Week 2 Love/Hate: Chase Brown, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Tyler Warren, Justin Herbert

Summary

Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry

Episode: Week 2 Love/Hate – Chase Brown, Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Tyler Warren, Justin Herbert
Date: September 11, 2025
Host(s): Matthew Berry (NBC Sports), Jay Croucher, Lawrence Jackson

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Episode Overview

This Week 2 edition of "Love/Hate" continues Matthew Berry’s cornerstone segment, featuring his must-start and must-sit players across running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, and quarterbacks. The conversation weaves in audience lineup and trade questions, deep dives into player workloads and matchups, and the trio’s signature lighthearted banter. This episode zeroes in on Chase Brown’s emerging role, JSN’s target bonanza, Tyler Warren’s tight end ascension, and why Justin Herbert is firmly a QB1. Jay and Lawrence provide supporting stats and context, delivering a thorough fantasy landscape heading into Week 2.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Running Back Love List

• Chase Brown (“Brown Gobbler”)
  [04:36 - 05:54]

  • Berry touts Chase Brown as his RB8, citing elite volume: “Here is the entire list of Cincinnati running backs that recorded at least one carry… Chase Brown. That’s the list.” (Matthew Berry, 04:44)
  • Bengals’ offense leans exclusively on Brown; Jaguars ranked 27th in success rate vs. RBs in Week 1.

• Kyron Williams
  [11:21 - 12:17]

  • 90% of Rams’ RB touches in Week 1, played 91% of snaps.
  • “They are true RB ones, they’re in my top 10. It's worth noting that the Rams are the third biggest favorites in week two.” (Matthew Berry, 11:51)

• Jordan Mason
  [08:26 - 09:59]

  • In a timeshare but looks more explosive than Aaron Jones for Minnesota.
  • “When they got in close, they gave it to Mason. Mason got the only, you know, goal to go rush attempt for the Vikings.” (Matthew Berry, 09:41)
  • Favorable matchup vs. Atlanta.

• James Conner [12:38 - 13:35]

  • Cardinals’ unquestioned lead back, faces a porous Panthers run defense.
  • Noted by Lawrence: “You get James Conner in this situation where he scored the touchdown last week on the reception. Speaking of receptions, he had four… he still had the 16 touches.” (Lawrence Jackson, 13:29)

Notable Quote

“The volume is massive for the Brown Gobbler, and we’re not concerned about this Jacksonville run defense.” — Matthew Berry (05:00)

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2. Running Back Hate List

• Kenneth Walker III (KW3)
  [18:08 - 18:55]

  • Time-share concerns as he’s losing red zone work to Zach Charbonnet.
  • “He played 40% of the snaps. That’s not good...I have Zach Charbonnet ranked ahead of him.” (Matthew Berry, 18:20)
  • Tough matchup @ Pittsburgh in a low total game.

• Isaiah Pacheco
  [22:24 - 23:19]

  • Committee workload, faces a tough Eagles front.
  • “50% of the running back touches. For your top running back in fantasy, you like that number to be around at least 65, 70% ... It's not gonna be through volume, it's not gonna be through efficient running. That's the only way Isaiah Pacheco is gonna be able to get it in this committee.” (Lawrence Jackson, 22:24)

• DeAndre Swift
  [23:19 - 24:24]

  • Faces Detroit; projected trailing script, potential for low volume.

Notable Quote

“This is a real danger zone if you drafted Kenneth Walker to be your running back two.” — Lawrence Jackson (18:55)

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3. Wide Receiver & Tight End Love List

• Jaxon Smith-Njigba (JSN)
  [24:24 - 28:24]

  • League-leading 59% target share in Week 1.
  • Berry: “They don’t have a lot going for their passing offense in Seattle these days, but JSN is certainly a bright spot. I have him as a top 10 wide receiver this week.” (Matthew Berry, 27:48)

• Stefon Diggs (“The Diggler”)
  [28:24 - 29:28]

  • Faces a depleted Dolphins secondary.
  • Jay on Miami: “Let me tell you...when you are a team that is asking yourself, what are we going to do without Storm Duck in the secondary? You are in big trouble, my friends.” (Jay Croucher, 28:45)

• Jacoby Myers [29:28 - 31:11]

  • Top 15 WR since Week 3 last year, elite 30% target share.

• Tyler Warren (TE, Colts) [33:50 - 35:01]

  • “No tight end had a higher yards per route run in week one, except Brock Bowers. That’s the kind of company we’re talking about.” (Matthew Berry, 34:25)
  • Used in creative goal-line situations.

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4. Wide Receiver/Tight End Hate List

• Michael Pittman
  • Shuts down by Patrick Surtain Jr. this week: “I like Tyler Warren in this game. You’re obviously starting Jonathan Taylor, but I’m not doing much else on the Colts side of the ball.” (Matthew Berry, 39:16)
• Calvin Ridley
  • Faces tough Rams secondary; buy-low candidate long-term.
• Kyle Pitts
  • Improved pass-catcher group in Atlanta; Vikings neutralized TEs in week 1.

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5. Quarterback Love List

• Justin Fields (Jets) [44:04 - 44:54]
  • QB6 this week; elite designed run rate.
  • “No quarterback had more designed runs last week than Justin Fields...This is a quarterback and a running back all in one person.” (Matthew Berry, 44:04)
• Joe Burrow
  • Bounce-back vs. Jacksonville after tough Cleveland matchup.
• Justin Herbert
  • “I think if you lose this week, it won't be because of Justin Herbert on your team... No team had a higher pass rate over expected in week one than the Chargers.” (Matthew Berry, 45:48)
• Patrick Mahomes
  • Faces a vulnerable Eagles secondary, trending upward.

Notable Quote

“He can do it all. Justin Fields. 100%.” — Jay Croucher (44:52)

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6. Quarterback Hate List

• Bo Nix
  • Slow starter; faces a Colts defense hot off shutting down Tua and the Miami offense.
• Daniel Jones
  • “Quarterback 3 in week one. All I’m saying is I don’t think he’s going to get that again (vs. Denver).” (Lawrence Jackson, 50:56)
• Aaron Rodgers
  • Tough matchup @ Seattle; age, O-line, and pass rush combine for concern.

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7. Trade and Lineup Q&A Highlights

• Chase Brown vs. Puka Nacua Trade Debate
  [06:26 - 07:57]

  • Berry: "I would not make this trade...I don't think your needs at wide receiver are nearly as great as your, as your running back needs." (Matthew Berry, 06:39)

• Kyron Williams/Hollywood Brown or Conner/Pearsall for Gibbs?
  [14:13 - 16:44]

  • Mixed feelings; overall, keep Williams if possible but Conner/Pearsall is the preferred trade away.

• Flex and Start/Sit Debates

  • Jordan Mason vs. Keon Coleman: Prefer Mason (Jay Croucher, 09:59)
  • Jacoby Myers vs. Travis Etienne: Slight edge to Etienne in half-PPR, Myers in full (Matthew Berry, 31:17)
  • Tyler Warren/Jacoby Myers/Deebo Samuel: Warren & Myers (Matthew Berry, 35:47)

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8. Signature Banter & Nicknames

• Playful nicknames abound (Brown Gobbler, The Diggler, Traveler for Trevor Lawrence, Jaebler for Jay Croucher).
• Running jokes about Berry’s championship fantasy teams and in-show commercial shoots.
• “America loves the Traveler. But what I’m going to tell you, Jay Croucher, is that I’m thinking about our big time commercial that you and I are filming after the show, and I feel bad… Lawrence Jackson is available to promote your service, product, website, what have you…” (Matthew Berry, 19:33)

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• “If it’s in front of him, he gobbles it up. He gobbles it up.”
  — Matthew Berry, on Chase Brown, [06:23]

• “The difference between Jameer Gibbs and Kyron Williams isn’t Hollywood Brown. I don’t think so.”
  — Matthew Berry, trade Q&A, [14:45]

• “He did do that… Fantasy Football Happy Hour, 347 yards, right there with [the Rose Bowl].”
  — Lawrence Jackson, on JSN’s best accomplishment, [26:07]

• “If you lose this week, it won’t be because of Justin Herbert on your team.”
  — Matthew Berry, [45:48]

• “This is a real danger zone if you drafted Kenneth Walker to be your running back two.”
  — Lawrence Jackson, [18:55]

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Key Timestamps

• Chase Brown Deep Dive (Love List): [04:36 - 06:23]
• Kyron Williams & James Conner Analysis: [11:21 - 13:35]
• Running Back Hate (KW3, Pacheco, Swift): [18:08 - 24:24]
• Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Wide Receiver Rankings: [24:24 - 28:24]
• Stefon Diggs + Jacoby Myers: [28:24 - 31:11]
• Tyler Warren as Top 3 TE: [33:50 - 35:37]
• QB Love List: Fields, Burrow, Herbert, Mahomes: [44:04 - 47:50]
• QB Hate List: Bo Nix, Daniel Jones, Rodgers: [50:09 - 51:14]
• Rapid-Fire Start/Sit, Flex, and Trade Q&A: [06:26 - 07:57]; [14:13 - 16:44]; [29:46 - 31:34]; [35:35 - 36:38]

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Conclusion

This “Love/Hate” edition delivered all the practical fantasy advice viewers expect, backed by up-to-date stats, clear start/sit calls, and a steady stream of in-jokes and community engagement. Every player discussed was weighed against matchup nuances, opportunity trends, and roster construction realities—a must-listen for anyone seeking an edge in Week 2.

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Transcript

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[Lawrence Jackson]

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[Matthew Berry]

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[Jay Croucher]

Welcome to the Fantasy Football Happy Hour. I'm Jay Croucher. Mets keep losing. Connor Rogers. Not here. Lawrence Jackson. Here. Matthew Berry. Here. Any incidents on the way in?

[Matthew Berry]

Did you go, no, no, no, sorry, Just tweeting out our link. That's what it looks like when I tweet. A lot of people think, oh, Matthew, you must have a social media manager. No, you're looking. Am I social media manager? Am I lucky to have a Lawrence Jackson, somebody like that the way Rotoworld does to run boots on the ground?

[Lawrence Jackson]

Which social media.

[Matthew Berry]

I know, exactly. It's just me. It's just me running all my social media channels. I have way too many.

[Jay Croucher]

Jay Croucher. Okay, question immediately from Jonathan. Today's three way parlay bell. Barry shows the angles. Minus 475. Jackson makes a plus money bet. Minus 150. Evil J fights a kid for a ball. Minus. Technically it's plus 100, but we'll pay the minus 100 there. No, that's good. I love it.

[Matthew Berry]

What a hell.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Those are some damn good lines right there.

[Matthew Berry]

That's pretty good. It's pretty good.

[Jay Croucher]

It's love hate day, I think.

[Matthew Berry]

I think the -100 is more about the fact that you are evil. And so they know that like if Jay has an opportunity to make a kid cry, he will take. Doesn't always need to involve a foul ball. It can be anything. It can be taking candy can pushing them out of the way. It can ruin a movie for them.

[Jay Croucher]

My recently turned five year old daughter Rem, she asked me if she could have the foul ball. And I told her, remy, if you want the foul ball, you can get on the train to the Bronx and you catch one yourself.

[Matthew Berry]

That's exactly right.

[Jay Croucher]

I'll give it to her.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, exactly. How else is Remy gonna learn?

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah, exactly 100%. No one gives it to you. You gotta take it. We're gonna get to love, hate and all the silliness that accompanies. But first, on a more serious note, today, first responders drink free.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Yes, sir.

[Matthew Berry]

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[Jay Croucher]

Absolutely. Okay, let's get into love hate running backs. And we start off with silver. Not, not clear if this is going to stick. But we start off with the Brown Gobbler. Chase Brown talking about the Bengals offense bouncing.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Are we sticking with that?

[Matthew Berry]

I think so.

[Jay Croucher]

Let's hear from Brown Gobbler.

[Matthew Berry]

Yes.

[Chase Brown (Player Soundbite)]

We're going to learn from the film and we're going to be like, yeah.

[Jay Croucher]

Like we, we could have, we could.

[Chase Brown (Player Soundbite)]

Have been better on those third down conversions. You know, I could have pressed my track more. I could have caught that ball in third down.

[Matthew Berry]

You know, I mean, just little, little.

[Chase Brown (Player Soundbite)]

Things like that that are huge when it comes down to the next play call and the flow of this offense. So we'll be better next week and yeah, that's kind of what I'm focused on right now. It's just I just want to get back at practice and you Know, be.

[Matthew Berry]

Better it feel to get the first touchdown.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Good.

[Matthew Berry]

To get the first touchdown of the.

[Chase Brown (Player Soundbite)]

Yeah. First touchdown, always, you know.

[Matthew Berry]

Now.

[Chase Brown (Player Soundbite)]

Now let's get more.

[Matthew Berry]

There you have it, the Brown Gobbler. Chase Brown speaking to reporters in front of his locker, looking fresh, looking relaxed. He's my number eight running back this week, as you see there on your screen. And he makes the love list because you sit there and go, like, wow, Brown Gobbler look, you know, fresh and healthy and relaxed. And yet the reason I bring that up is because here, Lawrence and Jay, right here is the entire list of Cincinnati running backs that recorded at least one carry, just one carry against the Brown. Here's the entire list. Chase Brown. That's the list. Literally, no one else touched the ball in a rushing attempt. Joe Burrow had two. He's not a running back, of course. In fact, in seven of the last eight games dating back to last year, at least 20 touches. The volume is massive for the Brown Gobbler, and we're not concerned about this. Jacksonville run defense. Lawrence Jackson, the Jaguars, 27th in success rate against running backs in week number one. The Chubbler had his way with the Jaguars. There's a lot of Gobbler. There's a lot of lures. We have a lot of lures going on here. And so last week it was the Chubbler. This week it's the Brown Gobbler. Either way, start your running backs. Against the Jaguars, I have Chase Brown as a top eight play, and he makes the love list.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Yeah. Like you said, I think the most important part of that was that there's no other running backs coming in for him. If at anything, it's to spell him. But we talked about this all off season and it's showing itself now. They just got a better matchup this week, so we like it a lot.

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah. For anyone who missed last week, the reason why he's known as the Brown Gobbler. One, his name is Chase Brown. And then two, he gobbles up, snaps, carries, everything.

[Matthew Berry]

He doesn't yards, any yards, fantasy touchdowns, you name it. If it's in front of him.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes, exactly.

[Matthew Berry]

If it's in front of him, he gobbles it up. He gobbles it up.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay, Michael McIntosh, question from YouTube. Should I trade Chase Brown for Puka Nakua? My other receivers are Mike Evans, Scary Terry Devonta Smith and Keon Coleman. And my other running backs are Bucky Irving and R.J. harvey.

[Matthew Berry]

Matthew, I would not make this trade. I would not make this trade. You would stick with this thing. Stick with Chase Brown, right? Yeah. You and I are on the same page, Lawrence. Exactly. I just think candidly, I would not want RJ Harvey at this stage to be my number two running back. I could see a scenario where in the future you feel good about that. But just his usage was concerning against Denver. I thought the whole Broncos offense looked bad last week. And as great as Pukinuku is, this is a fair trade. This is why context is so important. Chase Brown for Puka Nakua is a fair trade. It's an RB1 for a wide receiver one just on its surface it's a fair trade. But given your roster construction. Mike Evans, Terry McLaurin, Devontae Smith, Keon Coleman, like that's a nice wide receiver crew. I don't think you, I don't think your needs at wide receiver are nearly as great as your, as your running back needs. Because if you, you know, I mean like if you have puka, you have to think, you always have to think about what your roster looks like afterwards. So if you have puka, that means like Devontae Smith or Terry McLaurin are probably not starting for you. Or even maybe Keon Coleman, who are a massive target share in week one. Like one of those guys, they're all viable starters in a 12 team league, which is what I assume you're in, whereas I'm not convinced RJ Harvey is. But if you do this deal, you've got a good wide receiver on your bench and you're having to start RJ Harvey, which at this point I don't know that you want to do. If you could roll out Chase Brown.

[Lawrence Jackson]

And having them two is great. You got two top 10 fantasy running backs who could get you 70 catches in a full season in that receiver room, like you said, is, well, good enough if you have those two running backs and Bucky Irvin change.

[Matthew Berry]

McLaurin. I understand the concern. Just because McLaurin and Devonte Smith had, we, you know, had quiet week ones, they are too good. I promise you. Days better days are ahead for both those guys. Including tonight. Terry McLaurin against the Packers.

[Jay Croucher]

Indeed. Okay, my selection for the running back love list is Jordan Mason who gets the Falcons this week. The Vikings are three and a half point favorites and I just think that Jordan Mason. Firstly, the Vikings moved, right.

[Matthew Berry]

It opened at four and a half, so it's starting to move, which I.

[Jay Croucher]

Think it's kind of funny because it opened, it was four and a half was the look ahead. Vikings favored, Vikings win, Falcons lose. Line moves towards the Falcons anyway because the market didn't love what it saw out of JP McCarthy overall, even though the second half was promising. I love though what I saw out of Jordan Mason and look like the offense really just got on the rails until he got in there. He looked like the more explosive running back compared to Aaron Jones. Aaron Jones is going to give you more in the passing game overall, but I think this is a favorable matchup. I know the Falcons defensive line was fine against Tampa, but I don't trust this run defense going forward that much. I think that Mason should have a good game.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Yeah, and I think it's more to your point where Jordan Mason just sort of gave him that pop in the running game we saw with Aaron Jones. Aaron Jones still got it. You saw him catch the touchdown pass, so he's definitely going to be good in that sense. But they brought in Jordan Mason for a reason and you can't forget about the first half he had of last season replacing cmc. That's what they brought him in for. And I think they was like, oh, you know, he, he's doing okay. Let's see what he does against the.

[Matthew Berry]

Falcons this week to the eye test. He looked like the better running back and I think the way they used him is how they should use him and how they will use him. To your point, Jones was good in the passing game, but when they got in close, they gave it to Mason. Mason got the only, you know, goal to go rush attempt for the Vikings and that's what I think they're going to want to do going forward.

[Jay Croucher]

Yep. Okay. Regular Rudy as opposed to irregular Rudy. Hey Jay. Jordan Mason or Keon Coleman at Flex? Hey, regular Rudy, this is a good question, but I think I would go Jordan Mason so I feel more confident in the workload. Keon Coleman, who I know had a great game, I just think that was such a weird game, Matthew, and it was such an outlier and so much came out of structure that I just trust more in Jordan Mason's consistency.

[Matthew Berry]

And in the fourth quarter, by the way, I mean, when they were making this crazy comeback, a lot of Cain Coleman's production and specifically his target share came in the fourth quarter. We like Keon Coleman here, but I agree with you. The guaranteed workload of Jordan Mason. You didn't ask my opinion, but I agree with J Gun. Yes, the. The chat has been asking for us to bring back J gun. Yeah, 100%. Oh, this is a good question from John Gangerly. When Jay is the moderator, does he not wear a hoodie.

[Jay Croucher]

I believe it's technically host.

[Lawrence Jackson]

It's not like you keeping us from.

[Matthew Berry]

Like debating Yo, Matthew.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Guys, this is J. Guys, guys.

[Matthew Berry]

Bring it back once you're out of order.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Right? It's my turn.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes. No, I like to change it up from time to time. Matthew and I are filming something afterwards.

[Matthew Berry]

And believe it or not, someone has asked Jay and I to endorse their product. Silly, silly company. So we're Believe it or not, we're actually filming a commercial after this. That's why we are dressed nicely. No one has asked Lawrence to endorse.

[Jay Croucher]

Anything, so he's I'm going to try borrow the Atlanta Braves hat for the commercial that goes Matthew Kyron Williams next up, who had a brutal matchup against the Texans, who might have the best defensive football in Week one. Now he gets a Tennessee matchup that is a bit more favorable and they got gashed on the ground by Denver.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, they gave up 133 rushing yards to running backs in week number one. That was tied for the fourth most. So Kyron Williams comes in at number nine. I'm in an RB one this week. He makes the love list. We talk about volume, right? So Chase Brown saw every snap. I mean, sorry, every running back carry for the Cincinnati Bengals. Karen Williams saw 90% of the Rams running back touches in week one. He played 91% of the snap. So again, just running backs with massive workloads. They are true RB ones. They're in my top 10. It's worth noting that the Rams are the third biggest favorites in week two. They're favored by five and a half points. So we expect them to be up against Tennessee running instilling their will against the Titans. Tightened down.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes, tightened down. Lawrence I thought Matthew Stafford looked phenomenal against the Titans just in terms of how spry that he was. And that bodes well for Kyron Williams.

[Lawrence Jackson]

That offense, especially when when all the off season stuff was going on with his back stuff. It's nice to see that it didn't take him long to like get going, especially coming off a year last year where it wasn't his best.

[Jay Croucher]

Yep. Okay. Your guy on the love list, Lawrence, is James Connor. Perennially underrated, looked explosive and fine against the Saints even though Trey Benson cut into his workload a bit. Now he gets a super favorable matchup.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Yeah, like him too, by the way, because the Carolina Panthers run defense just doesn't look like it improved at all. You saw what Travis Etn did to them last week. That was the first time Travis Etn went for over 100 rushing yards since December 31, 2023. So he didn't do it at all last year but all of a sudden he gets against The Panthers boom, 71 yard run and you say oh well Travis ETN had that 71 yard run. Well even without that, yeah. He still averaged 4.8 yards per carry. So you get James Conner in this situation where he scored the touchdown last week on the reception. Speaking of receptions, he had four. It was only for five yards but he still had the 16 touches. He's still the lead back in this Cardinals backfield.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, completely agree that the the James Ler just trying to get out there.

[Jay Croucher]

The worst one was when you tried to call Trevor Lawrence the Trevler which I disagree.

[Matthew Berry]

Screw you guys. I think the Trevor is going to stick. I think the Traveler is going to stick. The James Ler is a little bit of a stretch.

[Jay Croucher]

Who is the fourth string running back on the Jets? The Chase Strevler or whatever. It sounds too much like that.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Oh, he was the old quarterback.

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah, sorry.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Shout out to Chris Strebler now in the CFL doing his thing.

[Matthew Berry]

The Traveler is going to stick. The James Lew. I'm not sure. The Conler.

[Jay Croucher]

No, much, much better than that. Let's go to Ryan Oswald's question.

[Matthew Berry]

But I know, listen, I agree it's worth noting that in week number one the Carolina Panthers. This is just another stat that goes to what Lawrence just did. Panthers give up 6.3 yards per carry. They give 200 rushing yards.

[Jay Croucher]

They were bad last year as well. So I'd make them the favorite to be the worst rushing defense in the NFL. Ryan Oswald's question, should I trade Kyron Williams and Hollywood Brown or Connor and Pearsall for Gibbs half ppr. Okay, so what is the package that you would prefer?

[Matthew Berry]

I would prefer. Boy, that's a good one. I think I would.

[Lawrence Jackson]

To trade away to trade away.

[Matthew Berry]

I'm not sure. I think if I had to pick one of those packages I think I would pick Connor and Pearsall. Yeah, trade away to trade away. I'm not sure I'm doing either those trades. But like Connor, like we have concerns obviously there's always injury concerns with James Conner and there are also concerns with Trey Benson cutting into his workload. Then you think about Ricky Pierce. All great week one. We believe in Ricky Pierce hall but Brock Purdy's already banged up. What happens to his target share when Juwan Jennings and George Kittle are fully healthy? There's just Hollywood Brown, I think, you know, he's got a limited shelf life, you know, because at some point Richie Rice and Xavier Worthy are going to come back. But Kyrie Williams. The difference between Jameer Gibbs and Kyron Williams isn't Hollywood Brown. I don't think so. It's a little confused that I would do that. I don't know. Honestly, I think I might just. I think Kyron Williams and James Conner, Hollywood Brown and Ricky Pearsall are. That's pretty good foursome.

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah.

[Matthew Berry]

I don't know that I'm trading. I mean, I love Gibbs, obviously. Tough week one, but still, whatever.

[Jay Croucher]

Little confused by the syntax of the question and exactly what it's posing as a package. But if it is, in terms of two packages to choose from to trade for Gibbs, I agree. I think you're keeping the Kyron Williams package. But Connor and Pearsall, I think I would do that for Gibbs.

[Lawrence Jackson]

The person who he's trading with is probably saying, hey, either give me Connor and Pearsall or Kyron Williams and Hollywood Brown. So I think that's the deal. If I was going to do it, I would.

[Jay Croucher]

Jones.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Jay Croucher]

I mean, about the Mac Jones who's never played with.

[Matthew Berry]

No, I just. I just think in terms of. I think the key to that, that deal is the running backs. The difference between. The difference between. I think there is a much bigger difference between Kyron Williams and James Conner.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes.

[Matthew Berry]

Than there is Ricky Pierce on Hollywood Brown would be my argument in terms of like, you think about where they went in draft. So the key to that trade. Right. There is running backs. And so you'd rather keep Kyron Williams than James Conner if you're trying to improve your running backs. Right. Which you are. And Jameer Gibbs. So Jameer Gibbs and Kyron Williams, like.

[Lawrence Jackson]

That would be something.

[Matthew Berry]

That'd be something. Then you're like, whatever, I figured out a wide receiver. Exactly right. So in that particular case, you've got Hollywood Brown, but I assume him and Pierce hall aren't your one and twos. So I assume you have a decent wide receiver that's better than either of those guys. So, yeah, that's the deal. That's the deal you make.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay, let's get to others receiving votes headlined by one of the stories of week one, the great rejuvenated Javante Williams.

[Matthew Berry]

Matthew, we Keep talking about volume 17 of the 22 running back touches that the Cowboys had went to Javante Williams. He got 100% of the goal line rushes. Giants, by the way, allowed the fifth most fantasy points to running backs in week number one. How about Dylan Sampson? It's worth noting that the Browns are eleven and a half point dogs in week two. They should have to throw a lot against the Ravens. And Dylan Sampson had a 19% target share. No running back was targeted on more of his routes in week one than Dylan Sampson. I think we're still a couple of weeks away from seeing a significant role for Quinshon Judkins. And finally, you heard Lawrence talk about James Conner also mentioned that he liked Trey Benson. Well, Lawrence, Trey Benson does make the others receiving votes list. He played 34% of the snaps in Week 1. That's higher than all but one game last year. We've already talked about how vulnerable this Panthers rushing defense as we think both guys can eat for the Cardinals.

[Jay Croucher]

All right, let's jump to the hate list headlined by Kenneth Walker III. K9KW3KW not many yards against the San Francisco 49ers and now he gets T.J. watt, Cam Heywood and the Steelers.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah. KW. Three point yards per carry is what we're talking about here. He played 40% of the snaps. That's not good. Played 40% of the snaps in week number one. He saw nine fewer snaps than Zach Charbonnet. Lawrence. Right. In fact, Zach Charbonnet saw twice as many red zone rush attempts as Ken Walker, including they had one goal to go rush attempt and they gave it to Zach Charbonnet, not Ken Walker. You think about the game environment here for Seattle on the road at Pittsburgh. The over under currently 40 and a half. It's the lowest game total of week two. Seahawks actually have the third lowest implied team total. So tough matchup on the road in the wrong side of a timeshare in what we expect to be a low scoring affair. Yeah, Ken Walker is outside my top 30 for the week. He's my running back 34. I have Zach Charbonnet ranked ahead of him. If you do want to start a.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Seahawks run, our biggest worry with the Seattle Seahawks backfield, particularly with Kenneth Walker was well, how close is Zach Charbonnet going to be to, you know that 50. We was thinking 55. 45 split. No. Now we none of us talked about Charbonnet out snapping out touching him with the football. So this is, this is a real danger zone if you drafted Kenneth Walker to be your running back to.

[Jay Croucher]

Yep. Okay, let's jump.

[Matthew Berry]

You think? By the way, I feel bad now. I'm thinking about this all Jim. Just thinking about this for a second.

[Jay Croucher]

The Traveler disaster.

[Matthew Berry]

No, the Traveler.

[Lawrence Jackson]

You can't Name him the Walkler.

[Matthew Berry]

No, I'm not. No, I'm not. He doesn't get a nickname. He's. He's, you know, he's on the wrong side of a committee. Please. He's. When you're on the hate list, you don't get a. You don't get a fun nickname. But what I'm thinking about here, what I'm thinking about here is, I'm thinking about, by the way, Traveler is absolutely going to stick. Regulars will back me up on this. But it's, it's this year's Bird Up. I'm telling you, America loves the Traveler. But what I'm going to tell you, Jay Croucher, is that I'm thinking about, thinking about our big time commercial that you and I are filming after the show. And I feel bad. I just think, I think Lawrence has nothing to listen. So I just, I wanted to turn to the regulars. I just wanted to turn to the regulars and say, Lawrence Jackson, like your logo here. Lawrence Jackson is available to promote your service, product, website, what have you just, just, you know, throw it into the chat if there's something.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Have your people talk to my people.

[Matthew Berry]

I'm just saying it just an effective sports spokesman, like. Yeah, no, he's an effective spokesperson. I'm just saying, like, if you would like your brand.

[Lawrence Jackson]

I ain't gonna lie, Scott. I ain't gonna lie, Scott. You ain't lying, right? I'm worth more than. I mean, I charge more than my. They might work. So.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Jay Croucher]

For those listening, Scott. Kobe. Kobe. Not sure. Lawrence doesn't endorse anything because he charges too much. Smart man. So that's for those listening, for those watching as well. If you do want to win, he doesn't have to wear this kind of golf polo type operation. You can wear whatever you.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Price is my price.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay. Right again. The Ved. Ffh Happy hour regular whose name may or may not be Vet. Would you bench KW3 for Ridley or Hollywood Brown? PSV is my real first name. There. Solved. Yes. The Riddler's question solved. Brown Goblin. Kudos for hosting a great show every day. Always a all caps regular kind of a. I thought it was a smiley face. It's two exclamation marks.

[Matthew Berry]

Thank you.

[Jay Croucher]

Ved. Your first name. The Veddler. The Veddler. Yeah. Yes. Now the. He's immediately climbed to second on the Ved power rankings behind Eddie Vedder.

[Matthew Berry]

Yes, I agree.

[Jay Croucher]

There's still room to go.

[Matthew Berry]

And the answer is yes. Ved. I would, I would bench. I would bench KW3 for Hollywood Brown. Honestly, Y. I mean, I. I mean honestly, like, yeah, but we're not expecting. I think Hollywood Brown once again gets a massive target share in the Chiefs home game against the Philadelphia Eagles. We saw that, you know, Dallas threw at will. I mean, I think that there's questions marks about the Eagles secondary as well. And they'll move. Hollywood Brown is an experienced enough wide receiver that they can move them all over the formation and kind of attack the weak parts of that Eagles secondary. I don't think they'll be able to run against Philly, so they're going to throw and I mean, CD Lamb had a monster game against them and should have had an even bigger one. I mean, you know, so Hollywood Brown is the one that I would pick there.

[Jay Croucher]

Speaking of not being able to run against Philly Lawrence, your man for the hate list is Isaiah Pacheco.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Yeah, again, the snaps. 48% of the snaps on offense. Kareem Hunt at 40. Kareem Hunt actually came up with some key third downs in that. In that game too. 50% of the running back touches. For your top running back in fantasy, you like that number to be around at least 65, 70%. Oh, then there's the fact that the Eagles are tougher against the run than they are against the pass right now. Jalen Carter, who got suspended famously in week one, he's back in week two. And again I think the Chiefs are going to try to exploit this Eagles defense through the air as they're still trying to figure things out in the back end. Isaiah Pacheco could have. If they're in the. If they're by the goal line, he could get in the end zone like that. But it's not going to be through volume. It's not going to be through efficient running. That's the only way Isaiah Pacheco is going to be able to get it in this committee that he's in.

[Jay Croucher]

Yep. Jalen Carter back as well. No suspension for him and he should help fortify the Eagles run defense a bit. I'll throw DeAndre Swift onto the hate list. Didn't look great. I didn't look super explosive. So that I think that offense is going to have some growing pains. Just in general, it'd be nice if Kyler Williams get the ball out a little bit quicker. And now he goes up against a Detroit rushing defense that for all Detroit sins against the packers, the rushing defense is fine. Look, Josh Jacobs is not super efficient on the ground. Solid rush defense last year. They're healthier Aiden Hutchinson back defensive line. I think that that's going to be a tough team to run on all year. And look, Detroit a six point favorite. So you'd expect, expect Chicago to be in a bit of a throw script.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, for sure. Like nothing, nothing. Use. The only thing that would give you confidence after Monday night and DeAndre Swift is volume. And so again, as, as they're, you know, reasonably heavy underdogs in a game where they can't, we don't expect them to run the ball effectively. It would make sense that they're going to just have to bail on their run game that DeAndre Swift is not going to get the volume that he saw in Week one.

[Jay Croucher]

Indeed. Okay, let's jump to the past catches where we heard from JSN on getting a huge target share in week one and looking this week against the Steelers.

[Chase Brown (Player Soundbite)]

I mean, we have threats all around the field. So the more we can use everybody, you know, the tougher we're going to be. And we know that. And we're going to get more opportunities, you know, for those guys to, you know, do their things because we have a lot of weapons and we know that. So, you know, I'm excited for us to get another chance, another game under our belt and really prove that I understand that, you know, I have to do my part, I have to take care of the ball and, you know, put our, you know, put our offense in, you know, a great position to score and win. So, you know, I definitely point the thumb and make sure that I'm taking care of business on my end.

[Matthew Berry]

Jackson, Smith and Jigba, of course, friend of the podcast, Jay and Lawrence, just a question for you guys. As you see the fact that no one had a higher target share in week one than jsn, but with all the, all the accomplishments and accolades that Jackson Smith and Jigba has accomplished in his life, do you think the pinnacle when he lies down in his bed at night and sort of thinks through all the highlights of his career, the moments that have made him the superstar that he is, do you think the one that comes up the most, because I think this is, is when he was on our podcast and I showed him the roster of Live at Noon on the Cocktail, the team that he was on last year that won the championship, that was the back to back champion of the league of Assholes. Lawrence, do you think like just being a part of that championship squad last year is something that JSN continues to hold pride in the way he told.

[Jay Croucher]

Us on that day, you Know what?

[Lawrence Jackson]

No, but maybe a close second to the time he caught 347 receiving yards in the Rose bowl once.

[Matthew Berry]

He did do that close second of that.

[Lawrence Jackson]

So you know, fantasy Football Happy hour. 347 yards right there with.

[Matthew Berry]

See, I think probably when he's in Columbus, when he's visiting friends in Columbus, probably that's number one. But I feel like when he's going about his day to day business, I just sort of feel like being part of my championship team is probably more impressive. But either way, either way, we love JSN here. He's been fitted for his ring.

[Jay Croucher]

Hold on. Two things, Matthew. One, when I say we heard from JSN earlier in the week, that usually means we're going to throw to sound from jsn so he can hold back.

[Matthew Berry]

From speaking next time until the he was ready. He was ready call. You know that I don't pay attention to the pre show call.

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah, okay. Poor Adam Wines. Gonna have to edit that out. Secondly, you know whose team he is on this year? The great jsn. Well, he would be a chubby leather daddy. One of the thinner chubby leather daddies. But he's part of a juggernaut, by.

[Matthew Berry]

The way, after he helped you out of the Tyler Lockett gate of week four last year.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes, exactly. So I love jsn.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Also.

[Jay Croucher]

I was absolutely lambasted in that draft room for taking Justin herbert. It's like QB20. How does that look now?

[Matthew Berry]

It looks really good.

[Jay Croucher]

How does that look now? It looks really good. Pair with Jalen hurts.

[Matthew Berry]

You know what?

[Lawrence Jackson]

Not by me, Jay.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes. Thank you, Lawrence.

[Lawrence Jackson]

By me.

[Matthew Berry]

In a fairness to me. In a fairness to me, I was just lambasting you. Regardless, it wasn't really specific to any one pick. It was Dylan Hurts before.

[Jay Croucher]

Exactly.

[Matthew Berry]

It was just Jalen hurts. No, it's just like, it was just sort of like, oh, have I run out of ignoring your kid joke? Sorry. Let me just pick a player on your team.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, Exactly.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay, so JSN's gonna get peppered with with targets against the Steelers. Jason might compete for highest target share of any player this season.

[Matthew Berry]

He currently leads the league. You saw the graphic. 59%. Think about what Garrett Wilson did to these Steelers in week number one. 22 and a half fantasy points for Garrett Wilson against these same Steelers, he went 7 for 96 and a touchdown. When he may not be the most efficient and certainly they're going to do their best to try to stop him. But what's so brilliant about Jackson Smith And Jigba Lawrence is that he can line up anywhere. They can move him outside, they can move him inside. They will create mismatches for him. They don't have a lot going for their passing offense in Seattle these days, but JSN is certainly a bright spot. I have him. I'm as a top 10 wide receiver this week.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay. My guy on the love list for pass catches is Stefon Diggs, who gets a very favorable matchup.

[Matthew Berry]

Dirk Diggler.

[Jay Croucher]

The Diggler. Yeah. Dirk Diggler.

[Matthew Berry]

That one works.

[Jay Croucher]

Legend.

[Matthew Berry]

The Diggler. Yeah.

[Jay Croucher]

Let's keep on adding it to every single player in the NFL.

[Matthew Berry]

Probably more accurate than a more accurate comparison. He's. He's the chief ball officer, as he once has said on our show. Stephon Diggs, friends of the show.

[Jay Croucher]

Indeed. And he gets the Miami Dolphins. And let me tell you, Lawrence, when you are a team that is asking yourself, what are we going to do without Storm Duck in the secondary? You are in big trouble, my friends. And that's the question that the Dolphins. I thought Diggs looked good. He got seven targets, didn't play a ton of snaps. I think that's going to ramp up and I think that this team might throw a bit more than expected. So I think Stefon Diggs is going to keep trending up.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Whoa. Whoa, hell. Drake may threw 46 times week one. Now, I don't think he'll have that type of volume because it, because they should probably be able to run the ball too. But Stefon Diggs, to your point, I think that lower snap count was just kind of getting him back ready. You know, he came off the injury last year, so yeah, Stephan Diaz, I'm with it.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay. A man that he faced off against on the weekend was Jacoby Myers, who came out the right side of that and he gets the LA Chargers. Matthew, we talked about JSN getting a disproportionate amount of target share. Jacoby Myers isn't going to be in that type of range, but he's the clear number one receiver since week three of last season.

[Matthew Berry]

You want to talk about sample Sizes? Since week three of last season, Jacoby Myers is the 15th best wide receiver in fantasy football. He's a top 15 wide receiver since week three of last year. Almost an entire season. He's averaging 15.7 fantasy points per game, 30% target share. Last week he caught 80% of his targets. And oh, by the way, your beloved Chargers, your bolt.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes.

[Matthew Berry]

Bolt up. Jay Croucher. Bolt up. They allowed the second most yards to slot in Week one, where obviously Meyer spends a lot of time. We talked about this on Monday. Geno Smith looked good. Geno Smith looked good. We like the Chargers offense quite a bit. We think they'll be able to move the ball against that Raiders secondary. So you know what Geno is going to have to throw. I have Jacoby Myers as a top 20 play this week. Irish 5.4SW33T.

[Jay Croucher]

That's mainly sweet, but with threes instead of eight.

[Matthew Berry]

Irish Sweet.

[Jay Croucher]

54 Suite.

[Matthew Berry]

54 Suite. Irish 54 Suite. Is that a player that I'm not? Is that like a Notre Dame player that I'm not aware of?

[Jay Croucher]

I'm unfamiliar.

[Matthew Berry]

I can't help you anyway either way. Irish 54 suite wants to know half point PPR flex Jacoby Myers or Travis Etna? Are we buying into the ETN Resurgence? And the answer to me is yes, I am buying into the ETN resurgence. And by the way, you know who else is buying into the ETN resurgence? The Jacksonville Jaguars because they shipped Tank Bigsby off to Philadelphia.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes.

[Matthew Berry]

They said we got to clear more room for Travis etn.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes.

[Matthew Berry]

This one's honestly a tough one. Here's what I will say. I don't think you can go wrong because I like, I like both guys here. Yeah, half point ppr. That hurts Myers a little bit. I think I might go with ETN in this particular case because it's half point ppr. If it was full ppr, I think I'd go with Myers.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes. I believe in the ETNA sans. I think that to your point, just the institutional kind of directional, the just the signal that you get from them. Moving on from Tank Bigsby and how good that ETN looked in week one. Looked healthy, looked explosive. And just Liam Cohen is. We saw last year how favourable his scheme is to running backs. Also Trevor Lawrence, you man the treble. He didn't look great against a lean on the run a little bit till he gets up to speed.

[Matthew Berry]

He definitely didn't look. He didn't look great. And just who has the better chance at a touchdown, Jacoby Myers or Travis Etienne? It's obviously Travis etienne. Chris says. LOL. Grandpa Barry. Reading YouTube usernames never gets old.

[Jay Croucher]

I'll tell you something, Chris and I don't like to defend Matthew, but Matthew's ability. You've got good vision, Matthew, good eyesight because I'll tell you what, George Tavarikis, he really struggles.

[Lawrence Jackson]

I would say your vision's better than mine.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, fair. Fair enough. I mean you're in glassblower.

[Jay Croucher]

The screen that we're reading these off, it's relatively far away. So one point against the grandparents of Grandpa Barry.

[Matthew Berry]

I mean, I'm definitely a grandpa, but by the way, Chris is your username. So, I mean, like, it's like, you know, I was able to nail that one. How about that?

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah. Okay. Let's go to another man who can see lots of things. Debo Samuel, who looked a little bit like Debo Samuel on the weekend.

[Lawrence Jackson]

We talked about it last week, the whole target share thing. 34% of the commanders receiving targets, and we won. And I said that last week that it was a potential to be that way because the Giants, their rush, their pass rush there was. That's going to force Jalen Jaden Daniels to get the ball out quick. He did it. Seven catches, 76 yards. Well, now you're going against Michael Parsons, Rashawn Garrett. You're gonna have to get that ball out quicker. You're gonna have to get the ball over the middle. We know Terry McLaurin is there down the field threat, but I think tonight the Thursday night Football commander's office is going to want to be more methodical. And whoever's made that comment about me putting a plus money bet is not lying because I will be doing that and it will have to do with Deebo Samuels.

[Matthew Berry]

Ooh, I like that.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay. Another guy who we bet on on the weekend, Tyler Warren, over 36 and a half receiving yards that cashed against and against the Dolphins. And now he gets the Denver Broncos. Matthew.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah. By the way, I mean, think about how this game plays out. Pat Surtan is probably going to be on Michael Pittman. Right. So if you were Daniel Jones, who you throwing to?

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah, not Michael Pittman.

[Matthew Berry]

Not Michael Pittman. You're like, all right, well, let me forget Michael Pittman. Who's around. Oh, there's Tyler Warren. Warren who was targeted on 37 and a half percent of his routes in week one. That was the highest among any tight end that round at Lee that ran at least 15 routes. So the Titans that ran at least 15 routes. Nobody was targeted on more of their routes then Tyler Warren. Tooth varsneams, always a crowd pleaser. The only tight end that had a higher yards per route run in week one, Brock Bowers. That's the kind of conversation and company that we're talking about here with Tyler Warren. You see it right there in your screen. He's my tight end. Three this week, even against the Denver Broncos, Tyler Warren. Two first names always A crowd pleaser. Love, love, love me some Tyler Warren. It has never gone out. My, my love has been strong throughout the preseason.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Let the people not forget too Matthew. Very little. Very little detail, but it could matter if the Colts get near that goal line. Tyler Warren had one carry for three yards from the fullback position. Watch out for that when the Colts get in close.

[Matthew Berry]

That was something we talked about in the preseason, Connor and I, when Connor wasn't mourning his Mets. Is that Tyler Warren? They did some tush push with him, you know, and that you could see that. You could see that this year. Don't be surprised if we see Tyler Warren get some carries from the fullback position.

[Jay Croucher]

Jonathan Taylor's going to be push.

[Matthew Berry]

Push with him.

[Jay Croucher]

Jonathan Taylor's going to be in the new Saquon Barkley this year in terms of getting vultured at the goal line between Daniel Jones getting in twice and Tyler Warren getting a carry. Another question From Scott Kobe, PPR Flex. Need 2 Tyler Warren, Jacoby Myers or Debo Samuel. That's tough. I think Jacoby Myers is the first guy that you select.

[Lawrence Jackson]

I would go.

[Matthew Berry]

I'm going Tyler Warren.

[Lawrence Jackson]

I would go Warren and Myers. Myers is the number one target. Clear cut. Obviously I like Deebo just talked about him, but he's not well.

[Matthew Berry]

They're playing. Listen, they're playing tonight on the road at the packers on a short week. Packers defense looked awesome last week as well and so they haven't. The commanders haven't had a ton of time to prepare. The expectation here is you probably see more Terry McLaurin. He's not fully ramped up, but just over under 49. Over under 49. Which sort of just tells you in terms of Debo Samuels expectations for our friends at DraftKings. So I think for me, Tyler Warren and Jacoby Myers. John Johnathan. Medic 17. Right. That's what. Yeah, I mean it's Jonathan. Medic 17 says two legs of the bet have cashed and I'm 98% sure evil Jaebler bought a kid during the break. That is true.

[Jay Croucher]

Jaebler.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, the Jaebler. Actually, you know what? That might stick. Yeah. I think that's better than J Gun Lawrence. What do you think about the jblr?

[Jay Croucher]

The Jaebler Jake and actually has a correlates the song that's the point. Letters at the other words.

[Matthew Berry]

The point of all these nicknames is that they don't have any. Yeah, it makes no sense at all. Jabler.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay, let's get to others receiving votes headlined by Jabils Ricky Pissoller who has a new quarterback unfortunately for him because he's establishing a nice rapport with Brock Purdy. He'll have to establish that rapport. Matthew with Mac Jones, but it's a fairly soft landing spot in New Orleans.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah. By the way, George Hill's out. Juwan Jennings dealing with that shoulder injury. He's had four career games with at least a 17% target share which you expect to get against New Orleans. Averaging almost 20 points per game in those games we talked about. Hollywood Brown against Philadelphia earlier had a 42% target share in week number one. How about Keenan Allen got a 78 route, 78% route participation, a 29% target share which was a team high worth noting. The Raiders allowed the six most fantasy points to wide receivers in week number one. Club said is always open. Cedric Tillman his last five full games dating back to last season, he's averaging over 18 fantasy points per game. By the way, he has outscored Jerry Judy and four of his last five games where they both played full games. You need a tight end. How about Hunter Henry? Happens a top ten play this week against Miami. Who allowed the fourth most yards to tight ends in week number one. Henry led the team in targets in week one. He was tied for the team lead. And finally my buddy, my pal, a member of the original championship Live at noon on the cock team. Juwan Johnson comes in at wide tight end number 14 last week, Jay Croucher. Listen, Jablor, listen to this. No tight end last week. No tight end had more routes run, had a higher snap rate, had a higher route participation, had more targets or receptions than Juwan Johnson. In week number one. He's playing the 49ers. I have a tight end 14. All I'm saying is if you're desperate, you could do worse and probably have.

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah, you neglected the Met. He did drop the game tying touchdown with five seconds left. But there's.

[Matthew Berry]

But he's had that opportunity.

[Jay Croucher]

Three guys in that offense in terms of opportunity. It's Olave Shaheed and Juwan Johnson.

[Matthew Berry]

That's right.

[Jay Croucher]

Kamara out of the backfield, Spencer Rattler. Also my man. Spence Rattler. He looked competent. Yeah, fine. He. They may have the better quarterback in that matchup against San Francisco. We'll see.

[Matthew Berry]

We should call him the Rattler.

[Jay Croucher]

Yes, the Rattler.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, see what I did there? The lure.

[Lawrence Jackson]

The rat tweeted that out like eight months ago.

[Matthew Berry]

Man, that headline.

[Lawrence Jackson]

That's why. See, you need to follow something good.

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah, that nickname headlines the hate list and the Second guy on it is Michael Pittman who we spoke about before. It's pretty self explanatory here. He gets pat sit down. The best corner in the NFL.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah. Who held Calvin Ridley to just 27 yards in in week number one. The over under in this game. 42 and a half. It's a bottom five game total. I. I like Tyler Warren in this game. You're obviously starting Jonathan Taylor, but I'm not doing much else on the cold side of the ball.

[Jay Croucher]

Yep. Speaking of Calvin Ridley, Lawrence. So he has a difficult matchup against the Rams.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Sure does. The Rams pass rush again. You see what they did to C.J. stroud last week? Sacked them three times, six quarterback hits and a pick. That's going to be rough for young quarterback Cam Ward. Last week Calvin Ridley, wide receiver 56. In the Rams held Nico Collins to three catches, 25 yards. He was wide receiver 64. So another tough matchup for Ridley.

[Matthew Berry]

He's going to be a buy low though. I'm still a believer. Long term, 100%.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Yes sir.

[Matthew Berry]

But I'm with you this week. Might be tough sledding.

[Jay Croucher]

Yep. I'll throw a couple Kyle Pitts on the hate list. One because he showed signs of promise last week. And promise must die.

[Lawrence Jackson]

You talk about tight.

[Jay Croucher]

It's seven Kyle Pitts. Yeah, exactly right. Healthier pass catcher room in Atlanta this week. Drake London looks so good. Darnell Mooney looks like he's tracking towards playing. And also Cole Comet and Colson Loveland did nothing against the Vikings defense last week. Sorry, Kyle. Okay. Sunday night, JJ McCarthy makes his Sunday Night football debut at home. It's the Vikings host Michael Fenix Jr. And the Falcons. Sunday, 7 Eastern on NBC. And Peacock. It all kicks off. We're going to hit our first break. We come back. Love, hate quarterbacks.

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Felt really good to kind of, you know, be out there for a full game. You know, like I said on Sunday, I thought we played well, but just looking to do the same thing this upcoming week. You just want to keep improving. So I think Harrison said it in his interview, you know, he was talking about to me and kind of his mindset on it. You know, we're kind of hoping that was the worst game that we played all season. So that's the kind of mindset that we want to have in and we want to continue to get better, continue to be better each and every game and just continue to improve. But you know, I think, you know, that this past Sunday was definitely a good way to start off the season other than the loss. But I think as an offense, like.

[Jay Croucher]

I said, we play well okay, Love head quarterbacks. Justin Fields, JF1 liftoff looked amazing in his first, first game in 10. Engstrand's new offense. And Matthew comes in as QP6 against the Bills.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, I mean this is obviously, this is a quarterback and a running back all in one person. 31% of the jets team rush attempts in week one. He had 44% of their red zone rushes. He had 60% of their goal to go rushing attempts, by the way. No, no quarterback had more designed runs. Thanks to FantasyLife.com's utilization report, no quarterback had more design runs last week than Justin Fields. So, you know, you think about this matchup with the Bills where Lamar had 70 rushing yards against them average almost 12 yards per carry. I think Justin Fields, who has been a, you know, has been at. Has had at least 23 fantasy points in three of his last four starts dating back to last year. QB6, wheels up.

[Jay Croucher]

Talking about like Spider man or something. A quarterback and a running back all in one. Man, he can do it all, Justin.

[Matthew Berry]

He can 100%.

[Jay Croucher]

He can pass, he can do it all. Another guy can do it all is Joe Burrow.

[Matthew Berry]

My point is, if you looked at, if all you did was look at Justin Fields is rushing, you know, rushing stats, it's like a good running back. It's like a good fantasy running back. And then he adds points with his arms and so yeah, I also thought.

[Jay Croucher]

That the way that Tanner Strand deployed Fields was just better than he's ever been deployed in his career. Like no more, no more wide receiver screens, which it felt like he was throwing every second play in Chicago. Joe Burrow gets the Jags, which I think is going to be a much easier matchup than against Myles Garrett and friends in Cleveland who Burrow has struggled against at times. Not worried about Joe Burrow. We just have too much sample of him and Chase and Higgins in this offense. It's going to be fine. Marker projects him for like 277.5 passing yards, two passing touchdowns. He's going to get back on track. And another man who's looking to stay on track, Matthew, is Justin Herbert.

[Matthew Berry]

Yes, the chubby leather daddy himself, Justin Herbert. I'm a QB8 this week, Jay. I think if you lose this week, it won't be because of Justin Herbert on your team. No team had a higher pass rate over expected in week one than the Chargers. We've talked about this. This is going to be more of a pass heavy team than we thought it was going to be initially in the preseason. Dating back to last season, very quietly, Justin Herbert has been a top 10 fantasy quarterback now in four straight starts. We sort of like this wide receiver crew a little bit more than we did, you know, a month ago or when drafts were happening. Obviously Kenan Allen looked good, lad McConkey goes without saying. And some of the, you know, Quinton Johnson looked good in Week one as well. Worth noting that no team faced more pass attempts in Week 1 than the Las Vegas Raiders, who the Chargers play this week. They faced 46 pass attempts. They gave the six most passing yards. The Raiders didn't look like a dominant secondary against Drake May. Their defense played well overall but like the way to move the ball against them was throwing it. That's what drake, May and company decided. So Herbert should have no problem. His QB8. He's also using his legs more this year, which is great.

[Jay Croucher]

Fully healthy, fast Lawrence Another man who looked pretty fast is Patrick Mahomes who didn't have the stats, didn't get the result. But there were some explosives in this Chiefs offense for the first time in a while.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Yeah, QB6 and we won. And I feel like it's been a while since we said something like that about Patrick Mahomes, but mainly because of the rushing, six carries, 57 yards in the touchdown. He threw the ball 39 times and I think that's how they're going to get their meal against this Eagles defense. Their run defense is going to get tougher with Jalen Carter coming back. The Eagles defensive backfield is still trying to look for another cornerback. He was getting ate up by Dallas receivers, particularly Ceedee Lamb. So I think you heard me talk about Isaiah Pacheco earlier and how they're not going to go that way. I think they're going to depend on Patrick Mahomes. He's the guy, he's the Superman. So. So I think he could get back into that old fantasy Patrick Mahomes starting this week.

[Jay Croucher]

Yep, it was very encouraging even with Xavier Worthy getting knocked out of the game. I know Rasheed Rice still able to generate three explosive passes well and by.

[Matthew Berry]

The way they were doing that sort of on the fly because Worthy gets hurt very early in. Now they're on kind of a mini buy. They played on Friday last week and now they've had more time to sort of adjust. Okay, now we know what we're dealing with here and so they can figure out more of the offense.

[Jay Croucher]

Offense to your point, Indeed. All right, let's get to others receiving votes headlined by the newly christened Traveler, who's QB12.

[Matthew Berry]

Matthew the Traveler comes in as a QB1 for me at QB12 as you mentioned. Look, you had me at Bengals. They're playing the Bengals. Cincinnati was 28th in past defense in week number one. They made Joe Flacco look like a 35 year old. And this over, this over under, this over under.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Like he didn't say 25, he said 30.

[Matthew Berry]

How you know Flacco's like you up there. Isn't he like isn't Flacco like 44 or 45 years old still got the.

[Jay Croucher]

Arm of a 22 year old.

[Matthew Berry]

Yes, he certainly does. Yeah. 48 and a half is the over under in this game. Jaguars at Cincinnati. It's tied for the highest game total in week two. We expect a lot of explosiveness to both sides of the ball. So I think Trevor Lawrence has a better game in week two than he did in week one. And how about Caleb Williams who you know, uneven performance on Monday Night Football, but fantasy wise was good, used his legs as well. He had two matchups last year in a lost season for Caleb Williams and the Bears offense. He had over 22 fantasy points in both games against the Lions averaged 24 and a half fantasy points. Remember that Thanksgiving game? He almost won it. Should have won it. Right as well. Lions couldn't get home in week number one. They were just 27th in pressure rate. And so we know if you give Caleb Williams time to throw, he can do some damage. And so Caleb Williams, who gets him more points with his legs than he ever gets credit for, is my QB14 this week. Tej says that Caleb Williams will be a top five fantasy quarterback this year. All caps. Remember I said that? All right, Tej, we're going to do that. I'm going to remember you said write that down. Yeah, the Tejler.

[Lawrence Jackson]

I ain't mad at it.

[Matthew Berry]

The Tesla.

[Jay Croucher]

We'll come back and check in when Caleb Williams finishes the QB13. But no Caleb. The thing with Caleb is that his bad aspects kind of lend themselves positively to fantasy and that he just holds onto the ball too long and then.

[Matthew Berry]

Takes it and then starts running.

[Jay Croucher]

All right, let's race through the hate list headline by Caleb's draft mate Bo Nix, who's got a suddenly tough matchup against Indianapolis defense.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, I mean, like, by the way, I think this may just be a Bo Nix thing because he looked awful against the Titans in week number one. And think about last year where Knicks scored under 12 fantasy points in three of his first four games. I mean he just might be a slow starter the way Joe Burrow is as well. You mentioned the Colts defense. They allowed the fourth fewest passing yards in week number one. They held TUA to under six fantasy points start. And then you think about what Bo Nix looked like last week. It was all dink and dunk stuff, a 4.4 yards per attempt. Only Cam Ward was worse in terms of the Dinkins dunk stuff. He wasn't. He wasn't taking shots downfield other than, you know, he had the touchdown to Sutton. But 5.3 average depth of target which fourth lowest. He's outside my top 15 this week.

[Jay Croucher]

Bo Nix on the side of that matchup. Daniel Jones, who now gets a tougher matchup than week one.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Yeah. Quarterback three in week one. All I'm saying is I don't think he's going to get that again. And get this Denver defense. The over under in this game is 42 and a half so you could kind of see we have both quarterbacks here. So Daniel Jones, great week one. I still think he'll play good, just not as great as he was in the first week.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay. I think the Colts win that game is two point dogs. Aaron Rodgers, it's going to be a tougher matchup for him this week going up against the Seahawks who forced Brock Purdy to face the most pressure of his entire career. Aaron Rodgers, not so good at running away from the pressure these days. So I think it'll be a tough one for a rod. All right, we're gonna hit our last break. When we come back, we're gonna preview Commanders Packers Thursday Night Football.

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[Matthew Berry]

Oh, the crown is yours.

[Lawrence Jackson]

Crown, you're still yours.

[Matthew Berry]

The crown is still yours.

[Jay Croucher]

Okay, look at the most bet Props for Packers Commanders Thursday Night Football Jaden Daniels A lot of Jordan Love Jayden Daniels alt rushing yards 40 plus minus 175 Josh Jacobs 60 plus rushing yards minus 284 and JCM alt rushing yards 40 plus at minus 126 I'm staying.

[Matthew Berry]

Crosby Merritt There you go.

[Jay Croucher]

I'm gonna stay away from the offensive side of the ball. Gonna go with my friend Mika Parsons over a quarter of a sack. So he just has to get half a sack basically minus 127. No, he's not going to be on a full snap count. He played 30 snaps last week. I think that will ramp up and he's going to over index on playing pass rushing snap. So when he's out there he's going to be chasing Jayden Daniel. Jayden Daniels, he's a top five quarterback in football. He's not afraid of taking a sack. He took the sixth most sacks in the NFL last year. Lawrence, what do you like?

[Lawrence Jackson]

I'm going to go Deebo Samuel talked him up earlier today. Six receptions at +132. Again I think I said last week don't be shocked if he leaves this team in receptions. With the way this packers team is going to try to get after Jayden Daniels, I expect Deebo to be very involved again in the pass game and the short receiving game.

[Matthew Berry]

I agree with you Lawrence. I like both those bets and I'm also going with Deebo. I think he's going to be involved in all facets of the offense here. Again, short week Terry McLaurin still ramping up. So give me Deebo Samuel over four and a half rushing yards. Over four and a half rushing yards. Look, he had 19 rushing yards last week. He's actually hit this number in his last three games dating back to last season they want to use him. They're trying to be creative in terms of how they use him. And it's just worth noting like [e-mail] we project Deebo Samuel for over 10 rushing yards. We actually have a great tool on fantasy life if you want to use promo code J10 to get you a subscription. But no, but seriously what they do is we have proprietary projections. We have a tool that puts them into DraftKings and shows you all the bets on DraftKings and be like, hey, you can pick a game, a player, whatever you want and be like, we'll show you. Here's what we project for every player in this game and here's the line and here's where we say the biggest difference, here's the biggest edge. And Deebo Samuel over on the rushing yards is one of the best ones today where again, we project him for over 10 rushing yards but the line is merely four and a half at minus 103 by the way on DraftKings. So I love that bet as well. The crown is yours. I think in this game, fantasy wise, I think you're starting the normal guys. You know, obviously on the packers side of the ball, you're starting Jordan Luffy. If you would, you would start Josh Jacobs if you would. Tucker Craft. I don't want any part of any of the wide receivers.

[Lawrence Jackson]

No golden.

[Matthew Berry]

No Golden. I want to see golden was. I'm at wide receiver 49. I prefer Jane Reed to him but like again so we have McLaurin and Debo as a wide receiver, you know, as a mid wide receiver three, high end wide receiver four. And I do think both Echler and Crosky merit our flex plays, our touchdown dependent flex plays. Packers have a pretty good defense but you're obviously going to, you're going to start Jaden Daniels on the Washington side of the ball.

[Jay Croucher]

Yeah, lean under 48 and a half here with packers, couple of injuries on the offensive line and they have an awesome defense. I think he's going to give Washington some issues. Are you confident you think you win?

[Matthew Berry]

I'm nervous. I'm nervous about this. Fantasy wise, would you if this game were in Washington? I feel better about it but having to travel on a short week, I don't know. I'm nervous. Hope we win but like I heard the pack is. Thanks Jay. Thanks Jbler. All right, it's closing time. You have to go home. So you don't can't. But you can't stay here. For Lawrence and Jay, I'm Matthew Hail the Commanders.

[Jay Croucher]

Hail victory.

[Matthew Berry]

Go take a W tonight. We'll see you back here tomorrow. Peace. Out. Out. Out.

[Jay Croucher]

Out.

[Matthew Berry]

Out.

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