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Week 3 Start Sit Advice (Part 2) | Sneaky Starts & Players to BENCH (09/25 Fantasy Football Podcast)
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1 hr 21 min
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Sep 25, 2026
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Fri, September 25, 2026
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Michael WilsonTravis EtienneMark AndrewsSam DarnoldA.J. BrownAaron JonesBaker MayfieldBrock BowersBucky IrvingChris GodwinChristian WatsonColston LovelandD'Andre SwiftDeVonta Smith
Player analysis
Player insights
A.J. Brown
NegativeInjury23:52
A.J. Brown is now expected to miss six to eight weeks, an extension from the original four-to-six-week recovery timeline.
Insight pageAaron Jones
NegativeInjury21:59
Aaron Jones is dealing with a knee injury but practiced on Thursday. He is viewed as a low-end RB2 (top 24) for the week, though there is concern regarding his lack of involvement in the passing game through two weeks.
Insight pageBaker Mayfield
NegativeUsage37:48
Baker Mayfield is currently playing 'hero ball,' holding the ball too long and scrambling excessively, which has led to a high sack rate. The source advises against starting him, suggesting he should focus on shorter, high-percentage throws.
Insight pageBrock Bowers
PositiveProjection61:22
The source ranks Brock Bowers as a top-three tight end, despite some caution regarding his first game back.
Insight pageBucky Irving
PositiveUsage21:59
Bucky Irving is considered the top running back in the Tampa Bay offense and a strong start in PPR formats. While there are reports of a potential snap count to manage his health, the coaching staff has indicated they will lean on him if he is playing well, making him a serviceable RB2.
Insight pageChris Godwin
NegativeUsage41:15
The source advises sitting Chris Godwin this week, noting that the Vikings defense allowed the fewest fantasy points to wide receivers last year and the matchup is unfavorable.
Insight pageChristian Watson
PositiveUsage15:16
The source identifies Christian Watson as a must-start player moving forward. He is consistently getting open and making tough catches, and the Packers' game script is expected to favor heavy passing volume, which benefits the wide receivers.
Insight pageColston Loveland
PositiveProjection49:57
The source prefers starting Colson Loveland over Tucker Craft, citing Caleb Williams' tendency to play off-schedule and Loveland's role as an easy target over the middle.
Insight pageD'Andre Swift
PositiveUsage48:59
The source considers DeAndre Swift an absolute must-start, noting his consecutive games with 16+ carries and his role as the primary back in Chicago's offense.
Insight pageDeVonta Smith
NegativeInjury25:02
DeVonta Smith missed practice with a hamstring injury. The source expresses some concern, noting that he was seen waving for someone to get him off the field during a previous game, though he stayed in to finish the drive.
Insight pageDontayvion Wicks
PositiveBreakout52:47
The source is high on Dontayvion Wicks, noting his consistent production (12.4+ PPR points in each game) and increased target share, making him a strong start even if Devontae Smith plays.
Insight pageDrake London
PositiveBreakout10:30
The source highlights that Drake London's performance with Michael Penix has been amazing, suggesting he could be a WR3 or even a WR1 if this trend continues. He recorded a 68-yard catch in the recent game and is becoming a primary option in the Falcons' passing attack.
Insight pageGeorge Kittle
PositiveRole34:28
George Kittle is considered a must-start if Mike Evans is out, as the 49ers will need to rely on him. Even if his reps are managed, his route participation is sufficient to warrant a top-8 tight end ranking.
Insight pageJadarian Price
NegativeUsage107:00
Jadarian Price is ranked around 26th among running backs. While the source is optimistic about his usage increasing, they advise playing it safe as he remains a 'trap back' in a committee.
Insight pageJake Ferguson
NegativeProjection120:03
Jake Ferguson is ranked outside the top 12 tight ends by most analysts, though he remains a viable play if he scores. The source notes his target competition with George Pickens.
Insight pageJordan Addison
PositiveBreakout46:36
While the source notes there has been no production to justify a start yet, they would not be surprised if Jordan Addison finishes as a top-24 receiver this week.
Insight pageJordan Love
PositiveProjection16:50
The source views Jordan Love as a low-end QB1 moving forward, citing a highly favorable upcoming schedule from Weeks 4 through 7 (Tampa Bay, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit) that should boost his passing production.
Insight pageJuwan Johnson
PositiveRole103:46
The source prefers starting Juwan Johnson over tight ends like Jake Ferguson, Hunter Henry, and Harold Vanden Jr. in fantasy lineups.
Insight pageKyle Pitts
NegativeBust3:36
The source advises that fantasy managers should have never drafted Kyle Pitts and suggests moving on if a better option is available on waivers. Despite some missed opportunities in the Week 3 game, Pitts has only produced double-digit fantasy points in four of his 13 career games with Michael Penix under center, and the source emphasizes that managers need to find a more reliable option to cover themselves for the rest of the season.
Insight pageKyler Murray
NegativeProjection43:59
The source has developed cold feet on Kyler Murray due to the Vikings' high blitz rate and the Buccaneers' ability to pressure the quarterback, leading to a recommendation to start other options like Jacoby Brissett, Jameis Winston, or Geno Smith instead.
Insight pageLamar Jackson
PositiveProjection113:47
Despite a trend of fewer rushing attempts, the source remains high on Lamar Jackson as a passer, noting his creative play-calling and ability to run when pressured. He is a must-start against Dallas.
Insight pageMalik Nabers
PositiveProjection126:05
Malik Nabers is considered a must-start with number two wide receiver expectations. Despite a one-catch game previously, he is preferred over players like Rashad Bateman and Vele in PPR formats.
Insight pageMark Andrews
PositiveProjection27:50
Mark Andrews is preferred over Jake Ferguson in full PPR formats. He serves as a reliable short-area target for Lamar Jackson, especially on third downs, and his value increases if Zay Flowers is sidelined.
Insight pageNegativeProjection118:52
Mark Andrews is considered a borderline tight end one in full PPR leagues, with the source projecting he can reliably reach 10 PPR points.
Insight pageMichael Wilson
PositiveProjection20:20
The source ranks Michael Wilson as a low-end WR3 but believes this is too low given the favorable matchup against San Francisco. He is projected to see at least seven targets and could reach 12 fantasy points, though he is not expected to repeat his high-scoring outbursts from last year.
Insight pagePositiveProjection32:22
The source ranks Michael Wilson as a low-end WR3 and believes he is currently ranked too low. They expect him to see at least seven targets against San Francisco and view the matchup as favorable for the Cardinals' passing game.
Insight pageNegativeProjection41:57
The source is not interested in starting Michael Wilson, explicitly stating they would prefer to start Emeka Abuka over him.
Insight pageMike Evans
NegativeInjury25:43
Mike Evans has missed two consecutive practices. The source is nervous about his status, noting he is an older player who has been banged up since training camp.
Insight pageRashod Bateman
PositiveBreakout117:03
Rashad Bateman is a top-20 wide receiver and a must-start, especially if Zay Flowers is out. The source highlights that in his last six games with seven or more targets, he has scored at least 15.8 fantasy points and a touchdown in each.
Insight pageSam Darnold
PositiveProjection21:43
Sam Darnold is expected to start against the Commanders, a team he scored 35 points against last year on only 24 pass attempts. The source views this as a positive matchup.
Insight pagePositiveProjection104:12
Sam Darnold is trending to play and is considered a top-20 quarterback option for the week. The source notes his success in easy matchups and suggests he is a better start than Brissett, Baker, or Nix.
Insight pageSaquon Barkley
PositiveInjury22:26
Saquon Barkley practiced and is expected to play, which the source describes as great news.
Insight pageStefon Diggs
PositiveProjection108:20
The source prefers Stefon Diggs over Terry McLaurin, ranking Diggs as a top-30 wide receiver. Diggs' usage in short areas and flats against Seattle's defense is expected to yield better numbers.
Insight pageTony Pollard
PositiveRole29:31
Tony Pollard is a strong start if Tajay Spears misses time. He has been moved up in the rankings and could reach top-24 status for the week.
Insight pageTravis Etienne
NegativeInjury22:18
Travis Etienne remains limited in practice with a hamstring injury. Despite the injury, the source notes they are still ranking him for the upcoming week.
Insight pageNegativeUsage25:12
The source is nervous about starting Travis Etienne due to concerns regarding the offensive line and potential workload shifts. While he remains the goal-line back, there is speculation the team may reduce his touches in favor of Alvin Kamara.
Insight pageNegativeUsage58:46
The source expresses concern over Travis Etienne's declining touch count (16 in week one to 10 in week two) and his current injury status, suggesting he is a low-end RB2 at best.
Insight pageTucker Kraft
NegativeBust3:57
The source notes that Tucker Craft struggled in the Week 3 game with four catches for 26 yards on eight targets, including some bad drops. While he has had more favorable production than some other mid-round tight ends, the source suggests that if managers are upset with his production, they should look for other options on the waiver wire.
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2:03This is Fantasy Football Today from CBS Sports. Swap play!
2:06No, I can't. It's time to dominate your fantasy league.
2:10Off to the races, and he stays on his feet.
2:13Now, here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
2:16Happy Friday, everybody. Unless you have Kyle Pitts. We're like Kyle The Pitts.
2:20Am I right, Dave? Am I right? Kyle H.
2:23Pitts is the name that we're going with. Kyle Pitts.
2:26I don't get it. Kyle H. The H stands for he's the.
2:30H-T. It can't be H-T. Okay. Well, anyway, the Falcons with a romp 35-14 over the Packers, and we'll talk about that.
2:37And honestly, both tight ends struggle. We won't let Tucker Craft completely off the hook.
2:41Four catches for 26 yards, but he did have eight targets at least on a day where Jordan Love threw 53 passes.
2:48We've got starters sit for seven more games today.
2:51Arizona at San Francisco. Minnesota at Tampa Bay. Philadelphia at Chicago.
2:55New Orleans at Las Vegas. Seattle at Washington. Seattle's in Washington.
2:58What's that mean? Baltimore at Dallas. And the game of the week, Tennessee at the Giants.
3:03The Wondale Robinson revenge game. Good morning, Jamie. The Brian Dayball revenge game.
3:07The Brian Callahan revenge game. I mean, there's just revenge games all over the place.
3:12And the Baltimore and Dallas game isn't even in Dallas.
3:15Yes, it's true. It's in Brazil. We got a new background?
3:19Dallas. No. What do you mean? For me? No, in the show.
3:23Oh, yeah, yeah. So, do you know who the.
3:25I thought maybe you were trying to say, Jamie, that there's something different about Adam today.
3:30No, Adam looks great. Do you know? Yeah. Do you know who the.
3:35I'm sorry I'm late, by the way. I was looking for Kyle Pitts.
3:39Well. Oh, Adam found him. That makes one of you.
3:42So, do you know who the special teams coach for the Titans is, by the way?
3:47The special teams coach for the Titans. It is Jim Fossil's son, John Fossil.
3:51Nice. Oh, dude. Bones? He's been around forever. More ties to the Giants.
3:55Okay, let's get into the game. 35-14 Falcons. Got an email.
3:59I'm sure you guys have gotten the question, too.
4:02Can I drop Kyle Pitts? What's the answer, Dave Richard?
4:05You should have never drafted Kyle Pitts. That's the answer.
4:08And I would be inclined to see what tight ends develop this weekend, and then you can make a pivot after that.
4:15I never like to spike cut anybody. But in the event that you do see a tight end on waivers who you
4:22like better, maybe you already have a tight end on your team that you like better than Kyle Pitts.
4:28Yeah, you can move on from Kyle Pitts. I think it's obviously not a bad idea to find another option, and if
4:35you have to drop Kyle Pitts, you drop Kyle Pitts.
4:38It would be a little bit different if this was week two as opposed to week four because this is the Falcons' offense now.
4:46Yeah. And so now you have a quarterback that's competent.
4:49Now you have an offense that clearly is going to be successful or at least has the ability to be successful.
4:55So if this was week two, I would be more inclined to say, okay, give it one more week.
5:01Let's see what this looks like for Kyle Pitts with Michael Penix.
5:05But it's week four, and you've gotten three zeros out of your tight end essentially or combined five points for the season, whatever it is.
5:13You have to find another option just to cover yourself because it could be bad.
5:18So if that's the move – like I have Kyle Pitts.
5:21It's an 18-team league. Darren Waller was on waivers.
5:24I dropped somebody just to pick up Darren Waller.
5:27He was the only tight end that has any significance to me at least.
5:31If Arande Gadsden's out there, if Hunter Henry's still out there, if – Aaron's Ferguson and you're – Ferguson's a little bit
5:38tougher because I think that's more short-term than long-term.
5:41I agree. But you're streaming at that point. Yeah, yeah.
5:44He's definitely in the conversation. Pat Fryermuth as well.
5:47So any of these guys that have the ability to give you a different option and you can carry them, that's the
5:54benefit of seeing this disappointment on Thursday night is that you can cover yourself.
5:59For potentially the rest of the season. But I wouldn't be surprised either way.
6:03But I wouldn't be surprised if Pitts starts to get a lot more productive because that's – Tony Gonzalez talked about this
6:10on the post-game show and obviously he's a tight end and they were giving him a hard time about it on the telecast.
6:17He said that's – if they can get that wrinkle going, like this offense could be unstoppable based on what they looked like last night.
6:25Now granted, the run game is not going to be as good as it was.
6:30But Drake London's last seven games with Michael Penix have been absolutely amazing.
6:34Like you could be looking at wide receiver three, if not maybe wide receiver one if this continues.
6:40And you know what? Bijon's capable of. So if they can develop that second option in the passing game, like that could be pretty cool to see.
6:48So hopefully it's Pitts. We're up to four of 13 games in Kyle Pitts' career where he's had, I think, double-digit fantasy points with Penix under center.
6:57Four of 13. Not a good rate. It's – yeah.
7:00And there were times – hold on. There were times last night, and I know, Adam, you're going to talk about this, where Pitts was open.
7:08Well, let's show it. So go for it. All right.
7:11Here's the first one. Oh, sorry. Go ahead. Yeah, Sam.
7:14So I put a little smiley face there. But that's Drake London at the top.
7:19Is that what that is? Kyle Pitts in the slot.
7:22They're both – this is such bad coverage by the Packers.
7:26They're both open. Oh, this was the big play, yeah.
7:29This was the 68-yard catch by Drake London, who, by the way, is not really that fast.
7:34No, he ran down pretty quickly. But Kyle Pitts – I mean, that could have been a huge play to Kyle Pitts.
7:41Instead, it was a huge play to Drake London.
7:44Here, let's go to the next one, Sam. Kyle Pitts makes such a – has such a good route here that he makes – Things are written there.
7:53He makes the defensive back fall down on his face, and he's wide open.
7:57And I even have him, quote, going loser. Probably didn't say that.
8:01The ball's already out of Penix. Yeah, but I was – but he burned this guy.
8:06So look how covered Drake London is. That was a 40-yard completion of Drake London.
8:11So I can't really blame Penix there. But, you know, look, I only illustrated this.
8:16There were some opportunities, but there really wasn't enough.
8:19And he didn't run that many routes. The only – Penix – or Penix went through 25 passes.
8:24Personally, I'd like to hold on to him for another week.
8:28If you buy into the whole Stefanski thing – I know I didn't draft any Kyle Pitts except for the one league
8:35I share with Heath when we started him yesterday.
8:38But I don't know. If you buy into the whole Stefanski thing, you're going to get a better game script than this.
8:45They won by 21 points. They barely had to throw.
8:48So he still should be the number two target on – well, I don't know.
8:52Maybe that's Bijan. But he should come close to being the number two target on the team.
8:58Let's talk about the Packers here. We have three running backs who stink.
9:02And a lot of concerns. They were – They have an offensive line that stinks.
9:07Yeah. It might be the worst in the NFL.
9:10It's an issue. Hopefully they'll get Aaron Banks back.
9:12He's – I don't think that's a long-term thing, but I'm not sure.
9:16But Matthew Golden and Christian Watson, you pretty much just going to start them every week?
9:22Yeah. Because guess what the game script is going to be every week for the Green Bay Packers?
9:27Yeah. It's going to be, let's run the ball.
9:30Oh, cool. Two yards. One yard. Zero yards. Two yards.
9:33It's third and eight. No, sorry. Third and 18.
9:36Running back draw. There's a five-yard play. And everything else is going to be passing.
9:41And these receivers are great. Like, you want to talk about dudes who are getting open.
9:46Watson's getting open. Golden is getting open. And also making tight catches.
9:50This is where the Packers are going. We've been waiting a long time for this.
9:54I wish they would involve Tucker Craft a little bit more.
9:58And they tried to, to a degree. And Tucker Craft just couldn't come through.
10:02But – They had some bad drops. Yeah, yeah.
10:05Yeah. I think that Watson and Golden are must starts from here on out.
10:10And that kind of puts love in that minimum low-end QB1 territory.
10:13They could not have a better schedule. We'll see.
10:16Tampa Bay's pass defense has been better than we expected so far.
10:20But after this week – so it's week four through eight – or four through seven is at Tampa Bay, Chicago, Dallas, at Detroit.
10:28I mean, it's awesome for the passing game. You should – you would think.
10:32And then last question, Jamie. Are we dropping Tucker Craft?
10:35It's similar to Pitts. You know, a little bit more favorable production so far.
10:40But, you know, when – I was thinking about this last night.
10:43Are we falling – are we getting stuck in the mid-round tight end dilemma that we had for years again this year
10:50because of – it's a little wonky because, you know, you could say Loveland because he was around four pick based on ADP.
10:58But Loveland, not great. Craft, not great. Pitts, not great.
11:01Fano was in this group, not great so far.
11:04You have Goddard Hurt. He was at the tail end of this group.
11:08You know, and then we're getting some great performances of the late guys with Kelsey and hopefully Kittle.
11:13Likely. And likely. You know, so depending on, like, what ADP you look at, it could be just those mid-round tight ends suck again.
11:21Yeah, there's two others, though. There's Laporta and Warren.
11:24Yeah, I mean it's not always going to be 100%, but, you know, we have a strong group of guys that are just struggling right now.
11:32So, again, like if you're upset with craft production, find another option if you can drop somebody this week.
11:38You know, so if you ran to pick up Tank Bigsby or you ran to pick up – I wouldn't do it
11:45with Jonah Coleman, but, you know, you picked up Emmanuel Wilson or one of these backup running backs that, you know, may
11:52not play and you feel like you're comfortable dropping those guys to get better production at tight end, there are a lot
11:59of other options available to pivot to. Okay. That's it for Thursday Night Football.
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12:50Eastern. God, you guys are terrible. Hey, I wouldn't be surprised if it's four figures.
12:55Yeah, no, it would be. Let's get to some news and notes.
12:59We have an army of people answering questions. Sam Darnold, you know – I cannot wait for Dan to see you in your glasses.
13:06There's only one reason I'm wearing it here. Yeah.
13:09Yeah. It's not funny anymore to make fun of you for it.
13:13Sam Darnold practiced in full, which is great because he's facing the commanders.
13:17He scored 35 points against them on like 24 pass attempts last year, and we're still expecting Case Keenum to start for the Bears.
13:25At running back, a judge denied a request to permanently seal evidence in the Josh Jacobs case, which maybe means that it's
13:31more likely that the NFL could get a look at the video evidence, but we still don't know, so don't know.
13:38Travis A. Chan limited with a hamstring still. Two limiteds is probably a good sign.
13:43I mean, we're still ranking Travis A. Chan right now.
13:46Saquon Barkley practiced. Great news. Tank Bigsby did not, but Saquon Barkley looks like he will play.
13:51Same with J.K. Dobbins and R.J. Harvey, but not necessarily Jonah Coleman, who still missed practice with the ankle injury.
13:58Kyle Monongai missed practice with a knee injury. That was the first practice session of the week where they had to give
14:05a report, so we'll see about Monongai, who's had 10 carries and two catches in each of his first two games.
14:11Rico Dowdle missed practice. Jalen Warren was limited. Tony Pollard practiced, but Tajay Spears did not, so we'll talk about that in
14:18a moment with one question for each game. It'll be about Tony Pollard.
14:22Aaron Jones did practice. He got back out there, so that was a positive sign at Tampa Bay.
14:28And Jadarian Price limited in practice. A wide receiver, not great news.
14:32Adam Schefter reporting that A.J. Brown expected to miss six to eight weeks from the original time frame of the injury, not four to six.
14:40Puka Nakua not expecting him, right? No. At this point, no.
14:43And we're not expecting Nico Collins. And right now, we're not expecting Zay Flowers, although he will travel with the team to Brazil.
14:50Already did. Okay, there you go. He's there. Did they land?
14:54I believe so. Oh, it's a long flight. Anyways, Zay Flowers hasn't practiced.
14:58He did travel. We'll see what that means. Devontae Smith missed practice.
15:02Are you worried about this, Dave? Devontae Smith missing practice with a hamstring injury?
15:06A little bit. Let's just see what happens on Friday.
15:09Right. Remember, it's a Monday game, so Saturday is what matters.
15:13Ah, you're right. Saturday. Some of the reports were he was warming up.
15:17He was jogging around, just didn't have pads on, so it wasn't like he completely sat.
15:22He had in their final drive, I think it was.
15:25It was a big catch. And it looked as if he was waving somebody to get him off the field.
15:32Oh, really? But they were in a hurry up, and he stayed on the field.
15:36Oh, I didn't see that. Okay, well, that's not great.
15:39Michael Pittman limited. Lad McConkie full. Malik Nabors expects to play.
15:43Mike Evans mispractice. That's two mispractices for Mike Evans.
15:46Jamie, are we worried about that one? About Mike Evans?
15:49Yeah. You know, I think for what their situation is, for what he's dealt with so far going back to camp, like
15:56an older player who's been banged up already. Yeah, I'm a little nervous.
16:00Jalen Coker mispracticed. We previewed that game yesterday, Dave.
16:03Should we be worried about Jalen Coker playing? Again, if he practices on Friday, I'm good with it.
16:09If he doesn't, then you have to be significantly worried about it.
16:12Same with DJ Moore. So DJ Moore. Same with DJ Moore.
16:16So Coker and Moore, correct me if I'm wrong, they were limited on Wednesday and they missed on Thursday.
16:22So yes, Friday is a big day. And our mailbag is going to be later on Friday today.
16:27We usually do it in the mornings today. We're doing it at 2.45-ish p.m.
16:32Eastern. So we'll have all these practice reports by the time we do that.
16:36And Adonai Mitchell was limited with a finger injury.
16:39Come on, finger injury? He'll be fine. That's new on the injury report too.
16:44It is. You don't know how bad the finger injury is.
16:47Yeah, it's true. It's true. All right, I'm done with Brock Bowers expected to play.
16:52Dallas got her mispracticed. Terrence Ferguson was limited. Kobe Park is a mispractice.
16:56Chick-O-Konga mispractice. That's it for that. Oh, let's try one question for each game.
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19:35We saved all the good ones yesterday. You don't have to listen anymore, folks.
19:39But if you are going to listen, here we go.
19:42Arizona's at San Francisco. Starter sent Michael Wilson. Who should we give this one to?
19:47How about my man Jamie Eisenberg? Low end starter in three receiver leagues.
19:51This offense has not clearly looked like we thought it was going to look through the first two weeks of the season.
19:58Mostly they were playing with a lead in week one, you know, 37 pass attempts for Jacoby Brissett, but he would have
20:05liked to see a little bit more production for the three main guys.
20:09McBride had a great game. And then there's this Kendrick Bourne situation that we got to keep an eye on just taking
20:16production away from the other receivers while Marvin Harrison continues to struggle.
20:20So I would prefer to avoid Michael Wilson, but if he has a good game, I'll be moderately encouraged.
20:26I'll go the other way on this. I've got him ranked as a low end number three wide receiver, and I think I've got him ranked too low.
20:35I think I know what the game script is going to be for Arizona here, and they're not playing Seattle.
20:41They're playing San Francisco. This is a better matchup for them.
20:44And I think Michael Wilson can end up being solid.
20:48I'm not going to say that he's going to be Matthew Golden or Christian Watson or Drake London, but he's certainly going
20:54to be a lot better than Kyle Pitts. So I'm kind of encouraged by the target volume that he's had so far.
21:01And I think he'll see at least seven targets in this game against the Niners.
21:06That would be encouraging. And this has nothing to do with Marvin Harrison.
21:10He just continues to suck every time Marvin Harrison's on the field.
21:14Well, he didn't suck in week one. He had a good game.
21:18I mean, he wasn't great. He was okay. Yeah, yeah.
21:21He was good enough to start in week one in a PPR league, I think.
21:26I don't think anybody's expecting like the outburst that he had without MHJ last year when he was getting like 28 fantasy points per game.
21:34He was ridiculous. But can we pencil him in for 12?
21:37I think he can get around 12. Okay. He was wide open in the end zone, by the way, in week two against Seattle.
21:45And Jacoby Brissett was just running, scrambling and didn't see him.
21:48I'm sorry, Jamie. I cut you off. What'd you say?
21:51Oh, I said I'll take the under, but I'd say 10.
21:55All right. It was 10.6 points in week one for Michael Wilson.
21:59Minnesota's at Tampa Bay. Dave, assuming Aaron Jones plays, who's the best running back in this game?
22:04Bucky Irving or Aaron Jones? It's Bucky. He's going to be the top one here.
22:09I still think that the Bucs offense should run through him for now.
22:13And I think it's a good way to kind of call the dogs off with that Vikings blitz rate that they have
22:20by running the ball, delayed handoffs, screens to Bucky.
22:23That's what I think they should do. I don't know if that's exactly what they're going to do.
22:28The Bears had some moderate success running against Minnesota last week.
22:32A little bit easier for Minnesota to defend that in the rain versus a normal type of weather game.
22:38And Bucky's been pretty good. So I think he's the one that ends up doing more, certainly in half and full PPR.
22:45And Aaron Jones, you've got to worry about a little bit because of the knee injury, but he practiced on Thursday.
22:51So, okay, maybe he doesn't get 100 yards rushing against Tampa.
22:55He might not even get 75. He's a low end number two running back this week, but still a top 24 guy.
23:02So two things about both these guys. First off, can we get a catch for Aaron Jones?
23:07It's a little surprising that he has no catches through two games.
23:11Zach Robinson. So I don't know if he actually said this.
23:14He met with the media yesterday, but it sounds like he alluded to this.
23:19I didn't see anything quoted from him, but Pewter Report does a great job following that team, covering that team.
23:25Apparently, they're going to put Bucky Irvin on a snap count.
23:29And the report said that there's going to be games where they're not going to limit it, but they want to make
23:36sure he's healthy for the majority of the season.
23:38So something to keep in mind with him, something to keep in mind with Kenneth Gamewell, who's been bad or could be Sean Tucker.
23:46But I was a little surprised when I saw that, just given how well Bucky Irving has performed so far.
23:52Okay. When push comes to shove, you need to win a football game.
23:57I feel like coaches don't really commit to those, but that's interesting.
24:00Thank you for that. Well, I mean, it could be early in the game, you know, where they're taking him off the
24:07field a little bit and saving him for the end of the game.
24:11Yeah. Well, he's played on third down more than I anticipated, and that could be an easy thing of just taking him off the field there.
24:20Philadelphia is at Chicago. Jamie, would you start any Bears?
24:23Swift for sure. I think you're, you know, especially if there's no Mononga, that's huge for him.
24:28Oh, yeah, yeah. For sure. Otherwise, I think you're talking about maybe as a number three receiver for Luther Burden.
24:34And I would prefer to get away from Rowan doing Zane Colston, Loveland.
24:39And then Khalifa Raymond is still just a stashed candidate to see what happens.
24:43You know, I think the one thing that we would, we could potentially get out of this game is Case Keenum is not as mobile as Caleb Williams.
24:52And does he stay in the pocket and give those guys opportunities to make some plays?
24:57So that would be the encouraging thing for me coming out of this is do we get some positive production from the
25:04pass catchers because of just the pocket presence. A lot of P's there.
25:08Pocket presence of Case Keenum. All right. New Orleans is at Las Vegas, Dave.
25:12Travis, A-chan or Trey Tucker? Who's a better flex?
25:15I will nervously say A-chan is the better flex.
25:18But it's a close call. Tucker just, they're both wildly inconsistent.
25:22I don't think A-chan is the problem. I don't think his game is the problem in New Orleans.
25:27I'm worried about the offensive line. I'm worried about the workload.
25:31It would make sense after watching the film if this go to Alvin Kamara and say, listen, we'll get you a few
25:38touches, but you're not going to help us win like you used to help us win back in the day.
25:44I don't know if they're going to do that.
25:47And so that makes me nervous to say, oh, yeah, start Travis A-chan.
25:51He's going to be just fine. But I do think he's still their goal line guy.
25:56And I think he's got a better chance to score than Trey Tucker.
26:00And Brock Bowers is expected back. And if Bowers is expected back, I worry about just how many targets will be there for Trey Tucker in this game.
26:09But for A-chan facing the Raiders, their run defense so far has been pretty solid against Devon A-chan and Amari and Hampton.
26:16They're giving up 3.83 yards per carry to running backs.
26:19This is the Raiders. And they were actually solid against running backs last year.
26:23They gave up a lot of touchdowns. But it's like you see Raiders.
26:28It's not exactly an amazing matchup so far. Right.
26:30Seattle. I do respect the Raiders pass rush. And obviously they have Max Crosby.
26:35But it's more than just Max Crosby. They're really doing a great job of getting into the quarterback.
26:41And I think that that's going to be an issue that the Saints are going to have to deal with.
26:47Especially without Kelvin Banks. Like their left tackle is gone for the foreseeable future.
26:51And that's going to be a problem for New Orleans.
26:54Seattle's at Washington. Jamie, is it going to be Jadarian Price, SZN, this week?
26:59Washington's run defense has been good. You know, so it's tough to say that it's a slam dunk plus he's not 100%.
27:06So I would say more of a flex. It's, you know, it was a little frustrating last week that he got hurt.
27:13Because again, he looked like he was running well.
27:16And then, you know, you got all that garbage time production for Emmanuel Wilson.
27:20So I'm still going to start him in the leagues where I don't have better options.
27:25And that's obviously a wide list of running backs you can compare him to.
27:29But as you see where we have him ranked, if you're watching on YouTube, it's 27 or 28 for all of us.
27:36Sports line's a little bit more encouraged at 21.
27:39So low end number two running back or flex in this matchup.
27:43So definitely starting like Aaron Jones over him. Yeah, if he's healthy.
27:47But those guys are close. Dave, we got Baltimore at Dallas.
27:50We had Jake Ferguson with two touchdowns last week.
27:53And Mark Andrews has had some opportunities but hasn't really come through.
27:57Which tight end do you prefer? I'm watching you to get ready for the music and the big song for this game.
28:04I like Andrews better. I think he's easier to start over Ferguson in full PPR.
28:09I feel like Ferguson is still a touchdown or bust tight end.
28:12Not enough volume for him on a week-to-week basis.
28:15Whereas Andrews, especially if there's no Zay Flowers, this is the short underneath easy button that you see Lamar Jackson throwing to.
28:22Four targets on third downs last week. I think that continues here.
28:26Oh, no. I can't believe I just did that.
28:29Another game of the week you screwed up? I can't believe I just did that.
28:34At least he's trying. Hold on. Let's try it again.
28:37I'll say it again. Four targets on third downs last week.
28:40I always love it when I know what you're doing.
28:43Oh, man. The Portuguese is so much harder than the Spanish.
28:47Wow. Dave had it nailed. He texted me. He said, we're going to get it in Portuguese, aren't we?
28:53Yeah. Finally got something right. Oh, man. That was terrible.
28:56I'm sorry. Nah. Well, I think it was good.
28:59So let's just get this right. You had a terrible call in week one on the game of the week.
29:05You missed the game of the week in week two.
29:08And then I got tested. No, you did not.
29:11I got back to the morning for the season.
29:14You had the Giants. No, no. You missed game two.
29:17You can't do it on Monday. You missed it.
29:20Yeah. Sunday night. And then you completely butchered the music.
29:23I play the Fantasy Cops music. We heard. You've only been doing this for 19 years.
29:28Learned that last week. 19 years. Tennessee's at the Giants.
29:31Jamie, Wondale Robinson revenge game. And Tony Pollard or Cam Scadaboo if Tajay Spears misses the game?
29:37Still Scadaboo, but I think it's a good opportunity for Tony Pollard, especially if Spears is out.
29:42So he'll be, you know, I already moved him up a few spots in the rankings, and he may be close to
29:49a top 24 guy by the time we get to Sunday.
29:53I'd like to see it for Wondale. It's just hard to buy it.
29:57You know, the targets haven't really been there for him combined through the first two weeks of the season.
30:03Week two was a little bit more disappointing than week one.
30:06So, you know, I think if you're looking at Wondale, it's more of a desperation play.
30:11Not in the top 48 for me right now.
30:14Okay. Question from the chat. Well, Adam, this is like the Chargers version of hosting.
30:19That's great. If Spears were out, would you start Tony Pollard over Jadarian Price?
30:23Yeah, that's, you know, I was thinking about that when you showed Price's ranking.
30:28So it'd be right in that range, you know, 23 through 30.
30:32Right now he's at 30. So 23 through like 26, 27.
30:35Okay. And then Mel. Is that what the kids are saying these days?
30:3926, 27? Mel said. I've got Pollard. I have Price Pollard back to back and Jeremiah Love right behind both of them.
30:46Okay. Mel said I went too fast on the tight ends, which I did.
30:50I was trying to get through it. But just the news and notes on the tight ends was that Terrence Ferguson was limited and Colby Parkinson mispracticed.
30:59Chigo Conqua mispracticed. Brock Bowers is expected to play and Dallas Goddard mispracticed.
31:03Sorry about that. All right. Can they just put Dallas Goddard on NIR already?
31:08Yeah. What the heck, man? Oh, they think he's going to be back before four weeks.
31:13Oh, that sucks. Yeah. I can confirm that you completely butchered that Portuguese so bad.
31:17LOL. Signed a fluent speaker. Yeah, it was tough because the word yeah, I like I put in the translation.
31:24That's the game of the week. Yeah. Yeah. And yeah appears to be Eiso IE or something.
31:29That's like a lot. So I'm just going to type.
31:32Let's see. Yeah. Seam. Why did it do seem for the first time I typed it in?
31:38It was so horrible. Google translator. All right. Here we go.
31:41Arizona and San Francisco. This will clarify. It sucks that he doesn't go on NIR for your fantasy rosters.
31:47Right. Right. Right. Oh, right. You're not saying that it sucks that he's correct.
31:51The Cardinals had such a horrible game in week two against Seattle.
31:55They only ran 47 plays. They had the ball for fewer than 24 minutes.
32:00San Francisco's defense has been very good against the jet lag Rams and the Dolphins.
32:04This might be a tough matchup also. And you guys are trying to avoid Jacoby Brissett.
32:09Jacoby Brissett or Gino Smith this week? Gino. It's Gino.
32:13Okay. I was just, that was part of the reason why I was a little late.
32:18I was doing where the finishes, where the Saints and Lions, where the Saints and Bills finished against the Lions.
32:24I'll share that with you when we get to that game.
32:27Actually, if Jacoby ranked two spots higher than Gino.
32:30Wait, what is it, Jamie? What were you looking up?
32:33In each of the first two weeks, where the teams against the Lions finished in terms of their fantasy points.
32:40Oh, gotcha. Tyler Shuck was the sixth best quarterback that week and Josh Allen was number one.
32:45Right. Remember, the Cowboys were like that, where all but, I think, three quarterbacks last year finished top 12 against the Cowboys.
32:52Yeah, Gino has a chance for a really good game this week.
32:56It's so annoying. Jane Daniels had 16 points in the first half last week.
33:00All right. Running backs here in the Arizona-San Francisco game.
33:03We talked about Jeremiah Love. You like Love? Dave, who's the best running back in this game?
33:09Oh, it's a tough one. Okay. Start McCaffrey. Start Brock Purdy over just, who would you start over Brock Purdy?
33:15Everybody except Josh Allen. Yeah, he's number two. But he's not number two.
33:19He's second best. Of course, I asked Dave, who would you start over Brock Purdy?
33:24And he said everybody except Josh Allen, which means Allen and Purdy are your two lowest ranked quarterbacks this week.
33:30That's not what I meant. Start McCaffrey. Kalon Black.
33:33I'm curious to see what the split looks like this week if Black's healthier.
33:38But yeah, you can't really trust him. So then, Jamie, it comes down to the wide receivers in this game.
33:44And how would you rank them with Evans in?
33:47How would you rank them with Evans out? Evans, Debo, Wilson, Bourne, Harrison.
33:51Debo, Wilson. Bourne. Bourne, Harrison. Is there another 49ers wide receiver that could step up as a deep sleeper?
33:57I mean, they like Jacob Cowan. We'll see if he does anything.
34:01There's another guy that there's... Hawkins, maybe? Or am I thinking too far back in the past?
34:06Ayuk? I mean, it could be Brandon Cooks if they decide to elevate him.
34:10All right. It's nobody that we're going to be starting.
34:14Jeremiah Love just outside the top 24. Jeremiah Love or Emeka Abuka this week?
34:18Abuka. Abuka. There's only one card in the light I prefer to start, and that's McBride.
34:23McBride. Yeah. And then Kittle. So do we think that we can just safely...
34:28If Evans doesn't play, I think I can't really make a case against Kittle.
34:32But if Evans does play, this is still a guy who has nine targets in two games, who ran...
34:38He ran 62% of the routes in the first three quarters of week two, which is much better than...
34:44Remember, they blew out the Dolphins. Much better than 48% in week one.
34:48But Dave, is George Kittle a must start now?
34:51I would start him this week. It really depends on who else you have at tight end.
34:56But I think that we're going to... I think they have to use him if Evans doesn't play.
35:02It just makes so much sense to put him on the field.
35:06Even if it's 75% of the routes, that's good enough for me to put him in your lineup.
35:11Call him a top eight tight end, but not a top five tight end.
35:16But if you... Let's say you were one of the knuckleheads like me that took Colson Loveland early and then swiped Kittle
35:23in the mid-late rounds because of his injury, lowering his value, there's no question I'm starting Kittle over Loveland this week.
35:29I don't think you go from Kittle to Gadsden or Fryermuth or Terrence Ferguson or any of these guys just yet.
35:36Correct. I didn't really ask you where you have Evans.
35:39Jamie has Evans 26th. We'll come back to Kittle in a second.
35:43I have some questions from the chat. Dave, you have him 15th?
35:47Yeah, I've got him ranked like he's going to be fine.
35:50And that if he's out there... He said he was fine after the game last week.
35:55I know the 49ers said that they needed to manage him.
35:59I think Friday is going to tell the tale.
36:02If he practices and looks fine on Friday, you should expect him to play.
36:06And yeah, there's a chance that maybe they limit his reps and I've got him a little too high.
36:12But against Arizona and their secondary, I think they've got nothing but backups playing corner now.
36:17I think they lost... Literally, their starting top three cornerbacks are out.
36:21And if that's the case, then it's all systems go for any wide receiver in San Francisco who you've heard of and
36:28you know is going to play at least 50% of the snaps.
36:32All right. Questions from the chat here. Evans or Jalen Waddell?
36:35I'd have an entire. Waddell for Jamie, Evans for Dave.
36:38Wonder if McDuffie's going to shadow Waddell like he did.
36:42I worry about that quite a bit because McDuffie in his pass has played in the slot.
36:47And he's been in the slot as recently as last year a decent amount.
36:51So I think that you've got to lower expectations for it.
36:55You're still going to start him, but it's going to be kind of like a mid to late range.
37:01You're talking about Waddell. Waddell. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's why I like Evans better.
37:05Brissette or Herbert? Herbert. I think I have Herbert higher.
37:08Pick two. Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Casey Concepcion. I'd say Concepcion.
37:12I think I'd say Godwin. Purdy or Hertz? Purdy.
37:15Brock. Kittle or Kelsey? Kelsey. Kelsey. Kittle or Warren?
37:18Warren. Warren. Kittle or... What if it's Jalen Warren?
37:20Then Warren. Kittle or Waller? Probably Warren. Either way.
37:23Kittle. Kittle or Jawan Johnson? Kittle. Georgie, Porgy, Puddin' Pie.
37:26Actually, if Rico Dowdle plays, I think I probably would start Kittle over Jalen Warren.
37:31Not that that was the question, but it'd be a tough call.
37:35Yes, it would be a tougher call. Niners DST.
37:38Fifth for Jamie. Tenth for Dave, I believe. And 22nd for Heath.
37:42Interesting. All right. Minnesota's at Tampa Bay. Stat of the game, or we could call it the analysis of the game.
37:48What the heck is going on with Baker Mayfield?
37:51We kind of talked about it earlier in the week, and the stats back it up.
37:56He's holding onto the ball so much longer than he had been in the previous three seasons.
38:01He's scrambling more. He's throwing the ball. His deep rate percentage, in terms of how often he throws deep, a career high right now.
38:09His sack rate is way up. The air yards are way up.
38:13He's basically, it's like hero ball all the time.
38:16And he just needs to stay in the pocket and throw to open Chris Godwin.
38:20Take what's available. But that's what we've seen, and that's what the stats say about Baker Mayfield.
38:26It needs to change. It's just too crazy right now.
38:29It's like street, it's backyard football. Anyway, Jamie, we're not starting Baker Mayfield.
38:33No. I'd rather start Sam Donald. You want to talk more about Bucky Irving, and how would you rank Bucky versus Ibuka?
38:40Oh, I'd start Bucky. I mean, look, he's playing very well, and hopefully that continues.
38:45And I know this isn't an easy matchup, but we're at a point, which is frustrating that it's week three, where there's
38:52so many injuries, and you have a player who's doing what Bucky's doing, like the 80-whatever-it-was-total yards that he had last week
38:59against Cleveland and being involved in the passing game.
39:02That's a very serviceable number two running back. So when you start to compare him against some of the players that weren't
39:08drafted as potential starters, so Aaron Jones comes into play, Jadarian Price comes into play.
39:13Well, how about, it's got to be Chuba Hubbard.
39:16Well, you tell me, Chuba Hubbard? I would start Chuba Hubbard over Bucky.
39:20Yeah, that's a great one. I'm surprised I left him out as the start of the week.
39:26But yeah, you start to just get to those mid-tier number two running backs that you'll see in our rankings, and you compare those guys to Bucky.
39:34You just got to hope that Bucky's a factor in the passing game, and Minnesota's defense doesn't swallow up this offensive line.
39:41So Todd Bowles and Zach Robinson were each asked about Bucky Irving and his role and his workload, and one of the
39:48questions was about putting him on a snap count.
39:51That was to Zach Robinson, as Jamie referred to.
39:54But Zach Robinson eventually said that it's about being early in the season.
39:58They don't want to overwork anybody there. But again, and this is Zach Robinson talking, and I quote, but again, there might
40:05be games where, shoot, we just need it, and he's running well, and we just keep rolling with him.
40:11And Bowles kind of said the same thing. So I don't think there's like a strict snap count on Bucky Irving that
40:18all the coaches have in mind, and they're definitely going to pull him after he's been at 35 snaps or whatever.
40:24I think if he's hot, they're going to lean into him.
40:28And if he's not hot, and if he's just okay, then maybe they get Gainwell on the field a little bit more.
40:35And they should get Gainwell on the field a little bit more anyway.
40:39What are they doing by not using him more after they acquired him and they know what his strengths are?
40:45And what better way for Baker Mayfield to kind of get in the rhythm of the game than by keeping his throw
40:52short and leaning into Gainwell on the flats and letting him make a play after the catch?
40:57All right. So how about Abuka? Because Godwin's in the 40s in the rankings.
41:02You just, you know, you can't trust him. Yeah, I can't trust him.
41:06Yeah. I honestly think of Baker Mayfield. Like, they're going to blitz the hell out of him so I could see him throwing short to Godwin or whatever.
41:15But I have so much Godwin that I'm sitting in this week.
41:19And the Vikings last year, they gave up the fewest fantasy points to wide receivers.
41:23This year, big games for Golden and Watson. Terrible games for the Bears in the conditions.
41:28But Dave, would you start Emeka Abuka? As a number three receiver, I would.
41:33He is not a top 24 receiver. I like Josh Downs better.
41:37Michael Wilson? I'm not going to be there. I'd rather start Abuka over Wilson.
41:41Okay. We've got on the Vikings side, Jamie, any interest in Kyler Murray this week?
41:46Low-end starter. I'd start him over Drake May, for example.
41:49You know, not quite there yet with Herbert, just given Herbert's matchup.
41:53But there's got to be some optimism for Kyler, right?
41:56Because we know that this offense, at least in week one, started to show or showed some things that are encouraging, specifically
42:03with some of the plays downfield for Justin Jefferson.
42:06I just think it's been so disjointed for this team.
42:09So we don't really have an idea of what exactly their identity is yet because you have no Jordan Mason.
42:15So Aaron Jones did really well last week in the conditions against a team that's going to probably struggle to stop the
42:22run or stop anything, maybe from the Bears' perspective.
42:25You had Carson Wentz with, you know, some just ridiculous plays and some awful plays, which is the Carson Wentz experience.
42:32And so now you may not have a strong run game because we don't know what exactly Aaron Jones' status is.
42:38You're facing a Bucs defense, which I don't know how good they are.
42:42I think we'll kind of get, I don't even know if we'll get a clear example or a clear test of it.
42:49Like you said, they played much better than I think a lot of people expected in week one against Cincinnati.
42:56And then they struggled against Deshaun Watson last week at times with some of the plays that we saw there.
43:02So I think you're looking at it like Murray is more of a desperation QB2 in the same range of, am I going to trust CJ Stroud?
43:11Am I going to trust Geno Smith? Am I going to trust Sam Darnold?
43:15You know, these type of guys that have some decent matchups.
43:18And then you're starting Jefferson. So yeah, but how would you rank Kyler with like Sam Darnold or Kyler?
43:24Kyler's top 15 quarterback for me. So I'm going to go with the hope of, he uses legs.
43:30I'm going to go with the hope of, he gets Jefferson going and you know, that this is what we were expecting
43:37to see from Kyler when there was reason for optimism.
43:40So I trust Kevin O'Connell and I'm trusting that this defense isn't great.
43:44I don't think Tampa Bay defense is going to be that good.
43:48They just don't feel like they're, this team feels like, I don't know what the odds are, but Todd Bowles could be the first coach fired.
43:56Like that's where they're headed at this point. Okay.
43:59I got cold feet on Kyler this morning. I, we know the Vikings are the number one blitzing defense in the league
44:06through two weeks and they were last year. The bucks are almost right behind them.
44:11I think they're third and Kyler versus pressure and versus the blitz.
44:15I don't like how that feels. So I, I would start May over him.
44:19I'd start Brissette, Winston, Gino, all over Kyler Murray.
44:22I sank Kyler Murray. Oh, interesting. Okay. Another, another, but yet I don't disagree with Jamie's assessment of the bucks defense, but
44:29I think the one thing that they can do well is just send bodies after Kyler Murray.
44:34And I think that'll frazzle Kyler. Just one thing in his favor and you can take this for what it's worth.
44:41Both quarterbacks, one of them being, um, Joe Burrow have run for at least 20 yards against the bucks.
44:47Sure. No, I think he can. So if you're, if you're getting two points out of the gate, like that's a good start.
44:54All right. Sure. Until he throws an interception and those two points are gone.
44:59Questions from the chat. Godwin or Burden? Burden. I think I have Burden higher, but I bet I can find a receiver
45:06on the waiver wire that I'd start ahead of both of them.
45:09Let's start Hutchinson. I would start. I'd start Michael Wilson for sure.
45:13I'd start Denzel Boston for sure. All right. Moving on.
45:16You may have picked up Valey. I would have started him.
45:20Those guys aren't on the waiver wire. No, no, no.
45:23I'm saying, but if you had picked them up off the waiver wire.
45:27Abuka or Josh Downs? They're in the same range as Adonai Mitchell.
45:31Downs. Godwin, Schultz, or Stevenson at Flex? Schultz. Is it PPR?
45:34I don't know. If it's full or half PPR, it's Schultz.
45:38If it's non-PPR, I might still go Schultz. It's either him or Stevenson though.
45:42Godwin or Odunze? Godwin. That's where I'd go Godwin.
45:45Aaron Jones or Quinchon Judkins? Judkins. I think I have Jones higher.
45:49Aaron Jones or DeAndre Swift? Swift. DeAndre Swift. Surprise, going Judkins over Jones.
45:53Abuka or Neighbors? I mean, Judkins has, what, seven more catches than Aaron Jones?
45:57Who would have thought that? Yeah, that's true. I'd go Neighbors.
46:01I would too. Irving, Swift, Tootin. Pick two. Sitting Tootin.
46:04I'm sitting Tootin, but I'm excited to have him on my team.
46:08Yeah, I'm usually sitting when I'm Tootin too. Kyler Murray or, oh, it says Drew Locke, but what if it were Sam Darnold?
46:15Kyler. It's Kyler. Kyler or Bryce Young? Bryce. Yes.
46:18Kyler or Herbert? Herbert. Herbie. Start the Vikings DST?
46:21Yes. Yes, please. Is it Jordan Addison? By the way, if for whatever reason the Vikings DST is available, they get the Dolphins next week too.
46:2996% rostered. Is it Jordan Addison? Probably. Again, it's based on hope because we have seen nothing yet from him to say
46:36you should start him, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's the top 24 receiver this week.
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48:54Blue Sky? Oh, love it. Philadelphia at Chicago. Fun fact that hopefully continues of the game.
48:59DeAndre Swift has consecutive games of 16 or more carries.
49:02That did not happen at any point in 2025.
49:05Also, the Bears ran all over the Eagles last year.
49:0840 carries for 255 yards and two touchdowns in week 13.
49:12And both guys had 100 yards. Mononghi and Swift, they were the only 100-yard rushers against the Eagles all season, in the regular season.
49:19Amazing. Amazing. So I guess we can start on the Chicago side of the ball, Dave.
49:24And is, yeah, is DeAndre Swift the only guy we're starting?
49:28He's it. This is a huge opportunity for him to shoulder the workload.
49:32We don't know how healthy Mononghi will be if he plays.
49:35And I know what happened last year. I worry greatly about Chicago being anywhere remotely near that effective this week.
49:42However, Swift should see plenty of work. The Bears have to lean on their run game with Case Keenum under center.
49:48I am starting DeAndre Swift. Knowing what you know now, knowing exactly what we know now, would you start Colson Loveland or Kyle Pitts this week?
49:57A better question, would you start Colson Loveland or Tucker Craft?
50:006.6 fantasy points for Tucker Craft. Would you start that or Loveland this week?
50:04I would take the chance with Loveland. I think the number one thing we've seen through two weeks of Caleb Williams under
50:11center is that Caleb doesn't play on schedule. He's two weeks.
50:15Two weeks and two years. Three if you count USC.
50:18Yeah, he tries to be Superman all the time.
50:21We've spoken about it. And it's costing guys who are open as the first read to not get the target.
50:27And said, Caleb's running around all over the place.
50:30Except for Khalif Raymond. For whatever reason, Khalif Raymond is getting his targets on time.
50:35Case Keenum's going to play on time. I don't think he's going to throw a ton unless the Bears just fall woefully behind.
50:42But Loveland's an easy target for him to throw to over the middle of the field.
50:47I think that's a matchup that's favorable for Loveland.
50:50I'm going to say it. He will get more than 6.2 PPR points, whatever, or 6.6, whatever Tucker Craft.
50:56All right. Loveland's going to do it this week.
50:59He's going to get you seven PPR points. Okay.
51:02That said, he's 20th for Jamie, 17th for Dave, and 21st for Heath.
51:06You can start... I mean, you could start a Rondae...
51:09Jamie has Gadsden higher. Dave does not. Heath does.
51:12You could start Pat Friarmuth. Jamie has Friarmuth higher.
51:15Dave does not. You could start Hunter Henry. Again, Jamie has Henry higher.
51:19Dave does not. Juwan Johnson, they both do. Terrence Ferguson, assuming Puka's out, you can start him over Coles 11.
51:25The list goes on and on. Luther Burden would be the best receiver for the Bears, and he is at 36, 37,
51:32and 40 for Jamie, Dave, and Heath. So Denzel Boston is ahead of him.
51:36Trey Tucker is for Jamie, ahead of Burden, not for Dave.
51:40They're two spots apart. Terry McLaurin versus Burden. They like McLaurin better.
51:44They like Stefan Diggs better than Luther Burden. And that's pretty much...
51:47We're not starting Odunzeh at this point. Monongai, if Monongai plays, would you start Monongai or, you know, like the Jadarian Prices, the Bejal Tootins of the world?
51:56The running backs were not super excited to start.
51:59Those guys over Monongai. Yes. All right. And then on the Eagles side, if Barkley plays, we're going to start him.
52:06If Devontae Smith plays, we're going to start him.
52:09Jalen Hurts is top six. I think he's fourth for Jamie and Heath and sixth for Dave, something like that.
52:15That's all right. Nope. Sixth for Jamie and Heath and fourth for Dave.
52:19So you can start Purdy over him. If you have Prescott, Lamar Jackson, you know, these are...
52:24Jared Goff is very close with Jalen Hurts, but he's a start.
52:28And that's pretty much it. Now, Jamie, if Devontae Smith doesn't play, what does that mean for Hurts?
52:34What does that mean for Wicks, Lemon, et cetera?
52:37You have to downgrade Hurts a little bit, you know, so still start him because of what he'll do with his legs.
52:44But, I mean, down Smith and down Goddard, that's terrible.
52:47So Wicks is already a number three receiver for me.
52:50He scored 12.4 PPR points or more in each of his first two games.
52:54So he's off to a great start. Targets were up last week when Hurts had to throw a little bit more.
53:01So without Goddard there, we'll see what they do with Hurts or what they're going to do with their tight end position.
53:08I think it's a great spot for Dontabian Wicks.
53:11So, you know, if you're stuck at receiver, you asked about, you know, I would start Wicks over Burden.
53:17I would start Wicks over Michael Wilson. I would start Wicks over, I'm trying to think anybody, Odunze.
53:23Now, this is even if Smith plays? Oh, yeah.
53:25I mean, again, he's doing this with Smith on the field.
53:29So it's funny because, you know, you remember when we got excited about Dontabian Wicks, the way he finished, I think it
53:36was the 2023 season or 2024 season. And you just see when he gets targets, he produces.
53:41So he's getting opportunities now. And this is an offense that he knows.
53:45He probably knows it better than anybody because he was in Green Bay last year and that's where Sean Manning came from.
53:52So there's a lot to like about the scenario for him and he's producing.
53:57So if he's still available on waivers, I think it was like 76% roster.
54:01So probably 10 team leagues is where you'll find him.
54:04This could be great, huge. Really? I thought I had him at 62, 65% for Wicks.
54:09Oh, okay. I'm sorry. I was maybe thinking something else.
54:13No, that's all right. It goes up, you know, every day.
54:16Yesterday was 62. Now it's 65 for Dontabian Wicks.
54:19All right. You can take a shot on him.
54:22Eagles DST must start. Oh, yeah. Number one. Eat him.
54:25Yeah. All right. So did I miss anything from this game?
54:28Let's see if we have any questions. Geandre Swift or Bucky Irving?
54:32Swift. I've got Bucky higher. I'm still looking. The Eagles run defense is not like this impenetrable force.
54:38Two years in a row. It's good. I'm still treating Swift as an absolute must start.
54:43Are you guys? 100%. And number two running back, yes.
54:46Okay. But not like 21st, right? I mean. No.
54:49He's closer to 12. All right. Luther Burden or Rashad Bateman?
54:52Bateman by a mile. Especially, obviously, if Zay Flowers doesn't play, it's Bateman.
54:56And that's what we're expecting as of now. Garrett Wilson or DeAndre Swift?
55:01Yes. G-Dub. Who are you benching? Eagles or Jaguars this week?
55:04Eagles. Eagles. If no Devante Smith, would you start Bateman or Wicks?
55:08Bateman. Bateman. Okay. If no Devante Smith but yes Zay Flowers, would you start Bateman or Wicks?
55:13Wicks. Wicks is better there. Okay. Las Vegas is at New Orleans.
55:17Raiders. Dave, you mentioned their pass rush. Second highest pressure rate in the NFL.
55:21Sure. They have faced Miami and the Chargers. Maybe that has something to do with it.
55:26Yes. But New Orleans' offensive line took a hit.
55:29I mentioned Calvin Banks' injury earlier in the show.
55:32Yeah. And they weren't doing a great job, at least run blocking last week.
55:37They did not do a great job there either.
55:39So I'm a little pessimistic about that offensive line holding up.
55:43But Shuck has worked around that so far. Because, I mean, he took on Baltimore last week.
55:48It's not like he had all day long in the backfield to diagnose routes and all that stuff.
55:54So he's been under pressure already and he's done really well.
55:57So I'm not discounting Shuck because he's playing the Raiders and Max Crosby.
56:02All right. But, I mean, the Raiders have done a great job against Malik Willis and Justin Herbert.
56:07Or is this a... Well, Justin Herbert did a poor job for himself.
56:11Either way, you know. Now both quarterbacks only had 27 pass attempts.
56:15I guess, is this an obvious start for Tyler Shuck?
56:18You guys have it ranked that way. But are we missing something here with the Raiders?
56:23We'll find out. I mean, look, Shuck, you know, if he doesn't rally in the fourth quarter of...
56:29or the second half of week one, you know, it's not a great performance for him despite how bad Detroit's defense has been.
56:36He looked much better last week against Baltimore. So give him credit for that.
56:41That was on the road. First home game, you know, so that matters.
56:45Back-to-back road games for them. He leads the NFL in passing yards.
56:49You know, so there's reason for optimism here based on how he's performed.
56:53And so if you're stuck with what Justin Herbert has looked like, if you're replacing Caleb Williams and Jane Daniels, and there's
57:00news on Daniels, by the way, and Jackson Dart, like this is a great replacement quarterback for you, maybe for the rest of the season.
57:08So I know the Raiders have been much better than we anticipated.
57:11It's not the layup matchup that I think we thought it was going to be mostly for Herbert last week.
57:18So take that into account. If Shuck comes out of this with a bad game, I think that's probably more of an
57:25indication, depending on how the game goes, that the Raiders' defense is probably for real.
57:29But I don't buy that in terms of not trusting Tyler Shuck at this point.
57:34Like his receivers are playing great. His tight ends are playing great.
57:38The running game sucks. You know, it's almost like what we were talking about with Jordan Love and the Packers, except you've
57:45seen it now for two games of just, or I guess a game and a half of just Tyler Shuck playing fantastic.
57:52And I know like he's had some concerns about the volume.
57:55Like, yes, they didn't play an overtime game and have as many snaps as they did from week one to week two.
58:02It was still a very quality percentage of targets to the receivers.
58:06And Tyler Shuck still throwing quite a bit. That's the whole point.
58:10That's the whole point. And Jamie mentioned it's the first home game for the Saints, back-to-back road games for the Raiders.
58:16Can we call their week two game a road game?
58:20Didn't sound like it. So Shuck, yeah, a top 10 guy.
58:23And, oh, what the hell was I going to say?
58:26Oh, Jamie, you're wrong. He does not leave the NFL in passing yards.
58:30I love passing. Yeah, there you go. Yeah. Sorry.
58:33Going into week three, Tyler Shuck was leading the NFL in passing.
58:37Okay. Travis A. Chan. Where is Travis A. Chan with, again, that group of Robondre Stevenson and Jadarian Price and Jeremiah Love, all these like tandem guys.
58:46Because, hey, he's one of them too. And he's just what?
58:49He got 17 carries in two games. Dave, Travis A.
58:52Chan. He had 16 touches in week one and then only 10 in week two.
58:57And I'd be shocked if it happened again. You want to safeguard yourself against that.
59:02And if you can, you can do it. But you line them up against Quinshot Junkins, Basial Tootin, the Patriots running backs.
59:09I don't know. I still see a running back who should lead this team in touches, should be their goal line guy.
59:16I think they're going to put up points on the Raiders.
59:19And I don't think he personally stinks. So I'm still going to back him as a low-end RB2.
59:25Etienne or Vele from the chat? Good question. Vele and PPR.
59:28Maybe Vele and both. I think Vele and PPR is safer.
59:32Etienne. Here's the thing with Etienne. Can you answer this one real quick?
59:36A. Chan, Travis Etienne, A. Chan or Dobbins? A.
59:39Chan. I think when you start to compare him to, you asked about the Patriots guys, that's a frustrating one because we
59:46just don't know which one's going to be better than the other, play more than the other.
59:51I think it's a fair comp with Tootin because Tootin, terrible matchup.
59:55And we'll see what the splits are from Rodriguez and LeQuinn Allen from just how they play.
60:00Tootin's going to still lead the team in touches.
60:03I'm very curious if they're going to make Kendra Miller active this week or not because last week he was a healthy scratch.
60:10And so does Miller come into this game and get part of the action because they can't run the ball?
60:17They've just stunk at running the ball. And I don't know if Miller's the answer, but it's not Kamara.
60:23And I don't know if Travis Etienne is the guy right now at less than 100%.
60:28Yeah, I mean, that's something he's coming in with an injury.
60:31So, I mean, I think I'd start, I guess the only thing I'd differ with you is I'd start Tootin over him.
60:38Oh, I don't disagree with that. I mean, they're two spots apart.
60:42Yeah. So, like, I'm at the point where if there's no TyJ Spears, I would start telling Pollard over him.
60:48Oof, man. I could see why. I could see why.
60:51Yeah. I mean, wouldn't you rather take the running back that you know should play?
60:56Like, you know that Pollard should see more snaps at least, if not more touches overall, than HN.
61:02I agree. And his matchup is probably better. Can we say it's better than Vegas?
61:06Yeah. Oh, for sure. All right. Let's go through the rest of this game here.
61:11Sit Kirk Cousins, even though he has, he leads the NFL in touchdown rate, six touchdown passes in two games.
61:18Yeah. But, you know, credit to the Saints. They've done well against Goff and Lamar Jackson, obviously without flowers.
61:24Start, Gentty. Trey Tucker or Devon Vele? Vele. Vele.
61:26Trey Tucker or Luther Burden? Tucker. I've got Burden two spots higher as of now.
61:31I don't think I'm going to stick with it, though.
61:34Trey Tucker or Bajal Tootin? Tucker and PPR. I think I have Tootin higher.
61:39Start, Brock Bowers. He's top three for Jamie and Dave.
61:42He's eighth for Heath. So, Heath being a little cautious, I guess, first game back for Brock Bowers.
61:48And then, what is Shuck? Yeah, like I said, top ten.
61:51Shuck or Mahomes? Mahomes. Mahomey. Shuck or Justin Herbert?
61:54Shuck. Shuck. Shuck or Bryce Young for the 15th time this week?
61:58Shuck, but that's back-to-back. They are back-to-back top ten quarterbacks for me.
62:01I would rather start Shuck. And if you're in QB hell and you're looking at your lineup, you lost Jackson Dart, for
62:08example, and you don't feel good about Mariota or Winston, you should be able to trade something pretty cheap to get Shuck in a one QB league.
62:17And Chris Olave is a must-start. Devon Vele is top 30 for Jamie and Dave.
62:22Just outside of that for Heath, we talked a little bit about Vele.
62:26So, that brings us to Juwan Johnson. Would you start Juwan Johnson or Jake Ferguson?
62:31Juwan. Juwan. Juwan Johnson or Schultz for sure over him.
62:34How about Juwan Johnson over Hunter Henry? Juwan. I'll take double J over double H.
62:38And just to clarify, I meant to say Schultz over Juwan Johnson.
62:42Yes. Juwan or Friermuth? Juwan. Juwan. Friermuth. Juwan Johnson or Harold Vanden Jr.?
62:46Juwan. Juwan. All right. Saints defense. Jamie's got them 12th.
62:49Dave and Heath, 21st and 20th. Seattle at Washington.
62:52Stat of the game. Sam Darnold looks like he's trending in the right direction to play.
62:57Very good in easy matchups last year. And including against Washington, 24 pass attempts, 35.2 fantasy points in six point per passing touchdown games.
63:05And stat of the game number two, which is one that doesn't matter, but it's fun anyway.
63:10The commanders have allowed four touchdowns on nine targets to tight ends so far this season.
63:15And no Nick Cross, no. That is true. Jake Ferguson and Dallas Goddard would be those tight ends.
63:21All right. So yeah. Like, would you, would you start Sam Darnold, Jamie, if he plays?
63:26Where would he be ranked? He's going to be a top 20 quarterback.
63:30You know, so I think there's, you know, I'd start him over Bursette.
63:34I'd start him over Baker. I'd start him over Knicks.
63:38I'd start him over, I think that's probably the list of like the more named guys.
63:43Yeah. Look, you just got to hope he's healthy.
63:45I mean, you just saw Drew Locke throw three touchdowns to, you know, arguably the best receiver in the NFL.
63:52So that's on Sam Darnold's side. I would not be surprised if there's a Barner touchdown here.
63:57Their run game has not been great. So, you know, maybe a little bit more on Sam Darnold's plate or the passing game's plate.
64:05So I think it just comes down to, you know, who you're comparing it to.
64:09Yeah. He's got, he's got a lot of reasons.
64:12There's a lot of reasons to like Sam Darnold right now.
64:16And the commander's run defense has been good. Their pass defense has been awful.
64:20And we've got, we've got, if you want to hear about Jadarian Price, he's about 26th in the rankings.
64:26You want to hear about Price, go to the one question for each game segment.
64:31Start JSN. I don't think we're starting AJ Barner.
64:34He has three targets this season. He has a rushing touchdown.
64:37Marcus, I mean, look, it's a terrible matchup for the commanders.
64:41This team, Seattle is playing defense at such a high level.
64:44So sit Mariota. And then we'll get to the running backs last.
64:48By the way, the news on Daniels, he's not going to go on IR.
64:52They're considering him week to week. Okay. That's good news.
64:56The imaging came back. Everyone gets good news except Jackson dark Washington wide receivers.
65:00Dave, how are you approaching digs and McLaurin? Who do you like better?
65:04And where are they ranked? I like digs better.
65:07They are both number three receivers. I am not like deathly afraid to start them just because it's Marcus Mariota.
65:13In fact, I'm more nervous about the matchup than anything else.
65:17But especially in the case of digs, where can you win throwing the football against Seattle?
65:22It's underneath. It's short throws over the middle of the field.
65:25We've seen McLaurin work there before. We've definitely seen digs working there this year.
65:30And digs is also working in the flats to the outside, short area near the sideline.
65:35And I think that that's going to help push digs to better numbers over McLaurin.
65:39I might have McLaurin a little too high having him as a top 35 receiver, but I am not feeling the same way about digs.
65:47I like digs as a top 30 type of wide receiver.
65:51Okay, but definitely just for what it's worth five games together last year, Mariota with McLaurin, 14 and a half PPR points or more in three of them.
66:00Only one game was single digits in PPR scoring.
66:03So there's a pretty good track record here for these two guys playing together.
66:07And we know that Terry McLaurin had a bad year across the board last season, but some of his best games did
66:14come with with Mariota, including an absolute shocker. Or that game against Denver.
66:18Yeah, no, Denver. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. Yeah. Right.
66:21Where you just see was amazing, but gosh, Seattle's defense is just so good.
66:25All right. Would you start Jadarian price or a commander's wide receiver?
66:29I'd start price. I'd start digs. And if it's full PPR, I might start McLaurin to over price.
66:35I just, I hate the, the, the usage so far.
66:38I, you know, I, I'm hopeful about the usage.
66:41I'm not expecting a lot of catches for price, but that's a problem.
66:45Yeah. But I think he was really starting to, you know, get going last week and then he got hurt and there
66:52was a play where they had like first and goal and Emmanuel Wilson came in and he did nothing.
66:58And then they were like, all right, let's just bring in price.
67:02And they gave it to him and he lost two yards, but it wasn't his fault.
67:07I don't know. It's like something in me at the optimist in me is thinking that they're finally coming to their senses.
67:14Well, the realist in me is that we've seen this coaching staff use multiple running backs.
67:19But this isn't Zach Charbonnet. You know, this is Emmanuel Wilson, but I don't think you're right.
67:24I think you have to play it safe. You can't, you can't play it like the optimist.
67:29You have to play it safe with Jadarian price, which is trapped back right now.
67:34Any interest in a commander's running back? You know, who is actually interesting is Rashad White.
67:39Speaking of multi running back backfields, I think he's probably best suited for this matchup because it's a tough run defense.
67:46And I don't think either he nor Ja'Cory Krosky-Meritt are going to get a good rushing game.
67:51Their efficiency won't be good, but I think Rashad White can make plays out of the backfield, can catch the ball a little bit.
67:59Wouldn't surprise me if he led the team in snaps at running back for the second week in a row.
68:05So I think he's actually like a borderline-ish RB2 in full PPR.
68:09Yeah, okay. Makes sense. He played more snaps than Ja'Cory Krosky-Meritt last week.
68:13And they kind of rode the hot hand because White was just playing well.
68:17So it wasn't just like a, just because of the score.
68:21And that, I think, is it for this game.
68:24Start the Seahawks DST. Baltimore at Dallas in Rio.
68:27So, honestly, I feel like I could make a case to maybe rank Lamar Jackson kind of low-ish if they weren't playing Dallas.
68:34Without, say, Flowers, I'm saying. But I won't make that case because they're playing Dallas.
68:39Yeah, this Dallas defense has just not come close to expectations.
68:42Because I want to bring this up. When and Williams hasn't been playing great.
68:47I want to bring this up with Lamar Jackson, and I don't think we need to have this conversation now.
68:53But for all the Jackson managers, it's important to note, he started running less last year, even before his injury.
68:59He wasn't running as much. And so far, he has seven carries in two games.
69:04It is a trend worth watching. I think he wants to throw more.
69:08And Zay Flowers obviously gives him so much more potential as a passer.
69:12Yeah. You know why he wants to throw more?
69:15Because his play caller trusts him, and he wants to put him in positions and is calling mostly great plays.
69:21There were a couple plays last week I bet Declan Doyle wishes that he had back.
69:26But creative play caller who's putting his receivers in good spots, and Lamar understands it.
69:31I would lean in. If I could buy stock in Lamar Jackson's arm, I would do it.
69:36I think that he's going to continue to throw the ball out.
69:40And he's still willing to run when he's pressured.
69:43He did that last week. And he'll do better than 20 yards rushing most weeks.
69:48And because of the matchup, and even though he won't have Zay Flowers, at least we think he won't, I still would start him.
69:55I don't think it's really anything. If I've got Purdy with him, then I'll probably just pivot to Purdy.
70:01Yeah, no, no. But otherwise, look, Lamar is still looking very, very good as a quarterback.
70:07Stock symbol for that, Dave, is LJRM for Lamar Jackson's arm.
70:10If you want to buy stock in that. LJRM.
70:13No? Okay. Joke didn't work. Joke didn't work. That's okay.
70:16Start, Derek Henry. Start the lead wide receiver for the Ravens.
70:19And we're going to get a lot of Rashad Bateman questions.
70:23Assuming Zay Flowers doesn't play, we're going to get a lot of Rashad Bateman questions on Sunday.
70:28Jamie's got him 17th. Dave has him 23rd. The numbers are just amazing.
70:32If you give this guy seven or more targets, each of the last six times Rashad Bateman has had seven or more targets.
70:40He's scored 15.8 or more fantasy points. He has scored a touchdown.
70:43It's just five targets, dude. You lower it. I didn't see that.
70:47But he scored a touchdown in all six of those games.
70:51I didn't see that stat. I was looking for the five.
70:54I saw a lot of bad games with five targets, but I could be wrong.
70:59You're usually spot on with that. I mean, it's not every game.
71:03I'm sure every game we had seven, he's great.
71:06But there's, I think it's like 70% of the games he's had five.
71:10Okay. Um, and then, yeah, it's just a tough question of like, what do you do if Zay Flowers plays?
71:16So right now he's a top 20 receiver Rashad Bateman.
71:19But if Flowers plays, Jamie, where would you end up ranking him?
71:23So I think you got to just downgrade Flowers a little bit because bad turf and not a hundred percent.
71:29So I would probably put him in the teens if he plays still, you know, for the most part, a must start wide receiver.
71:37Um, I would like to see what this looks like without Jacoby Lane, because I think Bateman can still be a starter in three receiver leagues.
71:45You know, so Keith was making the point about just the, the, the target share that Zay Flowers has gotten.
71:51And there really hasn't been a lot left for anybody else.
71:55We just don't know because we haven't seen it.
71:58Lane got hurt early in, in week one, early enough in week one that there's not enough of a sample size to say, okay, this is what.
72:06Declan Doyle's offense will look like with multiple guys probably being involved or potentially being involved.
72:11So what does that mean for Andrews? What does that mean for Bateman?
72:15Those will be the top three guys until Lane returns, uh, along with Flowers.
72:20But without Flowers, you know, you saw it last week, nine targets for, for Bateman.
72:25He was awesome. And this Dallas defense, I think is not one you fear.
72:29So, um, very encouraged and excited about Rashad Bateman.
72:32And are we excited about Mark Andrews, Dave? Uh, to a degree.
72:36It's as far as someone who can get me 10 PPR points.
72:39Yes. I think he could do that. I think he's a borderline tight end one in full PPR.
72:45They faced one legitimate tight end so far this season as they likely killed them in week one.
72:51This is Dallas. Yeah. Yeah. You know, you can't really.
72:54He's not the same type of tight end. No, totally.
72:57But you can't judge. You can't judge the, uh, the Washington offense because they didn't have Jake.
73:03Jake Ferguson has six targets in two games. I know he caught two touchdowns last week, but he's not that high in the rankings.
73:1019th for Jamie. He's 16th for Dave. 23rd for Heath.
73:13Start lamb. Start picking. Just keep in mind with Ferguson because if he scores, he's going to be a good or around a top 12 tight end.
73:22Obviously, he scores twice. He's an easy top 12 tight end.
73:25They have been very strange in their production allowed to tight end so far, the Ravens, because they did a great job on Tyler Warren in week one.
73:34He scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter. He had 13 yards receiving.
73:38In week two, he had a big play for Juwan Johnson that got him to 10 PPR points.
73:44And so they've done a good job containing, I think, two decent tight ends.
73:48Um, at some point we're going to get a George Pickens game.
73:52I hope it's this week. And my guess is, as we saw last year, that comes at the expense of Jake Ferguson.
73:59Okay. Okay. Well, yeah. I mean, the targets are coming at the expense of Ferguson, um, but the touchdowns not, not yet.
74:06And then Javon, like you're going to start your Cowboys.
74:09Jamie's a little low on Javante. He's not having a great season so far, but he's like great in week one.
74:16But in terms of like 41 rushing yards, 30 rushing yards, Ravens have a good defense.
74:21Are they getting Matibuque back? Yeah. And Teddy Buchanan as well.
74:24Uh, it's not. So Hubbard's an easy start for me over Javante.
74:28Yes. It's not guaranteed that Matibuque is going to be back, but it's trending in that direction.
74:34They're talking like it, I think. All right. Let's see if we have chat questions for this game.
74:39Bateman or Valle? Bateman. Bateman. Either way with Flowers in or out?
74:43I think it's either way. Yeah. No, I'd still go Valle over Bateman if, uh, if Zay plays.
74:49Trey Tucker or Bateman. So that's clearly Bateman if, if Flowers is out.
74:53Bateman either way. Bateman either way. Pollard, Bill, or Bateman, PPR?
74:56Uh, Bateman. Bateman. Bateman if Flowers is out. Will I go Pollard over Bateman if Flowers plays?
75:02I think I would. It's tough. Um, I would go Pollard over Bateman if Zay plays and Sharp is, uh, Spears is up.
75:09Right. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Of course. We're not starting Pollard if Spears is playing.
75:14Well, unless you're desperate at running back. Yeah. Like, I don't mind Pollard as like a high-end number three running back if TyJ Spears plays.
75:22Quinton Johnston, Brian Thomas Jr., Rashad Bateman. Pick two.
75:24Bateman. And? I'm sitting BTJ. Jackson or? Yeah, sit, sit, Tom.
75:28Lamar Jackson or Tyler Shuck? Jackson. Lamar. If Zay Flowers is out, Bateman or Rasheed Rice?
75:33Bateman. Da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na. Bateman! Bateman! Okay. Let's see. Andrews or likely?
75:36Likely. Imagine. We used to have that question a lot.
75:39Ha-ha. Ha-ha. The Ravens had that question for you.
75:42Andrews or Fanny? Andrews. Andrews over Fanny. One more game.
75:45Tennessee's at the Giants. It's out of the game.
75:48The Titans have allowed 60 or more yards to four wide receivers.
75:5270 or more yards to three wide receivers in two games.
75:55Facing the Jets and the Eagles, they appear to have a pretty bad pass defense.
76:00Malik Neighbors coming off a one-catch game. Neighbors or Bateman if Flowers is out?
76:05Neighbors. Bateman. Ha-ha. Okay. Who are the must-starts in this game, Dave Richard?
76:09I would say Neighbors is a must-start, but with number two wide receiver expectations and likely as a must-start as a top 10 tight end.
76:17And Scadaboo is still a number two fantasy running back.
76:20Yeah. And is there anybody I like for Tennessee?
76:23I guess Pollard, as I just said, would be a number three running back.
76:27Who am I missing? Who would I be missing?
76:30Am I missing anybody? I don't think so. No.
76:33Do you want to – do you want to – like, I think the Giants defense is bad.
76:38They don't have Brian Burns. They probably are getting a starting cornerback back in Deontay Banks.
76:43But do you think – I think that helps.
76:46I don't know if it helps. It helps. Well, I mean, listen, it doesn't really matter because it's the Titans and their
76:53entire passing offense is a mess right now. You know, I went back and watched the tape because I saw the game,
77:00you know, live, the play where Hurts had almost the pick six, and it set them up first in goal.
77:06And then I think it was Isle Manor was wide open in the end zone, and Ward made such a bad throw.
77:13And I went back and watched the tape, and it really wasn't that bad.
77:18It wasn't as bad as the numbers. And the Eagles are obviously a stiffer challenge than the Giants.
77:24That's true, but it's not going to make me inclined to start anybody in the Tennessee offense.
77:29Yeah, what are we doing here? What am I even talking about?
77:33No. I mean, did you see something with Carnell Tate that stood out to you?
77:37Because I didn't. No, I mean, no. I didn't see anything.
77:41And there's still too many bad throws from Cam Ward.
77:44He might make some good ones, but there's too many bad ones.
77:48Right. Inconsistent play is bad play. You know, the Giants, I think the Giants are going to be terrible against tight ends
77:55with their personnel, but I don't think we're starting Gunnar Helm.
77:58And we're not starting Jameis. So, yeah, that's pretty much this game.
78:02I think Hunter Jameis in a 2QB league. I don't think that that's crazy at all.
78:07Oh, yeah. Because it's not like Tennessee's defense is really good either.
78:11There's definitely room for Winston to surprise us with a good game.
78:15But, yeah, it is a revenge game for Brian Dable, as pointed out here by Big Relish and by Jamie earlier in the week.
78:22And a lot of storylines here. Neighbors or McConkie from the chat?
78:26Glad. Glad. Neighbors or David Montgomery? Montgomery. Oh, boy.
78:29You can talk me into Montgomery in non-PPR. I'm going to go Montgomery either way.
78:34The Colts are bad. This is PPR. Yeah, I would take Neighbors.
78:37The matchup plus Jameis. Giants DST or Lions DST?
78:40The one playing Cam Ward. Thank you. These are your options?
78:44Those two? Where are you going to rank Pollard if Spears is out?
78:4823. 23. About there. And, okay. Neighbors or Vele in the chat?
78:52Malik. Neighbors. Someone's, yeah, we got some comments like, wow, Rashad Bateman over everyone.
78:56And, yeah, like, the Dallas Cowboys are just so bad defensively that Rashad, yeah, because Bateman over Neighbors.
79:02Actually, David just had two touchdowns. McLaurin should have had a big game.
79:06Yeah, they're so bad. That was me skipping back to Rashad Bateman.
79:10And that's going to do it for today's show.
79:13And how do you do the outro in Portuguese?
79:15We're going to try to have a funny clip for you on Sunday, Dave, that we can show Sunday morning.
79:22I'm trying to get clearance for it. Okay. You haven't gotten clearance yet.
79:26No, no, I haven't gotten clearance, Clarence. But we do – but Kyle Brandt, who's, you know, the man, and Allie Love,
79:33you know her, they made fun of me. It's every football analyst's dream to be made fun of by Kyle Brandt.
79:39And so we have some footage of that, hopefully, on Sunday's show, working on getting clearance of that for you.
79:46Okay. I mean, if you want to see it – you're teasing this clip, but if you want to see it, just
79:53go to Paramount Plus and watch the show NFL Play Action, which Adam is on every week, giving start and sit advice.
80:00And be entertained for yourselves. It's a very fun show all about football.
80:04Josh Allen is on it. But it's just – it's a very cool show, and they do cater to fantasy.
80:10So find it on Paramount Plus. When do you guys – when does it hit the site?
80:15Wednesday nights. Wednesday nights. Perfect. And I didn't realize Josh Allen played week two with the flu.
80:21And he was that good with the flu game.
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