Week 3 Matchups + Wheel of Shame! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/20
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Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Welcome in. Friday, Friday.

September 20th, the fantasy footballers Jason Moore is here. Happy to be here. Mike Wright present. And accounted for. I'm Andy Holloway. We've got matchups on the show today. We'll talk briefly about last night's ball game. A lopsided affair. I found it quite boring. But it was good to see Aaron Rodgers get it going. He looked...

he played quite well. He played very well. If you looked at the next-gen stats, where the passes were completed, and you compare the weeks, it looks like, oh, yeah, this is what we were hoping for. Someone that can hit all the areas of the field, can go left, can go right, and scramble a little? It speaks to what Mike said last week watching the Garrett Wilson film, that Aaron Rodgers looked a little bit rusty, missed some opportunities, but

that's probably how it's supposed to be. Like, Kirk Cousins, too, like, to end the game the way he did. Like, both of those guys coming off the Achilles –

maybe rounding into form, maybe giving you some hope for Drake London and some hope for Garrett Wilson's future. I had people reach out today, and I'll let you guys answer this question. I'll tell you how I answered it. I said, is this a sell-high opportunity for Garrett Wilson because he got into the end zone, the yardage wasn't very high. What would you say to that question? He is, I think, the question of the game. Was this a good game because he got a touchdown, or was this a bad game because he got 33 total yards?

You saw Aaron Rodgers talk about after the game. He said, you know, we had the first three weeks where the defenses we faced were just they just happened to have their main goal to be to take out Garrett Wilson.

But I would – I go back to, okay, well, when he was a Packers quarterback, every single defense was trying to take out Devontae Adams, and they couldn't, you know? So is he really a true alpha, an alpha? I'm talking like one of those top five wide receivers in the NFL. One of those guys that – who you hoped he would develop into this season when you drafted him at like that one-two turn. I –

And I don't think so. I think that it's still in the realm of possibility for Garrett Wilson because some of the ways that Devontae Adams was unable to be taken away by a defense was they worked together for so many years. Like the back shoulder throws, the timing routes, knowing where and when your guy is going to be there. I actually responded that I wouldn't try to sell high, Mike. What would you do? Yeah, so my rebuttal to what you're saying, Jay, is just –

defenses are different now. I mean, like, it's... Defenses are the way that they scheme to take out a number one with the... I mean, it's the hot thing, the cover two. But it works. Like, if you choose to take out a player... I mean, like Jamar Chase. The Kansas City Chiefs last week, which they have a pretty good corner, but their entire game plan was...

Jamar Chase is not going to beat us. And you would... I think you'd agree. Jamar Chase is one of the best wide receivers in the game. For sure. He was removed by the Kansas City Chiefs. It's just... Things are able to do that. Right before we started recording, watched every Garrett Wilson target real quick. And...

The misses were you had the one on the sideline where that one's on Garrett. You've got to get those feet down. Yeah, I was disappointed in that play. That was very disappointing because he just – dude, you've got to drag. You've got to drag that other foot. You have to know you've got to do that. It's been a couple of times earlier this year too. And then the other misses were really – I don't know –

I don't know exactly where the route is supposed to meet, but the mind meld... What is going on over here? You're making a whole thing about it, so I got to stop talking. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. You gave the falcon some eyes. When you look down at your mug of water that's been filled by a different person and there's a hair in it... Oh, no. Oh, no. The falcon... Was this a falcon mustache hair? Is this a feather? It was a fairly long...

long hair. This is disgusting. He threw the water. He dumped the water. There is a camera right over there. Let's not splash the camera. Anyways, the mind meld that he had that Rodgers eventually got with Adams. And remember who sucked? Who was a complete and total bust in the NFL? The

Devontae Adams. And then they got totally locked in, and it was an out route, and I think Rodgers missed it. And then there was a couple other ones where clearly what Rodgers wanted Garrett to do, their communication level wasn't there. All that to say, so what does that mean for this year?

The elite stuff, if that's going to happen, it will be over the second half of getting them more and more practices together. Think about how much these guys have actually practiced together. Last year's offseason.

Then he got hurt, and then he was recovering, and this offseason and a couple games. I still think that leaves things open to not getting it together for this season. 100%. That could be in the range of outcomes. It also matters if Conklin and Lazard and Williams are consistent players

pass catchers in the offense that defenses have to account for because the recipe to start the year was Garrett Wilson and let's let everybody else try to beat us. Yeah, I think that I agree with you, Andy. I would not sell high here. I'm not calling for Garrett Wilson to, you know, have a bad season by any means. I'm still a little bit disappointed that he does not

present as true alpha to me. And maybe that'll happen this season, but I think he'll be a very solid wide receiver too. I take the Rodgers comments after the game. I do take those to heart of him saying what you said, Jay, of

No, it's Aaron Rodgers not saying Garrett Wilson needs to do something better. He's saying, no, the defenses are removing him from the game plan. And the rest of the quote was like, and that's a testament to the talent that Garrett Wilson is, that the other teams are so freaked out by him that we have to find a different way to win. So Rodgers was 27-35 for 281-2. This was a completely...

valuable fantasy start if you were to have streamed Aaron Rodgers. So we haven't been able to say that in a long time. The other two storylines from the night for me, obviously on the New England side, it was atrocious top to bottom. I mean, Ramondre Stevenson was six for 23 on the ground with a fumble. He was negative in a lot of your leagues. He was 0.7 in one of mine. This is a situation where

He was number two, I believe, in total touches at the position coming into week three, and it was a disaster from the jump. So people were very frustrated. The Jets don't have a great rush defense. This is the offensive line for the Patriots. Yeah, we kind of threw that out there yesterday on yesterday's show. Like, look, they're going to be missing three starters, and one of their other starters has been on the injury report all week. So it was like there was no –

If I had Ramondre, even with that, knowing that, I was still going to play Ramondre. He had been way too good, but this is just now you need to really pay attention to what's going on with his offensive line. The other story to me, it's a real one. And that face that Jason has is not a face of disaster. The beast. I mean, Braylon Allen was 11 for 55. 55!

Brees Hall was 16 for 54 with a touchdown. This is the third week that Braylon Allen has showed you something special on the field. Four receptions for Brees Hall. However, three for Braylon Allen. Yeah, I mean, this is like, it's a real thing. 20 opportunities for Brees. Yeah. 14 opportunities for Braylon Allen. This might be a game where you go, hey, well, they were blown. There was a fumble, right, by Brees?

I thought there was a fumble loss by Brees. You can vet that. But going back through the box score and seeing when was the involvement of Braylon Allen. A fumble out of bounds. Braylon Allen had seven of his 14 opportunities in the first half, seven in the second half. He is just a part of the offense. And I am not in any way, shape, or form

in the slightest concerned that Brees is going to have a bad season now or be in a committee timeshare where he's not going. Every single week, Brees is going to be very good for fantasy. I agree. But it does cap that Christian McCaffrey legendary type of season. It might take RB1 overall off the table. Exactly. You're not going to be out there. You're going to have some touchdowns go to Braylon Allen. You're going to have some passing work go to Braylon Allen, and that's just...

That's just unfortunate, but hopefully it keeps Brees upright. And Braylon Allen, I mean, talk about an RB1 rookie season for the Dallas Cowboys. Oh, my God. I mean, what are you doing, Cowboys? What are you doing, 49ers? Sure. Isaac Garindo ahead of Braylon Allen. I mean, then Ray Davis in Buffalo ahead of Braylon Allen. Braylon tweeted out because he retweeted.

someone had thrown out into the internet. How did the NFL let this happen of this guy falling to the fourth round? He's 20 years young. Still can't buy a beer. And he retweeted I don't have it in front of me, but essentially saying they wanted me to see me running my underwear to judge if I'm a good football player. Yeah. That's like Dalvin Cook?

That's like Kareem Hunt. We have these players that struggled on combine day. And how many years do we need? When do we get the influence to tell them to put the pads on the 40? You can run the regular 40. You know what would be cool? The ratio. How about the ratio between the pads on, pads off 40?

Can we do something that represents playing football? This is a guy that a lot of people really liked in the draft process. Mike, I can't remember if he was your running back two or three. He was my two. Yeah, I mean, you loved him coming in. I mean, he's a young monster. Yeah, because he didn't run. He didn't do the 40. So...

He's at least insinuating that that was a knock. Yeah, it was. You don't call it seventh or eighth off the board at running back and right now looks like by far the best. The play where he had a defender...

Just clobber him in the backfield. And he doesn't move. And he's just like, okay, well, I'm going to go over there now. Thank you for your best effort. On the flip side, that pass protection for Brees Hall. Oh, my gosh. I thought he got knocked out the way he helicoptered. Braylon Allen is 6'4".

1-236 at 20. He is a beast. He was a collegiate superstar at 17. Yes. It's a really good job by the Jets because we know injuries happen. We know how important it is to give your workhorse the ability to take some plays off so they're more efficient and effective, but it's really been an impressive start to the year. Lazard scored again. Oh, man. Tyler Conklin had his first big game. He was a T-shirt ripaway.

That shirt went for infinity yards. The mummy moment in the game unraveling. All right. It is Friday. Putt Clan Friday. All right. Every Friday we give a $100 gift card away to fantasychamps.com along with a signed

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Texans running backs Joe Mixon and Damian Pierce still did not practice on Thursday. That would leave Cam Akers and Daria Gumbawale as the remaining two pieces of the depth chart. It would also put, like if both guys missed, Cam Akers is an okay start. Yeah, he's an okay start. He's a good player. He's looked good in the system. The coaches have talked him up, but it's a difficult matchup against the Vikings. Sometimes you get that next guy up and you're all excited. I think he's just a good flex play.

Carson Steele or Cam Akers in that situation? Oh, man. I think I would go Cam Akers. We just don't know how the Steele... I do think Steele will get the majority of the first and second down work. It's just a matter of does he get the targets or is that all P. Ryan? Does he have any big plays as a starter? When you're running the football, is this...

you know, a youth check game four or five yards, or does he have a breakout, you know, run? Well, he starts falling from behind the line of scrimmage. That's true. So he'll fall forward always. I would love it if they put one of the receivers back behind, like an I formation, and they just shoved him in the back, and then he starts to fall. Nico, limited. That's a good sign that he could be back out there. Jordan Love, in pads, has a realistic chance of playing.

According to Ian Rappaport, if you're the Packers coming off a win, I might not do it. Yeah, and you have the revenge narrative with Malik Willis going to Tennessee. Will you allow him to be the starter and go in there and get the W? I'm not sure how much that matters. What does matter is that I do think Tennessee at home against Malik Willis is an unbelievably good play.

DST? Yeah, DST. It's just a matter of you don't know yet whether or not you're facing Jordan Love or Malik Willis. Jaden Reed Limited should be back out there. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert Limited, after a DNP on Wednesday, he should be back out there. Joshua Palmer didn't practice. Or play in the last couple games. Oh, yeah. At least that I noticed. Yeah, no. Calf elbow injury. We also got word just now this morning that Michael Pittman

Was not practicing. Oh, come on. No, no, no. Hold on. He's not practicing today, but he is out there. Hmm. Hmm. Huh? He's hanging out. He's got a lawn chair. What? Follow up. He's at practice. He's just not practicing. Al, let us know if you hear more about Michael Pittman. Will do.

We have. I finally decided. I finally decided I was going to go Anthony Richardson for my quarterback trio. Oh, you had made that call? I made that call. That was Purdy, Watson, Gino. Yep. And I dropped Purdy even. And man, now. That's a Purdy bad decision.

Swish. George Kittle was held out of Thursday's practice with hamstring tightness. We will continue to monitor that. It's part of our show today. CeeDee Lamb returned in a limited fashion. Mike McCarthy said not of a high concern. Kenneth Walker remained sidelined and seems like he'll be sidelined for at least another week. And then

And then T. Higgins returned to practice, and maybe he'll be back out there on Monday. Limited practice. Yeah, well, that is returning. Yeah, no, it is. I mean, you want to see at least two full practices coming back from a hamstring injury. Monday night game. I was going to say, this is like the Wednesday practice for them because they're on Monday night football. Yeah, every beat reporter right now saying that Michael Pittman is not practicing. He's just out there, man.

He's out there. Is he just like, is he mad because he can't get good passes? Well, here's the thing. If you're not practicing for all the players that aren't practicing,

What are they, at home? Aren't they always all there? Yeah, this is weird. I mean, we're probably reading too much into it. We should just report it as not practicing. Okay. I remember Devontae Smith was missing some practices before the season started. He was just standing there watching. He was in Hawaii. All right, that was today's News & Notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at USAA.com slash insurance. We'll take a break and come back with the Fantasy Forecast.

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Bears, Colts, Texans, Vikings, Eagles, Saints, Chargers, Steelers. We got more matchups today. It's time for Fantasy Forecast presented by DraftKings Sportsbook. You guys remember earlier when

The falcon put a hair in my drink. Yeah, intentionally? Mm-hmm. It was very disgusting and rude. I got a new drink now. Yeah, there are probably two hairs in there. I'm going to take a look. I hope you crack that thing open. You know what? I think he opened it. Oh, yeah, we know. When you get down to the last sip, you're going to be pulling long hair out of your mouth. Gross. So gross.

So gross. All right. Nine matchups left and we got fantasy face off today. Somebody is going to spin the wheel of shame. Somebody last year's champion. Oh man. Cool. Yeah, man. I've got to have it. You just have, you have a way of dealing with these things. Yeah. Denver at Owen to taking on the two and Oh, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, DraftKings sports book line, Tampa minus six and a half over unders 41 trap game for Tampa.

uh victory wise no no this is not a trap game no the for fantasy though i mean i don't know that i want to play baker yeah he's been you know playing very well but you know guys like i mean car for sure gino gino would be like right on that fringe of of who i'd rather start because i was trying to think you'd go gino i would it's just like think about some upside here where the

The Broncos offense can do nothing. And you are really, you're reluctantly playing one guy, I think, from the Denver Broncos. At least for me. It's Javante Williams where week one, the snaps were, and opportunities were more shared than week two. It went back to Javante Williams being a workhorse. His rushing yard is sitting at 46 and a half.

I don't know. There was – we should check on Vitavia. No, he's not. I don't think he's playing this week. Okay, so that's at least – yeah. No, it's – I think it's everything. I mean, go look at their numbers this year versus last year so far. Yeah, if Vitavia was there, Javante Williams is not a playable asset to me because he's just a volume guy. He's going to have 13 yards on the ground. Vitavia is also a volume guy. Yes, he is.

Vita Vey on the defensive line for Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I assume he's not going to play. That's what it seems like. And if he's not, you can close your eyes and put Javante in and then check out on the Broncos. Just give Javante those five targets, please. Godwin, Evans, Rashad White if he's active. He was working in practice. He's a tougher start, I think. I'm groin. Yeah, he hurt the groin in the game. He's been limited for the week because of it. We know that Detroit...

Rashad White is not an efficient runner already. Didn't you face Detroit, who's number one against running backs? So I wouldn't be, you know, it could have been a little bit of an outlier. Obviously, lowest receiving total in 20 games for Rashad White. Week one, he was six for 75.

I'd have a hard time. Would you bench Rashad White for Carson Steele or Cam Akers or Gus Edwards? No, I wouldn't bench. If Rashad White is active, I'm basically playing whichever running back is active in this game because if Rashad White is out, Bucky Irving has looked good enough to go. Huge opportunity. Huge opportunity. So whoever the starting running back is, I will play him. I'm not going to play Bucky if Rashad White is active. Let's say Rashad White or you drafted J.K. Dobbins against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

I would go Rashad White. The Steelers' defense is full legit, and I expect that game to have a solid 30 points scored. Carolina 0-2, taking on the 1-1 Las Vegas Raiders. The DraftKings Sportsbook line here, Vegas minus 5, over-under is 40. And wild comeback last week for the Raiders. Their odds of winning were not high, and then all of a sudden, flip the script, Bowers, Devontae Adams,

Gardner Minshew, they got it together and took out the Ravens. Big surprise. The over-under here is just 40. That gives Carolina 17. Andy Dalton's the starter. The Raiders right now, we talked about them on the Waver Wire show in terms of opportunity to pick them up and play them against Carolina. Here's who they play, just so you know. If you want a long-term pickup,

Carolina at home. That's good. Cleveland at home. That's good. At Denver, Bo Nix. That's good. Versus Pittsburgh at home. That's probably good. That's great. At Los Angeles, the Rams with what they've got going on. Yeah, we'll see what they have there. So that's a five-week stretch that I think is very – for a solid defense that can rush the passer, that can put up a surprise good game. If you've got Max Crosby, you can cause havoc for fantasy.

So, Andy Dalton, the era, the Dalton era, begins again in Carolina. I like the, I don't remember what radio show was talking about, but they mentioned that Andy Dalton

Seems like he's the backup for like six teams. And like whatever team loses their starter first, he just becomes their starter. Like he's still the Cowboys backup. It was very funny. That's what the NFL should do. They should have like a queue of backups so that the quality of their product is good. Oh, my gosh. Like rankings of backups. And all of those guys go. Heineke's in that list. They all go and they train together. You know what I mean? They're learning the playbooks of all the teams. That's great. I like it.

Well, that group is going to include Bryce Young wandering over to that group soon. Oh, man. Do you start?

Panthers in this game? I mean, I don't. I wait and see. Yes, this is, I'm fine grabbing them off of waivers. Whether you want to take the shot on Xavier Liget or Deontay Johnson, including obviously in all super flex leagues, Andy Dalton went for a lot. They're all good to have on your roster to see what's going to come, but you're not going to start them on the road week one, not knowing the pecking order. So I think you check out on the Carolina side of the ball.

Maybe, maybe Chuba. Chuba is one of those where running backs are needed. He'll get the opportunity. Chuba or Cam Akers if there's no mixing. If there's no mixing and no Pierce, then I would go Akers. Otherwise, Chuba. I think I'd go Chuba. Mike has mentioned Zamir White, who has a rushing and receiving line on DK of 71.5.

Speaking to the 31st ranked Carolina run defense. Yep. Mike is the process. Mike is, you know, stiff arming the film on Zemir White so far and going with the opportunity in Carolina. If you have Alexander Madison on your team. He's on the bench. Yeah. And, you know, just don't have him on your team. Devontae Adams and Brock Bowers are locks to play in this game. Bowers is the start of the week as well.

And I think Jacoby Myers, if you still have him, you can cut him because he got, he got Brock. He got Brock right in the face. Yeah, he did. Yeah. Anybody else in this matchup you want to discuss? No. Miami's one-on-one. They traveled to Seattle to take on the Seahawks. The DK sportsbook line here, Seattle minus four and a half. The over-under is 41 and a half. I would love to be able to hit that button in this one, but I just think Seattle gets another, I think they get another win to start the year. Skylar Thompson starting for Miami. Yeah.

Geno Smith has been playing good football in his Mike start of the week. With Steelhunter pants on. Okay. 74% of his passes completed. Gotten a lot out of JSN last week. Is JSN now, like are you at the point where he should be in your lineup every week after what you saw last Sunday? At least as a flex. That was when a young player does something like that,

You got to respond to it. Something like that with 16 targets for 12 receptions and 117 yards. Yeah. And his, yeah, his line sitting at 49 and a half yards. I would. Yeah. I mean, when he is not a player that's come out of nowhere, right. This was a first round draft pick last year who was said to be the best wide receiver in the draft class. Looked awesome as a prospect.

And was underutilized with a terrible Shane Waldron offense last year. Now you see Shane Waldron leave. The Ryan Grebovitz we talked about a lot this offseason coming in and hopefully having a good season.

utilization of the slot player like he did um you know for the University of Washington and then boom bam you see it the utilization is so different he's not getting all of his passes behind the line of scrimmage so I'm I'm in on I I don't want to be late to the party uh on being like I need to see it again I'll put JSN in my lineup would you put him in over Amari Cooper against the Giants yeah I think so I think I would Tank Dell against Minnesota

I'd play Tank. That one's close. I still like Tank. Wait a minute. Hmm. Wait a minute. Yesterday, you said you'd play Cooper against the Giants. Did I? Over Tank against Minnesota. Oh, well, I didn't. No. It's a new day. I'm not pointing at you. Okay. All right. I'm pointing at Mike. Well, that was yesterday. So, Cooper versus Tank. I mean, I think... You can't say Cooper. Say Cooper. You can't do that. Make the world implode. Fantasy algebra doesn't always have to add up. No, I...

That's close. I mean, I can check the... That's just the vibes. I can check the actual rankings here. Oh, man, they're going to say Cooper. I have Tank one spot ahead of Cooper. Okay. Brian Thomas Jr. or JSN? JSN. Metcalf's in your lineup. Charbonnet's in your lineup, right?

Yeah, it's kind of gross. Miami has been really good defensively against all positions except for running back. Charbonnet just barely qualifies as a running back. Yeah, Charbonnet is not good on the ground, but he gets enough. He can score touchdowns, and he's very involved in the passing game. He is the reason that I really like Geno this week, and I think you brought that up in your start of the week yesterday, but they're not going to be able to run the ball well, and I think they're going to sling it.

On the other side, Skyler Thompson, when he had Jalen Waddell the last time he was a starter, Waddell had 23, 44, and 44 receiving yards. Are you actually just – I'm straight benching him. You're straight benching Jalen Waddell. I am straight benching Jalen Waddell. There are a lot of flex options I would rather have over Waddell. It sucks. And Tyreek, you just have to play. Tyreek, you will play him.

But his production, you have to expect it to come down. Yeah, Tyreek, I think he had one good game with Skyler and the rest were pretty bad. Devon Achan should be fine. Seven receptions in each of the first two weeks. And you saw Skyler come in and check it down to him. It looks like Raheem Mostert's probably not going to play. So Achan's in, Tyreek Hill's in. I don't expect a monstrous game. And Jalen Waddell's binged.

Okay. That seems like we covered that one. Baltimore is 0-2. You talked about this, Jason, yesterday. Dallas is 1-1. They're playing in Dallas and the DK Sportsbook line is actually Baltimore minus one on the road. Is that the most updated line, Kyle? Correct. Baltimore minus one in Dallas. So Vegas does not like what they've seen from the Dallas defense so far this year at all. And Dallas just got beat at home by New Orleans. So maybe the

This is like the first playoff game of the season because if you go 1-2 or 0-3, which one of these teams will leave this game as a loser, you are looking at... Well, the Ravens are really hoping to be 1-2. Fair, fair. I guess both teams could leave as 1-2. Which is wild in and of itself. The losing team of this game will have harder odds, obviously, to make the playoffs, and they'll be looking at a gauntlet.

Baltimore has allowed the most passing yards in football. So Dak, Seedy, that bodes well for them at home. Dallas has been destroyed on the ground. So Derrick Henry. Yes, sir. These are two teams I think we expected to come in and have imposing defenses because that's the way that they've been for years, and neither one has been able to. I mean, Baltimore got carved by Minshew at home.

It was weird. Let that sit. It was weird. So, you know, maybe this over under a 48, this passing yards line for Dak is set at 253. Okay. Maybe we get...

A fun game, even if one team ends up 0-3 at the end of it. I think it'll be a fun NFL game, hopefully for fantasy. What we need for fantasy to be fun is we need Seedy and Dak to get it going, which right now it seems like with what Baltimore showed us early on through the first two weeks, they should get it going. If Seedy's healthy,

They'll score points. If they score points, then I do think Mark Andrews is going to be very involved. The Dallas defense is kind of middle of the pack against tight ends. The utilization of Mark Andrews was very good last week. I think this is going to be his get-right game. Do you go right back to Turd Ferguson if he's active? I think so.

I'd be comfortable with that. Because he's been limited. He's trending to play. Turd Ferguson or Isaiah Lykula? Oh, I would go Lykula. Same game. I'd go Fergie. So, Mike, split the time. I would go Ferguson. Okay, let me ask him again in a couple minutes. Hold on. Ask me tomorrow. Okay. Yeah, tomorrow it might change. So, start-sit decisions outside of the big boys. Zay Flowers had a big game. Mark Andrews started the week for Jason.

Jalen Tolbert, you're keeping a little bit of an eye on him because the targets were there last week and he played a bunch of snaps. Yeah, we're keeping our eye on some stuff like the split of Brandon Cooks or Jalen Tolbert. Cooks was good week one. Tolbert was the guy in week two. So I don't really have confidence to start any of them. And then the running back room is just on watch. Yeah, what are you doing, Dallas, man? Right now I'm not forcing anyone into my lineup.

If I'm playing anyone, it's Rico Dowdle, but I would prefer to just have Dowdle on my bench another week and see how it shakes up. That's the right choice. Baltimore last year, 14 points given up to the entire running back group for a team. This year, they're right on par with that, 14.6. All of those names we mentioned earlier, I would start over. Any Dallas option? Yes, correct. That's fine, but it's just the quick reminder of

Elliott was 6 for 16 last week. Deuce Vaughn was 4 for 11. Dowdle was the only running back who did. He started, and he was the only one who had any efficiency. And yet he only had seven carries. The volume's not there yet, so Dallas has to figure out what they're doing. I think Dallas might try something new at running back every week. They might.

The San Francisco 49ers at 1-1 taking on the Los Angeles Rams in L.A. The Rams are 0-2 and 6.5 point home underdogs against the 49ers. The over-under is 43.5. I mean, this gives the Rams 18.5 points. The 49ers implied point total is 25. Both teams going through major injury issues. No Debo.

Kittle is we'll see right now. Like I assume we're starting kill if he's active. Yes. And then Brandon, he hasn't got any going yet. This will be a chance to do that. And the Rams are just reeling. They have offensive line issues. They have cornerback issues. They have two starting wide receivers that we all drafted to be great that are going to be on the bench. No Cooper cup and no Puka Nakua this week.

Which means, like Kyron so far has been very inefficient. Kyron has, he's one of the few runners that have so many opportunities but hasn't even had a 10-yard run this year. So, it is, you know, we talked about, you know, Brees Hall and Braylon Allen's impact on Brees Hall's ceiling.

Are these injuries too hard to overcome for Kyron in terms of top five potential? Yeah, I think that they are too hard to overcome for top five potential. He's going to be utilized. They'll pass the ball to him. If they get to the goal line, they'll use him. He's certainly a player I'm still starting, but this isn't an exciting matchup. Obviously, the 49ers have a very good defense.

So you're just not expecting big things. It's not just the line. Again, on the road, currently six and a half point favorites is pretty ridiculous.

But like Jordan Mason started running back for the 49ers. His line is 92 and a half rushing yards. Holy moly. Rushing yards. His line is 92 and a half yards rushing on the road. I might take the over, man. Yeah. That's what I'm saying. The sharps, what they are expecting from this game is a lot of... For context... Is a beat down of the Rams. For context there, that is the highest of any running back this week. So...

Wow. I mean, and what's going to happen is if you get out of control, if the Rams can't protect Matthew Stafford and, you know, you get a touchdown lead here, you're just going to have them running down the throats of the Rams over and over and over. Are you playing any of the Rams wide receivers who got picked up?

Yeah. Yeah, I think so. I think Demarcus Robinson's a good flex option. Okay. That's the one that I would want. You could take random flying shots on anyone else. The shots are flying. I mean, you want to put in Tutu. You want to put in Tyler Johnson. That's the problem with all the other guys. Tyler, Whittington, Tutu. It feels like Demarcus is the one that you know is going to be out there the most. Yeah. I mean, put it this way. I would go Demarcus, and then after that, I would go Jawan Jennings on the other side of the ball. Oh.

Over 2-2, over Tyler Johnson. I think Jawan Jennings is like this week's spot start from the waiver wire if you need one of those. The only problem with Jawan Jennings...

is, I mean, that rushing line for Jordan Mason insinuates they might not need to throw the ball a lot. They're just going to run the second half of the game out. The Rams. So it's 49ers this week on the road against the Bears at home against the Packers by week, Las Vegas Raiders at home, Minnesota Vikings at home. Those are almost all good defenses. Oh gosh, that's brutal. That's brutal for fantasy. All right. Um,

Anything else in this game, Colby Jack, we're avoiding? For now. I'm worried he's going to have to block. Yeah. Yeah. Detroit is 1-1, and they take on the Arizona Cardinals, also 1-1. The DraftKings Sportsbook line here, Detroit minus 3 on the road against Arizona. How dare you? The over-unders are beautiful. Have you heard this song? Detroit by 3. Over-under 51-1.5. That's very nice.

Will the pants be coming off this week? I believe it says. I'm never going back to the pants store, Andy. So, Marvin Harrison, we are calm, collected, and happy. Yeah, I mean, the Lions over the last couple years have been very easy to figure out. And so far to start this season, it is similar. You cannot run on them, and you can and must run.

throw on them. It is a wonderfully predictable thing for fantasy football. So this is a game you want the wide receivers in. I think Greg Dortch is actually another very good spot start. He's sitting out on your waivers right now. If you're in a full PPR, I think you can put him in and you're going to get 5, 6, 7 receptions because the most slot points given up slot receptions is to I mean, you saw this with Chris Godwin last week. Just have a monster game because that's where Detroit

is most susceptible. But Marvin obviously should be good. Tyler should be good. James Conner, you hold your breath. You're not going to bench him. I mean, I don't know if you've got great options, but I would play James Conner, but you just can't expect a ton here. I'd still play him. His rushing yard line is still sitting at 61.5. That's healthy enough when you combine in the receptions he should get. And Trey McBride has the highest target share of tight ends right now.

Where are you sitting with this Jared Goff experience in 2024? This is a very disappointed. I mean, the dominator narrative has not proved true. Get this man outside. He needs some fresh air. He's a domester fire. So what do we think? It should still work. Yeah, I mean, all of the process, it is very difficult. He threw the ball 55 times. How many? 50!

It is very difficult to have a bad performance followed by a bad performance and then start that player. But the process, this is not, Goff has played for years. This is not like he forgot how to play. It's not like he's not throwing a lot of yardage through the first two weeks. Goff is a good play this week. He really is. It's difficult to say that you sound stupid after back-to-back losses. This is a 51.5 point spread.

where, you know, you're going to throw, and the Cardinals don't have cornerbacks that can really stop these wide receivers. Jameson Williams, your start of the week, should be awesome. His line is 54 and a half. Yeah. Aminra Saint-Brown is awesome. Those two guys should feast, and it's really just a matter of who gets the touchdowns.

So if David Montgomery leaves this game with two touchdowns, okay, you're going to be sad. Maybe Jared Goff didn't have a monstrous performance. But I think Jared Goff is someone, like I would start him over all the guys that I'm debating on my team right now, Anthony Richardson and Brock Purdy and Geno Smith. Goff would be in over them. What are other question marks from this game that you want to talk about? Anything else? I mean, is Trey McBride going to have his breakout performance this week?

He had it last week. No, he did not. That touchdown. He did not have a breakout performance. Six for 67 with a touchdown is... Keep the bar higher for McBride, please. Recovering fumbles is not the standard that I have for him. Where the bar is for tight ends right now... Yeah, he's crushing that bar. That's a breakout game.

Okay. Low bar. Yeah. The bar is very low. You start pretty much everyone everywhere. I think the real thing to keep your eyes on is Laporta. Is he very involved or not? Yeah. Where did that quote came from?

That wasn't right grammar. Yeah, whatever. I was trying to read and talk at the same time. Okay, it was from Ben Johnson saying, quote, last week it was Amon Ross St. Brown. This week it's Laporta. Next week it's going to be somebody else. That's just the nature of the beast. Got a lot of weapons. It's hard to guarantee someone five to eight targets every single game. That's just not how it works. Yeah, yeah, that's accurate. He's right.

And that will be upsetting. Welcome to San Francisco when everyone's healthy. That's literally what happens. If Laporta has a great game, then you worry that maybe that means that J-Mo doesn't. Right. And for my trade, I hope maybe not. All right. We'll take a break. Come back with the Chiefs Falcons. We'll be right back.

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By the way, we get double Monday Night Football this week.

Mike, it's the special double header. Are they starting it? Yeah, that's one hour apart. They're 45 minutes staggered. Yeah, that's so stupid. What? I want to watch it all, man. You're shrugging your shoulders. You like it? I don't know. I got more screens than one. I got a phone. I don't mind being a little bit.

you know, into two games. That's all right. We'll be okay. It's double football time, Mike. All right, the Chiefs, Sunday night football, take on the Falcons. Falcons in prime time again. Chiefs, the DK Sportsbook line, Chiefs minus three, over-unders 46 and a half, and there it is. Oh, yeah. Andy's Almost Upset of the Week.

I'm in on this one. I thought I don't try to force them, so I thought we were out this week. I thought we did not. I was tempted by the Rams. Then I started looking at that matchup and McVay and what he's done against Shanahan. They're getting their butts kicked. The 49ers, they don't need to put their helmets on front ways. They can put them on backwards and win that game. But the Chiefs, Falcons, the Chiefs have looked...

Like last week's performance against Cincinnati showed some of the, I think the cracks in the offense, Pacheco. The truth of the matter is, is we cannot always assume that the Chiefs just magically overcome everything with great efficiency on the offensive side. Losing Pacheco should be,

necessarily be a massive, massive loss to the offensive success of this team. Moving the ball down the field, first downs, sustained drives. Pacheco is such a different player than Samaj P. Ryan and Carson Steele. And he's been the engine for about a year now. Yeah, I mean, you looked back at what, I don't know the exact numbers off the top of my head, but I think Patrick Mahomes was the quarterback

12 over the last 11 weeks, and then so far this year is quarterback 14 over the first two. The way this team functions is running the football. And we haven't seen evidence that Kelsey is going to be heavily involved yet, and we haven't had proven – like Xavier Worthy is doing everything he can do as a two games into his career rookie with Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes, but I don't know that Kansas City – like they normally figure it out, but we haven't seen special Mahomes yet.

Yeah, this will be really, really interesting to see how the Falcons' defense can hold up as well. This is in Atlanta, so the home crowd there. Is that part of your almost upset call? Yeah, and the great finish to last week and the fact that they – like the Falcons were in the game, right? Like the Falcons' defense on the road were in the game against Philadelphia, and that's something through a couple of weeks we've seen. Like that game against Pittsburgh,

They couldn't move the football and offense in the first game that Kirk Cousins was back. He looked better last week. And it's, you know, as weird as it is, seeing Aaron Rodgers play better and play differently in his third week, you know, you saw Kirk Cousins week one not move. Literally not move. I don't think he took like a snap where he, you know, moved a step. Then last week he was taking a couple play actions. He was

He was moving. It looked like he was using his legs a little bit more. So now going into week three, I think that's great. Cousins is a couple months off compared to Rodgers. So always keep that in mind. And a more difficult leg. Yeah, his plant leg. Yes, I mean that was right, but it just sounded funny. I agree that this should be an almost upset. It's hard, though, for fantasy. Bijan's in every single week.

Drake London got the, it's not garbage time production, but the catch up, the desperation catching up at the end. You remember earlier, Mike, when you were saying how the Kansas City Chiefs totally took out Jamar Chase? Yeah. Do they choose? Of course they do. Is Drake London that guy for the team? Well, does that make Darnell Mooney a spot start this week? Because he was 3 for 88. He seems to be on the same page with Kirk Cousins.

who has looked to him down the field. And in a game where they are projected as underdogs, they should have to throw the ball a little bit. The hard part is it should be Kyle Pitts. His line's at 38 and a half yards. But it was not Kyle Pitts. It should be Kyle Pitts. You see his receiving yards line? Yeah, yeah, 38 and a half. It should be him, but if it's not Kyle Pitts, it might just be Ray Ray.

Raymond McLeod looked good. We'll see if that's enough. I think I'm fine taking a flex option approach with Darnell Mooney. Drake London is someone that I feel like because of where you drafted him,

Because of, you know, the capital spent and everything. You pretty much have to start him. No. And I don't want to. No, you don't have to. But let me clarify that statement then. Because if you're like, well, Mooney is okay as a flex, but I'm benching Drake London. That feels weird and wrong. That does not compute. London played well last week to finish the game. He had a good line.

I just want to highlight this because we have a consistency snapshot tool on the website and consistency scores for players where we mark what percentage of the time they finish over a usable benchmark. I just want to bring this up because in the last 17 games played for Kyle Pitts, 29% of the time he's over eight points. That's not good. What grade is that? That is a D.

D and consistency, Drake London. But obviously, most of these games are Arthur Smith when we're looking at their last rolling 17. I mean, Kyle Pitts would kill for Arthur Smith's level of first read targets. Okay, so let's go. Because he's being targeted 6% of the time on first read. These mid guys, like JSN with the breakout last week or Drake London. Probably JSN. Amari Cooper. Amari Cooper. Gets the Giants. There, I think I would go London. Oh.

Tank Dell. Come on. Tank. Okay. I'd go Tank over Drake London. Yeah. But Kyle Pitts is borderline benchable.

Yeah. I mean, you can't bench him, though. I mean, I'm just saying with the landscape of tight ends. This week, looking at, like, I had the Najoku loss, and I'm looking through waiver wires and trying to find a matchup that makes sense, and it's just like, I don't know who is out there on the waivers I would start over Cowboys. The Falcons have the exact same pass run rate as last year, just fine.

throwing it out there. They're just using their better players a little bit more often. But Algier looked good, and Bijan, his line is very high, so Bijan's always in your lineup. On the other side, Rashi Rice is your lock to start. Kelsey right now, I think he's a lock in your lineup, and you want to see it bounce back. But at running back, Carson Steele is an emergency play. You spent the money on him. I think he'll be okay. Gus Edwards or Carson Steele?

I think I'll take the chance on Steele myself. I think I would take it on Steele. I would as well. The Steelers' offense or defense is very, very good against Gus. Patrick Mahomes, what do you do? You just play him. Yeah, I mean, he's probably my quarterback 10 right now. You can't be streaming someone over Mahomes. Not yet. No, no, but I mean, if you happened to draft a Jaden Daniels

golf. I'd play those guys over Mahomes. Oh, man. That's a lot of fantasy courage. To play golf over Mahomes? Yes. I mean, it's not like Mahomes has been very good. I know. I know. Emotionally, that would be very difficult. Yeah. Mahomes has not scored 15 fantasy points so far on the season.

We have a note here that Mahomes has scored more than 17 points once since Halloween last year. That is insane. I mean, the picture is that it's not Carson Steele and it's not Samaj P. Ryan. It's Patrick Mahomes. To who? Rasheed Rice. You get Gadgety with Xavier Worthy. And hopefully Kelsey is the main beneficiary here of the Pacheco injury.

Two Monday night games, Jacksonville 0-2, taking on the 2-0 Buffalo Bills who have looked pretty good. And the DraftKings Sportsbook line, Buffalo minus 5, the over-under is 45.5. Jacksonville has looked pretty bad. If there was a button I could push for almost double the line of the week, this would be it. I don't think Jacksonville has the makeup or players to go into Buffalo and do Jack squat. Okay. I do think they've got a –

pretty talented defense this will be a lot of uh Josh Allen on Josh Allen attempt um they've got a good pass rush but offensively I'm so impressed by the Bills defense the Bills have lost so many assets on defense both through free agency and injury and McDermott is just he

He's a very, very good. He's McDoing it. He's nice. I mean, he's obviously a defensive coach, but I'm just thoroughly impressed based on personnel versus results. Hey, guys. Hey, guys. I got a fun one for you. Who's completing a higher percentage of their passes? Anthony Richardson or Trevor Lawrence? Andy. You wouldn't be asking that question.

If the answer was Trevor Lawrence. I am. But. Oh, you caught him. It's pretty low, though. It's 51. Yeah. I mean, 51. I mean, Richardson's at 49. And we're, I mean, we are rightly like being critical of Anthony Richardson's quarterback play. And we have not said great things about Trevor Lawrence this year, but holy crap.

I mean, he has made terrible decisions. They super miss Calvin Ridley. They super miss him. Gabe Davis and Brian Thomas, like Brian Thomas isn't there yet. He's a super talented athlete, but he cannot take over the game yet for you, at least that we haven't seen. So it's depressing. By the way, a little update for you.

No sign of Mixon and Pierce at practice. Okay. So it looks like a Cam Akers week might be on the horizon. Right. Travis Etienne, so far Buffalo, they've been funneling it to the run. That would be your player. Yep. But I don't think I'm touching another player. And emergency might be Brenton Strange because, yes, that's a player. That's a player's name. Yeah.

He plays tight end, and Evan Ingram's not going to play. And last week he had six targets. So if you get desperate, like if I'm going Colby Parkinson or Britton Strange, I'm probably chasing Britton Strange. Yes. If you're down that deep and low, then yes, Britton Strange. Deep and low. You're talking about pivots from there. That's where I would just keep with Kyle Pitts. I'm not going to go to Britton Strange there. And Brian Thomas, he has been outstanding.

Outstanding. That dude is awesome. He's going to be a great football player. This is not a good week for him. Both last year and this year, the Bills were top six against wide receivers and fantasy points given up. The Bills are at home. So I'm looking elsewhere. Only eight targets on the year.

for Brian Thomas, total. So that's a challenge. You've got to catch that lightning in a bottle. On the other side, what are you doing at wide receiver for Buffalo? Is it Khalil Shakir as a flex? Yeah, it's Shakir and logout.

I don't think so personally based on the absurd, absurd rate Jacksonville's playing man defense. Shakir is more of their zone beater. I'm not playing him, but I'm just calling my shot that I think Keon Coleman is probably the best play this week. More receptions than last week? Yes, I will declare it. Okay. For Dalton Kincaid,

Is this a kind of a red alert week for you? You'd like to see some progress here. Last week was disrupted by an injury mid-game. They got him involved early, and then it was a blowout. Like, they didn't need to throw the football because James Cook went insane. To me, I would love to see it, but I... I believe his...

A dot. Kyle, I don't know if you have it in front of you. I think it's negative. His first two passes of the game were behind the line of scrimmage, but that was encouraging to me. It said, hey, we didn't use him much week one. Week two, he is our focus to get him started, to start the game.

that's when he got injured and left. And when he came back, it was a blowout. So what Andy's saying I think is right. I'm not too panicked on Kincaid yet. I'm saying that this week, let's say we have Kincaid goes out there and it's another four for 30. Yeah, his line is 37 and a half. So it would be four for 37. Disgusting. So if we are under that, where are we? It's the touchdown I'm looking for this week. All right. Let's get in the end zone. If we're five for 42 and a touchdown, I'm happy. All right.

And obviously you start Josh Allen, you start James Cook. Oh, and James Cook as well. Yeah, he's been awesome. He's great. He's been so good. They're doing what they want to do on offense, and they're 2-0. Yeah, Kincaid's average depth of target on the year is negative .6. I think they're still figuring out the passing game. Sure. I mean, it's all brand new. Washington's 1-1. They take on the Bengals, who are 0-2. The DK Sportsbook line, Cincinnati minus 7.5. The over-under is 47-7.

And so a couple LSU Heisman Trophy winners taking one another on in prime time. That should be fun, at least for one of them. And I think that player is Joe Burrow, my start of the week, with a passing yards line of 264. Delightful. That's healthy. Jason has Zach Moss as the start of the week. You know, somebody wrote in and said we really messed up because we didn't tell him to start Moss over Ramondre. Yeah.

That was my start of the week. And I said, hindsight is not currently programmed into the start-sit tool. Ramondre was leading the NFL in touches, but now you wish you had the chance to start Zach Moss instead of him. Through two weeks, he went from 65% to 80% of the snaps.

75% of the running back attempts. Pretty confident. Five carries inside the 20. They went out and they gave him money, and he is the starting running back here. Chase Brown is the backup. That's clear through two weeks.

A little bit like Pollard and Spears has worked out. Exactly like that. And if you look at last year, the Washington Commanders defense was historically bad at fantasy points, giving up to both quarterback and running back. So I agree with both of our starts of the week here. You just target the Commanders. If you see the Commanders

You hope that your team is facing them and not your opponent's team. The way I am handling Tee Higgins, by the way, he was limited on Thursday. Hopefully, we see a full practice between now and Monday, but we don't have that information yet. Currently, because the matchup is so juicy, I'm stashing Yoshi on the bench.

and seeing how things are going to play out for Tee Higgins. I'm trying my best to hold out for Tee on Monday. Would you be willing to stash Mike Gesicki? Like put him in the flex. If Yoshivas is not. Yeah, if Yoshivas is rostered, would you be willing to give yourself the time for Tee Higgins, putting him in your flex, grabbing Mike Gesicki, who, you know, last week. Yeah, he was. I mean, he leads the team in targets right now. He was. He was.

The production was amazing for him, and yet he was on the field for 47% of snaps. His targets per route run was ludicrous, and it's hard to know. That feels more like fool's gold to me. That was a product of they couldn't get anything going to Jamar Chase, and Gesicki was the one who

That was left open. Yeah, no, that's fair because they will be able to get it to Jamar Chase this week. Also, Gasicki was limited in Thursday's practice with a calf. After Jamar Chase's down week from a defense that could take him out, now he has an 81.5-yard receiving line at DK. So, yeah, Chase is going to be fun. If you have any inkling that you can go get Jamar Chase, you can tear him away from the team that drafted him.

You've got to do it right now. Any other players that you want to talk about in this game that you think are more interesting as flex options or starts? Brian Robinson and Austin Eckler look really good as players. On a per-touch basis, I'm impressed so far

Both weeks with both players. I would start Brian Robinson. He's been getting the volume and the touchdowns. Austin Eckler, maybe even a flex-worthy player. I got a nasty question for you. Should he play, of course... You got to hit the button. Oh, okay. Terry McLaurin or Michael Pittman Jr.?

I mean, right now with the news on Pittman, I can't look at that. I was saying, should he – Yeah. Should that come out? It's like that was nothing. It's McLaurin. It's McLaurin. Like McLaurin is two for 17, week one, six for 22. Yeah, this offense is not – Both of these guys are borderline unplayable. Yeah, I agree with that. Yeah, I would play a lot of other players over those two. So Mike Gasicki, did you guys mention he's limited? Yeah. All right. It is time –

To wrap it up. Nope, that's not it. Goodbye, Foot Clan. Good luck. Fantasy Face-Off, presented by DraftKings. All right, week one in the books. Week two. Week two in the book. It was our week one because we brought the face-off back. We got to catch up.

Mike, comfortably in second place. Living the dream. I ended up in first place. And Jason, you're going to debut the Wheel of Shame. Wheel of Shame. All righty. Let's see how it goes. Spin that wheel.

I'm very excited for this. What do we got? Smurfs up. Viking. Starman. Nose hose? Nose hose? What the heck is a nose hose? Oh, this does not seem... Okay. The nose hose is an elephant.

All right. Well, beautiful. It's not even a mask. It's just very tight. Yeah, it looks pretty tight. Oh, man, Mike, you are so happy that you did not get this. This could not fit on your dome. It would not have worked. That would have split it open. Your eyes are wide open. You're very confident. Get it.

If you've ever thought about a facelift, Jay, that's what it would do for you. Yeah, just put the nose hose on. You look good. You look good. Nice, shameful week one outfit for you. Why don't you give us your quarterback first? Sure. Why not? What could go wrong here? My quarterback this week is Derek Carr.

I'm sitting in the car. So start of the week, stream of the week, and DraftKings quarterback. Yeah. He is 5,800, and I know that because he is also my quarterback. He is my quarterback here, my quarterback league of record. What could go wrong emotionally? Oh, you both win Derek Carr. Emotionally tying yourself to Derek Carr for the weekend. I love, because you guys had the same quarterback last week. Yeah. But I do not. You've got Kyler. I got Kyler Murray. 6,900 at home, Arizona. High over under, and he got me a win last week. I will say this.

I do not like my lineup this week. Okay. Usually you've got like a couple hard-hitting stars that can score a lot. My whole roster is like mid, and they're all guys I like. Oh, that's a good strategy. Who do you got at running back? All right, running back, the only one player that I think could go off-off is Jameer Gibbs at 6,800 against the Arizona Cardinals, and I've got Jordan Mason with his incredible

incredible rushing line at 6,200. I got Jordan Mason as well, and my other running back is Tony Pollard, 6,000 at home. That's funny because I have Mason and Pollard. Those are my two running backs. I made some last-second pivots this morning. That's always a good thing.

which, yeah, I had Gibbs. I do not have Gibbs anymore. All right. So Mason and Pollard are the running backs. Who are your three wideouts, Jason? My three wideouts, well, I'm stacking with Olave, of course, with the Derek Carr. I've got Devontae Smith in that same game on the other side of the field. He is 6,900. Very nice. And I'm putting my money where my hope is. Where your nose hose is? Where my nose hose is.

And I'm putting Tank Dell in there. He's only $5,200. Too talented of a player to be $5,200. If he doesn't drop it. I went the other side with the stack attack. I'm going Rashid Shahid at $5,300.

I got my start of the week, Brandon Ayuk at 6,200. And then Jackson Smith and Jigba is 5,400 at home versus Miami. I like that. I went with Harrison, Marvin Harrison Jr. with Kyler Murray. He was expensive, 7,400 this week. I also have Olave. I think this is the breakout game, 6,300. And then I went

bargain shopping. I went Juwan Jennings, 4,100 with the opportunity in San Francisco, heavy favorites against the Rams. Nice. At tight end, I really, really, really wanted George Kittle. Unfortunately, with the hamstring injury, I had to pivot. So I went to Mark Andrews at 4,800 for a hopeful breakout game against Dallas. I got Brock Bowers. I got the Rook in there at 5,400.

Which is great. This is the last time you'll get him cheap. I actually pivoted from Brock Bowers this morning. Who is my start of the week? So he's going to be great. But I'm taking a shot this week because I figured Bowers is going to be in your lineup. And I think this will be it for Sam Laporta. So I'm taking Sam Laporta. He's a little more expensive. He's $6,000. But I think in Arizona this week, and I wanted to have a player that I didn't expect in your lineups. So I went Sam Laporta. You got it.

Flex and defense, Jason? I've got JSN as well in my flex. He's a good value at 5,400. And I spent a little bit more. I'm going with the Bears defense against Anthony Richardson. Good defense. Turnover machine. I've got Devon Aitian. That hurts. That feels bad. I had him originally instead of games. 7K. And then my defense, the Minnesota Vikings. Yeah.

I had to save some money. Marvin Harrison's expensive. I went Deontay Foreman at 4,400 in the flex against New York. Jason mentioned he thinks one of those guys is going to have a big game. Hope it's Foreman for my lineup. And then I also have the Bears. I have the Bears at 2,600. They're going to cause some real problems for Anthony Richardson and the decision-making processes there in New York.

Indy. And then the only quick update I know of is Jordan Love is practicing again. Okay. So there's a chance. That was Fantasy Forecast presented by DraftKings Sportsbook. New DraftKings customers bet $5 to get 200 in bonus bets instantly. Download the Sportsbook app and use the code BALLERS only at DraftKings Sportsbook. The crown is yours. That'll do it for today. That'll do it for Friday's show. That means we've got football on the horizon.

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