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11 min
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Sep 12, 2026
Published
Sat, September 12, 2026
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Alvin KamaraDeVonta SmithDrake LondonEmari DemercadoEmeka EgbukaGarrett WilsonJalen McMillanJaylen WaddleJeremiyah LoveJuwan JohnsonLadd McConkeyMalik DavisMichael MayerRashee Rice
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Alvin Kamara

PositiveValue7:11

Alvin Kamara is playing and serves as a premium handcuff running back for the Saints, especially valuable given the thin depth chart behind him and Travis Etienne Jr.

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DeVonta Smith

PositiveValue15:00

The source recommends starting DeVonta Smith over Malik Nabers due to the uncertainty surrounding Nabers' injury status.

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Drake London

NegativeProjection8:48

The source advises lowering expectations for Drake London due to a significant downgrade at the quarterback position for the Atlanta Falcons, and recommends starting safer options like Tee Higgins over him due to injury uncertainty elsewhere.

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Emari Demercado

PositiveDepth Chart5:03

Amari Demercado is now technically the RB2 behind Javonte Williams, making him a potential roster stash in super deep leagues.

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Emeka Egbuka

PositiveValue15:04

The source recommends starting Emeka Egbuka over Malik Nabers due to the uncertainty surrounding Nabers' injury status.

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Garrett Wilson

PositiveValue15:16

The source considers Garrett Wilson a preferred start over Malik Nabers given the injury concerns surrounding Nabers.

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Jalen McMillan

PositiveValue15:03

The source recommends starting Jalen McMillan over Malik Nabers due to the uncertainty surrounding Nabers' injury status.

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Jaylen Waddle

PositiveValue15:06

The source recommends starting Jaylen Waddle over Malik Nabers due to the uncertainty surrounding Nabers' injury status.

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Jeremiyah Love

NegativeRole12:10

Jeremiah Love is expected to play but will operate in a committee with Tyler Allgeier early on; he is ranked as RB24 and is not expected to immediately handle a full rookie workload while recovering from a high ankle sprain. The source prefers starting Love over Allgeier due to superior talent and receiving ability.

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Juwan Johnson

PositiveProjection5:49

Juwan Johnson is a top-five tight end play this week against the Lions, especially with Oscar Delp out, making him a preferred start over Tucker Kraft and Kyle Pitts.

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Ladd McConkey

PositiveValue15:03

The source recommends starting Ladd McConkey over Malik Nabers due to the uncertainty surrounding Nabers' injury status.

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Malik Davis

NegativeInjury4:13

Malik Davis is out due to scheduled hip surgery, which further thins the Broncos' running back depth chart.

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Michael Mayer

PositiveRole0:44

The Raiders' three-year, $45 million extension for Michael Mayer makes him a more compelling start this Sunday, though it also raises concerns regarding the timeline for Brock Bowers' injury recovery.

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Rashee Rice

PositiveValue15:01

The source recommends starting Rashee Rice over Malik Nabers due to the uncertainty surrounding Nabers' injury status.

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Tee Higgins

PositiveValue14:59

The source recommends starting Tee Higgins over Malik Nabers due to the uncertainty surrounding Nabers' injury status.

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Travis Etienne

NegativeInjury8:17

The source mentions a potential injury for Travis Etienne, which serves as the context for evaluating the value of his backup running back.

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Tucker Kraft

PositiveRole0:04

The Green Bay Packers' contract extension for Tucker Kraft suggests his knee rehab progressed well, providing a small 1-2% bump in confidence for his fantasy startability.

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Zay Flowers

PositiveValue15:01

The source recommends starting Zay Flowers over Malik Nabers due to the uncertainty surrounding Nabers' injury status.

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Full transcript

Episode Transcript

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0:00We have game time decisions, breaking
0:01news. Let's fix your lineup. Now,
0:03starting off with what we got this
0:04morning, the Green Bay Packers did
0:06decide to extend Tucker Craft and give
0:09him $75 million. Now, for Craft
0:12specifically, I think that this does
0:14matter just a wee wee bit because it
0:17gives us a little bit of a window on
0:19maybe how his rehab went, right? Because
0:21I don't think the Green Bay Packers are
0:22deciding to do this. If they're looking
0:24at Craft and they're saying, "Yeah, this
0:26knee is busted. we can't rely upon him
0:28this year or in the long term. So I
0:31think if you were debating starting
0:33Tucker Craft or not, this is maybe a 1%
0:372% bump. Something that is very very
0:40small that makes it a little more
0:41compelling. Now going over to another
0:44tight end extension, we have Michael
0:46Mayer and the Raiders reaching an
0:48agreement on a three-year $45 million
0:51extension. Now very similar with this.
0:54This is a minor 1 to 2% insight that we
0:58get on their tight end room currently.
1:01There is a very very very good chance
1:04that this deal was happening regardless
1:07of the Brock Bowers injury or not.
1:09There's a good chance that they value
1:11Michael Mayer this way. Whether it's for
1:13his blocking, they want to use him into
1:15tight end sets. And again, they would
1:17have done this regardless of if Bowowers
1:20was injured or not. They probably have
1:21been working on it for a very long time.
1:24Now, with that being said, I do think it
1:27maybe makes me slightly more excited to
1:30start Michael Mayer this Sunday. I think
1:32it maybe makes me slightly more
1:35concerned about the Brock Bowers
1:37timeline because this is a very serious
1:39commitment for a backup tight end. Now,
1:42going over to Jaylen McMillan. Now,
1:45going over to Jaylen McMillan, he is
1:47doubtful for this Sunday. Sounds like he
1:49is not going to be playing. Neither will
1:52Shawn Tucker. So, actually, this is
1:54something that I think I need to go
1:55ahead and update my rankings just a bit.
1:58I think Bucky Irving jumps up a
2:00considerable amount. I think we can put
2:02him inside this tier of guys like
2:03Javvante Bree. Um, Genty's been removed
2:06entirely from the injury report, so he's
2:08going to jump up the tier above as well.
2:11But, I think Bucky does become
2:13significantly more appealing with no
2:15Shan Tucker. And then going over to the
2:17Tampa wide receivers, I think Ibuka all
2:20of a sudden I would actually maybe
2:22prefer him over Waddle given the matchup
2:25that Wadd has against KC. Igbuka great
2:27spot against the Cincinnati Bengals with
2:29no Jaylen McMillan. He is 100% somebody
2:32that you need to be starting this week.
2:34And then also Chris Godwin becomes
2:36slightly more appealing as well. I think
2:38I would play Godwin over the Jags wide
2:40receivers with Brian Thomas and Parker
2:43Washington. But again, bump Bucky Irving
2:46because you have no Shawn Tucker and
2:48bump Chris Godwin and Ibuka because you
2:51have no Jaylen McMillan. Now Malik Davis
2:53is getting surgery on his hip. Not
2:56emergency surgery, but having it
2:58scheduled for tomorrow, it must be
2:59pretty bad. So Malik Davis is out. We've
3:02already talked about this. Amario
3:03Demicado is now technically the running
3:05back too behind Javvante Williams. What
3:08this probably means is Javvantee is
3:10going to get legitimately like every
3:12single touch in this matchup against the
3:16um New York Giants. I wouldn't mind if
3:18you wanted to bump them up inside the
3:19same tier of guys like Barkley, Henry,
3:21James Cook, Walker, Genty because again,
3:24the overunder this game's like 48 and a
3:26half points. Ton of points scored.
3:28Javvantee is going to get every touch.
3:30And in your super deep leagues, Amara
3:33Dermacado may all of a sudden be worth a
3:35roster spot. Now, if you're in a 10 team
3:37format, obviously do not worry about it.
3:40Now, going over to what we have with the
3:42New Orleans Saints here. Two different
3:45things that I want to point out are
3:46really three different things. One,
3:49Oscar Delp is not playing. You may ask,
3:51who is Oscar Delp? It's the tight end
3:53that they decided to draft on day two of
3:55the NFL draft this season. Him being out
3:58with the hamstring makes it that much
4:00more enticing to play Jawan Johnson. So
4:02Jawan Johnson, if you were looking at my
4:05tight end rankings this week,
4:07realistically at this point, I would
4:09rather have him over Tucker Craft. Hell,
4:11I would rather have him over Kyle Pittz.
4:13I think Jawan Johnson is a top five
4:16tight end. You have no Jordan Tyson. Not
4:18only do you have no Jordan Tyson, you
4:20have no Oscar Delp. And it is a matchup
4:23in which going up against the Detroit
4:25Lions, there's an overunder of 50 points
4:28in that. The second thing is Alvin Kamar
4:31is going to be playing.
4:33Aric Esté is not. So the running back
4:37depth chart here for the New Orleans
4:38Saints is incredibly thin where you are
4:42only going to have ETN and Alvin Kamara.
4:44So, for me in the Flock League, I
4:46actually was able to get Alvin Kamara
4:48off the waiverwire last night, which I'm
4:50very excited about because I think now
4:52he is a premium handcuffed running back
4:54as we were to go through and try to map
4:57what we have with a potential Travis ETN
5:00injury. Now, going over to our next one.
5:03Um, I know I've showed y'all this on
5:05Poly Market US, but with Michael Penn
5:09and Tua both being out and neither of
5:11them being the starter here, um, the
5:13odds of the Atlanta Falcons winning this
5:16game with Cooper Rush, um, according to
5:18prediction markets literally fell from
5:21like a 40% chance down to a 30% chance.
5:24So, this is a significant downgrade that
5:27you have at quarterback play. You have
5:28to lower your expectations with London,
5:30lower your expectations with Bejon.
5:32you're still starting them regardless.
5:34And then I will share with y'all
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5:42that yes, I will be losing some money
5:44here. But I am going to be rooting for
5:46my Texas Longhorns. I went to University
5:48of Texas. We got a big game tonight. I'm
5:50going to be watching the game. So, we
5:51are going to go through and I'm going to
5:53be honest with you. I'm going to put 25
5:56United States dollars on my Texas
5:58Longhorns winning this game. Again,
6:00expectations are probably not smart, but
6:03we are going to go ahead and do that
6:05anyway. But of course, if you wanted to
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6:26The only state that it is not in is
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6:31and comment section. But let's go over
6:33and let's look at our next one with
6:34Roman Dunay and we will hear what he has
6:37to say here. Or I can just paraphrase.
6:39Essentially, what Rome says is he says
6:42that he is going to be playing, right?
6:44And for me, this made it slightly less
6:47enticing to go through and just
6:50absolutely jam in Luther Burden. Like,
6:52don't get me wrong, it's a really good
6:54game environment here. You for sure can
6:56play Burden. I wouldn't fault you at all
6:58for it. Um, but if I'm looking at like
7:02Luther Burden versus Jameson Williams as
7:04an example now, I think I would prefer
7:07JMO. Um, still you're playing Luther
7:09Burden if you play in a deep league
7:10whatsoever, but maybe those 10 team
7:12formats where you only start two
7:13receivers in one flex. Now, he's
7:15slightly less intriguing. Roma,
7:19I would play him in deeper leagues like
7:21the Flock League, 12 team, double flex.
7:23Hell yeah, go ahead and jam him in. But
7:25I would be slightly worried about him
7:27coming into this game hobbled and I
7:28don't know if he's an automatic jam. Now
7:30going over to Jeremiah Love and the
7:32Arizona Cardinals. It does seem that
7:34Jeremiah Love is going to be playing in
7:37some capacity.
7:38Should we expect that Jeremiah Love is a
7:41100% snapshare running back and he's
7:44going to be seeing the Ezekiel Elliott
7:46level rookie workload right out the
7:48gate? No. He is going to be in a
7:50committee with Tyler Algier at least
7:52early on. Right. I don't expect him
7:56coming off the high ankle sprain to
7:58immediately be a top 10 running back in
8:00fantasy. So, I have him ranked at
8:02running back 24 this week. I'm
8:04definitely going to play him over Tyler
8:06Alier if I had to choose between the two
8:08guys because he's the more talented, the
8:10more explosive, and the better receiving
8:12running back as well. But, it's a tough
8:14game environment. I think you probably
8:16start him, but you have lowered
8:18expectations overall. And then going
8:20over to Malik Neighbors. So, here's the
8:24deal with Neighbors. Early in the week,
8:26it sounded like, at least in my mind, he
8:29was good to go. It sounded like he was
8:31for sure playing. But as time's gone on,
8:34and now that it's 100 p.m. on Saturday,
8:39he is a game time decision. I don't I
8:42don't know if you should jam Malik
8:44Neighbors if we do not get official word
8:46before Sunday kickoff for a lot of these
8:47other games. Like going through and
8:49looking at my updated ranking for
8:51Neighbors, I actually am gonna move him
8:53down our rankings. I think I honestly
8:55would probably play anybody in this tier
8:59ahead of them. Higgins, Devontto Smith,
9:01Rice, Flowers, London, Lad, Teda
9:04McMillan, Ibuka, Jaylen Wadd. If you
9:07have any of these wide receivers verse
9:08Malik Neighbors, I think you just play
9:10it safe and you play the guy that you
9:12know is going to be good to go. Now,
9:13once we get to the range where it's
9:15like, "Hey, I'm choosing between Garrett
9:17Wilson, Neighbors, J Mo Neighbor."
9:19Honestly, at that point, I may even like
9:21play Jameson Williams over Malik
9:23Neighbors. So, I'm going to move
9:24Neighbors down to like wide receiver 22
9:27on the week this week. Now, I will be
9:30live streaming on Saturday night
9:32answering all your fantasy football
9:34questions. I will be live streaming for
9:37five to six hours leading up to kickoff
9:39on Sunday, answering your questions and
9:42giving you additional injury updates
9:44then as well. So, if somehow you're not
9:46already, just make sure that you are
9:49subscribed to the channel, come out to
9:50those live streams. I'll continue to
9:52give you updates with these injuries and
9:54I really hope that we get something with
9:57neighbors before then because as it
9:58stands right this second he is just
10:01gonna be a game time decision that you
10:03have to roll the dice on because it is a
10:05Sunday night contest. But I think that's
10:07all I got for you. I really appreciate
10:08you. I hope I was able to help you out.
10:10And I'm going to be live streaming late
10:12tonight. I'm probably not going to fire
10:14up the live stream until like call it
10:161000 pm central. And the reason for that
10:19is I'm gonna be sweating out my Texas
10:22Longhorns. Hook them horns. Let's go
10:24ahead. Let's beat Ohio State. And yeah,
10:27right after this game ends, I'm gonna be
10:28going live answering your questions. But
10:30of course, if you want to check out any
10:32of the college football games today on
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10:48really appreciate you.

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