Fantasy Football Podcast 2016 - Waivers, Streams of the Week, Injury News

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary: Episode "Waivers, Streams of the Week, Injury News" (September 13, 2016)

Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright

In this engaging episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast, the expert trio—Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright—dive deep into the aftermath of the NFL's Week 1 games. They dissect player performances, analyze injury reports, recommend waiver wire pickups, and suggest streaming options to help fantasy managers navigate the early stages of the season effectively.

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1. Week One Game Recaps and Fantasy Feedback

Timestamp: [02:00] – [05:54]

The episode kicks off with a critical analysis of the Los Angeles Rams' dismal performance. Andy Holloway humorously encapsulates the frustration:

Andy Holloway ([01:35]): "Roses are red, violets are blue. Neither of these teams has a shot at making the playoffs."

Jason Moore voices concerns over Jared Goff’s lackluster showing:

Jason Moore ([03:33]): "This just proves how bad Jared Goff is. And people are like, what? He's not even playing. That's the point."

Despite the Rams' struggles, Andy offers a silver lining by highlighting an upcoming favorable matchup against the Seattle Seahawks:

Andy Holloway ([02:56]): "The good news is for Rams fans, they have the Seahawks next week."

The discussion then shifts to Todd Gurley's limited usage, with Jason advocating for holding or trading Gurley amidst the Rams' offensive woes:

Jason Moore ([05:54]): "At this time, sit on Gurley or, in my opinion, trade for Gurley if you can buy him at half the value because people are freaking out."

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2. Injury News

Timestamp: [10:49] – [15:25]

The hosts provide a comprehensive update on key injuries impacting fantasy rosters:

• Zach Ertz (TE, Philadelphia Eagles): Likely out for multiple weeks due to a rib displacement.

• Robert Griffin III (QB, Cleveland Browns): Placed on short-term IR with a broken bone and non-throwing shoulder, expected to miss at least eight weeks.

• Demaryius Thomas (WR, Denver Broncos): Returning to practice but uncertain for the upcoming week.

Andy Holloway ([12:20]): "Pay close attention to Demarious Thomas this week. I do not think he is a guarantee to start this week. It’s 50/50 right now for me."

• Jamal Charles (RB, Kansas City Chiefs): Continuing to face uncertainty with potential for missing additional time.

Jason emphasizes the importance of maintaining Gurley’s value despite performance concerns:

Jason Moore ([06:08]): "No, no, no, no, no, no. [...] I think David Johnson is a three-down back."

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3. Waiver Wire Picks: Wide Receivers

Timestamp: [17:37] – [26:28]

The trio identifies top wide receiver pickups to bolster fantasy teams:

• Jason’s Top Pick: Will Fuller (WR, Houston Texans)

  Jason Moore ([17:53]): "Will Fuller looked to be the real deal the way he was used. He is clearly the wide receiver, too, for a team that I expect to have a very good offense."

• Andy’s Top Pick: Tajie Sharp (WR, Tennessee Titans)

  Andy Holloway ([18:47]): "Tajie Sharp a lot. I think it was very clear that Sharp was the number one in Tennessee."

• Mike’s Recommendation: Chris Hogan (WR, New England Patriots)

  Mike Wright ([20:36]): "Chris Hogan is an extremely talented receiver. [...]"

Additional mentions include Eli Rogers and Mike Wallace for those looking to take a flyer on high-upside players.

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4. Waiver Wire Picks: Running Backs

Timestamp: [26:33] – [30:00]

The discussion turns to running backs, highlighting potential pickups:

• Jason’s Top Pick: Tevin Coleman (RB, Atlanta Falcons)

  Jason Moore ([28:05]): "Tevin Coleman [...] If something happens to Freeman, he's a monster."

• Andy’s Top Pick: Theo Riddick (RB, Cleveland Browns)

  Andy Holloway ([27:36]): "Theo Riddick is the guy that I would prefer to have. [...]"

They debate the merits of Coleman’s high upside against Riddick’s immediate usability, advising managers to consider their team’s depth and needs.

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5. Waiver Wire Picks: Tight Ends

Timestamp: [32:11] – [34:35]

For tight ends, the hosts recommend:

• Eric Ebron (TE, Tennessee Titans)

  Andy Holloway ([32:40]): "Eric Ebron [...] he’d be one of the top waiver pickups on my roster if I didn’t have a tight end."

• Jason’s Alternative: Kobe Fleener (TE)

  Jason Moore ([34:27]): "Kobe Fleener will probably be dropped in most leagues. [...]"

They caution against over-relying on volatility, suggesting Ebron as a more reliable option compared to high-upside but inconsistent players like Dwayne Allen.

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6. Streaming Quarterbacks

Timestamp: [35:22] – [43:58]

The hosts explore streaming quarterback options based on Week 1 performances and upcoming matchups:

• Andy’s Favorite: Matt Ryan (QB, Atlanta Falcons)

  Andy Holloway ([38:30]): "Matt Ryan can do enough this week. He racks up production out of the backfield with Coleman and Freeman."

• Jason’s Favorites: Andy Dalton (QB, Cincinnati Bengals) and Jameis Winston (QB, Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

  Jason Moore ([36:15]): "Jameis Winston looks good. [...]"

• Additional Streamers: Joe Flacco (QB, Baltimore Ravens) and Marcus Mariota (QB, Tennessee Titans)

Jason also touches on the complexities of Jameis Winston’s matchup against the Arizona Cardinals, urging caution despite his on-field weapons.

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7. Defenses to Start

Timestamp: [37:22] – [38:08]

For defensive streaming, the top recommendation is:

• New York Jets Defense

  Jason Moore ([37:37]): "Sheldon Richardson is back from suspension. So I mean the jets would be my number one far and away."

Other defenses considered include the Philadelphia Eagles versus Chicago Bears and Jacksonville Jaguars versus San Diego Chargers, though these were deemed less favorable.

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8. Additional Insights and Community Engagement

Timestamp: [09:57] – [10:35], [22:30] – [27:36], [34:06] – [35:23]

The hosts engage with their listener community, acknowledging contributions and promoting their online platforms:

Andy Holloway ([10:11]): "Join the Foot.com that's where our fantasy football community is. Extra episodes every week. We got giveaways."

They also integrate sponsor messages seamlessly, promoting the Draft app and Five4Club without detracting from the main content.

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Notable Quotes

• Andy Holloway on Rams' Performance:

  “Roses are red, violets are blue. Neither of these teams has a shot at making the playoffs." ([01:35])

• Jason Moore on Todd Gurley:

  “At this time, sit on Gurley or, in my opinion, trade for Gurley if you can buy him at half the value because people are freaking out." ([05:54])

• Andy Holloway on Streaming Quarterbacks:

  “Matt Ryan can do enough this week. He racks up production out of the backfield with Coleman and Freeman." ([38:50])

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Conclusion

This episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast offers a thorough analysis of Week 1 performances, highlighting critical insights into player evaluations, injury impacts, and strategic roster moves. By providing clear recommendations and leveraging their extensive expertise, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright equip fantasy managers with the tools needed to navigate the early season challenges effectively. Their blend of humor, expertise, and community engagement makes the podcast an invaluable resource for fantasy football enthusiasts.

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Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

Foreign.

[Mike Wright]

To the Fantasy Footballers Podcast coming to you from the fantasyjocks.com studios with your hosts, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome to the show.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, we gotta wake people up after that. Oh, the debacle of Monday night. That just kept going and going and going.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome. Yeah, you know, it's too much. I think it's too much on Monday night when one of the games ends up like that.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And here's the thing. I have, honestly, I have never complained about a football game, about having to watch a game. Even when they're bad, I'm still entertained. I love them. That was the worst thing I've ever seen.

[Jason Moore]

I was entertained by Twitter.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Twitter. If you are not on Twitter, if you didn't follow our tips and tricks of getting on Twitter, that made the game.

[Andy Holloway]

I shared a poetry about the game. It was so inspiring. Got some hate because of that.

[Jason Moore]

What was your poem, Andy?

[Andy Holloway]

It went like this. Roses are red, violets are blue. Neither of these teams has a shot at making the playoffs.

[Jason Moore]

Wow, it's deep.

[Andy Holloway]

Masterful, huh?

[Jason Moore]

But Andy, I'm a fan of those teams.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I got some hate. Look, somebody asked me, how do I know? And I and I told him, Case and Blaine told me. Yeah, I mean it was not good.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Football here, if you want to know. Let's say you missed the game last night.

[Andy Holloway]

That's the quick question, by the way. Quick question is last night, the two games. Some fantasy feedback I want to give.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

The people out there. I want to give you a rundown. Here's what the Rams drive chart finished at the results of their drive.

[Jason Moore]

This is good. This is good stuff.

[Andy Holloway]

We are stat based show. So break it down.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Punt, punt, punt, interception, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, punt, interception, punt, turnover on downs.

[Jason Moore]

That's not a joke. There was nothing else.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Then there's the Rams offense from last night.

[Jason Moore]

So I tweeted out you know, this just proves how bad Jared Goff is. And people are like, what? He's not even playing. That's the point. He's.

[Andy Holloway]

Correct me if I'm wrong, he wasn't even the backup. Yeah, that was atrocious.

[Jason Moore]

I will say this. Jared Goff could do better.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I don't know why you would do better. Why would you not just play him?

[Andy Holloway]

Well, the good news is for Rams fans, they have the Seahawks next week.

[Jason Moore]

That's very, very nice. And they have Jeff Fisher.

[Andy Holloway]

Now, I did get. There were some highlights in this game.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, that's.

[Andy Holloway]

I want to play the audio. The radio call of one of the biggest highlights in the game from Kevin Harlan. Now, this is Kevin Harlan. Now, keep in mind, this is a player you haven't heard of that ran onto the field, third and four, looks.

[Kevin Harlan]

Into the nickel of San Francisco in the secondary. Hey, somebody has run out on the field. Some goofball in a hat and a red shirt. Now he takes off the shirt. He's running down the middle by the 50. He's at the 30, he's bare chested and banging his chest. Now he runs the opposite way. He runs at the 50, he runs at the 40. The guy is drunk, but there he goes, the 20. They're chasing him. They're not going to get him. Waving his arms, bare chested. Somebody stop.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Look out.

[Kevin Harlan]

Here comes the blue coats. They got him. Here comes the blue goats. Oh, and they tackle him at the 40 yard line. Oh, man, that was the most exciting thing to happen tonight.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

That was Kevin Harland, Westwood One special.

[Andy Holloway]

And, and what was great is during the actual coverage of this, you know, they don't give the camera, they don't put it on the guy that was running under the field. By the way, that was not Jason. It was not Jason bare chested.

[Jason Moore]

I don't run that fast.

[Andy Holloway]

He can't run that fast. But the camera, in somewhat perfect irony to me, the camera was just on a stone face Jeff Fisher the entire time.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yes. But there's also videos of people have. They have mashed the, the radio call into video where you can see what the fan is doing. And it's one of the best things you'll see today.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, fantasy football questions from the game. Is Jeremy Curley the best wide receiver to own on The San Francisco 49ers?

[Jason Moore]

Yes, and probably not all that worthy of owning.

[Andy Holloway]

Are you concerned about Todd Gurley's performance?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yes.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think I'm concerned with the Rams performance, which is. Was always the Hang up with Todd Gurley. I expect that they'll get some things figured out.

[Andy Holloway]

And defense gave up. The defense realized Keenum was not going to get them anything. And we've seen this before with teams. Eventually the defense said, okay, we can't do it. I mean, we can't come back from 1421 down. Good night.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I will say. And then it's the offense of the Rams is concerning for Gurley and what else is concerning? Right at the start of the game on their first drive, two third downs, both times was Benny Cunningham all game long.

[Jason Moore]

Third down, there was one drive.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Todd Gurley is a two down banger on a terrible offense.

[Jason Moore]

There was one drive where I saw Gurley in there on.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's be careful.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, okay.

[Andy Holloway]

So let's be careful because he's very good.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Very, very good two down banger.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. But as a fantasy owner, there are people going to be freaking out. The same way they overreact to Adrian Peterson or Brandon Marshall or any of these guys that had struggles week one. Would you be trying? I mean, would you just sit on Gurley, right.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. At this time, sit on Gurley or in my opinion, trade for Gurley if you can buy him at half the value because people are freaking out.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He's going to have great games. But I've also seen people have. I've been offered David Johnson for Todd Gurley.

[Jason Moore]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I would do it.

[Jason Moore]

Well, no, no, I'm saying yes. Take oh yeah, David Johnson.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

But that's because I would have drafted Johnson, Heter Gurley, regardless of this performance.

[Andy Holloway]

David Johnson is a three down back.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Correct.

[Andy Holloway]

David Johnson's in there to pass protect. He's in there to catch the ball and he's in there to run the ball. Let's talk about the other game. Yes, the more entertaining game. How good are the Steelers? We're going to get into today's a waiver show. Okay. We're going through all the waiver wire pickups. We've got our full stream ahead where we give you our streaming quarterbacks fantasy takeaways from the game. That game, obviously Cousins fell flat on his face, was not accurate. They moved the ball between the 20s.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Jason's giving me the two guns and he actually finished just a shade under 70% and with over 300 yards, he didn't score any touchdowns.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, eyeballs, what did the eyeballs tell you?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Sure, the eyeballs said that he was bad decision making. Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Inaccurate.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I agree that he did not look. He didn't look like the end of season. Kirk Cousins, I will agree with that. But the final. If he had scored.

[Andy Holloway]

It doesn't matter.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Okay. But the fantasy numbers would have been.

[Jason Moore]

Fine if he had scored a touchdown then. Then, yeah, fantasy wise, he would have been. He would have been fine if you. He didn't score.

[Andy Holloway]

They play. Pittsburgh decided this. We're going to play a soft zone and let Kirk Cousins be 100% from the field. As long as he throws it four yards to the outside. I mean, that's what it was to me. Not impressive. I do think they'll write the ship. I mean, I like desean Jackson's involvement. I'd be trying to buy desean Jackson. That's my personal opinion. Yeah, I would be trying to buy deshaun Jackson. He looked very active. Looked. Looked all over the field. Missed a deep throw. Always going to get that shot. But obviously the Steelers dominated this game. D'Angelo Williams delivered for fantasy owners in a humongous way. Antonio Brown was par for his course, which is, like, better than anybody he's ever played.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And the scooter Booch that penalized that 15 yard was worth every single yard.

[Andy Holloway]

Some kinds of dances are penalized.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Well, he went. If you're familiar with the key and peel sketch, you can't go with three. Three thrusts over.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. One thing we did not discuss before we get into the news.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Well, from the Washington game, you got to talk about Matt Jones.

[Andy Holloway]

What about him?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He did not look very good. And he was. He. You thought Matt Jones looked okay?

[Andy Holloway]

I did. I thought Matt Jones looked good. They were destroyed. I mean, they were behind. Matt Jones, to me, looked pretty quick. He looked like he had a hand on the job. They had very little opportunity. To me, it looked like we see the same thing.

[Jason Moore]

The.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, I guess not. And I also saw that Chris Thompson was getting a bunch of snaps. They were very close to 50.

[Jason Moore]

50.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, I think Matt Jones concerns me for fantasy. I'm not in love with starting him. You know, he got. He got seven carries, worked for 24 yards. I mean, I didn't see anything that made me think positively for Matt Jones. But I will obviously concede that they were down the entire game and it wasn't a good game script for Matt Jones. But, I mean, you need a guy. I mean, where you drafted Matt Jones, you need him to be able to produce more than, you know, four fantasy points in a. In a difficult game script.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we're going to get it.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I was going to say the Rob. You can drop Rob Kelly, he didn't get on the field.

[Andy Holloway]

We're going to get into the news and notes. We're going to get into the waiver wire and the streaming quarterbacks and talk about a few other things. I want to do a quick shout out. We don't know who it, who it was. I don't know the name of the gentleman that sent us a signed David Johnson ball, but I wanted to give a brief shout out and say thank you for that.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, awesome.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He contacted us through Twitter. It was very gracious. We appreciate it very much. But finding DMs on Twitter, as you know, is nearly impossible and you didn't put a note in the box. But we, we are very appreciative. Thank you.

[Andy Holloway]

If you want to follow the show on Twitter, you can do so at the ffballers. You can find us on the web atthe fantasy footballers.com and I want to invite everybody listening to the show to join in. Join the Foot.com that's where our fantasy football community is. Extra episodes every week. We got giveaways. We have exclusive content. We're going to be putting up some, some different premium statistics in there and some other things.

[Jason Moore]

Answer tons of questions.

[Andy Holloway]

Tons of questions. Yeah. And there's a community of about 2,000 people that listen to this show that you can also bounce your questions off of as well. It's just a great way to go through the fantasy football. You hear jointhefoot.com so let's get into the news.

[Mike Wright]

News and notes from around the league.

[Andy Holloway]

We have so much to discuss on this show. I want to try to get through the news as quickly as I can without missing anything. Zach Ertz looks like he's going to miss at least this week. Probably more displacement, rib displacement.

[Jason Moore]

The how quickly he was ruled out this week says he'll miss more than one week. To me it was like, okay, this is serious. We cannot act like he's in, you know, whether that's two weeks or four weeks, more news will come out.

[Andy Holloway]

When we get into the waiver section. We'll talk about some tight ends you can pick up to replace Zachary. It's on your roster. All right. It was a long, glorious road For Robert Griffin III's on injured reserve with a broken bone and is non throwing shoulder.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

The short term ir.

[Andy Holloway]

I know, but that's eight weeks minimum.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's a long.

[Andy Holloway]

So he's not coming back. They also many reports said that the odds of him coming back are very, very low this season because he could need surgery in three or four weeks from now if it doesn't heal right. This is Gary Barnage owners Duke Johnson Owners smile.

[Jason Moore]

Absolutely.

[Andy Holloway]

Josh Gordon Owners smile, smile. I'm buying Josh Gordon. Josh McCown is a better quarterback. He is in a better situation to succeed in terms of producing for other fantasy owners. I mean, I, I mean fantasy players. I just like McCown behind center. I think we all wanted that. We all hoped that would happen. Not necessarily like this for Robert Griffin III's health, but I am buying a couple of those players. They Duke Johnson, the poor week he produced great with McCown.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, this, this is literally good for every single Brown player offensively except maybe Isaiah Crowell.

[Andy Holloway]

Pay close attention to demarius Thomas this week. He said he was, quote, feeling better, will return to practice. I am not. I'm going to share my own take. I do not think he is a guarantee to start this week. I actually lean more towards him not playing. That is my personal interpretation of how Demarious is talking about his injury as opposed to the team. We will see. It's 5050 right now for me.

[Jason Moore]

A little early, but I'm just going to say Emmanuel Sanders is going to be such a great play this week because even if demarius Thomas is out there, you know, we've seen sometimes they bring a guy out there to be a decoy. The Colts defense is destroyed.

[Andy Holloway]

Virgil Green, C.J. anderson, Emmanuel Sanders and Demarius Thomas, if he plays, are all great starts.

[Jason Moore]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

Speaking Monday, Jaguars coach Gus Bradley says Julius Thomas suffered a sprained ankle in the Packer game. He had a good game, but he has an ankle sprain. We need to monitor him for the week. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said he is unsure of Jamal Charles status. Ed Werder reported this morning he's very, you know that Charles might miss another week. I was on the radio this morning and somebody asked me about Spencer. Where do you get rid of him now? What do you do with him? How do you know you keep Spencer where you play? Spencer warehouse I think the Kansas City's in it for the long haul to me and the long haul says getting Charles back to be fully healthy, even if he's active. I think Spencer Ware is probably a productive RB23 flex play even with Charles active for a few weeks.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, and I think that should scare you for the value of Jamal Charles. There's no world in which Jamal Charles is going to come back from this lingering, you know, this elongated injury and then they're just going to make him the bell cow. Just not going to happen.

[Andy Holloway]

Not, not on week one of his return, that's for sure. All right, we've got reports. No real Chris Ivory updates other than the fact he remains hospitalized and in pain. More tests being done. Could be you know, no need to speculate other than the fact that if it was something like an appendix or we would have heard reports on that already. We don't know what it is. So you need to pay attention to whatever source you're on. Sleeper bot, Rotter World, whatever someone was saying.

[Jason Moore]

Should I drop Yelden? No, do not drop Yelden.

[Andy Holloway]

No. Yelden had a not a great rushing week, but he was a workload back and he caught a ball and he and he scored a touchdown. So another thing interesting about the Charles news is where and Wes played the same amount of snaps but where was infinitely but did they more productive. Lastly, the Russell Wilson watch is on. They say he's going to practice a probably of reps limited this week. He said quote the injury is well, Pete Carroll said it's nothing very serious.

[Jason Moore]

Nothing very serious.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Great.

[Jason Moore]

But hey, but it's only serious.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Before we get in the waivers, I just wanted to get what was your take on Carlos Hyde from last night's game?

[Andy Holloway]

My take on Carlos Hyde was he looked all right. I think he's going to get himself injured. That's my honest take from the game. He.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Let's say he's not injured though.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Moving forward, where is Carlos Hyde for you?

[Andy Holloway]

RB2. Yeah, RB2. I mean he had, I mean he, he had a goal, a couple goal line scores. He had that, that delay run where he scored the first touchdown was pretty impressive. I thought Sean Drone looked good. I thought the Rams looked really, really bad.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think he had a couple nice moves. Carlos Hyde did and he was okay. But he is and I'm just saying, I mean I'm not saying that, you know, he does he didn't earn the stuff, but he is truly a weak one warrior. I mean last year, week one, the year before that, week one. I think I saw that in, in, in his week ones he's got something like 500 yards and I think it's.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I think it's just over 300.

[Jason Moore]

300, 300 yards.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

You have to keep in mind, I mean 7,000 yards.

[Andy Holloway]

Carlos Hyde has not proven it over the course of a season.

[Jason Moore]

Sure.

[Andy Holloway]

He didn't even have 500 yards last year.

[Jason Moore]

And so and he goes to the Carolina Panthers.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. So I would just if you can cash in on him. I you know, for RB1 value somehow I would do it. Let's move on to the waivers.

[Mike Wright]

Put me in, coach.

[Andy Holloway]

I am sure there are 10 million people that you would like us to discuss on this episode. We're going to focus on the big names. I did get some heat. I'm going to bring these two things up real quick. We didn't mention the Blackjack Del Rio two point conversion to Michael Crabtree and we, for some reason, we didn't mention Melvin Gordon in the Stud Muffins.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

We didn't, no.

[Andy Holloway]

And so he deserves. Deserved to mention. Scored his first two touchdowns in the NFL. I think we were talking a lot about Woodhead's production.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Melvin Gordon looked good snapping him too.

[Andy Holloway]

Sure. And I said that on the radio this morning, too. Woodhead's one of my biggest buys this week. If I was choosing somebody that I wanted, he's the guy I think can make up for Keenan Allen in certain ways in that offense. Two point conversion was amazing.

[Jason Moore]

I love the call.

[Andy Holloway]

It's one of those like, why'd you do it? If you do it and miss and if you do it and you get it, it's amazing. So props to the Raiders. It's nice to see them get a win to start the season. I don't think that's happening in the century. All right, let's start at the wide receiver position. Let's start this way. Let's each give our kind of favorite pickup. It can be the same. Let's give our favorite waiver wire pickup. This week we're going to give you the percentages of ownership and then we'll go through some other names. Who's your favorite? Jason?

[Jason Moore]

Are you saying in all positions or are you saying no wide receiver? Okay, for wide receiver, my favorite is definitely Will Fuller. Will Fuller looked to be the real deal the way he was used. He is clearly the wide receiver, too, for a team that I expect to have a very good offense. O'Brien uses the passing game well and I believe that Will Fuller can have of all of the current rookie wide receivers, the largest impact for fantasy this season based on what we've seen so far. And the nice thing is he didn't just come out for week one and do this out of nowhere. You know, reports were great in camp he moved, you know, ahead of strong on the depth chart. Then in preseason he was great. And now week one, he did it in live real action. So I'm buying into Will Fuller and that would be my number one waiver claim at the wide receiver position.

[Andy Holloway]

For me, it's Taze Sharp, 41% owned. I like him more in PPR leagues than I do Will Fuller. I think Fuller will break some of those big plays. I like Tajie Sharp a lot. I think it was very clear that Sharp was the number one in Tennessee, which I love. Being able to grab a number one on waiver wire. You saw Rashard Matthews play behind Harry Douglas. I think you have a bounce back week. Mariota was in my stream consideration. I didn't go with him this week, but I think you see a bounce back week for Mariota. They did some good things. I like Tajie Sharp. He'd be my number one wide receiver. Waiver wire pickup.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah. What's interesting about this week, I don't know if there's anybody in this entire list, though, that I'm going to burn my number one waiver priority on there. How are. Would you burn it for Tajie Sharp?

[Andy Holloway]

I would burn it for Taj Sharp, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

One of those two guys.

[Andy Holloway]

If I needed. Yeah. If I needed a guy.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

If you're the Keenan Allen owner, so to speak.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly. Yeah. It does depend on your needs.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

All right. My number. My number one guy this week for right now, I'm with Jason and Will Fuller. The 11 targets was very surprising. I don't know if he'll get near that again, but he's going to be a big play guy. While the defense, the DBs have to focus on DeAndre Hopkins, which is going to clear some room for Will Fuller. Fuller look great and everything. Look, everything Jason said, I just. Echo looked great in the preseason. Did it translate? The answer for me is yes. My. My favorite speculative AD right now is actually Chris Hogan, who I know he got. He took advantage of a. Of a rookie db, but the fact that he is. He's locked in as that wide receiver, too, for. For the New England Patriots. You're probably not going to get tons of production of him from him for the next three weeks, but when Tom Brady comes back. Chris Hogan. We saw what Brandon Lefell did, which is almost 1,000 yards, and Chris Hogan is an extremely talented receiver. They gave him a decent contract.

[Andy Holloway]

You're not worried about distribution with Amendola and the other guys affecting Hogan?

[Unknown Speaker 1]

No. Long term, I think Chris Hogan's a guy I want to stash on my bench. And the thing about him is you could probably. You can get him, I assume, without burning your priority, but if he has another good week, then you're not going to be able to get him for free. So that's why I'm okay if you have that burner spot and you're. And you don't need somebody right now from the wide receiver position. I like him.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Try to get him for free as opposed to burning that. That waiver. I don't think you'll need it on Hogan. Hey, before we continue on, we want to remind everybody about the draft app. Andy talked about it early. We've been talking about it for the last couple weeks. And actually, in this studio, we have been talking about it for months. We've been excited for the season to get here because we actually genuinely love this. We are playing every Sunday morning, and thousands of people are playing with us. It's free to download the app. The games are a buck or five bucks, ten bucks. And it is so much easier to win. You're going in regular draft snake order. You know, I mean, what you're used to playing and you're playing against other people who you're at an advantage of.

[Andy Holloway]

It feels really strategic.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's great. So it's actually proven that you can win easy on draft. A lot of people having fun. It makes Sundays more fun. If you use the code ballers when you download the draft app, you'll be automatically entered into our weekly drafts, which are Both free and $10, whichever one you want. And you can compete against us at week four. We're giving out a monster prize for whoever beats us, which, you know, it'll probably stay here in the studio, of course. But the draft app is a blast. Everybody's been enjoying it. So if you haven't downloaded it yet, go to your mobile phone, download the draft app, and play enter the promo code ballers to. Also, they are going to match your first deposit up to 600 bucks.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

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[Jason Moore]

Squeak.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a nice combo, though.

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

They looked great.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

All right, I want to move on to a wide receiver here who every time he caught the ball, DEZ Bryant, owner's eyes rolled into the back of their head repeatedly. So eight times they rolled in the back of their head because Cole Beasley was the man for Dak Prescott. Cole Beasley, eight catches. Jason Whitten, nine catches. Des Bryant, one catch. Look, this is what we warned you about with a rookie quarterback. He's looking for guys out of the backfield. He's looking to hand the ball off, and he's looking underneath because he wants to be safe with the ball. They don't want.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He's looking to not lose the game.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly. They don't want him to lose it. And I'm not. Look, Des will be okay. I'm not trading DEZ Bryant or dropping him for Cole Beasley. Would you sign Cole Beasley? Would you take a flyer on him? Or do you just. I mean, if you're in a deeper.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

League and you need those targets. Look, 12 targets for Cole Beasley. I mean, that's outrageous.

[Andy Holloway]

You know what we should do is we should start like a fantasy football kiosk in the mall so you can, like, pressure people with advice from the middle kiosk.

[Jason Moore]

Like, have you seen some cold? You need Cole Beasley? You need any Cole Beasley? I got Cole Beasley over here.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

What about a Taj Sharp?

[Jason Moore]

I'm not buying into Cole Beasley. I mean, I guess if I'm in a PPR league and I need my teams destroyed, then he'll be okay. Because like you said, he's going to get seven or eight of these dump off targets while Dak is in there. All for about 2 or 3 yards, but they will Add up. I just don't really believe that he's got long term value.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Correct. I agree with that.

[Andy Holloway]

Let me give you some more 0 fab or 0 or low fab purchases if you want to take a. A flyer on guys. Eli Rogers looked good last night. Looked like Big Ben could trust him. Caught a ridiculous touchdown off of Sammy Coates's chest.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Sammy Coates, he shared it.

[Jason Moore]

It was very nice of Sammy.

[Andy Holloway]

He shares a lot. He actually looked okay. Mike Wallace is a guy, he put up a big. He might put up a big game this week. I think if you, if you're in a situation where you need a, you know, if your opponent is so happy that they're not playing you with Keenan Allen and you throw Mike Wallace out there, you might make them really mad because Mike, Mike Wallace has a good matchup this week. You've got Muhammad Sanu had a good week. You have to monitor his ankle. And then let's. Lastly, before we move on to running backs, let's just talk about if you're Keenan Allen's owner, deeper league. We talked about Danny Woodhead being a possible solution in San Diego.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

San Diego.

[Andy Holloway]

Do you move up the other wide receivers there? I mean, I can't help but move Travis Benjamin up a little bit because the best talent is going to win out.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm not buying Dontrell Inman. Tyrell Williams. Okay. You could take a shot at him 2 for 71 last week, but to me, Benjamin at least, I mean he, he didn't gain a lot of yardage, but he had seven catches.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he, he led. I believe in, in targets. Kelvin Benjamin did. And you know, I don't.

[Andy Holloway]

Calvin Benjamin, huh?

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Travis Benjamin. I think that Travis Benjamin, you know, he's the type of player that doesn't seem to be benefiting from Keenan Allen's injury. However, the way they used him in week one says that it could actually be Travis Benjamin who has, you know, a little bit of a bump up. So he might be worth it. Personally, I wasn't even drafting or, you know, caring about Travis Benjamin before the Keenan Allen injury. Maybe now he's relevant for me. I would rather take a flyer for free on Tyrell Williams. He came in. If you don't know the name Tyrell Williams, he is a burner. Very, very fast guy. I think his first catch last year was like an 80 yard touchdown. He's looked good in the preseason. I had picked him up a week or two ago in several of my leagues before this injury. So he's a Flyer. He's a. He's one of those shot in the darks where you hope maybe you hit, and if you don't, you cut him. But if you hit, you're going to be really happy. Personally, if I lost Keenan, I'm going with a Will Fuller type.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, let's move on to the running back position. We have Tevin Coleman, Theo Riddick. Let's talk about those two gentlemen. I am on the Theo Riddick side. He's my favorite pickup this week. He's owned in 70% of leagues, so he might not be available in yours, but he had a really good week, looked fast, had a little scare with the concussion, but still came back out on the field. And I think he's. Him and Abdullah are both going to be a driving force of this offense that looked very, very good in week one. Who's your favorite pickup? Mine's Reddick.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

My favorite pickup is actually. It's Tevin Coleman. And we were talking about this before the show. It's not necessarily based on what he did week one. He was. He was the better of the two. Between him and Freeman, I don't expect that always to be the case, but they're going to use Coleman. Another report came out today, Atlanta saying that Coleman is going to be used more than he was used last year, and it's that it's a guy. So he's available in almost 50% of leagues. If something happens to Freeman, he's a monster. You have a monster on your team where I don't. Theo Riddick, I think is fine to fill in for you. You might flex him now and now and then, but his upside will never be what Coleman's could be.

[Jason Moore]

Definitely. And so this is really a situational pickup for me. I lean with Andy that Theo Riddick is the guy that I would prefer to have. Obviously, he's owned in more leagues, so it might be more difficult decision might be made for you, but it's situational. If your running backs are very, you.

[Andy Holloway]

Know, are deep, you can go for Coleman.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly. If you've got the depth, Coleman should be added. Coleman should be owned in 100% of leagues. He's owned in 50% of leagues. Grab him because like a Charles Sims type, he can. He can get you some value week to week, but should the starter go down, he's going to be a monster. But if you need a running back now and a guy who can get you points, Theo Riddick, you can plug him in. If you're in any kind of ppr, and you're not going to get, you know, goose egg type games.

[Andy Holloway]

Not an impressive game from either for set or Terrence west last week. For fantasy owners, they're still. I would sign both of them. They're on the list of guys that I would take a flyer on this week. But it also means that if Kenneth Dixon's out there, who is not going to return for the next four weeks, Snag him. Throw him on your ir. Throw them on your bench. I think this job is his. I think the job's his. If he. I mean, by the end of the season, I don't think. I wasn't impressed with 4 set. I thought west looked fine. I think Dixon could run away with it.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I agree. But this week, west and 4 set should be great because last week they had to play against Buffalo. Who looked good? Mario Williams looked good.

[Andy Holloway]

It was.

[Jason Moore]

Or not Mario Williams. That being said, Mario Williams did look great, but not for the Bills, for the Dolphins. He did look great. Get healthy, Mario. But that, that defense, that defense looked pretty good. Rex Ryan seemed to have at least half of his team working. But my point is this week they take on the Cleveland Browns. And so if you're looking for a spot start, a spot start, they're both good options.

[Andy Holloway]

Sure. Yeah, of course. That was 10 for 41, just not used a lot. 3 for 15 through the air. Shane Vereen, James White, those are other low owned players that should be probably owned. I take White over Farine and then I look, you guys might disagree with me on this.

[Jason Moore]

I do. But I think it's a valid point. What you're going to say.

[Andy Holloway]

I believe that if you are, you probably saw Jay dropped in your league by a lot of people. He was a healthy scratch. He did not travel with the team to Seattle.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He was dropped by the Dolphins. That for the week.

[Andy Holloway]

For the week he was dropped by the Dolphins. Jijayi was the kind of ceremonial starter for all preseason. Arian Foster took the job. I'm pretty convinced myself that JJU would take that starting job if Foster went down. So what I'm saying is Foster's gone down before once.

[Jason Moore]

Once or twice.

[Andy Holloway]

So I am. Look, when I, when the ax falls on me, when Foster goes down and I hear all of the fantasy reaper, the fantasy reaper talk. I want to, I want you to remember week one, the waiver wire show after week one, when I told you to go sign Jay Ajayi to ensure yourself of the running back in Miami. I don't think it's going to be Drake or Damian Williams or Isaiah peed, they'll get work. But I think Ajaya would get the majority of the snaps if Foster went down. So now that I called them up and I said, look, leave a Jay at. Leave a Jay at home so that fantasy owners with Foster can grab him. And they listened. They listen. I have clout.

[Jason Moore]

That was.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

That was kindness.

[Andy Holloway]

Very kind. So, look, these guys might not agree about a jai being the guy in that situation, but I think he would be.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I agree that I think he would be more of the guy if. If Foster goes down than anybody else on the roster.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, let's talk tight ends. We said, if you're a Zach Ertz owner and you're moping, Eric Ebron might be there. He's 46% owned. He'd be one of the top waiver pickups on my roster if I didn't have a tight end. He was 5 for 46 and a touchdown. Look, you lost a lot of red zone action with Calvin Johnson's retirement. I think Ebron looked all right.

[Jason Moore]

Ebron is a guy that, for me, I was very high on him coming into the season. I was high on him this week. I played him in our league of record. This is a guy that. He would be my number one if I need a tight end. I think he's got a plus matchup this week in Tennessee. He is my target.

[Andy Holloway]

Sure. And then you got Dwayne Allen, who lived up to Jason's prophecies, always, always scoring in week one of the season. Although I hope the rest of the prophecy doesn't come true. From his history where he dies. Doesn't really perform well.

[Jason Moore]

He's not going to perform well this week. And honestly, if you're in the Dwayne Allen consideration, right, you're streaming your tight end. You don't have like a. You're not picking up a second tight end to have Dwayne Allen, then I wouldn't be picking him up because he plays Denver and that defense. I'm just not total production, total production for the game. I don't think they're going to be putting up a ton of points where the percentage of Dwayne Allen's touchdown chance, it just goes down to where I would rather have other guys like Eric Ebron or there's two guys who I'll bring up at the end.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason Whitten.

[Jason Moore]

Jason Whit would be good.

[Andy Holloway]

Love Jason Whitten. Nine catches this week. Kicking myself for picking up. Martell's been over Witten this past week. When I needed a start at the tight end position because Whitten is just the best friend. He's best friends with rookie quarterbacks or.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

He'S best friends with everybody.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

You want to know who I would pick up and start this week over Dwayne Allen?

[Andy Holloway]

Is it Virgil Green?

[Jason Moore]

I would, but I'm going to throw a different name out that I might get a little flack for. So. We'll see. We'll see.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. If Shannon Sharpe, you're going to get some flack for it.

[Jason Moore]

No, it's actually Kobe Fleener. Kobe Fleener will probably be dropped in most leagues. At least half.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

I don't know about most.

[Andy Holloway]

That is hogwash.

[Jason Moore]

I think Kobe most league. I think Kobe Fleener gets dropped in. I think he's going to be about 50%.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll go handful.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, I'll go a handful.

[Jason Moore]

I'll say, okay, all right, 50% is what I believe. I think half of your leagues, you're going to have the ability to pick him up. I might be wrong on that, but he has a very plus matchup this week. And you know, I'm not in those leagues.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll be picking up Adrian Peterson off the waiver wire over Fleener.

[Jason Moore]

Wait, you're saying that.

[Andy Holloway]

Why? Whatever those leagues are, they probably drop an AP too. Well, Brandon Marshall's on the waiver wire there, too.

[Jason Moore]

Kobe Fleener and Adrian Peterson, they went next to each other in most startup drafts.

[Andy Holloway]

See, that's wrong. AP was early and cleaner. Was in the fourth quarter.

[Jason Moore]

That's my point.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, Virgil Green, the point is there.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Pick him up.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason's point is that if you're in a league where Fleener lands on the.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Waiver wire, pick him up.

[Andy Holloway]

He's worth the pickup.

[Jason Moore]

In addition to him, I'll throw out another one that will be available in a lot of leagues.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Gurley's now available.

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Jason Moore]

You can mock all you want, but I'm trying to help people. Gronkowski, when Kobe Fleener ends up in your league or Gary Barnage ends up in your. I know it's crazy to think no one would drop him, but it will happen.

[Andy Holloway]

No, those guys up. Barnage will get dropped in leagues. I have had people send me a message and say, you know, is it time to cut bait on Barnage because the Browns stink. I'm not going to say most leagues, as you said, but several leagues will take place. All right, quarterbacks, let's look at the waiver wire for quarterbacks. I'm. I don't know what to Say about the quarterback position because we're going to get into our streaming quarterbacks. So I guess the debate is this. Who do you sign as a long term answer at the quarterback position in fantasy football based on results of this past week?

[Jason Moore]

Long term answer. I like andy Dalton.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

My two long term 64% owned Andy Dalton and Jameis Winston.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, 59% owned. Those are the names that I would bring up as well. Winston looked good. He's got Arizona this week. I'm very curious to see what week number two looks because even in the preseason Winston had these on games, off games, different matchup. They're at Arizona, aren't they? Yes, they're in Phoenix. So very, very difficult matchup this week at home again in a place where the Cardinals rarely lose after they just lost and the coach came out and said, you know, the GM came out, unacceptable loss, you're at home. Very tough matchup for Winston. I'm steering clear of him this week.

[Jason Moore]

Well, we'll talk about him in a second because one of us is not.

[Andy Holloway]

I know that's incredible. So I, you know, other guys that could be spots are pickups. Joe Flacco, he's only 15% owned. He's got the Browns this week. Marcus Mariota has Detroit. They had a shootout this past week. 56% owned. I think they bounce back.

[Jason Moore]

There are still 5% of leagues where you can pick up Eli Manning. If you're in one of those, he's playing the Saints.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, and then what are some good situational defenses to start this week.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

So here's the thing. The jets are available in over 40% of leagues. The New York jets, who will be taking on the Buffalo Bill on Thursday. Yeah, I would get in on that.

[Jason Moore]

Heck yeah. I love the Jets D line. They're even better this week than they were last week. And they're Sheldon Richardson. Richardson back from suspension. So I mean the jets would be my number one far and away.

[Andy Holloway]

The Eagles have the Bears this week. The Jaguars have the depleted Chargers. I don't know if I'm super excited about either of those, to be honest with you.

[Jason Moore]

I would like New England Patriots. They probably are out there in a lot of leagues because they had a Week 1 matchup against Arizona.

[Andy Holloway]

But they take on the Dolphins, right?

[Jason Moore]

They take on the Dolphins. They're a large favorite in a low scoring Vegas over under game.

[Andy Holloway]

Ravens D against the Browns. Even if McCown moves the ball a little bit, there's still be turnovers are probably going to be there. So let's move on to the streamers.

[Mike Wright]

Full stream ahead.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, I'm gonna kick it off my streaming Quarterback of the week. Hurts me to say it.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

It shouldn't.

[Andy Holloway]

It's. It's Matty Ice. Matt Ryan. I don't like him. I have an angry anger issue about, you know, Matt Ryan's performances, but I got to move past it. 334 and two faces. Oakland. Oakland just gave up. I did the math. 10 million points to New Orleans this past week.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Accurate.

[Andy Holloway]

And Drew Brees, you know, leading the way. I think Matt Ryan can do enough this week. Look, he racks up production out of the backfield with Coleman and Freeman. You've got Julio Jones. If I'm going to withdraw my stream of the week if Julio sits for whatever reason, but I don't expect him to be. That was something we should have said in the news. Julio thinks he'll be fine for this week.

[Jason Moore]

Breaking news. Julio has an ankle tweak all season long.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, just. Just keep repeating that. If Sanu turns into a legitimate second wide receiver weapon for. For the Falcons, I mean, that's big news for Matt Ryan.

[Andy Holloway]

It's important for Matt Ryan to have different options to overthrow in the end zone. You know what I mean? You don't want to just overthrow Julio. It's not consistency.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

We didn't talk. We barely mentioned. I.

[Andy Holloway]

Like I said that. And Matt Ryan is my start.

[Jason Moore]

We barely mentioned Sanu's name in the waivers. I would monitor his foot or ankle. He was seen limping heavily. But if he plays, he's actually a really good spot start against New Orleans for the same reason you picked the Raiders.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

The Raiders.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yeah. Against the Raiders. Correct. I was thinking the Raiders New Orleans Saint matchup of last week, which was great. I'm going to go next because we've already alluded to this stream of the week, but I'm going with Jameis Winston. And the reason is because of what Andy said. He's got a very tough matchup on the road against Arizona, a team that has been a very good pass defense. They're coming off of a loss and they don't lose two in a row very often. So that's a. That's a game where I think you're going to be afraid of starting Jameis Winston. And for me, I've got him on two of my main leagues and I'm going to be starting him this week. The reason why is because he looks good. He has the weapons. Mike Evans is legit Austin Safari. And Jenkins was used and is A good pass catching tight end, even Humphreys. And I think you were a week early on Vincent Jackson, who I think is going to eat this week, even Charles Sims out of the backfield. But more importantly than that, Arizona has a guy named Brandon Williams. And let me just say this, Bruce Arians, head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, if you're out there, if you're listening as a Cardinals fan, please do something about that. You cannot leave Brandon Williams out there and you can't leave him out there and not scheme to help protect him. Your pride is getting in the way. That being said, I think he's prideful this week and I think he says no, Brandon Williams is going to bounce back and he's going to be great. And if he's there and they're not scheming to protect him, he is not ready to guard against a guy like Vincent Jackson. So I think that that's.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, I got a water bet for you.

[Jason Moore]

Oh.

[Andy Holloway]

Because I mean, if you're going to throw out Jameis Winston, what's the, where does he have to finish for this water bet?

[Jason Moore]

Top 15.

[Andy Holloway]

Top 15.

[Jason Moore]

There you go.

[Mike Wright]

Water bet.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh my.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I don't think he finishes in the top 15.

[Jason Moore]

This is also just to let you know, this game is the second highest scoring game of the week predicted by Vegas. I love that. When I look at streaming, when you're looking at guys that the same Vegas.

[Andy Holloway]

That had the Seahawks winning by ten and a half.

[Jason Moore]

It was the same Vegas that predicted the two highest scoring games to be the New Orleans Saints against Oakland and the Detroit Lions against Indianapolis.

[Andy Holloway]

My grandma picked that, too.

[Jason Moore]

Well, there you go.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, Mike, who's your full stream ahead streaming quarterback of the week. I can't believe you get this one.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Well, I'm giving two actually, because the numbers, I'm fudging them just a little bit. Dalton is slightly over the threshold we like to go with, but he's available in nearly 40% of leagues. He gets to take on Pittsburgh. And like we had talked about, even though these guys thought Cousins looked bad, he still had over 300 yards. And Andy Dalton, that's, that's perfectly, perfectly fine. And Andy Dalton had a great week one. AJ Green looks ready to go. I just think that that passing attack, Andy Dalton, for whatever reason, he is the vegetable of the quarterback, that quarterback position that people just don't want to play. And so like I said, my numbers are slightly over for Dalton. So I also throw out Joe Flacco. He gets to take on the Browns. We saw the rookie quarterback who was by all accounts not ready to be a starter. That's what the, the, the, the rumors in the bushes were. Carson Wentz is just not ready. They moved Sam Bradford so he had to be ready. And what did he do? Put up almost 302 touchdowns and more importantly 101 passer rating. Carson Wentz looked great. So I think Joe Flacco with his new weapons of a. Another week for Steve Smith to come back and Mike Wallace as a burner. I think Joe Flacco is a great stream.

[Andy Holloway]

How about a shout out to Victor Cruz and Dennis Pitta this week?

[Jason Moore]

I loved.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

And Lance Dunbar. Yeah, that salsa Lance Dunbar. I am. You are an amazing human being.

[Andy Holloway]

Look, I mean Petto is in a lot. We didn't mention him because the weapons are just so numerous. And I think week to week it's going to be tough in Baltimore. But props to PETA for getting back on the field. And Victor Cruz. Congratulations, Victor Cruz. If he's semi healthy as a three there.

[Jason Moore]

Victor Cruz. I don't have the number in front of me. It was something like 50, 55 or 55 of 60. It was like 95% of snaps Victor Cruz played.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

Oh, man, I love it. I love to see Cruise back.

[Andy Holloway]

So. All right, so those are our streamers. Dalton, Matt Ryan and Jameis Winston this week. Make sure you visit the Website the fantasy footballers.com get your questions in for tomorrow's mailbag episode. We've also got some other exciting stuff going on tomorrow. And stay tuned through the week. We'll have our starts of the week. We'll have some DFS content. We'll get into all of the matchups and it's going to be fun week. It's week one, guys. It's over. Week one is done. Week two is here. We're into the season and for goodness sakes, the Cardinals better win this. All right, I want to thank our sponsor of the show again today, Five four Club. You heard Mike talking about them. If you want to stand out in a crowd and not blend in like everybody else, check out the 54 club. You just go to 54 club comm, type in the promo code ballers and you get $240 worth of clothing for 60 bucks. They give you a super good deal for putting in that ballers code because the ballers code is magic. So check out five four Club. And that is it for today.

[Unknown Speaker 1]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Mike Wright]

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