Fantasy Football - Week 3 Matchups + Wheel of Shame Returns! - Podcast for 9/19

10:44Mike Wright:Oh, this is sending us the other direction.

10:46Andy Holloway:Matt LaFleur told reporters that he did not think Kraft needed to go on interest reserve, but he's not sure if he'll play this Sunday.

10:54Mike Wright:What is happening? Let me change the report. Tucker Kraft got hurt on Friday and we don't know what's going on.

10:59Jason Moore:Sounds like he could miss a couple of games but not the season right anywhere from one to 15 games right right no not

11:06Mike Wright:injured reserve probably but he also could be um josh jacobs limited on thursday with the ankle okay a thursday seems a little notable because they were the thursday game last week right yeah exactly so that's is that what you're gonna say well it's just a matchup is whenever a

11:22Jason Moore:thursday like a wednesday practice report i just don't i don't even care anymore i don't pay attention every wednesday you're talking about or really every thursday we talk about all the guys that miss Wednesday and I I don't start to care when they when they're limited on Thursday

11:35Mike Wright:you care a little bit more yeah okay we've got uh Jaden Daniels not practicing again

11:42Andy Holloway:on Thursday and not seen it Friday on Friday all right Marcus Mariota who I mean it honestly if

11:51Jason Moore:you're trying to stream a player it could be worse and what about for Terry we talked about it a little bit but now that now that we have more confidence that it is going to be Mariota are you i mean terry you find another option i think i think so it's it's tough dj more sure that was the end of the list okay all right no more questions i don't dude i don't know if i

12:17Andy Holloway:play dj more uh he's been so disappointed and better than terry yeah has he really been better to Terry?

12:26Jason Moore:7.1 both weeks. Terry is 3.7 and 7.3. Okay.

12:33Mike Wright:Emeka Ibuka back at practice on Friday. He hadn't practiced Wednesday, Thursday. They were the Monday night doubleheader game. He had gotten banged up. I had read from beat reporters they thought it was just a contusion and there was never any alarm from the beat reporters. He's back at practice on Friday. I am assuming he's going to play football.

12:52Andy Holloway:I would assume so as well.

12:54Mike Wright:Brock Bowers limited on thursday managing the knee tyler warren returned to a limited practice dealing with a toe injury you don't want to hear toe injuries right now that's no the bad part of the year it's it's the hotness it's like the new posh injury yeah everyone's getting a toe injury oh man so cool uh kyle pitts added to the injury report with a toe injury that's not a joke wait that's real no yeah limited with the toe no who else is there another toe no no no i mean i'm sure there There will be. Brad McConkie returned to a full practice. Zach Charbonnet did not practice Wednesday or Thursday.

13:28Mike Wright:That's a foot, not a toe. Oh. But the toe is on the foot.

13:32Andy Holloway:Charbonnet not practiced. Wait, he didn't practice Thursday either? That is of note.

13:37Mike Wright:Yeah. Jawan Jennings did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. They've been managing this, and then he ends up playing most often. Brock Purdy remained limited toe and expects to be a game-time decision. By the way, they're still installing equipment. What is going on up there? Still installing equipment on the roof. Is that the roof, Al? Can you confirm? It is definitely the roof. So it's directly above us something. Correct, yes. I believe they are installing a trap door on the roof, which will, in fact, open to our studio. Are they going to break through and land on us? There's a chance, but we will have it captured on video if it happens.

14:10Mike Wright:All right. Jason seems the safest. There's like a pretty big bar above him. Well, unless the bar comes down, man. Okay. All right. Fair enough. Yeah. All right. This is super fun. We need to hurry this up. I guess we got to get this show on the road. Xavier Worthy Limited. We'll see if he's back out there. And that was news and notes sponsored by Progressive Insurance. Quote today at Progressive.com. Progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and third-party insurers. Not available in all states or situations. Coverage subject to policy terms, limits, and conditions. Do we have the proper insurance in place at this facility, Al?

14:46Mike Wright:I think we do. Okay, that's good. Let's jump into the forecast.

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15:01Mike Wright:All right. Yesterday we covered the Packers, Browns, Colts, Titans, Bengals, Vikings, Steelers, Patriots, Rams, Eagles, Jets, Buccaneers, Raiders, Commanders. Eight more matchups on the docket today, starting with the 1-1 Atlanta Falcons taking on the 0-2 Carolina Panthers. The Vegas line has Atlanta minus 5.5. Over-under is 43.5. Just 19 implied points for Carolina. Carolina did beat the Falcons in a barn burner last year, 44-38 in overtime. Bryce Young was the quarterback, two that week with five touchdowns. Hasn't quite looked that smooth for them so far this year. The numbers in last week's game, I'll bring it up again, garbage numbers.

15:44Mike Wright:They were completely shut out. It was 27-3 before the Cardinals flipped into pre-event and let them pile up the dinks and the dunks. But I would say in the six quarters of real football this year where the Panthers were playing against a normal defense, it's looked really disappointing.

16:03Jason Moore:It has, and it's looked really disappointing, especially when targeting Xavier Leggett. He is one for seven with negative two yards.

16:13Mike Wright:Nobody cares about Leggett, and you are on a man alone. You're on a mission to just destroy this man.

16:20Jason Moore:That guy sucks, man.

16:22Mike Wright:Calm down. He seems like a fun guy, though. Oh, he does seem like a fun guy.

16:25Jason Moore:It's not his fault he got drafted in the first. Yes. No, it's not. But it is his fault that he's not good at playing wide receiver. Stop.

16:32Mike Wright:Stop. Let's talk about players people actually care about playing. Chuba and Bijan. Both are in your lineup. For sure. Tyler Algier is a kind of desperation RB3-4 type of guy. if you need a spot, if somebody's hurt. Drake London, target share. We like it. We think Drake London will be fine.

16:53Jason Moore:I do. I think that the passing volume, this is going to be, we had one game with the Falcons where they passed a lot, one game where they had so much rushing over expectation, and then this week against the Panthers, I think they're just going to do whatever they want.

17:08Mike Wright:Tedderall McMillan has been very good through two bad offensive weeks for the Panthers. He looks the part.

17:15Andy Holloway:and atlanta's probably without aj terrell yes yes so i don't i don't know how you see this game

17:21Mike Wright:playing out here carolina is at home atlanta five and a half point favorites this it's right on the edge for me i i'm thinking about it um carolina man atlanta the defense the defensive line that's

17:36Jason Moore:probably going to cause carolina some problems yeah i will say that the passing game could be pretty nerfed here for the Falcons this matchup. We've seen this a lot. If you're right in what you've talked about with how the Panthers have looked in the six important quarters of their season so far when the defenses are playing legitimately, you don't have to do a lot to beat the Panthers so far this season. And we've seen that in the past. They're down to O-linemen. Yeah, with the Panthers specifically over the last couple years where even though you can throw on them you don't need to you don't end up throwing a lot by the end of the game you run all over them so i don't know maybe nerf expectations a little bit with with drake london the more that i think

18:21Mike Wright:about this game we'll see what jatavians the enters can do uh he's run a ton of slots or slot routes sorry he's he's playing the slots i would advise against that the nfl will not like it very much um no what they they frown on the slots i don't know it was just a it was just a gambling joke oh okay i mean it's fine you remember that vet joke yesterday oh yeah that one was good thank you i stand by that one with the toe injury we'll see what happens he is playable but i i'm not super excited about him this week the only the only saving grace is carolina has struggled tremendously against the tight end so far uh last year and this year so that that would be your

19:04Andy Holloway:saving grace if pitts is out there and the while the pie was small last week he kyle pitts was at 24 of the targets with 19 in percent in week one all right so it's encouraging you're like kyle pitts is so difficult to talk about because he is he is now just a meme he is a joke but it's like it has not started horrifically bad for him houston is owing two taking on the one

19:32Mike Wright:and one jacksonville jaguars the vegas line here jacksonville minus one and a half over under is 43 and a half i have been actively trying to acquire brian thomas jr if somebody's bent out of shape the target numbers are there the production will be there even last week what's what's kind of funny about it is all the headlines were obviously they haven't been connecting the catch percentage the alligator arms he was still four for 49 like he was four for 49 in a game where he had a brutal drop that was a touchdown. He had 12 targets. I'm less worried about Brian Thomas than I am A.J. Brown.

20:10Andy Holloway:Yeah, I think I can agree with that.

20:12Mike Wright:And so I tried. I failed to acquire him on the team.

20:16Jason Moore:Samesies. I tried to trade A.J. Brown for him.

20:20Mike Wright:Travis Etienne is my start of the week, and we got word today that Bashaw Tootin is wearing a red non-contact jersey on Wednesday and Thursday, so we'll see what happens today, but banged up a little bit. and etn has been great so it's a good start i think that gives more confidence for the etn start but

20:36Jason Moore:does it you you had mentioned on the start of the week that you would be fine starting to as well who looked great had juice does this make it to where you're worried maybe his snaps will be limited just from a game plan standpoint like if he's if he is dealing with something that they might purposely give him fewer touches this game so don't start to and if he's active

20:56Mike Wright:it will depend on today and if he gets a full practice in yeah full practice i would play him

21:01Andy Holloway:i was i was going to but even limited today then i would pivot all right i'm looking at the consistency numbers for cj stroud oh don't do that five looking at medusa 5.9 of his games over the

21:17Mike Wright:last 17 that's probably one um 20 or more points one time this is yet another reason why jaden higgins is not attractive to me or hutchinson or any of these or christian kurt there's not enough like dalton schultz slow as he is he gets targets and nico collins is the dude i i just this is not a good passing offense it's not it's actually a bad one yeah it's a bad passing offense nico i

21:43Jason Moore:think is a fantastic play matchup wise so you're not worried about that no one's benching nico right now i will say that while stroud doesn't run a lot and so you know last year stroud threw 242 and a touchdown against this jacksonville jaguars but finishes the quarterback 25 oh my gosh earlier in the season um he was 345 and two finishes the quarterback five against jacksonville so this is a this is probably his last good game that was his last game over 20 yeah yeah that was

22:12Mike Wright:week four of last year the last game over 20 points but it was this matchup nick chubb if he

22:16Andy Holloway:scores you'll be happy he scored two weeks in a row right he is the primary guy like it's a volume

22:23Mike Wright:he did not score in week one i lied 13 for 60 in week one 4.6 the carry didn't score scored last week but it's not in this economy yeah you could do worse you could do worse uh but that probably ends it where are you with britain strange nine targets in two weeks it's okay he's a you know

22:40Jason Moore:break glass in case of emergency type of tight end if you had craft and you want to pivot that's the level that's like the you have an injury you need to start a muskery oh i play strange yeah i'm

22:52Mike Wright:on the strange side are we going to get a travis hunter breakout game at some point we haven't had

22:56Jason Moore:an explosive play yet i think we will because we'll because of exactly that we'll have the explosive play but in the meantime are you starting him while you wait for it or are you going to wait for it to hit and then put him in there. Eight targets week one, six targets this last week. That's good enough, but they're short. He's not in my lineup. They're short, not valuable targets currently. He's six for 33 in week one, three for 22 in week two. Not in my lineup.

23:24Mike Wright:Yeah. I'm trying not to play him. I play Matthew Golden over him.

23:30Andy Holloway:Really? Yeah. I don't mind that one play hits.

23:33Mike Wright:Yeah. Well, I mean, I'm hoping it's more than one play this week for Golden.

23:36Jason Moore:Yeah, it's very hard right now to run on Cleveland, and they need Golden.

23:41Mike Wright:Yeah, they do. I think it'll be an okay week for Golden. All right, we'll take a break. We'll come back with the Broncos Chargers.

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25:20Mike Wright:Broncos 101, Chargers 2-0, divisional matchup. Vegas has Los Angeles' two-and-a-half point home favorites over under is now 46 and a half that's gone up a little bit whoever wins will be first in the division so it should be a fun one this is an exciting game in 46 and a half we're getting

25:37Jason Moore:up there and this is really the chargers home opener i know their home opener was in brazil but you know wink so this is the first game that they will be playing breaking news it's official

25:50Mike Wright:Marcus Mariota is starting for the Commanders No more No Jaden Daniels this week

25:57Andy Holloway:It's also official Marcus Mariota will be guiding my chopped league

26:02Mike Wright:This week Wait was Jaden your quarterback? He was So you made the necessary arrangements? I did This is the second league that I've seen you This is the second league I've seen you make Like Jake Browning starting in one of your leagues probably or you picked him up and then Marcus Mariota. I've got Mack Jones in one of them. Let's just – who needs starters when you've got backups?

26:25Jason Moore:Sleeper and or commanders. Whoever is at fault, please move him to out. It just broke. Yeah, okay. Do it immediately.

26:33Mike Wright:All right, so Jason, you've been the Justin Herbert – you made him the start of the week. You've been talking about – You're the conductor. For weeks. Yeah, I mean – This train – the hype train is going. You are the conductor.

26:45Jason Moore:The pass rate over expectation for the Chargers, a lot of the reason you liked Hampton coming into the season was because the Giro offense with Harbaugh, they want to run the ball. But it appears that what they really want to do is they want to put their best player in charge. And with these weapons, when you've got Keenan Allen and Ladd McConkie, we've talked about it. They're just so perfect for Herbert. And you have to focus on those guys. And then you've got a huge over the top. it's very difficult to stop that passing attack. So they're going to put the ball in the hands of Justin Herbert, and I think they're going to have a lot of success with that.

27:24Mike Wright:So far this year, they have not given up a lot of fancy points to the quarterback or wide receiver position. Denver hasn't. But they played Cam Ward in week one. You like Herbert this week at home. he is both of these teams are well above the pass rate over expectation like number one or number seven in the league bo nicks uh the problem this year has been pressure he has tried to look really cool outside the pocket slinging it around he's only four for 11 on those throws for

27:54Andy Holloway:21 yards and two picks yeah he's he is being protected and when he has a clean pocket he is succeeding but when he is getting pressured it is a very negative play um okay we have

28:10Mike Wright:omarion hampton what in the world do people do with omarion hampton right now and talk about both of these backfields because jk dobbins rj harvey question marks dobbins has scored a couple times in a row and omarion hampton and naji harris the opportunities were there for harris and they're going to probably rise and harris looked okay yeah harris looked fine he looked

28:28Jason Moore:I like how he's always looked, a solid NFL running back. I mean, we have mocked that he's – With two eyes. Yeah. Yeah, both eyes open. So you got JK two-leg and you got – no, I'm not going to go there. I would – you know, honestly, Dobbins looks like someone that you can't not start right now. He's played – Correct. I agree with that, yeah. He's played very well, and his utilization is really what you're going for the most. you're talking about you know he's playing half the snaps but his workload 73 percent of the running back rushing attempts in week one 70 percent in week two um 33 percent of the running back targets so he's he's just involved enough where you're going to take that opportunity at

29:10Mike Wright:the running back position what about harvey in a game where they're projected to you know play

29:15Andy Holloway:from behind no not yet when when bidet is still getting a bunch of targets and everything like Harvey has to completely take over that role.

29:23Jason Moore:And I think he will take that over. I think so, too. But you've got to stash Harvey on your bench right now and get excited for the future. It is not now. You'd play Dobbins over Hampton? I think I would. How out on Hampton are you right now? I'm not out on Hampton by any means. It wasn't working very well for him. He fumbled. Najee looked okay. They kind of had an even split. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Justin Herbert fumbled Jason. Justin Herbert was credited.

29:53Mike Wright:When that happened, I really quickly wanted to not blame Hampton because of how fast the offensive line. It was like, it was bang bang. It was like when the handoff happened. So they made the change. I don't know if we talked about it on the show. They made the change for, it wasn't a Hampton fumble.

30:10Jason Moore:Those always get credited to the quarterback even when it's not, like it was not Herbert's fault but the fumble statistically goes to Herbert. Because they never made the exchange.

30:18Mike Wright:correct Keenan Allen Ladd McConkie Quentin Johnston put them all in your lineup yeah I was gonna ask are you playing huge I don't know how you don't play those three guys right now well

30:29Andy Holloway:I would I would think that Johnston will get the the Sertan treatment of any of these guys

30:35Mike Wright:I mean it's it's he had three catches last week but you know he's over 70 yards two in a row scored three times he you don't have to force him in if you have a better player but I mean are you playing Quentin Johnston or I mean you're or AJ Brown Jason no no that one's easy okay I was trying to go lower down like Debo with Mariota or Quentin Johnston you probably still going Debo

31:01Jason Moore:I think I'd play Metcalf I'd play Metcalf those are the couple of the bigger questions you'd play huge over Debo I would I think I would be on the Debo side I'm a little lower

31:14Mike Wright:Manufacture stuff for Debo.

31:15Jason Moore:I'm a little lower on Huge. He's still certainly a normal flex play in most leagues. But Keenan over him. I would play Keenan and Ladd over him. Okay.

31:25Mike Wright:Are we done with Evan Ingram for right now? Yep. Troy Franklin, eight for 89 and a touchdown. Are you chasing? Are you chasing or are we expecting Corlin Sutton to kind of, you know, the target share go back his direction after those first two weeks?

31:43Andy Holloway:It will go back to Sutton eventually. You don't pay a guy that amount of money and not get something going. So I think both are true. Like I'm willing to chase what's going on with Franklin.

31:58Mike Wright:The expectation kind of going in was that you'd see Sutton with the more consistency and the consistent targets and then Marvin Mims, Troy Franklin, Pat Bryant.

32:06Jason Moore:I think that's still how I view it. Yeah, okay. I still view it where Cortland Sutton is the one, and we're not 100 % sure Franklin will establish that too. It looks like it so far. Two weeks in, it's looking great, and I've obviously loved the talent of Troy Franklin for a while. They've got the collegiate connection, and things are going well. And Bo Nix likes him. Troy Franklin is a player I think you can throw in in a flex. I would play Quentin Johnson over Troy Franklin. 83 % snaps last week was the big number.

32:34Mike Wright:Yeah. And Mims is down in the 30s and 40s where he is most comfortable. New Orleans at 0-2. The Seahawks in Seattle. They're 1-1, and they are 7.5-point home favorites. Love the defense in this one. Saints only have a 17-point implied point total. The over-under is just 41.5. So, you know, this one seems on the surface like a blowout to me. Spencer Rattler has to leave home, go on the road, go to Seattle, play a tough defense. You know, Kenneth Walker looked really, really good last week. Sam Darnold, JSN, they have the connection going, but then Cooper Cup got involved in a pretty big way in week two.

33:14Mike Wright:Like for those that came out in week one with Sam Darnold, it didn't look great for Cooper Cup, and it kind of bounced back.

33:19Jason Moore:Yeah, I agree. I think you bring up an interesting point as well with Spencer Rattler. This will be his first road game. This is a very loud stadium to play in. The crowd will be at full volume, and Rattler has looked better than... Kyler Shuck. Sure, yes. apparently than Tyler Shock but better than I expected him to look still he has not looked great but we haven't, you know, he's been playing at home, comfy you know, quiet environment one of the things that you like

33:51Mike Wright:one of those don'ts that you want to play in Alvin Kamara yeah, play him, Chris Olave lots of targets I mean, Spencer Rattler, third most total pass attempts in the NFL so far and has not thrown an interception

34:05Andy Holloway:pace of play base of play is a really big deal

34:09Mike Wright:Rasheed Shahid was 4 for 52 on a touchdown Olave and Shahid are kind of doing the same stuff Olave's got a lot of targets

34:20Andy Holloway:I would chase the targets over what Shahid did last week

34:23Jason Moore:I think they're lower down for me on the road there should be a little bit of rain in this game as well a little bit rain you look at the Seahawks so far, only through two games, it's been the tight end position that's affected them. Juwan Johnson should be good here.

34:42Mike Wright:Olave, man. Olave, he's turned 13 targets and 10 targets into 8 points and 8 points. Yeah, 54 yards a week. Two weeks in, he's the wide receiver 44, so he's the wide receiver 36. Juwan Johnson is my start of the week at the tight end position, and you should be able to count on him in this one. Right now, the Seahawks have given up the most points to tight ends through two weeks, so he's a must-start. just he's a must start and i think everything else is pretty simple there we are waiting to get a couple secondary members for the seahawks back onto the field uh devon witherspoon being one of them and that will help that defense out but um is ken walker gonna be like the rb1 this

35:20Jason Moore:week he might be i've been very possible i've been that's another place i'm failing in the

35:25Mike Wright:trade market i've been trying to pick i mean i would never tell mike so right yeah mike earmuffs

35:29Andy Holloway:i mean you can't tell me on the teams i got him um i've been trying to get i've been trying to

35:34Mike Wright:get ken walker jay yeah yeah that kind of is that he's because he's so good it's because he's so good sometimes he's so good he's so good sometimes now he's a much better runner i mean he's just so he's so explosive and aggressive and it should be good this week dallas one and one taking on the chicago bears who are sitting at oh and two crying into their hands again i don't know if it gets easier for bears fans to win the offseason and then lose the regular season i don't think so we are here on this show just telling you the facts it's the same old same old for the bears right now i would love it to not be the way i'm focusing on the cool stuff like roma dunce being a really great viable fantasy option that's cool yeah that's really it is unfortunately i don't get to say that about colson loveland or luther burden or dj more dj more that dj more i had this i mean he may break out and have a great game who knows but i was so afraid of him all offseason just the way that i don't need more stories of how he's taking handoffs like that does not excite me uh for dj more that you have to come up with new creative ways to use him not as a wide receiver but you know in this one dallas is dallas is favored by one and a half going into chicago the over under is 50 and a half it did

36:56Andy Holloway:open with chicago as the favorites so it's balanced back and forth and the people have spoken the people have yeah i mean who wins the game then who's gonna win the ball game

37:06Jason Moore:it's basically a toss-up i think the cowboys win i the bears strength has been their past defense um and so far this year that is their weakness um they are very banged up as well jalen johnson come back jalen johnson did not participate in wednesday's practice did not participate in thursday's practice his groin is not ready so uh this is great news if you've got you know cd lamb if you want to start dac oh man i love when great defensive players are out i mean don't we all

37:39Mike Wright:yeah so on this show we do yeah um you also like it if xavier leggett was out that's also another

37:47Andy Holloway:thing he's a great defensive player for the other team dallas is easy because everybody is in

37:54Mike Wright:so Dak, Javante, Ncidi and Pickens and Ferguson. They are a very easy team. Yeah. It should be alright. I don't know if Chicago can stop them. What's the over-under? 50 and a half?

38:07Andy Holloway:Yeah. It's juicy.

38:08Mike Wright:I mean, there's reasons to like both sides. It's not like Dallas' defense has been doing anything. No, I like

38:14Andy Holloway:Rome a lot. Swift? I mean...

38:17Mike Wright:He has been limited with a quad injury. He'll play. He... What do you think his fantasy rank is for two weeks?

38:27Jason Moore:Man, I have no clue. I'm going to guess it's where he lives, which is like running back 20. It is 23. Okay.

38:36Andy Holloway:Yeah, I mean, he's... No one can do less with more than DeAndre Swift. In a world of stashing players, Mononga is not doing anything right now. Now, he did get more opportunities. Ten of them. Yeah. So, I mean, he went from 13 % of snaps in one opportunity to 41 % in ten opportunities. I feel like it's only a matter of time before Ben Johnson with DeAndre Swift is like, okay, I've had enough. I don't care how fast you are. I'm going to somebody else.

39:09Mike Wright:Yeah. The most recent reports is that Jalen Johnson might be done and might be having season-ending groin surgery. Dard. Yeah. I don't know what the quote is on season-ending groin surgery, but that must be a real –

39:25Andy Holloway:A lot more exclamation points.

39:27Mike Wright:That's devastating for the defense.

39:29Jason Moore:That is. He's so good. It's worth saying. Roma Dunze looks like he's having his second-year breakout. That was the hope. He looked awesome this past week. The worse their defense is, the better it is for their offense, for the passing game, for Roma Dunze's breakout to be successful. If the Bears are able to shut guys down and slow the game down and the other team has to run, which runs the clock out more, fantasy points evaporate.

39:56Mike Wright:Rome is the wide receiver fourth in two weeks. Arizona, 2-0. The Cardinals, undefeated, so good at football. They go to San Francisco to take on the equally great San Francisco 49ers who are 2-0. Vegas line, San Francisco minus three at home over under 45.5. half uh san francisco heavier favorites now than they were to start the week probably the people have spoken well that's due to um hey they're telling the truth that's due to brock purdy maybe playing that's what that is that's what that is i know you would like it to believe that

40:27Andy Holloway:everybody just like us knows that arizona sucks at 2-0 yeah yeah no we all know who won both games

40:33Mike Wright:last year falcon who won who won the games i mean you guys were so good who won them yeah the injured niners no no no the injured niners actually lost oh oh no they lost them both Yeah, yeah.

40:44Andy Holloway:Who won the games? The injured Niners. Incorrect. Lost the game.

40:48Mike Wright:What happens when the microphone turns on for him? I don't know. What happens? I think the brain stops. Do we want to have a conversation with you right now? Yeah. No, I was distracted. Sorry. Made a trade. You made a trade? Yeah. Traded away Henderson and Tootin for Josh Jacobs. In what league? It was my main league.

41:04Andy Holloway:Henderson? Henderson? That is a great deal. Henderson and Tootin for Jacobs? Yeah. Oh, man. That's a great trade for you.

41:10Jason Moore:That's a stupid league.

41:11Mike Wright:Yeah. Can I get in? Good trade. Bad talking. Also, we're working. Do some work. What are you doing?

41:20Andy Holloway:Only Jason gets to do trades in the middle of shows. Yeah, right. Own the company, though.

41:26Mike Wright:You get to work. All right. Yeah, Arizona won them both last year. The defense with Robert Sala back there looking pretty good through two weeks. Both these teams got to play the Saints already. Kyler Murray, Marvin Harrison, Mike.

41:42Andy Holloway:are we i'm not playing kyler uh marv is not a must play this week he was five for 71 and a

41:51Mike Wright:touchdown in week one yay that's great week two two four 27 yeah the way that they are using him

41:57Andy Holloway:at least you know in week two that will be so it'll be missed more than it hits for fantasy

42:05Mike Wright:football arizona did i mean if i want to find the narrative street of why maybe don't worry about last week too much. Arizona was up 27-3. They had a defensive score. They had a short field on another turnover. You didn't really have an offense trying to do anything functionally in the second half of that game other than not lose.

42:22Jason Moore:But you could have had an offense that went and laid it on.

42:26Andy Holloway:Look at the Detroit Lions last week. Or the Baltimore Ravens last week. They could have pulled their starters at halftime. But they're like, nope. We are going to keep our foot on the pedal. We're going to keep sharpening these plays. We're going to sharpen our offense. We're not going to sit in turtle. They didn't do that, though.

42:45Jason Moore:I think they tried. I don't think they are good enough. They're a real dull knife. James Conner, I still think you start him. He hasn't been very efficient to start the year. Yeah, look at those

42:56Mike Wright:totals at the running game. Look at the rushing yards for him.

42:59Jason Moore:For sure, 39 yards, 34 yards, but he had a touchdown in both weeks. Double-digit fantasy points both weeks. So far, we're still very early in the season to know how the this version of the san francisco 49ers defense will be but they've been very good against the pass um you're not worried that those touchdowns masking a little

43:21Andy Holloway:connor benson committee situation i'm concerned about connor in this matchup yeah i am i am too

43:28Mike Wright:christian mccaffrey is healthy so you play him correct and he is doing work so far ricky Pearsall's Mike start of the week I think people need to hear that Ricky Pearsall kind of a little disappointing last week uh you know wide receiver 13 in week one we were happy to see it which

43:45Andy Holloway:John Jennings did not practice Wednesday or Thursday with an ankle on the shoulder which he hasn't really by by his standards means that he will play on Sunday and he will dominate seems that way um any concern for 49ers regardless of like let's say it's Mac Jones or Purdy are you

44:02Mike Wright:playing them the i mean pierce is not a must start for me okay if it's mac jones like if i had to choose jennings or pierce all i would choose jennings oh okay but i think it's up for debate that's just the way i would go i mean the 10 targets last week um i like that but i don't

44:22Jason Moore:know where you go jay yeah i look like a man who didn't want me to i didn't i didn't want you to ask that question um i i would probably go ricky pierce all i i would be more confident in pierce all if it's brock playing but that's just you know jennings he looked good last week but he's very banged up and i i don't think that he is definitely the one for this team either one could

44:46Mike Wright:be the the better guy each week well you should um you should play train mcbride yes and feel confident doing that we'll take a break we'll hit sunday night football monday night football and a renovated, improved Fantasy Face-Off.

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46:45Mike Wright:all right we've got a pair of winless teams going into sunday night football this game dude i cannot wait the chiefs are oh and two and they go to the new york football giants home

46:58Andy Holloway:stadium they go on the road leave arrowhead the great state of new york of course of course uh

47:04Mike Wright:the giants are oh and two the defense we'll see what they can do against kansas city who is still depleted. Kansas City six-point road favorites over-unders 45 and a half.

47:15Jason Moore:This is the Giants' home opener as well. Get juiced,

47:19Mike Wright:Giants!

47:20Andy Holloway:Are you... I'm rooting. We all just are... Look, the Kansas City Chiefs they've won a lot. They have won a lot. So if they start 0-3, the rest of the world is going to feel pretty good about it. I think they could. Could lose? Yeah. Oh, no! Oh, no! Is the Fisher opened? Are you in the other dimension?

47:42Mike Wright:No, no, not strong enough. Okay. I do think that this game is going to be.

47:50Andy Holloway:What was that? I don't know. Look, I don't.

47:53Mike Wright:Did you hear that?

47:54Jason Moore:I heard it. That sounded like it came from Andy.

47:56Mike Wright:Was it on the roof? Here's the real question. Let me transition from you trying to get me, debate me into an almost subset. Literally, who do you start on the Chiefs? That's a real question right now. because Xavier Worthy might not play in this game, and you could make the argument you would start him right away if he plays. Hollywood Brown's been terrible.

48:17Andy Holloway:He was terrible last week. He was awesome in week one.

48:20Mike Wright:Okay.

48:21Andy Holloway:Ten for 99 is pretty delightful.

48:24Mike Wright:Terrible is not the right word, but unreliable would be a good word. Isaiah Pacheco, terrible. Kareem Hunt, terrible. Travis Kelsey. Mediocre. Mediocre. Juju, invisible. Tyquan Thornton, obviously the only score is when I give him permission.

48:37Andy Holloway:I think it's back to just how I regularly feel about the Chiefs which like Mahomes is playable the the Giants defense has has been atrocious um and last week was the Philadelphia Eagles like the Eagles are going to hurt everyone's numbers this year so I Hollywood Brown as a flex type of a wide receiver I think he's still in play and Kelsey is top 12-ish and I I you know we

49:04Jason Moore:I don't know if Worthy's going to play, but if Worthy plays, I think I start him right away. Oh, I would, too. They really, really need him. Yeah, I would start him right away. I am terrified of that.

49:14Mike Wright:Here's the deal. The Giants played Dallas in their lack of a defense last week. There were tons of performances that made people very excited. Cam Scadaboo had a big game. The snaps went up. Very productive. Wondell Robinson, 142 yards receiving. Malik Nabors, right now looks like, I mean, that's the guy that you're starting no matter what. how do you feel about chasing these against the defense that you know like it's tough the chiefs are going to be a dominant run d in this game they always are i love cam scadaboo i loved him

49:44Jason Moore:coming out of college loved him week one i drafted him wherever i could um he went from 12 snaps to 52 of snaps i think he will take over this backfield and be involved in the passing game this is not the matchup i'm not chasing last week's touchdown reception um against the kansas

50:02Mike Wright:city chiefs so like you see him in pass protection oh he's a dog he was blowing people up he's just i mean he is searching and i say this recognizing that they shouldn't be he is he is desperate for

50:15Jason Moore:a concussion he he wants nothing more than to scramble his brain on another man's brain he every single play it doesn't matter if he's got the ball or not he's a caveman he is running

50:27Mike Wright:into anything. He does seem to have a thicker skull. Oh, for sure. And is that good? That's tremendous for concussions. I would think so, right?

50:35Jason Moore:Yeah, and for inflicting them. I mean, he is a monstrosity. He is the Marshawn Lynch of this generation where he's just, he wants to hit someone over and over and over and over and over. He just wants to hit someone.

50:47Mike Wright:Isn't he wearing the same number as Juice? Yeah, he is. I was thinking, now his name is escaping me. Browns. Peyton Hillis. Peyton Hillis. Yeah, I said Paris Hillis. Peyton Hillis. He was number 40. Oh, he was 40. Okay. They're both just white. That's why I said that. All right. Russell Wilson completed a million passes last week. You know, Malik Neighbors, if you're a fan of his, you're happy to see that much success. Russell Wilson with the deep passes, giving the opportunity to Malik Neighbors. You're playing him. Are you chasing Wondale?

51:23Jason Moore:If I'm in a full PPR league, expect them to be down and throwing to Wondale. I will be suspect that he'll get deeper targets like he did last week. That was awesome. He'll probably end up doing what he always does, which is get a lot of targets near the line of scrimmage, not a bunch of yards. So if you're in a full PPR, you can put him in there.

51:43Mike Wright:Very excited about this one. Monday Night Football, Detroit 1-1. Baltimore 1-1. One of these two Super Bowl contenders is going to drop to 1-2 in this one. Baltimore 4.5 point home favorites over under is 53.5.

51:55Jason Moore:open at 51 and a half that is already humongously high and everyone's like this one i can do oh baby andy's almost upset of the week

52:09Mike Wright:four and a half points baltimore yeah i don't know about that uh this is going to be a fun one this is going to be a start your engines for the fantasy football community lamar henry flowers who's been he may he may be in the midst of a third year leap right now the way they're using him there's a world where it's not andrews and likely anymore like the tight end position isn't as heavily utilized or saw bateman's been invisible i mean deandre hopkins has his weekly

52:39Andy Holloway:touchdown attempt it's a flowers and then the guys that no one would ever consider starting

52:44Mike Wright:yeah that that's how it feels i mean they flowers through two weeks 20 targets yeah i mean that's

52:49Jason Moore:great. I'm really curious how much that will change when Isaiah Likely is back on the field because Mark Andrews seems like he is being used in a different way. He's no longer, he's obviously not the primary receiving target for this team. He's on the field still. He's used around the goal line and he's a great blocker. So he's an important asset to the team. But for fantasy purposes, for the receiving work, that's not his game. But I do think that they have a plan to get Isaiah likely very involved in the receiving game once he's back. So I'm just curious how that'll affect Flowers. I already had an almost upset this week, Kyle.

53:26Jason Moore:You did. Oh, boy.

53:28Andy Holloway:Oh, boy.

53:28Mike Wright:Now I got two.

53:30Andy Holloway:You do. But now you get two points if you're right.

53:32Mike Wright:Okay. Or zero if you're wrong. Play Henry and Gibbs. Play Amonron Flowers. Jamison Williams, four targets, two for 108 and a touchdown. He'll do it again. He'll get in the end zone again this week. Sam Laporta not sure what to do with Sam Laporta right now yeah I mean this is the type of matchup

53:51Jason Moore:where it seems like you should feel yeah like you got to play a hundred percent I mean a good week one there's not a lot of tight ends out there that you are just absolutely needing to start so if you've got Sam Laporta you're he's he's in your lineup especially a game with 53 and a half

54:06Andy Holloway:you picked up any of the week one tight end bros you picked up Juwan Johnson I would play Laporta

54:10Jason Moore:over Jawan Johnson.

54:11Andy Holloway:Oh really?

54:12Mike Wright:Okay. I would. Jared Goss, my start of the week, was the number one quarterback last week and I love that over-under. I think it's going to be good. Now I think they're going to win.

54:20Jason Moore:Do you have any worry of like last week the Lions laid it on the Bears but the Bears didn't have a lot of their DBs. They had some injuries. The Bears haven't looked good so far but week one you actually saw this great Lions offense going up against a very difficult Packers defense and the Packers defense won. They just won. They said we are better than your great offense. And, you know, the Ravens did not shut down the Bills. No, they gave up 41 points

54:53Mike Wright:and then last week was Flacco and the Cleveland Browns. So, I mean, TBD. Yeah. TBD, I think it's going to be I think it's going to be a lot of points on Monday night. I'm hoping for it. I think all of us fans would like to see that. Game's been bet up on the over-under. It was 51.5. Now it's up at 53.5. so we'll see uh the last time these two teams played detroit got spanked that was 2023 so i think they got a chip on their shoulder for this one i think you saw it last week i think i think that week one was this is a team that takes a lot of pride in in being that offensive machine and being a competitive in those games and they weren't competitive in that one and it it showed last week when they came out and smashed any other spot start decisions to be made here no it's pretty

55:37Andy Holloway:easy but mr campbell isaac tesla needs more than 29 of the snaps yeah i mean he's he's the one-handed bandit he is really good he's very fun to watch i wonder if he would drop stuff if he tried to

55:53Jason Moore:use two hands no no probably just crush the ball you think he'd be all right yeah it'd be like uh

55:59Mike Wright:what would that be a flag like if you explode the ball no that's seven points oh okay use two hands

56:06Andy Holloway:That's not a delay a game. They get you if you spike the ball.

56:11Mike Wright:If it's incidental, it's not. If you're just too strong. But if you do it on purpose, yeah, it is. All right. Away we go.

56:23Jason Moore:Fantasy Face-Off. Presented by PrizePix.

56:31Mike Wright:All right. We have heard you out there. We are going to mix it up a little bit now in the fantasy faceoff. Previous two weeks, we have been picking one more or less each with the loser spinning the wheel of shame, which we are going to handle today. Because last week I had Jackson, Smith, and Jigba more than 61.5 receiving yards on prize picks. He finished 8 for 103. Jason had Zach Charbonnet with 12.5-yard longest rush, and he did not do that. He didn't even get all of his rushes there. And then Mike went Russell Wilson. Don't worry about it. Oops. Less than 217 passing yards, but he had a lot more.

57:13Mike Wright:Just a few. So before we reveal this week's picks, we're going to let Mike spin the wheel.

57:23Mike Wright:Wheel of Shame.

57:29Andy Holloway:All right. Spin the wheel. This is delightful.

57:33Mike Wright:You get to make the wheel makes its debut for 2025.

57:35Andy Holloway:Probably like waterboarding. It probably should be.

57:38Mike Wright:So you'll just accept this. Oh, yeah.

57:40Jason Moore:Oh, Groundhog Day. Oh, yeah. Groundhog Day, Mike. Should be pretty simple. It's a real easy. It's a real easy one, Mike, if you want to just. Looks like you're a groundhog, bro.

57:50Andy Holloway:Are we sure this is a groundhog? I don't know. I mean, it is now. The teeth look like that of a beaver. A beaver. Yes.

57:58Mike Wright:Well, you're a groundhog beaver. it's really not important that's what's important right there

58:03Jason Moore:does it fit on your noggin yeah

58:09Mike Wright:that was the worry hey how are you doing is it going to be got more winter

58:14Jason Moore:he's trying to decide whether he uses the mouth hole for seeing or for talking

58:19Mike Wright:it's going to be multi-purpose I think Papa Josh is really enjoying this I can hear him back there you look cute though it's a good look you look uh yeah that's the word um here's what we're doing now how do people do this yeah i don't know yeah yeah what do you mean how do people do this like this is not something

58:39Andy Holloway:people usually do this is a mask sold to be worn yeah it's impossible yeah but manufactured at a

58:44Mike Wright:low cost mike um we have a renovation to this segment now we're going to be picking a quarterback running back wide receiver and tight end every week each of us we're each building our own

58:56Jason Moore:lineup to play on the projections that we like the most and i've had so much fun this year with

59:03Mike Wright:this yeah um so we are we're gonna expand and compete and it's so hot in here somebody's getting the wheel every week hopefully mike all right we're starting at the quarterback position i am taking that detroit game lamar jackson more than 222.5 passing yards that's fun and i like it i'm

59:26Jason Moore:going to take one that is not fun. I'm going to look at Jalen Hurts and his passing attempts. His projection is 27.5 passing attempts. I'm going less than that. He had 23 passing attempts week 1, 22 in week 2, and I think this is going to be a defensive battle.

59:45Mike Wright:Mike, what do you got there? I got... Can you hear me? Yeah, we can hear you.

59:50Jason Moore:Sounds like you're up on the roof having a party.

59:52Andy Holloway:I have C.J. Stroud more than half a passing touchdown. okay well that seems like a pretty easy one you i guess what i got all right cool all right uh

1:00:06Mike Wright:running back i'm going ken walker more than 54.5 rushing yards ken walker more than yeah that's

1:00:16Jason Moore:man that's a good one uh i too am going uh my running back is going to be kyron williams in that same Eagles game that I expect to be defensive. Again, I'm going less than his projection of 63.5 rushing yards. He's splitting a little bit of work, and it's a very tough run defense. I'm going with my dude Jalen Warren, my running back start of the week I got.

1:00:44Mike Wright:You're starting to sound like an actual groundhog.

1:00:47Andy Holloway:The projection is at 18.5 receiving yards. I am taking the more.

1:00:51Mike Wright:Okay, for Jalen Warren, more than 18.5 receiving yards? Tyler Warren. Wide receiver, I'm going Keenan Allen more than 4.5 receptions in the matchup against Denver.

1:01:03Jason Moore:I'm going to take this dude. Very nice. I'm taking more than 38.5 receiving yards for Troy Franklin. Yeah, that's a good one.

1:01:13Andy Holloway:I have Stephon Diggs, his projection, 2.5 receptions. Oh, wow.

1:01:18Mike Wright:I said he will do more than that. Okay, not bad.

1:01:21Jason Moore:That's a good one. That's a good find.

1:01:22Mike Wright:And then at tight end this week, I'm going to go Tyler Warren more than 44.5 receiving yards. He's been over 70 in both of his starts so far. I want to take Tyler Warren over 44 and a half.

1:01:34Jason Moore:Yeah, I'm going to take your start of the week. Jawan Johnson, 38 and a half receiving yards. Feels like a number that he will. You got 38 and a half? 38 and a half. Yeah. What are you working on over there, loser? 40 and a half. Oh, man. I hope he gets 39. Oh, I hope. Stop at 39, Jawan.

1:01:52Andy Holloway:How do you feel in there, Mike? Slightly like I'm about to lose consciousness. Okay, all right. Well, we'll wrap it up.

1:02:01Mike Wright:There's a lot of carbon dioxide in here. Well, it doesn't look like it's properly ventilated at all. It's not. We have a quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end competition for the week. So we'll see who loses and spins the wheel next week. That was Fantasy Faceoff presented by PrizePix. Check out max discounts on the app now, like Patrick Mahomes at more than.5 passing yards for the September 21st game. Use the code FOOTBALLERS and get$50 instantly in lineups when you play$5. That'll do it. We'll get Mike breathing oxygen again. We'll close this show down. Please join Mike on Sunday Live over on YouTube.

1:02:37Mike Wright:Make sure you head over there. Click the bell. You'll be notified when he's live on Sunday morning. Talk to you then. Bye-bye.

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