Week 3 Start/Sit: Omarion Hampton, TreVeyon Henderson, DJ Moore + Rookie WR Report

Summary

Fantasy Football Happy Hour with Matthew Berry – Week 3 Start/Sit Breakdown

Episode: Week 3 Start/Sit: Omarion Hampton, TreVeyon Henderson, DJ Moore + Rookie WR Report
Date: September 17, 2025
Host(s): Matthew Berry (NBC Sports), Connor Rogers, Jay Anderson

Episode Overview

This episode focuses on Week 3 start/sit fantasy football decisions, addressing pressing lineup dilemmas, key running back and wide receiver trends, deep-dive rookie usage, and trade debates. Matthew Berry, with his signature humor and analytics-driven takes, alongside Connor Rogers and Jay Anderson, tackles quarterback streaming in light of injuries, "love/hate" running back debates (particularly on Omarion Hampton and TreVeyon Henderson), and the rookie WR landscape. The show delivers actionable advice, memorable banter, and a rapid-fire mailbag all in a barroom tone that's part stats, part stand-up.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Quarterback Conundrum: Tua, Tyrod, and Mariota

• Tua Tagovailoa: Start or Sit?

  • Berry: “I’m closing it out. First off, he has never been good against Buffalo… last three full games against the Bills, he’s averaging just 13.1 fantasy points.” (04:37)
  • Tua on the road, short week, facing #1 pass defense by yardage (Buffalo).
  • Berry ranks Tua QB17; actually prefers Tyrod Taylor or Marcus Mariota as Thursday streamers if both start (07:06).

• Tyrod Taylor vs. Marcus Mariota for Streamers

  • Jay Anderson: Slight Mariota lean: “He’ll run more… better offense, and they've had 10 days to prepare for the Raiders... Tyrod’s not bad but I think I prefer going against the Raiders than against Tampa Bay.” (07:35)
  • Berry and Connor: Both agree Mariota is slightly ahead; Tyrod gives "a mini bump" to Garrett Wilson.

• On Garrett Wilson W/Tyrod Taylor

  • Connor Rogers: “I think Garrett Wilson gets a mini bump with Tyrod that he didn’t have with Fields... Tyrod and him have had a good connection... I’m not sitting Garrett Wilson.” (08:35)

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2. Running Back Roundup

Tony Pollard: Disappointment or Opportunity?

• Off to a slow start, under 10 points in both games.
• Jay Anderson: “Good thing with Tony Pollard is that he doesn’t come off the field... now they get a Colts team that has struggled a little bit against the run.” (10:41)
• Matthew Berry: “89% Tony Pollard snap rate… so hard to find a true bell cow… Tony Pollard is on one of these hands.” (11:13)
• “He’s more of a low-end RB2… but I like him against the Colts. I have him RB22. Keeping it open on Mr. Pollard.” (12:28)
• Start Pollard over Waddle in a flex: “Give me Tony Pollard.” (13:01)

Trade Debate: Pollard vs. James Conner

• Connor Rogers: “Would you trade James Connor for Tony Pollard in full PPR?”
• Berry: “Close one… usage-wise, they’re about the same. Cardinals are a better offense… I’d probably stick with Connor, but if you traded Pollard, I wouldn’t be like, ‘Dude, what are you doing?’” (14:57)

Omarion Hampton: Ride or Die?

• Week 2 flop: only 5 total yards, but a dream matchup in Week 3 (Denver).
• Matthew Berry: “I am sticking with him... Broncos have allowed the sixth most rushing yards... he’s seen 100% of the team’s goal-to-go attempts inside the five. But I’m ranking him lower—RB24, low-end RB2 or high flex.” (18:00, 19:48)
• Jay Anderson: “Hampton still looks the part. It’s just he doesn’t have any space.” (20:44)
• Connor Rogers: “Not worried... I think it’s just going to swing back. Teams will have to stop living in the box vs the Chargers offense.” (21:04)
• Trade question: “Would you trade Abuka for Hampton?” Berry advises: “If you’re trading Abuka, you can do better than Hampton. Ask for a WR back.” (22:09)

TreVeyon Henderson: Concern Mounting

• Barely playing, RB32 in points/game.
• Jay Anderson: “He doesn’t play. Hard to produce when you’re not on the field. Ramondre Stevenson... seems to have a hold on that role.” (26:00)
• Berry: “Running back 36. I’m closing it out. Less than 30% of snaps last week. He was called for three holding penalties. 16 touches through two games—not close to enough. Closing it out on TreVeyon.” (26:34)
• Start/sit: “Trevion Henderson or Jameson Williams in PPR?” All prefer Jamo. (27:34)

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3. Receivers: Start/Sit Decisions

DJ Moore: Panic Button?

• Underwhelming start, outside the top 50 WRs in points/game.
• Berry: “I’m still going to keep it open because you had me at Dallas. They’ve allowed more yards and the highest catch rate to WRs… I believe Caleb Williams makes a point to get him the rock this week.” (27:59)
• Jay Anderson: “You still have to regress one to preseason expectations—same guy who used to put up 1150 yard seasons for fun with bad QBs.” (29:25)
• Connor Rogers: “I obviously am NOT going to sit DJ Moore in this scenario. Dallas’s secondary has been bad; this total could hit the over.” (30:39)

Keon Coleman: Week 1 Darling, Week 2 Dud

• Disappeared as Bills nursed a lead, now faces Miami.
• Jay Anderson: “He only needs one… still leads the Bills in routes and target share. Miami’s given up three TDs to WRs in two games.” (32:07)
• Berry: “I’m keeping it open, WR36. He’s not without risk… but he only needs one with those deep shots. Not a must-play, but a viable WR4/flex.” (32:55)
• Start/sit: “Keon Coleman or Ricky Pearsall in PPR?” All favor Pearsall. (34:02)

Jerry Jeudy: Sit Alert

• Under 12 points in both games, no red zone targets.
• Berry: “Browns have lowest implied team total. This Packers’ defense… might wind up being one of the elite defenses of all time. I want no part of Jerry Jeudy.” (36:30)
• Jay Anderson: “Speed at every level… don’t want any part of Jeudy. Could see Dylan Gabriel under center soon.” (37:19)
• Berry: “If you’re desperate for a QB in superflex, pick up Dylan Gabriel.” (37:53)

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4. Rookie Wide Receiver Utilization Report (47:40+)

Matthew Golden (Packers)

• Jay Anderson: “Jaden Reed is done for 6-8 weeks… Golden isn’t full-time yet (under 65% route participation), but long-term upside is real. He’s a buy low but don’t play him this week.” (49:37-49:59)

Travis Hunter (Jaguars)

• Snap count split due to defense; utilization score: 51.
• Berry: “Really bullish long-term. I have him WR45 this week. But the Jags need to get him out of defense and focus on offense.” (50:22)
• Connor: “He’s just not as comfortable at CB as he is WR. Jags need maximum impact.” (50:57)

Emeka Abuka (Bucs)

• Utilization: 72 (strong).
• Berry: “98% route participation, 50% endzone target share, three touchdowns already. I’m as a top 30 play this week.” (51:33)

Tet McMillan (Panthers)

• Utilization: 76 (elite territory).
• Jay Anderson: “He is a beast… must-start WR2 going forward.” (52:07)
• Berry: “When your #2 is Hunter Renfrow, you’re going to get the ball. TMac will continue to be a beast.” (53:23)

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5. Rapid-Fire Memorable Quotes & Moments

• Berry (on bell-cow RB scarcity): "Tony Pollard is on one of these hands… These aren’t jazz hands. They’re running back hands." (12:16)
• Connor: “A 50.5 point total is high. This one has a good chance of hitting the over… not sitting DJ Moore.” (30:39)
• Berry (on Packers defense): “This Packers’ defense might wind up being one of the elite defenses of all time... like the Super Bowl Bears, some of those Ravens teams.” (36:30)
• Connor (on Travis Hunter): “Jags just need the most impact out of a guy they moved mountains to acquire.” (51:14)
• Jay Anderson: “If you have to choose between Mariota and Tyrod, go Mariota. He’ll run more.” (07:35)
• Berry (Ride or Die): “It’s until death do us part—a lot of pressure on this year’s Ride or Die.” (16:17)

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Notable Timestamps

• 03:20 – Start/Sit intro; keep it open/close it out concept
• 04:37–07:30 – Tua debate; Tyrod/Mariota streamer talk
• 10:12–13:34 – Tony Pollard start/sit, trade debates
• 16:05–19:48 – Omarion Hampton deep dive for Week 3
• 26:00–27:34 – TreVeyon Henderson concerns and sit
• 27:59–31:25 – DJ Moore analysis and analogy
• 32:07–34:12 – Keon Coleman Week 3 forecast
• 36:30–38:43 – Jerry Jeudy, Browns/Packers D, Dylan Gabriel stash
• 47:40–53:23 – Rookie WR utilization breakdown: Golden, Hunter, Abuka, McMillan

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Tone & Atmosphere

• Barroom banter: inside jokes about backup pens, "running back hands," DJ/WRs as divas needing touches, and college town nightlife.
• Occasionally self-deprecating ("We waved a white flag on this show two and a half seasons ago" – Connor, 48:17).
• Quick detours into trade theory, defensive scheme x’s and o’s, and listeners’ fantasy woes—always circling back to actionable fantasy advice.

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Summary for Non-Listeners

If you missed the episode:

• Matthew Berry and crew advise sitting Tua in most formats, considering Tyrod or Mariota if desperate.
• Tony Pollard is a “keep the faith” RB2; usage is strong despite slow fantasy start.
• Omarion Hampton is still Berry’s “ride or die”—RB2/flex based on usage and matchup.
• TreVeyon Henderson: Bench until his role expands.
• DJ Moore remains a start this week (high-scoring game expected vs. Dallas).
• Keon Coleman is a WR4/flex—hold but be wary of game script.
• Jerry Jeudy: Firm sit against elite Packers D.
• Rookie WRs: Monitor utilization; Emeka Abuka and Tet McMillan are the best plays for Week 3.

Classic Berry: Trust process over two weeks; don’t chase wild early-season swings but adapt as roles become clearer.

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Transcript

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[Matthew Berry]

It was such a weird game again with no touchdowns scored. And the Falcons did what they needed to do, you know, on the road at Minnesota.

[Connor Rogers]

There it goes.

[Matthew Berry]

What the hell's wrong with you? I don't know. How long do you have? What's wrong with me? How long do you have?

[Connor Rogers]

I bring my own pen now because of that.

[Matthew Berry]

It's funny.

[Connor Rogers]

It gives you an insurance pen. See, I'm not kidding.

[Matthew Berry]

I need a backup pen.

[Connor Rogers]

Yes.

[Matthew Berry]

I need a handcuff pen.

[Connor Rogers]

When we show up to the studio every day, there's three pens on the desk. I bring one. So Matthew has two.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Jay Anderson]

Now you have Tyler Algier in your hand.

[Matthew Berry]

I do? Yeah. Tyler, the pen here. Fantasy football happy hour with Matthew Berry.

[Connor Rogers]

Welcome to the fantasy football happy hour. There it is. In case of emergency, break the glass. There's the extra pen.

[Jay Anderson]

Yes. Tyler Thigpen. Nice.

[Connor Rogers]

There it is, Jay.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, right.

[Jay Anderson]

Shout out. Tyler Thinkpen. I know he watches the show.

[Connor Rogers]

The regulars in the chat. Tom Garrett said the regulars are reporting for booty, sir.

[Matthew Berry]

Oh, yeah. Oh, I like that. Yeah, that's pretty good.

[Connor Rogers]

They're fired up for our Wednesday show.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, rightfully so.

[Jay Anderson]

Started messy.

[Matthew Berry]

Yep. I know.

[Connor Rogers]

He's panicking. He has Justin Fields and everything.

[Matthew Berry]

No. Yeah, exactly. I literally just picked up Tyrod Taylor in our league.

[Connor Rogers]

Just out there for free.

[Matthew Berry]

Just out there for free.

[Connor Rogers]

Look at you, boy.

[Matthew Berry]

Do you need the help?

[Connor Rogers]

Is he starting for you this week?

[Matthew Berry]

He might.

[Connor Rogers]

Oh, man. Interesting.

[Jay Anderson]

You haven't sent them my trade report. I offered you Brock Bowers for Derrick Henry.

[Matthew Berry]

Did you really? Yeah, I haven't seen it yet. You should do it. All right. Odds on Matthew dropping the pen today Jay, what did you set that at?

[Jay Anderson]

Well, I think he's going to be particularly mindful of it. Today's going to overcorrect but I'll still give you plus 350.

[Connor Rogers]

Yeah if it was on the week though it might be. It might be a pick em. Yeah we still got a couple shows left.

[Jay Anderson]

This will be the highest of the odds are it's like. It's like betting on hit a home run and today it's a ground ball pitcher but it'll be dropped at some point soon.

[Matthew Berry]

Well, I appreciate it. I will look at your one legged Brock Bowers for my superman Derrick Henry offer. Man, you need to shake it up.

[Connor Rogers]

The locker room needs something.

[Matthew Berry]

I do.

[Connor Rogers]

Let's be real. Something Tyrone.

[Matthew Berry]

I just added Tyrone Taylor.

[Connor Rogers]

I don't know if he's gonna save.

[Jay Anderson]

You but Derrick Henry's washed.

[Matthew Berry]

He's done.

[Connor Rogers]

Yeah.

[Jay Anderson]

Lifeboat out the Derrick Henry jail.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Connor Rogers]

Brock Bowers was hopping around the other day.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, exactly.

[Connor Rogers]

Anyway, it is Wednesday. We got keep it open or close it out. That is our version of start sit here at the happy hour bar. We're gonna get through.

[Matthew Berry]

Rookie Justin Fields has officially been ruled out. That's why that's what we're talking about.

[Connor Rogers]

He's in concussion protocol. If you didn't know, well now you do. So you're gonna need other options. We got rookie receiver utilization reports and as we close out every Wednesday, show our back to the futures bets. Looking into the crystal ball. Let's get right into keep it open or close it out. And we got to have a conversation about this Miami offense, notably around Tua, Tonga, Violoa, who discussed being 02 for the first time in his NFL career.

[Tua Tagovailoa]

When we were in 21, you know, it wasn't just how we started, you know, we could have been, I don't know, 1020 maybe even. And then we went on that, that streak of maybe six losses, seven losses and then we came back and we won eight, you know and you go out there and you continue to play, do, do your job, do the best that you can and the result will take care of itself. Whether it's a win, whether it's a loss, and you continue to grow from that, continue to move on from that.

[Connor Rogers]

Keep it open or close it out. We start a quarterback with Tua 18.6 points in week two. Here Matth. Things look better for Miami, but that was against New England's defense without Christian Gonzalez. Can you still roll with Tua against the Buffalo defense that all but shut down the jets offense in Week two?

[Matthew Berry]

I'm closing it out. First off, he has never been good against Buffalo. Last three full games against the Bills, he's averaging just 13 fantasy points per game, 13.1 to be exact. And by the way, he has traditionally struggled on the road. He is always better at home than he is on the road. Now you get a. Now you're on the road for a short week against a Bills defense that's through two weeks is the number one passing defense in the NFL. And you know, partially that's because the Ravens were able to run on them in Week one and then obviously, you know, Week two, the jets couldn't do anything against them. It's skewed by those two games, but still the Bills are good. The Bills are at home. It's a short week. The Dolphins have looked bad, you know, overall. So I'm closing it out. It's my QB17. I might be actually too high on them. High on him at QB17. There's a lot of guys that are questionable that we don't know about their health, that they don't have great matchups here as well. Buffalo is second in the NFL in pressure rate. Tua isn't the most mobile guy in the world. So yeah, I no thank you.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah, no at all of it helps a little bit. But I think it comes down to kind of like what is Tua's scope to put up garbage time points. And that is what gives you a little bit of hope is that if they're down by two touchdowns and he's throwing to Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle against the prevent defense, then maybe he can accumulate stats. But the 12 and a half point underdogs don't expect this game to be especially competitive. And if you're counting on Tour, you're counting on him. I think in the fourth quarter then.

[Connor Rogers]

Jay, you asked what the scope is. We saw the Dolphins getting stomped by the Colts in Week one and they weren't great in garbage time.

[Matthew Berry]

No.

[Connor Rogers]

So it's. It's a tricky one. I definitely am with you if you don't have to start them. Do not. There's better options on waivers.

[Matthew Berry]

One of the challenges though, I will say though, given all the uncertainty like, so I'm in a. In Scott Fishbowl. Just whatever. Scott Fishbowl. My three Quarterbacks Justin Fields, Jaden Daniels, Justin Fields and Tuatanga Bialoa. I mean like what are you going to do?

[Jay Anderson]

Start King cost Justin Fields?

[Matthew Berry]

Well, that's my point. Right. And that so I mean I managed to get Tyrod Taylor but like Jaden Daniels is also questionable. So it's. And there's only this particular league is super deep. There's not a lot on the waiver wire and so do I really want to drop two viable players because I have a pretty good team. Do I want to drop two viable players for Marcus Mariota and Tyrod Taylor or do I start and I'm probably not going to know On Daniels, luckily we at least got clarity on Fields. We know he's officially out this week but like you may not get clarity on Jaden Daniels or some of these other guys that are, you know, we don't think JD McCarthy is going to play but we don't know 100% yet. Like it doesn't look like he's going to.

[Connor Rogers]

Could be a couple of weeks.

[Matthew Berry]

Right? Exactly. So I'm just, I'm just saying you may have a decision. If you're in a deep league, you're in a two quarterback league. There's a scenario where you're going to have to start TUA on Thursday because you're not sure what's going to happen on Sunday. In an ideal world you are picking up Tyrod Taylor for Judson Fields, you are picking up Marcus Mariota for Jaden Daniels in case he can't go. I prefer both those guys to TUA on Thursday.

[Jay Anderson]

Who do you prefer between them though? Mariota and Tyrod. If they're both going to start, I.

[Matthew Berry]

Think I probably prefer Mariota. I think he'll run more. I just think it's a better offense. They're at home against the Raiders. They've had. They're at home against the Raiders and they play the Thursday night game. So they're on the mini by. They've had 10 days to prepare for a Raiders team that played on Monday night. So their Raiders are traveling on a short week against a commander's team that's had 10 days to prepare. I think the strength of the Raiders defense is more that line than it is their secondary. And Mariota in the one start he made last year against the Cowboys look pretty good. He's a good fit for Cliff Cliff Kingsbury's offense. So I prefer him. But it's close, right? I mean Tyrod Taylor is also again similar to Justin Fields, smart by the Jets, a Similar style quarterback. You don't have to change your offense. Exactly what we saw like with Burrow to Browning, like he's just a lesser version of the guy that is going to run the same offense. But Tyrod will run around and get you some fantasy points. I just. I think I prefer going against the Raiders than I do against Tampa Bay. That game's in Tampa. Jets against the Bucs.

[Connor Rogers]

I will say while we're on Tyrod quickly. I've gotten a lot of questions last 24 hours. If you have to sit Garrett Wilson. I think it's actually the opposite. I think Garrett Wilson gets a mini bump with Tyrod that he didn't have with Fields. I know we had a good week with Fields week one. Fields missed him a ton in week two. Tyrod and him have had a good connection while taking reps when Rodgers wasn't ready and now when Fields, you know, was not always playing in camp. So I don't. I'm not sitting Garrett Wilson. I want to make that clear.

[Matthew Berry]

But where are you? Where. Real quickly, because we're off the rails already. Where. Where are you, Connor? You go to jets practice, you cover the team. It's one of your 8 billion jobs. Where are you on. On Tyrod in this offense?

[Connor Rogers]

Pass game gets a little bump. Run game because of how many things you could do with Fields definitely gets downgrade. It's. It's going to close off some opening lanes. The quarterback's not going to run as much, but I think he gets a little bump for notably Garrett Wilson. I think they throw to Breeze hall more. Justin Fields. The only his problems is he just misses outlets all the time. So the running back should get more pass catching opportunities. Tyrod threw the ball better than Fields this summer when I was there. Fields does more things.

[Matthew Berry]

Sure, sure.

[Connor Rogers]

But Tyrod naturally throws the ball better.

[Jay Anderson]

I think there's also a misconception around Tyrod that he's like dink and dunk game manager. Like tardies it out. Yeah. He'll chuck it deep.

[Connor Rogers]

The Giants a couple years ago.

[Jay Anderson]

Exactly.

[Connor Rogers]

For sure. All right, let's get to our running back side of things.

[Matthew Berry]

Where would you be on the same question? Marcus Mariota or Tyrod Taylor?

[Connor Rogers]

That's tricky. That's really. I think I would probably still go with Mariota because the Raiders secondary does not look good.

[Matthew Berry]

Tampa Bay looked pretty good, I thought on Monday night. Defensively.

[Connor Rogers]

Yeah. Todd Bowles, he knows the thing now Collage Canci's hurt. It's a lot of weird injuries with Tampa. I. I Think I'd go with Mariota for the floor of it, but I.

[Matthew Berry]

Think it is a little bit of. A little bit of a coin flip.

[Connor Rogers]

Yeah, a lot of people are dealing with this right now with all the quarterback injuries, but we look at running backs here. Jay. Tony Pollard off to a really slow start, under 10 points in both games this season. This is someone that we were kind of excited about because of the volume with Tajie Spears hurt. The problem is the Titans just don't find themselves in the red zone enough.

[Jay Anderson]

No, this has been a very, very bad offense to date. Completely inefficient. They can't get anything going really outside of that one special pass from Campbell to El. The good thing with Tony Pollard is.

[Matthew Berry]

That he doesn't come off the field.

[Jay Anderson]

He's just constantly out there. He is their only real guy. And now they get a Colts team that has struggled a little bit against the run. J.K. dobbins got something going for the Broncos on the ground now. The market expects this to be close. The Colts are only three and a half point favorites. It's offensive to my Indianapolis Colts in this line will close floor. I think the Colts will win the game, but should be close enough that the game script at least allows Pollard to get some run as Colts defensive line hasn't been. That's been the weakness of the team. Not much has gone wrong for the Colts so far. It's just really Xavi and Howard. But the edges on the Colts aren't in a great spot either.

[Matthew Berry]

Keeping it open here as well. The key number to me is 89% Tony Pollard snap rate so far this season is 89%. It is so hard these days in fantasy football to find a true Bell Cow workhorse running back. There's. You can count them on two hands, I believe. Right? You know. Yeah, two hands.

[Jay Anderson]

Ok.

[Matthew Berry]

I think I like that. No, I think you need more than one hand. I was going through my mind. I think you need more than one hand.

[Jay Anderson]

Like one of the half hands.

[Matthew Berry]

No, exactly. You need half a hand. I mean you've got like. You've got. You've got Derrick Henry, Chase Brown.

[Jay Anderson]

Derek Henry plays helplessness.

[Matthew Berry]

Jonathan Taylor.

[Connor Rogers]

JT Definitely is in that bucket.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Jay Anderson]

Chase Brown.

[Matthew Berry]

Chase Brown.

[Jay Anderson]

Even Kyron Williams is Blake.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, Kyron Williams a little bit.

[Connor Rogers]

He splits with Rashad White.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, somewhat. Javante Williams. I mean it is one hand.

[Connor Rogers]

Javonte Williams.

[Matthew Berry]

Javante Williams gets us to the thumb. Saquon.

[Connor Rogers]

DeAndre Swift.

[Matthew Berry]

Saquon. Yeah. Saquon DeAndre Swift. That's true though. I'm not kidding. No, I know. It's ridiculous. No, it's Devon Hn. You know, so whatever. It's two hands. It's two hands, but you don't need a third hand.

[Connor Rogers]

I like the.

[Matthew Berry]

Why are you waving?

[Connor Rogers]

I swear I have two hands.

[Matthew Berry]

I've got jazz hands. These aren't jazz hands. They're running back hands. There you go. You've heard jazz hands. It's also the running back hands. So anyway, anyway, Tony Pollard is on one of these hands is my point.

[Jay Anderson]

For now. You should walk around with a workhorse running back list on a picture on.

[Matthew Berry]

Each one of my fingers.

[Connor Rogers]

No, get printout cutouts of their faces.

[Matthew Berry]

Oh, that's what I should do.

[Connor Rogers]

And tape them to your fingers. And when you walk by people go, here's how many running backs get high workload. This is a terrifying bit.

[Matthew Berry]

Exactly. What if. What Jay? What if I have a. What if I have a running back on this finger and this finger and this finger and. And this finger as well. But I don't. Yes. And I don't have. Yeah, exactly. You go off camera for me. Yeah, go ahead. There you go. All right. Anyway, Tony Po gets a lot of work and I like him against a Colts team that gave up five point yards to running back so far this season. That's six most the NFL again just. Yeah, I, I have it back 22. Exactly. Jay. So I'm keeping it open on Mr. Pollard. Terrence Abram wants to know Flexbot Tony Pollard or Jaylen Waddle? Give me Tony Pollard. We just talked about Tua on the road at Buffalo. You know, Waddle, Waddle and Tyreek somewhat go as Tua goes and Waddle's hurt right now.

[Connor Rogers]

He's going to play but it short week.

[Matthew Berry]

I generally do not like road teams on a short week. You know like there's some ones that you just whatever you had to start Jaden Daniels last week, you know, because he's Jaden Daniels. But like I mean you saw what the commanders are pretty good offense and again the packers are a great defense but still just road teams on a short on the, on this Thursday night game. I generally, I try to avoid the, the borderline calls. Yeah, that's not your superstars but your, your, your, your Jalen Waddle is not a must start.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah, that gets reflected in the spread as well. That's just the real thing. That home field advantage is more accentuated on short week just because there's a been traveling with the body has less time to recover. From so it is a real thing.

[Connor Rogers]

All right, we got another question here from Jay Snyder. Would you trade James Connor for Tony Pollard in full ppr?

[Matthew Berry]

It's a close one, I think is.

[Jay Anderson]

Taji is going to come back at some point.

[Connor Rogers]

Yeah.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah. But Trey Benson is coming like James.

[Connor Rogers]

Conner no longer on the hands.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah. 100. Yeah. There's. Yeah. There's no room for James Connor on the. On the running back hands face now. I think I probably wouldn't just because I think usage wise they're about the same. I'm not convinced Tajie Spears gets a significant role when he comes back. But there's injury concerns with both players. More with Conor than with. Than with Pollard. I think I just feel like the Cardinals are a better offense and will be in scoring position more than Pollard. But it's really close. Like if I was doing rankings for the rest of the season, like they'd be right next to each other.

[Jay Anderson]

I'm a little worried about the Cardinals. It's not a real 2 0. They basically played the Saints and the Panthers to a draw. Who are two of the four. Four worst teams in the league. So I mean they're two point dogs away to Mac Jones this week. So yeah, we'll say Cardinals have time to pick it up.

[Matthew Berry]

Would you. You'd prefer Tony Pollard in that situation?

[Jay Anderson]

I would prefer Tony Pollard because one, I think that Connor is more of an injury risk. It is fair history and I'd be more worried about Trey Benson than Taj Spears.

[Matthew Berry]

That I agree with both those statements. I still and I agree with you, I think the Cardinals are somewhat of a fraudulent 2 0. Although the old bill Parcells quote, you are what your record is. Right. You know, I mean, so they, they whatever they beat who the NFL put in front of them. That said, I do just feel overall better about the Cardinals offense regardless of what their NFL record is. I feel better about the Cardinals offense and being in scoring position more than the Titans. And that offensive line. I like the Cardinals offensive line more than the Titans. I think Cardinal gets more touchdowns assuming. But I agree, like that's what we're saying. It's a good question. It's a really close one. I probably would stick with Connor, but if you traded Pollard, I wouldn't be like, dude, what are you doing? So. But real solid.

[Connor Rogers]

All right. Our next running back, Matthew Ride or Die Amari and Hampton, he's got the Broncos who have just given up a lot of rushing yards last week. Only five total yards for Hampton in week two. Do you continue to ride with Mr. Ride or Die.

[Matthew Berry]

I am. I mean, that's the point of Ride or die is that you hopefully die. You hopefully ride, but, you know, you also may die. It's till death do us part. Look, first off here are the weird things. Let's just talk about Omarion Hampton. So you see there, right, he played only 62% of the snaps. He had only eight rush attempts, got only one reception, under four fantasy points. So far this year, he's running back 47. It has not been a home run for Omarion Hampton as a ride or die candidate so far this season. He had the bad fumble in the fourth quarter as well. That's a question mark. Going forward, is Jim Harbaugh. Is Jim Harbaugh one of those guys that's like, nope, sit down, rook, or. And let's go with the veteran Najee Harris. There he is. There's. He's. I got him right next to Jaden Daniels. He's got a very prominent spot on the jersey wall. Very prominent, very important. We may have to move him. You know, he may have to go. You know, McBride's a little bit too off. Hn's a little bit too off. We may have to. Ace is back there. We gotta. I'm not saying that Hampton is going to still be there. He's staying on the wall, but we.

[Jay Anderson]

Just people at home. If you see him next to Brian Robinson Jr. In a couple of weeks, then you know that Matthew's kind of losing his faith.

[Matthew Berry]

Okay, but, but so listen, let's. Let's just talk about the concerns here. I want to talk about just the concerns overall and then we'll talk about the ride or die situation. But on the concerns are like, they can't block Connor. The Chargers are averaging point two. That's not a typo. 0.2 yards before contact on running back rushes. That is the third fewest in the NFL. They can't run block.

[Connor Rogers]

I think this is why they're passing over expectation at an alarming rate. I think they know it and they're saying, okay, let's go with what's working. Yes, maybe a flip at some point.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, I mean, like, again, not making excuses, but the truth of the matter is, is that had I had to make the call at the preseason game, which is July 31, so I had to make the. And you have to make the call a few days ahead because you're preparing everything. So, like, had I known, you know, had I had a crystal ball and known Rashawn Slater a week later was going to be out for the year. That would have gone into my calculation. All of that said, I do think that teams, Giants we talked about yesterday are going to have to adjust to how well they are passing the ball and that's going to open up running lanes for the Chargers again. They've also played the Chiefs and the Raiders and I think there's a chance that we look back on this year and be like those were two of the five best run defenses in the NFL. I do think the Raiders have through two games have played very good run defense. So we will see specific to this week on Omarion Hampton, I am keeping it open right The Broncos have allowed the six most rushing yards to running backs through two games. The Colts ran all over him last week as well. To date, Marion Hampton has seen 100%, literally 100% of the team's goal to go rushing attempts inside the five yard line. He got three on Monday night. He didn't convert them. He was tackled in the background on two backfield on two of them. But at least to date when they've gotten close, they have given it to Hampton. He just hasn't converted yet as well. He's got a 56% route participation. Harris is under 20% now the concerns are again is that they're just not running the ball and it is still Denver. But I am sticking with him. But, but listen, he's my running back 24. I've been ranking him inside the top 15 at running back this week. He's, he's more of a, he's more of a low, very low end RB2, kind of a higher end flex play than he has been kind of the high end RB2 that I ranked him the first two weeks. So we're definitely lowering expectations but I'm still keeping it open. I'm still, I'm still sticking with them.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah, I wouldn't be that afraid of the Denver defense at this point in terms of like treating them like the packers defense, which is absolutely terrifying. The Broncos, I think it's a good defense against the top 10 defense. I don't think this is like a best in the league type of level defense as it was last year statistically because last year they made up on a lot of bad teams. Like their rating was inflated by like shutting out Carson wentz in Week 18 when they played the Bengals, the Ravens, the Bills, the chargers in the second half of the season. They gave up 30 plus to all of those teams. So I think that as Daniel Jones showed last week like, you can move the ball on the Broncos and with Amari Hampton in particular, like, Jonathan Taylor just completely eviscerated this Broncos defense. So I think that there will be explosives there. Hopefully they can get him in the passing game more. He was trying some screen passes as the Colts did to Jonathan Taylor. So, yeah, I think the good thing with Hampton at least is that one, to your point, he's getting the goal line carries, and then two, he still looks the part. He looks fine. It's just he doesn't have any space.

[Matthew Berry]

Right? I mean, I mean, like, nothing that we've seen. There's. Sometimes you see a player that you love as college tape Conner, and then he gets the NFL and you're like, you know, actually, it was. It was one thing to crush in the Mac, but it's another thing. Like, when you. When you get up here, it could look different fast. Yeah. Nothing that I've seen from Hampton to Jay's point makes me think, like, oh, this guy isn't NFL ready.

[Connor Rogers]

No, not at all. I think he looks explosive enough. He's obviously got NFL strength. Really worried about Amarian Hampton. I've been saying, I think this is just going to swing back where teams are like, well, maybe we should dedicate attention to kenan Allen and lad McConkey and Quinton Johnson and not just be living in the box and selling out to stop the run. And obviously Herbert's been able to run in the beginning of the year. I mean, maybe this is just foolish to me, but I'm not worried about him. I think he's going to be fine.

[Matthew Berry]

I'm not either. Jonathan Jarabe on YouTube says, Trade a buka for Hampton. Love you guys. Love you, Jonathan. Weirdly, Connor, before the show told me he's not a big fan of you, but Jay and I both are. Jonathan Jarabi fans over here appreciate you the JJ man. I don't think so. I don't think I would do this trade. I like the idea of buying low on Hampton, but I don't think you're selling high on Abuka. Like, I think a Buka is legit. I don't mind the trade. I just. I feel like actually, if you were trading a book and now given what he's done so far, I think you could candidly do better than Hampton.

[Jay Anderson]

I'd rather have Hampton. It's interesting that because he's a ride or die, it's. The Godwin's coming back.

[Connor Rogers]

Yeah.

[Jay Anderson]

The tricky one is banged up. Still. I know that Worth is coming back.

[Matthew Berry]

Even If Godwin comes, I don't know. I just think Kabuka is legitimate. My point is, is that. Let me rephrase it then. I think it's a. It's definitely a fair trade. And I don't mind the idea that you'd rather have Hampton season long. I mean, again, he's my ride or die, and I would in overall ranks. I'm just saying, like, if I was going to trade a booker now, I would want more than what the current market value is of Hampton.

[Connor Rogers]

Right.

[Matthew Berry]

That's sort of. My argument is just that, like, you should ask for a wide receiver back. I'll give you a Buca for Hampton and like a. You know, and Troy Franklin or someone upside. Somebody with. Yeah, that kind of thing. Amaran Hampton or JCM the rest of the season. Bill Crosky, Merritt Hampton. It's Hampton. I mean, listen, I'm. I'm as big a commander's homer as there is, but it's. It's Hampton. That's from Josh. Just Josh? Yeah.

[Jay Anderson]

The only one.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, he's the only Josh.

[Connor Rogers]

How about this next question from May? K O K. Who are we more concerned for, Hampton or Travion Henderson? Let's talk about Travion Henderson, guys, because he's our next running back here. He's got the Steelers running back. Yeah.

[Matthew Berry]

Before we get to Trayvon Henderson, do you mind?

[Connor Rogers]

Not enough Hampton for you.

[Matthew Berry]

Not enough Hampton. Let me go back. See Hampton there.

[Connor Rogers]

We're off the air in 38 minutes.

[Matthew Berry]

It doesn't matter. Whatever. I do the show for me, and it's fair.

[Connor Rogers]

You don't hide that from anybody. I give you that.

[Matthew Berry]

If people are watching, it's great. If they're not. Whatever it is what it is. I just need to talk for about an hour every day.

[Connor Rogers]

We had to do waivers for you yesterday.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, right. Okay, here we go. So I just. Only because we're talking about Hampton Holder thing. And I know people are critical of. Hey, Ride or Die. And listen, a lot of pressure on this year's Ride or Die because Kyler Murray did not work out last year. All I'm going to say is I want to just talk about some of the other guys that were thrown to me, like, because I put it out on social media, who should be my ride or die this year. Little bit of engagement farming. But it's okay. Like, you know, I'm a man. I'm human. All right. So in my engagement farming, social media, like, so here are the names that people came up, the most common names that suggested for my Ride or Die. Ashton Genty, by the way, running back 28 on the season. And I thought he was too obvious. He was going inside the top six, right. Chase Brown, he's been running back 20. He's running back 24. Bucky Irving. Okay, he's running back 11. We'll see. Nico Collins is wide receiver 46. Drake London, wide receiver 49. Brian Thomas Jr. Wide receiver 54. Xavier Worthy. Injured. You know, as well, and honestly, if. If the rider. If I'd been able to make the Ride or Die pick later in the preseason, honestly, where I would have gone is actually Tyler Warren. Because we. I mean, I had him at tight end seven. We talked about him every show. I had him at tight end seven. He was consensus was like tight end 14. Even when he's rising up a little bit, started to gain some steam. He was like tight in 11. You know what I mean? Like, I was all in on Tyler Warren. I know you were as well.

[Connor Rogers]

I went to bet him offensive rookie year this morning. He's now the front runner at plus 300. I was like, all right, there was that.

[Matthew Berry]

There he goes. But he probably would have been my Ride or Die had I had three weeks more to sort of, you know, get some preseason looks and that kind of stuff. But, you know, to me, I think other than Tyler Warren, which we were unsure of at the quarterback at the time, I made the decision, Bucky Irving. Okay, fair. Like any of the guys that we would have chosen. It's two weeks, right? It's two weeks. Come to me at the end of the year. And if Hampton sucks at the end of the year, then you can yell at me, then you can tweet at me, then you can spam my Instagram. Then, you know, then you can put the comments in. You know, there you go. Give it time, because I'll be on a beach at that point.

[Jay Anderson]

Cheaps are owing to.

[Connor Rogers]

There's a lot of the notifications.

[Jay Anderson]

It's early.

[Matthew Berry]

Exactly. It's early. All right, now we can talk about.

[Connor Rogers]

Trayvon Henderson, who's the RB32 in points per game through two weeks right now. Jay, I think the. The big issue with this one here is that, you know, after a couple penalties, they don't trust him as much as the veteran backs on this roster.

[Jay Anderson]

The issue is he doesn't play. He's not on the field, and it's hard to produce when you're not on the field. And I think this is the fear with Mike Vrabel kind of old school. Coach likes guys to not make mistakes and he's just not putting him out there. And also Ramondre Stevenson for his sins. He executes the offense and he seems to do what Vrabel wants him to do, what the coach is wanting to do. It's not like Ramondo is like a bad running back either. He's solid and he's getting and he seems to have a hold on that role in the offense, so we'll see. I think there are going to be games where Travion Henderson just breaks a 70 yarder and then people are back in on him. But I think Ramondre is clearly the guy in that backfield for now.

[Matthew Berry]

Could not agree more. He's my running back 36. I'm closing it out. He's. He played less than 30% of the snaps last week. Shout out to my friend JJ Zacharias and pointed out he was called for three separate holding penalties. And then there was a play later that Ramondre had the big. Was it touchdown run. Right. He had a big play later. And Vrabel said in the postgame press conference that that was actually supposed to be Trayvon. At least that's how they practice it, taking him out. So you wonder, right, did they take him out because of all the holding penalties? Either way, in two games this season, he's got 16 total touches. We never thought he was going to be a workhorse bout, but we thought he would get 16 touches a game, not 16 through two. The matchup against Pittsburgh, you don't love. I'm closing it on Trebian Henderson and candidly, I'm closing it out until I see it. He's going to need to have a big game before I'm like, yeah, now I'm back in. Because it just doesn't feel like, you know, he's what they're, you know, he's what they're hoping for and can, you know, Ramondre looks good.

[Connor Rogers]

This one from txs Travion Henderson or Jameson Williams in PBR Jamo.

[Matthew Berry]

Not close for me.

[Connor Rogers]

JMO plays.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah, JMO plays.

[Connor Rogers]

I mean, that's literally where we're at with Trayvon. Like, I agree with you, Matthew. You got to see it. Let's move over to the pass catchers then. D.J. moore against the Cowboys. D.J. moore is outside the top 50 wide receivers in points per game through two weeks. It has been the Roma Dunes a show so far, Matthew, in Chicago.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, but I'm still going to keep it open because you had me at Dallas. I mean, they made Wando Robinson a Thing last week, for the love of God. Right? I mean, they've allowed more yards and the highest catch rate to wide receivers than any other team in the NFL this season. You can throw on Dallas. And I do think while Adunze has been awesome, when you're a quarterback in the NFL, it's a little bit like. It's a little bit like me, right? I'll explain how when you're. When you are the head of something, when you're the quarterback, you're the quarterback of the team or the quarterback of this show, you got to keep all your diva wide receivers happy. And so there'll be weeks where Jay just absolutely crushes, right? And he's getting the rock and he's just absolutely. And then Conor like. And Conor reads all the press and he says, whoa, everyone loving Jay. Well, Jay's the new. The number one. And so then I'm like, all right, all right, let me get Connor. Let me throw Connor some. Some, you know, a couple of bones here and let him, you know, talk about that kind of stuff. Exactly. So it's just. That's the idea is that I do think, after all, you know, and then you're like, oh, Lawrence is feeling bad and they're all right, Lawrence, get in here. Like, you know, we got to give Lawrence more like. So you're just. You're dealing with a lot of egos. And I just feel like after all the positive and deservedly so press around Roma Dunz becoming the number one, it's not like DJ Moore has been left for dead. It's not like DJ Moore can't play football anymore. I believe that Caleb Williams make a point to get him the Rock this week because of all the, you know, all the. The attention on how Dunes A has blown up and DJ Moore has a slow start to the season.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah. Great comparison, great analogy. Matthew, you are a lot like Spencer Rattler. You are a lot. I've always said that.

[Matthew Berry]

Dj Ratty Ace.

[Jay Anderson]

Yes.

[Matthew Berry]

Maddie. Matty. Ice. Ratty Ice. Yeah, sure.

[Jay Anderson]

Mattler. I think original DJ Moore. You still have to regress one to preseason expectations where he is being taken. It's like a fifth round pick or so and then two. This guy still. Same guy used to put up, you know, 1150 yard receiving seasons for fun with bad quarterbacks. Like, the talent is still there. This is week three in a new offensive system. I think there's just a ton of growing pains. It's as favorable matchup as possible, which still makes me very concerned about the Eagles and the fact that they weren't able to do anything through the air against the Cowboys. But Russell Wilson just had a million yards and look like 2015. Russell Wilson against his defense. So I think that if ever there is a spot to get right. Here's the thing. If he doesn't play, if he doesn't do anything against Dallas, then, then we can panic, can't play him. But.

[Matthew Berry]

By the way, through two weeks the Bears are a bottom 10 defense. My point being is that Dallas should be able to move the ball easily against the Bears. And so game script should be, you know, favorable. Again, 50 and a half over, under. Like we're expecting a lot of points in this one. Connor, is there anything from the tape that you've seen that DJ Moore looks like he's lost a step?

[Connor Rogers]

There's definitely. I think the combo I see with Bears is the Bears fans right now is that when things don't go right early, he doesn't look as into the game when they're in close trips. And that's something that like that the coaches, whether that or not or if he's involved in a play, I obviously am not going to sit DJ Moore in this scenario. I think this matchup is ready for both receivers to feast on. Dallas has been hurt in the secondary. They've been bad in the secondary. On the flip side, the Bears, they've been hurt in the secondary and bad in the secondary. A 50 and a half point total is high. This one has a very good chance of hitting the over. So you're not sitting DJ Moore. There's too many bad matchups this week to sit DJ Moore. Maybe Matthew, they do kind of do the old squeaky wheel effect. A couple screens for DJ Moore. Shallow crosser. Just get him going with the ball in his hands. Get him involved in the game early. Our next receiver, Jay.

[Matthew Berry]

But you just see there, you see how I just, you know, I kind of like. Let me just get a bubble screen here to honor. Last of a question.

[Jay Anderson]

Worried about the DJ Moore checking out?

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, exactly. You've seen that before. Like the show's not going well and Connor's just on his phone. He's figuring out the next next taping of Badlands.

[Connor Rogers]

I hang out with the regulars instead. I start getting in the chat. Hey, guys, you guys. I'll talk to you guys instead.

[Matthew Berry]

What's going on exactly?

[Jay Anderson]

Connor needs to touch the rock next.

[Matthew Berry]

Silver leather. I do.

[Jay Anderson]

He's a leather daddy.

[Matthew Berry]

That's right. Leather daddy time. Yep. Yeah.

[Connor Rogers]

Somebody who did not touch the rock much in week Two, he didn't need to. Keon Coleman of the Bills. The Bills didn't need to throw in this game. It was simple as that. It's how Keon Coleman ends up with 5.6 points in Week 2 after a big Week 1. Could that happen again? Jay against Miami in Week 2?

[Jay Anderson]

Thing is he only needs one against the Dolphins defense that is prone to breakdowns. I think this Bill's team, I think, I think what's going to happen, I think they're going to go like 14, three and get a one seed. And I think everyone on the team is going to be slightly underwhelming from a fantasy perspective except for James Cook because I think this team is just going to have the lead so much. I think they're so dominant, they have such an easy schedule. They're 12 and a half point favorites. This is a team that doesn't really care that much about the regular season because now they have a path to like they just want to win the Super Bowl. That is what matters for Buffalo. So I don't think they're going to have Josh Allen dropping back 42 times a game and putting up 4,500 passing yards. I think that it's going to be a run heavy offense at the same time. Keon Coleman, like, this is as good a matchup as you can hope for against the broken Dolphins team. A broken Dolphins secondary and he still is the most targeted wide receiver on.

[Matthew Berry]

The team for sure. He leads the Bills in both target share and route participation. He's running over 80% of the routes and the Dolphins have given up three touchdowns in the first two games. It's tied for third most in the NFL. Again, they're traveling on a short week. To your point, they didn't need to throw that much. They did need to throw crazy a lot. If there's one downside here, it's that or one kind of like, you know, hang on for a minute. It's that they didn't throw in week one, in week two and I agree with your assessment that they have such an easy schedule that there's going to be a lot more game scripts like that where they just don't need to do anything. But also week one they had that they had to make a crazy comeback. And the majority of Keon Coleman's work came in the fourth quarter when they made that furious comeback against the Ravens. And so we haven't seen a normal game through two weeks with the, with the Bills, I'm at wide receiver 36. I'm keeping it open. But again, he's a wide receiver. Four to your point. He only needs one. He's running a ton of routes, and I think Miami is bad enough that. That Coleman will. Will get one, but he's not without risk this week.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah. The thing is, like, they've still got five more games against the AFC east, and next week they play the Saints. So there's just going to be a ton, I think, of these games that resemble last week's against the Jets.

[Connor Rogers]

Cactus Jake says Keon Coleman or Ricky Pearsall in ppr. Ricky Pearsall.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Connor Rogers]

I'd go with Pearsall as well.

[Matthew Berry]

Home against Arizona as well. Right. We like the 49ers this week.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah. The Cardinals defense is very banged up as well. Will Johnson, Max Melton and Carr.

[Matthew Berry]

Cactus Jake is a good name.

[Connor Rogers]

That's pretty good.

[Matthew Berry]

That's a pretty good name. Cactus Jake is the kind of guy you have a beer with, you know, at a dusty bar. At a saloon. Yes, at a saloon. Not this kind of bar in Albuquerque. Yeah. Cactus Jake isn't like, in this kind of bar. No, no.

[Jay Anderson]

He's not in the north.

[Matthew Berry]

No, no, exactly.

[Jay Anderson]

He's an Albuquerque.

[Matthew Berry]

Albuquerque. Scottsdale. I can see Cactus Jake in Scottsdale.

[Connor Rogers]

Okay.

[Jay Anderson]

There are a lot. There's a lot of desert to play with.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, a lot of good bar. Scottsdale. Scottsdale is fun.

[Connor Rogers]

The Cactus Jakeler. David Knacker.

[Matthew Berry]

Listen, I'm just gonna. I'm gonna. You know, I mostly give advice. I mostly give advice about fantasy football. Right. But I do give advice just in general that. And so I will just say this to the young people out there. If you are young and you are single, whatever you're into, whatever your gender is, get yourself to Scottsdale. That is a fun city. If you are young and single, that is a fun, fun city.

[Connor Rogers]

Better than East Lansing.

[Matthew Berry]

Oh, my God. It's 180 degrees from east Lansing. I used to go when I lived in la. Me and my buddies would go for, like, a week of spring training in Scottsdale and Scottsdale.

[Jay Anderson]

Matty, Ice, go to work.

[Matthew Berry]

Oh, my. It's my kid Connor, the one who's at Alabama, wanted to go. The other Conor, the other Connor. The Conroy likes. The Conroy likes.

[Connor Rogers]

Right, right.

[Matthew Berry]

That's one way to define it. The Conroy. Like, so my kid Connor, who's now a junior at Alabama, when he was looking at colleges, he was looking at. He got into both Arizona and Arizona State.

[Connor Rogers]

Tempe is Miami in the desert.

[Matthew Berry]

I mean, dude. And I was just like go to one of those. What are you doing? I was like. He's like, nah, nah. He's like now that I want to go to an SEC school I said, but you got in. Well know you we should go look at it. We just mean you. Come on. Just me and you will take a tour for like a week, week and a half. Anyway, big fan. How are the ankles in Scottsdale?

[Jay Anderson]

Fried ankles. They'll never say better ankles.

[Matthew Berry]

You'll never see better ankles. Travis McKnight Ankle City they call it. I'm just letting you know like I don't know where the chat approval. I'm just telling you. Scottsdale. Scottsdale Tempe. It's Arizona's awesome. Arizona is an awesome.

[Connor Rogers]

I co sign that one.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Connor Rogers]

Our last wide receiver is Jerry Judy against the Packers. Under 12 points in both games this season. For Jerry Judy, Matthew set is always open. Jerry Jeudy is not so far for.

[Matthew Berry]

The Browns he might be open, they're just not looking for him his way. He's had a below 20% target share in both games so far this season. 0 red zone targets which by the way, I don't think that's a fluke. Even when Judy was getting at his best, he's never been a big touchdown scorer. And now you've got oh by the way the Green Bay packers who allow the fifth fewest yards per game to wide receivers. The Browns have the lowest implied team total in week number three. This packers defense, again, it's only two weeks. It's early. You don't want to make great declarations but. But this packers defense might wind up being one of the elite defenses of all time in the NFL. Like you know the, you know the Super Bowl Bears kind of defense and some of the Ravens teams and like just like it's own in Denver. Yeah. Legion of boom. And like you know some of yeah some of the Niners defenses over the year, like I don't know, I want no part of Jerry Judy. I'm closing it out just aesthetically.

[Jay Anderson]

The packers, there's the speed that they have at every level. It's like nothing else. The defensive Edwin Cooper looks like an all pro linebacker. They have maybe they have one of the best safety tandems in the league and Evan Williams and Xavier McKinney. So yeah, I don't want no part of Jerry Judy. Also my man Joe Flacco who looked all right in week one against the Bengals might have been a product to play.

[Connor Rogers]

He got a little frisky.

[Jay Anderson]

He didn't look good at all against the Ravens. I think it might be Dylan Gabriel time pretty soon. And if you're in a super flex league and you're like wanting for a third quarterback option, pick up Dylan Gabriel. I think he's coming in the next two, three weeks.

[Matthew Berry]

I don't disagree with that call. Definitely. And the other thing is, is that I just, just thinking defensively here for a second. You talk about how good they are on the back end with the Packers. The crazy thing is, is that they don't even need to be that good because they're so good on the defensive line. And Micah Parsons still hasn't even ramped fully up. But my point is, is that a lot of times if you have a great defensive line, this is what the commanders candidly are banking on. Is that like if you can, if you can get home and get pressure, it doesn't matter. You know, most NFL corners and safeties can hang with them for two and a half seconds. Right. You know what I mean? But like if you can get home and get pressure, then you, you, you take the pressure off of. But then you've got again, you've, you've got elite guys there. I just.

[Jay Anderson]

The funny thing, I think the packers.

[Matthew Berry]

Man, the chat wants you to relax. What? The chat.

[Connor Rogers]

They really want you to relax about the Packers.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah, no, I think we're doing more packers content. So here's my other point.

[Matthew Berry]

They want me to relax about the packers or just in general? Because they're fine with you, Tempe.

[Connor Rogers]

They don't like that. The packers could be an all time great defense.

[Matthew Berry]

They think that's too excessive.

[Connor Rogers]

Somebody put break in all caps.

[Jay Anderson]

It has been two weeks, but at.

[Matthew Berry]

The same time, that's why I say it might be.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah, I think what's special might be.

[Matthew Berry]

You know, it's clear what's crazy. I'll just say this very quickly then.

[Jay Anderson]

You packers guy, you've always been.

[Matthew Berry]

I am a shareholder, by the way. I have one share of. I'm a co owner of the Green Bay.

[Connor Rogers]

You hate the commanders.

[Jay Anderson]

I have a lot of money on the packers this year. So does that make me a shareholder as well?

[Matthew Berry]

Yes. No. It was a birthday gift like 20 years ago. But somebody got me one share. I do have, you know, one share of the. I own one share of the Green Bay Packers.

[Connor Rogers]

You vote on anything?

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, all the time.

[Connor Rogers]

Yeah. Trade for Michael Parsons, get him off the Cowboys.

[Jay Anderson]

A lot of focus on Tom Brady and his conflicts with the Raiders.

[Connor Rogers]

Yeah, this is a real conflict of interest here.

[Jay Anderson]

I don't think you should be able to talk about.

[Connor Rogers]

No more sports media for you.

[Matthew Berry]

Fair enough. I was just going to say, what's amazing is it's truly become a backup producer Pete show. And yet backup producer Pete nowhere to be found. Nowhere to be found. Producer Steven is backing up backup producer Pete.

[Connor Rogers]

His habits are spreading, though, to our entire production team.

[Matthew Berry]

It's unbelievable. Backup producer Pete, like, where what is. Like, he's not even a backup. Like, do we need a backup for backup producer Pete now?

[Connor Rogers]

I know it's.

[Jay Anderson]

Well, shadow Sanders for the Dylan Gable.

[Matthew Berry]

I guess he is. I guess he's like third string now. Is practice squad Pete.

[Connor Rogers]

Is he now practice not even collecting the regular season check anymore.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, exactly. I mean, add him up to the second team and. Yeah. Backup producer Pete now practice squad Pete. All right.

[Connor Rogers]

Our last player, guys. Yeah. Slow start for TJ Hawkinson. 27 total yards not in week two, but through two games so far. I'm going to be honest with you, Matthew. I'm going to put a lot of the blame here simply on JJ McCarthy and I think Hawkinson is going to bounce back with Carson Wentz. Just feels awful saying that, but I actually believe in it.

[Jay Anderson]

The line moved towards the Bengals after J.J. mcCarthy got ruled out. Like, J.J. mcCarthy. Understand, like, he's going to get better. He will develop as a player. Not going to write him off yet. But I don't know why Carson Wentz is worse than J.J. mcCarthy right now.

[Connor Rogers]

No, we have no evidence of that being the case.

[Matthew Berry]

I mean, like. And so it's Jake Browning versus Carson Wentz. I'm surprised, I guess.

[Connor Rogers]

Looks like Jake Browning. The brownler.

[Matthew Berry]

The Brownler.

[Jay Anderson]

I think it's actually going to be a fun game.

[Matthew Berry]

I actually think it's going to be a great game. I think that's going to be an awesome game. The thing about Carson Wentz and is that again, I always talk about this like, it's one thing to come in, like halfway through a game. It's another thing to be like Carson Wentz has known since day, hey, you are starting this week. Yeah. And so everything has been. He's. He's getting all the first team reps. They are working with him. They're going to design. They're going to call plays that are in his skill set. They're watching him in practice going, like, all right, that one's not working. But okay, he can do these packages, these kind of things. And so I think Wentz will be fine. As a result, I'm keeping it open on TJ Hawkinson like he still has an 80% route participation, 17% target share. It's the Bengals, right, a bottom 10 bottom 10 defense pretty much in every metric but especially in terms of most yards allowed to opposing tight ends so far this season. And I don't really have a great stat for this and some of it's inflated by, you know, the years he played with Zach Ertz. But generally speaking, Carson Wentz has been friendly to tight ends. He likes to use the tight end in passing and I certainly think Hawkinson, given what a big target he is to me, I'm keeping it open. I haven't tight end 10 this week. I think he's actually going to bounce back this week.

[Connor Rogers]

Alright, to recap, keep it open or close it out. Tuatanga by LOA's QB17. That's a close. Tony Pollard is RB22 open along with rider Diamarian Hampton and RB24. He's open. Treveon Henderson is a close though, outside the top 35 running backs. D.J. moore, wide receiver 27 maybe a squeaky wheel effect here. He stays open, as does Keon Coleman, hopefully with a better game script. But wide receiver 36, he stays open. Jerry Judy at wide receiver 40 right behind him. That's a close. Just not happening for Judy right now. TJ Hawkinson with Carson Wentz tight end 10 tight end is a tough landscape to navigate. Keep the faith with Hawkinson. We're gonna take our first break. When we're back through two weeks, it's time to check in on some of the biggest rookie wide receivers in the league. Abeka Hameka, Abouka, Travis Hunter, Ted McMillan and more right after this.

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[Connor Rogers]

I'm good.

[Matthew Berry]

Thank you for the prayers bro. But we turned bruh.

[Connor Rogers]

We going all the way bro.

[Matthew Berry]

Okay. They see Nah bro, they can't with us bro.

[Connor Rogers]

That is packers wide Receiver Jaden Reed, right out of surgery, both foot and collarbone surgery, saying they're going to the Super Bowl.

[Jay Anderson]

Jaden Raid. Cooking with gas. We love to say it.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Jay Anderson]

Yes. Safe recovery.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah. Well, let's drink for free. You drink for free on the recovery. Yeah. I mean, I don't know that he needs to drink after, but hopefully he's.

[Connor Rogers]

Woke up feeling good.

[Matthew Berry]

Feeling. Feeling no pain. Feeling no pain. But a lot of fun. And who knows? The packers might go to the Super Bowl.

[Jay Anderson]

Oh, you love them.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Jay Anderson]

You love them so much.

[Connor Rogers]

All things considered. Not a wild take from him.

[Matthew Berry]

Not a wild take at all.300.

[Jay Anderson]

In the NFC.

[Matthew Berry]

Well, we look forward to that because, by the way, the super bowl is on NBC. And Peacock, I'm a company man, so we'll look forward to that. You guys should tune in this year. Year.

[Connor Rogers]

Well, yeah, we'll be watching from afar.

[Jay Anderson]

We'll be there.

[Connor Rogers]

Maybe you'll be on it. We'll see.

[Matthew Berry]

All right. Blinking. You'll miss me, but I will. I'll be on the pregame show, like, again. Blinking. You miss me, but I'll. I'll be there, you know? So anyway, what are we doing now?

[Connor Rogers]

Wide receiver utilization report.

[Matthew Berry]

This is a fantasy line. Oh, is it? Oh, good.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Connor Rogers]

How about Matthew Golden?

[Jay Anderson]

Oh, with more Packers.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, that's the point.

[Connor Rogers]

It's called transitions. But we always ruin them. Nonsense.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah. Let's do a Xavier McKinney segment next. Let's keep talking packing.

[Matthew Berry]

That's actually a really good segue. So we saw Jade Reed. He drinks for free. And now we're talking about Matthew Golden.

[Connor Rogers]

Now it's ruined. Utilization score of 23 for Matthew Golden. Matthew. Which is not good.

[Matthew Berry]

That's a question. How if something. Does something have to actually be good to be ruined? Like, can you ruin something that's already terrible?

[Connor Rogers]

Just hopeless. Yeah, that's fair.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah.

[Connor Rogers]

I think we waved a white flag on this show two and a half seasons ago.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah.

[Connor Rogers]

Just kind of hope for the best.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, I don't think. I think we're unruinable is where I think we are.

[Jay Anderson]

Like True Detective Season one was great. And then progressively.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, progressively. I don't know if I'd put this.

[Jay Anderson]

On that Colin Farrell all of a sudden, mumbling away. Absolute gibberish.

[Connor Rogers]

It somehow got worse in season four.

[Jay Anderson]

But Matthew Golden. The thing is with Matthew golden is that had he caught those deep bombs, we're looking at him completely different as a player all of a sudden. It's a completely different perception for him. And look, the reality is is that Jaden Reed is done for six to eight weeks. Romeo Dobbs and Tavian Wicks are not particularly scary. My man Tucker Craft is scary. He's going to take a lot of targets away. But I would still bet that at the end of the year Matthew golden finishes as wide receiver one for a Packers offense. So we think it's going to be really good and continue to get better. He's going to continue to establish more rapport with Jordan Love. Jordan Love's airing it out as well. So those deep shots are going to be there. So Matthew golden, here's a guy that I would buy low on.

[Matthew Berry]

I agree with that take and I think ultimately we will find out. We will discover why Matthew golden was drafted so high by the packers. But I'm not using him this week. I'm at 55. His utilization score is 23 now. Utilization score again we talk about the utilization report on FantasyLife.com Dwayne McFarlane does a great job. Looks at every single route, every single play, every single snap of every game of every player and is able to basically say has distilled it into a very easily understandable digestible number. On a scale of 1 to 100, 100 being, you know, unbelievable utilization one being like stay far away. He's only at 23. 8% target share, under a 65% route participation. Just he's not out there in a full time role. So better days are ahead but we're not playing them this week.

[Connor Rogers]

Travis Hunter, our next one here. Matthew, he's got Houston. This is a tricky one because week one things looked promising especially from target share and route participation. Week two due to an injury he has to play more corner. It also seemed like they planned on him playing a little bit more DB. His utilization score just at 51 as the defensive splits have eaten into Travis Hunter's productivity on offense.

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, I mean look, I'm still really bullish on Travis Hunter's long term prospects. I'm at wide receiver 45 so he's a wide receiver 4 hopefully with a little bit of upside if there's a, you know I don't love the fact that they're playing Houston. Really tough matchup. I will say though and we talked about this in the pre show call Connor, I thought he looked bad on defense. The Jaguars need Travis Hunter to work on offense and their offense is certainly broken and Brian Thomas Jr. Is struggling as well and so I think that maybe they need to stop getting so cute with Travis Hunter. He looks Better on offense than defense.

[Connor Rogers]

That's how I felt. And it's not just the interference call at the end. That maybe was a 5050 call. He's just not as comfortable and as developed as a corner as he is a wide receiver. And right now, Jay, this Jacksonville team that has expectations to try to win this division or hang around the wild card, they just need the most impact they can get from a guy they moved mountains to acquire.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah, ultimately I think for now he's a low end flex type of guy, but he has upside where we could be talking about him as a wide receiver too. In three weeks.

[Matthew Berry]

Utilization score of 51, by the way.

[Connor Rogers]

Emeka Abuca. No, Chris Godwin. His utilization score is 72 here. Matthew. He's been great through two weeks. Baker is constantly looking his way. Week two could have been even bigger if he caught that deep ball at.

[Matthew Berry]

The end for sure. 98% route participation over a 20% target share. He's gotten half, literally 50% of the team's end zone targets. So Baker is looking for him and looking for him when he gets in close. It's why he's gotten the three touchdowns on the year as well. I'm as a top 30 play this week. He's getting the usage and he looks the part. He's just awesome.

[Connor Rogers]

Tedoro McMillan. Jay, he's been great for Bryce Young. Now they have been down 23 in both games as we said yesterday. So they're in constant throw scripts. But that might not change. And at least McMillan, unlike Xavier Leggett, you watch him play and you go, so this guy looks the part right away.

[Jay Anderson]

Yeah, Mac Jones is fine against New Orleans, but there's only one Mack daddy in the NFL and it's Teteroa. He is a beast. He's had multiple plays called back by penalties or just narrowly missed. He is really this entire offense at the moment, I think that he's going to get progressively better. He's been set in like the high 60s for his receiving prop. It's like not far off like city lamb type of territory. So I think he's just going to be a monster and a must start wide receiver. Two at worst going forward, you will.

[Matthew Berry]

As a score of 76. You see it right here. This is, this is how you can compare players. Okay. Who's getting used more? Ameca Buka, Travis Hunter, Matthew Goldman. You sort of compare them all. It's routes, their targets per routes run, what are their target, what's their stat percentage? Just every kind of underlying stat you want to know. So whatever research you want to do, if you want to compare players, there's also like, you know, start sit tools and every you know, helps you set your DFS lineup. Like literally every tool you could possibly need. A a waiver wire tool let you know how much to bid. If you're in a, you know, if you're in a league that uses fab. It's [e-mail] but I'll just say that of these 4T Mac is just an absolute beast. You know what I mean? Like 89% route participation and the Panthers are going to have to throw when your number two wide receiver is Hunter Renfro. When his biggest target competition is Hunter Renfro, you're getting the ball. Tedro McMillan going to continue to be just a beast.

[Connor Rogers]

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[Matthew Berry]

Next. There goes the pen checking plus 300 cashes. Cashes. They just fell off. Connor 20, J20 or Matthew 20. Also [e-mail] I don't mean to interrupt your meal, but I saw you from across a cafe and you're the Geico Gecko, right? In the flesh. Oh my goodness. This is huge.

[Jay Anderson]

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[Connor Rogers]

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[Matthew Berry]

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[Jay Anderson]

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[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, that's right.

[Jay Anderson]

I'll take the reins now. I'm taking Justin Herbert to win MVP at plus 800. His past six games he's 14 touchdowns, two interceptions. They're flinging it for fun and they kept doing that. They win 1314 games, 40 passing touchdowns, eight interceptions. Think I can be an MVP?

[Matthew Berry]

Yeah, I like that call. And by the way, I'll agree with you because I think Jim Harbaugh at plus thousand for coach of the year, he's got. I think the Chargers are going to win this division. And so, you know, with everyone, all the expectations for the Chiefs and the Broncos to win this division. If the Chargers end up winning this division and bringing down the Chiefs dynasty, Harbaugh is your coach of the year.

[Connor Rogers]

I like you guys taking longer plays. I'm going to go with something a little easier here. The Lions, over nine and a half wins this year. I think everybody overreacted to them having a tough go of it against the Packers Week one. A lot of new coaches on each side of the ball. But the Lions then went out and killed the Bears. They're going to be fine. I think the Lions win at least 10 games this year.

[Matthew Berry]

I like that car.

[Jay Anderson]

People are running off the lines a little. Well, not written them off, but I think people are a little too lukewarm on the lines. This is a team could absolutely still make the Super Bowl.

[Connor Rogers]

They might not be viewed as the super bowl team, but they're also better than a nine win team.

[Matthew Berry]

Jimmy says instructions unclear. Used code. Todd Zeal 20. Nice job, Jimmy. Fair enough. Well done. Well done, Jimmy. By the way, to date so far, of all the. Of all the sales of people using codes. Connor, 20% of the people have used your codes. Okay, 38% of the people have used my codes. 42% of the people have used J20.

[Connor Rogers]

Cause the show's code I'm the new.

[Matthew Berry]

King is that people are lazy is what you're saying.

[Connor Rogers]

Oh, I remember.

[Matthew Berry]

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[Jay Anderson]

Order is restored.

[Matthew Berry]

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