Fantasy Football - Starts of the Week + Week 2 Breakdown, Bounce-Backs - Podcast for 9/11

7:38Andy Holloway:nobody can get Joe Burrow to play well week one what was great was possible was that the uh the

7:44Mike Wright:world did react to like you how dare you put him as your start of the week it was too easy because it's too easy you drafted him too high oh what the oh all right well I mean it was pretty sad yeah it was sad I didn't mean to hit that but it was sad week two starts of the week Jason kick us

8:01Jason Moore:off at quarterback I'm gonna go with a guy that I think I'm I'm bought into maybe you know you don't overreact from one week I am overreacting for the rest of the season I think Justin Herbert will be throwing the ball enough this season to be very important for fantasy I loved the way that he ran the ball he had more designed runs and he scrambled quicker he has athleticism he had 32 rushing yards 318 passing yards that was against a very good Kansas City defense the Chargers are three and a half point road favorites in a dome against the Raiders where last year he was the quarterback three when they played there his weapons are the best he's had maybe in his entire career I I would say definitely in his entire career I think this version of Ladd McConkie Keenan Allen uh you know huge the two rookies you're gonna include huge absolutely I'm gonna include I didn't know if we were there yet yeah well I when he is the third option when he's literally like the I'm going to go to Keenan Allen and Ladd McConkie and you can't stop me all the time and the defense has to guard that oh now I can throw a deep shot to Kugits it's perfect for his skill set alright Mike what do you got

9:13Andy Holloway:I'm going with Kyler Murray oh boy yeah like he's playing

9:17Jason Moore:boo

9:19Mike Wright:I'll do it it's fine the quarterback 7 after week 1 actually in week 1 what was he because he's QB 7 for us ranking this upcoming week. I think he was higher than that. He had two passing touchdowns.

9:35Andy Holloway:At least the promise of the offseason of like, hey, I think Kyler is actually going to run more. He himself said, I need to do that. And he did. It wasn't necessarily the prettiest of decisions when he chose to scramble and how it was happening. But we at least saw it. We saw seven rush attempts for 38 yards. They are big home favorites against the Carolina Panthers. I expect the Cardinals running game to get it going but I also expect that like Kyler you know the two passing touchdowns with another 40 on the ground is I think it's in the range of possibilities we had well look Kyler was almost my start of the week I had him in there but the

10:16Mike Wright:guy I think will run more than Kyler and why I moved him into my start of the week was Justin Fields he takes on Buffalo we saw that incredible Buffalo Baltimore game last week it wasn't just of legs against Pittsburgh that were great. He was also number one in completion percentage over expectation among all quarterbacks. Not something you've been able to look to Justin Fields for in the past, but he had the connection going with all of his receivers. 9.9 yards per attempt. It wasn't just dink and dunk stuff. And they play Buffalo this week. The Jets do. Buffalo gave up the most yards per play in the NFL in week one.

10:52Mike Wright:Yes, it was Lamar, but I think Justin Fields follows up a good week one with a great week two and I'm excited to see what happens at running back I do not believe this will be a complete rest

11:03Jason Moore:of season uh the way that I do think so with Justin Herbert but it will be a week two success with Travis Etienne coming off a great performance against the worst run defense we've seen in our generation um the thing is is he's the guy now there's clarity he had 19 opportunities 31 percent of the team's total rush attempts and targets and then it was like well is it going to be him is it going to be Tank Bigsby. It's not going to be Tank Bigsby. They traded him. So, you know, maybe Tootin gets a little bit more involved, but this is Etienne's backfield, especially right now, certainly in week two.

11:41Jason Moore:And if you look at week one, how good he was, the Jaguars offensive line ranked fourth in adjusted yards before contact. Now, again, that's the Carolina defense, but But he gets the Bengals defense, which is pretty close, you know, if you could call it defense. So I think it's a great matchup for him. I don't think Tootin is going to work his way in enough right off the bat in week two. So, yeah, Etienne is a good play. Fire him up. Make sure he's in your lineup.

12:09Andy Holloway:I'm going with Jordan Mason, Minnesota Vikings running back against the Atlanta Falcons. Aaron Jones had the highlight touchdown. but if you didn't pay attention Jordan Mason was incredibly involved uh he was the the early down guy Mason ended up 13 for 69 and Jones was seven for 21 and the the thing that I find interesting about this is they tried at the beginning to have it be Aaron Jones like they they gave Aaron Jones a couple carries that went nowhere and then Jordan Mason gets brought in and he's he is the power back the Vikings are three and a half point home favorites against the Falcons right now so I love that environment and just for some more context like my dynasty team right now I have Jordan Mason in my lineup over Kenneth Walker so like that's the type of play that I'm talking about all right

13:03Mike Wright:I'm going with Brees Hall taking on the Bills yes back-to-back Jets it feels so good we're not done yet it feels so good look this is um it was very clear in week one who the lead back was not just by opportunity but by talent and juice he looked so fast he looked great and the bills just got absolutely gashed big play after big play and if you look at those hunry henry big runs they had room he had room to you know get to that second level that's when henry turns on the jets And so based on what I saw in week one, you know, the success Brees had against the Pittsburgh defense, we expected to be a lot better.

13:43Mike Wright:I think it was a lot about Brees. I think it was about the offensive line getting it done. And so I think Brees follows it up in week two.

13:51Jason Moore:My wide receiver start of the week is DK Metcalf. In a revenge game, he will be at home, not in Seattle, but he's playing against the Seahawks. And I think he's got plenty to prove. Aaron Rodgers has spoke so glowingly of him. this last week we saw it right 26 of his routes he was targeted he he had seven targets he didn't have a great game four catches for 83 that's that's a pretty good game no touchdown but he had sauce gardener on him for a lot of that he knows the seahawks he's working with aaron rogers who aaron rogers hyper targets his number one he's always been whether it was davante adams or jordy nelson or garrett wilson he can make fantasy stars and i think this is a perfect matchup for him against Seattle.

14:35Andy Holloway:Speaking of Garrett Wilson, three Jets in the starts of the week. What could possibly go wrong here? He was the alpha. 36 % of the team's targets ends up 7 for 95 at 1. We mentioned he was just a fraction away from a second touchdown. Maybe the Buffalo secondary bounces back because that was just Lamar and the Ravens, however. It was the third most fantasy points to the wide receiver position in week 1, allowing 17 yards per catch i think garrett wilson can have another big day all right i am going to go

15:09Mike Wright:with keenan allen against the raiders this week that monday night football game uh the tandem with justin herbert he was right back to the target machine we know him to be which was cool to see in week one you know joining this team he had a better than expected season with chicago 28 of his routes he was targeted and he has dominated the raiders historically i think Keenan is a great play.

15:34Jason Moore:My tight end start of the week you just picked him up off of waivers you had to you had to spend quite a bit to get him good it's Jawan Johnson against the San Francisco 49ers you put him right into your lineup this is probably their second target in their receiving game um yes he's their he's their slot wide receiver and you don't usually get that from a tight end that's what we saw in week one 34 of his 74 snaps were in the slot they played so fast I mean 99 % of team snaps is awesome but the fact that he wasn't there to block he was out there running routes it was like 96 % route participation unbelievably great he was fifth most among all players in week one in those slot snaps and he he had a 24 % target share fourth highest among all tight ends.

16:27Jason Moore:Now you've got a matchup against San Francisco where their defense is not the defense it used to be. The usage is so unbelievable that I'm not really worried about him falling flat. I think his floor is pretty high. Now, will he get a touchdown and have a dominant like, oh my gosh, Juwan Johnson won me my week? I don't expect that with Spencer Rattler. But in a position where you're just not sure if you're going to end up with a point or five, I feel like the baseline here in any kind of half PPR league is like, you've got a six-point base where if he has a real bad game, he's going to catch enough balls.

17:01Jason Moore:And if he breaks one tackle, does something special, you can get to double digits pretty easy.

17:05Mike Wright:The mustache is worth the start of the week anyways.

17:08Jason Moore:Is he rocking a mustache? Oh, yeah.

17:10Mike Wright:What? Hold on. He looks chiseled.

17:18Andy Holloway:Oh, man. Look at this guy with the mustache. I'm moving him up the rankings. I told you. Right now.

17:24Mike Wright:I told you. Look, some of our analysis is database. Some of it is. Wow.

17:30Jason Moore:Look, we have a very pro mustache. I'm seeing a picture of him next to the character from Severance. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

17:39Andy Holloway:I mean, it's pretty stellar. The solution for poor quarterback play when we're talking about fantasy football is just an overabundance of snaps and plays. And that's what the Saints gave us last week. And that is what Kellen Moore has historically done. My tight end start of the week. It's Kyle Pitts. It is Kyle Pitts. Eight targets turned into seven for 59. That was the tight end 12 on the week. I mean, finishing as a top 12 tight end where you're not scoring, like that's, you'll take that. Because then you actually have true upside. He lined up in the slot on 49 % of his snaps, ran a route on 81 % of the Atlanta Falcons' dropbacks, which would be, that's fourth in terms of the tight end position.

18:27Andy Holloway:And I expect that Minnesota is going to create a game script where they will have to throw. So Kyle Pitts, I'd stay with it.

18:36Mike Wright:All right, I'm going to go with Brenton Strange against the Bengals. This is a lot. I like this one. It's a little about Strange, who was involved, very involved in Week 1, but it's a lot about the Bengals, who, you know, until they prove otherwise, I'm going to believe that they don't know the opposing team starts tight ends because they were the worst.

18:53Andy Holloway:I mean, Harold Fannin, everyone like we are. Yeah, and the joke. I was saying like we're so, the world is so excited for Harold Fannin. I think justifiably so, but it's like he was playing against the Bengals.

19:04Mike Wright:Last year, the Bengals were dead last in fantasy points given up to tight ends. And in week one, they're 29th and they gave up over 15 points to tight ends. So I'm really chasing that. It's a great matchup, a great situation. the Bengals defense sucks and Britton Strange seems like he's needed and necessary for the offense you know he had 59 receiving yards in week one that was a team high he caught all four of his targets and he'll probably get another four to five if not more with a red zone chance I'm gonna go

19:32Andy Holloway:with Britton Strange if you lost Dallas Goddard there's a chance that Britton Strange was not picked up as everyone went after Fannin and Juwan Johnson absolutely so that was starts of the week

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22:08Mike Wright:All right, you blink, and week two, here we are.

22:16Mike Wright:Fantasy Forecast, presented by PrizePix. We get to talk about that matchup right away. Jacksonville, 1-0, traveled to Cincinnati, who had seven total yards in the second half of their victory, who are also 1-0. And Vegas has Cincinnati three-and-a-half point home favorites. The over-under is 48-and-a-half. Very nice.

22:41Andy Holloway:I believe it's tied right now for the highest of the week. The Green Bay-Washington game is also at 48. Oh, no 50s? Nope, not yet. They're usually a little more reined in because we don't know what's going on yet.

22:54Mike Wright:Both of these teams, they're 1-0, No. And yet we were bummed mostly. Correct. By both of them in week one that we thought, you know, we'd see higher scoring affairs. The Bengals offense was incredibly boring. Nothing explosive. They couldn't do anything. Burrow targeted his wide receivers a career low 39 percent of the time last game. So you had a lot of you had the tight ends involved. Right. Noah Fant was getting passes and get sicky and chase Brown. and then Lawrence you know he was okay but Brian Thomas Jr. it just didn't work out I think he was like what did he catch two of seven targets or something like that one of seven targets you somebody looked that up but looking yeah it was um seven targets seven targets one for 11 so not good and uh Travis Hunter he had the most targets on the roster but nothing big so we're supposed to see him play a little bit more defense this week but let's start at the quarterback position it should be you're playing burrow a bounce back for burrow and

23:59Jason Moore:chas and higgins right yeah for sure i mean jaguars last year were ranked dead last against quarterbacks this is you know they they might look a little bit more scary if you're looking at your platform like oh the strength of schedule it's one week and they played against bryce young who looked abysmal. So, yeah, no one is benching Joe Burrow after one bad week. But what about Lawrence? Lawrence is, to me, someone that if you're really, really not confident in your quarterback, he is a waiver-wire guy that you could put in there. But he's primarily more of like a 2QB. I think he's a good quarterback 2 this week.

24:38Andy Holloway:So Trevor Lawrence or Drake May? Drake May. Bo Nix against the Colts. I'm going to stay with Bo Nix another week. Okay, and I'll go one tier down. Let's go J.J. McCarthy.

24:53Jason Moore:That's interesting. Yeah, I think I go Lawrence there. J.J. McCarthy had such an incredibly good fourth quarter, but he still showed kind of the early game jitters, the rookie. That was a tough matchup against –

25:07Andy Holloway:Yeah, and now he's at home. I think those two might end up closer than people would think. I mean, they are like back-to-back in my rankings. Oh, perfect.

25:18Mike Wright:Is that true? NFL, NFC Offensive Player of the Week, J.J. McCarthy?

25:21Andy Holloway:Yeah, he was. I thought it was a little egregious. I mean, he played great for a quarter, and he led the team to a comeback. I get that, but someone else had to have been better.

25:33Mike Wright:That's what I was trying to think about in the NFC. It's like I'm kind of struggling to find something. Maybe that must be why. I mean, nobody's jumping out.

25:42Andy Holloway:you're right so it was pretty blah week of football chase brown games while the bangles did not put up the points oh yeah i would have gone daniel jones jones is in the afc oh god jason couple of idiots gotcha no that's jason's fault he's just throwing out names derrick henry guys goodness you know how good he was

26:05Mike Wright:jason and his conferences yeah chase brown 52 percent of the team's total rush attempts and targets look at the workload not necessarily at the you know bangles offense in week one that was slowed down frequently chase brown is a must start travis etn's jason start of the week brian thomas jr i said it seven targets just one catch had a rushing touchdown he'll be okay they'll figure out ways to get him the football chase and higgins are in your lineup travis hunter is he a flex play this week would you play i i think because i'm over judy oh travis hunter like i said he led the team in targets he had eight targets in this game just nothing they could

26:42Jason Moore:not break a big play he was really close to one big broken play I'm fine having Brian Thomas Jr. and Travis Hunter both as like just wash away week one and expect what you expect with great talent

26:55Mike Wright:that's wild that between them they caught four of 15 targets the thing is about Trevor Lawrence I

27:04Jason Moore:I don't remember if I brought this up on air or if it was when we were watching football on Sunday or whatever, but he reminds me a lot of Kyler Murray in the sense that he is not a bad quarterback, but he will never be a great quarterback. And they all, both of them, they have their games where they just look. You go, wow, okay, he's figuring this out. Last week it was not, Trevor Lawrence was not dialed in. But if Trevor Lawrence comes out and looks dialed in against this Bengals matchup, it's going to be really, really. I don't. No. Yeah. No. Yeah, I feel it. You're not. No, I feel it. Feel deeper.

27:37Jason Moore:I feel it. Think more.

27:42Jason Moore:Andy's Almost Upset of the Week. Two weeks in a row. It's a good sign. I don't mind it. Two weeks in a row.

27:51Mike Wright:Week one it hit, though. It covered. I mean, it's 17-16.

27:55Jason Moore:You can't be more of an almost upset than the team that absolutely should have won the game. Losing by one?

28:01Mike Wright:I'm going to go with it. We talked about Britain Strange and then there's too many tight ends in Cincinnati to care about any of them. The Giants are 0-1. They take on the 0-1 Dallas Cowboys in a divisional battle. Now, what division is that, Jay?

28:13Jason Moore:That would be NFC. Okay, how about this? That's a conference. I'm looking for the division. Oh, the East. Yeah. How about this? How about this? How about this? Going back to the J.J. McCarthy or Christian McCaffrey. Oh, no, it would be McCarthy for sure.

28:28Mike Wright:Yeah. What? Yeah, Mike agrees.

28:30Jason Moore:That's ridiculous.

28:32Mike Wright:I mean, accumulating a bunch of short catches does not win you an offensive player of the week. He wasn't even close. It's the impact.

28:40Andy Holloway:He did, but the impact of on the road, first start, coming back to the fourth. I'd go McCarthy over that. On the road, getting a win.

28:46Jason Moore:Like McCaffrey. No.

28:47Mike Wright:No, not even close. McCaffrey's performance was not special. No. He does that all the time. He should be at every week then. I mean, he does that every single week. If you had a breakaway touchdown run or you did something special. He has to score twice to get it. Yeah, I mean, Jaden Daniels deserves it over him last week for sure. Okay. But you did get the right conference on that one. Thank you. Giants 0-1, Dallas 0-1. Dallas 4.5-point favorites over under is 44.5. Wild fact for you, Dak Prescott has won 13 straight games against the Giants. No way. That is a lot. 13 straight. That's insane.

29:28Mike Wright:That is the longest win streak any quarterback has had against a single opponent since, and we can probably remember this one, Brady against Buffalo. There was a time when Brady won 13 in a row against Buffalo.

29:39Andy Holloway:That's blowing my mind right now.

29:41Mike Wright:It really is. It's wild. He is, yeah, Brian Dable is 0-6 against the Cowboys. Well, that makes sense. Well, but Dak hasn't always been there, but they still managed to lose. Look, on paper right now, you've got Russell Wilson starting this game. But, you know, Tyrone Tracy, if you want to look at week one, this was a game where they played the Commanders. Tyrone Tracy dominated the touches and the snaps. 74 % of snaps. 74%. It didn't go anywhere, and Scadaboos didn't either on his limited touches. But Tracy is the workhorse right here right now.

30:21Andy Holloway:So he is for now. The hard thing for Tracy is with overtime, Scadaboo, I believe, will eat into the workload. Maybe Tracy remains the 1A or whatever. But are the Giants, as the transition of the Giants are moving from Russ to Jackson Dart, which will happen. I'm not sure which week. But it's like by the time that happens and then we have more hope for the Giants has Scadaboo taken into a 1B. If Tracy's still dominating the Dutchess... What about just on this week? Just against the Dallas Cowboys? I don't want to start Tracy.

31:02Mike Wright:Here's the problem. We don't have a lot of options at running back in fantasy right now. People are playing Dobbins out there. People are putting Nick Chubb out there. I'd play Dobbins. Eckler tonight?

31:12Jason Moore:I'd play Eckler. What about Bill? No. I would play Bill. I'd play Tracy. see i'm starting to think bill has a better game than eckler tonight oh this was after yesterday's it was like everybody but bill or do you want to formal formally bill paul this thing i i uh i i think if the commanders have a good game against the packers it will be because of bill

31:39Mike Wright:krosky well we're gonna watch we're gonna see javante williams javante williams had two touchdowns in week one 33 percent of the team's total rushing attempts and targets uh anything over 30 percent

31:52Andy Holloway:on that number is truly elite yeah you just if you have like i'd play javante over tracy oh of course the javante you'll be playing him the thing to watch honestly is is more is jayden blue still a healthy scratch because jayden blue is the he is the threat to javante i don't think it's not going to end up being miles it's just how long does it take for jaden blue to get integrated into this offense javante over jalen warren i'm fine with that yeah i'm fine with that

32:24Mike Wright:tony pollard against the rams defense you guys talked up the rams defense i'd probably play

32:28Jason Moore:javante that one's really tough because pollard looked so good but the rams defense is is good i lean pollard there i don't want to get fooled by two touchdowns from javante week one and also So the snap percentage was absolutely elite for Javante. But remember, they brought in Miles Sanders, and then he fumbled the ball. You think he got benched? If Miles Sanders had one carry, it would be two too many. But my point is, I wonder if the numbers were just inflated week one, if they benched Miles Sanders for losing the fumble there.

32:58Mike Wright:They should keep benching him. Well, sure, but maybe they don't. Yeah, okay. CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens put them back out there. Jake Ferguson, it was a big dud in week one. five for 23 the targets are there should have caught a touchdown though i think you can go right back to him he always should have caught a touchdown man is that his whole it is his it is

33:17Jason Moore:his superpower the way that jalen waddle gets injured every game and then comes back every game no one ever has more in zone red zone targets than jake ferguson with no touchdowns like you can't just for dude's tired of getting blown up you can't forever say like oh man if you look at the behind the scenes metrics he should have like his expected touchdowns is like 800 more than he has well are you playing him yeah sure no i mean i i think you know the the targets the offense the i presume they are favored yeah they're four and a half point favorites yeah he's a fine low end start but honestly a lot of the guys like juan johnson i would play over him yeah i can

33:56Mike Wright:agree with that malik neighbors limited on wednesday that's probably going to be a thing all season long but he's going to play um wandell robinson did not practice on wednesday he should be able to play but not for your lineup and then theo johnson how disappointed were you in the

34:09Jason Moore:drops jason i was very i i was uh playing on prize picks and i had a projection of one and a half and he didn't hit it he didn't he didn't get more he should have he certainly should have he just had two super drops i mean like like the guy's never caught a ball in his life looking drops those are

34:28Mike Wright:still probably better than the ones where judy and tillman throw it up in the air those drops are When you drop it, let the ball go to the ground. Just bat it down.

34:35Andy Holloway:That's like a pop.

34:37Mike Wright:Chicago. We got to watch them on Monday Night Football. They go to Detroit to take on the also winless Detroit Lions. The Vegas line, Detroit minus six at home. The over under 48 and a half. Ben Johnson's return. Do we think it'll be a good one for Chicago?

34:56Andy Holloway:Oh, man. This game is fascinating.

34:58Mike Wright:We did talk about Caleb having good numbers against Chicago fantasy-wise last year.

35:02Jason Moore:Yeah, I don't think this is going to go well for the Chicago Bears. The Detroit Lions were borderline humiliated by the Packers. They were dominated, at least, by the Packers in week one. The coaching staff came out. They were talking about it. Morton was talking about that our job is to fix problems. We've got to be better. This is a matchup that I think will tell the Lions we need to run the ball a lot more. I expect the Lions to run. You saw what happened when the Vikings turned to the run in the second half as the Bears started getting a little bit tired and Aaron Jones wasn't working, so they brought Jordan Mason and he just started gashing them.

35:42Jason Moore:That's the heart of the Lions at home. I think they're going to run all over the Bears.

35:48Mike Wright:DeAndre Swift received 100 % of the team's running back carries in week one, played 81 % of the snaps. the lions defense um normally pretty stout against the running game deandre swift you just start him because the workload's going to be there yeah it's a and the passing game it's a

36:07Andy Holloway:floor play but he'll get you he'll get you close to 10 in week one gibbs saw a lot of work not a

36:13Mike Wright:lot of production montgomery had 11 attempts for 25 yards four catches for 18 yards played on 37 percent of snaps if you look back to last year that's about what he does i mean 38 percent two years ago 34 percent last year 37 percent in week one it kind of seems like detroit monte is detroit monte which is play him and if you get a touchdown you're happy and this is a game he probably scores yes is that fair i think that's yeah i think that's very fair i would not move too far off

36:43Jason Moore:of monte from a bad performance last week in this matchup at home favored against a run funnel

36:48Andy Holloway:defense this the matchup here you know just to zoom out i think we're we're gonna get some answers here of if one of these teams whichever team lays an egg should one of them do it yeah they'll be going to the but the panic like if if chicago goes and upsets the detroit lions on the road oh yeah like that is that will be panic in the streets or if the bears with all everything they put into it and they start 0-2, then you're just going to be like, what do you do with these fantasy players? Like the wide receivers for Chicago. If they put up a game very similar to week one, it's going to be awful.

37:30Mike Wright:Well, let's talk about the wide receivers on both sides, starting with Jamison Williams. He played 97 % of all snaps. He was out there. Had the four catches. I think it was just 23 yards. Are you kind of, Jason, with your view on Green Bay, how they performed in Week 1 at Lambeau, are you just kind of whatever you were going to do in Week 1 with Detroit players, you're doing that in Week 2 with Detroit players?

37:50Jason Moore:I think you probably are. Jamison Williams, to me, you might have a better option, right? This is not a good matchup. The Bears' passing defense has been really good last year, really good this year, and they should actually be healthier in Week 2 than they were in Week 1. What about Debo? Or at least they could be. Yeah, Debo tonight.

38:06Mike Wright:Debo tonight or Jamison Williams? I would play Debo. Interesting.

38:09Jason Moore:I think that Jamison is just a little on the cusp, and the matchup isn't great here. Obviously, he's got talent. You could throw him in your lineup and just have an explosive single play that wins you your week, but he is a flex option.

38:22Andy Holloway:Rookie sensation, Ibuka.

38:24Jason Moore:I'd go Ibuka.

38:24Andy Holloway:Or Jamison Williams.

38:26Mike Wright:Yeah, it'd be really hard to sit two touchdowns, Ibuka, for week two and play Jamison after a tougher week one. I hope to see the Detroit Lions at home, Goff and Jamison and Amon-Ra get things going, the running game get things going, On the other side, Adunze did have nine targets. He was six for 37 and a touchdown. That was the target high for the team. DJ Moore had five, but they gave him three carries. He's been used in weird ways. I still like Adunze more myself, but I don't blame anybody for going DJ Moore.

38:57Jason Moore:Yeah, I'm not even sure who I like more, but I like neither. This week? Yeah, I want to see more from Caleb before I can confidently start receiving options there. you know you might have Luther Burton more involved you might have Colson Loveland more involved um if you take away the unbelievably great touchdown design oh man like that play that was so those those those specific situations are what Ben Johnson like the you know you're missing those on your fourth and short or whatever that play design on the goal line was just brilliant to let a dunze be you know you're on the goal line Caleb can't miss him you're on the goal line and no one's within five yards of you in the end zone.

39:38Jason Moore:I don't know how that's possible. Obviously, he could do it again and again and again, but he only had 37 yards is my point. He led the team in targets, so it's hard for me to trust any receivers there. Colson Loveland is a cut candidate for you? Yeah. I had him in a league where I chose to hold on for one more week, but absolutely he was on that bubble of like, if there was another waiver wire ad out there that was worth it, I would have cut him.

40:06Andy Holloway:We need more snaps and everything before we get into that.

40:10Mike Wright:And pay attention to Caleb Williams' rushing totals. Week one, six for 58 and a touchdown. So he almost had two touchdowns that turned into the Odunze throw, but he was able to get out of the pocket and take off. And, you know, it seemed to me when watching this game that the prescription for Caleb was like, if those big plays aren't there, like quickly look underneath, quickly looked at Swift in the in the flats quickly look to the tight end position try not to hold the ball too long because that was it he was setting records taking sacks last year

40:45Jason Moore:well you saw in the beginning of the game he came out and they had a plan they had a script drop back get the ball out looked awesome and then as the game got more competitive and the

40:55Mike Wright:script went bye-bye then it looked like rookie year Caleb the Rams at 1-0 traveled to the tennessee titans who are oh and one the vegas line here los angeles minus five and a half the over-under is 41 and a half that gives the titans just 18 points um you know brian hallet brian callahan had the very embarrassing press conference not understanding that an elbow does equal two feet uh sean mcveigh obviously gets it going on offense for los angeles cam ward pretty tentative in week one they were 28th in pass rate on first downs they were they were doing the boring boring handed off every single time problem with that plan is you get behind and then you look even worse and you just it kind of was the opposite of what we saw with jj mccarthy struggling in the first half i feel like they just went hyper conservative with cam ward and needed to give him more opportunities i had a lot of people jump out and you know get all over us for saying hey he wasn't inaccurate there were a lot of drops by his receivers yes it kind of depends

42:02Jason Moore:on the the metrics you look at sure like catchable target rate which was very bad that one was that one was bad but uh there were yeah he wasn't good he was he was and and i don't blame him in his first game against the denver broncos defense but he wasn't he only completed one of 12 passes over 10 yards so that should tell you 43 passing completion rate and he threw a lot of short ones

42:24Mike Wright:Yeah, blame who you want, but Cam Ward, it was a debut performance against a tough defense, and we seem to, you know, the Rams are probably a tough defense as well.

42:33Jason Moore:I was going to say he's got a follow-up performance against a tough defense. Now he's going to be at home, which might be a little bit nicer, but the Rams looked awesome. They completely shut down C.J. Stroud, and I expect them to completely shut down Cam Ward. They scored 12 points last week. I don't think there's anyone outside of Tony Pollard that I would want to play in this game. Tony Pollard is not a great play. Still no Ridley then? I don't think so.

42:56Mike Wright:No, I think you just watch Ridley and you watch Io Manor.

42:58Jason Moore:Yeah, I'm not dropping. I would have signed Io Manor. I would certainly keep rostering Ridley. This isn't the matchup for him. I'm just going to watch.

43:07Andy Holloway:We love the 32 % target share for Calvin Ridley, but need more catchable.

43:12Mike Wright:Yeah, and then Io Manor was at 37 % of first read targets. Puka, Devontae Adams, play them. Always. Kyron, play him. And there you go. That matchup's not very complicated. I love the Rams.

43:25Jason Moore:I love the Rams. Every week, here's what we say. It doesn't matter the matchup. We just say, go ahead and start Kyron, Puka, and Devontae. And then, like, let's not worry about anyone else. We never say Stafford. No, because Stafford, because you want to know why? Because Kyron Williams gets a touchdown on the goal line every week. No matter what, no matter how inefficient, ineffective, when they get down there, they go, I know what works. Kyron at the goal line. And it works every time. And that means Stafford doesn't throw the touchdown. Oh, my gosh.

43:49Mike Wright:He did do that in week one, didn't he? 100%. He just did what he does. For some reason, I forgot it. I was like, except for week one, but no, he did. New England, 0-1. Miami, 0-1. The Vegas line, Miami, minus 1.5. They are favorite in this one. Oh, all right, all right. The over-under is 43.5. That's not a lot.

44:07Andy Holloway:Did that change? Because we had talked about the New England, they were favorite in so many games. Did that flip? Or was this already?

44:17Mike Wright:I would imagine Miami stayed favorite at home in this one. It's close, though.

44:22Andy Holloway:Okay, Kyle's confirming. It was already this. Okay.

44:24Mike Wright:New England, Tua's had their number, 7-0 against New England in his entire career. Tua had a brutal week one. I imagine it gets better in week two at home. It couldn't have looked worse in week one. So I think we've seen enough of Tua. Not every game's been like that. I think it gets a lot better. So that means better things for A-Chan, for Waddle. Yes, for Tyreek Hill. But it's really a matter of where you slot those guys in compared to other options now. It's not an auto-start situation anymore. for either of those guys. I mean, I was more, like Tyree Kale, we've seen the trajectory. Wasn't shocking that it was a tough week.

45:01Mike Wright:It was much more disappointing to have Jalen Waddell sitting at 4 for 30 in a game where, and go out half hurt again. I mean, it's just, I'm kind of getting done with that song in the dance.

45:11Andy Holloway:The Chicago boys or the Miami boys?

45:18Mike Wright:I kind of lean the...

45:21Jason Moore:I'm on the Miami boys side. I we've seen. No, I'm going to take Chicago. We've we've seen. All right. Let's think about this. To be clear, all of this displeases me. Total receiving fantasy points. These are what has total receiving fantasy points. Dolphins versus bears. Me versus you.

45:43Mike Wright:Wait, wide receivers.

45:45Jason Moore:Are you including tight ends? Tight ends. Just a tandem. OK, just a tandem. Yeah, more. Just more under doing. OK, that's a hill and tight.

45:54Andy Holloway:you don't feel so good no more i don't feel great about this he was trying to sneak yeah i wanted

45:59Jason Moore:a chance number something oh my gosh that's why i said receiving i'll take but i'll take i'll take the two pack the two pack of miami two v2 oh man all right i want to hear you say go dolphins then i'll hit the button go fins water bad all right on a shark a chance definitely a start what where

46:21Mike Wright:are we with travion i i believe that mike variable came out and said look we need to get him into space last week you saw that as you know he had six catches but it was for 24 yards didn't have enough space after the catch no he he really did not played 35 of snaps the i henderson is he a buy

46:41Jason Moore:i don't think you can but yes he absolutely is a buy go see if you can get him ask if you could buy Caleb Johnson when we were watching um yeah you can't well you can just buy him off the waiver yeah if you got like two fab you can get if you're disappointed in a player like people drafted

46:57Mike Wright:Travion high it it is possible to to leverage a high performing week one player for a low

47:02Jason Moore:performing week two player especially if you did not watch the game when you when you look at the underlying metrics and you're like well Ramondre was the dude you know he was playing so many more snaps got so much more work which which he did but when you watch the game there was it was like oh it's coming it's you know you just watched each handoff and go yeah it will not be long until travion henderson is at least 50 50 and that's i think all he needs to be a regular fantasy start the question do you start him in this game i think so henderson you can flex henderson yeah

47:39Andy Holloway:If you're in a half or a full PPR.

47:40Mike Wright:I'd play him over Ramondre, I'll tell you that.

47:42Andy Holloway:Yeah, Ramondre played 65 % of the snaps, had 10 opportunities. Travion had 11. And it was just, I mean, Ramondre's 7 for 15 on the ground. Henderson's 5 for 27. It's a matter of time.

47:56Mike Wright:I have a league where I have to play Ramondre. I actually have two leagues that I have to play Ramondre. Oh, I'm so sorry, man. If Sleeper let me put in retired players, I would play a retired. Which one would you? I'd play a retired Ronnie Brown.

48:10Jason Moore:You wouldn't go to like Arian Foster? I mean, sure. I think he's trying to say how low you would go.

48:16Mike Wright:Yeah, I would play a retired committee back. All right. Right? So, I mean, Joyke Bell, welcome to the lineup. I miss Joyke Bell.

48:28Jason Moore:Yeah.

48:30Mike Wright:That was like a fun year. Stephon Diggs was not very involved. Kayshawn Booty continued to be heavily involved.

48:37Jason Moore:he's probably one of the number one guys i'm keeping my eyes on this week i picked him up i paid a lot to pick him up that doesn't necessarily mean i'm starting him this week but if he comes out and leads the team and targets the way that he did the second half of year with drake may and the way he did in week one then from here on forward i will see him as the do i need to speak

48:55Mike Wright:to a therapist about ronnie brown's name coming into my head that quickly is that a problem what did you think when it came into your head why i did say why yeah wildcat ronnie brown i like it

49:06Andy Holloway:Your ram just fired off. It found something.

49:08Mike Wright:That's right.

49:09Andy Holloway:Your ram. My ram. What do you guys think? So, Stephon Diggs ran 33 routes. You know, he's on the field for 41 % of the snaps. But in that time, he did see seven targets. He caught six of them for 57 yards. Pay attention. Yeah, this is intense.

49:27Mike Wright:He didn't really look like himself in those targets to me. he looked more like um just kind of an underneath uh option later career just of taking it like it's

49:40Andy Holloway:going to take stefan digs some time to recover from the knee injury just wanted your temperature

49:45Mike Wright:yeah he was six or 57 i mean that's not it's not bad on 40 some odd percent of snaps if he works

49:51Jason Moore:his way to 70 80 percent of snaps and becomes the number one for this team that wouldn't be shocking it would be fine for a PPR league, but I don't think he has the ceiling hopeful upside that someone like Booty might have.

50:02Mike Wright:All right, let's take a break. We'll jump into some more matchups.

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52:11Mike Wright:what's left of the 1-0 49ers take on the New Orleans Saints who are also 0-1 San Francisco three-point road favorites over under is just 40 and a half points we're gonna get mac jones and that's shanahan finally gets his guy it's gonna throw a little bit of um concern into the mix i think for expectations for san francisco's offense saints are at home christian mccavery did

52:36Andy Holloway:not practice on wednesday they're resting the calf he should literally sleep from now until 10 minutes before the game kicks off however long it takes him to stretch and warm up that's when

52:47Mike Wright:he should just be in like a chamber yes that's a funny idea because he can't get hurt if he's just

52:52Andy Holloway:in a sleeping pod well i mean don't tell him what he can't do i mean jason can hurt himself

52:57Jason Moore:i have to imagine the way he was able to handle 31 touches last week was it really 31 yeah i mean And he was Christian McCaffrey. He was just the entire locomotive of the train here. And he has been clearly siphoning the health of other players. And he's going to run out of players to take health from. It's draining too fast.

53:24Mike Wright:So Jennings, Kittle, and Purdy were 31 touches. That's the three he took from?

53:28Jason Moore:Yeah. And so I'm happy Pearsall's out wide. He's a little further away from the running back position.

53:34Mike Wright:Oh, you're saying it's a proximity thing.

53:35Jason Moore:That's right. That's what I'm saying. And he sucks. Is he a vampire? It's going to be an O-lineman issue. How is any O-lineman injuries right now going on?

53:44Mike Wright:Soon.

53:44Jason Moore:Okay.

53:45Mike Wright:Yeah, McCaffrey, you know, he was not great on the ground last week. No. 3.1 a carry on 22 carries. He was great in the passing game. And you will have Mack Jones behind center. I mean, it doesn't change how you're playing Christian McCaffrey. I think there'll be a couple fewer targets personally because I think Purdy just, he's got that internal clock that goes straight to Christian McCaffrey after a certain amount of time in the pocket. Mac Jones, if he was wise, would do that. I think we've only had one game in the last three years where Purdy wasn't on the field and McCaffrey was, and I think McCaffrey had a couple fewer targets in that one game.

54:25Mike Wright:It's not a good sample. So that's just my speculative view.

54:28Jason Moore:This is the guy Shanahan wanted, Mac Jones. over Trey Lance, the speculation that that was originally his target. Now you might get the chance to see how that works out. Ricky Pearsall was going to be my start of the week. I think his metrics have been really great. The last four games dating back to last season, he's number three in the NFL in total yards. It's scary with Mac Jones there. But Mac Jones did hyper-target Brian Thomas Jr. last year. To me, that says I'm going to go after the most talented guy on my roster and just see what happens. And if that's the case, I don't think that's hyper-targeting Ricky Pearsall, who's good.

55:05Jason Moore:I think that is actually just constantly checking it down to Christian McCaffrey.

55:09Mike Wright:We also saw Brian Robinson's acclimation. It was 24 % of the snaps and 11 opportunities. You could see that go up a little bit. I don't know if 31 touches is going to be, frankly, sustainable for McCaffrey.

55:22Jason Moore:It won't be sustainable, but it'll go north. It'll be like 45 this week. Just everything. I'm surprised he's not playing quarterback. so if you took an over under on 31 touches i'm gonna take the no you have to take the under because that's an absurd number but he will get way too much work i don't think you're playing

55:40Mike Wright:anybody else on that team i think it's pierce all cmc yeah and that's it yeah juan jennings on the other side your start of the week at tight end you're not you're not you're not gonna throw out tonjus mcbasketball tonjus mcbasketball will not be out there all right i just need to get the name man um alvin camara play him close your eyes don't watch correct yeah i hope he gets more work in the

56:04Jason Moore:receiving game that was the only thing that was concerning he he looked good on the ground had a great touchdown run and third shockingly like his his snap percentage blew me away i thought this is the year where he's gonna be like 50 of snaps but heavily involved in the receiving game and it was like nah how about you play 80 of the snaps camara alave 13 targets i think alave i feel

56:30Andy Holloway:like you have to whisper it but alave i'd if you can buy him cheap i find some start sits for me

56:36Jason Moore:with alave he got how about him versus both the uh dolphins and the bears guys i would play i feel

56:43Andy Holloway:like alave is a better play than the four of them i would chase the volume okay buffalo is 1-0 they

56:49Mike Wright:take on the 0-1 New York Jets. The Jets who have three starts of the week despite being six and a half point home underdogs. The over-under is 46 and a half. For the record, I have none of them. You would like it on record? Yeah. Noted. How about your dynasty team? Do you have any of them? I might have Brees Hall. Yeah. We've got Fields, Hall, and Wilson. It's a consolidation in New York. Yeah, it really is. That's what makes you and the fact that they could move the football and that Buffalo was willing to let people move the football on them. We did get the news that James Cook was limited with a hamstring injury on Wednesday, so we're monitoring that.

57:27Mike Wright:Keon Coleman's still limited. He was dealing with the groin injury. They're going to protect him. I imagine he'll play. He played 94 % of the team's routes. He only averaged 69 % last year. And so Keon Coleman or Pity City, after what you saw in week one from both of them. Keon Coleman was, he was really good.

57:44Jason Moore:They're both, I think, going to be weekly important assets. That being said, Pittman against Denver will have a much more difficult week. So I would go Coleman here.

57:57Mike Wright:Jerry Judy against Baltimore. Keon Coleman, Mike.

57:59Jason Moore:Oh, man. I'm really chasing Coleman. I think I'd go Coleman. Not chasing him that much. Let's talk about a trade offer I made to Andy and see how you feel. Okay, fine. Let's air it. Yeah, let's air this out. it's it's not so you've always hated Travis Etienne say he sucks yeah we went into week one saying we're gonna see who the starter is but we're not gonna overdo right you know the the production because it's Carolina sure but then he's the running back three and he produced a lot I feel like we're really hard selling Travis Etienne yeah this is him I'm trying to buy Travis Etienne yeah yes um I offered Keon Coleman the wide receiver two from last week okay and what else and austin eckler austin eckler and keon colman travis etn travis etn what do you how do

58:43Andy Holloway:you feel about that that was the trade that was the whole trade how loud was his laugh in your face

58:47Jason Moore:really this wait i want so so that means mike yes the fantasy hitman you believe i told you guys in the slack i said i'm i have to be in on etn and that sucks oh that makes me feel so glad that

58:59Andy Holloway:that's on air i i admit it i admit when it's wrong yeah but you admitted it in slack now it's on air

59:08Mike Wright:it i did turn it down mike yeah i just i've got wide receivers i needed uh i needed a running back

59:15Andy Holloway:well yeah that's part of the issue too is everyone that bad of an offer everyone needs that you said

59:19Jason Moore:to me do i need running backs you need wide receivers that's why i that's what started the

59:23Mike Wright:whole thing i have i have dobbins and chubb if you want them they're available ah so yes i have quantity but i would like the quality of etn over those two guys okay uh if that was chubb hubbard then yes.

59:39Andy Holloway:But it is a crying shame that it is not Chubba Hubbard. Because that name is awesome. Chuba is still a very great name. But if you could walk around saying my name is Chubba Hubbard. Chubba Hubba.

59:58Mike Wright:We'd have some good audio drops for that. Fields, Hall, Wilson, play them. Yep. Josh Allen, of course. Keon, yes. Kincaid, do you buy in? Would you play Kincaid or Juwan? I played Juwan. Frequently asked question.

1:00:12Andy Holloway:I'd play Juwan. I would play Ferguson. I'd play Fannin.

1:00:16Mike Wright:Last year, the Jets' defense was real bad against, or I guess that was last week. Last year, they were very good against tight ends. Last week, they were bad. But Kincaid, yeah, the targets aren't going to be what Juwan's will be. Four targets in a complete shootout. Yeah, no, we got to move on from Kincaid, as a guaranteed, you know. Yeah, you can stream him. Yeah, you're playing pits over him, obviously. I would. If James Cook was somehow out due to the hamstring, is Ray Davis the play?

1:00:46Jason Moore:Yeah, if he was out, Ray Davis would be the play. I don't expect him to be out at all. He finished this game. This was on Wednesday. If he's, we'll see if he's limited in practice today.

1:00:55Andy Holloway:If you have James Cook, are you hitting the wire and picking up Ray Davis right now? It'd be smart.

1:00:59Jason Moore:Personally, I mean, if I've got an extra roster spot, sure, but I'm probably not going to have someone on my roster. I would be willing to drop for him. If it, I mean, right now we'll find out soon before waivers run tomorrow if James Cook, if he's not practicing on a Thursday, yeah, I'm definitely making that decision.

1:01:18Andy Holloway:I'm with you that I believe that Cook does play. I'm just saying of the, no, just holistically.

1:01:24Mike Wright:I guess he'll be limited today again.

1:01:26Andy Holloway:If your guy has a hamstring injury going into the weekend, would you prefer to put the, because Ray Davis, if if james cook doesn't play ray davis would be incredibly sought after yeah one more game here

1:01:40Mike Wright:seattle pittsburgh games in pittsburgh pittsburgh is oh i don't know the comeback win seattle oh and one pittsburgh is three point favorites 39 and a half point over under that is low very low two good defenses or at least supposed to be two good defense dealers defense is good

1:01:59Jason Moore:anymore they certainly weren't against the jets last week but they they i will say this they have personnel to be good they've got coaching to be good so i do believe they'll get that figured out

1:02:07Mike Wright:yeah it was it was a really rough uh week one for the pittsburgh defense no question about that last year they were top half in fancy points given up to quarterbacks running backs wide receivers dk mcalf was your start of the week jason jackson smith and jigba should be everybody's start of always seems like it and uh when you look at the running back situation this is when you kind of you know jaylen warren i think um probably is the running back you'd feel the safest with in a home matchup where you're favored of all of all the running backs on both sides yes but for sure but i mean beyond that you know you're not playing anybody else in pittsburgh kenneth walker i can't imagine anybody feels like there's nobody that feels good about putting him in their lineup this

1:02:55Andy Holloway:week no it would be uh i'd play charbonnet over him i i think i would too i would play charbonnet

1:03:00Jason Moore:over him but i i'm not looking forward to playing charbonnet i don't think he's gonna this this

1:03:04Mike Wright:appears to be a 50 50 split i mean bruce hall had a good time and i found real good time last

1:03:11Jason Moore:week kenneth walker is to me much more the bruce hall style of back where it's like you get that little crease and then you go versus the charbonnet charbonnet is more like the braylon allen type of backwards i'm the big guy that's going to move the pile so stylistically charbonnet is i i don't think he comps to to breeze if looking at last week i'm just looking at the yards given up to

1:03:33Andy Holloway:running backs matt williamson had pointed this out on x uh that the steelers have allowed 27.6 points per game since week 13 of last year like it's been total fantasy or like score score oh I'm saying, are the Steelers still a good defense? I know that's not forever, since week 13. But it's like, that's a sample at the point where you have to start asking a question.

1:04:02Mike Wright:Well, to be fair, if you look at the schedule. Philly, Baltimore, Kansas City, Cincinnati.

1:04:09Jason Moore:Yeah, that's tough.

1:04:10Mike Wright:So those are probably the four best offenses in football last year.

1:04:13Andy Holloway:Sure, but if you're a great defense, that's not happening.

1:04:17Mike Wright:Well, this game, Seattle's only projected for 18.3 points, and they're not missing a starting quarterback. You know what I mean? They have their full allotment of offensive weapons. So we'll see if this game ends up just disappointing for fantasy all the way through. It kind of feels like it might. That's, you know, one week into the season, Seattle, they did a pretty good job on the defense. Top 5 to 20 defense.

1:04:40Jason Moore:What about Jonu Smith?

1:04:42Mike Wright:I'm just watching to see if he's more involved. People wanted us to talk about Calvin Austin's first week performance. They felt like we missed out on that on the waiver show.

1:04:51Jason Moore:He had a good performance. He seems like you're going to need a big play touchdown. A similar stylistically player, not body-wise at all, but like Rashad Bateman. We're going to get a few targets. You're going to get a bomb or two. You could have a big play on a great fantasy day, but I think very low floor, and this is a low over-under. I'm not going to chase it here.

1:05:14Mike Wright:Yeah, he was 15.2 a catch last year. That's on the higher end, 17.5 in week one. That fits the Bateman style that you're talking about. Quick temperature check here on Sharbs. Would you play Sharbs or Dobbins against the Colts?

1:05:32Andy Holloway:I've got Dobbins one spot ahead. My gut says Dobbins.

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