The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Dr Roto Joins With His Week #2 Predictions

Episode Date: September 18, 2026

Dr Roto Joins With His Week #2 Predictions  

This is Matt and Ross in the morning. Turned out to be a big. Who's I really? It is the fastest 30 minutes to major market radio. We say hello to our good friend. Dr. Roto on Sports Talk 790. You have any questions for the good doctor? Get them lined up at 713-212-5-790.

Well, the Buffalo Bill defense, or so the Buffalo Bill's offense had very little issues. Rorto last week against the Texans. They had little problems against trade. if you have not grabbed a bill at this point for free agency, you have to go grab one, correct? Well, you might have to grab a receiver because DJ Moore could be missing some time as well. But, you know, I always felt like the bills

when Dalton King K is healthy, and he hasn't always been healthy, Mee. The bills are a different team because he just is explosive. He plays almost more like a receiver than a tight end. So when you have him, of course, you have the great Josh Allen, you know, Super Josh puts on his cape

and does all these crazy crazy things. And then James Cook finds these running lanes. So even though the Bill's defense is not very good, they don't have to be so long as the offense looks like this. Let's get to the NFL slate some games of interest to me. Look, the Panthers scored a boltload of points. They also gave up a bunch. 37 is really good for us.

Fantasy owners of Panther players. Bezon Robinson in a big game for the Falcons. It feels like if you got players for either side, you could have some fun in Atlanta this Sunday. You would think so, but this has this game at 43.5 points, which is lower than I would have thought. I would have thought this would be a 45 or a 46 spot. Jalen Coker is expected to go. He's got an injured ankle.

He was fantastic last week. I think this game is really about John Robinson. I mean, he is clearly the best player on the board, right? So in terms of if Carolina can't stop him like they couldn't stop Menangai or D'Andre Swift, I mean, the Falcons didn't do a bad job against Pittsburgh last week. I know Cooper Rush didn't look good, but they shanked like three field goals. So that game could have been a whole lot closer and maybe a different outcome. I think the key is you've got to get Drake London involved.

There was no Drake London siding. He was on a milk carton. You're not winning games in the NFL if your best receiver is not catch in football. I did mention the 59 points that gave up. The Bears are home this week for the Vikings. That's obviously a one-off because teams don't score an early 16 NFL, but how explosive do you think the Bears' offense will be this year overall? Yeah, they're going to be explosive.

But Ben Johnson, some coaches, you know, when they get up in a game, they pull back the reins a little bit. I'll ruin the ball more. I don't think Ben Johnson feels that way. I feel like he's going to let his team go. The amazing thing about last week is that Colston Loveland had two targets and didn't have a catch. And they did all that damage. Now, here's the thing about this week. Kylo and Mari was terrible.

In the five minutes he played, it was five minutes too many. Carson Wentz came on that field and he looked pretty good. I think Minnesota is going to shock this week. Aaron Jones is going to play. Jordan Mason is on the IR. Watch this kid Claiborne from Wake Forest. I think he's going to get involved too. I like Wence.

I like Aaron Jones a ton. I think T.J. Hawkinson finds the end zone as well. I think this is the highest scoring game of the league. Jaguars had a layup last week in beating the Cleveland Browns, the Broncos disappointed at Kansas City on Monday night. Jaguar is going against a much better defense in what they saw the previous week. how will Trevor Lawrence and friends do in Denver? You know, week two is one of those weeks where people have panic.

Jacksonville looked, Denver looked horrible. I get it. Things change in week two. Don't be shocked to see Denver win this week and Jacksonville play okay. It's just what happens in the NFL. It's always like a regression to the mean. Look, Bonnix was terrible last week, but I think Denver's offensive line was bad. Denver's defensive line couldn't stop the run.

Now, look, Liam Cohen's going to take advantage of that. Rachel Tootan is going to get the football, because Rodriguez is going to get the football. Denver is going to have to show that they can stop the run because we know they could stop the pass. I do like this kid, Pat Bryant, the second-year player out of Illinois. I think he's interesting. R.J. Harvey was dealing with a hamstring injury, so maybe they give the ball more to J.K. Dobbins, but I do think that Denver comes and plays very well this week. Speaking of a week-two adjustment, the football world was shocked that Arizona went to L.A. to beat the charge.

Could you imagine the charges started out 0 and 2 in Los Angeles? Yeah, so let's do a combo here. I think Arizona was poorly coached previously. First of all, their head coached Jonathan Gannon didn't know what he was doing. Secondly, Drew Petzig, he's the offensive coordinator now for the Lions. He was not a very good offensive coordinator for Arizona. You bring him the floor. Do you know what the floor did?

He made Zach Wilson go. He has Nathaniel Hackett there, who actually maybe not a good head coach, but was always a good offensive coordinator. You got Jeremiah Love, you got Trey McBride, you got Marvin Harrison Jr. You got Michael Wilson. It wasn't as shocking as people may think. I think what was shocking was how bad the Chargers offense was. I mean, they look like they couldn't do anything right.

Now you're probably without Ladd McConkey. So Justin Herbert's got to play a little better. They've got to have better play call. And they've got to commit to running the football. Omerian Hanton needs 20 carries or they're not going to win. But one of my bold predictions from this week, M.T., I think the Cardinals win again. I think Drew Locke is a very mid-quarterback, and I think Arizona goes 2-0. All right.

If you got any questions for Dr. Rorto, we'll start lining them up right now. 7-1-3-212.5-790. That's 7-1-3-212-5-7-90. Commanders Cowboys. I love NFC football. I'm not a fan of one of the teams, but you just know when these types of teams meet up and these divisional matchups, strange things can happen.

The Vegas number is 50 and a half, so looking like we're going to be a fairly high-scoring game in Arlington this weekend. Yeah, if it's not Minnesota, Chicago, it's this game. One of these two games busts out. Dallas could not have played worse against the Giants. If you watch that game back, and they played that game 100 times,

I think the Giants win 98 times. They played that much better than Dallas. So look, what helps, Washington's defense is not great. I thought Jaden Daniels played very good football. ball against the Eagles, but there was only so much that he could do because his receivers really weren't getting open. But I think this game is going to be wide open. I love Jack Prescott this week. I love CD-Land this week. I love Javante Williams. I love George Pickens this week.

I like Jaden Daniels this week. I like Terry McClorin this week. So this may be the game. Minnesota, Chicago, and Dallas, Washington may be the two had to have games for all your players and fantasy. 713-212-5-790. If you have a question for Dr. Rorto, we're still taking those phone calls. calls as we speak. Giants, Rams. You talked about the Giants a moment ago. Rams just could not have botched the travel situation anymore. They look sluggish. They took a nap in the second half. They're rested and more importantly, they don't want to go off to an 0 and 2 start because the NFC West, as you know, Dr. Roto, is super, super competitive.

It is super competitive. So I think this is one of those where the Rams get it done. McVeigh did what he did with the long trip. I don't know. no, maybe I can't blame him. It's a disaster going halfway across the world to play a football game. The Rams are going to play better. Matthew Stafford's going to play better. They're going to a staffer. They're going to get Devonty Adams involved.

They didn't get him involved at all. So I think the Rams are going to play good football. The question is the Giants, right? Can they take advantage of Miles Garrett not being there? The Giants were able to do a lot offensively. But the question is, was it that the Giants were that good, or was it that Dallas is that bad? We'll see this week because the Rams.

Rams defense, even without Miles Garrett, is still pretty fierce. So I'm looking forward to seeing Jackson Dart. Isaiah likely was tremendous out there. Malik neighbors in his first game back did pretty well himself. So I think this comes down to a last second field goal. I think Rams get it done at home. It would be close. Is Kansas City back in your mind after what they put together,

especially in the second half of Monday night? I mean, look, they are changing their team around. Denver couldn't stop the run. So you give the ball to Kenneth Walker. I mean, Kenneth Walker looked amazing last week, and I think they're going to be a run first team. What does that mean? Mahomes is going to be good, effective,

but maybe not 4,500 yards anymore. I still like Rishi Rice. I mean, Travis Kelsey had that one big play, but you don't think, I don't think when the year's over, you're not going to think of the Chiefs as its explosive offense. You're going to think of them as an efficient offense.

Look, Andy Reid can do a lot with that. I mean, Kenneth Walker was fantastic. Keep your eyes. this kid Emmett Johnson. If anything should ever happen to Kenneth Walker, Emmett Johnson can fall. All right. Last question. We had Dan Hort on the voice of the Bengals

last hour on the show. And obviously Zach Taylor noticed that the Texans defense was an up to snuff in week number one. Meanwhile, on the defensive side for Houston, you've got, it sounds like Nico Collins is not going to play. So if I have Nico Collins, or I've got

Texans receivers on my bench, Who am I using? Do I stay away from this? And how do you size up the bingles offensively against the Texans defense, assuming the Texans defense that we know and love is going to really be there to play in week number two? Yeah, so let's break this down. I think the Texans are so much better off now that they have a running back. David Montgomery is really good.

And I think it helps take the pressure off C.J. Strout. Now, the best part of that this is you can have more play action. Without Nico Collins, and I do expect him to be out, The worst team against opposing tight ends in the NFL are the Cincinnati Bengals. Good thing Dalton Schultz is there. I think this is going to be a Dalton Schultz week. I think he gets six, seven catches, maybe 60 or seven of the yards. They're going to need to use him.

I think Xavier Hutchinson gets more involved this week. I think Kishon Boutte gets more involved this week. That said, Cincinnati's defense is better than it's ever been. They brought in Dexter Lawrence and Jonathan Allen to stop the run. And they pretty much did stop the run last week against Tampa. So, I mean, it'll be interesting. Now, the big thing is this, Jamar Chase did nothing last week. Which, who is the best receiver against single man coverage in the NFL?

Jamar Chase. Which team plays the most single man coverage in the NFL, the Texans? I do think this is a Jamar Chase week. The big thing here is going to be Joel Burrow. He's been dealing with some issues. He's not 100%. He says he's going to play. If he played at 100%, I hate to say this.

The Texans are in danger of going 0 and 2. specifically because Nico columns is not there. All right, look, folks, he doesn't care about your team. He doesn't love your team. Dr. Roto hates your Texans. Attack him right now. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding.