Week 1 Fantasy Football Takeaways: Fact or Fiction + Waiver Wire & Trade Advice | Out of Bounds (Ep. 1697)

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Episode: Week 1 Fantasy Football Takeaways: Fact or Fiction + Waiver Wire & Trade Advice | Out of Bounds (Ep. 1697)

Date: September 9, 2025
Hosts: Joey P (Joe Pisapia), Scott Bogman, Welsh (Chris Welsh)

Episode Overview

The FantasyPros crew returns after a wild week one of the NFL season to unpack the biggest fantasy football storylines, overreactions, and under-the-radar developments. The trio offers their signature banter alongside in-depth analysis, playing “Fact or Fiction” with early-season narratives. Listeners get waiver wire and trade advice before a bold predictions segment. The team also breaks down memorable moments and answers urgent listener questions, helping fantasy managers gear up for week two and beyond.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

1. 49ers Recap & Christian McCaffrey’s Role

• Welsh: Relief and pride after a 49ers win, noting the irony of only McCaffrey making it out healthy.
  • “Christian McCaffrey did some voodoo stuff. His calf should be studied.” (02:21, Welsh/Bogman)
• Rest of the offense banged up (Kittle, Juwan Jennings).
• CMC had 31 touches but didn’t look “super great”; others sacrificed on the injury front for CMC’s sake.

2. Steelers/Jets & Aaron Rodgers Takeaways

• Bogman: Skeptical about overreacting to a Steelers win, foresees the usual 9-8 outcome:
  • “I’ve seen this movie before. This is the 18th sequel or whatever it is under Mike Tomlin, right?” (03:13, Bogman)
• Steelers offense benefited from “lucky bounces,” and Aaron Rodgers took a beating. Concerns for his durability.

3. Colts Dominate Dolphins: Are the Colts Legit? Are the Dolphins Cooked?

• Bogman: Dolphins looked “dysfunctional.” Tyreek Hill “wants out.” Tua was lost, O-Line terrible.
• Welsh: “Tua looks so lost. The offensive line is crap…that team is done.” (07:39, Welsh)
• Positive outlook for the Colts; Daniel Jones thriving in a game manager role; Tyler Warren a top-five fantasy TE candidate.

4. Seattle Backfield Shakeup

• Split touches between Zach Charbonnet (12 carries, TD) and Ken Walker (10 carries, 3 receptions).
• Welsh: Predicts a week-to-week committee approach:
  • “I just think it's gonna change based on scheme, based on usage.” (31:20, Welsh)
• Bogman: Leans Charbonnet as lead for now but cautions, "fact with a question mark." (32:21, Bogman)

5. Waiver Wire Debates

• Quentin Johnston vs. Hollywood Brown:
  • Welsh: Prefers Quentin Johnston for rest of season due to target share and Herbert’s trust. (15:12, Welsh)
  • Bogman: Short term, Marquise Brown if you need immediate replacement; long term, Quentin Johnston. (17:22, Bogman)

6. Giants QB Rumors & Potential Jackson Dart Debut

• Giants may swap Russell Wilson for rookie Jackson Dart if offensive struggles persist.
• Both hosts: Anticipate seeing Dart by week 5 if losing continues. (18:14, Welsh; 18:52, Bogman)

7. Big Week 1 Takeaways

• Joey P: Loss of Lions’ coordinators is a real problem; expects bounce-back but concerned long-term. (23:22, Joey P)
• Welsh: People wrote off Breece Hall too early—he dominated touches/efficiency:
  • “All you were dropping him outside the top-24 because he was cooked and you were wrong.” (24:30, Welsh)
• Bogman: Travis Etienne clearly lead back in Jacksonville, Tank Bigsby and others mere afterthoughts (24:33, Bogman).
• ETN usage could make him a trade candidate if Jaguars fade.

8. Favorite Moments of the Week

• Joey P: Nate Landman’s punch-out fumble—highlighting defensive intensity (27:07, Joey P)
• Bogman: 60-yd Boswell field goal, Tomlin’s “serial killer” quote, and calling Keon Coleman’s big game
  • “Mike Tomlin calling him a serial killer…his pulse is low.” (27:51, Bogman)
• Welsh: Jake Tonjes’ first career catch is a TD (“mossing” Seattle) and rookies shining (29:23, Welsh)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “Christian McCaffrey did some voodoo stuff. His calf should be studied.” (02:21, Welsh/Bogman)
• “I’ve seen this movie before. This is the 18th sequel or whatever it is under Mike Tomlin, right?” (03:13, Bogman)
• “Tua looks so lost. The offensive line is crap…that team is done.” (07:39, Welsh)
• “All you were dropping [Breece Hall] outside the top-24 because he was cooked and you were wrong.” (24:30, Welsh)
• “Mike Tomlin calling [Boswell] a serial killer in the press conference…” (27:51, Bogman)
• “I think Marquise [Brown] is going to be the guy here for the next four or five weeks…and he’s going to put up huge numbers.” (17:20, Bogman)
• “If you can’t catch the ball, none of the rest matters. But if you can, and you’re getting open like [Johnston] did…and scoring two touchdowns, it has to be [him].” (16:09, Bogman)

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Fact or Fiction – Hot Button Narratives

| Topic | Verdict & Reasoning | Timestamps | |--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------| | Charbonnet new lead in Seattle? | Split/Committee: Both hosts agree, expect fluctuating usage (31:20, 32:21) | | Daniel Jones = This year’s Sam Darnold? | Yes: System supports him as efficient game manager (33:40, 35:08) | | JSN should have been ranked higher (draft)? | Absolute Fact: Elite usage, air yards, targets (35:46, 36:04) | | Travis Etienne top 10 RB in PPR? | False: Won’t face Panthers every week; workload could decrease (37:41, 37:54) |

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31-1 Segment: Week 2 Bold Predictions

• Joey P:

  • Passer: Jared Goff (Lions, vs. Bears)
  • Rusher: Saquon Barkley (vs. Chiefs)
  • Receiver: Amon-Ra St. Brown (vs. Bears) (39:14)

• Welsh:

  • Passer: Trevor Lawrence (Jaguars, vs. Bengals)
  • Rusher: Christian McCaffrey (49ers, vs. Saints)
  • Receiver: Ladd McConkey (Chargers, vs. Raiders) (39:21)

• Bogman:

  • Passer: Michael Penix (Falcons, vs. Vikings)
  • Rusher: James Conner (vs. Panthers)
  • Receiver: DK Metcalf (vs. Seahawks—revenge game) (42:07, 44:02)

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Waiver Wire & Listener Q&A Highlights

• Tight End Targets: Fanning (over Juwan Johnson), Jonnu Smith as a deep option (46:19–46:57).
• Stevenson vs. Caleb Johnson: If you need immediate RB, keep Stevenson; if just for upside/bench, stash Caleb Johnson (47:01, Bogman).
• Any worries about Achane? Not really—offense remains bad, but workload and talent still there (47:19–47:34).

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Segment | Timestamp | |------------------------------------------|--------------| | 49ers/McCaffrey Recap | 02:01–02:39 | | Steelers/Jets Narrative | 03:13–04:56 | | Colts vs. Dolphins Takeaways | 05:51–08:55 | | Seattle RB Battle | 31:20–33:11 | | Quentin Johnston vs. Hollywood Brown | 15:12–17:22 | | Jackson Dart as Giants QB? | 18:14–18:55 | | Key Takeaways/Favorite Moments | 23:22–30:25 | | Fact or Fiction Segment | 31:20–38:13 | | 31-1 (Bold Week 2 Picks) | 38:13–44:50 | | Waiver/Tight End/Quick Q&A | 46:19–48:41 |

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Episode Tone & Style

• Language: Conversational and humorous, with periodic playful jabs at fans, teams, and co-hosts.
• Energy: Lively, candid, sometimes sarcastic but always focused on actionable fantasy advice.
• Highlights: Hosts’ willingness to admit prior mistakes, debate hot takes, and provide relatable context for each narrative.

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Summary Takeaway

Week 1 leaves plenty to chew on for fantasy managers: The Seattle backfield is officially a headache, Breece Hall’s fantasy value is alive and well, and Daniel Jones may provide sneaky streaming value in offense-friendly schemes. The hosts urge listeners to avoid rash drop decisions, especially on talented players like Caleb Johnson and JSN, and to watch for line movement and usage trends. Waiver wire aggression and tempered overreaction are key, with tight end options and trade windows opening as the dust settles. Expect volatility, but above all, stay sharp and don’t be afraid to zag while the rest of the league zigs.

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Transcript

[Joey P]

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[Joey P]

Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros. This is out of bounds. It is me, Joey P. Joe P. Zip here with my two best friends, Bogman and the Welsh. And we're here to talk about the fun side of fantasy football. That's right, because we're so serious here at Fantasy Pros Monday through Friday. But you know, by Monday afternoon we're all a little crazy and we need to just talk it out, hug it out, scream it out. I don't know, but maybe all the above. Today on the show, we are live on our Twitch. Twitch TV Fantasy Pros. That's the place to be for all of our NFL content on Twitch. And of course if you're watching on Demand, you're on our YouTube channel. Subscribe to the YouTube channel. But we've got a special giveaway for all those people on the Twitch right now. So I want to shout that out. Ricky Pierce all signed 49ers mini helmet and no Welsh. You can't wear it and no you can't have it. Ricky Piersol made his debut for 2025 yesterday. A nice little catch there. Whether you're a Niners fan like Welsh or you're just love collecting sign n NFL gear. This is the must have addition to your shelf that you need right now. And to enter all you have to do is to leave a comment on our Twitch stream. So you got to go to Twitch TV Fantasy Pros for this one. And as always, if you subscribe to our Twitch, you get one and a half times odds boost of winning again. This helmet is from pristineauction.com it's authenticated, it's awesome, it's fantastic. And we're gonna announce the winner Tuesday. Oh my God. September 16th on the Twitch channel. So there you go. Get in on this. Ricky Piersol helmet Welsh. So Christian McCaffrey did play. You came away with a W. How you feeling about your 49ers after week one?

[Welsh]

I mean great and not great. Both sides of it. Christian McCaffrey. LOL. All of you guys panic and freak out. He only had what 31 touches didn't actually look super great, by the way, if you watch the game. But everybody else was hurt. All the other player, Everybody but Christian McCaffrey went down. Christian McCaffrey did some voodoo stuff.

[Scott Bogman]

His calf should be studied.

[Welsh]

He just pushed all of his injury out. And then it was like a succubus. All the other players took it. George Kittle's done. Juwan Jennings is done. But they did it so Christian McCaffrey could be healthy. So their sacrifice is Christian McCaffrey's gain. So all of you that freaked out, Shut up.

[Joey P]

Shut up. Yeah. Speaking of freaking out, Scott Bogman had an eventful afternoon game watching Aaron Rodgers and his Pittsburgh Steelers get some bounces of the ball that went their way. And Aaron Rodgers got his revenge on the New York Jets. And the question is, you know, if they win again against Seattle, do they become this year's New Orleans Saints? Where they got off to that good start and everyone's like, hey, look at the Steelers. Maybe they're better. And then we all know what happened after that because Aaron Rodgers got lit up in that game quite a bit. And I'm worried for him being upright for the rest of the season with the way the jets went after him.

[Scott Bogman]

Joe, how do you not know how this story ends? It ends at 9 and 8 and a 30 point dropping in the playoffs, right? Like, that's exactly how this story ends. I've seen this movie before. This is the 18th sequel or whatever it is under Mike Tomlin, right?

[Welsh]

Like, Steelers go 5 and 2 to start the season and then they lose a whole bunch mid season. That's. This is how the story goes, right?

[Scott Bogman]

And then, oh, hey, look, they ended up nine and eight. I don't know how that happened. So, you know, I got a question for you.

[Joey P]

Box. What's more mediocre as it went on the Steelers Legacy or the Fast and Furious films?

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah. What are you talking about, Joe?

[Welsh]

You think he's seen any of those? Do you think he's aware of them?

[Scott Bogman]

The last one I saw was whatever Tokyo Drift was. That was the last one of those that I saw. So how many have been watching?

[Welsh]

That's not even chronically like in the number. The number scheme, by the way, I just want to point out that's not even in the scheme of numbers.

[Scott Bogman]

It's like 11 of them.

[Joey P]

Oh.

[Scott Bogman]

So I'm. Yeah, I'm sorry, I missed Too Fast 2 Furious family. Sure. I'm sure I missed a bunch of epic peak American cinema by not seeing all that. Those Fast and Furious movies. So all I know is that it's always a good thing when you have to get a 60 yard field goal to beat the jets. Right? Like that is exactly. Your season is going to be amazing. When that's what it takes, everything's going to be fun. So the jets look good, offense look good, fields the system was designed very well for him. You know, I don't know what you're talking about. Lucky bounces, Joe. That's exactly how you draw that play up. You bounce it off John who and it goes to DK Metcalf after he's already touched it one time. I don't know.

[Joey P]

I don't know why you think that was luck.

[Scott Bogman]

That was clearly designed like that. His Arthur Smith's genius.

[Joey P]

Well, we're going to talk more about Arthur Smith's genius, sarcasm and a lot more. We're gonna play a little fact or fiction. We're bringing back our favorite contest, the 31 1. We're gonna do our takeaways and our favorite moments from the week that was in fantasy football. And we're gonna kick things off here with a little Q A. But not the way you think. It's questions and asses. I ask the questions and we're a bunch of asses who are going to give some answers to them. And I want to start here. And with the absolute ass kicking of the Colts on the Miami Dolphins, which, my goodness, I think we actually have an indicator of why the Colts actually played so well. So, Sal, can you bring that up? Because it's all about motivation when it comes to Indianapolis. Do it for the shoe, everybody.

[Scott Bogman]

It's actually me when I shave.

[Joey P]

Run through a wall. Is that what you look like?

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, that's exactly.

[Joey P]

But like, if that doesn't want to make you run through a wall, I don't know what does. I mean, that is some motivating high end stuff.

[Welsh]

We want to jump off a wall, but yeah, amazing.

[Joey P]

Speaking of jumping off a wall, imagine Giant fans waking up today going, how did Daniel Jones go to Indianapolis and become Peyton Manning? And how did Russell Wilson come to New York and become Daniel Jones? It was kind of a weird circle of events there that happened. But Daniel Jones played really good football. The coats were in it. The Miami Dolphins were atrocious start to finish in this game. TUA played poorly, which. Here's the first question. Oh, are the Dolphins even worse than we thought they were? Bogman, I'll start with you.

[Scott Bogman]

They sure look like it in week one. They look dysfunctional. Nothing would work on offense at all. Tyreek wants out. It looked real bad and that was the Colts defense they're playing which I would say is hovering right around league average. Maybe a little better than league average. But you know what? If they played the Broncos week one, this would have been that 77 in reverse or whatever, you know. So yeah, man, they look like a mess right now.

[Joey P]

All right. Obviously Johnny thinks they are. I see you in the chat here. We're going to get to some of your comments too. We just wanted to kick things off here. Welsh, how about you Takeaways from the Colts Miami game. Because look, Daniel Jones from a fantasy perspective gave you everything you could have wanted. And when Daniel Jones had a healthy Saquon Barkley and guys are out and he was a serviceable qb. But this was a great performance for fantasy for him. For sure. Tyler Warren looks like the real deal as we all thought he would be. But the ineptitude across the board of the Miami Dolphins and the quit that they had in week one was pretty stunning to me and I had low expectations coming into this year. I thought Mike McDonald was going to get fired. Week 12 in the bye. He might not make it that long.

[Welsh]

Welsh missed opportunity by the way, just to point this out because I don't want to interrupt anybody but having Ace Ventura going can I ask you a few questions is what the segment should have been. So I just want to say complete miss next week.

[Joey P]

Sal, let's put it in the show.

[Welsh]

All right. Just another Dolphins biggest pile of garbage this week. Tua looks so lost. The offensive line is crap. He doesn't know what he's doing. That team is done and that is comparing against what the Panthers look like. Bryce Young was sitting out there watching in game stuff on the Jumbotron during the game instead of watching what was happening going through it. So I think the Dolphins are cooked. I think this is bad. Tyreek has already done the offensive scheme looks bad. But I will say this bogman can attest to this. I had the Colts as a sneaky playoff team in a show that we did last week because I don't think Daniel Jones is as cooked as everybody thought. He's a game manager. He's not a game winner. Anthony Richardson plays like a game like a guy that has to win the game because he makes a bunch of bad decisions and has to throw at 60 yards. Daniel Jones is just put around four, five really good pass catchers. I was about to say four but if you go down the wide receivers, Pierce looks great. Pittman's fine. Downs 80. Mitchell is completely underrated. And Tyler Warren, you heard, I think Michael Pittman say after the game, Tyler Warren could have gone for 200. He literally was using video game terminology. He's like, dude, we could spam Tyler Warren all day long if we want. Tyler Warren, by the way, might be a top five tight end in fantasy. So I think Dolphins are cooked and I think the Colts are a little bit underrated. And Daniel Jones might actually be a half decent streaming quarterback in fantasy this year.

[Scott Bogman]

I think same first three percentage for Tyler Warren and Trey McBride in week one.

[Joey P]

Pretty good company. Yeah, look, Warren was great. Look, it's Ken Walker, the third of Boss Dirty Birds. We're going to talk about this. We have a whole segment coming up later. Factor fiction talking about that Seattle.

[Welsh]

Yeah, those rookie defensive linemen, Joe, that, that you said 700 times on betting pros. You're like, oh, well, you're going to go on those rookie defensive linemen. Rookie defensive linemen.

[Joey P]

Listen, before we get too excited, there was what, like about a minute and change left and they were in the red zone about to score, and then Sam Darnold brought his arm back and hit a lineman of his own. And next thing you know, all of a sudden that Seattle upset was right on the doorstep. Seattle, who was it? 14. They lost 17. 14. Right. Wasn't that the final.

[Scott Bogman]

A lot of points?

[Welsh]

Yeah. I'm not saying anything, but they put.

[Joey P]

Up 21 and they beat the 49ers. 17. It'll be a very.

[Welsh]

I had a bet that Ken Walker would go over 60 under 60 yards. Joe just kept saying rookie lineman, rookie lineman. I said, they got approved first, but they got linemen to stop the run. They held both running backs to 22 carries, under 70 yards total. For those rookie defensive lines.

[Joey P]

We'll. We'll see. All right, now let's get to Aaron Rodgers and the jets because I, it's weird because I came out of the game actually going, I feel really good about the direction of the Jets. Like, Justin Fields was looking like he was trying to throw the football instead of always trying to run. Garrett Wilson again seemed to pick up where he left off with him in Ohio State. Defense, you know, got after the quarterback. The run game was pretty solid there. And, and it's funny because they lost, but I feel better about the jets than I felt about the Steelers coming out of that game because I saw the defensive problems all over the place for the Steelers. I saw offensive line issues. I, I did not see Caleb Johnson, which Pissed me off. But what I did see the most of this offseason was my favorite Aaron Rodgers meme. And I just want to bring that back for one second before we talk more about this game. I love this. The Aaron Rodgers slow motion on top of the. You know, the Cialis commercial made me laugh. But, you know, he is in his 40s.

[Welsh]

You know what that looks like? Have you guys seen that meme of the. The quarterback and whatever like some Lifetime show or some Disney show. And they're like, quarterbacks don't throw like this and just goes flick like that's what this looks like.

[Joey P]

He's just like, it's a Disney Channel movie where Greg Kinnear is playing Aaron Rodgers or something like that.

[Scott Bogman]

This is CW Aaron Rodgers.

[Joey P]

But. But let's talk about it. The motivation was there for Aaron Rodgers. So Boggs, you know you're Mr. Steeler, so I want to talk to you about this one. What were your takeaways when you come away honestly, looking at. I know they won the game. I know it was, you know, way more entertaining. We can come back to the three balls because I throw so much. I can see Aaron Rodgers throwing that football. But think about this. Like, you know, he did get lit up a bunch in that game. They did get a couple of bounces that went their way. Are you looking ahead here going for fantasy wise? Let's just for fantasy that this is what the Stewards are going to look like, where Kenneth Gainwell is going to be working a lot in this situation and Calvin Austin is the new Randall Cobb for him. Like, is. Is that your takeaway here from a fancy perspective or is this the. The highlight possibly of Aaron Rodgers 20, 25 and it's all downhill.

[Scott Bogman]

I mean, I, I don't know. That'll throw four touchdowns again, right? That's a lot of touchdowns. Right?

[Joey P]

That's a. That's what I'm saying. Might not get better than that to.

[Scott Bogman]

To throw, but I do think that, you know, this is going through. He had no preseason action, you know, so I think he's holding the ball a little bit too long. He needs to get through some of those, you know, paces in real time and get a little experience with this offensive line. So I think there's a little mix of that. I'm more concerned about the defense looking bad. But I'll say this. Justin Fields has never looked as good as he did in that game in the NFL. He is never passed with that much confidence. It seemed like he made the right decision all the time. And he looks great. So I'm more positive on the jets offense than I am down on the Steelers defense. But I am. The problem last year in the playoffs was they couldn't stop Derek Henry and they could not stop Res hall in this game. They drafted Derek Harmon to help plug that. And Derek Harmon is going to miss the first month of the season with the knee injury. So nothing has improved here for them in the run.

[Welsh]

Let me put one thing in on Aaron Rodgers. Aaron Rodgers can actually be successful this year if it is low variance, high percentage completion stuff. 71.7. That is the yards after catch percentage he had on his yardage. DK Metcalf, I believe was one or two behind yards after the catch. Yeah, behind Zay. So you had guys. What does that, all that mean? You have guys that are making plays for him. If he can just get these low leverage stuff in here and now I don't think he's going to have anything like this at all. But he had a 10% higher adjusted completion percentage than he had in this game. It was like 73% 82 adjusted completion. Everything was done off of the feet of the guys around him. That's actually sustainable. Not for touchdowns, but that is like, like they could keep doing this. Metcalf can make plays off efficiency. That's a much better word. If he can be low level efficient, these guys can make some of the plays. And that's what happened against the jets defense that, you know, did not just not look that bad to get blown up by the seat.

[Scott Bogman]

And I'll say this, I think the Caleb Johnson thing, the running back thing, Joe, that you brought up as well, I think that's just going to be slow rolling. I don't think Kenneth Gainwell is going to be the guy for the entire season. I do think it's going to be Caleb Johnson, but if you dump him now, it's going to be like a couple of years ago when you dumped Chase Brown after the first three weeks where he was getting no snaps at all and then he was the main back after that.

[Joey P]

That's, that's what I talked about this on the waiver wire shows today. I said Caleb Johnson's probably one of the most dropped guys this week. You watch. I would be buying him everywhere. I'd be picking him up everywhere he gets dropped and just press on before we get to the next Q and A here. Quentin Johnson or Hollywood Brown. This is from JS or J Shimmy, depending on how you. I don't know his full name or not but QJ or Hollywood Brown. Interesting conversation. We had this on the waiver wire discussion today. You watch that video on YouTube, Welsh, who would you rather have rest of season? You want to have Hollywood Brown for a couple of weeks here before everybody gets healthy again or qj and maybe something has changed for him and maybe this is not just the same old trap we get into every year with him.

[Welsh]

I think I'm going to go with Quinton Johnston. I mean, like Hollywood Brown, like looks great, but it's only going to be for a couple of weeks. I mean, I guess in theory, like if, if were these going to be out for an extended period of time, like more than two or three, and then you've got five out of Hollywood Brown which shouldn't be dismissed. But Quentin Johnston was right up there in the same like target percentage as lad McConkey. He was getting stuff in the air. He was making plays after the catch as well. Like he did a little bit of everything. Herbert seems to trust him. Ladd gets a lot of coverage. I think Quentin Johnston is probably, I don't know what the you guys did on the waiver wire. I would have to imagine he's near the tippy top pending what percentages you're looking at. So I'm going to take Quentin Johnson over Hollywood.

[Joey P]

Well, we had a big discussion about the Hollywood Brown usage going forward, what that might look like and understanding that, you know, he's a little delicate as well, but also he's worth more to you if you have worthy. Right. And understanding that that's where the premium has to come in. What'd you make of the QJ performance on Friday night?

[Scott Bogman]

The parachutes went off. And when I, when I say that, I mean Quentin Johnson could do everything but catch the ball before. And you know, that's one of my favorite lines in Apollo 13 is like, well, they're trying to find the power. And he goes, well, then let's get rid of the parachute. Something goes, well, John, if the parachutes don't go off well, what's the point? Right? Like, that is what it is with Quentin Johnson. If you can't catch the ball, none of the rest matters. But if you can catch the ball and you're getting open like he did and scoring two touchdowns, it has to be Quentin Johnson. I'll say this from Marquis, like in the short term, if you lost Xavier Worthy, if you lost somebody and you're looking for an immediate big time replacement, I think Marquis is that guy for the next six weeks, right? I think Worthy is going to miss a month. Then we obviously have five more weeks of no Rasheed Rice as well. There's been Tyreek rumors. Maybe that happens. Maybe he gets traded back to the Chiefs. I don't know how legitimate that is with his salary and the salary cap and all of that nonsense, but I think Marquise is going to be the guy here for like the next four to five weeks and he's going to put up huge numbers. He did when Worthy went down. He had 16 targets in that game. So he's going to be very, very high first read percentage because he's the last one that's not dead.

[Welsh]

Are you Brown over him?

[Scott Bogman]

I'm in the immediate right now, but I think long term I'd rather have Quentin, but if I'm missing someone or I had A.J. brown or something like that and I need an immediate replacement for this week, it's Marquis right now. Long term it's qj.

[Welsh]

I go qj.

[Joey P]

All right. And I'll tell you what, it is an interesting discussion too, especially when guys start to come in to take your job. Like they drafted Trey Harris, they signed Keaton Allen and it's really fascinating to see how that can motivate a player. Yeah. In an off season. So let's see if it's for real. We'll find out. One more cue for these A's. We have Jackson Dart rumblings already. I'm in the Tri State area and I know Brian Dabel after the game was not too happy with things and wasn't committing. But it seems like he's committing to Russell Wilson, which he should because until Thomas comes back, any quarterback's going to get absolutely annihilated back there. However, will we see Jackson DART by week 5? Welsh start with you?

[Welsh]

Yes, I think so. If, if that one performance already got us to the stage where they were like non committal and they needed to, you know, have the conference today and be like, all right, we're going to go with Russ. I think so. Malik Neighbors is pretty good about it after the game just, you know, kind of taking shade off of off of Russ and saying there's so much stuff the other guys need to do. But I think a good four week span of learning the playbook and going through, I think there's only so many losses that this team can take. Defense played well. Bogman talked about it before that he thought this Giants defense was a bit underrated. So I could see the possibilities. But it is. It's going to go from Russia to Dart and I think by week five it's a yes.

[Joey P]

Boggs, what do you think? I think so. Yeah, we can see Jackson dart because.

[Scott Bogman]

I think you're going to keep losing these low scoring games. I think the defense is going to do their part and they're going to lose probably another low scoring game to Dallas this week. And I think it's going to be frustrating when you're holding teams to, you know, 21 points or less and you're still losing those games because the offense can't do anything. I think it's going to make the switch quick. So three, four weeks somewhere in that neighborhood. I think week five might be perfect.

[Joey P]

Shout out to WB R XN who just subbed with prime on our Twitch. Appreciate you and everybody's subbing recently. So cool again, you could use your Amazon Prime 5 bucks. Get rid of the commercials. That's great. And here on our Twitch we've got out of bounds every single Tuesday. If you want to be on the show, hang out with us, talk a little bit with us. We're going to be here every single Monday, 2pm Eastern. Bogman and Welsh play Madden live from 12 Eastern on on Tuesday. Seth and Debro are here on Thursday. So we got a lot of action on the Twitch. Again. Twitch TV fantasy prose.

[Honey German]

Hola, it's Honey German and my podcast Gracias Come Again is back. This season we're going even deeper into the world of music and entertainment with raw and honest conversations with some of your favorite Latin artists and celebrities. You didn't have to audition.

[Joey P]

No, I didn't audition. I haven't auditioned like over 25 years.

[Honey German]

Oh wow. That's a real G talk right there.

[Joey P]

Oh yeah.

[Honey German]

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[Welsh]

I won't say whitewash because at the end of the day, you know, I'm me.

[Joey P]

Yeah.

[Welsh]

But the whole pretending and co, you know, it takes a toll on you.

[Honey German]

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[Welsh]

I'm Dan. He's Ty.

[Scott Bogman]

Hello.

[Welsh]

And we're the Solid Verbal College Football Podcast.

[Joey P]

College football season is here.

[Scott Bogman]

And you. You know what that means.

[Welsh]

Your team is going to break your heart three times, probably before Halloween.

[Joey P]

Uh huh. But fear not, the Solid Verbal will.

[Scott Bogman]

Be right there with you through every.

[Joey P]

Soul crushing loss and impossible comeback.

[Welsh]

Join us all season long, all year long, as we ride the roller coaster of this ridiculous sport.

[Joey P]

Whether you're a die hard fan or.

[Scott Bogman]

A casual observer, we'll help you make some sense of all the chaos and of course, celebrate the madness. Tune in for previews, recaps, bits you.

[Joey P]

Won'T hear anywhere else, and all the.

[Scott Bogman]

Emotional support you need as a college football fan.

[Welsh]

We don't just love college football, Ty, we live it.

[Joey P]

Listen to the Solid Verbal college football.

[Scott Bogman]

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[Joey P]

Or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Scott Bogman]

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[Honey German]

My worth is not wrapped up in.

[Joey P]

How many things I've won.

[Honey German]

Because what I came to realize is.

[Scott Bogman]

I valued winning so much that once.

[Honey German]

It was over, I got the blues.

[Scott Bogman]

And I was like, this is it for me. It's the pursuit of greatness.

[Honey German]

It's the journey, it's the people, it's.

[Scott Bogman]

The failures, it's the heartache.

[Honey German]

Listen to the Bright side on the.

[Scott Bogman]

Iheartradio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Joey P]

Let's talk a little bit more, gentlemen, about the takeaways and our favorite moments of the week. I will begin. I would say that my big takeaway was the Lions. Losing two coordinators is exactly as bad as I thought it was going to be. And it showed itself in Green Bay and I think they will bounce back. I'm buying in on them next week. They play the Bears in their own building. I think that's going to be a very emotional game. I do expect Jared Goff to play better inside. I expect Jameer Gibbs to have a big game and I'm on RA to bounce back. But long term, when you lose two coordinators year over year, it is going to be struggle bus. So that is my big takeaway from week one and they certainly got their butt handed to them by the Green Bay Packers. Welsh, what was your big takeaway from the first week of the season?

[Welsh]

You all. Not me. You all wrote off Breece hall way too early. Every single one. You know who you are. You look at yourselves in the mirror at night. You wrote them off way too early. Came out 19 carries, had a solid explosive run rate. I mean, explosive yards, 47%. He was used a little bit inside the five. We know Braylon Allen's going to take that. Made his big play smash that receiving yard. Total surprise. He didn't get used more, but he was so effective against that Steelers run game that they kept bringing it down. They used a lot of zone running. 94% of his rush attempts came in that zone blocking scheme. Everybody was way too, way, way, way too quick on it. I mean, every number you want to start going and looking at missed tackles, Force was there. He wasn't getting like a ton, a ton of yards after contact. But they were just big holes. The offensive line, even in their loss before the game, one of their offensive linemen, Breeze hall, was used in mass amounts. He was one of the biggest playmakers. Did it on the ground, did it in the air and all. You were dropping him outside the top 24 because he was cooked and you were wrong. And that was a takeaway.

[Joey P]

All right, Boggs, what's your big takeaway from this week?

[Scott Bogman]

ETN is the lead back in Jacksonville and it's not close at all.

[Welsh]

And.

[Scott Bogman]

And we did have the big rain delay in this game and all that, adding some weirdness to that one. But, I mean, ETN just. And I know the Panthers, they had historically bad run defense last year, but he was the guy. They didn't give the ball to Tank, until the game was in the bag. La Quint Allen took the second touch on this team before Tank Bigsby did. So Travis ETN is the guy here. We can kill all those trade rumors. I would say Breeze is more likely to get traded at this point. If the jets lose a bunch of games and they're bad, they have those two good backs behind him. I think Houston is going to be kicking down somebody's door for a running back. There's possible Chicago might be. If DeAndre Swift doesn't work like he didn't work for Ben Johnson before. There are teams that the Cowboys. There are a bunch of teams that need a running back. I'll let Javante look real good.

[Welsh]

Look pretty good, but.

[Joey P]

Yeah, well, Javante looked pretty good. But let's not forget Jalen Carter spit himself out of that game. That's true. When you take him out of that game, that's a big difference. That off in that defensive line when Jalen Carter's not in the front of it. But how many games is Javante Williams gonna have? Two touchdowns. To me, he's like the biggest sell high candidate coming out. I don't know. He looked.

[Scott Bogman]

I don't know if I want to sell him. I'm.

[Joey P]

He did look sharp. Look, he looked good. But again, if you want to sell them, if you've got a surplus of RBs and somebody's going to overpay, like if somebody right now offered you Devonta Smith for Devonte Williams because they needed running backs. Which deal. But I think that deal's on the table for a lot of teams right now looking at injuries and what's going on and you know, the buy low, sell high aspect, that's his peak. I love the ATN thing because you know Boggs, I've got him everywhere.

[Scott Bogman]

I don't. I was worried about that scenario because even like in practices it was big speed leading and then they got to the preseason game, then ETN was the lead back.

[Joey P]

To me it was just a Liam Cohn style though. I think atn, if you watched. Yeah, Tampa. Yeah, if you watch Tampa, like that's the style and the pace of play that he wants to do. And I just thought atn, he's the.

[Scott Bogman]

Most complete back there. Right. Tutin is a worse version of ATN and bigs can't catch the ball. Yeah. So ETN.

[Joey P]

And he was RB3 two years.

[Scott Bogman]

But he was miserable last year. ETN was.

[Joey P]

I know, but it's one bad year when he was hurt and there was a lot of misery around Jacksonville. And look, I know that layoff was weird in the middle of that game too. Hour and a half is tough. Favorite moment.

[Welsh]

And Panthers the worst defense. I just want to point out like also like we need the most rushing.

[Scott Bogman]

Yards in NFL history last year.

[Welsh]

They're one of the most defenses in the NFL. So before we anoint, they did use like four different backs in that.

[Joey P]

That's fair.

[Welsh]

Like I have etm, but let's be careful.

[Joey P]

That's.

[Welsh]

He might be the trade candidate.

[Joey P]

Sorry, more on ATN later. And he might be. He's on the last year of his deal. Favorite moment. This one was tough for me. There's a lot. The Derrick Henry stiff arm in that first half was pretty good. But you know, unfortunately, you know, it's easy to just go to the Josh Allen stuff at the end of the game. I'm going to pick a defensive one which is going to make Scott Bogner. I like it. Linebacker Nate Landman punching the ball out of Dario Gumbawale and I mean punching like, I'm talking about like Mike Tyson punch out kind of style stuff, man, knocking that ball out in a period where all of a sudden the Texans got the ball back with some time and they could have made some noise in that game. That Rams defense played really well. And I don't know if they're going to get enough credit right away, but let me tell you, that one stuck out to me. Boggs, give me your moment of week one.

[Scott Bogman]

How could it not be a 60 yard field goal by Boswell to end that game? And then Mike Tomlin calling him a serial killer in the press conference after. He's ready for that moment. He's. His pulse is low, but I mean, I also really like being right and Keon Coleman having the enormous game and with the.

[Joey P]

Well, he did have a ball fall into his hands in the end zone.

[Scott Bogman]

It did not fall into his hands. He dove forward, made an amazing catch, Joe. So it did not fall into his hands. He wasn't laying on the ground on his back like DK Metcalf was.

[Joey P]

He did. It was dope for that. He made the most of an opportunity. And you know what? I can't wait for somebody to slice up that Mike Tomlin quote later in the year when Rogers gets Tomlin fired and someone asks him, what'd you think about Aaron Rodgers? He's a serial killer. That one will. He killed me. He. He killed Robert Sala. He killed Mike McCarthy. He's a murderer, that guy. I sit in his veins because you know it's coming. You know it's coming around. It might happen early December.

[Scott Bogman]

Nah, the Keon Coleman moment, the bounce, the ball bouncing into his hands, I thought was awesome.

[Joey P]

No, it was good. It was. How about. How about Matt Prater off the scrap heap? Dude, that was kind of fun at Oliver.

[Scott Bogman]

You could have used for a punch out as well in that game.

[Joey P]

Yeah, I could have, but I. I don't like saying bad things about Derrick Henry because that's my guy. So. Makes me sad. And. And he hit the SGP for me on Sunday Night Football, which again, two in a row. Thursday Night Football. Sunday football. SG Joey Peas on betting pros. You gotta go watch the betting pro shows. I won't have two back to back all year and I got around a week one. That's craziness. All right, Welsh, give me your favorite moment of the week.

[Welsh]

Oh, I'll homer out completely. How about Jake Tonjas? Mossing touchdown over Seattle? He did not have a single career reception going into this game. McCaffrey and Purdy weren't even aware of it. Just want to point this out because like I think Kittleson missed time. Like he has a hamstring injury. He's like clearly going to miss time A lot of the doctors online. I don't know Bogman, if you and Deepak talked about it on the Sunday night show, but the numbers look like two to three weeks. You don't want to have fantasy. There's not going to be fantasy replacement going to the 49ers or anything like that. There's way too many good tight ends that are floating out there that especially pop this week. But Ton just with zero career receptions making a critical I think it was a first down catch and then absolutely just mossing over had three catches towards the end of the game. There actually might be some production there but as a 49er fan I absolutely lost it when he did that. The Igbuka also was a awesome, awesome place. He showed out huge, huge this week. I would definitely say that's in the top five.

[Scott Bogman]

I say his second touchdown everybody in the chat. His second touchdown real quick was a split second from being Xavier Watts pick two rookies, rookie on rookie crime there. That was a lot of fun that second touchdown chat.

[Joey P]

I know you're hanging out here in the Twitch watching Drop your favorite moments of week one and I'll bring up some of the best ones here. While we do that, let's play a little game, a little fact or fiction. We'll get to our contest and if we've got time, we'll get to more of your questions because I know you got fantasy questions too on the Twitch and we'll try to answer some of those too. The little Q A with you guys as well. So let's play a little factor fiction here. Let's talk about that Seattle backfield that people were talking about in the chat earlier. Zach Charbonnet seemed to get a lot of action and Ken Walker, well he didn't get as much as maybe we hoped he would and Derrick Brown is not happy about that. I can tell you. Derrick Brown is the king of Ken Walker the third shares. So I will put this to Factor Fiction. Welsh Zach Sharpenay is the new lead back in the Seattle backfield.

[Welsh]

I'm gonna say like false or true? Like both because I just think it's gonna change. I think it's gonna change based on scheme, based on usage. I don't think one guy is gonna affirmatively be here's your 20 carry back and then here's your five carry back. I think they're gonna eat into each other. I think it's gonna probably be within 2 to 3, maybe 2 to 5 carries at most on a week in and week out basis. So I don't really know what to say. Like I'm false, true, true, false, false, false, true, false.

[Joey P]

Well, no, I mean I just don't.

[Welsh]

Think Charbonnet is the lead back, but also don't think Ken Walker. You think Ken Walker is the lead back? I think it's.

[Joey P]

You think it's hot hand committee style. Yeah. All right. Well, the tale of the tape. Zach Sharp 12 carries for 47, Ken Walker 10 for 20. Charbonne also had the touchdown in this one. Ken Walker did have three receptions on four targets. I don't know if that matters to you. Perhaps it was just their approach against the 49ers defensive rookies that Welsh likes to point out. Scott Bogman, fact or fiction? Zach Charbonnet is the man in the backfield in Seattle.

[Scott Bogman]

I'm going to say facts. I think Clint Kubiak coming in here is changing the way things are done. Now. I will say this. I think that I still think Ken Walker is a slightly better back skill wise than Charbonne, but he can't stay on the field. So this might simply just be. Let's ease Ken Walker in. He's had a history of missing games. Let's do this different. We have a good back behind him and Charbonnet Chardonnay can lead, you know, to start and then we can use Ken Walker when we need him down the stretch to keep him healthy. So I think that, I think that Charbonnet leads right now, but it could switch like Welsh says. So I'll say fact, but fact with a question mark at the end like a Valley girl, like lowercase. But I'm not really sure about this one. So I think he's going to be the lead guy.

[Joey P]

Thanks. Spicy Wise has a great quote here. I accidentally auto drafted Walker. I want out. Yeah, I feel that pain. That's a good one, Spice. All right, let's get to factor fiction. Daniel Jones is this year's Sam Darnold. Sam Darnold led the Vikings to the playoffs. Of course we all know how that story ended, unfortunately, but it was a good start. It's only week one. Too much overreaction. Factor fiction Sam Darnold. His new version is actually 2025. Daniel Jones.

[Scott Bogman]

Sponsored yes, true. This is true. I think. And this is the thing. And I thought Richardson would have fit great Here if he could throw the forward pass and you know, call a block and all that stuff. But he just has proven not to be able to do any of that stuff. This, this system is set up for success. They have three quarterbacks that play the same style run heavy QBs. So you're going to see a lot of RPO. But Warren and downs with the middle are great. You have two good backs in Taylor and Giddens. You have three great outside presence in Pittman, Pierce and Mitchell. This offense is built for success. So a guy that Daniel Jones who over prepares for everything. You can see him on the team plane when they load up, when they're leaving a place. He's in his book reading up on the next opponent every single time. The dude is a. He's a studying machine. He is going to be very efficient this year and I think he's going to have a great year if he sticks with this job the whole, the whole time and doesn't Daniel Jones it up and throw those random picks out of nowhere. So if he keeps a straight head, I think he is going to be Sam Donald this year.

[Joey P]

Well, I mean the schedule is going to get harder than the Miami Dolphins. We all know that. And starting this coming week right, they're playing for. They have this week.

[Scott Bogman]

I think they might have Colts this week.

[Joey P]

No, they have the Broncos.

[Scott Bogman]

That's what it is.

[Joey P]

Yeah, that's what it is.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah.

[Joey P]

Okay. So it's going to get a lot harder real quick for Daniel Jones. So with that looming Welsh is Daniel Jones this year's Sam Darnold?

[Welsh]

Yeah, I mean I think that like the Sam Darnoldness makes this kind of open. I'd say yes. Like what does that mean? Like from a fantasy perspective, can he be like quarterback 12 to 15? Yeah. Is he efficient enough to let the weapons do their job? Yeah, I think so. He definitely can have those moments. But a lot of these, I mean Purdy has those moments. A lot of those guys, you know, just that dumb pass over here there. They were running some RPOs a lot in this game going to Jonathan Taylor, great receiving option. Warren is their cheat code. So yeah, I think I'm going to go. Yes. True.

[Joey P]

All right. Jackson, Smith And Jigma had nine catches for 1 24. Factor Fiction Welsh. We all wish that we ranked JSN higher in draft season.

[Welsh]

Absolute fact on JSN. Bogman, you and I were fighting over JSN in some spots.

[Scott Bogman]

I remember you fighting for Cooper Cup. That's what I remember.

[Welsh]

No, no, no. Cooper cup was dead. The argument was is Cooper cup dead? JSN is not because Cooper cup is officially Z. That was Marvel zombies version of we.

[Joey P]

Drop was a lot this week.

[Welsh]

A lot. JSN was elite. Elite. He had a 90% air yard share. So when the ball went in the air deep at all it was going to him. He was massively targeted. 56.5% target share which is like just an absolutely absurd number. And a 66% first read share. It's JSN and it's all the other guys.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, exactly.

[Welsh]

Everyone will regret.

[Scott Bogman]

Yeah, I mean, well, she hit it right on the head. That led the league in first rate percentage by a significant margin. And we saw in the preseason this offensive line for the Seattle Seahawks look great. Things were changing a lot of one wide receiver sets which means JSN is going to be out there a lot. Now Cooper cup did out snap him in this game, but he did a lot of blocking as well. So JSN looked great. My issue with JSN is not actually with JSN is that I think Sam Darnold gets benched at the end of the year and you go to Jalen Milroe who wasn't good enough to pass in the SEC last year. So if that happens and go to Milroe at the end of the season, if they, you know, keep losing these close games and it's clear they're not making the playoffs, they might just want to see what the kid has and then I would have major concerns in the important part of the season for you in the playoffs that JSN wouldn't be the same guy that we're getting with Sam Darnold. So we'll see.

[Joey P]

If there's an injury, I think it would be Drew Locke taking over. But if they are just out of it at the end, you could see.

[Scott Bogman]

That'S why I'm worried about.

[Joey P]

You know. No, that's fair. That is a fair concern there. Last but not least, Travis Atn will finish as a top 10 RB in fantasy, let's call it PPR. Scott Baldwin.

[Scott Bogman]

I think he's absolutely the number one running back in Jacksonville, but that is false. I. He's not going to get to play Carolina this historically bad run defense every single week.

[Joey P]

Okay, Welsh top 10 for Travis Atn. Is that possible?

[Welsh]

No, not even remotely close. I. Like I said, I don't. I think I trusted it less than you guys. I think he might be a trade option. He got great usage but they already threw out four backs to us Tootin actually look good in some zone stuff. We might see him a tiny bit more. I think he's just going to be capped on touches as the season goes on. So I will say big false.

[Joey P]

Okay? Big false there. Let's play a little 31 1. This is when we pick a 300 yard passer, a 100 yard rusher and a 100 yard receiver going into week two. You guys can play along right now in the chat too. So again, look at the schedule for week two. Give us your 300 yard passer, your 100 yard rusher, your 100 yard receiver. You could do it right now on the YouTube channel. Watching it back too. Have some fun. You can come back and then gloat that you got it. All right. So for me, I'm going to go with. I'm buying in on the Denver Broncos whooping on the Colts, but I'm also buying in on the Detroit Lions getting back home and getting right. But I still think they are tenuous to make the playoffs this year. I'm just putting that out there. But they get the Bears next week. So give me Jared Goff to throw for 300 yards. Give me Aman Ross St. Brown to be the 100 yard receiver there in that group and then give me Saquon Barkley against the Kansas City Chiefs to be my hundred yard rusher. I, I think he's still running on the Chiefs somewhere from back in February. So that's where I'm going here. It's tough, man. You lose the super bowl next year, things just fall apart. It's like infinity war every single season. Welsh, who's your 311 for week two?

[Welsh]

All right, my 300 yard passer, I'm gonna go with Trevor Lawrence going up against the Cincinnati Bengals still be another etn. And we just did all that negative about etn. We saw Dylan Sampson get a ton of work receiving out of the backfield against the Bengals. That could be Travis ETN in this. Trevor Lawrence has got to get Brian Thomas more involved. But also the Bengals defense just stinks. So they're going to be able to pass the ball. So I really like them to get it in the air a little bit more. My 100 yard rusher, it's actually a little bit tougher. I'm going to go Christian McCaffrey. How about 31 touches?

[Joey P]

Tough. Yeah, I almost went there too. It, it, it's tough. You look it out there, you're like, well, is it going to be Henry two weeks in a row? Maybe like.

[Welsh]

This week yeah, it's a tough.

[Joey P]

And a lot of rookies, too, but, you know, also a lot of split backfields. A lot of, you know, teams coming out from preseason where people don't have the stamina yet either. And it's funny because I'm looking next week and everybody forgets the Ravens went 02 last year. Remember, they went home and they lost the second game of the season, Las.

[Scott Bogman]

Vegas Raiders, like they did in this game against the Raiders in week two last year. But Welsh, I love this CMC pick against New Orleans because they're going to hold the ball the entire game.

[Welsh]

22 carries for Christian. It doesn't matter that Robinson was running out there. Christian McCaffrey still had 22 carries. That. That's not counting the 10 targets, the 10 reception. You know, like they're the 10 targets in there. So Christian McCaffrey against that saints defense. You saw Trey Benson break out a big one. Kittle's hurt. Juwan Jennings might miss the game. They just reassigned Kendrick Bourne. Like they're going to keep the ball on the ground and it's going to be Christian McCaffrey 20 plus times. So 100 yards, that's going to be my pick. And then on the receiving side, I'm going to go with Lad McConkey up against the Raiders. Lad and Quinton. Quentin Johnson obviously had like high percentages, but I think Lad is going to shred him up. I also kind of had a hard time picking. Like I want to go back to. I almost did Brian Thomas on this, but the usage was so weird and they might course correct. But Give me lad McConkey to get a little bit more involved. He kind of did lad McConkey things, but I think they'll stretch it out a little bit more with him and he's going to rock it. Also, because you saw like Case on booty. It was like weird, the coverage and how the Patriots were able to kind of get their wide receivers going. They spread it out so much. I think Lad's going to get a big one here. So that's my 100 yard receiver.

[Joey P]

Welsh, if you go to bettingbros.com right now, there's a line at a book I shall not name that book. That's just straight up wrong because it's a new book and it's plus four for the San Francisco 49ers right now against the Saints. Just saying.

[Welsh]

I took it this morning, seven last night.

[Joey P]

Sign up for an account and go ahead and just. Just. You put your mortgage payment on that one? Yes, well, you know, I'll talk about it later.

[Welsh]

You guys could also go to bettingpros.com and you can check out the results.

[Joey P]

You can see all the quick picks there. I'm making it my bed of the week just for ssngs. Scott Bogman, give me your three. One, one for Joe.

[Scott Bogman]

Real interesting of you to take the Lions against our old OC who knows all of their tendencies. So I'm going to go with Michael Penix at.

[Joey P]

You know what though? This is what happens every year, right? Some team looks really bad and we all go, oh, over for this team and then week two comes around like, oh yeah, there they are. Look, man, I have more concerns about Caleb Williams than I do even.

[Scott Bogman]

We'll see tonight. We'll find out tonight a lot about Caleb Williams.

[Joey P]

We'll find out. We'll find out. I'm looking for Kyle Menangai tonight too. Fingers crossed. Okay, let the boy from Rucker, let's go.

[Scott Bogman]

Let's go. With Michael Pennix against Minnesota, Minnesota brings the blitz. I think the plan is going to be to throw into that blitz with Pennix. They had a hard time rushing against Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay, really good run D specifically up the middle. But I think that. I think the Penix is going to throw.

[Welsh]

Are you worried about. Sorry, I mean I was. Are you worried about London? Like Mooney was out and London hurt his shoulder a little bit. Is that.

[Scott Bogman]

I tell you what, if London and Mooney are still out, maybe I would be. But you know why I'm not? Because Bichon just lined up like a wide receiver last week. Kyle Pitts looked good and Casey Washington played well. I thought for getting. He led them in snaps. For whatever reason.

[Joey P]

Pennix was good in that game. That's a tough game against the Bucks. I thought he would play really well.

[Scott Bogman]

And I think like just at the end of the day, I think Minnesota is going to put up points and I think you're going to have to go point for point with them. So I think you're going to have to be throwing a lot in that third and fourth quarter regardless of which wide receivers are out there.

[Welsh]

Also, I think he had a 63% completion percentage and he had one of the highest adjusted over on fantasy point points. If you look at adjusted completion percentage, it's one of the highest gaps between actual completion and adjusted. So just a lot of passes that should have been there got dropped, got knocked out.

[Scott Bogman]

Lots of victory laps for our boy Fitzy this week. Big on Pennix, big on Keon Coleman. So not so big on Breeze hall for him and not so much on.

[Welsh]

Drake May either, but yeah, all right.

[Scott Bogman]

But my. My running back guy.

[Joey P]

Oh, I'm sorry.

[Scott Bogman]

My running back here, Joe. How could it not be not be against this historically bad run defense? It's James Connor. And look, I know that Trey Benson was more involved, right? I don't care. They could both get 100 yards against Carolina. They were awful. So I think that they are going to run the ball a lot. Kyler Murray just looked. I know he was sick in that game and it was a road game in New Orleans, but he did not look good in that game. He looked okay, but I think against Carolina, that's going to be a big one and give me a revenge game narrative. DK Metcalf against his former team, the Seattle Seahawks, that cast him asunder and pushed him off. I think that you're gonna get a lot of short passes and a lot of laying out some of these defensive backs from DK Metcalf. Hopefully he doesn't get too fired up and get into a fight somewhere in there.

[Joey P]

We'll see. We'll see. Anything's possible. Good call in condo, though, against Carolina, too. That I'm gonna look at that prop this week as well. All right, don't forget, everybody. If you want to unlock Betting Pros premium for free, download the app today and use the promo code FP1 month. You get one month, same game parlay tool, prop, bet analyzer, prize picks, prop edge, cheat sheet. All that stuff is available right now on iOS on Android. Again, the promo code is FP1 month when you download the Betting Pros app. And of course you can join our discord fantasypros.com chat. It's free, it's fun. We've got shows on there every single on the Tuesdays, we got everybody in there in the Q and A's and the AMAs, all that stuff. Stuff. So join our Discord. It's free, it's fun. It's a great place to get to be part of our community at Fantasy Pros, too. You love fantasy football. That's why you're watching this show right now. So go ahead and join the Discord. Meet a lot of other DJs just like you. Let's get to a couple questions here before we get out. I promised the chat that we would. Let's see if we can find some here. Here's a good one here from Loud Bark. Gentlemen, my only tight end is Ingram. Do I make a play for Juwan Johnson? I say yes. Look, Kittle's gonna be out, too. We have a. Bowers picked up an injury, but he says he's all right. So all of a sudden, tight end got weird. I think Fannin's interesting. I think Juwan Johnson's interesting. And I think what always hurt Juwan Johnson, guys, was that, you know, you always had when you got in the red zone, where tight ends kind of make their fantasy money, you would bring in Taysom Hill, and Taysom Hill would be that gimmick guy, and he would kind of lose out there. He doesn't have that problem. The wide receivers are always questionable on this team. I think Juan's worth a pickup. What do you think, Welsh?

[Welsh]

I think he's worth the pickup, but I would go fanning in that one. I think so.

[Joey P]

Fanning over.

[Welsh]

Yeah. Even though he's like a number two question. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, yeah, exactly. I'm gonna go fanning over Juwan. The way he was used, there's no way you're gonna keep him off. I'll throw another one out there. I don't think that Johnny Smith is necessarily cooked. They were getting him the ball in Pittsburgh, running a lot of, like, tight end screens. He got that stupid little run.

[Scott Bogman]

Weird line stuff.

[Welsh]

Yeah, yeah. We're like, he's just gonna get usage, especially in that short range. So I actually would go like Fanon at the top. I might go Johno. And then I would go. So it's great what Juan did in that outing, but I'm not, like, overtly dropping big fab for it off of that one game.

[Joey P]

All right, Bodega Prince, should I keep Stevenson or Caleb Johnson? Box.

[Scott Bogman]

I mean, if you're going to be starting somebody in the next month, it's Stevenson. But if this is a bench player that you're only bringing up for injuries, then it's Caleb Johnson. Just wait and see.

[Joey P]

All right, and here's another one from Hushman. It is. Any worries about H.N. boggs? We'll start with you with this one. We'll go round.

[Scott Bogman]

Not really. I mean, they're still going to have to possess the football and run. I mean, and HN has still got a ton of wiggle. He's going to have a ton of volume, but I think he can be successful even on a bad team. So no Welsh.

[Joey P]

Any concerns about hn?

[Welsh]

I mean, like, the concern is just that team looks like such pilot garbage. They look so bad, but, like, where can they go from Tua at this point? And if Tua's there, he's going to throw it seven, eight times to each hand a game. So like, like the only worry is just the offense looks so bad. But I don't know if there's any application to it. So I'm going to just say no.

[Scott Bogman]

And the MILF hunter needs to go.

[Joey P]

We had a guest on the show, Wilson in during. No, go ahead.

[Scott Bogman]

I was going to get Zach Wilson in maybe. I think he'd look better than TUA right now.

[Joey P]

I would not be shocked if I was in super flex leagues. I was hurting at that third QB spot. Maybe pick up Wilson just kind of stash right there just to see get him for cheap. But you know, we had somebody on during draft season on the show who very tied into a lot of NFL teams and he said that it is a complete disaster in Miami. He said they just, they're completely lost. The general managing the organization, the coaching, the players. And my God, he was right. Like they showed up and they just look completely unprepared. Like, oh, we have a football game today.

[Welsh]

I didn't realize I saw somebody joke like, hey, prediction week 10. Mike McDaniel, senior advisor for the 49ers, that he's just gonna be out. He'll already be back with they brought Salah back that he'll be back. Like, he doesn't look long for that job.

[Joey P]

Here we go. All right, we're leaving on that note because that's a good joke. That'll do it for us. But the story of the game goes on for the Welsh and Scott Bogman. I'm Jo. This has been out of bounds. We'll see you next time, kids.

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