The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Dr Roto Joins Giving His Perspective For NFL Week #2

Episode Date: September 12, 2025

Dr Roto Joins Giving His Perspective For NFL Week #2

an ass. That's right, Dr. Roto. Me taking a certain Arizona Cardinal quarterback in the eighth round was pure genius. Would you not agree? Are you giving yourself the self-high-five? Correct. I am. Yes, sir. Yeah, week one, victory laps and fantasy always work out, right, Dr. Roto? They do, they do. You know, it's so funny. You know, you prepare for your fantasy draft, and then week one, your team goes into the crapper. And then you're ready to throw it all in. And then, you know what, week two, Two, everything regulates. So by the time it's like week four, you know, Jamar Chase, if he goes for like 120 yards and two touchdowns this week,

we'll say, oh, yeah, he's got 160 yards and two touchdowns on the season. He's having a great season. So you've got to take everything with a big chunk of salt. All right. Last night, good game, not a spectacular, but a good game. Tell me about the sophomore slumps because we had one here in Houston, Texas last year with C.J. Stroud. Are you anticipating that for Jane Daniels this year?

Well, I mean, look, you lose awesome. to Neckler and that's a horrible injury. It's a problem. They have a lot. I mean, Green Bay Packers defense, this is a good team. I mean, they made the lines look bad. They made the commanders look bad. So this is a tough one.

And the Giants defense is actually a very good pass rush. So I think it's too soon to say that Daniels is struggling. I think what I saw yesterday was there were a lot of opportunities for him to run that he chose not to. And he took a lot of these short outlet passes versus, you know, challenging the defense a little bit so hopefully he'll be more aggressive in the coming weeks. All right. Now let's get to this weekend's action.

Again, the week one overreaction is certainly in place. So let's give us a couple of names that probably disappointed you last week that people should not be hitting the panic bonnet on at this point. How about every star receiver, A.J. Brown. How about Jamar Chase? How about T. Higgins? I mean, Brian Thomas Jr. had a touchdown, but it was a rushing touchdown. Who saw that one?

Who had that in their bingo card? Malik neighbors. So look, if you drafted running backs in the early, you probably loved your games and your teams last week. If you drafted wide receivers, you're hating it. I think it's a switch. It all flips this week. And a greatest example that would be you're talking about heavy on the Cincinnati wide receivers, I'm assuming. Oh, yeah. I mean, that game, I can't imagine that Chase doesn't score and Chase doesn't score and Brian Thomas doesn't score. I mean, it feels like a game that should be wide open and high scoring. All right. Brock Purdy, not playing for the Niners this week. How does that impact them at New Orleans?

I mean, luckily, they're at New Orleans, so they still should be able to win that one. Mack Jones has played in the NFL before. It's not like he's a rookie in his first start. I don't think they'll be great, but Mac Jones is a solid backup in this league. Here's what you do. You throw the ball to Christian McCaffrey. You throw the ball to Ricky Pierce all. I mean, you don't have Kittle.

Joanne Jennings right now is not a definite that he's going, but if he does, I think that'll certainly help. They should win because they're more talented, but it's going to be a lot closer than people. If you've got a question for Dr. Roto, we'll have that in segment two of this show. 713-212-5-790. 7-1-3-212-5-790 for your Dr. Roto questions. I'm going to say you were surprised that Aaron Rogers threw four touchdowns. I think the entire world was. How does he back that up this week at home in his debut for the Steelers against the Seattle Seahawks?

I was shocked at that whole game. I mean, that Vegas had that game at like, what, 37 and a half points or 38 and a half points. exploded to over 60. The Steelers couldn't stop the run. The Jets couldn't stop anything. Look, Rogers only threw for 244 yards, but he did have the four touchdowns. I mean, the Steelers are going to do what the Steelers like to do. They want to run the football, and Rogers will throw effectively. I think D.K. Metcalf has fully incentivized to score against his old team. I would give Rogers maybe like 240 and two touchdowns this week. I don't think you're winning fantasy leagues because of him, but you're certainly not going to lose it either. Miami's implosion last week was

I mean, big time around the NFL. People worried about the future of the coaching staff there. Are they going to have a rough season? What were your thoughts going in and have things dramatically changed after watching them get destroyed by the Colts last week? Well, I think I may have mentioned this in one of the times we've spoken that I think Mike McDaniel could be the first coach fired. I think Chris Greer could be the first GM fired. I think this week is it. Really, it's it because they were embarrassed last week.

if you can't play better at home against the Patriots, you're in big trouble. Now, I think they're going to have a better week. I do. I think Tyreek Hill will have a better week. If not, that guy is going to get traded at some point because he doesn't want to be there. So I think the shock call that I'm going to give you of the weekend

is I think Miami is going to maybe probably win this game and hang on a little bit because if they don't and the Patriots pull this out, McDaniel doesn't make it to week five. Wow. Is that just philosophical? Is that just the team isn't very good? I mean, there's going to, you know, Tyreek Hill's already grumpy and got some issues. They're off the field with him as well.

I mean, are we sitting Miami players because of this? Well, look, I think you're playing a Chan. You're playing Tyreek and you're playing Waddle. That's it. I don't think you can play too in confidence. He looked terrible last week. I mean, they don't even have a tight end to speak of. I mean, they got rid of Jonu Smith to bring in Darren Waller, and Waller's not

even playing and their defense looks slow. I mean, this team is just mismanaged and a mess. But that's the key word there. This team looks slow out there. The Colts scored on every offensive possession. I mean, giant fans have to be wondering, was Daniel Jones this good and they just never realized it? I mean, it was crazy what happened last week. Are we surprised about the slow offensive start for the Lions last week at Green Bay? That's a really great question. Right now, I'm going to chalk it up to the Green Bay Packer defense being exceptional. But lines look stale. Jamir Gibbs had 10 catches for 30 yards.

They just, their offense wasn't clicking there. Their offensive line is not what it used to be. So I am cautious right now. Chicago played well enough to beat Minnesota. They didn't, but they played well. And if anybody knows the Lions, it's Ben Johnson. But I think this should be a week that Jared Gough at home could always trust that. Amal Ross St. Brown should have a big week.

So I'm still on the lines and still feel that the better team, but I'm slightly concerned. Great friend of the show, Ross Villarreal is not going to have the Brock Purdy-led Niners this week. He went and got Trevor Lawrence as his starting quarterback this week. How do you think he will fare at Cincinnati? This is why Ross has gone back to back to back to back. I mean, that's just going to pick up this week. Oh, Lord. You know what happened last week?

Browns deserve to win that game. If they had a kicker, they would have won that game. So what the Browns did was they dominated time of possession. Liam Cohen is going to do the same exact thing. So I'm going to give you a player. First of all, everybody knows what E-T-N did. Basial Tutin, T-U-T-E-N. Watch this guy.

They traded Tank Bigsby. Bigsby is now with the Eagles. Tootin is the primary backup. Bigsby had 12 touches last week. I think he has Biggsby's touches this week. and I think he does pretty well. Puka Nakua, 130 yards on 10 catches against the Texans defense. That's a good defense, as you know.

Will he put up similar numbers not necessarily every week? But is this going to be a go-to guy, especially as they go to Tennessee this week? Yeah, there are people in my industry who think Puka could end up this year as the number one wide out in fantasy. And you see why? He's just a target monster. I mean, why doesn't he go eight for 80 every week?

There's no reason. The only problem you ever have with him is it feels like every time he goes down, you wonder, is this guy getting up? I mean, he gets smashed in the head, concussion. You know, if he played 17 weeks, guys should have 144 receptions. That's how good he is. Now, what I love about Devante Adams is that Adams is that guy that they really didn't use the cup that same way last year because he was a slot receiver. I think, you know, third and six, you go to Adams for seven. I love Kyron Williams this week.

love Kyron. Kiron scoring a touchdown this week, and I love Puka this week. All right, time now for the Rossville, Real obligatory question of the week. Okay. Some guys that we weren't expecting to perform well did last week. I want to know if they can keep it up in your mind. I'm going to give you three names. Daniel Jones, Giovante Williams, and Quentin Johnson.

All right. Daniel Jones, I actually like, but not this week. I think he's in an offense that's suited for him with a lot of talent. around him with a decent offensive line and a coach who believes in him. So I know this is going to sound really random, but I've got a friend, you know the friend of a friend story. My friends, like buddy, works at, you know, MetLife Stadium. So he's like a security guard there. He could tell you for a fact that Daibald hated Daniel Jones, hated him. So, I mean, when you know that your coach hates your guts, that you're not going to play well. Indianapolis brought him in for a reason

because Anthony Richardson's not very good. I think Jones will suffer this week because they're playing, they're playing Denver, but on the whole, I kind of like him. Javante Williams is in a good spot. Jane Blu's probably not going to be activated yet again. Pretty good matchup against the Giants. He's obviously their number one guy. I'm fine with him. Quentin Johnston, I think that's way more luck than skill.

This is a guy who drops a lot of passes. I know he caught them last week, but give me Ladd-McConkey. Give me Keenan Allen. Those are the two guys I want on the Chargers.