’Von Achane (11:55) - Starts of the Week (12:00) - Quarterbacks Starts of the Week (14:35) - Running Back Starts of the Week (22:25) - Tight End Starts of the Week (25:30) - Fantasy Forecast (25:45) - Saints at Cowboys (30:25) - Lions at Buccaneers (36:25) - Colts at Packers (41:30) - Jets at Titans (47:55) - 49ers at Vikings (52:20) - Seahawks at Patriots (56:10) - Parlay Partay Connect with the show: Subscribe on YouTube Visit us on the Web Support the Show Follow on X Follow on Instagram Join our Discord Check out today's sponsors: News & Notes presented by USAA. Visit https://www.USAA.com/Insurance  Fantasy Forecast presented by DraftKings Sportsbook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:01:18 Welcome in. It's football time. I was really excited. It was very low. Yeah. That was a little gristly. I am a man. That was like the first thing you said today. It was like the fresh out of bed, gristly. It's football time.
Starting point is 00:01:44 I'm warming up. I got a set as a metal singer after the show, boys. Nice. So I got to get the vocal fry. I mean, just add it to the long list of gigs you've had over the years, right? Yeah, which I'm performing. It's football time. Oh, nice.
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Starting point is 00:02:39 one crown and two clowns. Today is going to be a good one. And we're happy to have you with us. An email went out this morning inviting people to the new Ultimate Dashboard, which is a brand new in-season tool we have built into the jointhefoot.com membership. You can check that out. You get an extra episode of the show every week. You get access to the dashboard, which lets you import your team,
Starting point is 00:03:09 get an optimized lineup. It's very helpful if you manage multiple teams. And I took a poll yesterday over on X about how many teams you have. One to three, four to six, seven to nine, ten or more. What do you think the results were? Well, I'm hoping that the 10 or more is very small. It's only 6.8% of nearly divorced people. Yes.
Starting point is 00:03:35 And then 7-9 was only 8%. And then the other 80% were between 1 and 6. So the winner was 1 and 3. But 33% of you are managing four to six teams. It's helpful if you manage more than one to use the dashboard. You can check that out at jointhefoot.com. I want to jump right into the news. News and notes from around the league.
Starting point is 00:03:57 Presented by USAA Insurance. Devon A. Chan. Remains a game time decision it seems like he is going to play he's been at practices the worst case scenario he's been limited at practices the reports we're getting from look I'm not
Starting point is 00:04:22 saying the name of anyone because this is not a personal distrust but the reports that are coming out they're showing a picture uh like a video of him stretching or walking and saying he looks great today this is like cut like they're like yeah he's cutting and he's well show us the video of that. But, yeah, I'm a little worried. Last year there were a handful of games where he was on the injury report and limited through practice, and they did not have heavy involvement of him those weeks.
Starting point is 00:04:59 Everything that the head coach has said all offseason is that that room, that running back room, there is trust from one to four. But at the same time, I think in truth, I don't think you can bench him. Most people don't have a good enough option to have the chance of, you know, a 25-point great game sitting there on their bench. So if he's inactive, a la Christian McCaffrey from Monday Night Football, if we get the inactive, he's supposed to go through a pregame workout, it's a game-time decision is the official designation, he's optimistic.
Starting point is 00:05:35 If he's not there, the question in everybody's mind is, can you just play Jeff Wilson? Can you just play Jalen Wright? If there's no A-chan, no Mostert, are both players in your lineup no matter what? Yes. I think if both of them are gone, and obviously Mostert is already ruled out. He's not going to the IR, but he will not be there today. If A-chan is not there, then I will be starting both of the other guys. Do you agree with that, Mike? I do. All right. So we'll pay attention tonight we've got the dolphins and bills
Starting point is 00:06:06 we previewed it on yesterday's episode what if just for jason what if it like your backup option was alexander madison of the raiders in what projects to be pretty negative game script which is baltimore ravens which is positive for Alexander Madison. Yes, yes. No, I wouldn't go that far. Okay. I'll tell my friend. I do think, you know, it's tough because there's a player like Jordan Mason. That would be a great
Starting point is 00:06:36 play where I would be willing, but you can't take that risk because you've got to know today. For all we know, Christian McCaffrey. Yeah. Maybe Ramondre. That would be a player we'll talk about him a lot today wait you're saying you would not take the risk on on he's saying waiting on Mason because it because Christian McCaffrey came out yesterday and said like if you saw the quotes because they as soon as it hit they were they went crazy of I'm mentally I am preparing to play the
Starting point is 00:07:03 game like and then you went on, and this was the clip. This was the sound bite. But you're saying this is in relation to A-chan? Well, yeah, I'm saying if you were looking at who you're going to start, A-chan or someone like Jordan Mason, if I knew both, you know, if I knew. I don't need to know about Mason. He's starting in that situation for me. I don't care about the McCaffrey thing or the HN.
Starting point is 00:07:25 Like today, if it's a game-time decision for HN with the risk of limited work, I'll just play Mason. But what if you don't have a pivot? Should Christian McCaffrey be active? Don't care if he's active. You're saying even if CMC is active, you would rather play a backup Jordan Mason over an active HN? I would.
Starting point is 00:07:43 Okay. I would not. Yeah, I mean, I think Mason, the utilization is going to be – up Jordan Mason over an active A-chan? I would. Okay. I would not. Yeah. I mean, I think Mason, the utilization is going to be, they're not putting Christian McCaffrey in and giving him all the work in this game. And the 49ers are going to win the ball game. They're probably going to get a lead. Jordan Mason, you know, we talked about this.
Starting point is 00:08:00 People like J.K. Dobbins, he had what, 10 carries? People like Tank Bigsby. Like, Mason's got 10 carries in the bag no matter what. That's some confidence. And I don't want – last year people played A-chan off of a game time decision and he walked off the field into the locker room. It does worry me tremendously.
Starting point is 00:08:19 Yeah, I mean right now I've got Devon A-chan as my running back 19. Again, in most leagues that's still going to be someone you start by the time you go through running back one, running back two, and your flex. But if you've got – Both of you guys would play him over or waiting on – or as you call it, waiting on Mason? I'd go Mason.
Starting point is 00:08:36 I think McCaffrey's not playing. I would go Achan to take the risk of CMC playing out. Puka Nakua has been reported by head coach Sean McVay that he can miss more than four games while on IR. This seems inevitable. Everything that I've seen has been six games with three more games of potential limitations or lack of production or reduced production
Starting point is 00:09:02 is a better way to put it when you recover from this kind of an injury. Yeah, I mean, six weeks is everything that I've been seeing as the kind of standard for this as well. They do have a week six bye, so he misses four games. That's guaranteed after that fourth missed game is their bye week, and then we'll see if he returns after their bye or if he needs more time. All right, Jordan Love. Matt LaFleur left the door open for him to still play on sunday
Starting point is 00:09:29 but he's got to be cleared i i would be i'd be shocked however the line whether it's this news or you know my confidence in the packers the line has moved to minus two and a half now they the the coach saying the starter for the green bay packers might still play has it like the weight versus andy holloway right almost upsets i mean it's probably it's pretty balanced yeah oh you go you side on that i think it's probably andy yeah yeah because remember when he said it he he knew well normally lines move when there's heavy betting action on the other side of it. Right. We know what happened yesterday.
Starting point is 00:10:07 We know how many bank accounts are in my hands right now. T. Higgins, hamstring, didn't practice. Ken Walker, oblique, didn't practice. I hate that one. That's a bad one. Jake Ferguson didn't practice. Dalton Schultz didn't practice. Keenan Allen, Roma Dunzey did not practice.
Starting point is 00:10:25 Wednesday practices are very often missed if you're a little banged up or if you're a veteran, whatever. I don't worry too much about the Wednesday practices. Kenneth Walker is the one to watch for the most because it's the most impactful. You've got to pay attention. If he misses practice tomorrow, then you start getting worried and or excited if you got
Starting point is 00:10:45 Charbonnet I agree and I think Keenan Allen is one to watch he's Sunday night and he left you know he was going into the game with a heel problem he'll he like obviously re-aggravated something so he is if you're counting on Keenan Allen you better have a pivot and I would presume Rome is not going to play. It seems that way when you go for an MRI and then it's diagnosed with an MCL and you mispractice. I'd be – why put him out there, you know, this week? But TBD. The Broncos placed running back Audrick Estime on injured reserve.
Starting point is 00:11:19 He'll miss at least four games with an ankle injury. You skipped the most important one for our bet. Okay. What are you talking about? The Denver wide receivers, Valle and Reynolds, missed practice, which means there is a chance that either Marvin Mims or Troy Franklin can play on the field. Oh, man.
Starting point is 00:11:42 I'm going to go back to Estime here. Jaleel McLaughlin and Javante Williams, like a consolidation of opportunities in the Denver backfield is what you're looking for. And look, it was fully consolidated this past game. Estime only had, I think, two touches. One was a big run. I can't remember
Starting point is 00:12:00 which, and he fumbled. I don't remember which touch the fumble was on. That was the problem. He came in early. They seemed like he was part of the rotation, and he fumbled. I don't remember which touch the fumble was on. That was the problem. He came in early. They seemed like he was part of the rotation. And then fumbled. And then he fumbled. So this is more of a, to me, we'll see if Javante is. Which would you play?
Starting point is 00:12:16 Which of those two would you play? I would still play Javante. I would as well. But the point being of the fear that, like the rumblings of fear that could start building up if Javante goes out the next two games and still looks awful, that estimate, like the coaching staff might make a switch over to him, that's not happening. Due to him being on injured reserve. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:12:40 That was today's News and Notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at usa.com slash insurance. Starts of the week. All right, it's time to throw out our starts of the week before we jump into the forecast. This week at quarterback, I'm going with tonight's game. I'm going with Tua Tungavailoa against Buffalo. Woo!
Starting point is 00:13:06 I think the – You're talking on Superman's cape over here. We had a slow start to the year, but you saw Arizona put up 28 against them last week. This game has the second highest total of the week, which I love. Waddle was back in the game. Electric, Tyreek Hill andin company and the need a lot of this comes down to the fact that we have question marks at running back as well might
Starting point is 00:13:31 have a more pass heavy offensive plan and this was a game he could already perform in he averaged 73 completion percentage at home last year and 273 passing yards and two touchdowns if you get anything near that you're very happy, and he could go way above it. I'm going with Tua. I am going to go with another player who disappointed last week. I hope he does better for you than he did for me. He should do better.
Starting point is 00:13:55 I'm going to go with Jared Goff, go back to the Dominator. One game does not, you know, the last couple seasons make, and that game against the Rams was a, just a brutally hardcore slug fest. And so this game is still at home again. It's a 50 point over under again against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who do not, I believe have as strong a defense and more importantly, they don't have as strong a secondary. Last year, they gave up the fifth, the most passing yards, and we saw these two teams in the divisional round last year.
Starting point is 00:14:29 Jared Goff threw it 43 times, had 287 and two touchdowns. So it's a little bit more difficult to run than pass against Tampa Bay. I expect Jared Goff to have a really strong fantasy week at home. Oh, you got something, Andy? I just was curious. Would you play Jared Goff at home against Tampa, or would you play Jaden Daniels against the Giants? Asking for a friend. Oh, you got something, Andy? I just was curious. Would you play Jared Goff at home against Tampa, or would you play Jaden Daniels against the Giants? Asking for a friend. Oh, man.
Starting point is 00:14:49 That is really, really close. I like both of those plays. If I had to go with one, I've got them back-to-back. I'm going to go with my rankings, which is Jaden Daniels by one. I would play Daniels. I'm going with my stream of the week. It's Stafford against Arizona. Same arguments.
Starting point is 00:15:06 The Arizona Cardinals defense is very bad. Josh Allen, the number one quarterback on the week last week, who completed five total passes in the first half. That did not stop him from going on to having 232 passing yards and two passing touchdowns. The Rams have the number. Since McVay has taken over, the Rams dominate the Arizona Cardinals. And since becoming a Ram, Stafford averages 250-plus
Starting point is 00:15:31 and two passing touchdowns. All right, my running back start of the week is going to maybe surprise you. I'm going with the Gus bus against Carolina. I don't hate it. We had J.K. Dobbins stealing the headlines with the big runs. It was really three big runs and then pretty pedestrian efficiency. I think Gus is going to get – I don't think anything's changing in the workload for the second week of the year, and you're playing against Carolina this week.
Starting point is 00:15:59 Positive game script is in the cards. You can start both Chargers running backs with confidence in this game. They gave up 180 total rushing yards last week and two scores. That's not good. That's not good, Carolina. Now you've lost your all-pro defensive tackle.
Starting point is 00:16:19 High T, Greg Roman, trusting the Gus. I'm playing the Gus bus this week. I like the play a lot. When I was putting the lineup together on DK, it was like I kept going back and forth. Like, would I rather have Dobbins or rather have Gus?
Starting point is 00:16:33 And in this one, you would expect a couple of rushing touchdowns against Carolina. And so rushing touchdowns are, I think, at the end of the year, there will be more for Gus than JK. Both are good. My running back start of the week is Ramondre Stevenson, who is coming off an excellent week one. He looked good.
Starting point is 00:16:49 25 carries against Cincinnati for 120 rushing yards and a touchdown plus three receptions. Now he's at home against Seattle. If you look at his utilization, he touched the ball on 44% of their offensive plays. Only Bijon had a higher rate of running back than we found. How did that work out for him? It worked out pretty great. They won the ball game.
Starting point is 00:17:11 They won the ball game. He was breaking tackles like crazy. And, look, Seattle's not a great defense. Last year, at least, Seattle ranked 31st in rushing yards allowed. So I think Ramondre is a really, really strong play. Like if I had a flex option of Ramondre versus A-Chan with the questionable status, I'd be willing to put Ramondre in. My running back, it's Jordan Mason of the 49ers against the Minnesota Vikings.
Starting point is 00:17:38 We all saw what happened last week, and it's just maybe it's people being hopeful for Christian McCaffrey but the consensus rankings I'm seeing on Mason are way too low like this guy is a he I'm forcing him into my lineup as essentially a top 12 play if I have him uh they're look they're five and a half point road favorites I expect Jordan Mason to see all the work yet again yeah I mean it's not like there weren't committee backs last week that had great success. That's what I'm going to look at Mason like myself this week.
Starting point is 00:18:11 Even if McCaffrey plays? Even if McCaffrey plays. The fact that he's dealing with an injury that is a pain tolerance, is a long-term injury at this point, it's over five weeks, and you're a team with Super Bowl aspirations. The level of insanity to give him a full workload in this game, if he's back, I don't believe that the 49ers will do that. My start of the week at wide receiver,
Starting point is 00:18:37 I really wanted to come here and tell you that it was Marvin Harrison because I felt like the world needs to hear that Marvin Harrison is going to be okay. Yes, we do. And that you didn't draft him to bench him for Jameson Williams and you didn't draft him to bench him for Rashid Shahid. And I mostly believed those statements, but not to the degree of start of the week. I watched the film. Jason watched the film. Jason watched the film.
Starting point is 00:19:06 It was not good. It just plain wasn't good. He came out this morning. He basically said, yeah, it wasn't great. I was like, yeah, no, it wasn't great, Bob. It wasn't great. My start of the week is another rookie, Malik Nabors, against the Washington Commanders.
Starting point is 00:19:22 They're going to throw him the football. He's going to go nuclear this week. This is going to be an amazing week. In fact, if you have any shot of trading for Malik Neighbors, it's going to be right here right now before this week happens. And, I mean, I would trade a lot of players that, I mean, like Chris Olave or Malik Neighbors, I'm probably doing that deal. So, you know, Jason's face says, think about it for a second.
Starting point is 00:19:45 I mean, that is calling your shot, and I understand where you're coming from. I don't think I could pull the trigger on that, but I get it. Here's the real question. Hand me the weapon. I'll pull it. Here's a real question. You drafted Marv. I didn't want you to trade marvin harrison from a leak after week one throw throw draft capital away that doesn't matter
Starting point is 00:20:13 anymore in redraft no he plays i'm in full agreement he plays washington like we're going to be attacking the washington secondary all, and it's going to be glorious. I'm not saying do it, but Daniel Jones is going to have a good game. Oh, yeah. Daniel Jones, he will have a good game against Washington. But then it's, just to speak to the long-term from a league, it's Cleveland and then it's Dallas are the next two weeks after that. I wouldn't do it. But I want to give some perspective here.
Starting point is 00:20:44 Week one rookies at wide receiver, they don't do a lot. Now, one for four for Marvin Harrison is a disaster. But Malik Willis, or I'm sorry, Malik Neighbors put up five for 66. You're like, okay. That was the 10th best performance for a rookie wide receiver in game one in the last decade. So it's not like it's some terrible end of the world performance it was good five for 66 is good especially with what daniel jones put up negative four points like you're playing a much worse secondary uh washington is the matchup for wide
Starting point is 00:21:18 receivers malik neighbors all the way uh i am going with my start of the week this is really funny because it's like a you're gonna go with your start of the going with my start of the week. This is really funny because it's like a – You're going to go with your start of the week as your start of the week? Yeah. Cool. It's a Marvin Harrison barometer because I do think you could still start Marvin Harrison, but I was trying to look for who would I have possibly that I would say, you know what, I'm going to go this guy over Marvin.
Starting point is 00:21:39 For me, that's Chris Godwin. In Detroit, talked about the 50-point over-under. They can throw on, you know, the Lions allowed the most explosive pass plays in the NFL last year. Week one, we were promised how he was going to go in the slot. He did go in the slot. He was 8 for 89 and a touchdown. Everything seems like he's slotting in to be a weekly wide receiver too.
Starting point is 00:22:01 And for my next two starts, as I get to them, these are just confidence boosters. It's DJ Moore against the Houston Texans. Week one was awful, but this is also, look at the situation. Keenan Allen is banged up.
Starting point is 00:22:15 Roma Dunze is banged up. This could be a full consolidation of targets for DJ Moore. Hey, you get the Island game. That's fun. It's in the dome. The over-under has recently moved up. We like to see that.
Starting point is 00:22:30 And DJ Moore, we think that he can exploit some one-on-one man coverage opportunities in this game. It's long-term for DJ Moore. We will see. But this week with the other two guys already a little bit hurt, I think that Moore is a strong play. Love this play. I'm going to ask you this, Mike, as I get to my tight end start of the week.
Starting point is 00:22:48 Are you putting any underpants on this week? I am. Can I borrow them? Oh, yeah, brother. I don't need titanium. What levels do we got here? We got steel. That's your starter set.
Starting point is 00:22:59 We got titanium. You need a little extra protection for the undercarriage. And when you need to go invincible from the crotch kicks, you put on the unobtainium. I don't recommend going there on your first ride. That's for seasoned veterans only. You got to be calloused. Can I get the steel, please?
Starting point is 00:23:16 You got it. Steel underpants. I'm going to go with Colby Jack. That's Colby. Yeah, baby. John Parkinson. Tight end for the Rams. Mike, you.
Starting point is 00:23:33 I'll do it. I'm in on this play. There's going to be a game plan change with no Puka Nakua. Yeah. Colby Parkinson last week. It looked pretty good. He had the most routes run among all tight ends in the NFL. We care about routes run at tight end.
Starting point is 00:23:50 It was the tight end seven on the week, 4 for 47. If that's the worst you get, cool. That's great. I'll take that. That was the tight end seven. And there's a chance he's the, like we want to say Tyler Johnson or maybe Jordan Whittington shows up. And then Demarcus Robinson is obviously going to be out there.
Starting point is 00:24:06 But maybe, just maybe, a lot of Cooper Cup, a lot of Colby Parkinson, a lot of steel underpants. I think it's worth it. All right. My start of the week at tight end. And look, I really like this start. I'm pretty confident, even bullish. And this will be surprising. But it's Pat Friar-Muth.
Starting point is 00:24:34 I think the Muth will be Luth in Denver. This did surprise me. Denver allowed the most fantasy points to opposing tight ends last year. This is like where you beat them. They also have Patrick Sertan, and right now the Steelers have one wide receiver. I know where Sertan's going to be on that field, and it's going to be, you know, it's going to be riding Pickett. Pickens. Pickens, yes. Kenny Pickett no longer on the team. George Pickens will have to deal with Sertan. And Denver is beatable at tight end.
Starting point is 00:24:58 Their next best weapon for the Steelers is the Muth. He had four targets in week one. They didn't throw a ton, but that was an 18% target share. So I do think, and we also saw last year, Fields' play against this Denver defense do very, very well. We've also seen Fields throw some touchdowns to Cole Komet. So I think for one of those later starts, you had an injury, you didn't get likely on waivers,
Starting point is 00:25:23 the Muth is a guy that I'm willing to start. Mike, close us out. Mine is, this is a full confidence push. It's Mark Andrews. And the reason that Mark Andrews is here is because I am seeing him ranked under Kyle Pitts, Dalton Kincaid, George Kittle. I'm not there yet. He ran the second most routes of the position last week.
Starting point is 00:25:44 He just ran them into triple coverage. Yeah, we're all excited for Isaiah Likely. That doesn't mean Mark Andrews is toast. The Ravens are 8.5-point home favorites, 25-point implied team total. Last year, the Raiders, they gave up the sixth-highest opponent tight end target share. I think that Mark Andrews gets back to being a top-tier option. All right, those were our starts of the week.
Starting point is 00:26:05 Let's take a break. Come back with the forecast. I've got to be honest with you, Mike. What do you got? These underpants are pretty uncomfortable. They are made of steel. Yeah, there's no give. No.
Starting point is 00:26:24 And I need give. All right, here we go. It's time for Fantasy Forecast, presented by DraftKings Sportsbook. The New Orleans Saints at 1-0. After that whooping they put on David Tepper. Take on the Dallas Cowboys in dallas this is not gonna be like that one the drafting sportsbook line dallas minus six the over under 47 and the uh look i'd i'd take dallas in the points minus the points so our our uh listener league
Starting point is 00:27:03 that we drafted that i've talked about that that was the hospital draft team that went awry. When you say hospital draft, I'm imagining all your players are injured. Yeah. That's my league of records. You took players that are injured already. I was at the hospital. I have named my team the Saints because I have all of them. I've got Camara.
Starting point is 00:27:23 I've got Alave. I've got Taysom. I've got Carr. And so that was fine week one. I got the W because I have all of them. I've got Camara. I've got Alave. I've got Taysom. I've got Carr. And so that was fine week one. I got the W because I played Carolina. And I'm looking at this and I'm like, oh, no. Dallas, this is not going to work well for my team. You know, so far the Dallas defenses looked great.
Starting point is 00:27:37 They didn't have to throw the ball a lot. Some people were disappointed with Dak and CeeDee Lamb. And, you know, we had the injury to Jake Ferguson. But things are trending in a positive way for Ferguson to maybe be out there. I don't think I'd play him. You would just make the pivot. There's other options.
Starting point is 00:27:53 Yeah. Okay. Okay, that makes sense. You'd go Colby Jack? I think I would. I would rather play Colby Jack or Friar Muth. Both of those starts over a banged-up Ferguson. So Dak is in there.
Starting point is 00:28:05 Seedy is in there. Brandon Cooks, to me, I was very encouraged by the week one opportunities. He had seven targets in a game where they passed for half the game. So Brandon Cooks, to me, is a flex play. Do you guys agree with that? I do. And then Zeke and Rico Dowdle, if you're taking the shot, heavy favorites in the game, right now I'm just playing Zeke.
Starting point is 00:28:24 Yes. I'm not going to disagree with that. Zeke was at 51% of the snaps, 12 opportunities. Dowdle was at 44% of the snaps, 10 opportunities. So while it's close, but it's still Zeke, and the goal line opportunities went to Zeke. And the first half of the game was not quite that close, and then there was a blowout later in the game, and Rico got more involved. I think Zeke is an okay play here, but the New Orleans
Starting point is 00:28:51 Saints defense is still good. So I'm guessing that it's not going to be easy sledding for the rushing, and that Dak throws two touchdowns. Yeah, I think CeeDee Lamb's going to have a fantastic game. His yardage is sitting at 86.5 right now. It was over under. I think it's going to be okay. On the other side for the Saints, though, we've already
Starting point is 00:29:13 seen the change in the offense. Jay, just for you, I think there is some optimism, or I at least have some, that this was not the same old curmudgeon-y. They're using motion. Yes, that was nice to see. Cubes, baby cubes. They went into the future of the NFL. They didn't go into the some that this was not the same old curmudgeon-y they like they're using motion yes hey look at their tubes baby cubes they went into the future of the NFL they didn't go into the 1950s style
Starting point is 00:29:30 so the Camara is in I'm still Lava is still in I'm gonna he better get some targets Gary man he better get some targets the other guys though Shahid the deep play don't love it. Well, let's look at this game. Would you rather play Shahid or Brandon Cooks? I'd go Brandon Cooks.
Starting point is 00:29:52 I would as well. Yeah, the defense is just, I'm scared of the Saints going on the road, and Rashid Shahid, he could make us look dumb in one play. That's what he does. He catches. Here's what I know. Derek Carr will take one to three shots downfield at Rashid Shahid in this game. If one of them works out, we're dumb.
Starting point is 00:30:14 That's how it works. Now, if Shahid outperforms Olave for a second consecutive week, that's going to be bad. That's going to be. Are we going to have to reimagine Olave compared to where this draft cost was because you know if you talk about a player that let people down in week one and and was a head scratcher putting up 47 points and having Chris Olave do nothing that was as disappointing as anything yeah I mean I will say that know, they didn't need him when it was 40-0 at the half
Starting point is 00:30:46 or something like that. So Olave was not needed. It's really about target pecking order here. If Shahid happens to outscore Olave, but, you know, Olave's got seven or eight targets and Shahid has four or five, fine, whatever. It's really like I need six-plus targets for Olave this week. And I'm still
Starting point is 00:31:05 playing Olave. One week does not a season make, but definitely holding my breath. Juwan Johnson or Taysom Hill, who would you start as an emergency tight end? I've been thinking about this. I think it's still Taysom. Okay. Tampa Bay at 1-0. Take on the Detroit
Starting point is 00:31:21 Lions in Detroit, who are also 1-0. Both teams won and Tampa won big. Draft the Detroit Lions in Detroit, who are also 1-0. Both teams won and Tampa won big. DraftKings Sportsbook line, Detroit minus 7.5. The over-under is 51 beautiful points. Yeah, we like that. This is a rematch from the divisional round.
Starting point is 00:31:38 Detroit had knocked off Tampa 31-23 last year. It was tied going into the fourth. I do think this game is going to be pretty competitive. I don't think that what we saw from Tampa last year or what we saw already through one week is a mirage. I think that they know what they want to do on offense,
Starting point is 00:31:56 and they have the personnel to where there's a level of consistency and reliability here. I think adding Bucky Irving and Jalen McMillan has like obviously very small sample and it was against a terrible defense um but it that they look like legit helpful players on the NFL field and there really was nothing uh last year behind you know you had you had Rashad White doing his work at the passing game Mike Evans being awesome and then Godwin serviceable they needed more places to go to and and I really do think Irving and McMillan helped Baker and helped the whole team be able to compete in a game like this.
Starting point is 00:32:34 What did you think about, I mean, week one, Dave Canales did not fix Bryce Young, and week one, the Buccaneers offense without Dave Canales was hot magma. They're using Chris Godwin the right way through one game, putting him back into a position to succeed. You know, early, early times. It's not just early. It was also Washington, which it's such a difficult thing to evaluate because you can't – I'm not going to knock the Buccaneers
Starting point is 00:33:03 for beating the crap out of Washington because they should but on the other they still did it like they didn't just they didn't just win they throttled them on the offensive side of the football so but this is a much more fair competition for the Bucs so I'm not is my chips aren't all in on the Bucs that's why they were on the hungry for more. I want to find out is this... Are they actually going to be this good again? And I think this is a great defense to find it out against because Detroit has a good defense, but they're not
Starting point is 00:33:33 like all-world... They're not one of those teams I'm afraid to play. This is just like, show what you got. And so I'm really looking forward to this matchup. I am as well. It puts Baker Mayfield in the streaming quarterback category. Oh, yes. For sure.
Starting point is 00:33:48 Yes. And Rashad White, his rushing line is 46 and a half. That's not wildly impressive, and I don't even know if I'd take the over on it. I don't know. I'd probably take the under. But six targets last week, six receptions last week. Yeah, beautiful. Ho-hum.
Starting point is 00:34:04 He catches everything thrown his way, and 75 receiving yards. Beautiful. It was like the A-chan game. You know, A-chan put it up in the passing game. Rashad White is going to be in your lineup. Both running backs on Detroit's side are going to be in your lineup, and we just hope that we have enough work there. Jamison Williams is the only question.
Starting point is 00:34:24 He's in my lineup. Over who, though? Marv. No, I don't think I'm doing that. I would play him over Marv. I think that there's going to be a big pendulum swing, and we'll talk about it in that matchup.
Starting point is 00:34:42 Would you play him over George Pickens who will have the Sertan? I don't think so, man. Pickens is good. He looked so good week one. But he didn't do a ton for fantasy. But he did look really good. He had big plays, right?
Starting point is 00:34:57 McLaurin? Yeah, sure. That one's fine. At home against Tampa. The nice thing about this game is both teams have very, very strong run defenses. And so you kind of have a passing funnel on both sides. I expect the ball to be thrown a ton. Gibbs, I love Gibbs.
Starting point is 00:35:14 I'm a little bit more worried about David Montgomery. Like he's pushed down into more like a flex option range for me because he's not involved in the passing game. Very difficult to run on Tampa Bay. Where was David Montgomery? I mean, it ended up incredible you know almost 16 points but it's like before the overtime drive before the overtime I think he would he would have been like eight fantasy points it would have just been so that like before we if you have Montgomery yeah there's optimism but it is I wouldn't look at week one as fully prescriptive for his season.
Starting point is 00:35:49 What are the other question marks in this game? I think we covered everything. I think we got it all. I do. I think we did, and Irving and McMillan, and what does Amon Ra do to bounce back? Those will be storylines that we're paying attention to, but this is one of my favorite games of the week.
Starting point is 00:36:04 I cannot wait to watch this ball game. I don't know. Which side would you be on with the 7.5 point line? I lean Tampa keeping it closer. I think it'll be a closer game as well. We give a tip of make sure every Sunday morning, if you have
Starting point is 00:36:19 that empty spot, like one of your guys got ruled out, you can move on to the IR. You should always be stashing backup running backs who have the potential to be league-changing guys. If Bucky Irving wasn't picked up, which there's a chance he was,
Starting point is 00:36:36 Bucky Irving is one of those players to me of, I'm going to stash him if I ever have an open spot. If Rashad White loses time to injury, Bucky Irving, those 6-for-6, 75 receiving yards White loses time to injury, Bucky Irving, those six for six, 75 receiving yards, that will go right to Bucky Irving. The fact, when you have a running back backup that you know can catch the football, that is so fundamentally different than saying,
Starting point is 00:36:57 okay, if Javante goes down, it's Estimim and Jaleel just sharing time. I think Bucky would get everything, and that would be very valuable. They really don't have people behind them with Chase Edmonds. Edmonds is on IR. Tucker. Tucker, yeah. Sean Tucker. I think that's a really important name to mention.
Starting point is 00:37:19 The Colts, I don't even know why we're talking about this game. I already told you what's going to happen. The Colts at 0-1 travel to Green Bay to take on the Packers, who are also 0-1. Games in Lambeau, DraftKings Sportsbook line, unsurprisingly, has moved to Indianapolis minus 2.5. The over-under is 41. What was my total, 24-14?
Starting point is 00:37:41 23-13. 23-13, 36 points over under 41. Okay. I mean, we're working on it. Okay, so under. Yeah, I would take the under, obviously. The three of us yesterday, we sat down and we watched. Maybe 23-16.
Starting point is 00:37:58 Maybe we're getting to 16. Oh, because. We're getting to 41. That you knew. But we. I couldn't tell if one of the kicks went in. Yeah, we. Look, the text was a little fuzzy.
Starting point is 00:38:07 You know there's angles that you can't tell. If you're watching the kick from the side, which is how I do my premonitions- Wait a minute. I thought this was a magazine. Yeah, you got to see the game. Didn't you say you had the almanac? The almanacs were the scores printed, guys. I saw the game through an orb.
Starting point is 00:38:21 Oh, okay. All right. Well, where is this orb? You know nothing about predicting games. orb bro no release the orb so we we sat down and we watched anthony richardson um we watched every one of his passing plays all 19 of them from last week and i i think i i don't want to overstate it at all but all three of us walked away saying he had a pretty darn good game. He was better than we thought when it came to just the passing work
Starting point is 00:38:53 and the accuracy. Yeah, he had a play that made us all just burst out laughing. We couldn't tell who he was targeting. I think he was trying to throw the ball through two people. I think he looked good, but 9 for 19 won't get it done. And if the Alec Pierce play doesn't happen, you're back foot chucking it as far as you can. That's a bad game.
Starting point is 00:39:16 Yeah. And you're at home in week one. So I think tough environment. Me personally. Look, I'm not saying don't start Anthony Richardson. He's your starter. He's your starter. But I think, you know, Green Bay is going to give him a hard
Starting point is 00:39:27 time. Green Bay is a smart, well-coached football team that will know how to game plan against this Indianapolis offense. But you're starting your studs here. Richardson, Taylor. The target share for Pittman means you keep him in your lineup and you're
Starting point is 00:39:44 done talking about the Colts at that point. So I'll throw this to Jason because Andy already saw at least a different, a possible outcome. So Jason, we're more on Jonathan Taylor this week of thinking he's going to have a strong game. His DK line's at 79.5. Do you have that level of confidence? That is a really really really good line I don't have uh I don't have the confidence necessarily to take that line
Starting point is 00:40:12 and I have full confidence I'm saying play it like you think he's gonna follow through with that type of a performance yeah I mean look that I I I think they win this game um against Malik Willis I think Malik Willis will make a couple of boneheaded plays or not be able to move the offense. So short fields, you know, two rushing touchdowns for Jonathan Taylor to me are totally in the cards in this game. Not if they only score 13. Right.
Starting point is 00:40:37 That's true. You know what I mean? You can miss an extra point. I guess. The analysis is very difficult for me knowing what I have the constraints to work in based on your future. My analysis is based on, you know, the future obvious thing that's going to happen. Okay. So you have a negative game script then for the Colts.
Starting point is 00:40:58 Yeah. Are you playing Pittman? 42% of the targets. Not a huge. No, to me, it's you play Richardson, and Pittman, and you move on. Okay. On the other side, everyone's going to be shaky with the starts of any wide receiver or tight end on the Packers, which, look, let's just make it easy.
Starting point is 00:41:16 Jaden Reed wasn't drafted so highly that you don't have another option. If you are uncomfortable, just move to somebody else for a week. Jacobs, you play him. The game plan should be to hand him the football. He had 19 opportunities in week one. Barring a hyper-negative game script, which I don't see at home in Lambeau, but is possible, I think 25 opportunities for Jacobs is in the cards. Oh, yeah.
Starting point is 00:41:40 He's going to be the centerpiece of their offense. He's a must-start. And, yeah, Jaden Reed, Christian Watson, you can start them. I would do it in that order. But you're right. I mean, if I have Brian Thomas Jr., who, you know, is a later draft pick, I would play him over either of those guys. And, look, I'm not encouraged about Christian Watson in this season so far.
Starting point is 00:41:59 He was three for 13 in week one. That is not the kind of – He did have three touchdown opportunities. He only got one of them, but when they got around the red zone, the game script or not the game script, the play calling was designed for Watson. That was week one. Yeah, and
Starting point is 00:42:16 that's the plan with Watson. I think what I said in the offseason was if he scores, you're happy. And I don't expect a lot of scores with Malik Willis, that quarterback. The Jets are 0-1. They take on the Tennessee Titans. Titans they're also 0-1 the DraftKings Sportsbook line here Jets on the road minus three and a half the over under is 40 the world was not impressed with Will Levis unless you were a coach unless you were yeah why don't you share that because I don't have the exact quote in front of me but it was was the head coach of the Titans was asked about the offense,
Starting point is 00:42:48 and he said something along the lines of, if we had punted on every first and ten, I think we win the game. In other words, your offense cost you the ball game because you turned it over and you were stupid, and that needs to change. That's so bad. So bad. So this is a big game in my opinion. You know, you're at home.
Starting point is 00:43:08 Tennessee gets to play at home. The Jets defense did not look like they could handle the 49ers in week one, but this is a totally different situation. You play the Jets D and you want those mistakes. I just want to see what happens with the Calvin Ridley story this week. To me, this is very important. Yeah, I mean, it makes sense that it's important to you. You've got a lot of Calvin Ridley. This is just not a really good matchup for him. Over the course of the entirety of last season, you had the wide receiver. They gave up the fewest fantasy points to wide receivers, did the Jets.
Starting point is 00:43:46 And so, you know, obviously week one they didn't look quite as tough, but they were playing against the 49ers. There were some similarities between the offense for the Titans and the offense for the Cardinals play-calling-wise on Sunday. Both teams were up 17-3. Both teams didn't really push the envelope in the second half and it fell apart for both teams. Pollard looked good.
Starting point is 00:44:10 Are you in on Pollard this week? The line is set at 50.5 rushing yards. I think Pollard is an RB2-ish type of a play. I think he's a good play this week. Out on Spears right now? Until you see it balanced, I think you have to be.
Starting point is 00:44:25 Certainly not in any way, shape, or form out to the point of dropping. Oh, no, no. I think you could have it come back to balance. But the matchup is not that bad. The Jets run D. I mean, you saw them get destroyed by Jordan Mason last week. But last year, they weren't that great. It's really the passing work that gets shut down.
Starting point is 00:44:40 So, Will Levis, like I would be willing, I would be happy to bench Calvin Ridley this week. And if he has a has a bad game, I know Andy, you've got a lot riding on it. You would be a little bit more fearful than I would be the bears defense. I think by the end of the year, we're going to go back and say, wow, they were so they're, they're great. And that's who they had to play week one, the jets. We know their passing defense is great. They've got the sauce. And so I'm happy. I would want to bench Ridley, and I won't overreact. I'll go trade for him. I think you might look back at the end of the season,
Starting point is 00:45:15 and we might say that Tennessee's rushing defense is actually pretty darn amazing. So impressed to sweat on that defensive line. He seems like a superstar. The Bears got nothing going on the ground last week. It was borderline embarrassing debut for Swift. All that to say, maybe the efficiency won't be where you want it with Brees. It wasn't last week. It might not be this week, but the passing game work
Starting point is 00:45:39 and the hyper-focus of Aaron Rodgers on Brees and Garrett Wilson, those two guys are in. Are you chasing what Lazard did against the Titans on the road? So the Lazard. McLaurin or Lazard? I actually might go Lazard. I'm very concerned about McLaurin. It is the same old Cliff Kingsbury garbage that we saw in Arizona of one guy.
Starting point is 00:46:04 Did you see where he was lined up? That's exactly what I'm talking about. Yeah, 87% of the time. You play over here on the left, and you don't go anywhere else. We have no creativity. It's brutal, and rookie quarterback, Russian quarterback, all that stuff. But for Lazard, people ask, where was he on waiver day? Look, maybe if you're in a deeper league, and it could be proven wrong on Lazard.
Starting point is 00:46:30 However, his stat line of 6 for 89 and 2 is, that is the most fraudulent stat line of his first huge touchdown. It was the vintage Aaron Rodgers, we got everybody off sides. We got a free play. I chucked it up, and it it worked would never have thrown that ball if it wasn't a free play yeah and and it worked out his second touchdown was the backup quarterback at the end of the game when the Jets have said the the white flag was already flying in the wind like I I don't think that we get anywhere close to this with Lazard. Mike Williams is also working his snaps up,
Starting point is 00:47:12 and Lazard is not going to be the starting outside wide receiver in that situation. The bull case for Lazard is full narrative of the reason he's on this team, the reason he got the contract he got, it's because Aaron Rodgers went into the management and said, you're going to sign my friend. So that's, if you want to chase that, okay. If you want to say one more thing in the positive for the bowl case, it's LeJarius Sneed.
Starting point is 00:47:32 LeJarius Sneed is – For this week, yeah. For this week is a locked down corner who – you know, Garrett Wilson. Can I have a second one? Can you have a second one? Almost upset? Yeah, I think Tennessee – Absolutely.
Starting point is 00:47:43 I think Tennessee wins the ball game. Now, I don't have a button, so I can't push it. Well, you already did push it once. Once you push it once, it blows up. You got to push it with your mind. Think about it real hard right now. Where's the orb? There it is.
Starting point is 00:47:57 Andy's almost upset of the week. I'm giving you two. I'm giving you two. You're a wild man. Tennessee, I think they're going to play really, really good football this week at home. I do. I actually don't mind this at all. They're going to run the ball, and they're going to take the ball.
Starting point is 00:48:13 I believe the Titans are going to take the ball out of Will Levis' hands a little bit more so that he doesn't do these boneheaded things. And the Jets are going to – I could see their offense struggling here. Did you see the comparison between week one Zach Wilson and week one Aaron Rodgers? I did not, but this fuels me. They were identical numbers across the board except for last year
Starting point is 00:48:33 Zach Wilson got the win and Rodgers got the L. Not the thing Jets fans want to hear. Alright, we'll take a break. Be right back. The San Francisco 49ers at 1-0 travel to Minnesota to take on the impressive Minnesota Vikings. The DK Sportsbook line here, San Francisco minus 5. The over-under is 45.5. Both teams look great in Week 1.
Starting point is 00:49:03 Now Minnesota dominated the Giants. San Francisco didn't have Christian McCaffrey and still dominated the Jets. Minnesota upset San Francisco last year on Monday Night Football. And Darnold looked really good last week. Brock Purdy and the 49ers looked like. Yeah, Jason, would you like to talk about Sam Darnold? He looked, he just looked great just looked great man now that being said he was not playing a very good defense yeah it's it's very tampa bay baker mayfield questions
Starting point is 00:49:33 yeah you gotta you gotta prove it to me this week but um he he passed the eyeball test for sure so uh much much more difficult situation here especially with jordan addison now going down so you've got jefferson of course but you know were you impressed with everything you saw from aaron jones in week one i was he looked like he had the same speed five games of 10 plus yards that was the most among uh running backs in week one he like it it looked like he hadn't lost anything. So it is a timeshare with him and Ty Chandler. It really is. But Aaron Jones, as of right now, he's a weekly play.
Starting point is 00:50:15 Eleven opportunities for Ty Chandler in week one. What was the count for Aaron Jones? Eleven for? He had 16. Yeah, that's a timeshare, but got into the end zone. Are you, you know, outside of Jefferson and Aaron Jones, though, are you even, I mean, there's no one else you think about on Minnesota, right? No.
Starting point is 00:50:34 So that's simple. Even in this matchup, even though Darnold looked good, if I'm in a super flex, I'm not playing Darnold. On the other side, Mike started the week, Jordan Mason, touched the ball in 41% of the plays for San Francisco. We've commented on it already. Mike and I are in the camp where we play Jordan Mason. I'm assuming you're on the regardless of Christian McCaffrey.
Starting point is 00:50:57 I am, yes. And that workload that you saw from Mason last week was awesome. Christian McCaffrey only saw it in four of 16 games. And on top of that, I believe the stat was Jordan Mason faced the most stacked boxes, which means that there's eight or more defenders in the box. Literally, the defense is saying, go ahead, run the ball on us. And Jordan Mason and the 49ers destroyed. Well, it's perfect for his play style.
Starting point is 00:51:24 It's just more guys for him to hit. You know what I mean? He's like, oh, good, I got eight of them to run over. He probably won't tell us when he was told to be the starter this week. Debo, his involvement in this offense only goes up without Christian McCaffrey. That's a player that you're probably starting anyways, but if there is no CMC, you know you're going to get rushing attempts. You're probably going to get more passing game
Starting point is 00:51:48 involvement, the dump-offs. Brandon Ayuk only had five targets last week. Dropped a touchdown. If you watch Peyton Manning, Manning went off on Ayuk and not signing the contract, so you can go get some reps and catch the football. Ayuk should get more work in this game.
Starting point is 00:52:04 George Kittle, where are you with him? His receiving yards line is higher than I'd expect. It's at 49.5. That feels a little high for me. The Flores defense... He was 4 for 40 last week. Yeah, 4 for 40 last week, but the Flores defense for Minnesota,
Starting point is 00:52:19 they looked great, obviously, Daniel Jones, but they looked really good last year. We forget how good their defense was last year. Over the course of the season, fantasy points given up. They were top ten. In fact, they were third against quarterbacks, second against tight ends, seventh against running backs.
Starting point is 00:52:36 This is a good defense. And so, not that you're benching George Kittle, but if you're talking about a 49-and-a-half-yard line with Ayuk there, that feels difficult to achieve. George5 yard line with Ayuk there, that feels difficult to achieve. George Pickens or Brandon Ayuk? As of right now on Thursday. Ayuk. I would go Ayuk.
Starting point is 00:52:54 That's a good comp, though. Yeah, you know, tough week for Ayuk in week one. Any other matchups or questions? Brock Purdy, Minnesota allowed the most completions in the NFL last year. Is Purdy in your purview? I would stream Baker over Purdy.
Starting point is 00:53:14 The Seattle Seahawks travel to New England to take on the New England Patriots. DraftKings Sportsbook line, Seattle minus 3.5. The over-under is 38.5 Ew gross If you don't have Ken Walker It's going to get grosser I believe Zach Charbonnet was the Single worst efficiency
Starting point is 00:53:36 Running back in the football last week Had a good fantasy day Because he caught a touchdown But as a pure runner It was not great There's a lot of matchups, apparently, that I think are going to go the other direction. I think New England wins the ball game.
Starting point is 00:53:49 I'm with you on this, so I don't know if that works to your favor because usually when you are against something or surprising, I'm totally on the other side, and that's when you're right. I think it's the early season situation right now. All right, we have Ramondre Stevenson. Jason started the week. He's locked into your lineup. Tell me if there's another soul on the Patriots
Starting point is 00:54:12 you're even glancing at for fantasy. Absolutely not. That would be bad if you did. Soulless. I'm keeping my eye on Jalen Polk, who the counting statistics at the end of the game, there were nothing. But watching him play, like watching him on his All-22,
Starting point is 00:54:32 there was at least one particular play where he had torched his DB, but Jacoby just didn't look at his side of the field. It was an easy touchdown pass I he is a a very good player who over the course of the season might work his way into a starter yeah from a fantasy starter he's gonna start for new like a DFS dart throw Hunter Henry was he he basically caught a touchdown but he was out of bounds last week we we'd be viewing him a little bit differently there's a great matchup for tight ends yeah I was just looking at his targets. He had three in week one. Love to see that go up.
Starting point is 00:55:08 Metcalf, you don't bench him just because of a bad week one. It is a new offense, and we talk about it all the time. There's always rose-colored glasses with the new offense. It's always going to be so amazing. JSN's finally going to be utilized the way he's supposed to, and Metcalf's going to be unleashed.
Starting point is 00:55:24 He is Jamar Chase in the grub offense. And week one threw some cold water on the high aspirations for both players. Yeah, this was an offense because of all of those things I was looking forward to the most. Now, Denver Broncos, they started last season as just an awful defense, and then they got it together to finish the year. So I think maybe they're a good defense, but here's the problem. So are the Patriots.
Starting point is 00:55:46 Patriots are a great defense. Now, DK's DK line is at 53-and-a-half. DK squared. Wow. How do you not love Michael Keaton? I love Michael Keaton. Because I was a little ashamed that we said the same stupid thing. But I think that's fair from what I'm expecting.
Starting point is 00:56:04 We may not have a bone zone in this game. Ken Walker could miss it. The zone will be boneless. Okay, so if he's out, though, this is what people are going to need to know. How high would Charbonnet be against a good Patriots defense if Walker is out? He'll catch passes. He's running back 26 in my mind, somewhere in that range.
Starting point is 00:56:24 Slightly out of my top 24, it's like Najee against Denver. I'd play ahead. Jerome Ford against Jacksonville. I would play ahead. Would you play Zeke against New Orleans or would you play Charbonnet? Zeke.
Starting point is 00:56:38 I think I'd go Charbonnet. That one's very close. What about Swift? I'd play Swift. Charby? I'd go Charby. All right. And then Jason, are we just benching him until further notice?
Starting point is 00:56:48 Yes. 100% full bench. I am willing to miss the first explosive game. All right, Jason. Reach behind you because it's time to recap our parlay partay, the three-legged. Okay. You know, I don't like that my – What? you don't like what about your wig i'm just very
Starting point is 00:57:08 it's it's tough i'm a clown today okay james connor i had him over 51 and a half he ended with 50 50 which makes me under makes me a clown i mean my guy got ejected guys you have the built-in excuse that would never have worked like joshua palmer was he was on his way he's just he was a little bit short he did get ejected so two clowns one crown jason's uh breeze this thing is shedding all yeah well it's not an expensive wig for those listening at home mike looks um i like you yeah like we look ridiculous. Jason has a crown on because Brees Hall did hit the over of the three and a half. So for week two, here we go. My favorite line of the week right now, it's Rashad White.
Starting point is 00:57:53 Yes. 25-plus receiving yards. He hit the line eight of his last 11 games. You can't run against Detroit, but you can run through the air against them. And in week one, he was the same Rashad White. Six for 75 through the air. I like Rashad White. 25 plus
Starting point is 00:58:12 rushing yards as part of our parlay partay. I love that line. You can always get injured, but that seems good. I'm going back to the well with the over receptions for a running back from last week. Not Brees this week. I'm going back to the well with the over-receptions for a running back from last week. Not Brees this week.
Starting point is 00:58:26 I'm going with Ramondre, my start of the week. He saw all the work last week. He had three targets last week, three receptions, so he would have hit it. Last week, Seattle allowed seven receptions to Broncos running backs, checking it down. And over the last three seasons, Ramondre has averaged 3.7 receptions a game. So I like him getting to three receptions. Good thing you didn't do the yardage
Starting point is 00:58:47 because Julian McLaughlin caught five passes for one receiving yard total. I'm getting mad Bob Ross vibes from my wig right now. Yeah, I look pretty good. Yeah, you guys actually do look... I don't mind it. You look pretty good. I don't mind it. But now they know who to trust.
Starting point is 00:59:05 Mike, go ahead. Derek Henry, 70 plus rushing yards. I don't mind it. You look pretty good. I don't mind it. But now they know who to trust. Mike, go ahead. Derek Henry, 70-plus rushing yards. It's an alt line. And the story is this. The Ravens are heavy favorites at home. And I'm completely bought into the fact that they should be over the last three seasons in wins. Henry is over this line in 16 of 19 games averaging almost 110 rushing yards in those games i know i want to see i know harbaugh i know harbaugh came out and said we didn't bring him in
Starting point is 00:59:32 to give him 30 carries i don't think you have to give him 30 carries in this and we're taking the 70 i do think that they brought him into ice games with a lead and that's how he ends up accidentally getting to you you know, 25, 30 carries. Cause it's just like, I would say it's on purpose. Sure.
Starting point is 00:59:49 I don't know that you accidentally get 70 rush. Oh, I don't know. Listen to head coaches at the press conference. And they're like, I don't know how to get this guy more involved. They make accidents all the time. We're all looking for the guy who did this.
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