Fantasy Footballers - Fantasy Football Podcast - Week 2 Studs, Duds, and Surprises! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/18

Episode Date: September 18, 2023

Lessons learned in Week 2! On today’s fantasy football podcast, Andy, Mike, and Jason recap a wild Week 2 of NFL football! Who are true panic alarm players in fantasy football leagues? Plus, injuries updates, and a look ahead to Week 3 waivers & matchups! Manage your redraft, keeper, and dynasty fantasy football teams with the #1 fantasy football podcast. -- Fantasy Football Podcast for September 18th, 2023. Connect with the show: Subscribe on YouTube Visit us on the Web Support the Show Follow on Twitter Follow on Instagram Join our Discord Check out today's sponsors: News & Notes presented by USAA. Visit https://USAA.com/Insurance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome in. Monday, September 18th, the Fantasy Footballers. Back with you. It's apparently hat day. Every day is hat day. When you don't want to do your hair. Every day is hat day. When you don't want to do your hair. Every day is hat day. When you're losing your hair.

You have committed pretty strongly to the hats, Jason. Yeah, I find that. It's near full-time hat day. Yeah, it's near full-time hat day. I really like not having to worry about my receding hairline. It's great. Wearing hats is great. I mean, if I had your hair, Mike, I would burn all my hats.

But, you know, you do you. It's a burden. Wait, if you go to, it's a burden. If you go to Deucer's Alley. Oh, look at that. Oh, man, so many hats. Any of us take a shower today? I mean.

I did. Mike took a shower? Yeah, I did as well. I did, yeah. Mine's more of a Jason problem. Okay, all right. The Hat Bros. I didn't take a shower today. Nice.

I skipped it. Yeah. Who needs showers? And you just told hundreds of thousands of people. Well, we're playing pickleball later. Okay, that's true. And I will shower after that, too. Yeah, I mean, I just didn't want to double shower. Right. Well, we're playing pickleball later. Okay, that's true. And I will shower after that, too. Yeah, I mean, I just didn't want to double shower.

Right. Yeah, we all are. You're correct. I showered last night. Oh, see, that's perfectly fine. I do not like when you have the morning shower and then you do some sort of activity afternoon and you go shower again, but your towel's not fully dry?

Yeah. Oh, that's the worst. You got to get the other towel out. Yeah. I was going to say, you only have one towel. Mike, you stick with that towel? Yes. How often do you change your towel?

You just consider that a penalty for the decision to shower twice? How often do you guys change your towel? I change my towel about once every week and a half. I change mine pretty regularly, but we have like four towels hanging up in our bathroom, so I'll just grab the other one. Wait, do you share towels with your wife? No. You have multiple shower towels up?

Yeah. This man right here, you expect him to not have multiple shower towels? Well, I'm just, the way that he was- I'm surprised he doesn't have multiple showers in his room. The way he was expressing it was like, this is a normal thing. It's a totally normal thing. I got four shower hooks. What do you want me to not put towels on the hooks deuces please you have one towel per person up

right one towel okay thank goodness thought i was losing my mind well we are in some ways uh welcome into the show lots to talk about i was driving into the office this morning and i kind of you know i look at week two a little bit like you glance out over the proverbial battlefield and you survey the damage. Like there are truths you find out through two weeks and, you know, it gets into questions of draft loyalty to players. And I'm going to ask you guys that question later about some scenarios, but, you know, we learn a little bit more. You find out a little bit more. You, you, you find out a little bit, a little bit more about the defenses and you survey the damage to your roster. And then you make some adjustments. I mean, anybody out there that says that they know everything that's going

to happen week to week in the NFL is a liar. And that includes us. Like we don't know. There's been a lot of surprises, and now it's our job to help you make the adjustments, make the tweaks, and propel yourself towards a Foot Clan championship, hopefully. And so that's what we're going to do. A lot of reactions, a lot of strong feelings out there this week,

and we surveyed the Foot Clan for their sophisticated reactions to the weekend. Are we back, baby? We're back. And we've got some good and some bad on the Monday Punday reactions. We're going to start with the good. Yes. Jason, do you want me to take the first one? No, I've got you here because I love him.

Zach Boss. Zach Boss. Mike Heavens love him. Zach Boss. Zach Boss. Mike Evans. Yes. Looking good. James Cookin. Okay. Oh, was that T.D. Higgins? It sure was. Yeah, it was.

That was a big bounce back. What about T.J. Rockinson? Yeah, I like that. And Jason, you threw in Puka Nuclear. Yeah, baby. Eat it And Jason, you threw in Puka Nuclear. Yeah, baby! Eat it, owl! Oh, but there was bad. Yeah, like Joshua Smelly. Or Jafart Chase.

Jafart? And, uh, wow, we'll be talking about Scam Acres. And Calvin Diddley Squat. Or Jerry Booty. Yeah. Why are we doing that? And Damien tears. Aw, least haul.

I'm getting all the poop jokes, boys. This is the best one of the day, though. AJ Brown pants. That one, I feel like we got to finish with the, remember the Letterman top 10? Yes. And the final one's always, it's always AJ Brown pants. I mean, that is, how have I not heard that? It is the lowest hanging easiest fruit. And it's perfect because yeah, he had some brown pants on.

Yeah. Well, they were, they were very clean. And Rashad Penny said, no, you will stay in your dirty pants. The Jamar Chase, AJ Brown reactions. Oh man. For the draft wide receivers receivers not running back camp. It's been a rough couple weeks. Jason, what were you going to?

Yeah, I wish I could give credit to whoever had the tweet. I don't remember who it was, but there was a tweet that was saying the fantasy points per game, if you go from from you remember last year Devante Smith had a goose in week one right didn't do anything if you go from week two on including this year AJ Brown pants and Devante Smith are averaging the exact same fantasy points per game yeah that's that's why I whispered Smith might outscore Brown this year. Yeah. If the touchdowns don't go to A.J. Brown, I mean, Smith's going to ball out. Yeah, you saw the frustration from A.J. Brown wanting to be involved. And a couple weeks' worth of offensive struggles have not included A.J. Brown

getting as many opportunities. I would not say I'm panicked. No. I think A.J. Brown's going to be great. Absolutely. So go trade for him. Yeah, to me this is very similar to the D.K. Metcalf-Tyler Lockett situation where you have a superstar human being.

You know what I mean? Like when you look at A.J. Brown, that's a dude. You know, and D.K. Metcalf, they're very good wide receivers. They're very good. But it's their physical abilities, their attributes, their God-given bodies that are special and make them the ones. But for fantasy, that's not always the one. Tyler Lockett outscored DK Metcalf last year

because he's just a great wide receiver, and that's Devontae Smith. News and notes from around the league. Presented by USAA Insurance. Cam Akers. Oh, man. I think we found out, at least I found out, about 12 minutes before kickoff that he was a healthy scratch. It was one of those Jay Glazer bombs that he drops on a Sunday morning.

And it was, I think it was about 10 minutes before kickoff happened, that started going out there. It was one of those Jay Glazer bombs that he drops on a Sunday morning. And it was, I think it was about 10 minutes before kickoff happened, that started going out there. That Cam Akers was going to be a healthy scratch. They're going to try and trade him. And everything that happened in the middle of last year, we are right back there. How unlikable is he? So here's the thing.

When this happened, I think we all talked about it in the studio. We felt like there just had to be something more. There had to be some kind of personal relationship issue, attitude problem. Right. Because that was what was reported last year. It was reported that this had nothing to do with attitude. That he's had a great attitude and he just got healthy scratched because of play. Yeah, they said he had a really bad week of practice.

Let me ask you this. Last year, they went with the approach of it got out publicly that things are sour with the Rams, and we're trying to trade him. Yeah, and they couldn't trade him. So this year, they're trying to trade him, but he's great. Dude, his attitude's amazing. I can't believe any team that gets Cam Akers. They would be the luckiest team ever.

He's just not for us. He went on Twitter and said, I am just as confused as everybody else. I'm blessed, though. Kyron Williams, 96% of snaps in week two. He's the RB2 for fantasy. And I believe that's the RB2 on the week and close to it on the year yeah no I'll bet it is on the year four touchdowns yeah you had two touchdowns week one two touchdowns week two uh double digit targets this is um this is a player I hope you picked up on waivers because he's going

to be probably the waiver pickup of the season because you're going to get them all year. Obviously, we, you know, NFL's crazy. Last year, there was a period in time where Cam Akers was cuttable, unusable, healthy scratch. And then he went on to be the absolute dominant workhorse at the end of the year. So crazy things can happen. I don't expect to see that happening. Sean McVay came out and said, you and said there's still room for Akers to be involved, but that it's not going to go back and forth.

I think next week will be very important. This is Kyron Williams. This is the Kyron Williams show. Yeah, and that's big news for fantasy. We got that news prior to kickoff, barely. Then we also found out Amari Cooper had re-aggravated his groin injury

in Saturday's practice, and he is questionable, not expected to play. So for Monday Night Football, if you already were throwing David Njoku out there, you have an opportunity for a higher upside, I think. Elijah Moore, who we talked about, Mike had brought him up in the Hungry for More segment last week. He's really hungry for more segment last week uh he's really hungry for more if he's going to have number one wide receiver opportunity here uh this evening yeah and if you have lost Amari Cooper and you didn't realize you if you didn't hear this news

before now and you're going oh man I'm not going to have Amari Cooper and you're looking for the waiver wire you can look towards Allen Robinson or Calvin Austin, who could be on the waiver wire and have opportunities with Deontay Johnson. Would you rather go Shahid tonight? Yeah, Shahid. I was going to say, would you rather have Allen Robinson or Peoples Jones? I would rather have Allen Robinson. It felt bad saying it, but that is the truth. Saquon Barkley exited the Cardinals game at the very end with a right ankle injury.

X-rays were negative. He's having an MRI on Monday. He's not going to play this week. Barkley exited the Cardinals game at the very end with a right ankle injury. X-rays were negative. He's having an MRI on Monday. He's not going to play this week. No, they're a Thursday night football game against the 49ers. The Giants came back, won the game against Arizona. Oh, man. Great work. I love the tweets towards us like we wanted the Cardinals to win that game. Have you paid attention

all year? We're trusting the process. If you had a camera in our studio, we were the biggest Giants fans you've ever seen. This was the most perfect outcome for us. If people are like, oh, I'm so sorry. Oh, they're dunking on us. I'm like, come on. We got up. I'm alley-ooping that ball.

Let's go. Oh, man. We shellacked the Giants to start and showed some great heart and some grit and determination. And then we lost, which is fantastic. Did you guys see that Marvin Harrison highlight over the weekend? Oh, yeah. Come on, people. Caleb Williams. Come on down.

Look, for Saquon, he's probably not in this week. The first things I was reading was ordinary ankle sprain versus high ankle sprain. That was the hope. That's what the MRI is for. They're going to find out. The belief is that it's a normal ankle sprain. The MRI will confirm whether it's high or not. Here's some significant news on one of the biggest storylines so far this season

in the NFL and in fantasy. Joe Burrow aggravated the calf injury at the end of the game. Yeesh. Likely to linger for multiple weeks, according to our injury expert, Matthew Betts. Minimal mobility out of the pocket for Burrow. If he plays, that's going to be the concern. They have looked bad on offense.

Jamar Chase not been featured. We had a goose from Higgins in week one. We had Jamar Chase now with pedestrian numbers for two weeks. Joe Mixon's really, he's getting by. But this team is 0-2 now in a tough division. I don't know if it's full panic because Joe Burrow is that guy, right? I mean, he's certainly capable of coming out next week, the week after, putting up 40 points and making you forget about this.

It's possible. For sure he can. With the weapons he has, absolutely. And I expect towards the end of the year, the second half of the season, I think they'll bounce back completely. I'm not ever going to rule out this Bengals offense, but for fantasy purposes, for Joe Burrow, one thing we know is that he's not going to scramble. He's not going to run. If he's nursing a calf issue, he is purely a pocket passer. And

when you aren't adding, you know, even just 20, 30 yards on the ground, a couple scrambles here and there to your fantasy usage, you have to get the three touchdowns. You've got to go 300 yards and three to have a – in today's fantasy football where you've got these Jalen Hurts, Josh Allen's guys just running like crazy. I like how you left Justin Fields off of that. That was smart. Yeah, well, Justin Fields will run a lot,

and I do think brighter fantasy days are ahead for Justin Fields. But, yeah, I mean, Joe Burrow is going to be someone that you need to take a look at weekly matchups, and you need to consider until he looks healthy and is dominating, which he will do. You don't drop him, but you consider starts. You consider matchups, and you say, hey, maybe I should grab. The problem is there's going to be choices like Daniel Jones, Jared Goff, Brock Purdy. And those are choices for fields managers too, because I mean, we're previewing the duds here.

But Burrow and Fields are high draft capital selections that are sending chills down the spines of fantasy managers. Yeah, and I believe that you named a perfect pair of streaming options where you look at the matchup and you say, oh, against Arizona, Daniel Jones should have a good game. Oh, he did. Jared Goff at home against Seattle, he should have a great game. I believe he's home against Atlanta next week. I don't think Atlanta's a great matchup, but he's at home. So you look at those, and when there's a good matchup, but he's a home matchup. So you look at those and when there's

a good matchup, you put them in your lineup. David Montgomery. I have one more quick note on Joe Burrow here. Sorry. Because this affects the fantasy football world. If Joe Burrow does in fact miss time, that means that in my dynasty roster, I

have to start Kirk Cousins. So if Joe Burrow misses time, we will now lose two quarterbacks. You'll lose Kirk Cousins. Because you're not capable of starting Kirk Cousins and having him perform. This is a follow-up from last week's discussion. Is there any chance that the curse is lifted when it's default? I mean, we can hope, right? I doubt it.

Yeah, I doubt it. Oh, when it's not a choice, when he's backed into Kirk Cousins? Right. You're not choosing him. Maybe, maybe. David Montgomery exited and it's not a choice when he's backed into Kirk Cousins? Right. You're not choosing him. Maybe, maybe. David Montgomery exited yesterday's game with a quad injury. The news as of this morning is that it could take a few weeks to heal. And so David Montgomery likely to miss time on this Lions offense.

Jameerah Gibbs should have more opportunities. He should. It was very interesting in that Craig Reynolds is the next man up and he basically just came in and took Montgomery's job. They didn't go... Anecdotally, just watching the game, it didn't feel like they went

heavier Gibbs. It was, okay, Gibbs, you stay in your role and Craig Reynolds is now the David Montgomery for the team. That could certainly change with a week of planning and practice. All right. We also had Amon Ra. St. Brown got banged up a couple times.

Yeah. I think he's all right. Right foot, toe. Kept playing. He's tough. Never caught a pass after they looked at his toe and foot, though, in the third quarter. Oh, is that what happened?

Yeah, at least according to Matthew Betts, unless he's a liar. Odell Beckham Jr. exited with an ankle injury. They're saying not serious. They're saying minor, but something to monitor. Darnell Mooney exited with a knee injury. They're also saying not serious, probably not relevant to fantasy players. If you're wondering why Chase Claypool caught passes yesterday, that's because Darnell Mooney left the game.

Did you hear he publicly apologized to his team? Oh, I did? Coaching the players. Okay. Basically, they – I'll take that. They kind of said that if he ever does what he did in week one ever again, they're just going to shop him.

They will not find takers. Probably not. The concussion bug. Devontae Adams, Anthony Richardson, Jalen Waddell, and then Logan Thomas. And the Logan Thomas hit was from the exact same gentleman who knocked Jacoby Myers out with a concussion last week. Oh, seriously? So I hope he finds himself suspended because it was a ridiculous hit on Logan Thomas. And Logan Thomas managed to hold on to the football for the touchdown.

There were also players that exited the game and returned. He came at calf with a rib injury, went to the locker room, came back. Brandon Ayuk, shoulder injury. He was hurting. Yes, he was. I can't believe he came back because he came back and re-aggravated it and then came back again. Garrett Wilson got the wind knocked out of him.

Probably on that huge touchdown run. Yeah, he could have had another one or two. Chase Edmonds, grade two MCL sprain, going to miss time. It's for the Bucs. He got more time than people would have wanted. Yeah, he was kind of the second player up in front of Sean Tucker, but Rashad White had himself a bounce back game. He really did. So that's

he's over for a carry too. If Rashad White does what he did last week, then he will hold Dalton to the job. I don't think he's going to keep playing the Bears. Fair. Mike, you probably missed this, but Salvin Ahmed left with a groin injury. Sure. Did not play after the second quarter and Raheem Mostert had himself a day.

Mostert had a huge day, and Devon A-chain actually got into the game. I think he had two opportunities of carrying a target, but that will be something to monitor because if the Miami Dolphins are honest with themselves, you can't play Mostert like you played him this past week with with everything with the way that his body has broken down year after year after year you can't run him into the ground that way you've got to get other plays and players involved i still don't see

a path for a chain to consistent fantasy relevance outside of injury to most which is always a possibility yeah i'm not saying – But he could play the Ahmed role in future weeks, which could – that could end up being 28% to 35% of snaps. Yes. Yeah, and the hope is that he shows something that earns himself more time. Yeah, and they were one of the highest passing teams, so he can get involved in that element as well.

Any other news that we're missing? Anything breaking this morning from the Hat Club back there? Not yet. Not yet. Okay, that was today's News and Notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at USAA.com slash insurance. Let's take a quick break, and we'll be back with the studs and duds. At Wealthsimple, we're built for whatever you're building. Built for Jane, who wants to break into

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Time to talk studs. This week's Fantasy Stud Muffins. Well, I mentioned it earlier. And while we get into the studs, we're going to have some names that weren't kind of consensus high draft picks. And I felt like two weeks into the season, there's going to be loyalty-based start-set decisions for fantasy players going into week three.

For instance, Damian Pierce, he's had a rough two weeks. If you watch the football games, he's had no shot. I mean, this has been a guy hitting the backfield over and over again. What was the Houston offensive line situation? They were four of their five starters ended up being out for that game. Felt like five of five.

Yeah, C.J. Stroud was able to throw the ball, but when they tried to run the ball, that offensive line couldn't hold up whatsoever. And he's not heavily involved in the passing game. So someone like Damian Pierce who invested high draft capital on, you've got two disappointing weeks, and then you've got players that were lower draft capital or free agents.

Kyron Williams through two weeks has been great. Brian Robinson was the number one running back on the week, and he's a top five running back on the year now. Catching passes, scoring, heavily involved. When you look at that situation with Damian Pierce, are you taking a policy of bench and weight? Are you sticking with a guy like Damian Pierce? You have a higher draft capital option. Josh Jacobs, who

ran for negative yards, which is like the first time a rushing champ has done that in a long time. Kyron Williams is very interesting because of the Rams offense. They've looked great. They've looked very capable.

There was a lot of nerves from me with Puka. Let's see. Week one was incredible. Go after it. You have to chase that target from a player in his very first game ever, and you're going to play him in week two.

But I was kind of bracing for impact of expecting the worst, and it was even better for Puka. And then the same with Kyron Williams of what was the truth going to be with the actual split between him and Cam Akers? I mean, the beginning of the game kind of, or 10 minutes before the game, that became more clear, but the fact they had that success against the 49ers, I mean, the Rams have been very, very surprising. So it's looking at matchups and things like Damian Pierce.

Brian Robinson has been great for fantasy football. Next two weeks, Buffalo and then the Philadelphia Eagles. Buffalo's who Josh Jacobs just ran for negative yards. That's some difficult matchups here, but then it opens up Chicago, Falcons, Giants. So specifically Brian Robinson versus Pierce, that would be a tough decision but I don't see how you move on from Pierce so I think when we're taking a look at the guys we drafted and how we stick to it versus what we've seen the first two weeks we want to focus more on utilization and you know Josh Jacobs for

instance his utilization is incredible. He's still getting everything. He's getting targets. He's getting the snap counts. So I'm in. He is a trade for candidate to me right now. I would absolutely go and kick the tires for Josh Jacobs. Damian Pierce, on the other hand, has not – he has not crapped 50% of snaps

either week. So if this is a team when you're down and all of a sudden what we saw in preseason that seemed so enlightening and hopeful was that he was utilizing the passing game completely in the preseason and now when they and then when they've been down he hasn't been on the field they can't run with the offensive line so yeah like Brian Robinson for instance who you, in his own right, got three targets. It seems like he is at least somewhat involved in the passing game and was north of 50% snaps. I would rather play him than Damian Pierce for sure. All right, let's get into the quarterback studs and we can debate some of those decisions on the way. Daniel Jones, after being shut out in the first half with an interception and 62 passing yards, he went off in the second half.

26 for 37 on the game, 321-2. Ran for a touchdown on 59 rushing yards and nine carries. He had a great game in the second half. Yes. Like an entire game in the second half. That was great. 259-2 plus 58 yards and a rushing touchdown. Pass rate above expectation has led the way for the Vikings.

I think they're number one in football. 31 for 44, 364, and 4 for Kirk Cousins on Mike's bench. The number one quarterback in fantasy football right now. You're welcome. He is the number one quarterback, absolutely. You're welcome, everybody. Wow. How many of those points have you had, Mike?

Some. I played him in week one points have you had, Mike? Some. I played him in week one. Did you? Okay. Russell Wilson. The number three quarterback in fantasy football. You want to talk about a trade high. If people didn't watch the game, which I would blame no one for not watching that game.

Can we be honest? We left. We left the studio with about five minutes left in that game trying to Manders against the Broncos. Can we be honest? We left. We left the studio with about, what, five minutes left in that game trying to get home to the families? Yeah, I listened to it on the radio or whatever, but it's like, yeah, I don't need to watch the end of this game. We already knew what was going to happen. And if you have Russell Wilson in a two-quarterback league or something

and you can look to – he was awful. He had a great game, great fantasy. 50-yard Hail Mary touchdown at the end, really pads the stats. It does. But that offense is not fixed. Russell Wilson is not good. What if I tell you that Russell Wilson will be playing at Miami and then at Chicago?

I would say that that is a great thing to tell someone else when you're looking to unload. So you're out. I thought the deep passes were good in this game. I'm not out in the standpoint that Russell can't have good fantasy value. I'm out in the sense that I want to capitalize on this monster

game. I want to sell high on someone that might believe in the box score. You think he's on rosters? In two quarterback leagues, absolutely. I mean, he's starting for me in one of my two quarterback leagues. Of course. That makes sense. I was imagining a redraft league. In single quarterback

you'd be selling the waiver wire. Jalen Hurts, bounce back game. Offense doesn't look great. Doesn't matter. He's going to score when you give him one yard and a tush push. Josh Jobs, he had a good game. Offense doesn't look great. Doesn't matter. He's going to score when you give him one yard and a tush push. Josh Jobs, he had a good game. He did. Second half was rough.

Josh Allen, you expected this. 31 for 37. 274 and 3. Did not run the ball very much. Didn't need to. They crushed the Raiders. Geno Smith, bounced back game. There we go.

Hand in hand, we'll talk about Lockett, but I hope you didn't move away from one bad game from a great player because Lockett was outstanding. As was Jared Goff in the same matchup. 28 for 35 through his first interception in a long, long time

unfortunately, but has Atlanta next week. Lamar Jackson performed for fantasy. It's still somewhat difficult to watch the offense at times, but really he got it done. Mark Andrews helped, and he rushed for 54 yards. The news this morning is that Odell Beckham's injury will not affect his availability moving forward. And you would assume that Mark Andrews is going to get healthier and healthier.

He didn't look his same explosive self in that week from what I saw. But, yeah, I mean, the fact that around the goal line you've got a big target that can muscle his way in for a receiving touchdown like he did is fantastic. He played lower snaps than normal. This is also exciting to see. Next-gen stats talking about Justin Herbert's performance. Pushed the ball downfield like days of old. Averaged 10.8 air yards per attempt.

That's the most in a game since his rookie season. Nice! That's been the problem. You watch the games, and you want to see kind of, it feels strange to say for a young player, vintage Justin Herbert. You wanted to see those deep shots. Keenan Allen had a huge game in Justin Herbert. Looked really, really good.

Two touchdowns on those 10-plus air yard throws. And there's a lot of big names in this stud list in terms of players you invested draft capital on with Hurts and Allen and Smith and Jackson and Herbert. C.J. Stroud passed for 384 yards. When I heard someone say, because the Texans didn't have a great game and their offensive line was a complete backup line, when I heard them say, yeah, C.J. Stroud led the league in passing this week,

it's like, what? What? You check your stats, but 384 passing yards which will lead to i was gonna say our wide receiver studs nico is going to be talked about yeah brian robinson led the way 18 for 87 two rushing touchdowns two for 42 through the air and he's the rb3 in fantasy through two weeks and looked i mean he looks faster this year than he looked last year. He does, yes. Big challenge the next two weeks, but he's looked great.

DeAndre Swift, we talked about the Thursday night game. If you had to guess the split between Swift and Gainwell next – assuming Gainwell's back, what's your breakdown? I would guess Swift slightly more than Kenny Gable. Yeah, that's where I'm at. Raheem Mostert was 18 for 121-2 against the New England defense last night. He's the RB5 through two weeks of the season, and he's delivering. First part of the season was what he did last year as well.

If you watched the game last night, he talked about putting weight on, working towards durability, but right now he's the guy, and he's the only player to start in Miami. Yeah, and you keep starting him. He's got Denver coming up, which Denver has a very good defense, but if you look at this last week, they just gave up the number one game to Brian Robinson. So, Rayne Mostert, the nice thing is the Patriots have a good defense. The Patriots

bottled up Mostert on the majority of his runs, but when you've got a guy like Mostert who can just break away, if you give him that sliver of opportunity like he had, you're not going to catch up to him. Mostert's top end speed is just too fast. Kyron Williams, the big day, 14 for 52 and one on the ground, 10 targets to the air is the headline there, 6 for 48 and a touchdown. He also played 96% of snaps. There are options behind Kyron Williams if Akers is inactive. Is Royce Freeman? Ronnie and yeah Ronnie and uh Evans the rookie Evans but I think he might still be hurt yeah I mean this this is

the reason why Cam Akers was you know the the shot you were taking in the draft Evans was inactive you you see that the depth chart doesn't look great and that the offense could be good with Sean McVay and Stafford back and all that it just it's Kyron not Cam and 96 percent of snaps the only people that get something like that is usually CMC the guy on the other side yeah Christian McCaffrey had 100 percent of snaps for the first time did since 2019 no snaps for Elijah Mitchell I've been telling you if you bench Elijah Elijah Mitchell, he can't get hurt. Mike was complaining during this game. Yeah.

He used the phrase, like, where is Christian McCaffrey? And he's literally out there. He never left the field not one time. A meeting more of, like, three. He was mad when Debo got a handoff. Yeah. He got a couple in a row. He's like, why aren't you giving McCaffrey the ball?

You are so greedy. I think that there are many people out there who would agree with me. We all may have Christian McCaffrey on our team. The bigger complaint was the three targets. Come on. We gotta juice that up. Yeah, complain. 20 for 116 and 1. He had a full fantasy

day in the first five minutes of this one he's also scored in 11 consecutive games there there is something special about McCaffrey around the end zone you just expect it I mean 11 straight touchdowns that's if if he doesn't score a touchdown how angry are you going to be? Based on how Mike was angry at yesterday's game, very angry. That is correct. We have high expectations for our champ. You know who looked great was B. John Robinson, 19 for 1, 24 on the ground. And I don't think there was a player with a higher negative yards to expectation. What's the phrase?

Over expectation? Yeah. Negative 17 was Algiers' number. Yeah. And then Bijan Robinson had five targets, 48 yards on those targets, 124 on the ground, and he pretty much, in my opinion, Bijan won the game for them. Every play is so fun to watch him.

He makes something special. Even if it's like he gets a five yard run, that five yard run, if he, if that's what he ended the play with was five yards, should have stopped four yards ago. Cause he always ends up doing something special. He looks so explosive, so good. And do not worry that this right here, 124 rushing yards, 48 receiving yards. Do not worry about Algier. Algier had 16 carries they are going to run the ball so much it is disgusting. I think they ran the ball as many plays or

close to as many plays as the Green Bay Packers offense had the whole game and this is why I don't necessarily think that the Falcons are a defensive target because Arthur Smith is keeping his offense on the field an absurd amount Yeah and to run the ball yes yes slowly methodically and then beautifully when Bijan's the ball carrier all

right here are some names that uh well they they had some tough week, or at least Rashad White did. 17 for 73 and a touchdown. Five targets. Solid game. Philly next week. Are you trading Rashad White high, Mike? Probably not just because of 72% of snaps, that amount of work. 17 carries with five targets. There are very few running backs that get that. I will absolutely be trading high because the week prior, he also got that.

He was 79% of snaps, 19 opportunities. So, Mike, you're not trade high. Jason, you are. Tell me, who are you able to trade Rashad White for? Well, I mean, I would have to look at a list of players. Would you trade him for Damian Pierce? Yeah, absolutely. I think Damian Pierce is actually a talented player.

Yeah, I do think that Damian Pierce? Yeah, absolutely. I think Damian Pierce is actually a talented player. Yeah, I do think that Damian Pierce is talented, but his situation is going to be bad. I mean, it's going to be rough for Rashad White against the Philadelphia Eagles this upcoming week. And then the Saints, and then a bye week. I think a month from now you're going to have said, man, I wish I traded him after his week two good game. Perhaps.

Zach Moss played, I believe, 98% of snaps, 18 for 88 and a touchdown, four targets. Mike started the week. Zach Moss, he did what we hoped he would do. Everyone on my timeline just wants to know. They just want to know how I feel. And I feel great. I feel so great. Well, he did not turn out to be the difference between a win or a loss for you,

which he very well could have. I had a nice win over Owl back there. How's that feel? How's that taste? Bringing that up. You weren't worried, but then you got shellacked. He did talk a lot of crap leading up to the weekend. I didn't talk a lot, but I did say I was not worried about your team,

and I did lose. And then I went to find that post where you weren't worried, and I found it deleted. I'm not letting you get those receipts. Those are better receipts. I found your shredded documents. You did find the shredded documents. But as far as Zach Moss going forward he's gonna be the dude

he is absolutely going to receive a ton of work it's gonna be a very Rashad White situation now I obviously this last week I traded him I'm happy he's not on my team he's not talented but he was good he was a good start he was in my DraftKings lineup we recommended him you know we told people to start him Mike it was your start of the week going forward five a carry I don't think well right because it was the Houston Texans the like historically worst rush defense from last year has carried over to this year they're giving up tons of rushing touchdowns I don't think that that is going to continue going forward as far as efficiency and and good performance but he will be a volume play. Probably, I think a flex option, very similar to Rashad White to me going forward. Here's a player that's difficult to know what to do. James Cook was 17 for one 23, four targets. He's going to keep getting the targets in this offense and yet maybe it's greed but i was really hoping

for more from james cook and unfortunately it's played out in some ways as as the fears in some of our minds have have said that like james cook plays explosively and then he comes out inside the 15, inside the 10. And it was Latavius Murray, and it was Damian Harris on those high-value touches. And yet, this was a big week for James Cook, and he's certainly capable of doing this on the regular. Yeah, and I think a lot of people are going to say to themselves, well, maybe he'll get involved, maybe he'll prove himself

and get the red zone opportunities the goal line looks that's not going to happen he it's stupid I I don't understand why you take your efficient players off the field in the red zone just for a big-bodied guy but that's what's happening that's what's happened from training camp on and that will be what continues to happen when they get around the goal line James Cook isn't going to score touchdowns that doesn't mean he's going to have zero he'll score from outside of the 15 a couple times. He had two 10 zone, no five zone. Right. Yeah. When they get down on the goal line, he's not in the game, which is dumb and isn't going to change, but he's still a great... This is an offense that you want a piece of, and I think

he's a really good play going forward. RB11 on the week. James Cook on 50. He played exactly 59% of snaps for each week. Kenneth Walker, two touchdowns. Wasn't efficient on the ground, but that was enough. And Derrick Henry, 25 carries for Derrick Henry. He's a trade for target to me. Oh, really? Okay. Because I know you were swapping on him, but no, I'm looking to pick him up.

The snaps went up. Yeah, midway through that game, you saw like an almost even carry count between Tajay Spears. We talked week one, Tajay Spears out-snapped him, but Tajay Spears wasn't really involved in getting carries. He only had three carries. And then this last week yesterday, it was like, oh, man, they're giving Tajay Spears work.

They're handing the ball off to him. He ended up man, they're giving Tajay Spears work. They're handing the ball off to him. He ended up with 10 total opportunities Tajay did. So you're not afraid of Derrick Henry losing work to Tajay? No, no. I think that you can have Derrick Henry be great and more balance in the snap count. Those two things can be true. I would try not to have Ryan Tannehill throw the ball with his arm very often. I think Derrick Henry is a player where I'm targeting the volume, and I think he's going to be 20-plus carries. I still have fears of the game script. It was a weird offensive output for Tennessee.

We were talking how poor they were and of course Ryan Tannehill hits the big uh pass play right directly after that which I believe turned into the Henry touchdown but like against Cleveland is Cincinnati are they going to be capable not sure but I think that there will be it's going to be hot and cold with Derrick Henry. It's not going to be every single week you're really happy like we're used to. Connor and Pollard, big games. At the wide receiver position, Keenan Allen, 8 for 111 and 2. Oh, baby. The benefactor of no Austin Eckler was not Joshua Kelly.

It was Keenan Allen. Joshua Smelly. Yeah. Joshua Kelly was on the field a ton. It was Keenan Allen. Joshua Smelly. Yeah. Joshua Kelly was on the field a ton. He was the guy running routes. He got, I think, one target. Mike Evans, eight targets, six catches, 171 yards. Going beast mode.

And one touchdown. And a loss. Oh, Mike Evans. I thought we were talking to Mike Williams. I'm still on Keenan Allen and the chargers and the fact that they lost this game to the Tennessee unbelievable. I would apologize to the chargers fans, but they're just, there aren't any Mike Evans, 171 receiving yards bucks to an old baby Baker looks great. I enjoyed watching him play football. Could you imagine if the touchdown that he dropped last week? I mean, Mike Evans has absolutely dominated.

Great call, Andy. I was a little skeptical. Through two weeks, Mike Evans has 237 receiving yards, only fourth behind Justin Jefferson, Puka Nakua, and Tyreek Hill. And he plays the Eagles this coming week, which the Eagles secondary is super banged up, and they've been

exploited by Mack Jones and Minnesota, so don't be afraid of Philly right now. Puka Nakua had 20 targets. Unbelievable. Oh, yes, baby. Against the 49ers, he went 15 for 147. He has the most wide receiver targets through two games in a start to a career ever. He was targeted on 40% of his routes.

He seems to be teleporting to open spots on the field. Nothing he does appears anything more than reliable. I watched him play, and that's not to take anything away from him, but everything he does seems so routine. He runs the route. He's open. He catches it. He runs the route.

He's open. This is not Tyreek Hill flashing down the field. This is just all reliable puka. It reminds me of two great players, Cooper Cup, Travis Kelsey, where it's like, I just don't understand. It's just they're always wide open and everyone knows. You know where the ball's going. Why can't defense guard these guys? It's because they're just smart football players that know how to get open they don't measure that at the combine we talked about this yesterday in the studio this is what made Wes

Welker a great football player so it made Julian Edelman a great football player you don't measure this sense of like you run a 40 and you do a vertical jump but you don't do something where like the player runs a route against the zone defense and detects where the quarterback, and flows with the quarterback from side to side, or makes himself reliable in that way, and those are players that can sneak through in the draft. And then all of a sudden, you're like,

well, he ran a 4-7. Who cares? He looked exhausted. Oh, he did. He had to be. On the last few catches, his body language was like, please stop throwing me the – Have you seen his hands? They're bruised.

He's like, I'm so tired of being tackled. Can we please throw the ball to somebody else? And then he tried to throw it to Van Jefferson, and it didn't work. So they threw it to Puka. No, they did not. Puka looks like a league winner right now. Yeah, he looks incredible. He just has the one wrinkle where when Cooper Cupp returns, what does it look like for Puka looks like a league winner right now. Yeah, he looks incredible. He just has the one wrinkle where when Cooper Cupp returns,

what does it look like for Puka Nakua? Because 2-2 Atwell looks good too. 2-2 looks very, very good. That's the only concern is that when Cooper Cupp comes back, who is going to be the wide receiver too? Who's going to be in the Robert Woods role? And to me, I think it's going to be Puka. Puka has the body for it.

He looks very similar to Robert Woods is another And to me, I think it's going to be Puka. Puka has the body for it. He looks very similar to Robert Woods is another one of those players. It's just such a good route runner and knows where to go, at least when he was younger. Here's the wild thing, too. When you talk about streaming quarterbacks, and we didn't bring him up because he only threw one touchdown on the year.

But Matthew Stafford is over 60% completion, over 300 yards a game. So against the 49ers, he put up 300 yards. When you bring Cooper Cutback and you have Puka Nakua and you have Tutu Atwell and you have Kyron Williams in the passing game and Higby and Van Jefferson. The offensive line seems to be protected. Oh, my gosh, they are.

He's barely been sacked. So big surprise there. Credit to Sean McVay, credit to Matthew Stafford, and credit to, what is it, Les Snead that drafted Pukunukuwa where they did. Nico Collins, 7 for 146. It's not just Nico. Nico had an amazing game, 7 for 146 with the tutty. But Tank Dell, with Noah Brown being inactive for the game,

Tank Dell was, I think he was, in terms of snaps, was the number one wide receiver. He played on 79% of the snaps. He saw 10 targets, got seven catches for 72, and the score. Tank Dell, dude, he was a round three draft pick. I think that we need to pay attention that Tank Dell might be a real thing too considering the game script that's going to be going on here for the Houston Texans. They couldn't run the ball, and then their defense lets points happen,

so C.J. Stroud and company have to throw a bunch. What's crazy is he didn't play the most wide receiver snaps. That actually was Robert Woods up at 86%. Who had a good week last week. He had nine targets, six for 74. And honestly, he stepped out of bounds on a play where he was running down the sideline for a bomb touchdown. Yeah, so I think Nico's leading the way there

because he's the one that's got the highest probability of scoring. But all three of those guys had relevant weeks, and Nico helped my fantasy faceoff roster tremendously. Yeah, he was a great play. T. Higgins, Jason's start of the week, two touchdowns, 8 for 89, bounce back performance on 12 targets. If for some reason Joe Burrow's not out there, Higgins and Chase are going to be depressing discussions

in terms of starting them next week against the Rams, which I'm sure people will do, but it's going to fall into that Garrett Wilson category where people were making the start of the decision with Garrett Wilson this past week who managed to have the big play, but that's a tough one when you don't have confidence in the quarterback. Lockett, Devontae Smith, Josh Reynolds, CeeDee Lamb. Yeah, huge weeks for all of them.

What do you do with Josh Reynolds? I imagine he's still on people's waiver wires right now. We're talking Detroit Lions wide receiver. Week one, it wasn't a huge fantasy day, but it was 4 for 80. This past week was 5 forfor-66, two touchdowns. You have Amon Ross St. Brown who might be a little bit banged up. I mean, is Josh Reynolds a – does he have flex appeal until the Jamison Williams suspension is up?

Yeah, I mean, flex I think is right. He's a player you can throw in there and in the right matchup. We know when they're home against a winnable matchup that there's going to be, you know, what are the Lions usually put up in those kind of good matchups? Near 30 points? Yeah. So, yeah, if you've got a 30-point game, I'm fine with Reynolds in there, but he's not more than just a spot flex.

Do you believe in Marvin Mims after he had five total routes, and yet on the five routes two for 113 and it touched him this believe he's a great player but so upsetting is this fool's gold people competing for Mims on the free agent market this week so I mean this is just it's very simple you need to be aware that he was not on the field a lot he was not getting a ton of targets but on the flip side he is a rookie target run baby he is a rookie who is absolutely outstanding like this is the reason you know we kind of I talked him up I had him dropped him unfortunately after week one and then he goes uh goes ham uh on two receptions but uh

I think you can pick him up and hope he gets more snaps going forward but you can't pick him up and start him I don't think reliably you can't pick him up and start him, I don't think, reliably. You can't start a guy who just had five total routes in the game. If your team is looking solid, like you're really confident in your starters and you have some depth, Marvin Mims is a good stash player. Here's a fun stat. Deebo Samuel averages 1.27 fantasy points per rush attempt in his career, where CMC is at.68, Chubb is.75.

He was involved in the running game. Five for 38, Natasha down six for 63 through the air. They missed him on two deep bombs that he could have produced, so that was nice to see. Gabe Davis, bounce back game, six for 92, and a touchdown. Gabe the babe. And Christian Kirk. Well, okay well okay 14 targets 11 for 110 thanks thank you jackson but what what is happening here a a great game 11 for 110 uh zay jones he was

the only good performance on the entire roster etn they're all duds zay jones did miss some time in the second quarter he came back it's hard to hard to know if that injury that he sustained in the second was affecting him throughout the second half. And this was a wild game for the passing offense. There was at least three, if I'm remembering correctly, there was at least three one-foot end zone catches. And that did not turn into two passing touchdowns for Trevor Lawrence. There was at least three one-foot end zone catches, and that did not turn into two passing touchdowns for Trevor Lawrence.

So if you're looking at Lawrence upset with the box score, I get it. You want your guy to come through, but he was just a fraction away from a monster game. Yeah, there should have been three touchdowns, and it applies to the other players too. Jose Jones had one where they called it a monster game. Yeah, there should have been three touchdowns. And it applies to the other players too. Zay Jones had one where they called it a touchdown, I think, at first. Calvin Ridley should have had a touchdown. They were just teeny close.

So don't go away from the Jags. Tight end performances this week. Hawkinson, Henry, Mark Andrews, and Travis Kelsey. And then you saw a nice week from Darren Waller. So, some of the big names performing for you this week. Hunter Henry looked good, Mike, start of the week. And then, like I said, Hawkinson, the two touchdowns.

So let's talk about some of those disappointments. Pooped in his big boy pants. Well, you just talked about him. Trevor Lawrence, very disappointing uh just completed about 50 of his passes and uh 216 no touchdowns it was the only game i think that didn't hit the over it was yeah there might maybe there was two but yeah the over bounce back in a huge way tua he had 15 fancy points in the first half he had 14 for the game so the second half it was a lot of Raheem Mostert it was a lot of preserving a lead and uh they did a good job of basically

containing big plays down the field at least to Tyreek 21 for 30 241 and one it was tough because this matchup didn't look juicy for Tua you also dealt with Jalen Waddell in and out of the lineup. If Tua doesn't have both of those guys, it's a problem. Yeah, and he might not have Waddell next week. We need to pay attention to that. And in an effort to maybe start a new tradition here, I am going to give each of you a panic alarm. Okay.

And you can have one per week in the duds. Here's mine. Justin Fields. Justin Fields was absolutely... Justin Fields was impossible to watch play football. It was so frustrating to watch him sit in the pocket, staring at receivers, having plenty of time for protection of,

dude, somebody. Unload the ball. Someone has to be open. Throw the football. I think the first drive, it was like, hey, we need to get DJ Moore involved. He snaps the ball, throws it to DJ Moore. I think he threw it to him three times on that drive. Two big plays.

And DJ Moore had a good day. Has a rushing touchdown. And you think, oh, we're back, baby. And then apparently just forgot how to. He just held. He holds onto the ball in disgusting fashion. Yeah. Yeah, it's impossible to watch the depression among Bears fans.

I have heard it. I understand it. And I know that Matthew Betts said, I think, on the DFS show, like, he's not sure this is going to be your quarterback next year. And I'm not sure he's going to be – Yeah, for the Bears. Yeah. Well, I mean, Justin Fields, if you, two design runs on the season,

it was just really, really hard to watch. And if you don't, we hoped he'd make the Jalen Hurts ascension as a quarterback. You give him an elite weapon in DJ Moore, but what we should have known is that the curse of DJ Moore is stronger than the potential of Justin Fields. Yeah, I would agree with that. And,

and here's the thing. He was as bad of an NFL quarterback as you have ever watched. It was mind blowing. He had a play on his own goal line that was, let me lob it to a defender and let him just walk in for a touchdown. Yep. Absolute travesty. Still scored about 15 fantasy points.

Not good enough. But his rushing baseline, for fantasy purposes, he's still okay. And you know his monstrous upside. I don't want to play him next week against Kansas City and that's that's fine you don't have to but I am I I'm I'm not out on Justin Fields from fantasy I am absolutely devastated to see that he like we know through two weeks he's not taking the leap as a passer not this year they have lost 12 consecutive games and they don't i don't think he's got garbage time passing capability so it's concerning it's very concerned i'm not saying that i mean look i i went out on record last week and said start of the week he's gonna be great started the game went to dj moore scored on a rushing touchdown

i don't know how he had three rushing yards because I'm pretty sure that rushing touchdown was like 15 yards. No, it was just a yard. Oh, it was? Yeah. And that's why he has three rushing yards. It was a really big boot, Mike. He ran backwards.

It was a long yard. Yes, in terms of how far he actually ran was probably about 15. Al, you have Justin Fields, panic level. What is it? Pretty high, actually. We're sitting here looking Al, you have Justin Fields. Panic level. What is it? Pretty high, actually. We're sitting here looking at the waiver options right now. Oh, man. Yeah, I mean, it's not good, and you can blame whatever you want,

but Justin Fields looks like the problem right now. Speaking of problems. Brees Hall had four carries, nine yards. Dalvin Cook had four carries, seven yards. Four carries? How do you give Brees Hall four carries? Brees Hall went on Twitter and just tweeted out four football emojis

dot dot dot. So he wasn't happy with only four carries. Obviously still looked explosive when given the opportunity. What happened was this game got away from the Jets kind of expectedly and then they couldn't keep hiding their quarterback,

and they had to let him throw the ball to the Cowboys. You're already seeing the cracks start to form. I mean, Sauce Gardner deleted his Twitter afterwards. Chris Hall tweeted. I mean, when players are going public with complaints in week two when you were 1-0, they don't feel like they have a chance to win with Zach Wilson because they don't have a chance to win with Zach Wilson yep that's why that's the fundamental reason why Josh Jacobs two uh nine carries for negative two rushing yards

still had six targets five from 51 you had Jacoby Myers out with the concussion you've got Devante Adams dealing with the concussion. Concern level for Josh Jacobs? I'm a little bit concerned with the overall offense taking a downgrade without Derek Carr. I think he will not get back to what he was last year, but I am confident in his usage. Like I said, I would be trading for Josh Jacobs right now. He is absolutely not going to be in the duds on a weekly basis he's he's getting elite utilization concern for uh well etn had a down week but tank bigsby had a worse week he did not get a carry he did not get a target but it was actually about the same utilization as the week

prior about the same snaps uh about the same snap percentage and he didn't get many carries the week prior either it was just around the goal line he got a touchdown last week that kind of saved him he is a uh a wait and see behind Travis Etienne right now but they the coaching staff did say that they were going to bring Tank Bigsby along a little bit slower to start the season this would be slow I would say zero opportunities is pretty slow. Next week against Houston will be very interesting. Obviously, Travis Etienne will be a must, must, must start, but you could see Tank Bigsby, if they get up to a big

lead, you could see him actually start getting involved next week. Let me blow your mind. I thought something happened to Etienne, injury-wise in the game. I heard that, but I couldn't... I can't find anything about it right now, but I remember something going on that he got shook. Maybe he just went out and came back in.

Let me blow your mind. All right. Damian Pierce gained 38 yards after contact in week two. Okay? Yeah, that makes sense. Damian Pierce finished with 31 rushing yards. Wow. Let's say that again.

Damian Pierce gained 38 yards after contact in week two. That's great. Damian Pierce finished with 31 total rushing yards. He was contacted behind the line of scrimmage all game long. So, I mean, it's encouraging to me that C.J. Stroud could move the offense with the passing game. Sure. Because they did get in the red zone. He did not score.

He will. I mean, at some point in time, and that may save some weeks for you, but they have offensive line issues. They have scheme issues. They need more inventive ways to get the ball into Damian Pierce's hands where he is not being hit four yards behind the line of scrimmage. I found at ETN he had the cramps. Like tummy? I don't know. He had the cramps. Like tummy?

I don't know. It just says cramps. I did see your tweet of Mike McDaniel sprinting off of the field. Very delightful, Mike. I'll leave it there. Josh Kelly, 13 for 39, and a big wet fart for your fantasy team. Like I said, one target. 79% of the snaps.

Turns out he's not Eckler. He was the guy. The pixie dust that he had in week one, it seems to have worn off. Let's talk about wide receiver does. Tell me if you need a panic alarm for any of these guys. Jamar Chase, Calvin Ridley. No. AJ Brown.

No. Jerry Judy's first game back. I wouldn't worry about it yet. I'm not excited about Jerry Judy at all. DeAndre Hopkins, 4 for 40. Jahan Dotson, 3 for 33. Hopkins also had the ankle injury all week. He was not a full-time player.

What do you make of the Dotson situation? He ran more routes than anybody on the team yet again. I'm really upset with how they're utilizing Dotson so far through two weeks. I feel like it's all the shortest little routes that like the little dink and dunks where he's getting targets. His yards per catch are eight and seven point three, which is not that type of player. We've seen him down the field. That's Michael Pittman last year. Absolutely. It's worse.

Please be enemy. Just use Dotson down the field. He's getting the targets. He's just not getting valuable targets. So I am concerned with Dotson, but, you know, TBD. Kyle Pitts. Kyle Pitts had five targets, two for 15. Guess what?

I don't care. Because this is all that happens with Mr. Arthur Smith. There is no potential for him. Through two weeks last year, 10 targets, four catches, 38 yards. This year, eight targets, four catches, 59 yards. They're 2-0. They don't care about your fantasy team. Desmond Ritter's really not that good of a quarterback.

He ended the game, the week, with a decent fantasy game. But if you watched. That's what I mean. He's not good. Well, but Taylor Heineke is waiting. Yeah, why in the world would they put Taylor Heineke in when they're 2-0? Just saying. At some point throughout, it's a long season.

And if teams figure out how to fully shut down Desmond Ritter, then a stretch could happen. I got a spoiler alert for you. Taylor Heineken's going to throw the ball 17 times. Yeah, it might be better. I mean, Kyle Pitts is a cut to me. How did Drake London not make it into the studs? What happened here?

That's because your sliding scale of studs is six for 60. Let me check the numbers. I think it was six for 60. Is that a stud? It is for the Falcons. Six for 67 with a touchdown, man. That's a stud. There's a lot of six for 60s and touchdowns, though, this week.

Is there? Yeah, I mean, I have about 15 fantasy points. Wide receiver 19. Jason, is that a stud? 19, Curly. No, that's not a stud. We don't talk about the wide receiver 19 on a week who will be lower than that.

I mean, it's a good performance. You're happy with Drake London, but it's not a weekly stud. So I'm not sitting here to just dunk on the Kyle Pitts situation. I want to know your actual fantasy opinion. Oh, Kyle Pitts, I would be moving along. Yeah, Kyle Pitts should be hitting waivers. Dallas Godd it through two weeks

has been a huge disappointment we got a new offense there are you concerned about Goddard moving forward uh I'm not super concerned because I still believe in the offense obviously Dallas Goddard is talented we've seen him for a long time they made an effort to get him involved seven targets somehow ended up with only 22 yards it was kind of like what we just said with dots and everything was like a screen to him um i'm not i'm not very concerned kiddo higby and schultz uh yeah higby is uh not relevant higby is absolutely someone that i like that would be if he's worthy of a red alert that would be mine just because i thought he was going to be someone that was a PPR machine this season.

Puka has made him irrelevant. Yeah, when you get 20 targets to one player, it's tough. Dalton Schultz, we don't even need to put him on this list anymore. You need to have big pants. George Kittle, that one was disappointing considering how Iyuk was kind of banged up. You thought maybe George Kittle will get more involved, but nope. Anybody else you want to talk about in the duds? I don't think so.

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