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FFT Express - LAST-MINUTE Week 1 Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Advice! Actives/Inactives & Q&A (09/13 Fantasy Football Podcast)
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16 min
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Sep 13, 2026
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Sun, September 13, 2026
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Alec PierceCooper RushD.J. MooreDarnell MooneyDrake LondonEmeka EgbukaJalen CokerJayden DanielsJeremiyah LoveJordan MasonKenneth GainwellKyle PittsMalik NabersMichael Mayer
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Alec Pierce
NegativeValue17:08
Alec Pierce is Year Up United's' favorite Colts wide receiver, ranked back-to-back with Josh Downs, though there is general hesitation to start any Colts wide receiver.
Insight pageCooper Rush
NegativeUsage7:25
Cooper Rush has historically been poor for tight end production (Dalton Schultz, Jake Ferguson) and tends to lock onto his first read, which benefits CeeDee Lamb and Zay Flowers but creates uncertainty for other pass catchers.
Insight pageD.J. Moore
PositiveValue13:34
DJ Moore is preferred over Rome Odunze, with Year Up United's ranking him seven or eight spots ahead of the rookie.
Insight pageDarnell Mooney
NegativeRole5:13
Darnell Mooney is expected to be more involved in the offense and likely provides a safer floor than Malakai Fields.
Insight pageDrake London
PositiveProjection5:46
Despite the Tua Tagovailoa news, Drake London remains a solid WR2 start. He is ranked as the WR6 and is considered a priority start over Kyle Pitts.
Insight pageEmeka Egbuka
PositiveProjection15:49
Emeka Egbuka is considered a WR2 start. Despite rumors of turf toe, Year Up United's believes the injury is minor and is high on his potential for this week.
Insight pageJalen Coker
NegativeBust4:06
Year Up United's explicitly advises against starting Jalen Coker over Malik Nabers in three-wide receiver leagues.
Insight pageJayden Daniels
PositiveValue24:04
Jayden Daniels is preferred over Trevor Lawrence in both four-point and six-point passing touchdown formats.
Insight pageJeremiyah Love
NegativeRole15:08
Jeremiah Love is viewed as a flex-at-best option. There is concern regarding his workload given the team is a 9.5-point underdog with a low projected team total.
Insight pageJordan Mason
PositiveValue23:27
Jordan Mason is considered a safer start than Jonathan Brooks, though Brooks may have more upside.
Insight pageKenneth Gainwell
NegativeBust21:53
Year Up United's prefers Marshawn Lloyd over Kenneth Gainwell for fantasy starts.
Insight pageKyle Pitts
NegativeProjection5:46
Kyle Pitts is a difficult start decision. He is ranked behind Isaiah Likely and Michael Mayer, though his value would improve if Tua Tagovailoa were playing.
Insight pageMalik Nabers
NegativeProjection2:24
If active, Nabers is ranked as a mid-WR2 with WR1 upside. He has been a full participant in practice all week, but the uncertainty surrounding his status makes him a risky start; if you have two other reliable wide receivers, it is advisable to avoid him.
Insight pageMichael Mayer
PositiveValue20:20
Michael Mayer is preferred over Travis Kelce and Jawan Johnson for this week's start.
Insight pageParker Washington
PositiveValue22:22
Parker Washington is highly regarded, ranked ahead of Tucker Kraft and Christian Watson.
Insight pageQuentin Johnston
PositiveValue15:39
Quentin Johnston is ranked ahead of Jeremiah Love in full PPR formats.
Insight pageRome Odunze
NegativeBust13:23
Rome Odunze is a boom-bust WR3 who is currently ranked behind Brian Thomas, Jordan Addison, and Christian Watson. Low betting lines suggest he may not be fully healthy or is the third option in the offense.
Insight pageTravis Kelce
NegativeBust20:20
Year Up United's advises against starting Travis Kelce this week, preferring Michael Mayer instead.
Insight pageTucker Kraft
PositiveProjection18:30
Tucker Kraft is currently ranked as the TE5 to TE8, sitting at the top of that group. His usage is volatile, but he has high-ceiling potential even on limited snaps.
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1:51What is your advice to the people who are asking about Malik Neighbors in the Sunday night game?
1:58I don't think this is one the fantasy analysts are going to be able to help you out with.
2:04If Malik Neighbors plays, we rank him as a mid-wide receiver two with certain wide receiver one upside.
2:10He's been a full participant at practice all week long.
2:13You know, sometimes we have these situations where it seems like the team is being more cautious than the player is.
2:20This is not what this situation feels like. Malik Neighbors said that he was going to ask God if he should play.
2:28It's Sunday. Maybe he's going to do that this morning and let us know before the game starts.
2:34That would be very nice. I would probably just say, like, if you have two wide receivers that you feel really good
2:41about starting or just good about starting, then I'd try to get away from Neighbors.
2:46If you're in a three-wide receiver league, personally, I'm not going to start someone like Jalen Coker over Malik Neighbors.
2:53If you could go get Malakai Fields to put on your bench or if you can put him in a flex spot
3:01and maybe wait out for an R.J. Harvey, then I would be happy to do that.
3:06But otherwise, you're just kind of rolling the dice and you have to choose whether you want to roll the dice.
3:13Do you think it's Fields or Mooney? I think they will both be more involved.
3:18Fields is more exciting. Mooney probably has a better floor.
3:21Okay. I guess one more guy, maybe Pat Bryant, if you really want to go that route.
3:27He's on Denver. You could start him Monday night.
3:30But yeah, Neighbors is going to be a very tough one.
3:34Meanwhile, Cooper Rush had back spasms yesterday. He's still going to start for the Atlanta Falcons in Pittsburgh.
3:40Pittsburgh won't have. It looks unlikely that they're going to have cornerback Joey Porter Jr., their top corner.
3:46Yeah. What do you think about London and Pitts?
3:49You hate it. But I'm not going to get away from them, most likely.
3:54More likely to get away from Pitts than I am London.
3:57Just because, listen, most leagues you start two wide receivers and maybe three.
4:02Some leagues you start three wide receivers and maybe four.
4:05Drake London with my wide receiver six. Before the Tua news, I'm still starting Drake London as a wide receiver two.
4:12Pitts, I have a terribly difficult decision just to let you know the range that I have him.
4:18Between him, Isaiah Likely, and Michael Mayer. He'd be last for me in that group.
4:23But you were lower on Kyle Pitts than I was all summer.
4:27But he'd be first for me in that group if Tua was playing this week.
4:32But he's in that group for you if Tua is playing.
4:36Whereas for me, he's in a tier above those guys.
4:40Yeah. Well, I mean, you're going to tune into the live stream from 11 a.m.
4:45to 1 p.m. and I'll talk more about Cooper Rush.
4:48He hasn't really had a situation like this. He's basically played a chunk of games with the Cowboys in 2022, a chunk
4:55of games with the Cowboys in 2024, and two games last year.
4:59He got benched in one of them. Unfortunately, they were against Houston and the Rams.
5:04So it's not like he had easy competition with the Ravens.
5:08But, I mean, he was absolutely terrible for Dalton Schultz.
5:12Absolutely terrible for Jake Ferguson with Dallas. You know, the Ravens, I'm not going to say he was terrible for Mark Andrews.
5:19Andrews didn't do anything all year. But what he did do consistently is target the hell out of CeeDee Lamb and Zay Flowers.
5:27Both of those guys had target per route run rates over 31%, which would flirt with the league lead over a full season.
5:34He's never had a situation like this. You know, you've got B.
5:38John Robinson is going to get a lot of targets.
5:42You've got Pitts. You've got London. But the fact that the two tight ends, Schultz and Ferguson, were so bad with him and not targeted, really.
5:51What I would say that tells me is that Cooper Rush probably just looks at his first read and throws it to that guy.
5:59That's what I thought. He was pretty low on first read percentage last year, according to fantasy points data.
6:05But that wasn't a lot of games. I didn't look at 22 and 24.
6:10No, I mean, that's a good thing for London, I think.
6:14I mean, he's going to get the ball to the guy who needs to get the ball.
6:19I don't know how it's going to work with Pitts.
6:23But, right, I see what you're saying. I mean, he's in that range of questionable guys.
6:28All right, we're going to take a break. We've got a lot more to get to, so we're going to get to it a lot faster than that.
6:37Those are two of the bigger news items here.
6:40We'll tell you about Jeremiah Love and Romo Doonze when we come back on FFT Express.
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8:03Okay, welcome back. So, Romo Dunze is expected to play.
8:06I've had a really hard time recommending him this morning, though.
8:10I'd like to not do it. How do you feel about Dunze?
8:14How would you compare him to someone that we know is a tough matchup in DJ Moore?
8:20Would you rather have DJ Moore or Dunze? I've got DJ Moore, I think, seven or eight spots ahead of Romo Dunze.
8:27I went and looked this morning to see if it had updated.
8:31And on my hard rock, it was 58.5 yards for Luther Burden as the over-under.
8:36Colson Loveland's 52.5. Luther Burden's in the 30s. Or Romo Dunze is in the 30s.
8:41That's kind of the way that it was all week.
8:45That tells me either the people who are setting those lines don't think Romo Dunze is fully healthy or think he's the third option in the offense.
8:54I think either one are believable. So, he's a boom-bust wide receiver three, but he's behind Brian Thomas for me.
9:01He's behind Jordan Addison and Christian Watson for me.
9:04Okay, we're going to play it safe with Romo Dunze if we can.
9:08Jeremiah Love at the Chargers. This is a four o'clock game he's expected to play.
9:13What do you think about Love? Flex, at best, is how I'm viewing him.
9:18I mean, he's right behind Tony Pollard, Basial Tootin, David Montgomery.
9:21I just don't trust that he's going to have a big workload.
9:26They're nine and a half point underdogs. They've got an over-under in the teens.
9:30I think it'd be better. But if you have to start him, there's hope.
9:35Because if he's healthy, he could go score on just about any play.
9:39Would you start Quentin Johnston over him? Yeah, so I think that's probably a full PPR situation.
9:45But yeah, I've got Johnston ahead of him in full PPR.
9:49Not in anything else. Emeka Buka is going to play.
9:52Jalen McMillan is doubtful. Sean Tucker is doubtful. Cincinnati cornerback DJ Turner, their shutdown corner, he is going to play.
9:59So this is a game we're really looking forward to.
10:02Are you cool with Emeka Buka? Yeah. Yeah, I have been, I think, the high guy on him so far this week.
10:10He's a wide receiver too. I'm starting him. The vibe I'm getting is that it wasn't really that bad of an injury and that he should be fine.
10:19We're vibing. Okay, yeah. Yeah, because I know turf toe has been thrown out there, but I didn't see anything official on that with Emeka Buka.
10:28Alec Pierce is going to play in the game of the week, Indianapolis and Baltimore.
10:33And Baltimore defensive tackle, Nami Matabuke will not play.
10:36What do you think about that game of the week call?
10:40I just want to thank you for not ruining Lion Saints or Bengals books.
10:44And I think it's also like, I don't think anybody else recognizes this, but I want you to know that I see you.
10:52And you're clearly just trying to get Zay Flowers off to a slow start.
10:57Absolutely not. You going to start Alec Pierce? No, I don't really want to start a Colts wide receiver.
11:03Pierce is my favorite Colts wide receiver. I have Pierce and Downs almost back to back right behind Roma Dunze.
11:10Tucker Craft signed a big contract extension, but we don't know what kind of playing time he's going to get in week one.
11:18Tucker Craft, Kyle Pitts, Michael Mayer, Isaiah Likely. What do you think?
11:22They are all within a half a point in my projections.
11:25That is currently my tight end five through tight end eight.
11:29I have Tucker Craft at the top right now, but that is subject to late line movement.
11:35Tune in. What time? Noon today? I'll be on.
11:38Oh, you know. 11 is when everybody else will be on.
11:42I'll be on at noon. I will have all the projections fully updated with the latest information and hopefully a little blurb
11:49about how many snaps Tucker Craft's going to play.
11:52He's such a weird player because he could play half of the snaps and have five targets and have 80 yards and a touchdown.
12:00Yeah. Jacoby Myers is going to play, which really doesn't change much.
12:04We were kind of expecting that and we've ranked all the wide receivers on that team as if Jacoby Myers were going
12:12to play, but he is expected to play today.
12:15And the Chiefs are expected to start an undrafted rookie Khalil Benson at left tackle.
12:20You got to start Mayer over Kelsey, right? Oh, 100%.
12:23I would start Mayer over Kelsey. I'd almost start Kirk Cousins over Patrick Mahomes, but I don't want to start either one of them.
12:31Yeah, I would. And again, we said this at the beginning of the week.
12:36The dumbest line of the week has not changed.
12:39The Chiefs are still two and a half point favorites.
12:42So maybe I'll look all wet, but no, I don't want to start Kelsey or Mahomes.
12:48And I think it might be windy. I don't know.
12:51I looked this morning because there was some talk about it being a little windy there.
12:56It seems like it's not going to be too bad according to Roto Grinders, but it's something to keep an eye on.
13:04Check. Take a look at the weather in Kansas City tomorrow night.
13:08That's pretty much it for the important stuff. Let's get to some questions here.
13:13Gainwell or Marshawn Lloyd? Half PPR. I think I'm on an island with this answer, and I'll try to tell people when that's true.
13:21I would start Marshawn Lloyd over Kenneth Gainwell. I know Jamie would start Gainwell over Lloyd.
13:26Oh, half PPR. He might be with me, but definitely Lloyd for me.
13:30I'm on your island. Thank you. Yeah. London or Jaden Reed PPR?
13:34Definitely Drake Lennon for me. Odunze or Neighbors? I would go with Neighbors.
13:39Yeah. Yeah, risk it. Parker Washington. Christian Watson or Tucker Craft?
13:42Wow. So I have Parker Washington ahead of Tucker Craft.
13:46I would probably... Parker Washington. I've got Washington one spot ahead of Watson, and Craft is right in that same neighborhood.
13:53Waddle or Parker Washington? Waddle for me. Let's see.
13:56Michael Mayer or Jawan Johnson? Or Mark Andrews? Mayer for me.
14:00And I've changed on that. I was originally Jawan Johnson.
14:03I'm Michael Mayer now as well. Jordan Mason or Jonathan Brooks?
14:07Half PPR. I think it's much safer to go with Jordan Mason.
14:11Probably more upside with Jonathan Brooks, but I would probably do Mason.
14:15Caleb Williams or Trevor Lawrence? It is Caleb for me.
14:18Okay. Start one. Chris Godwin, Marshawn Lloyd, Jordan Mason.
14:21PPR. I think it's actually Mason for me. In full PPR, I might go with Godwin.
14:27I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Lloyd over Mason. I apologize.
14:30Okay. Okay. But full PPR Godwin. Maybe. Yeah. Right on the border there.
14:34Carnel Tate or Cortland Sutton? I will go with Sutton.
14:37Marshawn Lloyd or Parker Washington PPR? It's Lloyd for me.
14:41Getting a lot of Parker Washington questions, and I understand.
14:44And getting some Trevor Lawrence questions, like Lawrence or Daniels in four point and six point.
14:50This one here. Yeah. Yeah. It's going to be Daniels for me in both.
14:54I just think, you know, you have to at least bake in the possibility that the Jaguars throw 26 passes today.
15:01That's one of them. And I've, I just glanced at the lines.
15:05I generally update them a little bit later in the day, but that's one of the bigger line movements is that the
15:13Browns, I think are down to 15.25 for their team total.
15:16Yeah. And I can see a pick six, you know, cause it's just that kind of stuff that could really get the game script bad for them.
15:26I still like, we still like Parker Washington and Trevor and all that, but it's, what kind of odds can I get on Shadur taking a snap today?
15:35I don't know from me or just in general.
15:38No, from you. Oh, plus 180. That's pretty low.
15:41I think, I think it might be lower than that.
15:44Goff or Lawrence? Uh, golf for me. All right.
15:47That's our last one. We are going to answer your questions for two straight hours.
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