Week 3 Matchups + Minsh-eww, In-or-Out - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/25

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast - Week 3 Matchups + Minsh-eww, In-or-Out Summary

Release Date: September 25, 2020

The Fantasy Footballers Podcast for Week 3 delivers an engaging and insightful analysis of NFL matchups, player performances, and strategic fantasy football advice. Hosts Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike "The Fantasy Hitman" Wright delve deep into the intricacies of Week 3, providing listeners with valuable information to enhance their fantasy lineups.

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1. Episode Introduction and Overview

Andy Holloway kicks off the episode with a brief promotion of the Foot Clan community, highlighting premium stats and tools available at JoinTheFoot.com. The hosts warmly welcome listeners, emphasizing the show's packed agenda focusing on Week 3 matchups.

Andy Holloway [00:44]: "Welcome in another day, another episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Annie, Mike and Jason, jam packed show. We have tons of matchups to get into."

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2. Thursday Night Game Reaction: Dolphins vs. Jaguars

The hosts discuss the Thursday night encounter between the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars, focusing on quarterback Gardner Minshew's performance.

Mike Wright [01:14]: "He [Gardner Minshew] missed Conley on an easy deep shot that would have been like a 40-yard score or something and changed everything."

Jason Moore [02:24]: "It's tough when you Cole Tyler, I've heard."

The conversation highlights Minshew's struggles and the Jaguars' defensive tactics, particularly Chris Conley's role in limiting Minshew's effectiveness.

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3. Injury Updates

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to injury reports and their implications for fantasy lineups:

• Zach Moss is ruled out for the Buffalo Bills, opening opportunities for Devin Singletary (07:02).
• Malcolm Brown returns to practice for the Rams, while Cam Akers shows slower progress (07:20).
• Deonte Adams' participation remains uncertain, affecting decisions for the Saints and their opponents (07:41).
• Julio Jones faces a game-time decision due to lingering injuries (08:01).
• Kenny Golladay is expected to play, providing a boost for the Lions’ offense (08:47).
• Additional injuries include Jack Doyle, Juju Smith Schuster, Jamison Crowder, and Rashad Perryman.

Jason Moore [07:11]: "Devin Singletary will have a chance to take it to 100."

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4. Week 3 Matchup Previews

a. Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles

Both teams enter Week 3 at 0-2, setting up a battle for their first win.

Jason Moore [13:00]: "They feel good. They feel good right now."

The hosts discuss the Bengals' strong offense led by Joe Burrow and the Eagles' defensive vulnerabilities, especially against tight ends.

Andy Holloway [13:20]: "The Eagles are giving up points to the tight end position."

Fantasy Advice:

• Miles Sanders is recommended as an auto start due to the Bengals' weak run defense (14:02).
• Zach Ertz remains a valuable start despite some concerns (16:01).

b. Houston Texans at Pittsburgh Steelers

The discussion centers on the Texans' offensive struggles and the Steelers' strong defense.

Mike Wright [18:25]: "No team in football has been worse at protecting the quarterback than Houston."

Fantasy Advice:

• Brandon Cooks is favored over Will Fuller due to better target opportunities (19:09).
• DeAndre Swift is recommended if forced to choose running backs (27:29).

c. Detroit Lions at Arizona Cardinals

The return of Kenny Golladay for the Lions is a focal point.

Jason Moore [41:30]: "If Kenny Golladay is active, I will play him."

Fantasy Advice:

• DJ Moore and Robbie Anderson are must-starts for their consistent target volume (27:50).
• Mike Davis is prioritized over Jerick McKinnon due to better performance and opportunity balance (29:09).

d. Dallas Cowboys at Seattle Seahawks

A high-stakes matchup featuring prolific quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Dak Prescott.

Jason Moore [43:09]: "It's a matchup made in heaven."

Fantasy Advice:

• Travis Kelce and DeAndre Hopkins are highlighted for their high target potential.
• Chris Carson remains a steady option despite some defensive concerns against the Chiefs.

e. Green Bay Packers at New Orleans Saints

The Packers take on the Saints with Drew Brees’ performance under scrutiny.

Jason Moore [45:29]: "I would prefer to not start Drew Brees this week."

Fantasy Advice:

• Mitchell Trubisky is suggested over Drew Brees due to recent performance trends (46:11).
• Marquez Valdez is favored for his target volume despite inconsistent performance (50:32).

f. Kansas City Chiefs at Baltimore Ravens

A Monday Night Football showdown between two formidable teams.

Jason Moore [51:24]: "It's an incredible matchup."

Fantasy Advice:

• Mark Ingram is considered, though with some reservations due to the Chiefs' strong defense (54:03).
• Kyle Allen and Kam Chancellor are discussed based on defensive matchups (52:14).

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5. Fantasy Football Advice and Player Recommendations

The hosts provide strategic insights on player starts, considering matchups and recent performances:

• Miles Gaskin is labeled a desperation flex but acknowledged for high touch volume (04:05).
• DeAndre Hopkins is a consensus WR1 with strong matchup potential against Arizona (35:42).
• Travis Kelce and DeAndre Swift are emphasized for their reliability and upside.
• Noah Fant is praised for exceeding expectations, making him a valuable TE option (33:53).
• Kalen Andrews and DK Metcalf are recommended for favorable matchups.

Jason Moore [17:15]: "So, in terms of the confidence play of Devante Adams, I mean, at this point, if in the week you were holding on saying, I'm going to play Watson and now you're starting to get the cold feet, your options are very limited."

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6. Player Prop Picks

In collaboration with Monkey Knife Fight, the hosts offer prop bet recommendations:

• Jonathan Taylor: Over 83.5 rushing yards against the Jets (56:37)

  Jason Moore [56:37]: "They've given up 280 rushing yards in two games and it's the Jets."

• Travis Kelce: Over 6.5 receptions in the matchup against the Ravens (58:37)

  Mike Wright [58:37]: "He is coming back from, you know, at the very least, even if he's fully healthy, he hasn't been practicing for a couple of weeks. So you know, I see him as a wide receiver 15 type this week."

• Derek Henry: Over 95.5 rushing yards against the Vikings (58:35)

  Andy Holloway [58:35]: "They just lost Anthony Barr and that's their first two games. And you have seen the carry count for Derek Henry."

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7. Conclusion

The episode wraps up with final thoughts on the highly anticipated Monday Night Football game between the Chiefs and Ravens, emphasizing its significance for fantasy leagues.

Andy Holloway [60:00]: "Good luck this week. Going to be a lot of fun. Can't wait for that Monday night game, too. Unbelievable."

The hosts encourage listeners to stay engaged with ongoing updates and reminders about the Foot Clan community benefits.

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Notable Quotes

• Mike Wright [04:10]: "It's very difficult to come by that type of volume."

• Jason Moore [14:27]: "I mean I would even consider, you know, in the flex range."

• Andy Holloway [21:52]: "The Texans have not given up a ton of fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks."

• Jason Moore [55:28]: "Drew Brees or your stream of the week. Your favorite quarterback of all time, Mitchell Trubisky taking on the Atlanta Falcons."

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Final Thoughts

This episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast provides comprehensive coverage of Week 3, blending game analysis with actionable fantasy advice. The hosts maintain a conversational and entertaining tone, ensuring listeners are well-equipped to navigate their fantasy leagues with confidence.

For more detailed insights and updates, listeners are encouraged to join the Foot Clan community and explore premium resources at JoinTheFoot.com.

Transcript

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

Welcome to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore and Mike Wright.

[Andy Holloway]

Welcome in another day, another episode of the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. Annie, Mike and Jason, jam packed show. We have tons of matchups to get into.

[Mike Wright]

You got James.

[Andy Holloway]

But I'm excited. Give me your quick reactions to what you saw last night.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, all right. Quick reaction to the Thursday night game we had the Miami Dolphins taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars.

[Andy Holloway]

Jaguar.

[Mike Wright]

Jaguars.

[Jason Moore]

If you're.

[Mike Wright]

If you're Bougie is the Jacques. The Jaguars, which I've heard Jacksonville is a bougie, the bouge capital of. Yeah, the United States.

[Andy Holloway]

That's what that mustache reminds me of. Bougie.

[Mike Wright]

I will say Gardner Minshew wishes.

[Andy Holloway]

Did Gardner bench you?

[Mike Wright]

He would Gardner mince you?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. There.

[Mike Wright]

That's where you need to go. He really wishes that DJ Chark was on the field. I will not excuse the play of Minshew. He didn't necessarily look great. He missed Conley on an easy deep shot that would have been a like a 40 yard score or something and changed everything. Changed the fantasy outlook and the outlook of the game. But before that, Chris Conley was doing his best to sabotage Gardner Minshew at the beginning of the game just he single handedly killed two drives which isn't.

[Andy Holloway]

That on Gardner for choosing to heavily target Chris Conley.

[Jason Moore]

It's tough when you Cole Tyler, I've heard. Yeah, no, he played poorly but outside of the Minshew letdown, the game was fantastic. It was.

[Mike Wright]

It was pretty fun.

[Jason Moore]

Full of Fitz magic. Your start of the week never retired.

[Andy Holloway]

Never retire. Fitzmagic.

[Jason Moore]

James Robinson had a. Had a great game. Mike Kasicki had a great game. It was a lot of fun and most fantasy options outside of Minshew really came through.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, we've seen this twice now. If a start of the week loses their number one wide receiver moments before the game. Yeah, you should steer clear. Matthew Stafford lost Galladay in week one. Minshew lost Chark in the afternoon.

[Mike Wright]

Probably bailout.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Yeah. Although you would have still expected more against the Miami defense that just can't pressure the quarterback.

[Jason Moore]

What does that mean for Matt Ryan? Should you pivot if Julio is not.

[Mike Wright]

Active, well, he still has his number one option.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man, I feel like I walked right into that. But you didn't set me up.

[Mike Wright]

Let me put this trap down for you and I will now step into it.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly.

[Mike Wright]

Jason, what'd you think of the gas man last night?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, yeah, Miles, 27 touch gasket.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man, 27 touch. Just over 10 half point PPR points. I think he is not true Desperation flex play.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, it's 14 fantasy points.

[Mike Wright]

Is that our league where you get.

[Andy Holloway]

A little bit more? Yeah, you get a point where I stand corrected then.

[Mike Wright]

But Miles Gaskin, you're not wrong, Jason. He's a desperation flex. This type of volume is. Look, it's intriguing.

[Andy Holloway]

27 touches give me a player with 27 chances to do something special with the ball.

[Mike Wright]

It's very difficult to come by that type of volume. And it's, it's, you know, mostly just jocular in nature. Here. Over here we're making jokes about Miles Gaskin, but I remember making these exact same jokes last year about devonte Parker. At the beginning of the year, the Dolphins were the worst team. We're going to be the worst team in the NFL. Devonte Parker was showing out, having some big games and it was. Well, he's on the Dolphins. So while I'm not proclaiming Miles Gaskin is going to turn into that, it's. Don't, don't just overlook what he is doing. What the volume he is getting because he's on the Miami Dolphins.

[Andy Holloway]

Jordan Howard, 16 carries on the year, 12 yards gained, three touchdowns.

[Mike Wright]

How are you like the Miami. Are you seriously telling me that Miles Gaskin couldn't do what Jordan Howard is doing from the one right now?

[Andy Holloway]

I actually think he probably couldn't. I watched Miles Gaskin get finger tackled, you know, on the outside. It wasn't even an tackle. It was just. He went down like a rag doll. He's a little guy and he cannot break a tackle. I don't know if he broke one.

[Mike Wright]

Last night, but we saw Jordan Howard at the. On the two or whatever was when they go into jumbo and try and force his way through it.

[Andy Holloway]

This is the employee that you hired and you thought you'd give important responsibilities to and then you hired some other employees and. And then you're like, we gotta find something for this guy to do.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly.

[Andy Holloway]

We've got to find some. Can you organize the. The stock room?

[Jason Moore]

It's a really important part. The stock room has to stay organized.

[Andy Holloway]

Super important.

[Mike Wright]

The business would crumble without you.

[Andy Holloway]

Exactly. Exactly. So it's Friday.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, this was big. Zach Moss been ruled out. Buffalo Bills running back Zach Moss will not play on Sunday. Devin Singletary will have a chance to.

[Jason Moore]

Take it up to 100.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And he will share the backfield with TJ Yelton. So Devin Singletary will have a chance to take it to 100.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. He's in play.

[Andy Holloway]

Rams Malcolm Brown returned to practice on Thursday, got in a full session. Cam Acres is not coming along as quickly. You're probably going to have Malcolm Brown, Darrell Henderson.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think if I, if I were to start one of those, it would be Darrell Henderson and I think he's a desperation flex play that could work out.

[Andy Holloway]

Devonte Adams chance to play in week three does not look great.

[Jason Moore]

Sunday night game. So you need to have a pivot option in the Sunday night or Monday night game ready to go. If you do not have one or if there is not someone on the waiver wire, then you might need to start someone Sunday morning. Not knowing whether you have Devonte Adams.

[Andy Holloway]

I agree. Julio Jones status up in the air for Sunday's matchup. I watched Ian Rapaport talk about it this morning. Truly up in the air. Apparently this injury is something Julio has been dealing with since before the season began. And after the game, he had come out and said, yeah, I can deal with it, but the team might have to say, no, you can't.

[Jason Moore]

Mike and I both have teams that have ridiculous Julio Jones and Devonte Adams. I mean, you want a team that has Julio and Devonte. That's a pretty good one two punch. But what?

[Mike Wright]

I was told that 0 RB is safer for the health of my players.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Not true, apparently. Here's good news. Kenny Golladay, limited in practice Wednesday and Thursday. Expected to play. Are you starting him? Is he in?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. We've talked about being hesitant when players rush back from an injury. I don't feel like he has rushed back. He took his time, took the entire time off and he should be a fine play.

[Andy Holloway]

That is a high scoring affair. Arizona, Detroit. It's a 55 point over under A.J. brown.

[Mike Wright]

I forgot I had a button.

[Andy Holloway]

A.J. brown remains sidelined at Titans practice on Thursday. In or out? A.J. brown?

[Jason Moore]

I am going to say out.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, George Kittle. Saw some clips of him practicing. Going to be a game time decision. Bone bruise on the same knee as an MCL sprain. You think he's in or out?

[Jason Moore]

I believe he will play this week and it's nice because if he doesn't play, you put in Jordan Reed. If he plays, you put in George Kittle.

[Andy Holloway]

It's. Yeah, I guess you're right about that.

[Jason Moore]

I'm just saying if you have George Kittle, you might not have had, you know, another great option. No Fant or Gasicki on the waiver wire. Jordan Reed was there. So you're kind of safe here.

[Andy Holloway]

But if you're streaming Jordan Reed and you don't know if Kittle's going to play, then you've got a roster, two tight ends to figure out who to put in. Because you're not playing Jordan Reed with Kittle active, Right?

[Jason Moore]

Correct.

[Mike Wright]

Correct.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

That breaks the rule.

[Andy Holloway]

It breaks Rule 81. Jack Doyle returned to a limited practice on Monday.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, yeah, like Jack Doyle. I don't want to boo the man, but come on, you just want more.

[Andy Holloway]

Ali Cox to run wild, free and cause small earthquakes.

[Mike Wright]

Indianapolis. Do the right thing. Do the right thing, Mo. Ali Cox is the better play for your team.

[Jason Moore]

Let Jack Doyle heal up and rest.

[Andy Holloway]

All right? Sammy Watkins still in the concussion protocol. Jerry Judy limited in practice. You think he's in or out? Jerry Judy. A lot of people might be wanting to play him.

[Mike Wright]

I think he plays. I don't really want to play him, but he's in.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think he. The team is in desperate need of him.

[Andy Holloway]

Deontay Johnson returned to full practice on Thursday, but juju did not. Juju Smith Schuster did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. In or out, juju.

[Mike Wright]

Let's see what happens today. I mean, I would think so. He did post a. An IG picture that said he is playing.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I think he's in. But Deontay Johnson, greater sign JuJu Smith.

[Andy Holloway]

Schuster, Jamison Crowder, Rashad Perryman, both out for the Jets.

[Mike Wright]

I don't think they will play based.

[Andy Holloway]

On them being out. Yep, genius. Darren Waller did not practice on Thursday. Neither did.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that. This is the big one.

[Andy Holloway]

Josh Jacobs didn't either. Now both of those players could have had an extra day due to the Monday night game, but there is concern out there.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I'm not concerned yet because it was a Monday night game. Usually Wednesday is a, is a veteran day off for players that are a little banged up. And so Thursday being the Monday night game would be the veteran day off. If they obviously are not practicing today, that would be a nightmare.

[Andy Holloway]

So you do have the Injury Blitz podcast [e-mail] that'll come out this afternoon with updates based on the Friday practice reports. We're obviously recording this early Friday morning. So if you want to catch up on the injury news, we also have game day alerts that will come out with the inactives right before the games begin on Sunday. And Mike will be live on all of our social network platform platforms on Sunday. I don't know. I don't know what I was doing there.

[Mike Wright]

You lost your way.

[Andy Holloway]

I did lose my way. You're going to be live though, right?

[Mike Wright]

That is correct. If you want to get ready for that. YouTube.com the fantasy footballers subscribe Click the bell.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy Forecast.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we covered six games yesterday so if you don't hear your matchup today, that's where they are. The Cincinnati Bengals at zero and two take on the Philadelphia Eagles at zero two.

[Mike Wright]

What was the chuckle?

[Andy Holloway]

Just that these are both Owen two teams. It's just a battle for that first win between the Bengals and Eagles. Eagles are four and a half point favorites. It's a 47 and a half point over under. It's been rough for Philadelphia. Now Cincinnati, their own two is different than the Philadelphia 02. Their own two has been close games. Promise from Joe Burrow.

[Jason Moore]

They feel good. They feel good right now.

[Andy Holloway]

That's a good Owen 2.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. I mean genuinely, the Bengals are thrilled with what they've seen. They've been in these games. Joe Burrow looks like the real deal. The Eagles Owen 2 is just disgusting. Collapse of their quarterback and the health of their team. It's, it's, you know, it's not good. Not good vibes for the Eagles.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Thus far we've seen the Eagles very vulnerable against opposing tight ends. Their defense hasn't really done much against opposing running backs either. You know, Drew Sample, somebody that's been brought up because Joe Burrow seems to target the tight end position. Week one, he's. He's had an affinity for it.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's definitely interesting. And in replacement of Uzama, he immediately saw nine targets last week that wasn't even a full game. Now it was a script where Joe Burrow had to continue to throw. But the Eagles are. The Eagles have been giving up points to the tight end position. I don't know that I'm starting.

[Andy Holloway]

Feels like it could be a little.

[Mike Wright]

Bit of a sample this week, but I've trap he. Well, I don't think it's a trap. It's just a. There's probably better options that you're. That you're more willing to start. But I think that Drew Sample is a good speculative AD at this point.

[Andy Holloway]

Joe Mixon, is he still an auto start?

[Mike Wright]

He's still an auto start, yeah. But RB2 auto start for now.

[Jason Moore]

I mean I would even consider, you know, in the flex range. I know a lot of people were deciding between James Robinson, Joe Mixon, some people selected James Robinson to play and I'm sure they're very happy today.

[Andy Holloway]

Miles Sanders, he's an auto start. He had a great week one. Tons of touches. You don't have Jalen Rager this week. Hopefully Carson Wentz can kind of lean on the running game getting Miles Sanders the ball out of the backfield. He is set up for success against a Bengals defense that is giving up a ton of fantasy points to opposing running backs. 35 and a half points per game.

[Jason Moore]

Kareem Hunt and Nick Chubb ran all over the Bengals last week. I think that Miles Sanders will touch the ball 20 plus times and have a phenomenal fantasy game.

[Mike Wright]

The thing that we need to see in the fantasy football community, this is the Zach Ertz game that it's got to happen, man. I drafted Zach Ertz in quite a few spots. It has been disappointing that you went in on Zach Ertz because you had to take him in the fifth round. Meanwhile, guys like Noah, fantastic who were late round guys are look like they might be their season long prospects are looking much better. But now you have no Alshon Jeffrey. He has been ruled out. Jalen Rager is out. Yes, DeSean Jackson is the number one wide receiver. But Jason, are you. Where are you? Where's your confidence level with Zach Ertz and knowing that Dallas Goddard is right there to break your heart when he stands up and you thought Ertz caught a touchdown, but it is, in fact, Dallas Goddard.

[Andy Holloway]

I hate it.

[Jason Moore]

Their numbers are 88 and 86. It's like, oh, man, it's the wrong. It's always the wrong guy, no matter which one you're rooting for. My confidence level in zach Ertz is 95%. My confidence level in Goddard is 90%. I'm. If I have these two players, I'm playing them. I think the matchup is fine this week. They're going to be relied on. Goddard has eight plus targets and five straight games going back to the playoffs. And that does not. I mean, it does take away from Zach Ertz, especially around the goal line, but it doesn't mean that Zach Ertz isn't very valuable in his own right. You start both those guys.

[Andy Holloway]

A.J. green leads the league in air yards, 22 targets in just two games. He talked about being a little bit rusty. Had Denzel Ward in the last matchup. AJ Green, to me is. He's a play this week.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Tyler Boyd, he was okay last week.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. He came through with a touchdown at the end of the game. I don't. I don't want to play.

[Andy Holloway]

You still go Green over Boyd?

[Mike Wright]

I would still, yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Deshaun Jackson.

[Mike Wright]

I'm going to follow the volume.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I mean, you say follow the volume, but you know, Tyler Boyd had eight targets last week, seven for 72. I know the touchdown came late, but it looked like a good rapport. And you're going to have the number one guy on AJ Green still.

[Andy Holloway]

So Burrow has struggled throwing to the outside. You know, Tyler Boyd leading the league in slot routes. He's higher probability targets.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And you look at what Burrow did in college with Justin Jefferson as a slot wide receiver and the fact that he's using the tight end so much, it seems like. I think you could play Boyd.

[Andy Holloway]

Desean Jackson, can you confidently play him this week?

[Mike Wright]

I believe so, yes.

[Andy Holloway]

His snaps went down tremendously. Or. I'm sorry, he was 77%. Week two went up from 38% in week one and then no. Jalen Rager should have a deep shot in this one.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

The Texans take on the Steelers. Texans are 0 and 2. Steelers are 4 point favorites. Implied point total, 24.5 for Pittsburgh, 20 for Houston. The real conversation to me in this game is whether or not you have the fortitude to bench to Sean Watson. Because no team in football has been worse at protecting the quarterback than Houston. And no team has been better at pressuring the quarterback than Pittsburgh. I heard J.J. zachary and say Pittsburgh is currently 44% of the time putting a pressure on the quarterback.

[Mike Wright]

That's a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

And then desean Watson, I think you get to the point where you're feeling the pressure, regardless of whether it's there with that Houston offensive line and how it's playing, that does not give you a great deal of confidence. Pittsburgh's defense is outstanding, and you haven't had anybody step up to make a big play for Houston. That seems to be what's missing. You had a goose egg from Will Fuller last week. DeAndre Hopkins is no longer there. David Johnson disappeared last week in a tough matchup against Baltimore. It doesn't. I mean, do you have confidence on the Houston side of the ball at all this week?

[Mike Wright]

I don't have a ton. I mean, I'm going to play Brandon Cooks.

[Andy Holloway]

He.

[Mike Wright]

We don't know the status of Will Fuller right now.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, he's not on the injury report, so he's going to play.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

He's not. That is the status. He's not on the injury report.

[Mike Wright]

I will still play Brandon Cooks. I don't trust that he is not on the injury report. That seems very suspicious to me.

[Jason Moore]

He's likely to go back on soon.

[Mike Wright]

That's what I mean. So in terms of the confidence play of desean Watson, I mean, at this point, if in the week you were holding on saying, I'm going to play Watson and now you're starting to get the cold feet, your options are very limited. But let's. Let's say would you rather play Matthew Stafford against Arizona, who might be on the waiver wire?

[Jason Moore]

Yep. Yes, I would play Stafford.

[Mike Wright]

Would you rather play Carson Wentz?

[Jason Moore]

No.

[Mike Wright]

Against the Cincinnati Bengals?

[Andy Holloway]

No. I'll take a shot with Watson there. I'm with Jason.

[Mike Wright]

All right. And look, he. Surprisingly, he might be on your waiver wire, especially with. Considering the performance. You know where I'm going.

[Andy Holloway]

Tom Brady.

[Mike Wright]

Tom Brady. Brady against Denver. Are you. Who are you playing?

[Jason Moore]

I would. I would play to Sean Watson.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

I would look for the running ability, and I play Brady. I think Denver's defense has been really solid. Ryan Tannehill is someone I would play over desean Watson, but I'm not out on desean Watson. However, ironically, I don't think I would play Brandon Cooks. Pittsburgh, over the last season and a half, have just shut down wide receivers. There's really. Outside of him. There's not a lot of options I want from the Texan side of the ball. No.

[Andy Holloway]

This feels like Houston's heading to Owen.

[Jason Moore]

3, if David Johnson does not get a touchdown this week, which, let's just say that's 50. 50. But if he lands on the side where he doesn't get a touchdown, does he get 10 fantasy points?

[Andy Holloway]

Probably, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

He might just. Volume of receptions get there. Jail. Say this. For Brandon Cooks, profitable focus has him lining up against Steve Nelson, Daniel Jones and Jeff Driscoll with his plan combined for a passer rating of 137.5 when they targeted Steve Nelson. And that's who Brandon Cooks is. At least they're projecting him to see the time against him. So that. That's where I have the confidence that the target share is going to be there for Cooks. I have no confidence in Fuller finishing this game. I think Cooks is an okay wide receiver three play with. And of course, Brandon Cooks has giant upside every week.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. And he. He also has injury risk every week, too. Yeah, I just. I just don't have the confidence because the target share. Last week there were zero targets to Will Fuller. So, I mean, right now, Will Fuller's out there, but I think you can hear us talk about Houston and draw your own conclusions. Just the process here.

[Jason Moore]

Let's. Let's start the guys on the other side of the ball.

[Andy Holloway]

James Conner. You can play him for sure.

[Jason Moore]

Yep. Yeah. The Texans have been bad against running backs last year, and this year they've kept right up where they were at. So, yeah, Connor is a start.

[Andy Holloway]

The Texans have not given up a ton of fantasy points to opposing quarterbacks. If James Conner is successful, you might not see the ceiling from Big Ben that you would hope for. Is he. Are you, like, looking to start Big Ben this week? So this is Big Ben or Matthew Stafford?

[Jason Moore]

I would go Stafford there, but Big Ben or Deshaun Watson? Which side in this matchup? I would lean Big Ben.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I would, too.

[Mike Wright]

I lean that way, too.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm really avoiding Watson this week, which might be very impossible for you to do based on where you drafted him, which makes it tough. Deontay Johnson, of course, start of the week for Jason, he's in your lineup, which will. That means Jason's. You're hanging your hat on Deontay Johnson. Back to back weeks he was. You're taking it to 100.

[Jason Moore]

Player one for one. Come on, baby.

[Mike Wright]

These trends continue.

[Andy Holloway]

If juju did miss this matchup, is Chase Claypool an interesting shot in the dark? Would you start him over Hooks or Fuller?

[Mike Wright]

No, not.

[Jason Moore]

Not yet.

[Mike Wright]

I love him sitting on the bench and seeing if those snaps can continue to increase. But I'm not going to start him yet.

[Andy Holloway]

The jets take on the Colts. Jets are 0 2. Colts are 11 1/2 point home favorites. It's a 44 point over under the. That line has gone up with Jameson Crowder being ruled out. Mike is enjoying every minute of it.

[Mike Wright]

That's ridiculous. Eleven points.

[Andy Holloway]

Eleven and a half. Genius. Adam Gase.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, it's hyperdrive time.

[Jason Moore]

Number two.

[Andy Holloway]

32Nd in points per drive, 31st in place per game. So he's slow and inefficient. You know, it's just kind of ridiculous. Here, let me make it simple. Don't start any jets in this game.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, but Andy. No, you shut. You shut your mouth. I mean, sure, Frank Gore.

[Andy Holloway]

Frank Gore, if you need to.

[Jason Moore]

Braxton Barrios in like super deep desperation plays.

[Andy Holloway]

Don't tell your friends about it. If you do start any jets.

[Jason Moore]

But our recommendation is change your team name.

[Mike Wright]

I completely hide your identity.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Not Jason Moore has started Braxton Barrios. Yeah. You know, our recommendation is don't start a Jet.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Naim Heinz only had nine snaps last week.

[Jason Moore]

That was insane.

[Andy Holloway]

The team says they want to get him involved, but they're 11 and a half point favorites. This just seems like Smash. Jonathan Taylor.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Stay away from Naim Hines.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

And look, do not, do not drop Nahim High. No, you just put him on your bench. There will be better days ahead for Hines, but it is not in a matchup where they are 11 1/2.5.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason, any chance you want to play Philip Rivers this week?

[Jason Moore]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Ty Hilton.

[Jason Moore]

I think you can play Ty Hilton. He's better than what his fantasy finish has been. We've talked about the 50 yard touchdown that he missed out on. Your outlook on him, if he doesn't drop, that one ball that landed in his lap would be completely different. So I would start Ty Hilton through two weeks.

[Andy Holloway]

The Colts defense, number one in terms of fantasy points given up to opposing quarterbacks. I think they're going to stay there.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, they'll do all right. Against Sam Darnold, the rookie for the colts, Michael Pittman Jr. Would. Not that we're going to start him, Andy, but I'll ask you. We know where I am on Chase Claypool, who would you rather stash on your bench right now, Pittman or Claypool?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, it's Pittman because of where he slots into the depth chart. We saw him targeted frequently last week, which was a little unexpected. We didn't think he'd be active, but with Paris Campbell, you know, being indefinitely out, probably for the year, you're looking at Pittman with more opportunity. He's also a touchdown threat. So I lean that direction.

[Mike Wright]

Okay. Is anybody starting Mo Ali Cox? Do we have the courage to do that even if Jack Doyle is active?

[Jason Moore]

If Jack Doyle is active, I will start neither. If Jack Doyle is out, I would be willing to start Mo Ali cox.

[Andy Holloway]

He turned 27 last Saturday. He is tall.

[Jason Moore]

I was going to say he's 27.

[Mike Wright]

He's still growing.

[Andy Holloway]

What is that pinch to grow an inch?

[Jason Moore]

He's got a lot of pinches.

[Andy Holloway]

27Ft tall, Carolina Panthers.

[Mike Wright]

Stop pinching me.

[Andy Holloway]

You've been pinching.

[Jason Moore]

Are you down there?

[Mike Wright]

I just imagine he sounds like Andre the Giant when he talks.

[Jason Moore]

That's how Giants. I mean, you know, that's their voice. I've seen movies.

[Andy Holloway]

That's how Giants suck.

[Jason Moore]

Giants suck.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason the Authority. The Carolina Panthers at 0 and 2 take on the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers are 6 1/2 point favorites in this one. Justin Herbert will start. No Christian McCaffrey on the Carolina side. We know how disastrous it's been on defense for Carolina in terms of the running backs. So Austin Eckler, Joshua Kelly, start them both.

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

And you can do it with more confidence than if Tyrod Taylor was out there because Echler was heavily involved. I saw, went through and watched every snap from Echler. He looked outstanding this past week in terms of breaking tackles. The extra yard. It's just a matter of time until he gets a big play and it probably is going to come this week. And Joshua Kelly so involved now in this offense. Lots of work inside the 10 yard line, goal line work.

[Mike Wright]

26 total opportunities last week for Joshua Kelly.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. That's ridiculous.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. If I had both of these players on my roster, I would start both in the same game.

[Mike Wright]

Like the. Like a Brown situation.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly. I could not imagine benching Echler or Joshua Kelly this week. The Carolina defense is so easy to score on the ground. They're giving up rushing touchdowns left, right and center. And awesome. Excellent. And Joshua Kelly will, you know, they could. They could both score in this game very easily.

[Andy Holloway]

I think everybody's looking for an opportunity on the other side of the ball with what Carolina's done. I mean, Robbie Anderson, two games into the season, 115 and 109 receiving yards. D.J. moore, tons of targets. Probably even more coming his way without Christian McCaffrey and even Curtis Samuel, to me, is an interesting play because I think he's going to have more than five carries in this game as they look to fill the void that is Christian McCaffrey and also receive some attention in the passing game. Mike Davis has been the big fab pickup. When you are kind of sifting through options here, how are you prioritizing the Carolina offense in this game? Because the defense in Los Angeles is tough. It is.

[Mike Wright]

But just from what we have seen from the pace of play and the volume, DJ Moore and Robbie Anderson are. They're. They're in like. They're, they're locked in guys. I know both of them kind of padded the. The old stat line at the end of the game there when. When.

[Jason Moore]

But they can do that again.

[Mike Wright]

They could do that again. Absolutely.

[Jason Moore]

And again this year.

[Andy Holloway]

So.

[Mike Wright]

So those guys are must starts for me. You're probably in a situation if you, if you paid for Mike Davis that you.

[Andy Holloway]

What about in the same matchup? Mike Davis with the starters role in quotes or Joshua Kelly with all that opportunity.

[Mike Wright]

Joshua Kelly, higher touch.

[Andy Holloway]

What about Jerick McKinnon? Maybe limited touches but high upside against the Giants or Mike Davis.

[Jason Moore]

I would go Jerick McKinnon there. I think this is not a great matchup for Mike Davis. We know that Mike Davis is going to get at least three games because that's the minimum that Christian McCaffrey has to miss. Now having gone on that short term iron, the next two matchups are going to be Arizona and Atlanta. Those are where I think I'm more confident playing Mike Davis than against this Los Angeles defense. That is, you know, proven.

[Andy Holloway]

I think I would take him over McKinnon. I would take Mike Davis over McKinnon.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Davis, eight targets last week. J.K. dobbins Monday Night or Mike Davis.

[Mike Wright]

Mike Davis.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. Anything else in this matchup? I mean Kenan Allen, Mike Williams, Keenan Allen you could play. Mike Williams is still more of a deeper play.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think that's how I view it now with Justin Herbert the man behind center. I definitely put Keenan Allen ahead as a start. And Mike Davis is someone that I would prefer to not keep.

[Andy Holloway]

Keep playing. Hunter Henry, he's our tight end. Five on the week. He's been very solid. He's not going to let you down in terms of like goosing you.

[Mike Wright]

This is a deeper question, but are you willing to start Herbert?

[Jason Moore]

Interesting.

[Mike Wright]

He was the quarterback 13 last week.

[Andy Holloway]

He had ran the ball a lot.

[Mike Wright]

He had a pass touchdown. He ran the ball four times and had a rushing touchdown.

[Jason Moore]

He obviously has great weapons here. Austin Eckler and the matchup to the house. Keenan Allen. The matchup is great. Here's.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't think so.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I think just mistake prone nature of the game. Maybe I'd go somewhere else and I.

[Jason Moore]

Could also see because of how poor the rushing defense is here that they might have the ability to take the ball out of his hands a little bit more than they did last week, you know, against the Chiefs. That being said, maybe you're playing DFS and you want to make a speculative ad that is a little contrarian. Maybe that's where a Herbert Mike Williams, you know, Stack or a Herbert Austin Eckler is good. In fact, if you play dfs, you need to take a look at our DFS pass. It's been, it's been very successful so far this season. We have tons of write ups, tons of articles in there. They have been absolutely crushing. We have a lineup generator that can help you on all the different platforms. It's been truly our best season for dfs. We're getting left, right and center. Just people sharing their winnings, sharing the tools that have helped them. And if you are playing DFS and using the you can get [e-mail] that's the easiest route to it or just go to the website. You can also upgrade if you had the ultimate draft kit to the DFS pass so that you don't have to pay the full price. If you had the ultimate draft kit. But I would also recommend you got to check out our DFS podcast. Yes, it's it's new and revamped this year and has been unbelievably good if you, if you play DFS this weekend, definitely listen to the Fantasy Footballers DFS show with Kyle the Borggogan and Matthew Betts. You can, you know, get it wherever you get this current podcast.

[Andy Holloway]

What a great suggestion.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's just been amazing.

[Andy Holloway]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 and 1 taking on the 0 and 2 Denver Broncos Broncos falling apart Buccaneers 5 point road favorites it's a 43 and a half point over under. Not leaving a lot of points there for the Broncos this week. Jeff Driscoll oh, going to get the start looking for one big score.

[Mike Wright]

He's got a plan.

[Andy Holloway]

Melvin Gordon might be the only real fantasy play on that side of the ball. If Jerry Judy's injury concerns this week, his questionable status has you wavering. I can't imagine you're taking a shot outside of Gordon Fant.

[Mike Wright]

No. Keep an eye on KJ Hamler. See what happens. He is also another rookie that for the Denver Broncos that you could put on your bench and just see what happens this weekend. But he's not a, he's not a start yet.

[Andy Holloway]

Fantasy has gotten into the end zone each of the first two weeks. Last week saw five targets, four receptions for 57 yards. Driscoll is competent and I think Fant will end up with four more receptions.

[Mike Wright]

So Driscoll's fine. He's a fine backup quarterback. He can put up yards. And Noah Fant, man, he has been, he has absolutely blown all expectations. I had for no offhand where, you know, you had.

[Andy Holloway]

We did, we did convince you to put him in the breakout category of our udk.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, no, he fit all the criteria. But it's, you know, like when you were making those choices in the off season of which tight end are you going to go all in on? And it felt like Hawkinson and Noah Fant were identical situations. Both first round picks, both very athletically gifted second year players. Just who did you go in on? And so far, man, Noah Fant has to me completely proven as long as he's getting the opportunity, he's going to be excellent, just excellent for fantasy football. And the opportunity with Cortland Sutton out is not going away.

[Andy Holloway]

Here's a hot stat for you. The Tampa Bay offense, wide receivers have only seen 52% of the team's targets this year. With Winston last year, they've averaged 65% actually over the last four years. 65% of the targets.

[Mike Wright]

Sounds like Tom Brady.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it sounds a little bit like Tom Brady. But also you've got a two game sample size here where one game you had to hurt Mike Evans and the other game you didn't have Chris Godwin. So you would, you would expect the wide receiver core as a, as a whole to be down on targets.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, so you.

[Jason Moore]

I'm not worried about Godwin or Godwin or Evans. Those are never going to be outside of my lineup. Running back. I think I'm making the switch to Leonard Fournette from Ronald Jones. He is.

[Andy Holloway]

You like ping pong, do you?

[Jason Moore]

I don't. I mean when I sound.

[Andy Holloway]

Remember what a ping pong sounds like?

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Mike Wright]

Sounds like a lot like a clock.

[Jason Moore]

Exactly.

[Mike Wright]

Clippity clop.

[Jason Moore]

Clippity clop. Yeah. You know when I say I'm making the move from Ronald Jones to Leonard Fournette, it's mostly a lie because I don't have either of these players. This was one of those backfields to avoid. Right. Leading up to the draft season. But if you had both of those players, I would start Leonard Fournette over.

[Andy Holloway]

Ronald Jones with them as heavy favorites. It does seem like you could go that way. Until, of course, Fournette fumbles or misses the blitz pickup and then they rotate somebody else in there instantaneously as a horrible punishment.

[Mike Wright]

Bruce. Yeah, I'm out.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Gronkowski's been awful. Don't play him. Please don't play him.

[Jason Moore]

Don't roster him. Why?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Are people still roster?

[Mike Wright]

That's an excellent point.

[Jason Moore]

Gronk. Don't. Don't bench him. He does not need to be on anybody's roster.

[Andy Holloway]

Agreed. There's no reason, I don't think that the Foot Clan had a lot of Rob Gun.

[Jason Moore]

Kelsey. No, we were.

[Mike Wright]

There was definitely excitement during the off season when it was announced Gronk is going to be back. He's going to be back with Tom Brady. I want to throw the question real quick to producer Al Borland.

[Andy Holloway]

All right.

[Mike Wright]

Who in fact dropped all $100 of his fab to pick up Rob Gronkowski. How is that going, Owl?

[Jason Moore]

It's fine. I mean, the fab that I dropped reset at the beginning of the season.

[Mike Wright]

So that's a fair point.

[Jason Moore]

He had a good. He's not cracking the starting roster, though.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. That was in Dynasty, right?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I remember being sad that I didn't get him in Dynasty, and now I'm not so sad anymore. All right. I'm excited about this game, guys. Detroit, the Lions getting back Kenny Golladay. They're 0 and 2, taking on the Arizona Cardinals in Arizona. Cardinals are 5 1/2 point favorites. It's a 55 point over under. That's an implied point total for Arizona of over 30 points. The Lions at just under 25 points.

[Mike Wright]

Not too shabby either.

[Andy Holloway]

It is not. And this I'm just excited about the fantasy back and forth that we should see in this game. Hopkins is currently our consensus wide receiver one on the week. And Kenny Galladay, if the team is telling the truth, which we. We hope they've taken their time, he could have possibly played last week. They gave him another week of rest. And what's really been missing from this Detroit offense and Matthew Stafford's. You know, what the numbers told us about last year is the deep, big playability that they were going to the well with that over and over again last year. And it's dropped tremendously without Galladay in the lineup. He gets them back. Arizona's defense, it's been good through two weeks, but he hasn't seen. They haven't seen a Kenny Galladay. Matthew Stafford.

[Mike Wright]

Correct.

[Andy Holloway]

I think it's going to be just A tremendous week for both offenses. And it's almost a matter of finding who not to play in this game, then finding who to start.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I would be willing to start just, just about everybody except for one of the Lions running backs. I don't know. You know, the gamble to take with Swift. Carry on.

[Andy Holloway]

What if you had to?

[Jason Moore]

If I had to, I would start DeAndre Swift because he is kind of slotted in as the receiving work guy. This is a game on the road where they're down. Arizona's pace of play is, you know, they're leading the league and no huddle rate and the pace. So you're going to have pass catching backs on the field is my guess. Unless Patricia comes in and tries to say, well, this is what the expectation is. So we're going to take over this game, put in a lot of Adrian Peterson and slow the game down because that's what bothers the Cardinals. I could see that happen. And so I don't want to be in with any of those running backs.

[Andy Holloway]

Cardinals are favorites in this one. Drake's my start of the week. Hopkins, of course, he's in your lineup. I will throw this out there. Christian Kirk, I don't think he plays in this game. He's questionable. So it's going to be Hopkins, it's going to be Larry Fitzgerald, and I think it's going to be Dan Arnold. I think you're going to see the postman makes his.

[Mike Wright]

Makes a delivery this year.

[Andy Holloway]

I think he makes a delivery into the end zone.

[Mike Wright]

All right, I was going to ask how you. Thank you. I was going to ask. Okay, what's the temperature check then on the legend, Larry Fitzgerald, seven receptions, 50 yards. Like that's not anything incredibly special.

[Andy Holloway]

But PPR flex this week, but PPR.

[Mike Wright]

Situation, seven for 50. You would take that in your flex?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I will take that, Mike. Yes, I will.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

PPR flex. Larry Fitzgerald. I'd play Fitzgerald over, you know, Mike Williams with Justin Herbert this week.

[Mike Wright]

Okay, sure.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I would as well. And in dfs, I know it's a deep, dark shot out there, but.

[Andy Holloway]

Dark, huh?

[Jason Moore]

Well, I think. Well, just depression wise as a number two, you know, a second round pick. But Andy Isabella, you know, had.

[Andy Holloway]

You mean because Arizona could have taken DK Metcalf and instead they took Andy Isabella. Is that the depression that you're feeling?

[Jason Moore]

No, no, it was Terry McLaurin. They could have taken Terry McLaurin. Andy Isabella. So, yeah, I mean, you know, depression and sadness.

[Mike Wright]

But the point is, wow, that I was having A great day, Jason.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, the he still has crazy speed and last week you saw Isabella get deep and if Kyler hit him in stride it's a 70, 80 yard touchdown strike. He could do that anytime. He he's so fast.

[Andy Holloway]

One of the things that I do to not feel depressed about the situation is remember what Bill O'Brien did for us.

[Jason Moore]

Hopkins, David Johnson gone and Andy has emulated this in our league of record.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that is actually a funny story. I managed to trade for DeAndre Hopkins this past week and you. You managed not to.

[Jason Moore]

I was in the works and you.

[Andy Holloway]

Stole him out from under me and. No, I traded. I made the choice in our league to trade David Johnson and Robert woods to pick up DeAndre Hopkins.

[Mike Wright]

All right.

[Andy Holloway]

Had a little bit of depth. All right, Kenny G. What are the actual expectations? Could he be a top 15 play this week?

[Jason Moore]

I don't.

[Andy Holloway]

Or do you have hesitancy with the injury?

[Mike Wright]

I'm not expecting top 15 but if Kenny Gaudy is active, I will play him.

[Jason Moore]

That's where I'm at. If he's active, I'm going to play him. But I do temper the high ceiling. You've got Patrick Peterson who's probably going to be on him most of the game and he is coming back from, you know, at the very least, even if he's fully healthy, he hasn't been practicing for a couple of weeks. So you know, I see him as a wide receiver 15 type this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Let's take that minuscule over under and upgrade it. The Dallas Cowboys go to Seattle to take on the Seahawks. It's a 56 and a half point over under. The Seahawks are five point favorites. Russell Wilson's been pretty much perfect on the season both for fantasy and for, you know, this Seahawks team as they sit two and oh after beating the Patriots. Dak was outstanding last week in terms of fantasy production despite the first half basically non existing pace of play. I mean it's outstanding. Dallas number one in the league. Seattle's defense has allowed the most plays per game. This is just a match made in heaven. And you know where Seattle has been very vulnerable is inside. So I think Dalton Schultz and Doors dome games probably. I mean anywhere they're playing, you're probably right. But I'm looking at the slot and I'm looking at what Dalton Schultz running routes and I'm looking at CD Lamb who's played almost entirely in the slot. He's my start of the week. I think you're going to see a battle one of those fantasy Football back and forth in this one.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. This is a game where again, I would be willing to start your start of the week in CD Lamb. I would be willing to start Michael Gallup. I would be willing to start Mari Cooper. There could very well. You know, it's a rare situation where you could have a single game where three wide receivers from the same team all perform. But if Russell Wilson is on the other side and that defense is currently the 32nd ranked against wide receivers, this, like you said, it's a, it's a matchup made in heaven. You're going to start Tyler Lockett, you're going to start DK Metcalf. Who aren't you starting?

[Andy Holloway]

Probably not going to take a shot on any of the tight ends in Seattle. Yeah, I don't think they're worth the shot.

[Jason Moore]

I agree.

[Andy Holloway]

They're just so deep at wide receiver position and they're just. He's throwing the ball to Carson. I mean Carson's getting a lot of targets and only one target for Olson last week and you're not going beyond Olson.

[Mike Wright]

And speaking of the volume for Chris Carson did bounce back 45 snaps in week one. That jumped up to 63% in week two. 20 total opportunities. You know, I shared some hesitation of. Because Chris Carson, likewise Chris Carson's stat line. Week one was not a sustainable thing. You were very happy that a player who was on, on the field less than half the time came through with a monster day. But the, and then it was, you know, read, read further into it. He missed most of training camp. Hopefully they're just easing him in. And so far through that second week, that's what it looked like it was. He will still be the main guy for the Seahawks.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

If the identity of the offense continues to or if the defense can't really stop anybody continues to be this passing game, then you may see, you know, that volume stay a little bit lower. But the touches in, in Seattle are going to be high value touches for Chris Carson and the passing game involvement is great. The packers at 2 and O take on the New Orleans Saints. Saints are three point favorites. It's a 52 and a half point over under. It's another great game for fantasy purposes here. Huge over under implied point totals at or above 25. It's just a matter of what do you believe about this New Orleans offense right now because there's, you know, one player that you can have a great deal of confidence in. But beyond, you know what, where are you at with Drew Brees?

[Jason Moore]

I would prefer to not start Drew Brees this week personally. I mean, you saw the packers. They were great against quarterbacks last season on the in totality. This year they're middle of the pack. But you know, they've had some games where they're scoring 40 points. So the opposing quarterbacks just airing it out here. You saw Drew Brees look poor last week. Probably isn't going to have Michael Thomas or if he does, he's going to have a hobbled Michael Thomas. I would, you know, I gave several recommendations to bench Drew Brees based on other options people have had this week.

[Mike Wright]

Drew Brees or your stream of the week. Your favorite quarterback of all time, Mitchell Trubisky taking on the Atlanta Falcons.

[Jason Moore]

Gross. I'm not. Oh, I'm not. Probably go Drew Brees. I'm not going to bench Drew Brees for Mitchell Trubisky. You know What?

[Andy Holloway]

Drew Brees, 24th and 22nd in fantasy finishes. I'm pretty sure Mitch, Mitch is above him in both weeks.

[Jason Moore]

Mitch is definitely above them in both weeks. But Mitch has the special ability. I mean, he is a streamer. I think he could have a good week. Just have a hard time putting him facing Atlanta. Yeah, but halftime, it's easily Mitch.

[Andy Holloway]

It's easily Mitch.

[Jason Moore]

Halftime could be Nick Foles and you know it.

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, no, no. It's easily Mitch. It's easily.

[Mike Wright]

They're two and oh.

[Andy Holloway]

They're two and oh, and he played. And if you watch the game, he played outstanding last game. Outstanding. Dimes all over the field. Mitch Trubisky, mvp, Dimes, nickels, quarters.

[Jason Moore]

Are we going Trubisky over breeze?

[Andy Holloway]

We are. We. We are.

[Jason Moore]

That's what I'm saying.

[Andy Holloway]

Are you.

[Jason Moore]

Are you trying to.

[Mike Wright]

Look, we will support. You want to jump on our backs, we will make that call. We will let you ride with us.

[Jason Moore]

I want to have the sprained ankle. One arm around each of you as I hop along. You carry me through playing my own.

[Andy Holloway]

Start of the week.

[Jason Moore]

Stream.

[Mike Wright]

Stream.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, Brooks, do we have anything on today's practice status for Michael Thomas yet? Not today. Today's the day you need to pay attention to. If Michael Thomas practices today, he's going to play. And if he plays, I'm going to play him. I don't have any fear of starting Michael Thomas. If he thinks he's back. He's not somebody that has, you know, this is not a hamstring where you, you know, one deeper out, you're re injured. I think Michael Thomas is somebody that has proven himself over the course of the last few years that if he's in your lineup you're playing him.

[Mike Wright]

I would probably play him but I do not have nearly the confidence you do like I would. I'm playing him because I feel like I don't have another option where I'm like I'm going to start that.

[Andy Holloway]

Let me put you in the same exact boat with Devonte Adams. Devonte Adams is not trending the right if he's active. Are you taking the exact same logical approach to him as you do Michael Thomas? Because his injury is more likely to re injured in my opinion.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I think both of these guys are players that you will probably start but through clinched teeth. The truth is I see this game with a 52 and a half point over under which is fantastic. I've worried about it. I see this as look, I would take the under and you know the packers offense has been great. I mean they scored 40 plus points in the first two games but that was against, you know, the Lions and who was their other their week one?

[Mike Wright]

The Packers. The Vikings.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, the vice. The Vikings.

[Mike Wright]

So let's, let's say that Devonte Adams is out. What's your how are you feeling about Aaron Rodgers now that he is main weapons will be the Lazard King, Ellen Lazard and Marquez Valdez.

[Jason Moore]

Scantling it lowers him for sure. But I think you can add the passing work from Aaron Jones to Aaron Rodgers.

[Andy Holloway]

I think I'd be trying to find another option than Rogers if he doesn't have Devonte Adams, Mitchell Trubisky or a devonte Adams list.

[Mike Wright]

Aaron.

[Jason Moore]

Rod.

[Mike Wright]

No, give me Rogers. Rogers looks great right now. Oh man.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean haven't we learned a lesson from Rogers over the last few years? Well, he doesn't have the Flames yet. He's got two games against two bad defenses.

[Mike Wright]

He's heating up.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, but last year he destroyed bad defenses which is not New Orleans. No. And it is the first two defenses he's played. He's. I agree.

[Andy Holloway]

I would play Mr. Bisky. I'm going to go out on a limb. I'm going to try to throw the name out the door and go with the matchup. And Mitch has been great and Mitch has got Atlanta.

[Jason Moore]

I'm going to hop in your arms. You're going to carry me over that threshold. I'm going. You guys are carrying me on the Mitch train everywhere now.

[Andy Holloway]

There could be an opportunity though if Adams is out to find some fantasy value at the wide receiver position in Green Bay. Is it Lazard or is it MBS for you. Mike is looking like a man who.

[Jason Moore]

Would rather, I would take, I would take Marquis Valdez scantling. Personally, I think he's the more talented wide receiver and even though he struggles with drops that are absolutely infuriating, he's getting the targets, he's getting the depth of targets, he's got the snap percentages. Well, both of those guys have been on the field enough and more history, more draft capital, more talent. I would, I would go mvs.

[Andy Holloway]

What about this guy.

[Mike Wright]

Alva Camara?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Are you in on him this week?

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

He has been so good for fantasy through two weeks and it should continue outside of. If Michael Thomas is not out there. Traquan Smith, Treekwon Smith or MBS in this game, if both of the starters are not in.

[Jason Moore]

I would take mbs.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll take the. I'll take mbs. I'll take the underdogs.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I'll take mbs. That is a terrible question.

[Andy Holloway]

Moving on Kansas City Chiefs, Baltimore Ravens, Monday Night football. Chiefs are two and oh Ravens are two and oh Ravens are three and a half point favorites. It's a delightful 55 over under. We've got a lot of those this week.

[Jason Moore]

It's an incredible matchup. And the great part about it is that, I mean there are so many fantasy relevant players here that are all started every single week. Because it's the Ravens and because it's the Chiefs that your league, whatever league you care about the most, there is a great chance that Monday Night Football will be the deciding factor. I haven't had that so far the last two weeks. I'm playing in a lot of leagues and pretty much Sunday night my games are over and decided, but they won't be this week. And that's, that's a really exciting prospect just from the fun of fantasy football.

[Andy Holloway]

And yeah, if you have Monday night plans, cancel.

[Jason Moore]

You have Monday night plans. Yeah. Watch this game. Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, Clyde Edwards, Allaire, Tyreek Hill, Kelsey, Mark Andrews, maybe Hollywood.

[Mike Wright]

You had the unfortunate circumstance that look, you, maybe you have a wedding, maybe you're getting married on Monday night. You were, you need to push that thing.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, you were getting married. You're not anymore.

[Jason Moore]

Lot of Monday night weddings.

[Andy Holloway]

And the real thing is she'll understand. Look at childbirth, she'll understand.

[Mike Wright]

Postpone.

[Andy Holloway]

If you point her to the schedule, if you point her to that over, under, she'll say, yeah, let's table it right now.

[Jason Moore]

Let me ask this, let me ask this question. These defenses are both good. Kansas City Chiefs Defense has. Has really proven itself since the second half of last year. They obviously won a Super Bowl. They've started off looking great. The Ravens defense has looked better than it ever did last year with Calais Campbell in the middle. And we saw Mahomes struggle this past week against a good defense. He got it. He got it done in the end. But is there a chance that this is a disappointing trap game?

[Andy Holloway]

No.

[Jason Moore]

No, there's not. That's right. That's the right answer.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. You know, one area that Kansas City struggled tremendously is against the running back position, which is the one debate from this whole, you know, matchup that I'd like to bring up. Kansas City's allowed the six most rushing yards, third highest success rate to running backs. And this is a battle of heavyweights, which gives me more confidence that Ingram will get the majority of the work because this is a. You know, it's been cruise control for Baltimore. Not so much for Kansas City so far, but it has been for Baltimore. Now you finally have a game where it's not Gus Edwards burning the clock away because that's been his role. It's Ingram. And it might be more Dobbins than we've seen before. I think you might see more Dobbins in this game than you've seen thus far because of the fact it's going to be a highly competitive matchup. What do you guys think?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Both teams know they're going to need to score to win against the opposing offense. I. I would, personally, if I had Mark Ingram, I would be shopping him because he had a decent game this last week. I just don't want this decision every week. You walked through that and it sounded pretty good for Mark Ingram. And if you say, well, so are you starting him? I go, I might have to.

[Andy Holloway]

Like, I probably would probably be feeling good about him this week. Kansas City's a great matchup.

[Jason Moore]

I'm not feeling great. Like I said, I would probably start him. I took him As a top 20 back last week, but if I could convert him into someone that has a little bit more clarity in their own backfield, I would do that.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike, do you want to weigh in?

[Mike Wright]

I would do the exact same thing Jason's talking about. I would be trying to get out and get marking room on someone else's team.

[Andy Holloway]

Hollywood Brown disappointed through two weeks?

[Jason Moore]

No, I don't think. Disappointed. One good week, one bad week. We've actually been looking to upgrade some of the player profile stuff. You'll see that soon. And what it has shown is how incredibly inconsistent wide receivers are. We just take that for granted because we've played forever and you see so many big games every single week. The best wide receivers out there basically don't hit a top 36 about half the time. So one good, one bad. I think we've.

[Andy Holloway]

He's looked, I don't know, 25th is where he finished in week one. Well, that's not the expectations that we had for him.

[Jason Moore]

100 yards by halftime he looked good on the field. And then you, you add in this matchup and the high over under and the expect the expectation that both teams are going to need to be able to throw the ball. I like Hollywood, haven't really seen big.

[Andy Holloway]

Games from either quarterback yet this year. I mean Lamar Jackson, his numbers have not been worthy of his draft capital nor has Patrick Mahomes.

[Jason Moore]

It's almost like you should draft late.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Get good value on Kyler and Josh.

[Mike Wright]

Allen or booty scooting Cam Newton Foot.

[Andy Holloway]

Clan game day [e-mail] Sunday live. Mike will be live on our socials. It's time to prop it.

[Jason Moore]

Prop it like it's hot. Presented by monkey knife fight.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, it's time for our favorite week three props over at monkey knife fight. You can go to ballers picks.com use the code ballers. You get a 100% deposit match and we've each each selected a prop from this upcoming week that we are making a decision on.

[Jason Moore]

I love my prop. I'm going to be honest with you. So far I'm two for two on these weeks but I love this one more than I've liked any of the other. Jonathan Taylor right now is listed at 83 and a half rushing yards. I am taking more than that. I believe he will have more than that. He. If you didn't know.

[Mike Wright]

83.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he plays against the Jets.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

So he had over 100 last week.

[Andy Holloway]

Eleven and a half point favorites.

[Jason Moore]

So you know he had. He had over 100 already. And it's the jets. This is now his backfield in their favorite but it is the jets that he's playing against. And so you know our premium projections, we actually stat out every single player based on how they score their fantasy points, where they should rank at the end of the week. And our premium projections have Jonathan Taylor Thomas down for 125 rushing yards as kind of that. So when I see 83 and a half and I see the Jets, I think that well, he gets the Jets. Well, the Jets. And so, you know, I'll put it this way, the jets have given up 280 rushing yards in two games and it's the jets. So I'm taking more.

[Andy Holloway]

I'll put it this way. Here's a stat.

[Jason Moore]

I'll put it this way. I like playing against the Jets.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, that seems like a smash and.

[Mike Wright]

I have Travis Kelsey the Monday night matchup. I'm getting in on it. Highlight the prime time get a little bit more fun on Monday. Travis Kelsey six and a half receptions. I am taking the more. Week one he had six so he would not have hit it. Nine receptions in week two. And if you look at what the Ravens where they have actually given up some Fantasy Points Top 10 Weeks to Fantasy tight ends both weeks and to me that translates to Travis Kelce hitting seven or more receptions.

[Jason Moore]

Love this.

[Andy Holloway]

Now you were talking about the jets, right?

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

You know who I like to talk about? I like to talk about the Vikings.

[Jason Moore]

Oh sure.

[Andy Holloway]

When you play the Vikings there's a.

[Jason Moore]

Lot of good teams to target.

[Andy Holloway]

My prop this week I'm going to take Derek Henry more than 95.5 rushing.

[Mike Wright]

That's a lot yards.

[Andy Holloway]

All but one of Derek Henry's over over 100 yard games last year came with Ryan Tannehill and he did it more than half the time with Ryan Tannehill. He's facing the Vikings this week. The Vikings have given up 139 and 141 rushing yards. They just lost Anthony Barr and that's their first two games. And you've seen the carry count for Derek Henry. Be right where you expected. 31 and 25.

[Mike Wright]

He hasn't transformed yet though into Derek Yeti. He's not the Yeti.

[Andy Holloway]

No, but he has had one game already over this benchmark and I think it's going to happen this week. 95 and a half yards.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, probably.

[Andy Holloway]

I'm taking the more. And a reminder to check out Monkey knife fight. Tons of these more or less player prop games. Ballers picks.com use the code ballers. You get a 100% deposit. Match up to $50. That's ballers play with us Ballers picks What was that? Disturbing on every level.

[Jason Moore]

I just like when the Foot clan is getting in on these games.

[Mike Wright]

It's fun.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Yeah. Ballers picks.com for that one. Injury update Julio Jones game time decision on Sunday. If Julio's active, you play him. That is my policy. I'm not going to sit him. He did not come off the field due to injury this past week. He dropped a touchdown pass.

[Jason Moore]

He came off the field stretch, and they got back on the field. Julio has played through injury so many times before and usually been fine.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, that'll do it for today's show. Good luck this week. Going to be a lot of fun. Can't wait for that Monday night game, too. Unbelievable.

[Mike Wright]

See you on Sunday, everybody. Goodbye.

[Jason Moore]

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