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2:02What a play! It's time to dominate your fantasy league.
2:05Off to the races, and he stays on his feet!
2:09Now here's some combination of Adam, Dave, Jamie, and Heath.
2:12Okay, bye-lo, sell high, happy hump day. Wednesday, September 23rd.
2:15You know it's our favorite show, at least my favorite show.
2:18I love the Wednesday show. We have a great time.
2:22And Dave and Jamie and Heath are here. We're going to preview Thursday Night Football.
2:26Is this the beginning of the season for Drake London and Kyle Pitts?
2:31Should you be buying low basically in the next like 10 hours before the game starts tonight?
2:36And who should we sell high on, and which A-chan are we more worried about?
2:41Did you skip a day? What's that? You skipped a day.
2:44It's Wednesday. Oh, yeah. You got a few hours.
2:47It's Wednesday. It's my favorite show. You have 10 hours before the game kicks off.
2:52I thought we were doing that Wednesday Night Football thing again.
2:56Yeah. I didn't know what happened. Well, we're previewing the game, so I got really confused.
3:01Man, your last two intros are your last two shows we've done together.
3:05Wow. Oh, my gosh. You know what, Jamie? When Wednesday closes a door, Thursday opens a window.
3:10We got some news and notes for you. We'll fly through them real quick.
3:15We know Jaxson Dart will be out a while.
3:18We did a bonus show on that yesterday. So if you want to listen to it, we're not going to talk about
3:25it throughout the show, but we're not going to do the big analysis today.
3:29We already did that. Tyson Bajant has a concussion.
3:32Case Keenum could start on Monday night for the Chicago Bears.
3:36Or Caleb Williams could start, I suppose. And Sam Darnold has a chance to play this week at Washington.
3:42That could be a nice matchup for Sam Darnold.
3:45Running back news. Emmitt Johnson's going to continue to get more snaps, make sure he is rostered.
3:50J.K. Dobbins was apparently dealing with leg cramps, so we are going to expect him to play.
3:56But Nick Kosmider of The Athletic thinks that Jonah Coleman's role will continue to grow even when the backfield is healthy.
4:02We'll see what that means. Rico Dowdle is day-to-day.
4:05He could play this week against Cincinnati. Jonathan Brooks, Dave, is going to have surgery.
4:10He's going to miss about six weeks. It's weird that Chuba Hubbard only has 22 carries in two games.
4:16He does have two receiving touchdowns. They are 22nd in running back carries, even after a 34-3 win against Atlanta.
4:22I don't really know what to make of that.
4:25It's probably just statistical noise at this point. But I was thinking, like, should I trade?
4:31I don't have any Chuba Hubbard, unfortunately. But hypothetically, I don't even know what day it is.
4:36Should I trade Chuba Hubbard for Devon Achan? Because, like, I kind of feel like Chubbard might outperform him going forward.
4:43But what do you think? That trade will get accepted.
4:46I think people like what they're getting out of Chuba Hubbard, but they'll still take the upside that Achan has.
4:52And I know it's been gross so far for Achan, but he's still getting a lot of work.
4:58He's going to have his games. Sometimes that seems like a stretch to trade Chuba Hubbard straight up for Devon Achan.
5:05Two weeks from now, that might be one of the silliest things I've ever said.
5:10But for now, I think Achan is still getting more attention from the fantasy world.
5:14At least on the trade chart, it's definitely come out Achan ahead of Chuba.
5:19Now, if you want to put somebody with Chuba to get Achan, rather, you're going to give up Achan and you're going to get Chuba and something else?
5:28Yeah, I wouldn't mind that one bit. There are definitely some receivers that you can pair with Chuba Hubbard to have that work out nicely for you.
5:37Okay. Tell us about the trade chart real quick.
5:39Every week for the last 16 years, I've been creating a trade chart to help people make fair trades in their league.
5:46It's not based necessarily on what I think. It's based much more on public perception, future matchups for players, just what a
5:54player's value is going week after next. It's basically like giving a stock price to every player in the league.
6:00And then you just match up players to see if the prices match.
6:04And if they do, you've got a good one for one trader.
6:08You take two players and you add them together to the goal and get one other player.
6:13It's just a way to make trading easier because everybody's so scared about getting ripped off.
6:19This is something to help show people that you're not going to get ripped off and that there are ways to make fair trades in fantasy.
6:27And there's non-PPR, half-PPR, full-PPR trade chart values. And there's 2QB, 1QB, and then 1QB, 4.6 point values on the trade chart.
6:34You can look for it on my X page or you can just literally search CBS trade chart and it'll come up in your Google machine.
6:42Keith, you have your dynasty trade chart too, right?
6:45I do have my dynasty trade chart. We're updating dynasty rankings this week.
6:49Talked about it yesterday on the show and the trade chart will be updated soon.
6:54I look at that dynasty trade chart all the time, especially now since I'm tanking in one of my dynasty leagues and
7:01now maybe both of my dynasty leagues. So that thing is getting a lot of attention from me.
7:07So thank you for doing that, Heath. Vinny said, I traded Saquon Barkley for Chuba Hubbard and Kyron Williams.
7:13Who won the trade? You won the trade. You do such a great job.
7:17On the notes. And there's sometimes like on Wednesday or Thursday morning, I'm like, I've been searching and I can't find any news about this guy.
7:26What's going on with this guy? And usually when I see your notes, I see that somebody said something about it.
7:33Have we heard anything about Saquon's MRI? I was just thinking, how have we heard nothing about Saquon Barkley?
7:39It's so weird. Because he had an MRI. Yeah.
7:42I mean, he was going to get an MRI.
7:44I would hope that the fact that we haven't heard anything is a good sign because if it was bad, we probably
7:51would hear from a team source or an agent to one of the insiders.
7:56Again, I don't know what date is either, but they don't practice until Thursday.
8:00So we won't know what his status is until then.
8:04So that could be 10 hours from now. Did you skip a day?
8:08I'm moderately encouraged by Barkley playing this week. All right.
8:11Let's go to wide receiver news. Jaden Reed has no timetable.
8:15They even talked about not even knowing if Jaden Reed will be able to return this season.
8:20Right. Is he droppable? Yeah, unfortunately. Unless you have an IR spot and you want to save it, see what happens.
8:27Got to wait for him to go on IR first.
8:30There's a few like, this is just the frustration of like Tuesday transactions.
8:34You get a little bit more leeway with Wednesday when you have the Jonathan Brooks news, the Jaden Reed news, the Jackson
8:41Dart news, the Jaden Daniels news, like guys that are expected to probably go on short term IR and you have to wait until making a second transaction.
8:50So you lose out on a player or two that you might want.
8:54Yeah, absolutely. I have a couple notes in my phone to go back and check my teams.
9:00I have Dallas Goddard and Jaden Reed on one.
9:03That's another one. Yeah. Hoping that these guys move to IR, but also I'm just, just real to follow up on Jaden Reed.
9:10Is it possible that he just doesn't even go on IR, comes back quickly?
9:14Are all things on the table right here with Jaden Reed?
9:18I would guess based on what LaFleur said that that's probably not going to happen.
9:23So, you know, neck injury or back injury of his severity is probably something that they want to be cautious about.
9:30It's neck. Okay. Other news. We've got, oh, Puka Nakua status unknown.
9:33And of course it's a Sunday night game. So hopefully we don't have to sweat that one out.
9:39San Francisco signed Brandon cooks to the practice squad.
9:42Mason's. That's what they need is another old wide receiver.
9:45I, I think like I were projecting Mike Evans and there's no reason to, to like panic or anything yet, but I
9:52would, they play a four o'clock game this week.
9:55I'd like to have somebody on my bench that I could potentially put in for him late.
10:01Cause when Kyle Shanahan says we're going to have to manage him this week, like he kind of underplays injuries on occasion.
10:08I would, I would just like to make sure that I had a backup for Mike Evans, just in case I thought
10:15the cook signing was more about DeMarcus Robinson. Yes.
10:18And it doesn't have to do with Evans, but you're right.
10:21Like the track record is certainly there for Kyle Shanahan to downplay injuries.
10:25Hopefully, you know, it'll just be easy. If we see Evans practicing by Friday, then he should be good to go for Sunday.
10:33And there's actually a team in the FFT open Thomas Schaefer division called the substation players state players, substation player slayer.
10:39Very good team name there. We have another team, just a quick team name Tuesday on a Wednesday from Morgan.
10:46Watch me whip. Watch me vele. Very good. Tight end news.
10:49Mason Taylor week to week. Maybe that helps the, what's his stupid name?
10:54Kenyon Sadiq. Kenyon Sadiq. Thank you. It's okay. He was just a first round tight end.
10:59Charlie Kohler is hoping to return in four weeks.
11:02Brock Bowers expected to play this week. According to Ian Rappaport.
11:05The Green Bay Packers lost their starting right tackle and best offensive lineman for the season.
11:10That is terrible news for the Packers. And cornerback AJ Terrell is on IR for the Falcons.
11:16And defensive tackle David Onyemada is on IR for the Jets.
11:19And let's get into buy low and sell high.
11:22Here we go. Heath, you got Drake London on your buy low list.
11:26Jamie, you've got Kyle Pitts on your buy low list.
11:29Question for both of you. Heath, you can go first.
11:33Are you valuing Drake London the same way? You know what?
11:36And Kyle Pitts for that matter. The same way you did in preseason.
11:40So I think there's reason to feel just a little bit more optimistic about Drake London than Kyle Pitts.
11:46Because we've seen Michael Pennix just feed Drake London relentlessly.
11:50We've seen Drake London be a top six wide receiver with Michael Pennix.
11:54And so I'm probably a little closer to feeling exactly the same way I did before the season with London.
12:00I think there's reason to hope that they're both exactly what we thought they were.
12:05But London's more of a little more certain about it.
12:08I would agree. I did like the fact that the Falcons office coordinator came out this week and said they've done a poor job of involving Kyle Pitts.
12:17Came out yesterday, I think it was. So hopefully that's something that they overcorrect.
12:22We saw it with the Broncos, for example, when they did that with Jalen Waddell in week two.
12:27So it's really just more about, for both these guys, I'm sure everybody can see that, that it's going to be competent quarterback play.
12:35Kyle Pitts, I think, was on a live stream this week as well.
12:39And somebody asked him about his quarterback and he kind of chuckled that he'd get Pennix back.
12:45They all know that, you know, and it's hard not to, you know, foresee better production coming for both of these guys.
12:52You hope that what we were expecting in the preseason does come to fruition.
12:56It's just been a disaster across the board. Okay.
12:59So there you go. Drake London, second round caliber player, Kyle Pitts.
13:03I mean, I know Dave was not high on Kyle Pitts to begin with.
13:07And Dave and I noticed the route depth was up this year.
13:11But yeah, it's still a lot. It looked a lot like 2024.
13:15Week one, he was just running clear out so they could dump the ball off to Bijon, right?
13:21There was plenty of that. But just further downfield has never been a good look for Pitts.
13:26And that's what he was doing through the first two weeks.
13:30So I'm hoping that what the offensive coordinator said means shorter routes for Pitts and easier dump off passes and the type
13:37of thing that actually helped me buy into Pitts in the first place.
13:41That being said, I really don't like the idea of giving up much for Pitts.
13:46And you've really got to be struggling at – I'm sorry, Heath – but you've really got to be struggling at tight
13:53end to make a move for him. Because if he stinks on Thursday, we might see him hit the waiver wire in a couple of leagues.
14:01I do feel better right now about Pitts than I do Loveland.
14:05But what I was going to say was I just mostly don't think we've seen the offense the Falcons intend to run.
14:12Correct. Yeah, right, right. Forget those two games. I hope.
14:15Okay. Heath, you're also saying Jeremiah Love is a buy low.
14:19Yeah, I think – I mean, last week was a terrible matchup.
14:23He's basically – I think he's averaging 12.5 touches per game through his first two games.
14:28We had some concern that they do this too much Tyler Algier thing early in the year.
14:33However, I still think it's – he's not going to get unleashed to the point of Kenneth Walker or even to the
14:40point of 20 touches a game, I don't think, this year.
14:44But I do think that we're probably in the second half going to see 15-plus touches per game for Jeremiah Love.
14:51He's going to have some better matchups. He's going to pop off at some point and be valued much, much higher than he is right now.
14:59So I don't know that it gets a lot better immediately.
15:03But if you can buy low, I think even for – I think we all have him ranked right around RB30 this week.
15:10And that's probably about the consensus opinions. It's kind of what he's been.
15:14We got fortunate he scored a touchdown on week one.
15:17But I think we're still tracking towards the second half of the season.
15:21He's easily a top 20 running back. Right. And that's where he is on the trade chart.
15:27Would you rather have Chuba Hubbard or Jeremiah Love?
15:30What's my record? Your record's one and one. Probably Hubbard.
15:33Two and O, definitely Love. Really? Yeah. I think it depends on what you've got at running back.
15:39Yeah. And the nice thing about people who have Chuba Hubbard is they drafted him late.
15:44Right. So if you're rich at running back and you could feasibly get away without even using Chuba Hubbard in your lineup,
15:51then you could possibly trade him straight up for Love.
15:54I want to look into why Chuba Hubbard only has like 22 carries or something.
15:59Well, I think part of it's because they are throwing the ball a lot.
16:03Yep. And creating explosives. Yeah. So he has the second highest explosive play rate Bryce Young does, and he's averaging 37 and a half pass attempts per game.
16:12That doesn't leave much room for the running back.
16:15They are throwing the ball and going on the field.
16:18It's really just game two. Because game one, they were chasing points the entire game.
16:23You know, so it's why didn't they run the ball more?
16:27They were, but they were in a competitive back and forth game.
16:31I mean, in week one, they just, they have been very passive.
16:35They've been super aggressive, as you mentioned, explosives, but they're throwing the ball downfield all the time.
16:40And they went for it. They were, the Panthers were fourth and goal at the three yard line on their opening possession against Cooper Rush.
16:48I think you could have easily kicked a field goal there.
16:52They went for it through a touchdown at Chuba Hubbard.
16:55I mean, they are going for the jugular. And I really like what I'm seeing.
17:00And as I sit here and talk, I'm going, man, I think I want to, I think I want to go try to get me some Chuba Hubbard.
17:08So I don't have it. Like Jonathan Bruce could be out for six weeks at least.
17:14And he hasn't done anything. I mean, this guy is the clear runaway leader of this backfield.
17:19If this offense is good, Chuba Hubbard is going to just smash ADP.
17:23And by the way, he was a top 12 running back two years ago.
17:28Oh, I think he's going to smash ADP already.
17:31Yeah. Um, like, but what were all of the AG, AJ Dillon touches in garbage time?
17:36I think so. And they're working out Austin Eckler today.
17:39Yeah. That doesn't bother me. Um, I, no, it shouldn't bother you.
17:43I'm just, yeah, yeah, you're right. I should have mentioned it.
17:46Um, he had, let's see, he played four snaps, AJ Dillon and they were all, yeah.
17:51Last five minutes of the fourth quarter. Okay. Moving on.
17:55I'm sorry. You anything? No, no. I just say that was my biggest disappointment on the waiver wire last night was in
18:02the FFT open where I didn't have, where I had Jaden Daniels and no QB two.
18:07I didn't get Bryce Young. He went for 26%.
18:10You got to Sean Watson though. I did get to Sean Watson, which is super nice.
18:15It's basically the same thing. We got to take a break.
18:18Adam, all your guys are coming back to, to be good.
18:22Like who? No, no. Just Sean Watson. Oh, yeah.
18:25Sean Watson. Yeah. You want to, you want to, you want to buy him in the dynasty league?
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18:38Jamie's going to tell you why AJ Brown is a, is a good by low.
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21:44DJ Moore for Chuba Hubbard. Once that gets rejected, I'll try to sweeten the pot.
21:49What makes you think that's going to get rejected?
21:52Because he's injured. But, you know, we'll see. All right.
21:55Buy low for Dave. Tucker Craft and George Pickens.
21:58I'll start with Craft, who saw his route rate basically double from week one into week two.
22:04The targets were cut in half from week one to week two, so that part kind of stinks.
22:09But I think we're getting the scenario that can make Craft an important part of this Packers offense.
22:15So he's being ramped up. We know he's coming back from an ACL.
22:19Jaden Reed is out. We don't know when he's coming back.
22:23The run game is a mess. We don't know when Josh Jacobs is going to come back and if the run game will ever be good.
22:31Here's the perfect short area target for Jordan Love to lean into and somebody who could also win further downfield.
22:38Many examples on film of him gaining big yards after catch.
22:41I just can't help but feel like his time is coming where he's going to be able to be a much, much,
22:48much, much better fantasy producer than what we've seen through the first two weeks of the season.
22:54The people who drafted Tucker Craft are probably ticked.
22:57They probably went to their waiver wire. There have been a bunch of other tight ends that you could have picked up off the waiver wire.
23:05I think Craft has the upside to be better than many of those tight ends.
23:10And you can get them on the cheap right now.
23:13Would you rather have Tucker Craft or Isaiah Likely?
23:16I have Likely over Craft, but they're dead even in non-PPR.
23:19So maybe you offer Likely and you get Craft and another player back.
23:23Sure. If you can make that work. I worry about how interested people are in Giants players in the wake of Jackson Darts injury.
23:31Yeah, it's true. Okay. And then George Pickens. I think we talked about this on Beyond the Box score.
23:37I mean, it just seems like not too much to worry about here.
23:41Right. He's still playing a lot and he's still getting one game with a lot of targets, one game with fewer targets.
23:48I do wish he were more involved inside the 10-yard line, but he had a touchdown opportunity last week on an out route.
23:56And Dak just got hit before he could really throw that ball with accuracy.
24:00And if he had thrown it with accuracy, Pickens would have been in the end zone and everybody wouldn't be freaking out.
24:07Still a top 12 receiver on the trade chart.
24:10But it's borderline and it's really close. And part of the reason why it's borderline is because Drake London, Ladd McConkie, neighbors, they haven't really had monster games.
24:19You know, McConkie had one nice game. Drake London hasn't had any nice games.
24:24Hopefully that changes this week. But we're still looking for receivers to kind of fill that role.
24:29And I think Pickens can still do it. So I would say if you can get him on the cheap, obviously he's somebody that has better days ahead.
24:38Biggest thing I think for Dallas so far is they're averaging 53 offensive plays per game.
24:43Yeah. The last three years with Schottenheimer and Dak, they have been one of the highest paced offenses in football.
24:50Average 65 and a half. And they still are very fast paced.
24:54They have one of the highest paces right now.
24:56Sixth in pace, but 28th in plays. They barely had the ball in week one against the Giants.
25:02And that's pretty close to where they were last year.
25:05Remember how we took that sliver of games where Quinn and Williams was on the defense?
25:11Yeah. And their defense was better. I think they were averaging around 56 plays per game.
25:16So it's a little bit off of that pace, but it's still right around where they were last year.
25:22Okay. And the receivers were good last year during that.
25:25Yeah. Sam. All right, Jamie, we got Kyle Pitts who you discussed.
25:29First Kyle, well, first Kyle Pitts or Tucker Craft.
25:32I'll ask you that. And then talk to me about AJ Brown and what you expect from him coming back.
25:38I would rather have Tucker Craft than Kyle Pitts right now.
25:42That could change Thursday night if Pitts looks awesome.
25:44But I think, I mean, I was drafting Kraft before Pitts anyway.
25:48So this is a perfect opportunity if you're 2-0 to go try and get AJ Brown.
25:53So you're looking at an AJ Brown team. I'm sure there's many of them that are 0-2 and struggling and certainly needing receiver help.
26:01And maybe you have something on your bench or another position that could help that manager.
26:06So as this continues to go and as you continue to win, that's the type of player you're looking to help you
26:13in the stretch run when he's healthy. Hopefully he'll be 100%.
26:17So it's the cheap time to get AJ Brown as opposed to having to pay up when he's closer to being back on the field.
26:25So, yeah, I think I mentioned this on my Monday show with Jacob and Dan.
26:30I'm worried about AJ Brown just because... What the hell?
26:33Sorry, my phone just screamed at me. I'm worried about AJ Brown just because this does...
26:38Like, I've given examples of players who have come back from high ankle sprains and been just fine.
26:44And I think you look at the way Jeremiah Love is running right now.
26:48I think he looks great. CeeDee Lamb last year.
26:51Saquon Barkley in the past. Jonathan Taylor in the past.
26:54All those guys missed about three weeks. This is obviously a more severe high ankle sprain.
26:59So I am hesitant to value AJ Brown the way I did before the season started.
27:05Not to mention they just lost their right tackle.
27:08But I don't know. It's just a guess on my part.
27:11I don't feel super confident in that opinion. But I don't know.
27:15I'm hesitant to value him. Yeah, I guess that's the question.
27:18Like, let's say... Do you think he's going to perform like a second rounder when he gets back?
27:24Do you think more like a third rounder? What do you think?
27:28Even if he's a top five round pick. So let's say fourth round, fifth round.
27:33You know, you're not... You shouldn't be going into this at this point giving up much.
27:38Because you're trying to help somebody that's got a zero.
27:41And give yourself a zero for the next at least three to four weeks.
27:46But the hope would be is by the time he comes back, your team is in such a great place that you're adding a significant asset to it.
27:55So it's just a matter of, you know, what the offers are.
27:58You know, so like I have Jalen Coker as a sell high.
28:02I wouldn't be selling Jalen Coker for AJ Brown right now.
28:06That could change in a few weeks. But that's the type of player I'd be looking to get if I was the AJ Brown manager in that range.
28:15Somebody that's on someone's bench or a frustrating start for somebody.
28:18But at the same time is a must start for me as the Brown manager.
28:23And looking at it, does Coker keep this up?
28:26And does AJ Brown certainly deliver on what the expectations were prior to the season when he is healthy?
28:32So I would guess the six-week time frame is built into what the severity of the ankle injury is because he's eligible to come back in four weeks.
28:41So we'll see just when he's going to be activated when he starts to ramp up.
28:46But if you're trading for AJ Brown, you're doing so with the idea of, I know my team has playoff capability to be a playoff contender.
28:55And I want to have this player at his best in December.
28:58I'm going to throw one more by low out there.
29:02Repeat from last week. I still believe in Jamison Williams.
29:05Agreed. He was somebody I considered mentioning as well.
29:08I think getting two, they were down, I mean, they're down their center right now.
29:13He's on IR. But they were down two offensive linemen on a short week against Buffalo.
29:18I believe both of those guys are going to play this week.
29:21So I think better times are ahead for Jared Goff.
29:25Remember, he had an opportunity to hit J-Mo on a big play and got sacked just before he was about to throw it.
29:32But I'm actually, I am in the process of making an offer for Jamison Williams in one of my leagues.
29:38And maybe George Pickens because they're on the same roster.
29:42All right, let's go to some sell highs. Jamie, you got Jalen Coker as a sell high.
29:47Oh, why? This is your guy. Ooh, that's a lot of rhyming right there.
29:52And you have Dalton Kincaid as well. Jalen Coker and Dalton Kincaid.
29:55It's just maximizing value for players that haven't done this before.
29:59And so, you know, like if you could turn Jalen Coker into George Pickens, I'm sure a lot of people would, you
30:06know, be open and excited about doing that. And the George Pickens manager may consider it.
30:11Probably take a little bit more to sweeten it.
30:14But it's just looking at players that were drafted as bench options and turning them into hopeful superstars that are struggling.
30:21So, you know, it doesn't have to be receiver for receiver.
30:24If you don't have, you know, the best running backs, you still believe in Devon H.
30:29And you want to trade Coker for H. And to an H.
30:33And manager that drafted A.J. Brown and may have, I don't know, some other receiver concerns based on the injuries.
30:40The laundry list is long. And the same thing with Dalton Kincaid, who was in most cases a late round tight end
30:47or a second tight end for a lot of managers.
30:50And if your tight end situation is good, it's turning that type of player into something else.
30:55I think they're both going to be very good.
30:58You just talked about what the Panthers offense is doing right now.
31:02It's a very underrated story. You know, we gave Davis Webb a lot of crap for what they look like in week one.
31:09And we haven't really talked about. Canales gave over play calling duties as well to Brad Itzik.
31:15And it's looked great so far. You know, so it's working.
31:18The tackles aren't there yet. Bryce Young could get, I don't know, better.
31:23But, you know, this may be something that's sustainable.
31:26And Coker looks fantastic right now. He did struggle with injuries last year.
31:30He already played through an ankle injury. Dalton Kincaid, we know about his history and his knee problems.
31:35So, I hope it's sustainable. Again, I'm not giving them away.
31:39I don't think you should be giving them away.
31:42I think there's massive upside for both of these guys.
31:45But it's just taking them when they're at their peak and maybe turning them to something that was expected to be great
31:52and hopefully will be great at the top of the draft that's struggling right now.
31:57Lad McConkie or Jalen Coker? Lad. I think I'd buy into Lad, but that's a little tougher with the rib injury.
32:04And what did he look like last week? Would you trade Jalen?
32:07Is it what he looked like or is it what the chart profits look like?
32:12Yeah. Really the offensive line. I'm going to look at the most traded list here.
32:17Chuba Hubbard is the most traded player in CBS Leagues.
32:20How about that? Would you trade Jalen Coker for Colson Loveland?
32:24They're about even on the chart. I think I'd rather have Coker.
32:28Coker's a little higher in full PPR and half PPR.
32:31I'd rather have Coker. I'd rather have Coker right now with the Caleb Williams injury for sure.
32:36Okay. Would you rather have Coker or Travis Achan?
32:39Who's higher on the trade chart? Achan. I'd rather have Coker.
32:43Coker. Interesting. Devon Achan or Coker? Devon Achan. I'd take the upside of Achan.
32:47You know I wasn't very excited about that. So it goes Achan, Coker, Achan is what you're saying.
32:53Right? Dude, we're a Chuba Hubbard injury away from there being the third one.
32:57I know. Someone said that in the chat. It's so funny.
33:01Well, Trevor Achan's on IR though, right? Yeah. Yeah.
33:04All right. We got – did you talk about Kincaid?
33:07I'm sorry. I just kind of lumped them together.
33:10You know, it's just – it's the same theory.
33:13It's two players that are awesome right now and should maintain a high level of play, but it's just the uncertainty of
33:20either injuries or never doing this before and maximizing value when it's available to you for guys that are – probably were
33:27drafted as bench players for you in the majority of the case for both of these guys.
33:32He's easily tied N3 rest of season. Oh, is he?
33:36If he stays at this level, absolutely. I mean, he might be better than that rest of season.
33:41Yeah. Don't sell high if he's tied N3. No.
33:44Again, you're not giving these guys away. There could be some scenarios of you drafted Kincaid and Kittle, right?
33:50And you're maximizing the value for Kincaid while Kittle works his way back.
33:55You may have drafted Loveland and Kincaid. You're not trading Loveland at this point when you have Kincaid.
34:00So there's very different ways that this could have all worked out for you.
34:05If you just drafted Kincaid as your only tight end late, you're thrilled about this.
34:10You're not giving him away. So it's just – if you have the ability to trade these caliber of players for superstars
34:17or struggling superstars or injured superstars that you have faith in rest of season, that's the type of reason to explore trading these guys.
34:24Yeah, okay. But it should be noted that if you have Jalen Coker and Dalton Kincaid, you've done well and you should expect to be able to start.
34:33These are not examples of guys who are off to a hot start and are going to crater.
34:39These are examples of guys that we believe in, but you got them really late.
34:44You can turn them into somebody who was drafted really early.
34:47Correct. All right. Kincaid more so than Coker, but yeah, same theory for both.
34:52Dave, Devante Adams and Omari and Hampton. These are some spicy names here.
34:56Adams coming off one of his best games ever, and Hampton scored in both games.
35:01They are on your sell-high list. Let's just repeat it again.
35:04This is not sell for what you can get.
35:07This is not these guys suck, and so get them off your team.
35:11This is sell-high. You're trying to maximize the value.
35:14It's literally what we've been talking about for years on this show.
35:18And Devante Adams having this monster game, who was absent for that game for the Rams?
35:23It was Puka Nakua. Do you think we're going to get games like this from Devante Adams when Nakua is back?
35:30Whenever that is. I don't think so. And there's a pretty serious track record, especially of Adams when he's got tougher matchups,
35:37where he's not nearly as good, like not even like 30% as good as what he did in week number two.
35:44So you have to kind of pull back. But here's a player that you drafted maybe a little bit later on, and
35:51expectations were a little bit lower, and people are desperate for wide receivers.
35:55You might be able to get quite a bit for Devante Adams and Trey.
36:00His next two games are at Denver and at Philadelphia.
36:03Perfect example. But then after that, I don't know about Buffalo.
36:06They might be all right. But Buffalo, Arizona, Raiders, Chargers, Commanders, Cardinals.
36:10That is an amazing stretch. It is. But hold on, just to finish up here.
36:15What did he do in tough matchups last year?
36:18Houston, Philadelphia, and two games against Seattle. He really struggled.
36:21He had touchdowns in three of the four games.
36:24But as we saw in week one, he wasn't on the field in 13 personnel in goal-to-go situations, which is something he dominated last year.
36:32That was Pukunakua in week one. He did score touchdowns, but he had 51-56, 1-89 yards in those four games.
36:38How many targets did he have in those games?
36:418-8-8-6. Okay. That's more than I thought he had.
36:44Yeah. And I remember he was shadowed by Stingley.
36:47I don't remember anything else there. But yeah, it really resonates with me because Adam is one of my most rostered players.
36:54But if I could just get one good game in the next two, I think he could go crazy in the games after that against great matchups.
37:03But I could be wrong. You know, obviously, no Puka certainly helped.
37:07By the way, I could have no Puka this week, too.
37:10This is the best call of all, though, of the sell-high candidates.
37:14But is he? Because this guy was a top 10 wide receiver last year.
37:18But he's not going to do this. He's not going to do this, but no one thinks he's going to do this.
37:25No one's trading. Well, you don't know that. I don't want to say Brown for him.
37:31You don't know that, though. You'd be crazy. Who would you rather have rest of the season, Adams or Puka?
37:37Puka. Okay, well, the Puka manager may be looking to do that because he doesn't know what he's going to play again.
37:44I don't know about that. You don't know how people can't.
37:48Okay, yeah, that's a layup. But who would you rather have rest of the season, Adams or Pickens?
37:53Pickens. Pickens. Pickens. And all you have to do is go back to week one and saw what Devonta Adams did in
38:00that game and realize that that's the kind of floor he had.
38:04Yeah, that's with Matthew Stafford. That was a horrible game for the Rams.
38:08Horrible game for the Rams. Matthew, everyone was. I love Sean McVay's shtick, by the way.
38:14I hope he does it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that was fun.
38:17All right. I do think if we're going to say he's a seven target per game wide receiver, we know that he's
38:24a dynamite player in the red zone. He's going to get looks for touchdowns.
38:29He's going to be a number two wide receiver rest of season, and that's how he's valued on the trade chart.
38:36But if you can turn him into a top 15 receiver.
38:39Exactly. Or better yet, a top 15 running back, top three tight end.
38:43Like you're helping yourself. This is presuming that you've got other wide receivers that you can roll with.
38:49Yeah. Again, you're not giving him away. But this is maximizing the value of someone who's taking advantage of an injury on his team.
38:57I know. I'm not treating him. We need to give specific examples just because I mean, I think it should be obvious.
39:04Don't give him away. But I think when you say trade him for Pickens, extremely realistic.
39:09And the fact that all three of you said that, that is great actionable advice that you'd still rather have Pickens over Devontae.
39:16I think you'd have to throw in something with Adams to get Pickens, too.
39:21I don't think so. And another easy target for me would be Nico Collins.
39:25Yeah. Okay. Same exact thing. I don't love trading for injured players, but.
39:29No, I wouldn't. I would not trade him straight up for A.J.
39:33Brown. I would not trade him straight up for Rasheed Rice.
39:37I would not trade him straight up for Jameson Williams.
39:40If you wanted some running backs, I wouldn't trade him straight up for Tootin.
39:45Would you trade him for Bucky Irving? HN. Travis HN.
39:48Would I trade him straight up for Bucky Irving?
39:51Yeah. Okay. I like the way Bucky's looked so far.
39:54He's the best part of the Bucs offense. Yeah.
39:57I think that's a buy high, right? Bucky Irving?
40:00Yeah. Yeah. Amari and Hampton. Give me real quick on Hampton because Heath hasn't spoken in like 30 minutes.
40:06Top 20 in PPR points per game. Top 12 in touches per game.
40:10The offensive line is so bad. And you can kind of cherry pick around his biggest plays and see that he's just not an efficient runner.
40:18Fumble in each of his first two games. One of them was an embarrassing fumble.
40:23Kind of needed touchdowns to get good numbers. I would be leery of Amari and Hampton turning it on and being a
40:30top 12 running back rest of season. His schedule sucks.
40:33Buffalo. I don't know. That could be fine. Seattle, Denver, Kansas City by Rams, Houston, Ravens.
40:38That's getting then you got New England after that.
40:41This schedule sucks for Hampton. Wow. Yeah. This is one.
40:44This is an eye opening one here, which of course is funny for me to say because my eye can't open.
40:51If you've been noticing, I have this weird eye, but Heath did.
40:55I saw you guys laughing behind the scenes and I have no idea what that was about.
41:00I thought you said Heath talks. No, I said Heath hasn't spoken in 30 minutes.
41:05So Dave, go quick. So Heath can get. Oh, I know.
41:09So Heath can rep the chargers. No, Heath, go ahead on Diggs and Shuck.
41:13Stefan Diggs and Tyler Shuck are your cell highs.
41:16I'd still like to hear his opinion on Hampton and his teammates, to be honest.
41:21Okay. Uh, you know, I think I went with the lower end cell high guys, but Stefan Diggs has three touchdowns in
41:28two games and he's still playing like 60% of the offensive snaps.
41:32And I think you should probably see if someone thinks that Stefan Diggs is a must start wide receiver again and try to trade him to that person.
41:41Uh, we just had three quarterbacks get hurt. Tyler Shuck was drafted as your QB two.
41:46He's put up great numbers with miserable first halves and great second halves.
41:50It's kind of the Jacoby Brissett experience so far.
41:53Um, and I think that's the type of guy that like somebody is running to the waiver wire and they miss Bryce
42:00young and they had to schedule settle for Deshaun Watson.
42:03And you say, you know what? I've got Tyler Shuck.
42:07He can be your QB one. Look, he's QB seven right now and they're throwing all the time and he's going to be awesome.
42:14And go, go improve one of your other starting positions and then just find somebody else to be your QB two.
42:21Stefan Diggs, uh, is fifth in target per out run rate.
42:24It actually looks a lot like last year, except he's got these three touchdowns.
42:29It's not playing a ton, but he's heavily targeted.
42:32Um, so he, I'm kind of approaching him like maybe.
42:35Yeah. I mean, I could love to sell high for, I don't know, digs and somebody for pickings or whatever, you know, but I'm fine just keeping them.
42:44I don't think this is going to be a good week for him, but yeah, I think he'll be a flex, right?
42:51I think he'll be a, he might be a wide receiver three, the flex and a two wide receiver league.
42:57Yes. But he's got the name and Jamie talks about this a lot.
43:02Like a lot of times the guy with the all pro name that are currently producing like an all pro can get
43:09you more than their worth in a trade. Devante Adams probably falls into that too.
43:13He's obviously higher on the trade chart than digs is, but listen, digs is right now performing as a top 12 wide receiver.
43:21We've got a lot of years of digs being a top 12 wide receiver.
43:25There might be somebody in your league who believes he's a top 12 wide receiver.
43:30Did you guys watch Devante Adams? Like he, Oh, he was incredible.
43:34He was great. Yes. Yes. He's still a great player.
43:37I mean, I know the catch rate and the yards and all that stuff was bad last year, but this guy can still play.
43:45He can get open. Do you think that that changes anything for the offense when Puka's back?
43:50No. No. No. No. No. All right. We got to take a break.
43:55That's why I can't get that excited about Terrence Ferguson, because I think he goes back to a limited role when Puka's back.
44:02If Terrence Ferguson is just 10% better than Colby Parkinson, you win.
44:06Do you? You win what? Because Parkinson was a streaming tight end last year.
44:10So like you're getting a great, huh? Not really.
44:13I mean, remember the Seattle game? He was too.
44:16I mean, he was a little bit, but not on a consistent basis.
44:20Remember the Seattle game? Everybody bought it. Colby Parkinson averaged 8.7 points.
44:24So he's 10% better, be 9.6 points. That would be a win at where he was drafted.
44:29Exactly. Be okay. All right. Let's take a break.
44:32We'll talk about Atlanta and Green Bay. Dave, we missed you with the Thursday night theme song last week.
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46:28Sing it, Vanessa. Na-na-na-na-na-na. Ah! Ah! Who's Vanessa? Vanessa Franco, man.
46:31One of our diehard fans. She sings along to the theme song.
46:35Oh, okay. Stat of the game, that probably doesn't matter.
46:38But surprised me. The Falcons are third in pressure rate while being second to last in blitz rate, according to the true media.
46:46And pro football reference has them eighth in pressure rate with the fifth lowest blitz rate.
46:51And that's the thing about pressure rate. It's a little subjective.
46:54But they are getting pressure without blitzing on a team that we thought would have one of the lowest pressure rates in football.
47:02That's impressive. And they were second in sacks last year.
47:05But that's surprising to me. And I think it's relevant because we've got some offensive line issues for this Packers team.
47:12And they're on a short week here. And stat of the game that hopefully continues, the Packers have been top four in
47:19pass rate in each of the first two weeks.
47:22Heath, how do you see this game playing out?
47:24You know, I think that we're going to see a better Falcons offense.
47:29And it may be even more encouraging in the passing game in the second half because they're going to be chasing points.
47:36I think that Christian Watson and Matthew Golden and Drake London are all must-start wide receivers.
47:41You're obviously starting Bijon. Kraft, I would start over pits.
47:44I'm not super excited about either one this week.
47:47And Jordan Love's a borderline top 12 quarterback. You say you're not super excited about Tucker Kraft.
47:52Do you think he's just the kind of guy that you just kind of have to start him because he's going to
47:59have some big plays and big games? And he's going to have some bad games too?
48:05For the most part, yeah. Like this week is kind of interesting just because we had so many surprising tight ends emerge
48:12that I think you might have some tough decisions.
48:14If you've got somebody else as your tight end too.
48:18But most people are just going to start Tucker Kraft.
48:21And for what it's worth... There is something that's encouraging.
48:24They've given up touchdowns in every game to tight ends so far.
48:28Pat Fryer-Muth in week one and two to Darren Waller last week.
48:32So you have no Jaden Reed taking away whatever amount of target percentage that's going to be there, as Dave alluded to previously with the trading for him.
48:41And this feels like an opportunity for a get-right game for the Packers passing game.
48:46And I say that just coming off last week because they were great in week one.
48:51But that was against a team that pressures quite a bit as well from the Vikings.
48:56And Jordan Love handled it fantastic. They can't run the ball.
48:59So unless you're buying into this is going to be the game they get right running the ball, which it could.
49:06But I don't think the Falcons defense has got a lot of reasons to fear anything.
49:11But I don't know. This feels like a Jordan Love game.
49:15It feels like a get-right game going back home.
49:18Two straight games on the road for them. I'm hoping that it's a shootout from the standpoint of the Packers build a
49:25lead and the Falcons finally look like the Falcons offense that we were hoping to see.
49:30And all their main weapons, because Bijan is such a significant factor in the passing game, he comes to play also.
49:36But calling Tucker Craft, I think he's nailed it.
49:39There's so many different tight end options you can look at this week between Friermuth's history against the Bengals and what he could do there.
49:47And Terrence Ferguson, if there is no Buka. And Hunter Henry and the potential that he has.
49:53Jawan Johnson. There's just so many different options that you may be able to pivot to Dalton Schultz if you were in a league where he's still available.
50:02So I don't think it's a slam dunk. You have to start Tucker Craft.
50:06But there's plenty of reasons to be optimistic about it this week.
50:10I'll give you one more. Atlanta plays single high at a very high rate.
50:15And I think they do deserve credit for having a good pass rush.
50:19And that's something that we really didn't think that they'd have.
50:22And here they are getting some pressure on the quarterback.
50:26Last year, and this is a last year stat, but Tucker Craft had an amazing target per route run rate against single high coverage.
50:33The reason why Atlanta does it is to try and stop the run.
50:37Last year when they didn't have A.J. Terrell, they leaned even more into single high coverage.
50:43And it's the same defensive play caller as it was last year.
50:46I know they changed coaching staffs, but they kept Jeff Ulbrich.
50:50I think that there are some huge opportunities for Tucker Craft building from week one to week two in terms of just playing more.
50:58Week two to week three, getting back on track with targets and making some plays.
51:02I think it all comes together this week. A top ten tight end for me.
51:07Yeah, just interesting if the Falcons play single high to stop the run, are they going to do that against a Packers team that can't run?
51:16I think it's just what they do. I don't think that they're going to suddenly change what they do.
51:22And they play some too high. Every defense doesn't stay static.
51:25But I do think that just the majority of the snaps that they'll play will be single high.
51:31Unless they play some early too high and they're really successful with it, then they maybe pivot.
51:36Maybe. But otherwise, I'd buy into just what we've seen.
51:40This is what the spots say on the leopard skin.
51:43Or maybe what the feathers are on the Falcon.
51:46Given the bird versus. All of our closes. All right.
51:49All right. Let's read some chat questions real quick.
51:52We'll come back to this game. But Stark, Drake London or Luther Burden?
51:56London. We're just start London this week. Okay. Forget about what you've seen the first two weeks as it pertains to London.
52:03And sort of what it pertains to picks. The track record with London with Michael Penix is really good.
52:09Yeah. But Penix is coming off another serious injury.
52:12He's shaking off the rust. But still, we're going to start Drake London.
52:16Start Tucker Craft or Isaiah Likely? Like. I have Likely one spot higher.
52:20Likely. Sorry. Craft or Kittle? I'd go Kittle. I've got Kraft higher.
52:24I've got Kraft higher. But those guys are a coin flip for me.
52:28Especially if Evans is out. Oh, yeah. I think if Evans is out.
52:32Then Kittle gets the nod. Right. Thursday that we were.
52:36But we're not going to know that by Thursday.
52:39One of the differences just. It could. This could change in week three.
52:43But in week two, Tucker Craft ran 85% of the routes.
52:46George Kittle ran about 50%, I think. Mm-hmm. Craft or Laporta?
52:50Sam. Laporta. Sam. Matthew Golden or Denzel Boston? Golden.
52:53Golden. Agreed. Matthew Golden or Jalen Coker? Coker. Matthew Golden.
52:56Or. All right. Let's talk about Matthew Golden. Then I'll come up with some comps.
53:01How about Josh Downs or Matthew Golden? Golden. I've got Golden one spot ahead of Coker.
53:06I'd go Downs over Golden. How about Bajal Tootin against the Patriots or Golden?
53:10Or Golden. Golden. Golden. Golden in full PPR. All right.
53:13So you guys are pretty confident in him. You have him ranked in the top 24.
53:19Jamie, why the confidence in Matthew Golden? Didn't have a great game.
53:229.8 fantasy points last week. No, but I think we get closer to what we saw in week one.
53:29Not 12 targets, but just more opportunities. Again, no Jaden Reed.
53:32So you're looking at a situation here where there should be concentrated targets to the three main guys.
53:38We love that. Beat up secondary for the Falcons.
53:41Not a very good secondary for the Falcons, even when they're 100%.
53:45And so I'm hoping that we just get some shots down the field and some explosives from a player that's capable of doing it.
53:52And so I don't remember what it was, but after week one, like five times in his career, he's had at least five targets.
54:00He scored at least 11 PPR points. So the floor is kind of safe because you kind of know he's going to
54:07get opportunities given the state of the receiving core here for Green Bay.
54:11I think he's just given the state of receivers and the matchup that he has, he's an easy number two receiver this week.
54:19Okay. And Christian Watson is more like a number one receiver this week.
54:23We're going to keep starting him. And that brings us to Jordan Love because we're not starting any Packers running backs and
54:30we are starting Bijan and we're starting London and Kyle.
54:33Well, I don't know if we talked about pits, but he's 11th for Jamie 15th for day of 15th for Heath.
54:40That was as of yesterday, 13th for Jacob. If you have any pits questions, fire away.
54:45I see Jordan Love or Bryce young. Yeah. Okay.
54:48How about Jordan Love or Gino Smith at Detroit?
54:51Love. Oh, love. Jordan Love or Dak Prescott against the Ravens?
54:54Dak. Agreed. How about Shuck against the Raiders or Love?
54:57I have Love one spot higher. I have Shuck higher.
55:01How about Jordan Love versus Matthew Stafford at Denver?
55:03Love. I have Love one spot higher. Okay. You know, I could take the, you know, the Michael Jackson song.
55:10What's the one it's like? Which one? Say You'll Be There.
55:13We talked about the River Jordan. I could make a Jordan Love song.
55:18What do you think? Why are you trying to make songs?
55:21Okay. That's it for the Packers DST. Start or sit.
55:24I don't mind them. Just because it's the matchup.
55:27Yeah. They're borderline. Like the Niners better? I have the Niners right behind them.
55:32Niners all day. All week. What about all month?
55:34How about Patriots at Jacksonville? Patriots DST, Jags DST, or Packers DST?
55:38Patriots, Packers, Jags. Interesting. I have the Packers the highest.
55:42All right. All right. Say it. He wants to say the Patriots.
55:45I do have the Patriots the highest, but also I think the idea that somebody has the Patriots, the Packers, and the
55:52Jags defenses to make a decision is a little outlandish.
55:56It's a waiver wire. Like you have the Patriots.
55:59You could pick up the Packers. You have the Jaguars.
56:02You could pick up the Packers. That kind of thing.
56:05All right. Let's go to the Warrior. Oh, that's it for Thursday Night Football.
56:09No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No. All right.
56:13We got the Worryometer. We got Grade the Trade to end the show.
56:17Cole Trickle is putting Terry McLaurin on the Worryometer on a scale of zero to 100 on our cool, slick-looking Worryometer.
56:24Where are you guys on Terry McLaurin? Jamie, Dave Heath.
56:27It's out of 100, right? Yep. I haven't seen this.
56:30What's cool? 17%. Wow. It's pretty low on McLaurin.
56:33All right. Dave? I'll go higher. I'll say 33.3%.
56:3628%. I think we got to put it at like the 26, 27 range there on Terry McLaurin.
56:41Why not more concerned on Terry McLaurin, Jamie? Well, I think we're going to get some situations where they're throwing the ball
56:49a lot because of their defense and just, you know, game script.
56:52And I was encouraged by McLaurin last week. I was discouraged in week one, but I was encouraged last week.
56:59And I know it's going from Jayden Daniels to Mariota.
57:02I don't know how much of a dropout that is, to be honest with you, in terms of how McLaurin will perform.
57:09Because Mariota will give him chances to produce at a lower level, but still enough that I think you guys are still starting.
57:16To me, he was a number three receiver. I'm still starting with a number three receiver.
57:22So I didn't really have high expectations once they signed Stefan Diggs.
57:25So I don't know. The targets last week were more encouraging to me.
57:30And it felt like they were just trying to get him involved.
57:33Okay. Yeah, he's got a 30% catch rate. 31%.
57:36That's obviously ridiculous. And three almost touchdowns last week.
57:39But that was Dallas, you know. He's got Seattle.
57:42Then maybe Sauce Gardner the week after that. There's good ones.
57:46There's bad matchups for him. All right. This is from Mr.
57:49Not So Wonderful. Get out of here, dude. We don't like you.
57:53Worryometer on Drake May for the whole season. Drake May.
57:5653%. 49%. Wow. 46%. Ooh. Okay. We're all in the same neighborhood.
58:0050. Let's go. We'll call it 50%, whatever. Right around 50% worried.
58:04Dave, why are we worried about Drake May? AJ Brown gone for a month.
58:08The rest of the receiving core, kind of a question mark.
58:12Offensive line took a hit, losing their right guard already.
58:15May himself looking terrible in week one, looking a little bit better in week two.
58:20Just seems a little messy in New England. And it's tough to look at Drake May the same as we did during the run-up to fantasy drafts.
58:29You guys think he's going to be just a massive bust?
58:32I think it's got to be in consideration if we're thinking that there's a 50% chance that we're, I mean, that he's a 50% on the Worryometer.
58:41What does that mean? Adam, what does that mean?
58:44That means I'm not starting him. That means I'm genuine.
58:47If he's a 50% of the Worryometer means I'm genuinely concerned that I am not going to have a usable, startable player in Drake May.
58:55That he's just going to be a bust. And if he were at 100%, we'd probably just say to drop him.
59:02Yeah. I think so. I think he's... So is this a Worryometer or a Dropometer?
59:06It's a Worryometer. I think if you like your team and you are comfortable with Tyler Shuck or Bryce Young, depending on
59:13what your other quarterback situation looks like, this is a good trade candidate.
59:18Because he has not played well for a while.
59:20Mostly it's against the playoff teams and the first two games of the season, which are Seattle and Pittsburgh.
59:27And so while the schedule is still not as favorable as it was last year, once he gets A.J.
59:33Brown back, there's still the potential of what we thought he was going to be coming into the season.
59:39So if you're looking for a playoff caliber fantasy option that you can get as cheap as he'll probably be, this is
59:46the type of guy to go get. I want to change my answer.
59:50He's like a 70% on the Worryometer. I'm pretty worried about what he'll be rest of the season.
59:56Okay. All right. This next one is from Savini.
59:59Jalen Warren and Quinchon Judkins. We'll go Jalen Warren first.
60:02Heath, let's say Dowdle at most misses one game, right?
60:05That's not a factor, let's just say. How worried are you about Jalen Warren?
60:09Zero percent? Right. Yeah. Well, it's not much to worry about, I think.
60:14In fact, he's been so much better than Rico Dowdle.
60:17Maybe he starts getting more carries. But how about Judkins?
60:2035%. Dave Judkins? 50%. Heath? Oh, Jamie? 42% on Judkins.
60:23Zero on Warren. All right. So Judkins is, yeah, 42% right around there.
60:27But encouraging that he has been more involved in the passing game.
60:31He ran 46% of the routes. Four straight games dating back to last year with a route participation rate over 40%.
60:38He did not do that in any of the first 12 games of his career, though he did come close in some of them.
60:46And he has four or more targets in three of his last four games dating back to 2025.
60:51So that's not bad for Judkins. Sorry if you listened to Monday's show.
60:56I already said that stuff. But it has been a tough start.
60:59If you were drafting today, what round do you think for Quinchon Judkins?
61:04Seven the earliest. Six. All right. You can have him.
61:07We just got a game where the game script was relatively favorable for him, and he didn't even get 10 PPR points.
61:14And this one is from Travis. Both A-chan's. Let's start with Travis A-chan.
61:18Let's start with Devon. Let's start with Devon A-chan.
61:21I'll try to fish out this stat from Ryan Heath at Fantasy Points about Devon A-chan.
61:26While I do that, Heath, Dave, Jamie, 0 to 100, worryometer for Devon A-chan.
61:3135%. I'll go higher than that. I'll say 55%.
61:3320%? Well, so that's weird because Jamie was the low guy on him.
61:38But this is what I expected, though, so why am I not worried?
61:42Right. And I had higher expectations, so I'm more worried.
61:45Well, you didn't expect him to be bad, though.
61:48No. Oh. I mean, I didn't expect him to be this bad, but I expected this situation to be bad, and this situation's bad.
61:56This is one of the worst offenses that we've seen in a very long time.
62:00Okay. A couple things from Ryan Heath. Excluding kneels, sacks, scrambles, and throwaways, the Miami Dolphins are averaging 46.5 plays per game this year.
62:08The worst full season mark in the Fantasy Points data era belongs to the 2025 Raiders at 50.1.
62:14So there's that. They're going to run more plays.
62:17And then two, it was specifically about A-Chan and basically his usage.
62:21Anyone getting his usage is almost guaranteed to be, you know, have like a floor.
62:25God, I wish I remember what it was exactly.
62:28Have a floor of, you know, higher than, much higher than this.
62:32Like a good floor. Basically, it was screaming buy low on Devon A-Chan.
62:36But, you know, we got unique circumstances here. They haven't run a play inside the five-yard line.
62:42Maybe they've run one. So, yeah, they've run one in two games.
62:46He actually got a carry at the two-yard line and got stopped for a loss.
62:50But, um... And look, the pro and con of it, pro for Devon A-Chan, con for Malik Willis, is he's not...
62:57There's not a lot of design runs at all.
63:00So they are not giving him the things that I thought were going to be a problem for A-Chan.
63:06He's been more involved in the passing game than I expected.
63:1011 targets through two games. Actually, how about this?
63:12Because so far, he's on pace for 264 carries, Devon A-Chan.
63:16Last year, he had 238 in 16 games. He's on pace for 60 catches.
63:21Last year, he had 67 in 16 games. So it's lower, for sure.
63:25But it's still 60 catches. Just the efficiency hasn't been as good.
63:29It's cratered. It's cratered. 3.5 yards per rush is decidedly not Devon A-Chan.
63:33Yeah, he'll have a blow-up game at some point.
63:36And you'll either decide that this is the time to trade him, or you'll think that this is the beginning of something.
63:43It's just, this is a very bad team. And I'm hoping, for their sake, it's by design.
63:48To just load up for 2027, find your quarterback, and make that the starting point of what your reset is for your franchise.
63:55It was not going to be a good year for A-Chan.
63:59I'm convinced it's going to be a bad year for him, based on where he was drafted.
64:04I'm still hopeful that the workload will get him to some quality performances.
64:09I just don't know where the ceiling will be for him over the course of the year.
64:14And I think I hate his upcoming schedule. Chiefs, Vikings, Bengals, who have clearly a good run defense, and then a bye.
64:21So I don't know if now is the best time to go get Devon A-Chan, but he is Devon A-Chan.
64:27You can always make your week in one play.
64:30And we'll do one more here on the Worryometer, and we'll go with Travis A-Chan.
64:35Travis A-Chan. 75%. It just doesn't make any sense.
64:38I put him the same as I have at Devon.
64:41It makes no sense. It doesn't make any sense.
64:44You know, it would probably help if he would do something.
64:48Give him a chance. Give him the ball. He's averaging 4.2 yards per carry.
64:52Yeah, it was a little fluky. He had one long run on a give-up play.
64:57Same with – I hate that Alvin Kamara injury happened when it happened because I was so out on Travis A-Chan.
65:04And then it's just like, okay, here. He's going to be the guy.
65:08It just – like you sign him the first day free agency opens.
65:12Yeah. You make Alvin Kamara jump through hoops and restructure his contract to stay.
65:17The first week of the season, you split touches with Kendra Miller.
65:20Then you make Miller a healthy scratch, and then Kamara comes back, and you give him all that work.
65:26It just makes no sense whatsoever. I think you have to hope for the coaching staff realizing, okay – and they probably
65:34knew it already because of all the hoops they made Kamara jump through, but they recognize that Kamara just can't do what he used to do.
65:42And they put him into the Marvin Harrison closet of, you're going to play some, but you're not going to get the ball much.
65:50And then all those opportunities fall into A-Chan's lap.
65:52But he just – he's never been a super explosive back in the NFL.
65:57Certainly not even last year. He just got a lot of work.
66:01And I think you have to hope for him getting a lot of work in this high-powered Saints offense.
66:07He had a touchdown taken off the board last week.
66:10If that had counted, you'd feel a little bit better about A-Chan.
66:14I think that he will be able to be helpful.
66:17But where were we drafting him? Or at least round three or four, somewhere in that range?
66:23I don't know if he's ever going to – he might get close to that.
66:27He might act like a fifth-rounder and a low-end RB2.
66:31But I don't know if he's going to be top 15 type of running back.
66:35Do you feel like this is the lowest point of Travis A-Chan's value?
66:40Clearly, we can't think he's going to be as good as we thought.
66:44But do you think that this is the valley?
66:47And that maybe you can go get him? Yes.
66:49I'm going to say yes. This is low. Name that movie.
66:53I think you can go get him now. Oh.
66:56You're going to tell me how I'm going to do it.
66:59Superman 2. You want me to go get him?
67:02No. Let's see how he reacts. Interesting. I think you can go get him now.
67:07Okay, it's Major League. Rick Vaughn. Yes, yes, yes.
67:10Oh. All right, let's grade some trades. Heath, you ever seen Major League?
67:14Yep. Yeah, I've seen Major League a few times.
67:17You think Dan has? Yes. No chance. All right, I'll say yes.
67:21Double or nothing on our dollar bet. Okay, okay.
67:24I've already 1-0 with Scarface. There's no chance he's seen Major League.
67:28I love this game. We have to do this every day.
67:31Grade the trade from Lewis. Colston Loveland and Antonio Williams.
67:34I have Terrence Ferguson and Arande Gadsden at tight end.
67:38For Harold Fannin Jr. and Jamison Williams. So Loveland and Antonio Williams for Harold Fannin and Jamison Williams.
67:43Love it. Love it. The Williams side wins. The Jamison side wins.
67:47Jonathan Brooks placed on IR. Okay. So Dave is giving that trade an A, it seems.
67:52And frankly, not shocking. B. B for Heath. And we'll move on.
67:56Justin from a city in Northeast Pennsylvania. Allentown. I don't know if that's Northeast.
68:01That's more East. Send DeAndre Swift. Receive Brock Bowers.
68:04A-. Getting Bowers, that's a win. I just don't know what to expect from Bowers.
68:08Exactly. It's a real question mark. That's how I feel this week.
68:12But I think that he's going, when he gets healthy.
68:15Yeah. Did he get healthy last year? I was going to say, just rewind to 2025.
68:20And the same thing is, when he gets healthy, he'll just be amazing.
68:25I mean, I think he was, I remember Azar statting some, I wasn't that wrong about Brock Bowers.
68:30Because he averaged 16 points per game in his healthy games or something.
68:35Yeah, he had that one huge game. Yeah, the 40-point game against Jacksonville.
68:39Let me ask you this. If you got last year's version of Brock Bowers, like after he came back from missing two
68:46games or whatever it was, would you rather have that or Swift?
68:50Swift. Swift. Yeah. Okay. But there's a reason to think it'll be better than that.
68:54All right. J-Man in New York. Give Hampton, Rice, and Mayfield.
68:58Hampton, Rice, and Baker Mayfield. It's a 2QB league, by the way.
69:02Get Scadaboo, Flowers, and Shuck. That's a win. Money, money, money, money.
69:06Sorry. Keep going. Money. Wow. Give it a grade.
69:09Can your voice get that high? I've never tried.
69:11Wow, you really. A minus. You really know Dan.
69:14Oh, yeah, no chance. He said, is that the one with Rosie O'Donnell?
69:19Then he said he's just kidding. He said he's just kidding.
69:22Oh, okay. But he's never seen it? No. All right.
69:25This is from Eli. So I owe you $2 now?
69:28Yeah. This is great. Eli Spangler, 12-team, half PPR.
69:31I got offered Rasheed Rice for my Parker Washington.
69:34No. Keep Parker. It's a D for me. Yeah.
69:37I'll say C minus. I think there's some encouraging things in the Rasheed Rice that I think it could be better.
69:44But I'd slightly prefer Parker Washington. He's been very efficient in this new role.
69:48So he had a 31-yard catch at the very end of regulation where they just let him run.
69:54And I think that kind of helped. But I thought he looked like crap in week one.
70:00And I thought he looked better in week two.
70:02I thought the end-breaking route looked good. I think Xavier Worthy still looks terrible.
70:07But Parker Washington looks like he's one of the best receivers in football right now.
70:12Right. He's insanely good. Like this guy. Unbelievable. All right.
70:15From Tanner. Is this a buy-low opportunity on Malik Neighbors?
70:18Should I trade DJ Moore to get Malik Neighbors?
70:21I'm 2-0. If his shoulder's okay, I would say yes.
70:24We don't know if it is. But it's also we don't know if DJ Moore's shoulder's okay.
70:30So I guess that's fair. Yeah, I'd rather have neighbors.
70:33I would too, but it's close between the two of them.
70:36Very close. We are still talking about J-Mo. I mean, J-Mo is great for receivers.
70:41I was really upset. Really disappointed with DJ Moore's usage in week two.
70:45Even before he got hurt. He just wasn't on the field enough.
70:49Right. All right. Last one here from Mike. Well, he got banged up in week one.
70:54Maybe that was part of the reason why. Maybe.
70:57From Mike. Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike. 2-0 with Bowers supposedly coming back.
71:01I have Juwan Johnson. So I offer Devante Smith and Juwan Johnson for Drake London and Colston Loveland.
71:07He doesn't need Juwan Johnson. He has Bowers. It's a B.
71:11I like the upside of having Loveland in case.
71:14And I think London and Devante are close enough.
71:16All right. That's it for today's show. Thank you very much for watching and listening, everybody.
71:22Tomorrow we will break down the AFC home games.
71:24And yeah, that's all I got for you. Talk to you later.
71:28Reality versus fantasy. Wednesday evening on YouTube. Yes. Awesome.
71:31We will talk about the Bears. We will talk about the Chargers.
71:35We will talk about Cajun honey butter wings. Really?
71:38Yeah. They sound gross. Oh, yeah. They sound good, I guess.
71:41That's with Scott Turner, who's got more insight than all of us combined.
71:46So that's one you definitely want to listen to.
71:49And Dave, Jamie and Heath are on CBS Sports Network at noon Eastern tomorrow.
71:53And I am off to the optometrist tomorrow. See you later.
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