0:00Good morning, friends.
0:02And enemies. Today's video, we're going to game by game breaking down every fantasy relevant wide receiver, ranking them, putting them into tiers. We did
0:10the exact same thing for running backs yesterday as it relates to week one of fantasy football. So, if you missed that, we'll link it in the show notes.
0:16Go watch that, come back, come watch this. Let's have a good time. Let's not waste your time. Let's get it. All
0:22right, we're kicking things off tomorrow night. First match-up of the season, New England at Seattle. We've got the game being played in Seattle. Seattle is
0:31three-point favorites because they have the home-field advantage. Uh 44 and a half point total here. So, not expecting fireworks or shootouts by any stretch of
0:39the imagination here. Let's take a look at the practice report. So, we did get an update for Christian Barmore. He will
0:44be on the field. It does look like Trevion Henderson is trending towards not playing. One thing that needs to be pointed out, obviously, as we are
0:50talking about the wide receiver position in this video is that the uh Seattle secondary is pretty thin right now. They lost Tariq Woolen, who is on
0:59Philadelphia right now. Nick Amigwa their stud sophomore safety is probably trending towards not playing in this one. They also lost Kobe Bryant to free
1:07agency, went to Chicago. He got injured, but right now I'd just say the Seattle secondary is a little bit thinner compared to last year. That's going to
1:13be a problem because New England's receiving core is way less thin than it was last year bringing in A.J. Brown.
1:19But, let's get to the point here. JSN's obviously a must start. Christian Gonzalez shoutout, just got the bagel this morning. A.J. Brown's an
1:27interesting one. He's obviously going to have a ton of Devon Witherspoon uh in his pocket on Wednesday night football.
1:33His prop is pretty low, 60 and a half relative to like a JSN type 82 and a half. I do think, listen, if you drafted
1:40A.J. Brown, he's going into your lineup.
1:42He's going to get into the must start category for me. Everybody else in this match-up to me is kind of hands off.
1:48Like, we don't really know what the roles are going to be behind these guys.
1:51Romeo Doubs will probably be a near every down player, but he's never really been an explosive guy. He always had really good chemistry with Jordan Love.
1:58Does that carry over to Drake May in New England? I'd imagine both of these teams are probably going to be pretty run
2:03heavy in their first games for 2026. So, we're going to put Dobbs into shaky flex. We're going to put Shaheed into
2:09shaky flex. I think Cooper Kupp's probably between the shaky flex and the rather not tier, but for now we're just kind of hands off again. Let's see let's
2:18see one game kind of go through the hoop here before we're playing any secondary guys. And then we will move to Thursday
2:24night football being played in Melbourne out in Australia, San Francisco and the LA Rams here. This is a game with a 48
2:31and a half point total here. Uh the Rams are three and a half point favorites.
2:34There's been a lot made about San Francisco getting out there a week earlier. The Rams are kind of getting there last minute and trying to just
2:39completely avoid the circadian rhythm I don't really care. We're not reading into all that kind of stuff.
2:44Sounds like Puka's going to be good to go with the groin stuff. Uh no suspension on the way at least not
2:49before week one. So, he's obviously going to the top of the rankings. We're not going to overthink that one. His secondary weapon here, Davante Adams,
2:57slowed down last year from a yardage perspective, all that kind of stuff, but I I'm not overly concerned about what we're going to see in the early parts of
3:04the year. So, Davante's going to go right into the feels good category. This is not a defense here that I'm necessarily scared of by any means. I I
3:11think the uh Niners defense became a really big issue for them. Obviously, they had a lot of injuries that they were dealing with last year, but I don't
3:17think they're like a secondary that we need to be worried about by any means.
3:20Last year they were eighth in EPA per pass allowed, seventh in success rate per pass allowed. So, good match up on
3:26paper at least for the Rams passing game. On the flip side of things, we're trying to figure out what to do with
3:30these 49ers receivers. Mike Evans has missed a bunch of time this training camp, but he's he's come out very recently over the last like day or two
3:37and just talked about how most of those injuries were very minor and it's not going to cost him game time. He will be
3:42suiting up for week one. So, he'll be in the lineup, probably in your lineup. I still probably want to see, you know, a
3:49game with how this offense shakes out and Mike Evans kind of being in a full-time role coming off of the injuries, you could see his props are
3:55are pretty low here at three and a half receptions, 47 and a half receiving yards. Plus 180 as an anytime touchdown
4:00feels low, but the Rams have completely retooled. They were already a very good defense, obviously, but they brought in other playmakers. Obviously, Miles
4:06Garrett, Trent McDuffie, like some really, really good dudes to secure that defense entirely. So, we'll just have to see how things kind of run on the San
4:13Francisco side of things. I'm not sure why Deebo's not in here, but I would say anyone else outside of Mike Evans is
4:18going into the shaky flex category. Even the goat, DeSean Shribling's going to go into shaky flex. DeMarcus Robinson will go into the rather not for sure. And
4:25then Deebo would also go into the shaky flex. These are guys where, again, really tough match-up. Need to see how the 49ers passing options end up playing
4:33and rotating throughout the course of the game. George Kittle is seemingly going to suit up. I'd imagine he's going to be on a little bit of a limited snap
4:40count, but overall, it's like a very, very new weapons group here and a lot of new faces with Mike Evans and Shribling
4:48and DeMarcus Robinson and, you know, Deebo coming back after leaving and George Kittle coming back from the Achilles. So, overall, like Mike Evans
4:54will probably go into my lineup. Outside of that, I want to I want to see a game before I'm putting anyone else into my
4:58lineup for this one. Moving to Chicago at Carolina. 47 and a half point total here. Chicago just three-point favorites. Terrace Marshall I feel
5:06pretty good about, so he's going right into the feels good category. His props are actually as high if not higher than
5:11Davante Adams here 58 and a half.
5:12Obviously, the match-up is what feels really enticing here. On both sides of the ball, Chicago's defense is all banged up. So, despite it being the
5:20Panthers offense, I don't think they'll have that much trouble moving the rock here and Terrace should probably see a very, very high target share. On the
5:27flip side of things, we've got the Chicago Bears pass catchers where it's another tricky group to try to figure out. Rome's lines are at 44 and a half
5:34receiving yards, three and a half receptions. Though, he did miss practice yesterday, so it is something to keep an eye on. He had what was labeled a minor
5:42leg injury last week where he left practice, but then he tried to go out there and continue practicing afterwards. Reports out of camp do do
5:49make it seem like it is very minor, but we have had instances where players get hurt and then because of the adrenaline
5:53they just try to get back out there and then things end up like swelling up afterwards. So, we'll have to keep a
5:58close eye on practice reports. If Rome is in the lineup, he's going to go into the dub flex category. I do think he'll
6:03end up probably seeing a lot of JC Horn on the outside. So, actually I like this match up more for Luther Burden than I
6:08do for Rome Odunze. I don't have like a very very clear favorite of the two. I know a lot of like the fantasy community
6:14is in love with Luther Burden and I totally understand why. This is one where I would prefer Burden because I think he'll run a lot more friendly
6:21routes relative to the strengths of the Carolina defense here and Rome, you know, dealing with the injury, we don't know what's actually going on with him.
6:28Luther Burden was also dealing with an injury for most of the summer, but he seems to be good to go tracking to be
6:32fully healthy for week one. So, I'm fine getting both of them in your lineups as guys you can feel pretty good about.
6:39Then we've got Jalen Coker who, honestly, don't hate him in your lineup either. He'll be at the like the top of
6:42the shaky flex category for me. He's another like top target. They resigned him this off-season. He should be a big part of their passing offense. See a
6:48pretty high target share here. And again, like not going to be a ton of matchups where you just get kind of free
6:52reign to take advantage of the opposing defense. And the Bears feel like one of those where you can see green across the
6:57board here. Number one in terms of explosive plays allowed last year through the air. So, Jalen Coker, 38 and a half receiving yards, not super high,
7:06but still higher than the the rest of the guys in the shaky flex category here. Moving to game number four, we got
7:11Tampa Bay at Cincinnati. Obviously, Ja'Marr is going straight into the mustard category. Tee Higgins, I think you could probably make the argument
7:18there, but he'll go into the feels good category and very much at the top of it here. Very strong lines, very strong
7:23match up here. And on the flip side, you've got a little bit more to figure out. Emeka Egbuka has been recovering
7:29from the turf toe injury now for a mild sprain in his toe for about a month and it does seem like as of yesterday he is
7:37definitely tracking and trending towards shooting up for week one. So, that makes me feel good about it because he's playing against the Bengals. Now, the
7:44Bengals do have a stud on the outside in DJ Turner, but I don't know that he's going to follow a guy like Egbuka around
7:50a lot cuz I'd imagine he's going to be moving all over the formation. I think they have this like grouping of all
7:57these receivers that I think will play as flankers on the outside, inside. So, I don't think any particular Bucks receiver is going to catch like a ton of
8:06top cornerback play in any given week unless, you know, their game plan going in is just like, "Hey, this guy is going
8:12to shadow forever." But, I don't have enough confidence or data to back up that that's going to be the case for a
8:17guy like DJ Turner going into the year.
8:19But, if we find out that DJ Turner tends to move around the formation a lot, like if he just shadows Egbuka this entire
8:24week, that's something that we will be touching on going forward, like week two, week three. Anytime you're playing against the Bengals, it's like great
8:30match up on paper, but going to be a problem for whoever the wide receiver one is. So, you could take advantage of
8:35it maybe by like the tight end or the slot receiver or wide receiver two. But, obviously, in order to kind of stay
8:40up-to-date on those trends, you're going to want to subscribe to the channel here. So, if you want to see all these
8:45videos every single week, which we will be doing every Tuesday, Wednesday when there is not a Wednesday game going forward, again, hit the subscribe button
8:52down below. Overall, though, if Egbuka's suiting up, he is going into my lineup, and I'm going to feel good about it
8:57because the matchup feels great as well.
9:00Didn't even touch on it, but they are a 50 and 1/2 point total in this game. The Bucks are 3 and 1/2 point underdogs
9:06here. Good weather, like this should be kind of fireworks all around given the potency of of both offenses here. So, behind Egbuka, I'm I'm like a little bit
9:15more all over the place. I'm not really sure what to do with the other pass catchers here. Godwin seems like the
9:20layup guy, at least for like the very early parts of the season. McMillan has also been dealing with an injury for the
9:25last couple weeks, but he also returned to practice the same day that Egbuka did over the last couple days. I keep
9:30switching back and forth between Egbuka and Egbuka. Do you pronounce the G?
9:34Like, I'm not really sure. It's one of those things where I feel like I look it up three times a week and then as soon
9:39as it goes into my brain, it like pops out the other side. So, I might just call him Bookie. I might just call him
9:44Bookie baby from now on. All right.
9:45Bookie baby in the lineup. Chris Godwin, will I say he's a dub flex? I think you're probably taking it a little bit
9:52too far. He's going to go into the shaky flex category. McMillan's also going to go go into the shaky flex category. I'm
9:57starting Godwin over um McMillan, but I'm not overly excited about it. I kind of look at Coker and Godwin in the same vein where at best,
10:05they're the secondary pass catcher in their offense. They're probably playing a lot of slot snaps, but they have a defensive defensive matchups where they
10:13could really take advantage of. And uh if either of them went like five for 50 or five for 60 and scored a touchdown,
10:18wouldn't really be surprised. So, that's shaky flex. The shaky flex category overall is guys that you're like on the fence about. You don't feel super good,
10:25but at the same time like could understand why you throw them into your flex for this first week if you're really desperate here. Ted Huston going
10:31into the rather not for now. Next matchup we got New Orleans at Detroit.
10:35Detroit seven-point favorite, 49 and a half-point total. They are in Detroit.
10:40They are in the dome. Should be fireworks all around. Absolutely love this matchup if you have a lot of weapons. I think you want to get as many
10:46players uh into your lineup from this game as possible. Amon-Ra's in the must start. Olave's going to go right into the must start with Jordan Tyson out for
10:52this one. He's obviously going to be in your lineups regardless of Tyson's back or not, but it makes it even sexier
10:57here. Jameson Williams is going right into the feels good category. And then the other interesting player here is Devon Achane. I am personally a pretty
11:05big fan of Devon Achane. And I love how his matchup sets up. Like the Detroit secondary is completely eviscerated.
11:12Obviously, their first-round pick Terrion Arnold is no longer on the team.
11:16And then on top of being super thin at the cornerback position already, both of their like stud safeties, Kerby Joseph and Brian Branch, are starting the year
11:22on the PUP list. So, Detroit is going to be another like it's going to be the same thing as we've seen the last few
11:28years where it's like you're really hyped up about what the overall team could be in the personnel, and then the defensive injuries and whatever
11:35happens on that side of the ball ends up leading to a billion points on the offensive side of the ball, and the
11:39other teams are going to have to throw the ball a lot to the to catch up. So, this is one of those games where
11:43secondary is all over the place, very high-volume, fast-paced offenses. I don't want to do anything crazy week one, but Valdes-Scantling, I think is
11:49one of the better starts in the shaky flex category. He's going like very close to the top of that category for
11:56me. I'm not going to put him in the dub flex category cuz when I look at Mike Evans, I don't see the same thing as as
12:01seeing Valdes-Scantling. But when I look at these other guys, I'm like, get Valdes-Scantling in my lineup ASAP. So, Valdes-Scantling, very sneaky start for
12:08this week if you are desperate at wide receiver or deep flex. Next game up, we've got Buffalo at Houston. This is a
12:1644 and 1/2 point total. Houston is 1 and 1/2 point underdogs here. They are at home. This is being played in the dome,
12:22which is a good circumstance all around, but you see a lot of red here all around uh for both matchups. You know,
12:28Houston's pass defense is elite.
12:30Buffalo's pass defense is much better than their run defense, so they're a little bit more of like a run funnel defense where teams try to attack
12:36Buffalo on the ground. They have uh pretty good cornerback group, etc. Nico Collins, obviously, if you drafted him, uh he's going into your lineup. I will
12:44say though, he's more leaning towards like the feels good category than the must start category for me. He's going to be at the top of it cuz he's Nico
12:51Collins, but outside of that, I'm going to be honest, I don't feel great about a lot of the other options in this game
12:56right now. Like DJ Moore is the next most appealing guy in this grouping, but he's going to see a ton of Stingley,
13:02he's going to see a ton of the secondary. I'm just nervous about what we see in week one. So, I get it if you
13:08look at him and you see a similar type of outlook to like a Rondale Moore or Luther Burden, you know, four or five
13:13catches, about 40 to 50 yards, makes sense for me. I actually put DJ Moore into the shaky flex category off the
13:19rip. There won't be worse matchups than he's getting in week one. And I actually do really like DJ Moore from like a
13:24season-long perspective and what I think he's going to do as the wide receiver one for Josh Allen, but I will say there
13:30are a lot of players that I'd probably prefer starting over DJ Moore in week one as they're playing against Houston.
13:35And then I think everybody else like sure, if you want to throw Khalil Shakir in the bottom of the shaky flex
13:40category, that's fine. Everything else again, I'll just keep using this terrible line, but you're going to want to see one go through the hoop before
13:46you start putting any of these like Texans receivers or any other like secondary Buffalo receiver into your lineups to start the year. Next game,
13:54we've got Baltimore at Indianapolis.
13:57Baltimore three and a half point favorites in this one, 47 and a half point total. They are playing at Indy, which means they are playing in the
14:03dome, should be a pretty, pretty good environment here. Now, a lot of green for Baltimore and terms of the passing matchup against Indy. I will say a lot
14:11of injuries to that secondary last year.
14:13I do really like the the combination if they could, you know, stay on the field of Sauce Gardner and Charvarius Ward. Is
14:18Sauce like the all pro top three guy he was when he was like a rookie early on?
14:21Maybe not, but I still think you're looking at a combination of like two top 12 two top 15 cornerbacks. That's not
14:26always easy to get off of. But, Zay's going to go into the feels good category regardless. Uh excited to see what this
14:32new offense looks like with Dalton Kincaid, a lot more under center, a lot of like play action where I think it'll
14:37get more easy involved targets for guys like Zay Flowers and all the pass catchers in this group. On the flip side
14:43of things, I think we'll see an improved Baltimore defense. It's really difficult to get a gauge on what to do with these
14:49Colts receivers in week one. Alec Pierce has been cleared, he will be playing in week one. Josh Downs will be playing.
14:56Everyone will be playing. There was a lot of like speculation around all these players between the injuries here, Rashod Bateman off the field stuff,
15:02Keenan Allen off the field stuff, but it does feel like both offenses will be in full force at full strength. But,
15:07ultimately, I don't feel great about throwing any of the Indy pass catchers into my lineup outside of like a Tyler Warren. Alec Pierce has obviously missed
15:15like a tremendous amount of the off season. He's going to have to get back into shape, into conditioning shape.
15:18We'll see a lot of Marlon Humphrey and I know, you know, Marlon's not the same guy he was, but they have a lot of good
15:22players in their secondary there out in Baltimore between Marlon and Nate Wiggins and Kyle Hamilton, obviously.
15:28So, I don't think it's going to be easy running for anybody. So, I'm going to put Alec Pierce into the shaky flex
15:32category. Another one where I want to see like one or two weeks of him running his full slate of snaps, looking like
15:38he's back to his full health from last year. Josh Downs, I think I would probably play him over Alec Pierce, but
15:44another one where I don't look at him and I'm like, "Yeah, he's an absolute like I'm really excited to get him into
15:48my flex by here. His line, 44 and a half receiving yards. Let's have a nice little reception line of four and a
15:54half. So, I would play him over Alec Pierce, but I wouldn't get overly excited about getting into my lineup.
15:59Everybody else is definitely like a rather not for now. Jacoby Lane's really interesting, more as like a waiver wire pick up if he ends up like scoring a
16:06touchdown and becomes involved in the red zone in week one, but don't think you can get him into your lineup out the
16:11gate. Next match up, we've got Cleveland at Jacksonville. Jacksonville, eight and a half point favorites, 40 and a half point total here. So, they are expecting
16:20very, very low point totals from the Cleveland Browns offense, very unsurprisingly, with Deshaun Watson under center. But, ultimately feels like probably going to be a sloppy game.
16:30They're not expecting much from either side of the ball, and by them, I mean Vegas. I do think the Jaguars will
16:37probably be relatively fine, but the Cleveland passing defense is not one, even while losing Myles Garrett, one that's like easy to have a lot of
16:45success against. The only guy that I'm like excited about throwing into my lineup for this one is Parker Washington. He's going to go into the
16:51dub flex category. So, I I'm I'm definitely, you know, if we were excited about him all summer, like just get him
16:56into your lineup. Outside of that, I think the rest of the guys kind of fall into the shaky flex category. I will be
17:01starting Jakobi Meyers in a league of mine. It's like a 12-team, I needed a flex play. So, you know, if anyone wants
17:06to rock with me, Jakobi will likely be going into my lineup. K.C. Concepsion is going to go into the bottom of the shaky
17:11flex category. Another one where it's like a lot of young talent where we want to see what happens in that first week.
17:17We want to see the snap alignment. We want to see the routes run. Is Casey Concepcion a 75% snap guy or is he
17:24strictly 11 personnel and they're playing that 58% of the time kind of thing? So, in a game where I do imagine
17:30they're going to have to throw the ball a lot in the second half, I still think they're going to try to run this game
17:34through Quinshon Judkins and giving him as many carries as he can possibly feast on there. So, yeah. I mean, I'm not
17:41telling you anything new here. We just don't want to start Cleveland Browns pass catchers in week one outside of like a Harold Fannin. So, Boston's going
17:46to go down there. Jerry Jeudy's going to go into the rather not and Brian Thomas will go into the shaky flex category.
17:51He's obviously always viable to pop off for like a big play. So, you know, he he'll be in the shaky flex category, but
17:56closer to like the middle top part of uh that game. And then Travis Hunter, I don't expect to play a ton of snaps at
18:02the wide receiver position. But, as always, if you guys are more curious about like exactly where I have these guys ranked in terms of uh flex plays,
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20:01Pittsburgh. Just the wote, 42 and 1/2 point total here, good weather, three point underdogs for the Atlanta Falcons.
20:08Tua will be under center, which is like I don't know. I don't know who it's good for at this point. Good for Kyle Pitts,
20:14good for Bijan, I guess. Not good for anyone. Not good for anyone watching the game, not good for anyone that's a
20:18Falcons fan. Probably not good for Drake London. He did feed his wide receiver once, but I don't even know if his arm
20:22is like capable of continuing to do that. Overall, going to be a little bit of a tough match up. Joey Porter Jr. is
20:28legit as hell, and uh it is Tua. So, like you're obviously starting Drake London if you have him, but he he he's
20:33closer to like the Nico Collins, where it's like, ah, tough match up, don't love the environment, don't trust the passing game at the moment. Got to see a
20:40little bit more to believe it, and that's where I'm falling into the feels good category. Outside of that, we've got the Steelers receivers that we kind
20:46of have to figure out. It's DK Metcalf, who's like the impromptu wide receiver one. I actually personally like Michael Pittman more in PPR leagues. I think
20:54they're both probably shaky flexes, but I think our Atlanta Falcons pass defense, or just defense overall, is going to be so much worse than it was
21:00last year, without James Pierre Jr., without Jaylen Walker. We lost a couple linebackers in free agency. So, this is going to be a weird like, a weird
21:08direction for me, but I'm actually going to put Michael Michael Pittman into the dub flex. I'm going to put DK Metcalf
21:13into the shaky flex, definitely at the top. So, I think in my rankings, like, my wide receiver rankings, they're going to be relatively close to each other,
21:19but I just like Michael Pittman more than I do DK Metcalf, especially in this match-up where DK will probably see a
21:25lot of A.J. Terrell, and Michael Pittman will kind of be able to, like, run over the middle of the field. Other than
21:29that, we are not playing Jeremy Bernard, and we're very much in wait-and-see mode to see what the wide receiver position shakes up in Atlanta behind Drake
21:38London. Next game, New York Jets at the Tennessee Titans. This is a 39 and 1/2 point total, so I think the lowest on
21:46the slate. The Jets are 1 and 1/2 point underdogs. Uh, great match-up for both sides here. So, you got Garrett Wilson,
21:54definitely going to be in your lineup. I expect a very high targets here, obviously, and this is one of the better
21:58match-ups to take advantage of out the gate. You can imagine with these teams where they're like going into the season with a very clear game plan. Like,
22:04they're going to force the issue at least for the first month of the season, and this is one of those, like, take
22:08advantage of. With a guy like Garrett Wilson, Wan'Dale Robinson, I think he's going to be the leading target getter there in Tennessee, so I'm going to
22:13throw him into the dub flex category.
22:15Cornell Tate is definitely one that I'm still, like, a little bit shaky about right now. He's He's in the shaky flex.
22:20I'll still start him over a handful of these guys, but I want to see what the route percentage shakes up like between
22:25him, Calvin Ridley, Wan'Dale Robinson, see if he's a full-time player.
22:29Obviously, very, very high draft capital, but I think the Tennessee Titans passing offense is one that's like very spooky right now to actually
22:35throw players into your lineup for before we see them actually, you know, operate at even like a a mediocre level.
22:42I do really with Adonai Mitchell, though. Camp reports have been great.
22:45I've always been a fan of Adonai Mitchell's game, even coming out of Texas. Wish he got more opportunity in Indy, but now he's getting a ton of
22:50opportunity in New York to be the clear wide receiver two, even though they drafted Cooper in the first round.
22:56Adonai is the every-down player outside of Garrett Wilson. He's an explosive downfield playmaker. I really don't look at him too differently than like how I'm
23:04looking at De'Von Achane, but in a much worse game script. Going to be a lot slower, going to you know, try to
23:09establish the run this one. A lot worse quarterback play. So, you know, when I say similar to De'Von Achane, I mean not
23:14similar at all, but like kind of similar. You know what I mean? So, you can do a lot worse than adding Achane
23:19Mitchell this week actually. And honestly, maybe crazy, but I think I'd probably start Achane Mitchell over Carnell Tate. Don't hold me to that, but
23:26maybe hold me to it. But you can check out my rankings again in real time. I always update it for injuries and stuff.
23:30If you want to see where I eventually actually land with that stuff. Next game up on the slate, we've got Arizona at
23:35the Los Angeles Chargers. Chargers heavy heavy favorites in this one. They're in LA obviously, so they're in the dome.
23:40They are 10-point favorites. 47 and 1/2 point over/under here. Vegas not too high on Achane Mitchell and Kanki for week one. I get it. We got to see how
23:47this offense shakes out. We got to see how the target tree gets kind of dispersed. We got to see if they even
23:51try to, you know, does Herbert need to throw the ball more than 28 times in this game? And if not, even even if he
23:56throws, you know, they dominate game script. They give 20 carries to Achane Mitchell and Kanki. Even if Achane ends up having a 25% target share, which is
24:04pretty optimistic on, you know, 28 throws, that's what? Seven targets?
24:08Something like that. So, I can understand where the math and the projections don't add up. But again, just a great match-up where I think both
24:14teams can score in the passing side of things. So, Achane is definitely going to go into the feels good category.
24:18Definitely want him in your lineup if you have him. Behind him, I don't feel terrible about Quentin Johnston. Like do I want to throw him into my lineup right
24:24away? No, but it is a great match-up.
24:26He's he will probably see a lot of Will Johnston on the outside. He's going to go into the shaky flex category, but
24:30very much near the top of it. I think I probably look at both Cardinals receivers in the same vein. The Chargers
24:37pass defense is pretty damn good. They did lose Jessie Minter, so maybe we see a little bit of regression on the
24:42defensive side of the ball, but they're always pretty good there. Probably a game where they're going to have to throw the ball a lot. We don't know for
24:47certain if Jeremiah Love is playing. If he's not, probably leaning a little bit more on the passing side of things. Do I
24:53look at them as dub flexes? Not really.
24:55Like I'm not overly excited to get either of them in my lineup, but I will say the overall point here for whether
24:59or not I play one over the other, I don't have a strong feeling. Like I'm not clearly leaning towards Marvin Harrison Jr. over Michael Wilson or
25:05anything like that. I think they're both playable in week one. I wouldn't set my expectations super highly for either one just given the match-up and given the
25:13uncertainty of what this offense is going to end up being. And I think they're both kind of boomer bust. Like I
25:17wouldn't be surprised if Michael Wilson went out there and had a very big day or Marvin Harrison went out there and made
25:22a big play toward a touchdown, etc. So, I'm not going to put them into the dub flex category, but very much at the top
25:28of the shaky flex category. And then Trey Harris, yeah, we're not playing him until we know if wide receiver three even matters in that offense. Moving
25:36over to Miami at Las Vegas, this one's pretty easy. I think you can put Trey Tucker in shaky flex, and I think
25:41everybody else is a no go until we learn more about who is a full-time player between the Miami offensive guys, Caleb Douglas, Chris
25:50Bell. Actually, I'm not going to put Caleb Douglas into the shaky flex category, but like he's one to watch.
25:55I'm going to keep an eye on both of these Miami receivers. I think if you got an extra bench spot, and you want to
25:58throw one of those guys onto your bench and let it ride out and see how week one kind of takes things. Definitely worse
26:04things have been done in fantasy football leagues. Overall, just not a lot of guys I want in my lineup outside of the run game for both sides for Miami
26:11and Las Vegas. So, let's move to Green Bay at Minnesota. Minnesota one and a half point favorites, 46 and a half
26:17point total here in the dome in Minnesota. Justin Jefferson, if you drafted him, he's obviously a must start. On the flip side, I don't feel
26:24great about a lot of the other ones.
26:25Like you can see Minnesota's pass defense red across the board. They're always a very, very stout defense.
26:30Christian Watson's definitely going to go into the dub flex category. It will be a tough match-up, but overall, I do think Christian Watson will be the one
26:36there for as long as he can stay up. I think everybody else kind of goes into the shaky flex category. Jordan Addison,
26:41Jayden Reed, Matthew Golden. Green Bay's cornerbacks, they don't really have a one. They don't have like a top guy there. So, without any, you know, top
26:50cornerback play, without Micah Parsons, this is definitely a game where like it seems like on paper Green Bay's defense could be kind of good if you don't
26:57really like follow football intimately, but not one where I'm like straying away from starting guys. So, Jordan Addison, I'm not a huge fan of him and like his
27:04game overall, but can definitely do worse than that. Jayden Reed, it's obviously like a big-time playmaker.
27:09Matthew Golden's going to run a ton of routes, so oop oopsy poopsy. Yeah, he's going into the top of the shaky flex
27:14category. I just like attaching guys to Jordan Love, etc. And without Josh Jacobs, we'll obviously see a little bit of a lean towards the passing game here
27:22for Green Bay, I think. Washington at Philadelphia. Philly five and a half point favorites here. I feel like when I filmed the video yesterday, they were at
27:30like four. This line jumped at least a point over the last like 24 hours. 44 and a half point total here. They are in
27:37Philadelphia. DeVonta Smith for me, I mean, matchup doesn't get better than this. Despite his Vegas lines not being that high, he is a must start for me.
27:44I'm going to be honest, man. Terry, kind of a shaky flex for me. Don't don't don't don't love it. Um not sure what to
27:50expect from the Washington offense right away. You know, they lose their top tackle. Uh we've got a brand new offense, which I'm definitely optimistic
27:57about, but I don't want to put all my eggs in that basket right away. And then of course the matchup against
28:01Philadelphia with Quez Watkins Mitchell.
28:03I I think he'll end up probably shadowing Terry McLaurin here. So, him and Stefon Diggs can definitely go into your lineup as flex plays, but I don't
28:10feel like crazy good about them.
28:12Dontayvion Wicks should be a near full-time player on the outside, but another one where I'm like, I don't know. Like he could make a big play of
28:18course down the field. Uh definitely don't want him in my lineup if I don't have to. And then I think I might have
28:23to in another one where you're kind of in wait and see mode to see what his snaps end up shaking out like cuz he
28:27missed a lot of the summer camp and he's running basically slot only routes right now. How much like juice is really is
28:33there right now in the Philadelphia passing offense behind DeVonta Smith and Dallas Goedert right now. That That to me that's wait and see mode. Next up,
28:41we've got Dallas at the New York G-Men Giants on Sunday Night Football. 48 and a half point total. Dallas three-point favorites here. CD going right into the
28:51must-start category. George Pickens is going to go right into the must-start category. If you got Malik Nabers, you're starting him, too. So,
28:57he's going into it. Seems like he will be ready for week one. He will be a I don't know if we can say a full go, and
29:04I do expect the Dallas defense to be a little bit better, but if Malik is active, like I think he is active
29:10because the Giants feel comfortable with where his knee is at. So, Malik's going to be in your lineup, obviously, if you
29:15have him. Ryan Flournoy is a rather not.
29:17Malachi Fields definitely a wait-and-see. He seems like he's going to be the wide receiver two there. They did just cut Darius Slayton, which even
29:23solidifies that further. So, you don't want him in your lineup week one, but another like really, really sharp pick up, I think, prior to week one games to
29:31see how things kind of work out. And speaking on that point, me and Michael are filming a video in about four or
29:38five hours talking about our sharpest pick ups prior to week one games that will be out tomorrow for you guys on
29:44Wednesday four seasons kick off, and I can guarantee you Malachi Fields will be on that list. But, if you want to see
29:49the full list of of guys that you can kind of like stash on your bench or when guys end up getting ruled out this
29:55weekend, you can throw them into your IR spot and pick up one of these guys, make sure you subscribe to the channel to
29:59watch that video live tomorrow. And then the very last game of the week, we've got Monday Night Football, Denver at Kansas City. Kansas City three-point
30:07favorites, 43 and a half point total here. Pretty tough match up for both sides of the ball here. Rashee Rice still the one until we see otherwise. I
30:16feel like camp reports weren't great, the videos of him weren't great, but until we see like him not being great for fantasy in PPR leagues with Patrick
30:25Mahomes, I you just have to feel relatively good about him in your lineup. On the flip side of things, you got Jalen Waddle, you got Courtland
30:31Sutton, and while there's like a seven-round gap in where they get drafted, Vegas doesn't really see the gap being that large. They're both at
30:38four and a half receptions, the anytime touchdowns are pretty close, but neither of them are really favored to score an anytime touchdown here. Jaylen Waddle at
30:45plus 205, Courtland Sutton at plus 220, so greater than two-to-one odds for both of them. Receiving yardage is a little bit higher for Waddle at 55 and a half,
30:54Courtland Sutton down at 44 and a half.
30:56So, I'd be lying if I said I felt really good about Jaylen Waddle in week one. He could absolutely make me look stupid,
31:01but he's going to go into the dub flex category for me. Definitely closer to the top of it. Courtland Sutton will go
31:05into the shaky flex category for me. Uh I think Xavier Worthy, who will run almost every route in this game if I had
31:10to guess, still not anyone I'm looking to get into my lineup at all. Same thing with Pat Bryant, same thing with Cyrus
31:16Allen. And I think that really wraps up the uh wide receiver video. It was a little bit smoother than I thought it
31:22would be. Not a ton of injuries to really worry about. Obviously, we'll get a lot more practice reports as the weeks
31:27go by and as things emerge and surface, I will be updating my rankings in real time, which you can get bdge.co.
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31:48Meyers in my flex cuz I've got JSN, Nico, Christian Watson. We do a start through wide receiver league, but I'm kind of deciding between Jakobi and
31:55Jordan Mason. And they're close. I've got Jakobi at 78 overall. I've got Jordan Mason at 82 overall. These have, you know, the Vegas props. They've got
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32:42All right. I love y'all. I'm out of here. Good luck in week one and I'll see you when I see you. Shout out Ameca
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