Week 3 Matchups + Wheel of Shame Returns! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/19

Summary

Fantasy Footballers Podcast Summary

Episode: "Week 3 Matchups + Wheel of Shame Returns!"

Date: September 19, 2025
Hosts: Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, Mike “The Fantasy Hitman” Wright

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Episode Overview

This episode is dedicated to fantasy football Week 3 matchups, deeply analyzing player outlooks, breaking fantasy trends, and introducing new twists to their beloved weekly "Fantasy Face Off" segment (with the infamous Wheel of Shame’s return). The hosts mix actionable, matchup-winning analysis with their trademark humor and banter, offering listeners both a strategic edge and plenty of entertainment.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

League Trades & Roster Co-Management

• The show opens with candid conversation about the frustrations with co-managers vetoing or slowing down trades.
  • Andy Holloway: “Co-managers are there to react to the deals that I make... It’s like a king and a court. They come if I summon them.” (02:14)
  • Jason Moore: “You need to be able to make a quick move.” (02:36)
• Announcement of upcoming tools for Foot Clan members: trade analyzer, "trade partner finder," and rest-of-season rankings.

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Thursday Night Football Recap

• Dolphins vs. Bills
  • Dolphins covered the spread, lost by 10.
  • “Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle both scored touchdowns, but not big yardage. Rookie Devon Achane: 7 carries, 29 yards.” (04:37)
  • Bills RB James Cook “looks like the best running back in football right now.” (06:00)
    • Mike Wright: “He slapped all of us in the face and called us nerds with our spreadsheets.” (06:06)
    • Jason Moore: “This season, it’s his backfield almost entirely.” (06:26)
  • Dalton Kincaid (5/66, TD), Khalil Shakir also scored. Rookie Keon Coleman struggles noted.

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News & Notes (08:37 – 14:47)

Injury Updates

• Tucker Kraft (Packers TE)
  • Initial panic over injury, but updates suggest not season-ending.
    • Andy: “He's believed to be ‘all good’ after tests on a knee injury.” (09:56)
    • Musgrave as fill-in streamer? Not much enthusiasm.
• Josh Jacobs: Limited (ankle).
  • Jason: “When they’re limited Thursday, you care a little bit more.” (11:11)
• Jaden Daniels: Out, Marcus Mariota to start for Commanders (11:54-12:00)
• Toe injuries everywhere:
  • Notably, Kyle Pitts added with toe concerns.
    • “Kyle Pitts...it has not started horrifically bad for him.” (18:58)

Other News

• Discussed rest-of-season rankings coming soon to "Foot Clan" perks.
• Notable players back or limited in practice: Emeka Egbuka, Brock Bowers, Tyler Warren, Zach Charbonnet, Brock Purdy.

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Matchup Previews & Analysis

Falcons (1-1) at Panthers (0-2)

• Falcons -5.5, O/U 43.5
• Both Chuba (CAR) and Bijan (ATL) "must-starts."
• DRock London trusted due to target share.
• Jason: Passing could be “nerfed” for ATL; Panthers O-line issues and bad defense likely means more running, less need for passing points. (17:30)
• Kyle Pitts: 24% target share last week, but remains a fantasy meme.

Texans (0-2) at Jaguars (1-1)

• Jags -1.5, O/U 43.5
• Brian Thomas Jr.: Buy-low candidate despite low catch%, "production will be there." (20:03)
• Travis Etienne: Strong start with Tootin banged up.
• CJ Stroud: Not attractive as a streamer—very few explosions historically.
  • Nico Collins: “Fantastic play.” (21:33)
• Tight Ends: Dalton Schultz gets volume, Brenton Strange a break-glass option.

Broncos (1-1) at Chargers (2-0)

• Chargers -2.5, O/U 46.5
• Justin Herbert: "Start of the week," Chargers all-in on pass-heavy gameplan.
  • Jason: “They're going to put the ball in the hands of Justin Herbert and … have a lot of success.” (26:52)
• Denver backfield muddled: Dobbins is a usable RB; Harvey a stash, still behind Bidet.
• Receivers: Keenan, Ladd, and Quentin Johnston are all playable; Caution on Troy Franklin (DEN WR) vs. chasing the hot hand.

Saints (0-2) at Seahawks (1-1)

• Seahawks -7.5, O/U 41.5
• Chris Olave: Tons of targets, but minimal fantasy results so far (34:15).
• Alvin Kamara: Play him.
• Juwan Johnson (NO TE): "Start of the week," Seahawks giving up most points to TEs.

Cowboys (1-1) at Bears (0-2)

• Cowboys -1.5, O/U 50.5
• Easy starts: Dak, Javonte, CD, Pickens, Ferguson (Dal all-in).
• Bears offense uninspiring outside of Romeo Odunze.
• DeAndre Swift: “No one can do less with more than DeAndre Swift.” (38:05)
• Injury blow: Jalen Johnson may need season-ending groin surgery, making WRs vs. Bears more appealing.

Cardinals (2-0) at 49ers (2-0)

• 49ers -3, O/U 45.5
• Caution: Marvin Harrison Jr. not a must-play this week.
• James Conner: TD-dependent, underwhelming yardage warns of RBBC; caution in this matchup.
• Christian McCaffrey: Auto-start as always.
• Pierceall vs. Jennings (SF WRs) debate based on QB play/injury.

Chiefs (0-2) at Giants (0-2) – Sunday Night

• Chiefs -6, O/U 45.5
• KC Offense: No clear answers beyond Mahomes and, maybe, Hollywood Brown and Travis Kelce (“mediocre” week so far). Potential for Xavier Worthy to make an instant impact if active.
  • Jason: “If Worthy plays, I think I start him right away. They really, really need him.” (47:38)
• NYG WRs: Wandale Robinson mainly for full PPR desperation.
• Cam Skattebo (NYG RB): “Not chasing the touchdown from last week,” but like him long term.
  • Classic banter: “He wants nothing more than to scramble his brain on another man's brain.” – Jason (49:10)

Lions (1-1) at Ravens (1-1) – Monday Night

• Ravens -4.5, O/U 53.5 (biggest total of the week)
• Start all the studs: Lamar, Henry, Flowers, Gibbs, Amon-Ra, Laporta, Jamison Williams.
• Zay Flowers emerges as focal point in BAL pass game (receiver five, 20 targets in two weeks).
  • Andy: “Could be the midst of a third year leap right now.”
• Line Decisions: Sam LaPorta auto-start; Laporta over Juwan Johnson for most.
• TD-dependent Ricky Pierceall and usage-audience Isaac Tesla both discussed for roster depth.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• “He slapped all of us in the face and called us nerds with our spreadsheets.” – Mike Wright on James Cook (06:06)
• “Tyler Algiers—a desperation RB3/4 type of guy. If you need a spot, if somebody’s hurt.” – Andy (16:24)
• On the rollercoaster of fantasy Twitter injury news:
  • “Let me change the report. Tucker Kraft got hurt on Friday and we don’t know what’s going on.” – Andy (10:47)
  • "Anywhere from one to 15 games." – Mike joking about ambiguous injury timelines (10:56)
• On DeAndre Swift:
  • “No one can do less with more than DeAndre Swift.” – Mike (38:05)
• Fantasy Face Off banter:
  • The Wheel of Shame returned, with Mike as the inaugural "Groundhog Day" loser, forced to don a giant rodent mask:
    • “Are we sure this is a groundhog?” – Mike (56:25)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |-----------------------------|--------------| | Trade & Co-Manager Rant | 01:27–03:51 | | Thursday Night Recap | 04:24–07:32 | | News & Injury Updates | 08:37–14:47 | | Falcons vs. Panthers | 14:54–19:22 | | Texans vs. Jaguars | 19:22–23:44 | | Broncos vs. Chargers | 24:48–31:12 | | Saints vs. Seahawks | 32:03–34:45 | | Cowboys vs. Bears | 35:07–39:25 | | Cardinals vs. 49ers | 39:25–44:16 | | Chiefs vs. Giants | 45:20–50:18 | | Lions vs. Ravens | 50:18–54:11 | | Fantasy Face Off/Wheel | 54:58–61:17 |

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Wheel of Shame & Fantasy Face Off (54:58–61:17)

• New twist in the “Fantasy Face Off”: each host now picks a full QB, RB, WR, and TE lineup based on their projections, not just a single player. Loser spins the Wheel of Shame the following week.
• Mike draws “Groundhog Day” and wears a beaver/groundhog mask.
  • Jason: “You look cute, though.” (57:00)

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Summary

This episode’s blend of sharp analysis and comedic improvisation arms listeners with relevant Week 3 advice (from depth chart clarity to streamers and trade targets), tinged with the Footballers’ signature camaraderie and wit. Injury news is treated thoughtfully but with an appropriate eye roll at speculation. Hot takes are balanced with measurable Bayesian reasoning (i.e., when to trust rookie running backs, how "goofy" box scores shouldn’t mislead you).

For managers looking to optimize Week 3 and laugh along the way, this episode delivers clear, actionable advice, memorable moments, and all the inside league banter fans love.

Transcript

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[Andy Holloway]

Welcome in Friday, September 19, Andy, Mike and Jason, the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. I think we started the show three or four minutes late because we were. We were just ranting about some. Somebody in our league who was really getting under Mike's skin with a trade. Not just Mike, but we were. Then we were talking about co managers. There's co managers that help you out and there's co managers that get in the way of you making deals.

[Mike Wright]

Sure.

[Andy Holloway]

And I made the point that the co managers are there to react to the deals that I make.

[Jason Moore]

Right.

[Andy Holloway]

Because not there to necessarily. They're there to consult if I want them. But this is much like a king. And then there's just a member of the court.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And if I want to.

[Mike Wright]

I was going to go like a manager and assistant manager.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I'm going king. No, it's different from my team. And they can come if I summon them to the court.

[Jason Moore]

Right. They're allowed.

[Andy Holloway]

They are permitted. They'll be brought to the court. And I can, I can inquire of the wise man whether they like the trade that I'm about to offer. But sometimes, look, you need to stay nimble. You need to be able to make a quick move.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. Co managers, maybe that's the problem. Maybe that we're calling it like, you're not really a. No, there's a monarchy assistant to the manager, you know.

[Andy Holloway]

Right. No, everyone approaches it differently. But in this particular case, the co managers were getting in the way of like, some real discourse, some real quick nimble trade counters and things like that. But look, that is the passion that comes with fantasy football. Oh. Welcome into a Friday episode. More matchups today, some news to catch you up on, including a little practice injury that we were not happy to see happen yesterday. We have some things to let you know about. If you are a member of the Foot Clan and you have the ultimate dashboard, we have a few updates coming your way. We are working hard on a couple of trade tools. So we're looking at a trade analyzer tool. We're looking at a trade partner finder that we haven't named it yet, but something.

[Jason Moore]

I think that's it, man.

[Andy Holloway]

The trade partner finder.

[Jason Moore]

Trade partner finder.

[Mike Wright]

The tpf.

[Andy Holloway]

The tpf. Those are like TPF reports. We've got some other updates coming, including the much requested never before seen but will be seen soon. Rest of season rankings are coming to the Foot Clan perks as well. So wanted to let our Foot Clan supporters know that we are going to add some cool stuff here very soon for those that are not a part. You can check out all of the [e-mail] we had a Thursday night football game.

[Mike Wright]

We did. And you know what?

[Andy Holloway]

It was a game.

[Mike Wright]

The Dolphins tip of the cap. They made it a very interesting game.

[Jason Moore]

They covered the spread. They certainly still lost by 10.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

But they did cover the spread.

[Mike Wright]

Those people making those spreads are very.

[Andy Holloway]

Good at what was 11 and a half. Yeah, yeah, it was. It was a close one. You had a touchdown each from Tyree Kill and Jalen Waddle. Not big yardage numbers from either one of them. Devon HN, the screen, man, 7 for 29.

[Jason Moore]

Ollie Gordon involved, involved early looking 9.

[Andy Holloway]

Carries compared to 12 for HN.

[Jason Moore]

This was one of those hold the course on rookie running backs, rookie wide receivers. The slow starts that we kind of talked about already this week is, you know, if you had looked and been like, oh, well, Ollie Gordon is completely uninvolved last week. Well, he's a rookie still trying to figure it out. They came in now to week three and said, let's try this. Let's, let's get him more involved. And it worked early on for him.

[Andy Holloway]

I actually thought he looked great.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

So, yeah, Ollie Gordon's going to be in the mix committee back. You know, you're desperate for somebody to start. Let's say you're, you're stuck with Ray Davis as your RB2 or something. You'd love to have Ollie Gordon.

[Mike Wright]

I mean, looking at the Buffalo side, I see a lot of guys with carries. I think the Ray Davis Stuff is weird. Of weird and notable, I should say.

[Andy Holloway]

And the fact that he is not playing.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, it's like they. It's not a three running back. No I system which I think I was expecting me to. I expected that. That Ray Davis and both anti Johnson will get some opportunities, but so far it has.

[Andy Holloway]

James Cook. James Cook got paid and James Cook has looked like the best running back in football. James Cook, he's looked like the best running back in football to me.

[Mike Wright]

He slapped all of us in the face and called us nerds with our spreadsheets because we were like, there's no.

[Jason Moore]

Way he's not getting a touchdown every game.

[Mike Wright]

Can't possibly keep doing this because they're. It just. It can't. It doesn't happen.

[Andy Holloway]

And unless you're the best running back in football.

[Mike Wright]

And James Cook looks. He looks incredible, man.

[Andy Holloway]

But.

[Jason Moore]

But I think it is worth noting going forward. Like the, the touchdowns, they're not prescriptive. But the utilization, the actual usage of James Cook is different than what we've seen even last year. Right. Last year the percentage of his fantasy points that came via touchdowns was so high that if those went away the way that they were using him, he didn't have the carries that you really need out of a running back one. But this season it's his backfield almost entirely.

[Andy Holloway]

The big performer in the receiving game, Dalton Kincaid, Khalil Shakir, Both scored. Kincaid 5 for 66. Keon Coleman, another slow game. Four targets, three catches, 20 yards. Did draw a pass interference penalty.

[Mike Wright]

What it's looking like for Buffalo is, I mean, we got two games, you know, where it's just the ball's going everywhere. Week Week one we had some consolidation of targets and you had some optimism that Keon Coleman was going to be the guy. And it looks like it's just going to be spread around because like Dalton Kincaid was. He's still not running a. He's not running as many snaps as you would hope for. The ball just happened to find him this time.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, it is Friday.

[Jason Moore]

Put clan Friday.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

I don't know if it'll come through on our audio because our doosers do a great job taking out that background noise. But it's coming through to us right now. It's a party on the roof.

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know what's going on. Al Borland just said they're installing a new Lifetime gym On the roof. I mean it sounds. I don't know what sounds we're hearing. We thought they were ghosts for a little while.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

But then they ghost working out.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, for sure. And that was a pretty good.

[Andy Holloway]

A nice set.

[Jason Moore]

A nice set because they dropped the weights.

[Andy Holloway]

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[Jason Moore]

News and notes from around the league presented by Progressive ins.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we got news. Yesterday it was bad. Yeah. What was not so bad?

[Jason Moore]

Maybe then it got worse.

[Andy Holloway]

Tyler Kraft or. Sorry, Tucker Kraft, injured in practice for the packers after a breakout.

[Jason Moore]

Don't worry, it's not looking like it's a season ending injury. That's what we were told. It's. It's not season ending, which implies it's a bad injury.

[Mike Wright]

Let's be careful with our words, Mr. Rappaport.

[Andy Holloway]

Be careful. Twitter with your words.

[Mike Wright]

I'm not talking to Twitter. I'm talking to Ian Rapoport. Like you. You know the power you have as.

[Andy Holloway]

That's fair.

[Jason Moore]

You.

[Mike Wright]

You're the guy. We all admit it. You're the go to source for NFL news. So just word it a little different. Like, hey, Tucker Kraft looks like he's. He suffered an injury test on the way test. And we're going to bring you news when we have it. Not it's.

[Andy Holloway]

Let me take him out.

[Jason Moore]

Hold on. Let me argue it for people.

[Andy Holloway]

What happened?

[Jason Moore]

Well, we're not there yet. We're not there yet.

[Andy Holloway]

People are meeting.

[Jason Moore]

Tell me how Rapaport was wrong. Huh? No, was. It looks like it's not season ending. Mike, you got me, okay. You got me on your. Now you can.

[Andy Holloway]

The quote that I have this morning is that he's believed to be quote all good. After undergoing tests on a knee injury. He suffered no major catastrophic damage. He is not practicing and is uncertain for this week.

[Jason Moore]

Would you pick up Musgrave?

[Andy Holloway]

I thought about it. I actually put a claim in briefly. I took it back. There's other players that I'd probably take this like Jatavian Sanders. I'd rather just roll the dice with him this week if I had to. Zach Ertz. I would do that with even John. Who Smith. Like, just because Tucker Kraft leaves doesn't mean you build a game game plan around Luke Musgrave. If anything, it makes me feel a Little more confident in golden having a breakout campaign or something like that.

[Mike Wright]

The newest quote.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, we got a new one.

[Mike Wright]

This is 903 from Shefty.

[Andy Holloway]

This is sending us the other direction.

[Mike Wright]

Matt LaFleur told reporters that he did not think Kraft needed to go on injured reserve, but he's not sure if he'll play this Sunday.

[Andy Holloway]

So what is happening? Let me change the report. Tucker Kraft got hurt on Friday and we don't know what's going on.

[Jason Moore]

Sounds like he could miss a couple of games, but not the season.

[Andy Holloway]

Right.

[Mike Wright]

Anywhere from one to 15 games.

[Jason Moore]

Right, right, right.

[Andy Holloway]

No, not injured reserve probably, but he also could be Josh Jacobs limited on Thursday with the ankle. Okay. A Thursday seems a little notable because they were the Thursday game last week.

[Jason Moore]

Right? Yeah, exactly.

[Andy Holloway]

So that's. Is that what you're going to say?

[Jason Moore]

Well, it's just the matchup is whenever a Thursday like a Wednesday practice report. I just don't. I don't even care anymore. I don't pay attention. Every Wednesday you're talking about or really every Thursday, we talk about all the guys that miss Wednesday. And I. I don't start to care when they. When they're limited. On Thursday. You care a little bit more.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Okay. We've got Jaden Daniels not practicing again on Thursday and not seen it Friday. On Friday.

[Mike Wright]

All right. Marcus Mariota, who. I mean it, honestly, if you're trying to stream a player, it could be worse.

[Jason Moore]

And what about for Terry? We talked about it a little bit, but now that. Now that we have more confidence that it is going to be Mariota, are you.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, Terry, you find another option? I think.

[Mike Wright]

I think so. It's tough.

[Jason Moore]

D.J.

[Andy Holloway]

Moore, sure.

[Jason Moore]

That was the end of the list.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. All right. No more DJ Moore.

[Mike Wright]

Only I don't do. I don't know if I play DJ Moore. He's been so disappointed and better than Terry. Yeah. Has he really been better than Terry? Oh, he has 7.1 both weeks.

[Jason Moore]

Terry is 3.7 and 7.33.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Ameca Abuka, back at practice on Friday. He hadn't practiced Wednesday. Thursday they were the Monday night double header game. He had gotten banged up. I had read from beat reporters they thought it was just a contusion. And there was never any alarm from the beat reporters. He's back at practice on Friday. I am assuming he's going to play football.

[Mike Wright]

I would assume so as well.

[Andy Holloway]

Brock Bowers, limited on Thursday managing the knee. Tyler Warren returned to a limited practice dealing with a toe injury. You don't want to hear toe injuries right now. That's the bad part of the year.

[Mike Wright]

It's the hotness.

[Andy Holloway]

It's like the new posh injury.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, everyone's getting the toe injury.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh man. So cool. Kyle Pitts added to the injury report with a toe injury. That's not a joke. Wait, that's real.

[Mike Wright]

No.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Limited with the toe. No. Who else is there? Another toe?

[Jason Moore]

No, no, no. I mean I'm sure there will be.

[Andy Holloway]

Conkey returned to a full practice. Zach Charbonnet did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. That's a foot, not a toe. But the toe is on the foot.

[Mike Wright]

Charbonnet not practice. Wait, he didn't practice Thursday either. That is of note.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Juan Jennings did not practice Wednesday or Thursday. They've been managing this and then he ends up playing most often. Brock Purdy remained limited toe and expects to be a game time decision. By the way, they're still installing equipment.

[Mike Wright]

What is going on?

[Andy Holloway]

Still installing equipment on the. Is that the roof? Al, can you confirm? It is definitely the roof directly above us Something? Yes, and I believe they are.

[Jason Moore]

If they saw any trap door on the roof which will in fact open to our studio.

[Andy Holloway]

Are they going to bring and land on us?

[Jason Moore]

There's a chance, but we will have it captured on video if it happens.

[Mike Wright]

All right. Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Jason seems the safest. There's like a pretty big bar ahead above him.

[Jason Moore]

Well, unless the bar comes down.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. All right. Fair enough. Yeah. All right. This is super fun.

[Mike Wright]

We need to hurry this up.

[Andy Holloway]

I guess we got to get this show on the road. Xavier Worthy Ltd. We'll see if he's back out there. And that was news and notes sponsored by Progressive Insurance. Quote [e-mail] Progressive Casualty Insurance Company affiliates and third party insurers not available in all states or situations. Coverage subject to policy terms, limits and conditions. Do we have the proper insurance in place at this.

[Mike Wright]

I hope so.

[Andy Holloway]

At this facility, Al.

[Jason Moore]

I think we do.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, that's good. Let's jump into the forecast.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy forecast presented by prize picks.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Yesterday we covered the Packers, Browns, Colts, Titans, Bengals, Vikings, Steelers, Patriots, Rams, Eagles, jets, buccaneers, Raiders, Commanders. Eight more matchups on the docket today starting with the one and one Atlanta Falcons taking on the 02 Carolina Panthers. The Vegas line has Atlanta minus five and a half over under is 43 and a half. Just 19 implied points for Carolina. Carolina did beat the Falcons in a Barn burner last year. 44, 38 and overtime. Bryce Young was the quarterback to that week with five touchdowns. Hasn't Quite looked that smooth for them so far this year. The numbers in last week's game, I'll bring it up again. Garbage numbers. They were completely shut out. It was 27 to 3 before the Cardinals flipped into prevent and let them pile up the dinks and the dunks. But I would say in the six, in the six quarters of real football this year where the Panthers were playing against a normal defense, it's looked really disappointing.

[Jason Moore]

It has and it's looked really disappointing. Especially when targeting Xavier Leggette. He is one for seven. Well, you are on a freaky negative two yards.

[Andy Holloway]

Nobody cares about Legat. And you are on a mission.

[Jason Moore]

Stop targeting.

[Andy Holloway]

You're on a mission. Stop targeting. To just destroy this. Man.

[Jason Moore]

That guy sucks, man.

[Andy Holloway]

Calm down.

[Mike Wright]

Fun guy, though.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, he does seem like it's not his fault.

[Mike Wright]

I liked it in the first.

[Jason Moore]

Yes. No, it's not. But it is his fault that he's not good at playing wide receiver.

[Andy Holloway]

Stop, stop. Let's talk about players people actually care about playing. Chuba and Bijon both are in your lineup for sure. Tyler Algiers, a kind of desperation RB3, 4 type of guy. If you need a spot, if somebody's hurt. Drake London, target share. We like it. We think Drake London will be fine.

[Jason Moore]

I do. I think that the passing volume. This is going to be. We had one game with the Falcons where they passed a lot. One game where they, you know, had so much rushing over expectation. And then this week against the Panthers, I think they're just going to do whatever they want.

[Andy Holloway]

Teterom McMillan has been very good through two bad offensive weeks for the Panthers. He looks the part.

[Mike Wright]

And Atlanta probably without A.J. terrell.

[Andy Holloway]

Yes. Yes. So I don't, I don't know how you see this game playing out here. Carolina is at home. Atlanta, five and a half point favorites. This. It's right on the edge for me. I. I'm thinking about it. Carolina, man, Atlanta, the defense, the defensive line. That's probably going to cause Carolina some problems.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I will say that the passing game could be pretty nerfed here for the Falcons. This matchup. We've seen this a lot. If you're right in what you've talked about with how the Panthers have looked in the six important quarters of their season so far when the defenses are playing legitimately, that you don't have to do a lot to beat the Panthers so far this season and we've seen that in the past.

[Mike Wright]

They're down with two O linemen.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. With the Panthers specifically over the last couple years. Where even though you can throw on them, you don't need to, you don't end up throwing a lot by the end of the game. You run all over them. So I don't know, maybe Nerf expectations a little bit with Drake London. The more that I think about this.

[Andy Holloway]

Game, we'll see what Jatavian Sanders can do. He's run a ton of slots or slot routes. Sorry, he's playing the slots.

[Mike Wright]

I would advise against that. The NFL will not like it very much.

[Andy Holloway]

They frown on the slots. I don't know.

[Mike Wright]

It was just a, it was just a gambling joke.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, okay. I mean, it's fine. He may remember that vet joke yesterday.

[Jason Moore]

Oh yeah, that one was good.

[Andy Holloway]

Thank you, Kyle. I stand by that one with the toe injury. We'll see what happens. He is playable, but I, I'm not super excited about him this week. The only, the only saving grace is Carolina has struggled tremendously against the tight end so far last year and this year. So that, that would be your saving grace if Pitts is out there.

[Mike Wright]

And the while the pie was small last week he, Kyle Pitts was at 24% of the targets with 19% in week one.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, so it's encouraging.

[Mike Wright]

Like Kyle Pitts is so difficult to talk about because he is, he is now just a meme. He is a joke. But it's like it has not started horrifically bad for him.

[Andy Holloway]

Houston is 0 and 2 taking on the 1 and 1 Jacksonville Jaguars. The Vegas line here. Jacksonville -1 and a half over under is 43 and a half. I have been actively trying to acquire Brian Thomas Jr. If somebody's bent out of shape, the target numbers are there, the production will be there. Even last week. What's kind of funny about it is all the headlines were obviously they haven't been connecting the catch percentage, the alligator arms. He was still 4 for 49. Like he was 4 for 49 in a game where he had a brutal drop. That was a touchdown. He had 12 targets. I'm less worried about Brian Thomas than I am A.J. brown.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, I think I can agree with that.

[Andy Holloway]

And so I tried, I failed to acquire him on the team.

[Jason Moore]

Same Z, I tried to trade AJ Brown for him.

[Andy Holloway]

Travis ETN is my start of the week and we got word today that baseball Tutin is wearing a red non contact jersey on Wednesday and Thursday. So we'll see what happens today. But banged up a little bit and ETN has been great. So it's a good start.

[Jason Moore]

I think that gives more confidence for the ETN start. But does it. You had mentioned on the start of the week that you would be fine starting Toot as well, who looked great, had juice. Does this make it to where you're worried maybe his snaps will be limited just from a game plan standpoint, like if he's. If he is dealing with something that they might purposely give him fewer touches this game. So don't start Tootin.

[Andy Holloway]

If he's active, it will depend on today and if he gets a full practice in.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, full practice. I would play him as I was going to. But even limited today, then I would pivot.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, I'm looking at the consistency numbers for CJ Stroud.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, don't do that.

[Andy Holloway]

5. Looking at Medusa, 5.9% of his games over the last 17, that's probably one 20 or more points one time. This is yet another reason why Jaden Higgins is not attracted to me or Hutchinson or any of these or Christian Kirk. There's not enough like Dalton Schultz. Slow as he is, he gets targets and Nico Collins is the dude. I just. This is not a good passing offense.

[Jason Moore]

It's not a good.

[Andy Holloway]

It's actually a bad one.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's a bad passing off. It's Nico, I think is a fantastic play matchup wise. So you're not worried about that. No one's benching Nico right now. I will say that while Stroud doesn't run a lot and so, you know, last year Stroud threw 242 and a touchdown against this Jacksonville Jaguars, but finished as the quarterback 25.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, gosh.

[Jason Moore]

Earlier in the season he was 345 and two finishes the quarterback five against Jacksonville. So this is a.

[Andy Holloway]

This is probably his last good game.

[Jason Moore]

That was his Last game over 20.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah. That was week four of last year. Last game over 20 points.

[Jason Moore]

But it was this matchup.

[Andy Holloway]

Nick Chubb, if he scores, you'll be happy. He scored two weeks in a row.

[Mike Wright]

Right. He is the primary guy. Like it's a volume.

[Andy Holloway]

He did not score in week one. I lied 13 for 60 in week one. 4.6 to carry. Didn't score. Scored last week, but it's not in this economy. Yeah, you could do worse. You could do worse. But that probably ends it. Where are you with Britain? Strange. Nine targets in two weeks. It's okay.

[Jason Moore]

He's a, you know, break glass in case of emergency type of tight end. If you had Kraft and you want to pivot, that's the level. That's like the. You have an injury, you need to start from Musgrave.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, I play Strange.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I'm on the strange side.

[Andy Holloway]

Are we going to get a Travis Hunter breakout game at some point? We haven't had an explosive play yet.

[Jason Moore]

I think we will because we'll. Because of exactly that. We'll have the explosive play. But in the meantime, are you starting him while you wait for it, or are you going to wait for it to hit and then. And then put him in there? Eight targets, week one. Six targets this last week. That's good enough.

[Andy Holloway]

But they're short, not in my lineup.

[Jason Moore]

They're short, not valuable targets currently. You know, he's 6 for 33 in week one, 3 for 22 in week two.

[Andy Holloway]

Not in my lineup. Yeah, I'm trying not to play him. I play Matthew golden over him.

[Mike Wright]

Really?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I don't mind that goal.

[Mike Wright]

One play hits.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, Well, I mean, I'm hoping it's more than one play this week for Golden.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's very hard right now to roll. Tucker, Kraft, Cleveland, and they need. They need Golden.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, they do. I think it'll be an okay week for golden, but. All right, we'll take a break. We'll come back with the Broncos Chargers.

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[Mike Wright]

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[Andy Holloway]

Broncos one on one, Chargers two zero. Divisional matchup. Vegas has Los Angeles is two and a half point home favorites over under is now 46 and a half. That's gone up a little bit. Whoever wins will be first in the division, so it should be a fun one. This is an exciting game. And 46 and a half we're getting up there.

[Jason Moore]

And this is really the Chargers home opener. I know their home opener was in Brazil, but you know, wink. So this is the first game that they will be playing. Breaking news.

[Andy Holloway]

It's official. Marcus Mariota is starting for the Commanders. No more no Jaden Daniels this week.

[Mike Wright]

It's also official. Marcus Mariota will be guiding my chopped league this week.

[Andy Holloway]

Wait, is. Oh, wait, was Jaden your quarterback?

[Mike Wright]

He was.

[Andy Holloway]

So you made the necessary arrangements?

[Mike Wright]

I did.

[Andy Holloway]

This is the second league. This is the second league I've seen you make. Like Jake Browning starting in one of your leagues probably. Or you picked him up and then Marcus Mariota and yeah, I've got Mac Jones in one of them. Let's just. Hey, who needs starters when you got.

[Jason Moore]

Backups, sleeper and or commanders. Whoever is at fault, please move him to out.

[Mike Wright]

It just broke.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, okay, but do it immediately.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. So Jason, you've been the Justin Herbert, you know, you made him the start of the week. You've been talking.

[Mike Wright]

You're the conductor for weeks.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, I mean this train.

[Andy Holloway]

The hype train is going. You are the conductor.

[Jason Moore]

And pass rate over expectation for the Chargers. A lot of the reason you liked Hampton coming into the season was because. Because the G row offense with Harbaugh, they want to run the ball. But it appears that what they really want to do is they want to put their best player in charge. And with these weapons, when you've got KEENAN Allen and lad McConkey, we've talked about it. They're just so perfect for Herbert and you have to focus on those guys. And then you've got a huge over the top. It's very difficult to stop that passing attack. So they're going to put the ball in the hands of Justin Herbert and I think they're going to have a lot of success with that.

[Andy Holloway]

So so far this year they have not given up a lot of fancy points to the quarterback or wide receiver position. Denver hasn't, but they played, you know, Cam Ward in week one. You like, you like Herbert this week at home, he is. Both of these teams are well above the pass rate over expectation like number one and number seven in the league, Bo Nix. The problem this year has been pressure. He has tried to look really cool outside the pocket, slinging it around. He's only 4 for 11 on those throws for 21 yards and two picks.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, he's. He is being protected and when he has a clean pocket, he is succeeding. But when he is getting pressured, it is a very negative play.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, we have Omarion Hampton. What in the world do people do with Amarian Hampton right now? And talk about both of these backfields because J.K. dobbins, R.J. harvey, question marks. Dobbins has scored a couple times in a row. And Amarian Hampton and Najee Harris. The opportunities were there for Harris, and they're going to probably rise.

[Mike Wright]

Harris looked okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, Harris looked fine.

[Jason Moore]

He looked like how he's always looked, a solid NFL running back. I mean, we. We have, you know, mocked that he's with two eyes. Yeah, yeah. Both eyes open.

[Andy Holloway]

So you got JK2 leg and you got. No, I'm not going to go there.

[Jason Moore]

I would. You know, honestly, Dobbins looks like someone that you can't not start right now. He's played.

[Mike Wright]

I agree with that.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, he's played very well. And his utilization is really what you're going for the most. You're talking about, you know, he's playing half the snaps, but his workload. 73% of the running back rushing attempts in week one, 70% in week two, 33% of the running back targets. So he's. He's just involved enough where you're going to take that opportunity at the running back position.

[Andy Holloway]

What about Harvey? In a game where they're projected to play from behind?

[Mike Wright]

Nope, not yet.

[Jason Moore]

When.

[Mike Wright]

When Bidet is still getting a bunch of targets and everything, like, Harvey has to completely take over that role and I.

[Jason Moore]

And I. I think he will take that over.

[Mike Wright]

I think so, too.

[Jason Moore]

But you've got to stash Harvey on your bench right now and get excited for the future. It is not now.

[Andy Holloway]

You'd play Dobbins over Hampton?

[Jason Moore]

I think I would.

[Andy Holloway]

Are you guys how out on Hampton are you right now?

[Jason Moore]

I'm not out on Hampton. I'm not out by any means. It wasn't working very well for him. He fumbled. Najee looked okay. They kind of had.

[Mike Wright]

Justin Herbert fumbled.

[Jason Moore]

Justin Herbert was shredded stats.

[Andy Holloway]

When that happened, I really quickly wanted to not blame Hampton because of how fast.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, really.

[Andy Holloway]

The offender line, like, it was like I was. It was bang, bang. It was like when the handoff happened. So they made the change. I don't know if we talked about it on the show. They made the change for it wasn't a Hampton.

[Jason Moore]

Those always get credited to the quarterback, even when it's not like, it was not Herbert's fault. But the fumble statistically goes to Herbert.

[Andy Holloway]

Because They never made the exchange.

[Mike Wright]

Correct.

[Andy Holloway]

Keenan Allen, Ladd McConkey. Quentin Johnston. Put them all in your lineup, man.

[Mike Wright]

I was going to ask, are you playing huge?

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know how you don't play those three guys right now.

[Mike Wright]

Well, I would. I would think that Johnston will get the. The certain treatment of any of these guys.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, it's. It's. He had three catches last week, but, you know, he's over 70 yards, two in a row, scored three times. He. You don't have to force him in if you have a better player. But, I mean, are you playing Quentin Johnston or. I mean, you're.

[Mike Wright]

Or A.J. brown? Jason?

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, that one's easy. I was trying to go lower down, like Debo with Mariota or Quentin Johnston. You probably still going Debo?

[Mike Wright]

I think I'd play Metcalf.

[Jason Moore]

I'd play Metcalf.

[Andy Holloway]

Those are the couple of the bigger questions. You'd play Cuge over Debo?

[Mike Wright]

I would.

[Jason Moore]

I think I would be on the Debo side. I'm a little lower.

[Andy Holloway]

Manufacture stuff for Debo.

[Jason Moore]

I'm a little lower on Cuj. He's still certainly a. Like a normal flex play in most leagues.

[Mike Wright]

But Keenan over him.

[Jason Moore]

I would play Keenan and Lad over him.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Are we done with Evan Ingram for right now?

[Mike Wright]

Yep.

[Andy Holloway]

Troy Franklin, 8 for 89 and a touchdown. Are you chasing. Are you chasing? Or are we expecting Cortland Sutton to kind of, you know, the target share, go back his direction after those first two weeks?

[Mike Wright]

It will go back to Sutton eventually. You don't pay a guy that amount of money and not get something going. So I think both are true of, like, I'm willing to chase what's going on with Franklin.

[Andy Holloway]

The expectation kind of going in was that you'd see, you know, Sutton with the more consistency and the consistent targets, and then Marvin Mims, Troy Franklin, Pat Bryant.

[Jason Moore]

I think that's still how I view it.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Jason Moore]

I still view it where Cortland Sutton is the one. And we're not 100% sure Franklin will establish that. It looks like it. So far, two weeks in, it's looking great. And I've obviously loved the talent of Troy Franklin for a while. They've got the collegiate connection and things are going well.

[Mike Wright]

So Bo Nicks likes him.

[Jason Moore]

Troy Franklin is a player I think you can throw in in a flex. I would play Quentin Johnson over 83%.

[Andy Holloway]

Last week was the big number.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

And Mims is down in the 30s and 40s where he lives is most comfortable New Orleans at zero and two. The Seahawks in Seattle. They're one and one and they are seven and a half point home favorites. Love the defense in this one. Saints only have a 17 point implied point total. The over under is just 41 and a half. So, you know, this one seems on the surface like a blowout to me. Spencer Rattler has to leave home, go on the road, go to Seattle, play a tough defense. You know, Kenneth Walker looked really, really good last week. Sam Darnold, jsn, they have the connection going. But then Cooper cup got involved in a pretty big way in week two, like for those that came out. And week one with Sam Darnold didn't look great for Cooper cup and it kind of bounced back.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I agree. I think you bring up an interesting point as well with the Spencer Rattler. This will be his first road game. This is a very loud stadium to play in. The crowd will be, you know, full volume. And Rattler has looked better than Tyler Schuck, sure. Yes, apparently than Tyler Schuck, but better than Anthony Richardson expected him to look that still, he has not looked great, but we haven't, you know, he's been playing at home. Comfy, you know, quiet environments.

[Andy Holloway]

One of the things that you like one of those domes that you want to play in.

[Jason Moore]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

Alvin Camara. Yeah, play him. Chris Olave, lots of targets. I mean, Spencer Rattler, third most total past attempts in the NFL so far and has not thrown an interception.

[Mike Wright]

Pace of play. Yeah, base of play is a really big deal.

[Andy Holloway]

Rashid Shahid was 4 for 52 and a touchdown. Olave and Shahid are kind of doing the same stuff. I mean, yeah, Lave's got a lot of targets.

[Jason Moore]

They're lower.

[Mike Wright]

I would chase the targets over what Shahid did last week.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I think they're lower down for me on the road. There should be a little bit of rain in this game as well.

[Mike Wright]

A little bit rain.

[Jason Moore]

A little bit rain. You look at the Seahawks so far, you know, only through two games, it's been the tight end position that's affected them. Joanne Johnson should be good here.

[Andy Holloway]

Olave, man, olave, he's turned 13 targets and 10 targets into eight points and eight points.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. 54 yards a week.

[Andy Holloway]

Two. Two weeks in. He's the. He's the wide receiver. 44. She's the wide receiver, 36. Juwan Johnson is my start of the week at the tight end position. And you should be able to count on him in this one. Right now, the Seahawks giving up the most points to tight ends. Through two weeks. So he is a. He's a must.

[Mike Wright]

Delicious.

[Andy Holloway]

He's a must start. And I think everything else is pretty simple there we are waiting to get a couple secondary members for the Seahawks back onto the field. Devon Witherspoon being one of them and that will help that defense out.

[Jason Moore]

But is Ken Walker going to be like the RB one this week?

[Andy Holloway]

He might be. I've been very possible. I've been. That's another place I'm failing in the trade market. I've been trying to pick. I mean, I would never tell Mike. So just hold on, Mike.

[Jason Moore]

Earmuffs.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, just.

[Mike Wright]

You can't tell me on the teams I got him.

[Andy Holloway]

I've been trying to get. I've been trying to get Ken Walker.

[Mike Wright]

Jay?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

It's because he's so good.

[Andy Holloway]

It's because he's so good sometimes. He's so good. He's so good sometimes. No, he's a much better runner. I mean, he's just so. He's so explosive and aggressive and it should be good this week. Dallas 1 and 1 taking on the Chicago Bears, who are sitting at 0 and 2 crying into their hands again. I don't know if it gets easier for Bears fans to win the off season and then lose the regular season.

[Jason Moore]

I don't think so.

[Andy Holloway]

We are here on this show just telling you the facts. It's the same old, same old for the Bears right now. I would love it to not be the way I'm focusing on the cool stuff like Roma Dunes Day being a really great viable fantasy option. That's cool. Yeah, that's really. It is. Unfortunately, I don't get to say that about Colson Loveland or Luther Burden or DJ Moore. DJ Moore. That DJ Moore. I had this. I mean, he may break out and have a great game. Who knows? But I was so afraid of him all offseason. Just the way that I don't need more stories of how he's taking handoffs like that does not excite me for DJ Moore, that you have to come up with new creative ways to use him. Not as a wide receiver, but, you know, in this one, Dallas is. Dallas is favored by 1 1/2 going into Chicago. The over under is 50 and a half.

[Mike Wright]

It did open with Chicago as the favorites.

[Andy Holloway]

So it's bounced back and forth and.

[Mike Wright]

The people have spoken.

[Andy Holloway]

The people have. Yeah. I mean, who wins the game then? Who's going to win the ball game? It's basically a toss up.

[Jason Moore]

I think the Cowboys win the Bears strength has Been their past defense and so far this year, that is their weakness. They are very banged up as well.

[Andy Holloway]

Jalen Johnson.

[Jason Moore]

Jalen Johnson did not participate in Wednesday's practice. Did not participate in Thursday's practice. His groin is not ready. So this is great news if you've got, you know, CD Lamb, if you're wanting to start Dak. Oh man, I love when great defensive players are out. I mean, don't we all?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. So on this show we do.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

You also like it if Xavier Leggett was out. That's also another thing you would like.

[Jason Moore]

He's a great defensive player for the other team.

[Mike Wright]

Dallas is easy because everybody is in.

[Andy Holloway]

So Dak Javante in CD and Pickens and Ferguson. So they are a very easy team. Yeah, it should be all right. I don't know if Chicago can stop them. What's the over? Under 50 and a half.

[Mike Wright]

Yep, it's juicy.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean there's reasons to like both sides. It's not like Dallas's defense has been doing anything.

[Mike Wright]

No, no, no, no. I like the. I like Rome a lot.

[Andy Holloway]

Swift. I mean he has been limited with the quad injury. He'll play.

[Mike Wright]

He.

[Andy Holloway]

What do you think his fantasy rank is to two weeks?

[Jason Moore]

Man, I have no clue. I'm going to guess it's where he lives which is like running back 20.

[Mike Wright]

It is 23.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. I mean he's.

[Mike Wright]

No one can do less with more than DeAndre Swift. The like in a world of stashing players, a manang guy is not doing anything right now. He did get more opportunities, 10 of them. Yeah. So I mean he went from 13% of snaps in one opportunity to 41% in 10 opportunities. It. I. I feel like it's only a matter of time before Ben Johnson with DeAndre Swift is like, okay, I've had enough. I don't care how fast you are. I'm going to somebody else.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. The. The most recent reports is that Jalen Johnson might be done and might be having.

[Mike Wright]

Oh no.

[Andy Holloway]

Might be having season ending.

[Mike Wright]

Oh no.

[Andy Holloway]

Season ending groin surgery. Yeah. I don't know what the quote is on season ending groin surgery, but that.

[Mike Wright]

Must be a real lot more exclamation points.

[Andy Holloway]

That's devastating for that is that and he's so good.

[Jason Moore]

It's worth saying like so Roma Dunes looks like he's having his second year breakout. That was the hope. He looked awesome this this past week. The. The worse their defense is, the better it is for their offense for the passing game. For Roma Dunes breakout to be successful. If the Bears are able to shut guys down and slow the game down and the other team has to run, which runs the clock out, more fantasy points evaporate.

[Andy Holloway]

So Rome is the wide receiver four through two weeks, Arizona two and O. The Cardinals undefeated. So good at football. They go to San Francisco to take on the equally Great San Francisco 49ers who are two and out. Vegas line. San Francisco minus three at home over under 45 and a half. San Francisco heavier favorites now than they were to start the week.

[Mike Wright]

Probably the people have spoken.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, that's due to.

[Mike Wright]

Hey, they're telling the truth.

[Andy Holloway]

That's due to Brock Purdy maybe playing. That's what that is. That's what that is. I know you would like it to believe that everybody just like us knows the Arizona sucks at two and.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

No, we all know who won both games last year. Falcon, who won the games? I mean, you guys were so good. Who won them? Yeah. The Inter Niners. No, no, no. The Inter Niners actually lost. No, they lost them both. Yeah. Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Who won the games? The injured Niners.

[Jason Moore]

Incorrect.

[Mike Wright]

Lost the game.

[Andy Holloway]

What happens when the microphone turns on?

[Mike Wright]

I don't know.

[Jason Moore]

I think the brain.

[Andy Holloway]

Do we want to have a conversation with you right now? Yeah, no, I was distracted. Sorry. Made a trade.

[Jason Moore]

You made a trade?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Traded away Henderson and Tooton for Josh Jacobs in one league. It was my main league.

[Jason Moore]

That is a great trade.

[Mike Wright]

Henderson and Tutin for Jacobs.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. That's a great trade for you.

[Jason Moore]

That's a stupid league.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. Can I get in? Good trade, bad talking.

[Mike Wright]

Also we're working.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jason Moore]

Do some work. What are you doing?

[Mike Wright]

Only Jason gets to do trades in.

[Jason Moore]

The middle of shows. Yeah, right. Own the company though. So you get to work.

[Andy Holloway]

All right. Yeah. Arizona won them both last year. The defense with Robert Sala back there looking pretty good through two weeks. Both these teams got to play the Saints already. Kyler Murray, Marvin Harrison. Mike, are we.

[Mike Wright]

I'm not playing. Kyler Marv is not a must play this week.

[Andy Holloway]

He was five or 71 and a touchdown in week one. Yay. That's great. Week two, two four, 27.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah. The way that they are using him, at least you know, in week two, that will be. So it'll be missed more than it hits for fantasy football.

[Andy Holloway]

Arizona did. I mean, if I want to find a narrative street of why maybe don't worry about last week too much. Arizona was up 27 to 3. They had a defensive score. They had a short field on another turnover. Maybe. I mean, you didn't really have an offense trying to do anything functionally in the second half of that game other than not lose.

[Jason Moore]

But you could have had an offense that went and laid it on.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, look at the, look at the Detroit Lions last week or the Baltimore Ravens last week. They could have pulled their starters at halftime but they're like, nope, we are going to keep our foot on the pedal. We're going to keep sharpening these plays. We're going to sharpen our offense.

[Andy Holloway]

We're not going to do that though.

[Jason Moore]

I think they tried. I don't think they are good enough. They're a real dull knife. James Conner, I still think you start him. He hasn't been very efficient to start the year.

[Andy Holloway]

But yeah, look at those totals at the running game.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean look at the rushing yardage for sure. 39 yards, 34 yards. But he had a touchdown in both weeks. Double digit fantasy points both weeks. And so far we're still very early in the season to know how this version of The San Francisco 49ers defense will be. But they've been very good against the pass.

[Andy Holloway]

You're not worried that those touchdowns masking a little Connor Benson committee situation?

[Mike Wright]

I'm concerned about Connor in this matchup.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I am too. Christian McCaffrey is healthy so you play him.

[Mike Wright]

Correct.

[Andy Holloway]

And he is doing work so far. Ricky Pearsall's mike start of the week. I think people need to hear that. Ricky Pierce all kind of a little disappointing last week. You know, wide receiver 13 in week one. We were happy to see it.

[Mike Wright]

Which Joanne Jennings did not practice Wednesday or Thursday with an ankle and shoulder which he hasn't really by. By his standards means that he will play on Sunday and he will dominate.

[Andy Holloway]

Seems that way.

[Mike Wright]

Any concern for 49ers regardless of like let's say it's Mac Jones or Purdy, are you playing them?

[Andy Holloway]

The. I mean Pierce hall is not a must start for me.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

If it's Mac Jones, like if I had to choose Jennings or Pearsall, I would choose Jennings.

[Mike Wright]

Ooh. Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

But I think it's up for debate. That's just the way I would go. I mean the 10 targets last week, I like that. But I don't know where you'd go, Jay.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, you look like a man who.

[Andy Holloway]

Didn'T want me to.

[Jason Moore]

I didn't. I didn't want you to ask that question. I would probably go Ricky Pearsall. I would be more confident in Pearsall if it's Brock playing. But that's Just, you know, Jennings, he looked good last week but he's very banged up and I don't think that he is definitely the one for this team either one could be the better guy each week.

[Andy Holloway]

Well, you should, you should play Trey McBride.

[Mike Wright]

Yes.

[Andy Holloway]

And feel confident doing that. We'll take a break. We'll hit Sunday night football. Monday night football and a renovated, improved fantasy face off. Monday sidekick. The AI agent that knows you and your business, thinks ahead and takes action task at anything seriously. Monday Sidekick AI you'll love to use Start a free trial today on Monday.com. possibility means you have a chance. Passion opens the door to all possibilities. When I feel like anything's possible, I.

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[Mike Wright]

I want to be an astronaut artist.

[Andy Holloway]

Be an actress to visit another country.

[Jason Moore]

All I need is a backpack and.

[Andy Holloway]

A pair of shoes and I'll find.

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[Mike Wright]

I've never felt like more things are.

[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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[Andy Holloway]

All right, we've got a pair of winless teams going into Sunday night football this game.

[Mike Wright]

Dude, I cannot wait.

[Andy Holloway]

The Chiefs are 0 and 2 and they go to the New York football Giants home stadium. They go on the road leave Arrowhead.

[Mike Wright]

Great state of New York. Of course.

[Andy Holloway]

Of course. The Giants are owing to the defense. We'll see what they can do against Kansas City who is still depleted. Kansas City Six Point Road Favorites over Unders 45 and a half.

[Jason Moore]

This is the Giants home opener as well. Get juiced. Giants.

[Andy Holloway]

Are you.

[Jason Moore]

I'm rooting.

[Mike Wright]

We all just are. Look, the Kansas City Chiefs, they've won a lot. They have won a lot. So if they start owing three, the rest of the world is going to feel pretty good about it.

[Andy Holloway]

I think they.

[Mike Wright]

I think they could could lose.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Oh. Oh.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh no.

[Mike Wright]

Oh no. Is the Fisher opened? Are you in the other dimension?

[Andy Holloway]

No, no, not strong enough.

[Mike Wright]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

I do think that this game is going to be.

[Mike Wright]

What was that?

[Andy Holloway]

I don't know. I. Look, I don't.

[Jason Moore]

I heard it sounded like.

[Andy Holloway]

Was it on the roof? Here's the real question. Let me transition from you trying to get me debate me into an almost upset, literally. Who do you start on? The Chiefs. That's a real question right now because Xavier Worthy might not play in this game and you could make the argument you would start him right away if he plays. Hollywood Brown's been terrible.

[Mike Wright]

He was terrible last week. He was awesome in week one. Okay, 10 for 99 is pretty delightful.

[Andy Holloway]

Terrible is not the right word, but unreliable would be a good word. But Isaiah Pacheco, terrible. Preem Hunt, terrible. Travis Kelsey, mediocre. Mediocre. Juju, Invisible. Taekwondoan. Thornton obviously only scores when I give him permission.

[Mike Wright]

I think it's back to just how I regularly feel about the Chiefs, which, like Mahomes is playable. The Giants defense has been atrocious, and last week was the Philadelphia Eagles. Like the Eagles are going to hurt everyone's numbers this year. So Hollywood Brown as a flex type of a wide receiver, I think he's still in play. And Kelsey is top 12 ish.

[Jason Moore]

And we don't know if Worthy is going to play, but if Worthy plays, I think I start him right away. They really, really need him.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I would start him right away.

[Mike Wright]

Terrified of that.

[Andy Holloway]

Here's the deal. The Giants played Dallas and their lack of a defense last week. There were tons of performances that made people very excited. Cam Scatterboo had a big game. The snaps went up. Very productive. Wanda Robinson, 142 yards receiving. Malik Neighbors right now looks like, I mean, that's the guy that you're starting no matter what. How do you feel about chasing these against the defense that, you know, like, it's tough. The Chiefs are going to be a dominant run d in this game. They always are.

[Jason Moore]

I love Cam Scatterboo. I love them coming out of college. Loved him week one. I drafted him wherever I could. He went from 12 snaps to 52% of snaps. I think he will take over this backfield and be involved in the passing game. This is not the matchup. I'm not chasing last week's touchdown reception against the Kansas City Chiefs.

[Andy Holloway]

So, like, you see him in pass protection.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, he's a dog.

[Andy Holloway]

He was blowing people up.

[Jason Moore]

He's just.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, he is searching. And I say this recognizing that they shouldn't be. He is. He is desperate for a concussion.

[Jason Moore]

He wants nothing more than to scramble his brain on another man's brain.

[Mike Wright]

He.

[Jason Moore]

Every single play. It doesn't matter if he's got the ball or not.

[Mike Wright]

He's a caveman.

[Jason Moore]

He is running into anything.

[Andy Holloway]

He does seem to have a thicker.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, for sure.

[Andy Holloway]

And is that good?

[Jason Moore]

That's tremendous.

[Andy Holloway]

Concussions. I would think so, right?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. And for inflicting them, I mean, he is. He is a monstrosity. He is the Marshawn lynch of this generation where he's just. He wants to hit someone over and over and over and over and Over. He just wants to hit someone.

[Andy Holloway]

Isn't he wearing the same number as he's wearing 4? 4.

[Jason Moore]

Juice.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

I was thinking now his name is escaping me. Browns parrot. Peyton Hillis. Peyton Hillis. Yeah. Paris Hillis. Peyton Hillis. He was number 40. Oh, he was 40. Okay. They're both just white. That's why I said that. All right. Russell Wilson completed a million passes last week. You know Malik Neighbors, if you're a fan of his, you're happy to see that many, that much success. Russell Wilson with the deep passes giving the opportunity to Malik Neighbors. You're playing him. Are you chasing Wondale?

[Jason Moore]

If I'm. If I'm in a full PPR league, I expect them to be down and throwing to Wandale. I will be suspect that he'll get deeper targets like he did last week. That was awesome. He'll probably end up doing what he always does, which is get a lot of targets near the line of scrimmage, not a bunch of yards. So if you're in a full ppr, you can put them in there.

[Andy Holloway]

Very excited about this one. Monday Night Football Detroit one and Baltimore one on one. One of these two like Super bowl contenders going to drop to one and two in this one. Baltimore four and a half point home favorites over under is 53 and a.

[Jason Moore]

Half open at 51 and a half. That is already humongously high. And then everyone's.

[Andy Holloway]

This one I can do.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, baby.

[Jason Moore]

Andy's almost upset of the week.

[Andy Holloway]

Four and a half points Baltimore. Yeah, I don't know about that. This is going to be a fun one. This is going to be a start. Your engines for the fantasy football community. Lamar Henry Flowers, who's been. He may. He may be in the midst of a third year leap right now.

[Mike Wright]

The way they're using him.

[Andy Holloway]

There's a world where it's not Andrews and likely anymore. Like the tight end position isn't as heavily utilized. Rashad Bateman's been invisible. I mean, DeAndre Hopkins has his weekly touchdown attempt.

[Mike Wright]

It's Zay Flowers and then the guys that no one would ever consider starting.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, that's how it feels. I mean, Zay Flowers through two weeks, 20 targets.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, I mean, that's great.

[Andy Holloway]

Receiver five.

[Jason Moore]

I am really curious how much that will change when Isaiah likely is back on the field because Mark Andrews seems like he is being used in a different way. He's no longer. He's obviously not the primary receiving target for this team. He's on the field still. He's used around the goal line and he's a great blocker. So he's an important asset to the team. But for fantasy purposes, for the receiving work, that's not his game. But I do think that they have a plan to get Isaiah likely very involved in the receiving game once he's back. So I'm just curious how that'll affect Flowers.

[Andy Holloway]

I already had an almost upset this week, Kyle.

[Mike Wright]

You did?

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Now I got two.

[Mike Wright]

You do, but now you get two points if you're right.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, zero if you're play Henry and Gibbs. Play Almond, Ron flowers, Jamison Williams. Four targets, two for 108 and a touchdown. He'll do it again. He'll get in the end zone again this week. Sam Laporta. Not sure what to do with Sam Laporta right now.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, this is the type of.

[Andy Holloway]

Matchup where it seems like you should feel, yeah, like you got a play 100%.

[Jason Moore]

I mean, get a good week one. There's not a lot of tight ends out there that you are just absolutely needing to start. So if you've got Sam Laporta, you're. He's. He's in your lineup. What about the game with 53 and.

[Mike Wright]

A half, you picked up any of the Week 1 tight end bros? You picked up Juwan Johnson.

[Jason Moore]

I would play laporta over Juwan Johnson.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, really? Okay.

[Jason Moore]

I would.

[Andy Holloway]

Jared Gossame, I started the week, was the number one quarterback last week and I love that. Over, under. I think it's going to be good now. I think they're going to win.

[Jason Moore]

So do you have any worry of like last week the Lions laid it on the Bears, but the Bears didn't have, you know, a lot of their DBs. They had some injuries. The Bears haven't looked good so far. But week one, you actually saw this great Lions offense going up against a very difficult packers defense. And the packers defense won. They just, they just won. They said we are, we are better than your great offense. And you know, the Ravens did not shut down the Bills.

[Andy Holloway]

No, I do think that the Ravens 41 points. And then last week was Flacco and the Cleveland Browns. So I'm in tbd. Yeah, tbd. I think it's going to be. I think it's going to be a lot of points on Monday night. I'm hoping for it. I think all of us fans would like to see that game's been bet up on the over under. It was 51 and a half. Now it's up at 53 and a half. So we'll see. The last time these two teams played, Detroit got spanked. But that was 20, 23. So I think they got a chip on their shoulder for this one. I think you saw it last week. I think that week one was. This is a team that takes a lot of pride in being that offensive machine and being competitive in those games. And they weren't competitive in that one. And it showed last week when they came out and smashed. Any other spot start decisions to be made here?

[Mike Wright]

No, it's pretty easy. But Mr. Campbell, Isaac Tesla needs more than 29% of the snaps.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I mean, he's the one handed bandit. I mean, he is really good.

[Mike Wright]

He's very fun to watch.

[Andy Holloway]

I wonder if he would drop stuff if he tried to use two hands.

[Jason Moore]

No, no, he probably just crushed the ball.

[Andy Holloway]

You think he'd be all right?

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it would be like. Would that be a flag? Like if you load the ball?

[Andy Holloway]

No, that's seven points.

[Mike Wright]

Oh, okay.

[Jason Moore]

Use two hands.

[Mike Wright]

That's not a delay a game. They get you if you spike the ball.

[Andy Holloway]

If it's incidental. It's not if you're just too strong. But if you do it on purpose, yeah, it is. All right, away we go.

[Jason Moore]

Fantasy Face off presented by prize picks.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, we have heard you out there. We are going to. We're going to mix it up a little bit now. In the Fantasy Face off previous two weeks, we have been picking one more or less each with the loser spinning the wheel of shame, which we are going to handle today because last week I had Jackson, Smith and Jigba more than 61 1/2 receiving yards on prize picks. He finished 8 for 103. Jason had Zach Charbonnet with 12 1/2 yard longest rush and he did not do that.

[Jason Moore]

He didn't even get all of his rushes there.

[Andy Holloway]

And then Mike went Russell Wilson.

[Mike Wright]

Don't worry about it.

[Andy Holloway]

Less than 217 passing yards, but he had a lot more.

[Mike Wright]

Just a few.

[Andy Holloway]

So before we reveal this week's pick, we're gonna let Mike spin the wheel.

[Jason Moore]

Wheel of shame.

[Mike Wright]

All right. Spin the wheel.

[Andy Holloway]

This is delightful. You get to make the wheel makes its debut for 2025.

[Mike Wright]

Like waterboarding probably should be.

[Andy Holloway]

So you'll just accept this?

[Jason Moore]

Oh, yeah.

[Mike Wright]

Oh.

[Jason Moore]

Groundhog Day should be pretty simple. It's a real easy.

[Andy Holloway]

It's a real easy one, Mike, if.

[Jason Moore]

You want to just looks like you're a groundhog, bro.

[Mike Wright]

Are we sure this is a groundhog?

[Jason Moore]

I don't know.

[Andy Holloway]

I mean, it is now.

[Mike Wright]

The teeth look like that of a beaver.

[Andy Holloway]

A beaver?

[Jason Moore]

Yes. Well, you're a groundhog beaver.

[Andy Holloway]

It's really not important. That's what's important right there.

[Jason Moore]

Does it fit on your noggin?

[Mike Wright]

Yeah.

[Andy Holloway]

Hello. That was the worry.

[Jason Moore]

Hey, how are you doing?

[Andy Holloway]

Is it going to be. We got more winter.

[Jason Moore]

He's trying to decide whether he uses the mouth hole for seeing or for talking.

[Mike Wright]

It's gonna be multi purpose.

[Andy Holloway]

I think Papa Josh is really enjoying this. I can hear him back there. All right, here's what we're doing.

[Jason Moore]

You look cute, though.

[Andy Holloway]

Oh, thank you.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah, it's a good look.

[Andy Holloway]

You look. Yeah, that's the word. Here's what we're doing now.

[Mike Wright]

How do people do this?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, yeah. What do you mean, how do people do.

[Jason Moore]

This is not something people usually do.

[Mike Wright]

This is a mask sold to be worn.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah.

[Mike Wright]

It's impossible.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. But manufactured at a low cost. Mike. We have a renovation to this segment now. We're going to be picking a quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end every week. Each of us.

[Jason Moore]

We're each building our own lineup to play on the projections that we like the most. And I've had so much fun this year with this.

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah. So we are. We are going to expand and compete.

[Mike Wright]

And it's so hot in here.

[Andy Holloway]

Somebody's getting the wheel every week. Hopefully, Mike. All right, we're starting at the quarterback position. I am taking that Detroit game. Lamar Jackson, more than 222.5 passing yards.

[Jason Moore]

That's fun and I like it. I'm going to take one. That is not fun. I'm going to look at Jalen Hurts and his passing attempts. His projection is 27 and a half passing attempts. I am going less than that.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay.

[Jason Moore]

He had 23 passing attempts week one, 22 in week two. And I think this is going to be a defensive battle.

[Andy Holloway]

Mike, what do you got there?

[Mike Wright]

I got. Can you hear me?

[Andy Holloway]

Yeah, kind of hear you.

[Jason Moore]

Sounds like you're up on the roof having a party.

[Mike Wright]

I have CJ Stroud more than half a passing touchdown.

[Jason Moore]

Okay. Well, that seems like a pretty easy one.

[Andy Holloway]

You.

[Mike Wright]

I guess what I got.

[Jason Moore]

All right, cool.

[Andy Holloway]

All right, running back. I'm going. Ken walker, more than 54.5 rushing yards.

[Jason Moore]

Ken Walker, more than. Yeah, that's. Man, that's pretty good. I, too, am going. My running back is going to be Kyron Williams in that same Eagles game that I expect to be defensive again. I'm going less than his projection of 63 and a half rushing yards. He's splitting a little bit of work and it's a very tough run defense.

[Mike Wright]

I'm going with my. My dude, Jalen Warren, my running back. Start of the week, I got.

[Andy Holloway]

You're starting to sound like an actual Groundhog.

[Mike Wright]

The projection is at 18 and a half receiving yards. I am taking the more.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. For Jalen Warren, more than 18 and a half. Shooting more. For Warren, wide receiver. I'm going Keenan Allen, more than five. Sorry. More than 4.5 receptions.

[Jason Moore]

Okay.

[Andy Holloway]

In the matchup against Denver, I'm going.

[Jason Moore]

To take this dude.

[Andy Holloway]

Very nice.

[Jason Moore]

I'm taking more than 38 and a half receiving yards for Troy Franklin.

[Mike Wright]

Yeah, that's a good one. I have Stefan Diggs, his rejection, two and a half receptions.

[Andy Holloway]

And I said, oh, wow.

[Mike Wright]

I said he will do more than that.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay, not bad.

[Jason Moore]

That's a good one. That's a good find.

[Andy Holloway]

And then at tight end this week, I'm going to go Tyler Warren more than 44.5 receiving yards. He's been over 70 in both of his starts so far. I want to take Tyler Warren over 44 and a half.

[Jason Moore]

Yeah. I'm going to take your start of the week. Joanne Johnson. 38 and a half receiving yards feels like a number that he.

[Mike Wright]

Will you get 38 and a half.

[Jason Moore]

38 and a half. Yeah. What are you working on over there, loser?

[Mike Wright]

40 and a half.

[Jason Moore]

Oh, man, I hope he gets 39. Oh, I hope. Stop at 39, Juwan.

[Andy Holloway]

How do you feel in there, Mike?

[Mike Wright]

Slightly like I'm about to lose consciousness.

[Andy Holloway]

Okay. All right, well, we'll. We'll wrap it up.

[Mike Wright]

There's a lot of carbon dioxide in here.

[Andy Holloway]

We'll see. Well, it doesn't look like it's properly ventilated at all.

[Mike Wright]

It's not.

[Andy Holloway]

We have a quarterback, running back, wide receiver, tight end competition for the week. So we'll see who loses and spins the wheel next week. That was Fantasy Face off presented by Prize picks. Check out max discounts on the app now. Like Patrick Mahomes at more than 0.5 passing yards for the September 21st game. Use the code FOOTBALLERS and get $50 instantly in lineups when you play. Five dollars. That'll do it. We'll get Mike breathing oxygen again. We'll close this show down. Please join Mike on Sunday live over on YouTube. Make sure you head over there, click the bell. You'll be notified when he's live on Sunday morning. Talk to you then.

[Mike Wright]

Good night.

[Jason Moore]

Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on jointhefoot.com and follow us on Twitter the FFballers.

[Mike Wright]

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[Jason Moore]

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[Andy Holloway]

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