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Sep 11, 2026
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Fri, September 11, 2026
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A.J. BrownBrock PurdyChristian McCaffreyD.J. MooreDavante AdamsDe'Zhaun StriblingDeebo SamuelDemarcus RobinsonGeorge KittleJameson WilliamsJared GoffJavonte WilliamsKyren WilliamsMatthew Stafford
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A.J. Brown

PositiveValue19:52

AJ Brown is preferred over Davante Adams in direct trade value comparisons.

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Brock Purdy

PositiveProjection0:29

Brock Purdy played incredibly well against a tough Rams defense despite missing key weapons. While he is currently ranked as a mid-tier QB (around QB13), his performance warrants consideration for a slight bump, though he lacks the elite rushing upside of quarterbacks like Drake Maye or Caleb Williams.

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Christian McCaffrey

NegativeUsage3:19

Christian McCaffrey's workload is a concern after he saw only 10 carries compared to 14 for Kalin Black. There is a slight red flag regarding his health heading into week two, and the team may shift toward a 70/30 backfield split to preserve him, making it unlikely he repeats as the overall number one player.

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D.J. Moore

PositiveValue19:47

DJ Moore is preferred over Davante Adams in direct trade value comparisons.

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Davante Adams

NegativeUsage18:10

Adams is a major concern due to poor performance and usage patterns, specifically his lack of red-zone involvement; he played only one snap inside the 5-yard line. Given his age (turning 34 in December) and performance decline, he is being moved down to WR26 in rest-of-season rankings.

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De'Zhaun Stribling

NegativeInjury22:01

DeShun Stribling avoided a season-ending injury, though he is not expected to provide significant fantasy impact this year.

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Deebo Samuel

PositiveRole7:15

Deebo Samuel is being moved up in rankings after a phenomenal performance with six receptions and a touchdown. He is now considered a viable weekly starter in deeper formats like 12-team, double-flex leagues, though the host noted it may be appropriate to move him down a spot or two following the injury news surrounding teammate Deshon Stribbling.

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Demarcus Robinson

NegativeBust4:54

Demarcus Robinson is not worth a roster spot despite his recent long touchdown; he has never averaged over seven fantasy points per game since entering the NFL in 2016. His role is viewed similarly to Mack Hollins, suggesting a veteran player who may have limited long-term fantasy upside.

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George Kittle

NegativeProjection9:54

Despite a slow return from a torn Achilles (2 receptions, 12 yards), Kittle's ranking remains unchanged. The injury to Deshawn Stribbling is expected to increase Kittle's target necessity and role in the offense.

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Jameson Williams

NegativeValue6:52

Debo Samuel holds Jameson Williams on their fantasy team but would be willing to trade him away in exchange for Mike Evans, indicating a preference for Evans' current outlook.

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Jared Goff

NegativeValue13:36

Goff is viewed as a viable fantasy quarterback with a profile similar to Matthew Stafford, relying on high passing volume rather than rushing upside. The host is considering moving Goff ahead of Stafford in rankings.

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Javonte Williams

PositiveValue16:33

Javonte Williams is now preferred over Kyren Williams as a tiebreaker in rankings due to the emerging backfield competition between Kyren Williams and Blake Corum.

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Kyren Williams

NegativeUsage14:05

Despite a rushing touchdown, Williams' long-term outlook is concerning due to Blake Corum's increased usage and involvement in high-leverage goal-line situations. Corum is proving he will work into the backfield, leading to a preference for other options like Javonte Williams as a tiebreaker.

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Matthew Stafford

NegativeProjection12:03

Stafford looked poor in his opening game, missing open throws and fumbling at the one-yard line. He lacks rushing upside, making him highly dependent on passing volume. While the host is giving him the benefit of the doubt after an overseas game, he is considered to have looked 'washed' and 'horrible,' and his status will be re-evaluated if struggles continue.

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Mike Evans

PositiveProjection5:37

Mike Evans looked excellent in his recent performance, recording six receptions, seven targets, and a touchdown. Despite injury concerns during training camp and his age, he is a priority target, with Debo Samuel noting they would trade Jameson Williams to acquire him. Additionally, injury concerns for Evans have completely dissipated.

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Puka Nacua

NegativeProjection17:15

Despite a disappointing 12-point fantasy performance, Nacua remains a clear target hog who looked good on the field; he maintains his status as the WR2 in rankings.

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Episode Transcript

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0:00second game of the season and the fourth injury announcement that we have. We'll talk about Deshan Striveling and the impact it has with Debo Samuel and we'll
0:10update all of our rankings and you can scream at me about how much of an overreaction this is. In my opinion,
0:15it's not. But let's go ahead and let's talk about the Niners now with San Francisco. What I was fading in today's
0:22game, I was going up against George KD.
0:25Now, luckily, we'll get to KD in a second. We'll get to KD in a second.
0:29First off, great game from Brock Party, right? Really tough matchup. You travel across the world if you are Party. You go up against the Rams defense. They
0:38have Miles Garrett. They have McDuffy. I mean, of course, they didn't have Aaron Donald in this game, but um this is a
0:44really good Rams team. This is a really good defense. And Brock Party lost Deon Shribbling at the very beginning of the
0:50game. Christian Kirk obviously on the IR before the season even gets here. Ricky Pierrell on the IR before the season even gets here. And with a limited
0:57amount of weapons, Brock Party, um, a phenomenal fantasy football stat line. I had him too low in my rankings this week. And honestly, dude just looks
1:06phenomenal. Right now, you can say a lot of this is Kyle Shanahan, blah blah blah. Um, frankly, it doesn't matter too
1:12much of whether you want to say it's Shanahan or Pertie. Fact of the matter is, he played incredibly well. And if I
1:17look at my rest of season rankings for Brock Party, I mean, I have them in this big tier of quarterbacks that I would
1:23say you play them based on matchup, right? We got Perty here at 13, Dart at 12, Mahomes at 11, Lawrence at 10. Hell,
1:30if you wanted to move Perty up a couple spots, given the fact that he just played incredibly well in a really tough
1:36game environment, you can do you. But I don't necessarily think we need to jack him up that that much higher because
1:43while he did have a couple really nice runs in today's game, it's not like he has the same rushing upside that we're
1:48going to get with some of those other quarterbacks like Drake May or Caleb Williams. Now, incredible game from Brock Party. Going over to the running
1:54backs now. Y'all are going to make fun of me from this and I'm prepared for it.
1:59CMC comes through and he scores about 13.8 fantasy points.
2:04McAffrey 10 carries. Kalin Black 14 carries. McCaffrey had some really good runs in the second half and obviously he is still a phenomenal receiving threat.
2:14CMC had eight targets out of this backfield.
2:18But here's something we have to be on the lookout for. We cannot ignore. I I don't think you can watch week one and
2:24then just close your eyes and say it's only one week. It doesn't matter.
2:29Every season we have seen from while he has been a niner except the first few games they traded for, he has been a
2:35three- down workhorse. Last year he played 79% of the snaps for the San Francisco 49ers, right?
2:43The fact that Kalin Black was out there as much as he was, it is something that should raise a red flag or two. Now, am I going to come out
2:53here and tell you that you need to move McCaffrey down from the running back three in your rankings to the running
3:00back 12? No. I have McCaffrey here at three. But if Jonathan Taylor looks damn good on Sunday, there's a chance that I
3:09flip these running backs because there again, signs are pointing towards right now maybe the McCaffrey workload that we have had in the past may not be the same
3:19this season. He had over 400 touches last year and on top of this, he's in his 30s. it probably would be smart for
3:27them to use him a little bit more as a 7030 backfield split instead of an 8020 backfield split. So, um, McAffrey may
3:37not be the number one overall player in fantasy again. Now, he wasn't ranked that way going into today's game. I'm not going
3:45to panic move him down to running back 18, but I do think it's worth pointing out that Kaylin Black had a lot of work.
3:51It wasn't that this was a blowout and Kayn Black had a ton of carries in the second half. No, Kale Black had a ton of
3:56usage in the first half of this game.
3:59So, if we are going over to Black's ranking, here's the deal. He has to skyrocket up for me. Not because you can
4:06ever start him in a game environment in which you have a healthy Christian McCaffrey. Any game that McCaffrey plays in, he's going to be the goal lineback
4:15and a lot of the receiving workload. So, Kaylin Black never is going to be startable with the healthy CMC.
4:21But with that in mind, now that we have the clarity that he is the pure handcuff if McCaffrey were to go down and on top
4:30of that, he looked pretty damn good in this game. Like I would rather have Kayn Black over Alier, Mike Washington, Woody
4:37Marx, Jonah Coleman, Katon Mitchell, Tank Bixsby, Caleb Johnson. He has now proven himself, I'll put Aaron Jones ahead of him, but he has now proven
4:45himself, I'm going to move him to running back 44, that he is a premium handcuffed running back, possibly one of the best handcuffed running backs in the
4:54entire NFL. Now, let's go over to the wide receivers here. Demarcus Robinson had himself a game, right? Demarcus Robinson um goes through with the long
5:03receiving touchdown, had a couple solid grabs. Um if I go through and look at where Demarcus Robinson is in my rankings at the moment, I don't even
5:10have him. I'll go through and add him just so I can pull up his stat log. But here's the deal with Demarcus Robinson.
5:17Very similar to what we talked about Matt Collins last night. This dude has been in the NFL since 2016 and he has
5:23never averaged over seven fantasy points per game. Just because Deshawn Stribbling went down and just because he had a good game does not mean you should
5:31pick him up. He is not worth your roster spot. Leave him there. Going over to Mike Evans. Mike Evans look damn good.
5:38Mike Evans and Debo Samuel almost identical stat lines. Both wide receivers had seven targets. And on top of that, both wide receivers had six
5:46receptions, a receiving touchdown, 48 and 49 receiving yards, respectively.
5:51Now, the concern that you had, at least I had with Mike Evans coming into the season was the fact that he essentially
5:57missed all training camp. He popped up on the injury report with like four, five, six different injuries. I mean, it is concerning for a receiver that has
6:06missed this much time in recent years to be popping up on the injury report the way that he was, right? Because we go
6:13through and look at recent seasons and with Mike Evans, um, last year he had 388 receiving yards due to injuries, right? The year prior he barely got to
6:24his thousand yard mark. He had missed a considerable amount of time and also he is in his 30s. But what we were told
6:31before this game when they were doing all their press conferences is Mike Evans came out and he said, "You know what?
6:37If it was a game week, I would have practiced.
6:41I'm old. I've done over a thousand football practices in my career. I didn't need to be out there." That's what he said. And very clearly the way
6:49that he looked this game, I believe him.
6:52Like at this point, I have Jameson Williams on my fantasy team and S has Mike Evans. If Sal offered me Mike Evans
7:00for Jameson Williams, I'd probably do the deal. Like I think Mike Evans probably has to move to the very top of
7:06this tier. He looked damn good. And the Deshawn dribbling injury now makes it as well where they're really going to need
7:12them cuz um going over to Debo Samuel.
7:15Debo Samuel, we're going to be moving up in a dramatic way as well. I mean, I've already was tinkering with these
7:19rankings during the Flock League live stream, but um Adbo Samuel phenomenal stat line. He looked really good. And again, going back to it, Pierce allowed
7:27for the season. Christian Kirk on the short term. IR probably we're never going to see Kirk. We're never going to see Kirk make a big a difference. Let's
7:33say that. And then also on top of this, I'm assuming Dean Stribbling's out for the year at this point.
7:40Like going through and looking at this, it was immediately a concern for a torn Achilles. Like the craziest thing ever.
7:47um when he first went off the field before anybody was talking about an injury, Rome in the flock league live stream came out and he said um Deson
7:57Shribling just hurt his Achilles. Desan Shribly just hobbled off non-cont and Rome was spazzing about it. Then he went back out on the field. We were all
8:06making fun of him. And then two plays later, he goes down with the non-cont.
8:11He can't put any weight on it. They take him to the sideline. They put him in the tent. They take the shoe off. He gets
8:17carded off at this point. I think Dejon shribbling it's over. It's done. Again, I don't want to overreact. Um
8:28maybe it is just a ankle sprain. Maybe it is an ankle sprain. Maybe this is an Ash and Genty situation where they did
8:33the prayer circle and we overreacted and we said sky is falling down blah blah blah and it was all okay.
8:39But I don't think we see Dean shribling this year.
8:46That's my read on it.
8:48It sucks.
8:50I mean, a lot of people came out and they planted their flag whether Deshawn Shribling was phenomenal, whether Deshan Shiblings, we're never going to know the
8:57answer.
8:59You have to feel so damn bad for somebody who works their entire life, works their ass off, finally gets to the
9:05highest level, the NFL, and they don't even get a chance to show it. So, wishing the best of luck to Deshawn
9:11Troubling next year, but this year it's not looking good. I'm moving Debo Samuel up to a range in which I think you could
9:18very easily consider him starting him weekly. He's in the tier of Jordan Addison, Quinton Johnson, Mai Lemon, Mel Pitman, Debo Samuel, Courtland Sutton to
9:28the point where if we are looking at um a 10 team two receiver, one flex league, you're probably never starting any of
9:34these guys in that shallow of a format.
9:37But like in I don't know the flock league where it's a 12 team double flex full PPR. Debo Samuel's probably going to get started
9:45next week, right? Debo Samuel 100% looks like he is going to be viable. Now lastly going over to George KD. George
9:54KD was out on the field from the very jump. Like I had to play against KD in the flock league. Um Avery decided to go
10:01ahead throw him out there his first game back from the torn Achilles and projections really did like George KD this week. Very similar to Mike Evans,
10:08right? All the talk from the coaching staff, from the media coming into this game, they were saying, "Hey, KD's good to go. Hey, Evans is good to go. Don't
10:17worry about him." KD comes, he was out on the field a decent bit, but at the same time, he does absolutely nothing.
10:2412 receiving yards, um, two receptions off of five targets.
10:29Previously, I had George KD tightened nine in my rankings.
10:34I'm going to be honest, I'm not going to move KD dramatically as here's the deal.
10:38One, Desan's dribbling, in my assumption, being out for the season now all of a sudden actually makes George KD more needed as the receiving option in
10:47this offense. And at the same time, on top of that, like it was his first game back from a tour in Achilles. Everybody, including
10:56myself, should have known. Of course, he's going to start off slowly.
11:01And the game was on the other side of the planet. So, I'm not going to move George KD down my rankings at all.
11:06Again, I stand by. I think you should prefer Pitts. I think you should prefer Fannon, Leaporta, Craft, all those guys.
11:12But um bad game from KD, but it was kind of should have been the expectation that it was going to be a bad game from KD.
11:19Now, let's go over to maybe the more exciting offense to discuss, and that is going to be the Los Angeles Rams. Now,
11:27again, if y'all are watching the Flock League, y'all know that what I was rooting against is I was rooting against Devonte Adams. I had to play against
11:37Devonte Adams this week. We'll get to him in one second. Looking at Matthew Stafford, he looked like garbage.
11:45Straight up. Not because he scored no fantasy points, but because he just looked bad. There were open throws that he missed. Obviously, the fumble at the
11:56one yard line was absolutely brutal. Um, I can actually go through and pull up our flock league matchup real quick. Um,
12:04for Rome, the funniest thing ever was in that live stream, we all thought that Matthew Stafford had the one-yard rushing touchdown, right?
12:13We thought Rome add six points and then all of a sudden we learned, oh no, it was a fumble and it was a minus8 point
12:20swing. Literally insane. But regardless, after today's game, the Roman Empire is now sitting because he has Matthew Stafford
12:31with seven fantasy points.
12:35Got five from Stafford, zero from Dean Shribbling, and two from the Rams DST.
12:41This is an all-time bad performance for a debut in the Flock League.
12:45Unbelievable.
12:47And again, Stafford looked straight up bad. It wasn't just, oh, he got unlucky, or oh, um, Devonte Adams bobbled the ball and landed in the defensive back's
12:57hands and that's why he had the interception. Now, he missed open passes, fumbled at the one yard line.
13:03Now, in terms of where we are ranking Stafford coming into this, despite Stafford being a top three quarterback in fantasy last year, and despite him
13:10being the MVP, we still had him down here as like the QB 16. As the thing with Stafford is he's not going to run the ball at all.
13:19So, he's either going to lead the NFL in passing yards and passing touchdowns, and then he'll be viable in fantasy, or
13:25he's not. Now, am I going to sit here and say it's all over for Stafford, he has no shot to bounce back? No. It's
13:31opening day game across the on the other side of the world.
13:36I I'll give the man a break, but maybe it's fair if I move Goff ahead of him because Goff has a very similar profile.
13:43Goff, very similar. not going to have the rushing upside, but you're essentially banking that maybe he leads the NFL in passing and that's how he
13:50become viable in fantasy just like Matthew Stafford. Now going over to the running back usage, Blake Cororm looked really good. The vast majority of Blake
13:59Corum touches, especially at the beginning of the game, he looked electric. He looked dynamic. He was getting involved early. And while yes,
14:06Kairen Williams did have a rushing touchdown, Blake Corm, I believe, did get a carry inside the 5 yardd line.
14:12Like it's not like they got to the goal line and they immediately said, "Okay, um get Kiran off the field or I'm sorry, get Corum off the field.
14:24We need Kron in there." They did not say that. Whoever was on the field, they let stay in. So I am a little concerned for
14:30Kirn Williams at this point based on the Blake Cororm usage. Now, of course, um I will also point out Karen Williams had a
14:36phenomenal day for fantasy. scored the rushing touchdown. At the same time, he had the nine total fantasy points from his rushing yards, receiving yards, and
14:44receptions. So, Kyron Williams had himself a phenomenal game. But at the same time, are we going and actually we just got
14:54super interesting information here. We may have to circle back on the NerS.
15:02Stribbling has an ankle injury, not an Achilles. This is absolutely massive. My assumption of scribbling with the Achilles was completely wrong. Let me
15:11see the latest report that we have here.
15:18Let me see if did that come from Sheffy.
15:23Yeah, the latest Sheffy tweet reads, "Wide receivers, I mean 49ers wide receiver Deson Stribbling had an ankle
15:32injury per Kyle Shanahan who added the rookie Achilles was intact."
15:39Phenomenal news for Deon Stribbling.
15:41Now, I'll go adjust him in my rankings, blah blah blah. I'm still going to assume that he's missing a considerable amount of time. And maybe if you want to
15:48move Debo down a spot or two, you do that. But great news for Deshan Stribbling. Hopefully we get to see him
15:54later in the year. Again, my base expectation would be based on how devastating that injury looked. I don't think we see him anytime soon. But still
16:02great news that it seems like if it is an ankle and the Achilles is intact, damn good chance we see him this season,
16:08which is really, really strong. I mean, really way better than I thought it was literally five minutes ago. Now anyway, going over the running backs again,
16:18Kairen still on himself a good fantasy day, but Blake Corm clearly proved that he is going to work in to this
16:23backfield. If I look at my Kairen ranking, I previously had Kairen Williams right inside that same tier with Bree Love, Javvante.
16:35I know y'all may hate me saying this. I may rather have Javvante over Kairen based on the Blake Cororb usage. Again,
16:41Kairen almost stays exactly the same.
16:46But uh where did I have Cororm coming into this? I had Cororm running back 32. I don't necessarily think I move Cororm up
16:54that much either because here's the deal with the running backs. Blake Cororm, we've never seen him really get used as a receiver. So Kairen's going to get the
17:01receiving usage. So I still definitely prefer Kairen Williams. Still definitely think Kiran is the lead back and the most valuable running back. But I think
17:08maybe we can use this as a tiebreaker where I could say I probably prefer Javvante Williams. And is something to monitor. Now going over to the
17:15receivers, Puka Nakua looked really good. Made highlight grabs. Obviously the stat line at the end of the day with only 12 fantasy points is not why you
17:24drafted Puka at the 104.
17:31You're hoping for more than this, but considering the offense completely fell apart, he did what he could. Nine targets,
17:40clear target hog. Didn't skip a beat.
17:44Again, I think at this point, the suspension risk non-existent. The injury risk non-existent. So, I'm not going to touch Puka at all in my rankings. Puka
17:55was the wide receiver too before this.
17:56He's going to remain the wide receiver too after this. If Stafford is another really, really bad game we can re-evaluate, but this game was played on
18:04the other side of the planet. So, I'm going to give Stafford the benefit of the doubt, of course. Now, going over to
18:10Devonte Adams, maybe this is me being a hypocrite, right? Because I'm going to go through and say like, "Oh, Pukanukua played fine. Um, give Matthew Stafford
18:18the benefit of the doubt." And I went up against Devonte Adams in the Flock League this week. So, maybe it's just me
18:24wanting to root against him. But, um, I am way more concerned about Devonte Adams than any other wider, any other player in this Rams offense to be
18:33honest. Like if I have to move somebody down by rankings, I feel like it is Devonte Adams. What was the worst thing
18:40about Adams is when they got to the goal line, when they got to the red zone, he wasn't on the field. He played like one
18:47snap inside the 5 yard line.
18:52So, I don't know. Older wide receiver drafted in 2014, right? This is about the time that you maybe have to be
19:00concerned about a fall-off happening.
19:02Devonte Adams turns 34 years old in December. And there were a lot of rumors about two things this off seasonason.
19:10One, the Rams drafting Mai Limit in the NFL draft ended up not happening. But two, the Rams trading away Devonte Adams. That also ended up not happening.
19:19But where there's smoke, there's fire.
19:24So I I thought Adams looked bad. I thought his usage was concerning. for a 34 year old wide receiver. It's not
19:32great. Now again, game was played on the other side of the planet and Matthew Stafford was a bum. So might have moved
19:39Devonte Adams down at wide receiver 30 next to Carnell Tate. No. But I think it is fair for me to say like hell if I was
19:47offered DJ Moore for him right now, I would rather have DJ Moore.
19:52If I was offered AJ Brown, I may rather have AJ Brown. I don't know. So, I'm going to move Devonte Adams down to wide
19:59receiver 26. He's going to remain in the same tier. We will re-evaluate what happens next week. But again, while y'all know I really want to adjust our
20:08priors and really want to see what we can learn from these games, the game in Australia is maybe going to be a little
20:15bit less valuable than a game played in America. Now, going over to the tight ends, they use so many tight ends, none
20:20of them are startable. I know Terrence Ferguson was the guy people were excited about coming into this one, but um Terren Ferguson, cut him if you have
20:27him. Like going through and looking at my tight end rankings, I had him tight in 21 in my rest of season ranks. Like
20:35I'd cut them for Michael Bayer. I'd cut them for Ronda Gassin just to see what these guys have. So, um yeah, the Rams
20:41tight ends look god awful. I wouldn't roster any of them just because they're going to use so many. And this was a
20:46game that their second round pick, Max Cla, wasn't even active in.
20:50But I think that's all I got. Again, very happy to hear this was not a season ending injury.
21:00If you would have asked me 10 minutes ago, I would have said, "Rest in peace.
21:03GG's, it's over." Which again, um, phenomenal news for a young, exciting rookie. We still get to see him. Don't get me wrong, don't plan on playing him
21:14anytime soon. And realistically, he's probably not making a difference in fantasy football this year. But good for Niners fans, good for Deshun Stribbling
21:22himself. And yeah, I think Debo is now startable.
21:27Mike Evans, injury concerns completely go away.
21:32Slight red flag with McCaffrey. Monitor it in week two. And then the Rams, I want to excuse a lot of it away because
21:39again, while Stafford looked old, he looked washed, he looked horrible, he won the MVP last year and this game was played in Australia. So, we're going to
21:47take a little bit of a chill pill there.
21:48But I think that's all I got for you. I really appreciate you. And yeah, um, let me see if we have anything else. I don't
21:58think so. I will be live tomorrow answering all your fantasy football questions. I'll be live the next day answering all your fantasy football
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