Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Week 1 Studs & Duds + Panic Players, Deep Breaths! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/8

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

Fantasy Football show for Sep 8, 2025. Reactions to Week 1 of fantasy football! Find out which dud performances are the most concerning, and which top scorers are a sign of things to come. Plus, injur...y updates and the first 2025 edition of Monday Punday! Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast.(00:00) Intro(05:25) Monday Punday(08:25) NFL News(18:15) Fantasy Studmuffins(18:30) QB Studs (26:00) RB Studs(34:50) WR Studs(44:05) TE Studs(46:40) Fantasy Duds(46:45) QB Duds(50:50) RB Duds(58:55) WR Duds(01:01:30) TE DudsConnect with the show:Subscribe on YouTubeVisit us on the WebSupport the ShowFollow on XFollow on InstagramJoin our Discord

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Starting point is 00:00:00 The Fantasy Footballer's Studio is sponsored by Walmart. Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. You're right. No way, no how. Exhale. Monday, September 8th. The Fantasy Footballers podcast. I'm excited to react to the weekend with each and every one of you.
Starting point is 00:00:54 I'm Andy Holloway joined, as always, by Mike the fantasy hitman. Jason Moore is here. big breaths people so um here we are most of week one in the books we still have a monday night football game that i am very much looking forward to minnesota chicago whatever's left of the chicago secondary justin jefferson j jay mccarthy uh we'll see what caleb williams and ben johnson Because it looked like the bin Johnson, the lack of Ben Johnson might have hurt the lines. But again, this is the weekend of reacting, not overreacting. And it's very, very possible that Green Bay has a top five defense and they're playing at home in Lambo.
Starting point is 00:01:46 And you're definitely going to have some transitional pains. So we'll see where they go. I don't know if Detroit will look like that again. My Super Bowl pick on whenever it was the last episode or last week or whatever, I felt so amazing about it because my Super Bowl pick was the Green Bay Packers getting to the Super Bowl and they beat the Detroit Lions. Their NFC foe so handedly and they were going to lose to the Baltimore Ravens and I was like, and they beat the tarnation out of the bills. And I was like, oh man, this looks, wait a minute they lost to the game. What's awesome? We had a morning and afternoon where I think there was like one game that hit the over.
Starting point is 00:02:29 And it was the Jets? And it was Jets Pittsburgh where Aaron Rogers. I got a text from my son. My oldest son doesn't play a lot of fantasy. He was in a league this year. Doesn't know a lot of the players. And he's like, Dad, you had me draft Bo Nix. And Aaron Rogers dominated this weekend.
Starting point is 00:02:45 Yeah. And I was like. Always draft Rogers. I was like, I was like, yeah, yeah, that Bo Nix didn't look good. I mean, Monday, Punday today. There were a lot of inappropriate bone nicks puns coming into the Twitter. I bet you could not guess it. No, no, you couldn't.
Starting point is 00:03:00 But it was like, yeah, why didn't you have me draft Aaron Rogers? And that is a good summary of week one. Like that is, you know, we had big time wide receivers that struggled. We had a lot of surprises and we will get into all of it. We have studs and duds on the show today. We have news to catch you up on, including some injury news. We had a calf that held. up, Mike. We had a calf that held up. Yeah, don't worry about it. Oh, are you
Starting point is 00:03:26 victory lapping? No. Oh. What? Oh, no, no, no, no, no. You do not get to ask me that question after our slack when the injury came through and all of you were like, we were the only ones who believed he was going to get hurt. No, no, no, no, no, sir. No, when you say all of you, you really mean owl. I mean two people. Yes, you mean I didn't mean it in a sense that it's inappropriate. I meant it is in a sense of you'd be tempting fate. Oh. Not in a sense that it's, you should celebrate his healthy calf.
Starting point is 00:03:56 Yes. I just meant if you do it, watch out. Yes. But it was nice. In my main character syndrome. Yes. I will prevent that. Somebody is living on the edge right now.
Starting point is 00:04:07 Yeah. You. Yeah. He just said. Yeah. But look, I was trying to celebrate you, but I got flamed appropriately. I'm sorry. I am definitely not victory lapping the, the hell. I will victory lap the
Starting point is 00:04:21 performance. Christopher McCaffrey is awesome and he will be the entire offense. I saw a tweet from Hayden Winks that he was like the expected points for running backs and his like expected fantasy points. Chris McAfee's like
Starting point is 00:04:36 12 ahead of second place. Like he is just such a stud. Is he going to stay healthy? I will be watching every single week. I mean, look, it was great. It was great to see. We're back by popular demand Monday Punday. all the responses from the weekend,
Starting point is 00:04:52 which, by the way, you know, sometimes you can take the temperature of how a weekend went by the proportion of good, and I don't mean quality, because none of them are quality. Right. But the good-oriented things that were... Successful players, players that hit.
Starting point is 00:05:07 And the amount of puns that come in on those versus the negative. And this week was so, so negative, for the most part, because expectations when they're not met, that's how it goes. But we'll start with the good Monday. Punday, Jason, go ahead. Oh, well, let's talk about
Starting point is 00:05:25 a mecca. Boiya! Oh, baby. A mecca. Bazooka. I like that a lot. A mecca bazooka. We had Josh Alien last night.
Starting point is 00:05:34 Josh Alien last night. And Zay Powers. Yeah. How about Dalton can, Kate? Yes, he can. Jackson Smith, Winjigba. Huge performance.
Starting point is 00:05:47 And your guy, Tyler Soren. Oh, it looks. Good. It looks good. And Bruce Lightning, of course. He is back. Very nice. To Infinity and Keon.
Starting point is 00:05:58 He had a big game. Justin Fields of Dreams. Travis E.T.U.N. Yeah. And Cedric Thrillman. Unfortunately, Bo Picks. Yes, we're into the bad. And R.J. Hardley.
Starting point is 00:06:11 Oh, he was. Oh, hardly on the field, but he was okay. And Tua turned up all over. Yes. Oh, AJ Brown Pants. Yeah, we got to bring that back. Cam Scatapoo. Oh, and Ken Mone Walker.
Starting point is 00:06:26 Oh, yeah. Isaiah Poop checkup. Dude. Dude, where's my Jammar? Yeah, that's good. Calvin Dittily Squat. Oh, don't bury him, but look out for Nico Coffins. Oh, another one of those tough wide receivers.
Starting point is 00:06:43 I Reek Hill, by the way, one-year anniversary of his last 30-yard catch today. Oh, no. Oh, Lamison Williams. Terrible McLaurin. Yes. Stank Bigsby. Stank Bigsby. Wrapping it up.
Starting point is 00:06:55 We didn't know if Tank Biggsby got hurt. Well, that's because he didn't get a carry in the first quarter. You couldn't find. Well, he got a nice. Co-starter? Co-farter. Am I right? There was a starter.
Starting point is 00:07:06 There was. And he was. He looked great. Pretty good. But again, got to be careful when you play Carolina. It looks really good against Carolina. I believe I turned to you guys. and said, whoever's starting against Carolina is my start of the week next week.
Starting point is 00:07:22 Which, you know, that would be James Connor. Mm-hmm. Yeah, Carolina looks awful. Carolina looked awful. They looked so bad. It was... I mean, you're playing Jacksonville. You had so many opportunities to do something in that game.
Starting point is 00:07:35 It was, that was one of the... I mean, many terrible things happened. You know, what was the unders hit on basically all but one? Essentially every game except for like two. Yeah. Bryce Young looking just like that again. That sucked. Benjum quick and then take back.
Starting point is 00:07:54 You know what I mean? Work last time. All right. You can follow the show over on Instagram at fantasy footballers over on X at the FF ballers. That's where we put out the thread for the Monday Punday. A reminder, join the foot.com is the community. It's a great time to get over there. You get all the premium in-season tools, including the ultimate dashboard,
Starting point is 00:08:11 the lineup optimizer, which has, you know, you also get access to the expanded it starts sit, a bonus episode of the show, and it's where you want to hang out all season long. Join thefoot.com. There's an app for all of the tools as well. Let's talk some news. News and notes from Around the League, presented by progressive insurance. Well, he didn't have a big week. Nobody really did on the Lions. I actually read that the 10 catches for 31 yards for Jemir Gibbs is the fewest yards in the history. of national football on 10 catches. Wow.
Starting point is 00:08:49 You did it. Yeah, yeah. So the Lions didn't look good and neither did James and Williams. But before the game, they signed him to a three-year $83 million extension,
Starting point is 00:09:01 which was a bit of a gut punch to the Isaac to Slaw. Oh my gosh. You didn't lower it. You didn't lower it. Take that. Quinton Judkins, signed by the Browns.
Starting point is 00:09:14 Signed by the Browns. Signed by the Browns. a fully guaranteed deal. There is a real possibility he plays in week two against the Ravens. I thought Dylan Sampson looked good. I thought Jerome Ford looked slower than Dalton Schultz. Yeah, I mean, Jerome Ford said, hey, Quinn Sean Judkins, I got you. You're going to get a fully guaranteed deal.
Starting point is 00:09:36 Watch this. I mean, he was so bad. Dylan Sampson, though, he's got juice. I think he will retain the passing down's role. so this might be a backfield between the two rookies, but they need Quinn John Judkins. They could not run against the incredible run defense of the Cincinnati Bengals. Well, there was a surprise.
Starting point is 00:09:56 Also, we found out that Chris Rodriguez was going to be a healthy and active. If you join Mike, which you should do on Sunday Live, there was discussion about this and many different things that were going on right before games began. But Chris Rodriguez, who we thought would have a goal line opportunity, was inactive, healthy and action. Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill. And Bill Crosky.
Starting point is 00:10:19 Bill Crosky. He once won a staring contest with the sun. Okay. Bill Crosky. Oh, you got another one, huh? No. He made his teachers raise their hand to speak. Okay, all right.
Starting point is 00:10:35 Bill Crosky. Oh, he looked good. He looked really good. Injury updates. Xavierworthy, dislocated his shoulder right out of the gate. Travis Kelsey. Injured Xavier Worsey's shoulder right out of the gate. So we'll find out more about Worthy's prognosis.
Starting point is 00:10:51 So try to play this year. Normally when you have the dislocation, you need surgery at some point. But you can play with a brace after an amount of time sometimes. So we'll figure out that. George Kittle. This one is a bummer. I did take... I made you take George Brittle out of the Sunday puns.
Starting point is 00:11:10 Yeah, you did. You can't do it. The man at least had the decency. Yes. To catch you a touchdown. We've asked players to do this for years. If you're going to get injured, get a touchdown first. Is that too much to add?
Starting point is 00:11:23 It's the decent thing to do. It's the decent thing to do. Well, he did that. He had four catches. And then he left due to a hamstring injury, did not return. This morning, I was looking it up. He's been on injury reports 19 different times in his career five times for hamstring injuries. We are hoping.
Starting point is 00:11:41 That sounds terrible. Yeah, we're hoping that that means that this will be. a brief absence, if any, at all. From the four previous or five previous hamstring, I guess this would be the sixth, because there were five previous, he had only missed a maximum of one game with a hamstring injury. Now, does this game count as the miss?
Starting point is 00:11:57 Has he missed the majority of this game? No, this one is not count. I do love that as soon as it happened, and he had already, like, you, it sucked because he would have been the titan one on the week. He was dominated. But it was nice that he didn't go back out to re-agravate. He knew, and he stayed on the sideline.
Starting point is 00:12:13 So hopefully if he misses time, it's short. I'm prepping for up to three weeks, but we'll find out more when he gets the MRI. Well, yeah, the remainder of the game. I mean, you had Juan Jennings, who also got hurt in the game. He's going to get an MRI. So go with George to the MRI machine. You know, Jennings had a shoulder injury.
Starting point is 00:12:29 We don't know how long he'll be out. And you ended up with the backup tight end who's never really played. A name. Tongis Mick Basketball. Tongis ends up with the game-winning touchdown. on. On an insane catch. It was great. Oh, the pass was horrible. It would have been the third pick for Purdy. It should not have happened. It should not have worked. And yet it did.
Starting point is 00:12:51 It actually, you know, I wonder how San Francisco is going to play if they don't have Kittal. Like, I really am curious what it's going to look like because no Kittle, no Jennings. I think they're rebranding to the Christian McCaffrey's. I mean, he touches the ball so much. Yeah, it's weird because it's not the best offense to just. dump it to him all the time, but they got it done. They had the game-winning drive. Evan Ingram left early, calf injury for the Broncos.
Starting point is 00:13:20 That sucks. Brock Bowers left with the knee injury. Tom Pelliseros said that he talked to Brock Bowers, and Brock Bowers said he's fine. If you, he took a hit on the knee. If you watch the play where it happened, to me
Starting point is 00:13:34 it happened on the long run up the sideline on that 35, 40-yard run. when he was wide open he took a hit to the knee going out of bounds and he says there's no concerns we'll monitor that it was so scary because
Starting point is 00:13:49 when you watched live it looked like a non-contact he got injured the play prior and so then the play where you saw the injury and where he was limping around he goes out runs a route nothing happens and then he's limping and it's like oh no what I had seen was
Starting point is 00:14:05 he wanted to go back in but medical would not let him go back in Drake London left the Falcons game I think people missed this at least when it was happening he left in the fourth quarter shoulder injury didn't return considered day to day as of now
Starting point is 00:14:21 according to Ian Rappaport I saw some replays of the injury not a doctor but they're talking about AC joint sprain he basically collapsed on his left shoulder in the end zone went down really hard on it we'll see if he will miss any time he probably will
Starting point is 00:14:37 it seems like it is going to be an AC spraying and I don't you know hopefully it's not anything majorly serious but you got to be prepared to be without Drake London his usage was great before that yeah it didn't turn into a great line because he caught eight passes for 55 yards which is
Starting point is 00:14:55 but okay I'll hit it but 15 targets well you're going to see and if he missed his time Kyle Pitts ended up with seven catches in this game that's right seven catches for Kyle Pitts still has a hard time So get ready for Casey Washington
Starting point is 00:15:13 Like I said Kyle Pitt Casey Washington And then Pook and Akua left briefly With a concussion came back Or a concussion check sorry What looked like a bleeding eyeball Yeah
Starting point is 00:15:25 And then Chris Olave left with a chest injury But also returned He Olave and Jalen Waddle both To fill their quotas Waddle left again looking miserable pain and then came back out there. I don't I don't know how we can make the joke about
Starting point is 00:15:42 how he does this every game as much as we do. And still have it happen. Yeah, and still have it happen. Because it's not a joke anymore. It's just, we're like, oh, there it is. Yeah. He did it again. And man, did they look bad. Oh, man, they looked so bad. Alave, though, 13 targets in his previous
Starting point is 00:15:58 game with Spencer Rattler had a ton of targets. And according to our data that I'm looking at on our website right now, played 156% of the snaps, so that's great. Who did? Olavet. That is... 156%. Yeah, that is an impressive amount of our data team is doing
Starting point is 00:16:14 good work in week one, huh? Making a boo-boo. He played 100% of the snaps for the Saints and 56% of the Cardinal snaps. Oh, I wish we could use them. That was news and notes sponsored by Progressive Insurance Quote today at Progressive.com, Progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and third-party insurers.
Starting point is 00:16:32 Not available in all states or situations. Covered subject to policy terms, limits, and conditions. I'm going to hit the button, take a break, and we'll come back with studs and duds. Yeah, before the break, Mike was, I could hear him laughing a little bit because Jason could not be more miserable with the Cardinals victory. They suck so much. I am in complete agreement. That was. There were a lot.
Starting point is 00:17:00 That team was embarrassing. In their defense, there were a lot. there were a lot of good teams that looked bad in week one. That's fair. And hopefully, genuinely. Like the Broncos, the Broncos were horrible. Yeah, they looked. They were equal to the Cardinals.
Starting point is 00:17:14 It was the same situation where you go and excited for a team. Like, I haven't been excited for the Cardinals in, I don't know, half a decade. Right. And this year I was actually thinking, hey, I think they could be a playoff team. They could win this division. And you get a Spencer Rattler version of the Saints that you should just go in. and smoke. And nine seconds left, you basically were on the goal line. They were about to go to overtime and you couldn't do anything against them. My only hope, I know a lot of reports were
Starting point is 00:17:42 coming out about Kyler being sick, being ill. Is that why he dressed that way? That might have been what caused it. Maybe the mirror check was like, um, but that's my hope. He did scramble a lot more Kyler did and did nothing with it, which is rare. Usually when Kyler runs, it's a successful play. She made like bad decisions on Windows Screamable. I'm, I'm just so hopeful that he was horribly ill. Okay. Horrible ill. Jason was horribly ill watching him. So, um, there you go. It was, it was a weird week for, for several quarterbacks. We'll get into all of it right now. But, uh, we'll start with the positives. This week's fantasy stud muffin.
Starting point is 00:18:26 Presented by Lowe's. All right, we are into the studs. Top five quarterback scores on the week. In four-point passing, it was Josh Allen. Goodness, man. By a lot. And then it was Justin Fields and Daniel Jones. Yeah, hey, Justin Fields.
Starting point is 00:18:52 The Daniel Jones one is pretty shocking, but the Justin Fields one is Not surprising to me at all. It should be. But it is not. But it's, well, I mean, he has been statistically one of the worst passers when he's gotten opportunities. And I will say from watching the football game, he was outstanding on every level. He had so much zip on the passes, hyper-accurate, making plays, constantly getting outside
Starting point is 00:19:18 the pocket and battling through a collapsing pocket. He played outstanding. Mike, you deserve a ton of credit for believing in him and we'll see what continues. They ended up losing the game, which by the way, Pittsburgh was we have the Survivor pool we're doing. Pittsburgh was two of my three entries.
Starting point is 00:19:36 Uh-oh. Didn't realize how close that was on that one. For Justin Fields, we could, because he's Justin Fields and we've seen it, next week he could come out and he could fall on his face. That is that absolutely could happen. My hope for Justin Fields is he's on a team that wants him like Pittsburgh you know last
Starting point is 00:19:58 Justin Field started okay last year he was four and two Chicago really wanted him I but Chicago had they had garbage that was also the early career you know rookie second year type of player just I'm I would hold out hope that this might be a year for Fields to just be a top five guy Lamar Jackson was number four Justin Herbert number five. So yeah. The Herbert one is one that is like, man, if that pass rate sticks, then he will be, it's never been a question of can Justin Herbert do it?
Starting point is 00:20:32 It's been there. They just restrain him all the time. And not they just the pass rate, but the rushing. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We saw this is what I wanted last year with GRO because he has always used his quarterbacks in the, in the running game. He is way more athletic than you think, and he had designed runs and he had quick scrambles. I loved it.
Starting point is 00:20:49 Yeah, 318 passing hours, three passing touchdowns. You've got to remember there's conflicting forces in Los Angeles. There is Harbaugh's loving to run the football mixed with Harbaugh's unadulterated man love for Justin Herbert. And he believes in Herbert. And last year in the second half of the season, they made the switch. They did. And they continued it. So it's not like, you know, it wasn't a great week for Omari in Hampton.
Starting point is 00:21:17 Obviously, Naji was basically not involved. The usage was great. We also knew that this was the number one rushing defense in football. Very difficult match. So let's all just see what a few weeks looks like. But moving on, Daniel Jones was 22 for 29 against the hapless dolphins, seven for 26 on the ground with two rushing touchdowns. He looked really good.
Starting point is 00:21:38 He did. Now, he'll play Denver, then Tennessee and Los Angeles. You know, this was a really impressive performance by the Colts all the way around. there are a lot of weapons and Tyler Warren adding him to that offense that connection was awesome all game long
Starting point is 00:21:55 but Michael Pittman you know yeah like hey dude I need to drop back on my board come on you need some help over there yes so good this is so good I mean
Starting point is 00:22:09 let's not get over the skis but hey some credit really really needs to go to the Miami Dolphins. Yes. A lot of credit. Next week, they've got the Patriots. And I think it is the perfect matchup to find out how bad they are.
Starting point is 00:22:27 Who was true? You know what I mean? Who has the Patriots? The Dolphins and the Patriots play each other. So Drake May, who had some plays that looked amazing and some plays that were just outrageously bad, this will be a perfect test next week to be like, if he comes out and does a Daniel Jones impersonation in week one. and is great.
Starting point is 00:22:48 I think we can just chalk up the dolphins to being one of the worst secondaries in the league. Patrick Mahomes had 258 yards in a touchdown, one rushing touchdown, ran a ton. He is 0-1 and everyone else in the division. Raiders, Broncos, Chargers, all 1 and O in the AFC West, week one in the books. Aaron Rogers, four passing touchdowns and looked amazing. Yeah. According to my son should have been the number one picking fantasy. that game was so weird of you know i mean look you had the the the mirror match the flipped
Starting point is 00:23:22 quarterbacks you had the offenses which are both you would before week one you're like yeah they'll be okayish and their defenses are going to be the strong part of the team and it was they went into the upside down that was that was a really surprising uh game surprising turn of events and but it was really and the ancillary pieces you know it looked like it was like dk macs and no one and you got Garrett Wilson and no one. And then, you know, other people got involved, especially on the Pittsburgh side. Kenneth Gainwell. What? Oh, yeah. Yeah. That was. Arthur is the worst. Yeah, but he is the worst. No, the history of, the history of Arthur is he's right. We'll see. Is that just the John Hussmith? Correct. Bit. Yeah, I mean, it's, but he's also, yeah, it's Johnny
Starting point is 00:24:08 Smith in lieu of Kyle Pitts, but we know that that was the right call. So that one is the other one is so interesting. But he had the most snaps. That was a high school. That was one of the only over-unders. Yes. So. Well, they were all over-unders, but it was, that was one of the few overs.
Starting point is 00:24:31 Thank you. Jalen Hertz. Jalen Hertz had a couple rushing touchdowns, didn't pass for a lot of yards, hurt us with A.J. Brown. Michael Pinnock's, you know, a lot of these sophomores, it was up and down to me. It was, you know, unfortunately, Jason is responsible for Bo Nix because Bo Nix was looking outstanding and then Jason says, wow, he's so good outside the pocket and then he made some of the worst throws you've ever seen.
Starting point is 00:24:53 I said it right before the first pick because he comes out in this game and he's looking on fire, just drilling perfect, you know, bread basket throws on a rope. And then he just was awful as soon as I said that the rest of the game. Yeah, you're right. Michael Pinnock's, Bo Nix, Drake May. We'll see Caleb tonight, but they all showed flashes of good and flashes of her, you know, just real, real bad. Baker led a game-winning drive, although that game should have gone to overtime. We wanted more of that game, but Young Way Koo could not tie it up.
Starting point is 00:25:33 They'd tie it up. I will, week one, but, I mean, Abuka was awesome. But Baker was 17 for 32, 167. he had the three passing touchdowns. This is against the Falcons defense. So I'm going to be a little skeptical for the Baja for the Bucs until we get a couple games under our belt. Running backs, top five scores of the week, Derek Henry. Oh, my goodness.
Starting point is 00:26:03 Still good. Still good. I hate you. It was, Phuklan, the, Jason and I, we brought it up. We were matched up in the league of race. record. That one was kind of felt like it was over on Thursday after Jack and AJ Brown laid an egg for him. And then all of Sunday, we were also matched up in our dynasty league, our main one. And it looked easily like Jason would win. I have
Starting point is 00:26:28 the boroughed Chase Stack, which fell completely flat. It's very rare when Jason says I won. Oh, yeah. I don't like to jinx myself in that situation. I think I was down at like the 1%. But it all worked out for me. My three running backs from yesteryear that were supposed to be great were great in in bejean and breese and travis etienne so i was like yeah all right we we split one of one unfortunately you did not have the king uh the king henry here derrick henry if you missed it you should go back and watch all the highlights from the game it the insanity uh look i really needed derrick henry so i will i mean i had i was glued the third quarter of like derrick henry barely touching the ball and then moving to justice hill
Starting point is 00:27:12 a lot just in that particular quarter. It seemed very odd to me. It was a really strange decision by the Ravens when Derek Henry's just doing whatever he wants. And they're like, eh, we'll do something else. It was literally like an adult playing with children. That's what it felt like he was at that point in the game. I think he only had 13 or 14 carries.
Starting point is 00:27:32 It wasn't like we've got to give him a break or rest. He couldn't have a lot of carries because he kept housing them. He kept ending drives with the 30 plus yard touch. Oh, man. He's the best. Bejon was number two. I got it done in the past again. Yeah, we're lucky he had that huge reception. Javante was number three. Yes, Giovante Williams with the two touchdowns. James Cook at four. And Christian McCaffrey at number five on the week. With no touchdowns. Yeah, 32 opportunities, 10 targets. He was everything. He was, you watched the Niners game. And I know that, Look, they had a ton of injuries, right? There's no IUC that got rid of Debo.
Starting point is 00:28:16 There's no kiddle for most of the game. Joanne Jennings goes down. So it's like, what do we do? And their answer was just, it was basically like, I would say, three-fourths of every play was in the hands of Christian McCaffrey. 32 opportunities. Just stay strong. Stay strong.
Starting point is 00:28:36 We had Travis E.T.N. 16 for 143 against Carolina. at three targets, 61% of snaps, Biggsby saw 21%, Tootin, 6%. I will remind us. The second highest rushing total of his entire career. I will remind us that what we said going before the week, you got to remember what you thought before the week. We said, don't worry about production. Someone's going to have a monster game here.
Starting point is 00:29:01 Yeah. Worry about the snap counts. And the breakdown of, like, that's it. And so I'm not going to sit here and say Travis E.T.N. is going to be great rest of season. 143 yards against Carolina. It seems easier. There was a lot of inept tackling by Carolina.
Starting point is 00:29:18 61% of snaps to Bigsby's 21 to Teuton's 6%. And there are other running back, I want to say LeQuint Allen. I don't remember his name off the top of my head. He was actually more involved early on than some of the others. But it was clear that Travis E.T.N. was their primary starting running back. Yep. And if you drafted him and you're like, he's on your bench,
Starting point is 00:29:45 I think you should feel confident next week against the Cincinnati Bengals. On the other side of the ball? Hey, hey, hey. No, our Foot Clan HQ, our ultimate dashboard. Yeah. I was looking at my teams on there and it said, hey, I think you set your lineup wrong. You should have Travis E.T.N. over Adam Thielen. And I was like, okay.
Starting point is 00:30:04 And I made that switch. So he's in my starting lineup, Mike. Okay. And you built that product. I did. I did. But also. I was part of it.
Starting point is 00:30:11 Don't victory lap that too soon. That's true. I don't feel it has not played. Oh, okay. Fair. Fair. That's right. Oh my gosh.
Starting point is 00:30:18 It would be so great if you had three touchdowns. In the other side of that game, you know, you look at the snap counts here. Even in a super negative game script, Chuba Hubbard, 67 percent of the snaps. 16 for 57, also had a receiving touchdown. And, you know, that's a good sign for those that believed in Chuba Hubbard. We were. definitely believers. But in a negative game script,
Starting point is 00:30:41 you didn't see him come out of the field and a bunch of Rico Douddle or something. Sequan, 18 for 60 and a touchdown, five targets. Brees Hall. Let's talk about it. Yep. We had a show,
Starting point is 00:30:52 we had a show three, two, three weeks ago, and it was like, what's one player that would be most likely to flip the script on the narrative in the off season? And we brought up Brees Hall because we had been there before. We've been here where the offseason,
Starting point is 00:31:06 no one wants to believe in Brees Hall, and then Braylon Allen gets all the off-season hype. And it was the same situation. Back there with Michael Carter. You know, this was a really impressive performance, 19 for 107 on the ground. He didn't get a bunch of pass catching. He only had two receptions, but they went for 38 yards. Well, he did get four targets, but that was 100% of the running back targets.
Starting point is 00:31:28 So I was happy with that. And it was an eyeball test. Like he looked really fast, where for some reason, reason. He just didn't look that way last year at all. He was, he was one of the most telling players this week for me where you want to talk about a changed opinion because I don't want to, you don't want to underreact from week one either. You know, we talk about don't overreact, but that was one where it was like, oh, okay, he looks like he is playing for a contract. He's auditioning for his free agency. It looked very sleek and fast.
Starting point is 00:32:05 Devon H.N. 7 for 55. This one, look, seven carries. Three catches. Now, he scored. But I wonder your reaction to that, because you look at 10 total touches for Devon A. Chan. Ollie Gordon only saw three. They were throwing the whole game, but this could be a little bit of the Miami Dolphin season. It could go downhill quick.
Starting point is 00:32:31 Tua was so unbelievably bad. You talk about how much they threw the ball, and Devon H.N. Devon H.N. had four targets. I mean, Devon Aitchin is, you know, he's usually in games with Tua. He's on like a hundred target pace. And so it was so weird to me that they weren't involving him in the passing game. I don't expect that to stick. I don't understand what happened with the dolphins.
Starting point is 00:32:56 They were so bad, I couldn't really make sense of it. J.K. Dobbins was the start of the week. He ends up getting into the end zone. 16 for 63, the split in the first half, it looked really 50-50. It's just, yeah, are you talking about 50-50 with Badee? Well, Badee was out there a bunch, yeah. Sean Baiton. But in the second half when the game, when it got under the line, I think that's when you need to pay attention,
Starting point is 00:33:22 there was a lot of Dobbins. In the second half, when it was the final drives to put the game away. 16 for 63, a rushing touchdown. Harvey was very good. He had a 50-yard run. Harvey looked like he has juice and he will definitely get more involved
Starting point is 00:33:39 as the season goes along and I think it won't take long before he overtakes Biday and Badee was more of the passing game this is what was interesting to me it was like looking to see who's got the passing game role
Starting point is 00:33:52 does J.K. Dobbins have that and he didn't really have that role that was Badee and so R.J. Harvey looking as good as he did I could see him sneaking in keeping J.K. Dobbins in the role he clearly has right now, and then having R.J. Harvey just overtake Tyler Bodei.
Starting point is 00:34:09 Jekori Kroski, Merritt. 10 for 82 and a touchdown. He looks so good. You know, Echler, solid veteran snap counts were in his favor, but the juice, the juice was Bill. Yeah, Echler had a good game. He's got the same role he had last
Starting point is 00:34:31 year, which was a role where he was very often in the top 24 weekly running backs. This looks like it is Bill's – Bill Kroski is going to be the one of the one-two punch here throughout the season. Top five wide receiver scores on the week. Zay Flowers was number one. Quentin Johnson, number two, Emeka, Bucca, number three. Keon Coleman, number four, and Debo, Samuel. One of the reasons not to victory lapis season on Debo, we said a couple things.
Starting point is 00:35:08 One, I thought he'd start strong. Like, veterans start stronger at the top of the year. But two, it's the offense. Everything about Washington fits the pursuit of Devo Samuel because they do so many short area targets, screens, end-arounds, misdirection. Close to the line of scrimmage, it's really nice for Jaden Daniels to have somebody capable of doing that, but their offense looked pretty good. They didn't get it going until, I mean, it was like 14 to 6 for a long time. But Keon Coleman, really nice to see the target count there. I think he was at 12, had the deflection touchdown that wasn't intended for him, but also had
Starting point is 00:35:47 a couple of intentional targets in the end zone that didn't work out. He had one where he, I think he had two two-point conversions that were targeted to him. One, he ran out of the back of the end zone, the other one he ended up, the ball wasn't really placed in the right spot. But if you look at his last several healthy games. His target share percentage is really, really good. They talked a lot about what a great camp he had, what a good offseason he had. This is what you hope. You hope that there's a guy that can come in here and start demanding a 25% market share for Josh Allen. Now, it won't always be the bills down by 15. You know, that's going to be more rare than when you play the Ravens. But it does look like there's the potential chance for him to,
Starting point is 00:36:31 merge as a clear number one wide receiver option. What do you make of the huge performance? Two touchdowns. Five for 79. This was not one weird broken play. This was a good performance. Yeah, I he was clearly ahead
Starting point is 00:36:47 on the depth chart. You know, Trey Harris was the second round pick. So it was could he take over? And then you had like the weird offseason where Lambert Smith was the one making some noise in training camp all and then all along. You know, it's it's Keenan, it's Ladd, and
Starting point is 00:37:03 as Johnston as the three primary starters. So it's a, if you buy into the pass rate and what Justin Herbert did in week one, then I think you should buy into Johnston. He's not going to do this every single week, but he
Starting point is 00:37:19 was out there running a ton of routes and it really was divvied up. You're talking to the targets were divvied up between the three guys. Here's a tweet from our own Kyle Baragnoni. Okay. 22 plus fantasy
Starting point is 00:37:34 games in full PPR since the beginning of last season. Since the beginning of 24. You have Justin, Jefferson, C.D. Lamb, Nico Collins, Tyree Kill, T. Higgins with three of them. Nice. You have Drake Lennon, D.K. McHaff, Jalen, George Piggins, with two of them. And then you have
Starting point is 00:37:50 Q. Huge with four of them. More than any of those players the most in fantasy football. Explosive. He's the player they're going to look to around the red zone, period. it's not going to be you know he that's where he thrived last year at times so I think if he keeps catching the football
Starting point is 00:38:08 that would be good ameka abuka it was it was a weird game because two big touchdown Jason you said you felt a little disappointed in abuka just from a target standpoint yeah I mean genuinely the way that they were playing
Starting point is 00:38:21 the buccaneers when they were down needing to throw the ball at times and he wasn't a hyper-targeted guy the way that Chris Godwin was hyper-targeted last year before the injury. So I was, look, I'm not going to be disappointed on a two-touchdown first NFL game. Awesome, right? A mecca, boo-ya.
Starting point is 00:38:42 But I was a little bit disappointed in the utilization throughout. Well, you did have Mike, you know, you brought up Baker's performance. It was saved by touchdowns. Mike Evans was not good. Right. We'll see. I'm pretty excited. It's just that they're, you know, one of the teams like the Lions.
Starting point is 00:39:04 Packers, it topped your defense, but that's the Lions' first game without Ben Johnson. This is the Bucks. It's been Baker's M.O. to just keep getting new offensive coordinators, but Liam Cohen leaving will be something to be paid attention to. Keon Coleman was 8 for 112 and a touchdown on 11 targets. He ran 94% of the team's routes. That's a good sign for those of us that believe Keon could break out and be their true number one. He looks like that guy to me.
Starting point is 00:39:34 Debo, we talked about it, 7 for 77, had the rushing touchdown. He also had 40 snaps in the slot. That was double his previous career high in 2022. Wonderful. Very cool. Garrett Wilson, nine targets, seven for 95 in a touchdown. Should have had two touchdowns. Yeah, should have had two.
Starting point is 00:39:52 Yeah, yeah, yeah. He did. Don't know how he got tacked on. He slipped. I need to watch it again. No, I remember it really well. The defender came in. We thought he might have even face mask him, and it wasn't.
Starting point is 00:40:05 It was just an awesome tackle around the shoulders, but it still felt like just have a little bit of momentum and you should get in. It's weird. What do you guys make of that of Garrett? 100% of the routes? Well, that better be the case. Well, even elite wide receivers don't run every single route. There was never a question of whether he was going to be on the field, getting the most targets, getting a ton of targets.
Starting point is 00:40:30 The only question was, how catchable are these targets? Right. How good are the targets? Yesterday. He caught seven of nine. No, I mean, that's because they were all catchable. Justin Fields was on fire. He was doing everything he wanted to do and had a great game.
Starting point is 00:40:45 We have seen a handful of really amazing looking Justin Field games in the past. So he needs to put it back to back. I am really, you know, it's a great positive outlook for him. I'm more bullish on the potential that, you know, hey, Garrett Wilson can do enough with Justin Fields. I would be fine taking the shot if you want to call it and try to trade for him now before he puts it together over and over and over. That's okay.
Starting point is 00:41:15 But I would probably personally wait another week. The problem is if you wait another week, you're not going to get him. Yeah. All right, we had Keenan Allen, 10 targets. We had Marvin Harrison with a touchdown. Five for 71's not, I mean, for Marv, that's great.
Starting point is 00:41:33 Five catches on six targets. I mean, the catch rate last year, the, they were not in sync. Not enough, not enough targets. I agree with that. I'm still worried about it. Still not sure Marv is better than really good. Yeah, fair.
Starting point is 00:41:47 Cortland Sutton, nine targets, six for 61. So, you know, any other wide receivers? I mean, J.S.N was amazing. Oh, J.S.A. was unbelievable. I mean. He also played outside the most he's ever played in his career. He had a 53% target share, not of wide receivers of the team. That is an outlandish number.
Starting point is 00:42:09 If you get on a course of a season a 30% target share, if you finish the season at 30%, you're borderline guaranteed to be a top 12 wide receiver. That's just a super high number. he's starting the season with 53% of the targets and the thing is is what you know the the bowl case for him going into the season was look he was that dude last year now you take away dk mackoff and you take away tyler locket um obviously they they drafted rookies and brought in cooper cup but those are downgrades and so jackson smith and jigba looked great i'm fully in on jason he's got pittsburg next week we'll see if their defense is just falling apart and then saints and then Arizona so it's a it's a pretty deep decent run. So speaking of targets here, can I interest you in 42% of Patrick Mahom's targets? Because that's what Hollywood Brown received. And it was 16 targets. We're probably not getting there. But with worthy out, rice out, he is going to be a hot topic of discussion for the way for the year. You know who I was super disappointed in in week one from the chiefs was
Starting point is 00:43:17 Travis Kelsey. I know he got the touchdown. So everyone's going to be fun. you know fantasy wise he didn't bust but it was like they needed him before the injuries without rice and it wasn't that guy four targets two for 47 with the score and and then Xavier worthy goes out how many targets for Hollywood no no no for uh for Kelsey for Kelsey four yeah four targets when you had all the injuries to everyone else I don't know man I'm starting there's a couple of these elder statement vets where you go So, I don't know, you know, Mark Andrews. The Baltimore Ravens just scored 40 points.
Starting point is 00:43:56 Yeah. Put it on them. And Mark Andrews had one target. 100% catch rate. It is just like, I don't know. We had top 10 tight in, or top five tight ends, Brock Bowers, Dalton Kincaid, Travis, Kelsey, Juan, Johnson, Tyler, Warren. All really close in points somewhere between 12.8 and 11.4.
Starting point is 00:44:17 nice debut for Warren you talked about the Kelsey touchdown, Kincaid with the long touchdown Brock Bowers, hopefully healthy. Outside of that, you know,
Starting point is 00:44:28 Harold Fanon was a story because Harold Fanon ended up with nine targets for the Browns, which is a real problem for David Najoku. Yes, it is. A common theme in the
Starting point is 00:44:38 Duds notation there. If you don't know who Harold Fanon is, he's a rookie tight end who fell a little bit in the draft. No one knew where he was going to go because he kind of played for a small school. And then he tested bad. And he didn't do well at the combine. But his production in college is pretty much the best production of all time. The fact that week one as a rookie, he comes out
Starting point is 00:45:01 and is this involved, 67% of the routes, a 21% target share, which I don't know for a fact, Kyle, please double check me on this. But I think he led the team in Target share. That's an incredible That is really bad for Najoku. I've gotten a Joku in a lot of leagues. And obviously it's wonderful to say like, oh, look how many passes went to the tight end from Flacco. That process worked. But if you're splitting them between two guys,
Starting point is 00:45:28 you're going to need a lot more passes. Yeah, Judy had eight targets. So it might have been fan and they're up at the top. And then it may be one week wonder, but I'm going to highlight Joanne Johnson, who had 11 targets against Arizona, the Saints for how close the game was they do project to be a team that will be losing and he ran around on 96% of their dropbacks like he was he was fully utilized as a
Starting point is 00:45:56 pass-catching weapon hot off of his contract you do have a couple years Kellan Moore right with Dallas Goddard was over a 20% market share so there's there's a little bit of signal there to say that Joanne Johnson could be the number two pass catcher for that team okay we are going to take another break here and jump into some of the... Oh, uh-oh. Maybe we'll see if there's any panic in the streets. We'll find out. All right, let's do it.
Starting point is 00:46:35 Poopped in his big boy pants. I'm very... I'm very... I'm very... frustrated. The Joe Borough the Joe Borough performance well look they had seven yards in the second half of the game and they won
Starting point is 00:46:53 seven. They got dominated by the Cleveland Browns truly dominated. I mean the defensive line for Cleveland the defense in general I mean Newsom against Chase I mean it was just the offense as well. Burrow had
Starting point is 00:47:09 113 yards. Yeah Burrow had 113 yards. The Browns looked really good. They should have won that game. They should have won the team. So easy. It wasn't like their defense was so good and they were let down by their offense. Their offense was very good. The issue and why they lost was because Joe Flacco had two perfect passes. One to Jerry Judy that was popped up and then turned into an interception. And then another really nice one to Cedric Tillman that was hit him in the hands and popped up and turned into an interception. Also missed extra point and missed field goal
Starting point is 00:47:42 I believe and then you lose by a point. Crazy. Yeah, they should have won the game. The Browns definitely look like a better team. I think the browns had like two X third yardage too. Yeah, yeah. No, they more than that. Yeah, yeah. They were at like 340 something. I think the Joe Burrow in the 14th. The Bengals in week one. That's why it was the almost upset,
Starting point is 00:48:01 which at least, you know. It's just, it's impossible. All right, Bo Nix, 25 for 40, two picks. Barf. Bo picks. Those did not hit his wide receivers in the hands. They hit the opposing team. And the other thing was that he had 78% of his attempts under 10 yards.
Starting point is 00:48:18 I think his average depth of target was 4.3 yards. He couldn't get the ball down the field. He never, like, it was an asset in the beginning of the game. You're like, oh, cool, he can throw moving. Then it was like, oh, my gosh, please stop moving when you throw. I think he just, yeah, he was really sniffing those farts. Yeah, I'm Patrick Mahomes. Check out this cool throw I'm going to do.
Starting point is 00:48:39 They're very lucky to have one. the game. If they weren't facing Cam Warden's rookie first appearance, they could have easily lost that game. Agreed. Trevor Lawrence Really disappointing. This is the same Trevor Lawrence. It was Carolina and he had 178 and 1. Now, this game did
Starting point is 00:48:54 have a super long lightning delay. Yes. Just like the, so I mean, lightning delays are now 2 and O against NFL offenses. Thank goodness. They didn't have a retractable roof, you know. You guys are really hammering the
Starting point is 00:49:09 The weather. I didn't. I didn't. I just said the game got shut down. And then the offense is were disappointed. Trevor Lawrence. I'm underground, man.
Starting point is 00:49:18 Trevor Lawrence. Where you like it, mole, mole man. Yeah, that'd be great. As long as there's enough depth. Yeah, for sure.
Starting point is 00:49:25 If you've got enough height on the ceiling underground. Yeah. Simulated on the computer, why play? You're not listening. They didn't play. Yeah. No, they did.
Starting point is 00:49:34 They came back and played. Because they're just impatient. But T-law is the most, similar quarterback to me as Kyler Murray, where he's not that dude. He's good enough. It feels like it more and more every week. You're going to
Starting point is 00:49:50 end up. But you did pay him like the dude and you're stuck with him. Yeah, and you're stuck with him. And if either one Kyler Murray or Trevor Lawrence hit the open market, half the league would go and pay him the highest. They're not bad quarterback. Jay Cutler was highly in demand. They're not terrible quarterbacks. They really aren't. They are above average quarterbacks.
Starting point is 00:50:08 But they're not great and they will never be great. Send in the cars. Yeah, sure, exactly. I don't know, man. I think their car was better. Dack had a tough week one, too, was disgusting. And C.J. Stroud, I thought
Starting point is 00:50:23 he made a lot of good throws, but then you look at the stat line. They got embarrassed. Yeah, they got beat, so they couldn't get it done. That offensive line is going to be a big problem. That offensive line, and they I think they lost the lineman during the game.
Starting point is 00:50:39 Another one was kind of banged up during the game. They don't have depth and they don't have talent. So the Texans are real. Their defense is awesome. But their offense could be a real issue this season. Kenneth Walker. We need to have the conversation. 10 carries 20 yards.
Starting point is 00:50:57 That's not the problem. 40% of snaps. That's the problem. Yeah. And yuck. Yeah, it was a full on time share. I think he had one more. touch or one more opportunity than Charbonnet. Charbs had looked much better in the production.
Starting point is 00:51:14 This is, this is not a DefCon one, but we're probably at about three. In terms of this, they're just going to split. And maybe Charbs is just a better fit for the offense. It was extremely disappointing. There is the outside chance. And I do think it's an outside chance that this was managing the injury. Kenneth Walker's been dealing with. But even if that was the case, even if this was like, we're going to limit Kenneth Walker in this game because in this early off season, he was dealing with stuff. Charbonnet looked awesome. He did. Number one in success rate in week one. Charbonnet was great. I mean, he was better for this system with, you know, this is a new system. Keep in mind with, with, with a full back. And Charbonnet was fantastic. Sharb's
Starting point is 00:52:05 has never had, he's basically averaged a 24% market share in games that he's played with Kenneth Walker. He's only been a backup. And in this game, he was 48% of the snaps. So this is projecting to be a complete split and Sharbs looked to fit the system better in week one. There's not really something to be gained by Seattle banking too much on Ken Walker if Sharbs is productive. And I mean, Walker's been hurt so much that if you bank on him and he goes out, then you're hurt. But if you have a committee and he goes out, you're fine. Yeah. All right.
Starting point is 00:52:40 We had David Montgomery, 11 for 25 on the ground, only 37% of snaps. He averaged 42 last year. The game script was definitely more Jamir Gibbs-oriented. So you, you know, pay attention to it. We expected a little bit more Gibbs this year. If it goes from 42% to 37, that won't surprise me. It also won't surprise me if this is more of their game script this year than it was last year. They were ahead of so many games last year, and we'll see.
Starting point is 00:53:07 It's one week, but something to pay attention to. But the success of David Montgomery is the lion's offense has to run extremely hot. And they could bounce back after one week, but that's the thing is the offense overall has to be nuclear for David Montgomery to be startable. My opinion is that this was not a problem with the Lions, that this was not a problem with the offensive coordinator. that this was the Green Bay Packers. And the reason, if I was in a court of law, if I would bring you a piece of evidence, it would be that Jemir Gibbs had 10 targets. He had 10 receptions.
Starting point is 00:53:48 Jamir Gibbs, the fastest, most dangerous guy to have the ball in his hands, he had 31 yards. That defense was swarming and tackling and beaten up the lions. I saw it over and over where I was like, Dude, you get Gibbs a little throwout to the flat, and you're just waiting for him to just break it off, and then 12 Packers were there, even though they're playing 11. So next week is against Chicago at home. That's a great matchup for them running.
Starting point is 00:54:18 You feel like, as of right now, we're very early, but you'll be like, I'll put Montgomery back on my flex next week. 100%. Personally. Yeah, it might be a decision based on some of the other guys that you have. Right. I mean, I'm not starting him over everybody. But I think he is, next week is an absolute flex play.
Starting point is 00:54:34 I play Dobbins over Monti. What's their matchup? I don't know. I think he's saying it doesn't matter. I mean, it's Indianapolis. Oh, sure. Okay. Chabion Henderson, five for 27 on the ground, six target, six for 24 through the air.
Starting point is 00:54:48 35% of snaps. Ramondre, seven for 15. 65% of snaps. And you'll see more Henderson sooner than later, but just wait. Yeah, but it's inevitable. it will happen, but how long will the cremudgeons hold out? He is I mean, he is just playing a little bit smaller.
Starting point is 00:55:06 I mean, he's just not, like when it's going to be fourth downs, maybe some goal line. Like, I don't think you're going to see, I think you're going to see a lot of remandre in those situations, unfortunately, but the targets, you're looking for the high value opportunities and touches, and hopefully Trayvion, you know, Miami next week, that went pretty well for the Colts.
Starting point is 00:55:24 I mean, like, listed, you know, these are the wayings, but it's like, Trayvion Henderson's listed at 510-202. Jemir Gibbs is 59-202. Like they are almost sized identically. Gives. Yeah. Yeah, but watching him, he's not. No, he just, he was just bouncing around.
Starting point is 00:55:43 Guys are different in different uniforms, man. He was bouncing around, though. I mean, when he was getting head, he was getting hit hard. I'm not saying anything, like, we want him to catch the football and get in this space. I don't think he's ever going to be, well, we'll see. We'll see what happens. Marne and Hampton, 15th for 48 against Kansas City's running interior. Not worried. Nope, I'm not worried either.
Starting point is 00:56:02 Caleb Johnson didn't really. He didn't play. Oh, no. He had one play, negative two yards, although I give him positive 13 because he drew a flag. You know what I mean? 15 yards. I got to do it. No, I mean, Caleb Johnson is sold out to help the team.
Starting point is 00:56:17 Thank you. Caleb Johnson is third on the depth chart, and until he overtakes Kenneth Gainwell. Impossible. But Kenneth Gainwell wasn't good in his own right. So I do think, you think Kenneth Gainwell was good? I did. I thought he looked fast, and they won the game, so I don't
Starting point is 00:56:34 know. I mean, I'd have to go back and watch. It's hard to compare to the numbers of Caleb. I mean, one carry from Caleb, but I think Gainwell did not reach three yards of carry. The production was... How many carries did he even get? He was seven for 19 to those 2.7, and he caught the ball three
Starting point is 00:56:50 times for four yards. Yeah. Production was due to... This is what I'm saying. What is Arthur doing? It's so bizarre to give Jalen Warren that extension right before opening weekend. And you're like, hey, this guy we picked up, that's going to be the guy. There's a lot more to the running backs in Pittsburgh. When you have Aaron Rogers, it's about picking up the blitz, picking up pass protection, chipping guys. It's the ones that he feels like has experience.
Starting point is 00:57:14 I mean, there were numerous beatwriters in Pittsburgh that said that that was the point of emphasis for Caleb Johnson to work on in this offseason was that there were struggles at times this offseason. it's his focus. Caleb came out and said it. If he earns the trust in those situations, even when he's not touching the football, he will get out on the field more because Gainwell's made to be a backup. Yeah, history has shown that rookies often take time. Don't look at this list we're talking about. Trayvion Henderson, Amarian Hampton, Caleb Johnson, Cam Scadaboo. Like, they're all on the duds. This is week one.
Starting point is 00:57:47 This is, I don't pull a red alarm on rookies getting off to a slow. start. Camp Scataboo was two for negative three. They could not run the football. Tyrone Chacy was not good. And Washington just shut it all down. Russ, Russ sucks. It, if... It'll be Jackson Dart very soon. It needs to be this week. It might be. It, I think it's going to happen this week. Did Russ get 100 passing yards? I don't think he achieved 100 passing yards. He, you can't have an offense with Russell Wilson in 2020. He did. He threw the ball 37 times. and he ended up with a hundred and sixty eight yards four and a half yards an attempt get him out
Starting point is 00:58:30 of here are running what is derrick henry's baltimore career rushing yards per attempt like get it how does russ keep getting these jobs how does that happen it's a it's a it's a resume thing sometimes you hire someone sometimes people come and they show you the resume and they you go whoa you work for that company yeah that does happen and you go okay All right, wide receiver duds, let's say some big names. AJ Brown, Jamar Chase, Amonraa St. Brown. Brian Thomas Jr. had one catch. He had a lot of targets, so seven.
Starting point is 00:59:03 One catch. Nico Collins, three for 25. Terry McLaurin, two for 27. Mike Evans, five for 51. George Pickens, three for 30. A lot of players with a lot of expectations, but it's one week. And wide receivers are all going to have some down weeks. You know, it was super disappointing.
Starting point is 00:59:21 I have a team with the Jamar Chase and Burroughs stack. They didn't win. They didn't even come close. That's a stack you still want. I got 15 points between them. That was bad. But, you know, T. Higgins also didn't get it done. Devante Smith didn't get it done.
Starting point is 00:59:36 So you had tandems. Like, it wasn't like one guy did well. So it is... Who are you concerned with? Like, you look at... I'm concerned with Tyree Kale. Yes, that was the name that I'm probably most concerned. I'm concerned.
Starting point is 00:59:47 I'm a little bit concerned with Brian Thomas because I don't... you know, Travis Hunter, the news came out before, full-time offensive player. He was a full-time offensive player. He out-targeted Brian Thomas, Jr. So, yes, I'm a little bit, this is one of the reasons Brian Thomas' stats didn't bear out as high in my rankings as other people. I was just a little bit worried about the Lawrence with actual other weapons. Like, they didn't really have anybody else at the end of the year.
Starting point is 01:00:14 And all of his success came with Mac Jones, like his major world-beating success. So I was a little bit concerned that Thomas might be, good, not great. So I'm a little worried there. I'm a little worried about Terry McCorren because Debo, the way the offense functions, if you don't hit the big play, I don't think you're going to be happy. If you look at
Starting point is 01:00:32 recent history of wide receivers who have held out of training camp waiting for that new contract and then they come in and then they, you know, Brandon and I yuk did it and he just sucked. He came back and wasn't good until he got injured. So that one's concerning. I'm not overly concerned
Starting point is 01:00:49 on this guy, but it's me. just do you need to whisper it just little nico collins worry because of the overall offense just that offensive line was so bad and to be honest cj stroud did not deal with pressure well he kept running backwards and kind of trying to like he had opportunity after opportunity step up in the pocket when these when the offensive line was going around him and instead he'd try to do like the old school russell wilson turn and run away but he's not that type of an athlete, and so he just gets this deep sack. Hopefully he corrects that, but that offensive line was real bad. We talked about Mark Andrews. He was awful. One target,
Starting point is 01:01:32 one catch. Seems like good night. Pick up Isaiah likely. Yeah, maybe. We have Tucker Kraft, four targets. He got a touchdown. That's not a dud. Jordan Love threw the ball 22 times. Yeah. And Kraft had four targets. Which, look. Like, That is something to be aware of. If the Packers' defense is what we saw on Sunday, you're going to get, I mean, you're going to get a lot of Josh Jacobs. Like, I thought Jordan Love looked really good. He can make plays when you need to make them,
Starting point is 01:02:02 but he might not have to make as many because you're going to have games. It's kind of like the better get in the first half situation of Philadelphia. It could be the situation. Josh Jacobs looked good to me, even against the tougher run defense. It took him a while. Matthew Golden, only two targets because of that same thing, two of the 22. But I don't, again, these rookies don't move away from them yet.
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