Speaker 1: Wow, Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, September eighteenth, twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 2: love underdogs, and I love the way the Greg dors
Speaker 2: plays man like. I'm just all in on Dorschland.
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Speaker 1: about on the show. Today. We are gonna dive into
Speaker 1: the Week three slate. Also, we have some Fantasy hot
Speaker 1: takes coming up at the end of the show. But
Speaker 1: let's get started with some fantasy headlines, as we normally do.
Speaker 1: The latest update on Dolphins quarterback to a Tongue of
Speaker 1: Iyaaloa still dealing with a concussion. He has been placed
Speaker 1: on injured reserve and gonna be out of action until
Speaker 1: at least Week eight. For the Dolphins, they do have
Speaker 1: a buy in there somewhere as well, which is why
Speaker 1: the a little bit of a later return time for
Speaker 1: Tua so LaQuan. I mean, I will ask you, Normally
Speaker 1: we're great with starting Tyreek Hill, Jalen Wattle, we throw
Speaker 1: them into a lineup without thinking. But with Skyler Thompson
Speaker 1: at quarterback, can you trust any of the main Miami
Speaker 1: pass catchers.
Speaker 2: I think you just have to lower your expectations on
Speaker 2: the big playability, like on guys like Tyree Kill and
Speaker 2: Jalen Waddle, like they'll still get their target share, Like
Speaker 2: they'll still be the guys that you hope will get
Speaker 2: the ball and be able to turn upfield and get
Speaker 2: some yards. It definitely feel as though you look at
Speaker 2: guys like John new Smith, Devon a Chan, even Raheem
Speaker 2: Moster when he returns back from injury, these are still
Speaker 2: playmakers at the end of the day. I mean, they
Speaker 2: may not have the big plays that they have usually
Speaker 2: that they have with Tua, but they still will be
Speaker 2: productive and still be able to go out there and
Speaker 2: put something out there that fantasy managers can be happy with.
Speaker 2: That really feel as though we just need to be
Speaker 2: patient with Skyler Thompson. He's a seventh round pick, He's
Speaker 2: a young guy. I just feel as though that you
Speaker 2: can't just totally bail on this offense just based on
Speaker 2: It's not like, you know, you lose the starting quarterback
Speaker 2: and then you only have one playmaker on the field. No,
Speaker 2: you have tons of playmakers on this Miami Dolphins offense
Speaker 2: where they're going to be supporting each other and making
Speaker 2: this offense to find a way, you know, to keep
Speaker 2: these drives alive or even move the chains or getting
Speaker 2: to some scoring opportunity. So I'm not completely bailing out
Speaker 2: on Dolphins playmakers. I'm just gonna have to lower my
Speaker 2: expectations week to week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's gonna be tough because Tyreek Hill
Speaker 1: was a high first round draft pick two for a
Speaker 1: lot of people, and it's just gonna be hard to
Speaker 1: get anything close to that return with Skyler Thompson there,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna find out for Jalen Wattle whether or
Speaker 1: not he's anything close to quarterback proof. I think we
Speaker 1: can feel that way about Tyreek. I don't know that
Speaker 1: we're there yet with Jalen Wanta. Other notable headline around
Speaker 1: the NFL the Kansas City triefs bringing back Kareem Hunt
Speaker 1: Isaiah pa Checko. We know is going to be out
Speaker 1: for an extended period of time. Simple question to you, Florio,
Speaker 1: Yeah or nah, Kareem Hunt Yeah nah.
Speaker 3: I know people were like, but he knows the system
Speaker 3: and Andy reed to me. This is getting Leonard Fournette vibes,
Speaker 3: Dalvin Cook vibes. Look at all of these veteran running
Speaker 3: backs who've signed to practice squads just to stay in
Speaker 3: the league. I know Hunt has a history here, but
Speaker 3: last year he looked as washed as can be.
Speaker 1: Three point zero yards per.
Speaker 3: Carry, negative one hundred and one rushing yards over expectations,
Speaker 3: one of the lowest. Only Josh Jacobs had fewer runs
Speaker 3: go for ten or more yards, and he was the
Speaker 3: third slowest running back in terms of average speed at
Speaker 3: just eleven miles prior plus. I think samaj P Ryan
Speaker 3: is going to have all of the pass game volume here.
Speaker 3: Carson Steel is younger, has juice. I think Hunt is
Speaker 3: a camp body, someone to maybe help them get by
Speaker 3: until Ceh is back.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's the other part of it too, Right,
Speaker 1: Clyde Edwards Hilaire starts the season on the NFI list.
Speaker 1: He's out until at least week four. I think when
Speaker 1: he comes back in he starts to work into that
Speaker 1: rotation with Carson Steel and the SAMI JP Ryan. So maybe,
Speaker 1: right this is very much a hey, we need you
Speaker 1: here just in case of the worst case scenario. I
Speaker 1: don't see a lot of fantasy value with Kareem Hunt.
Speaker 1: All right, let's start to dive into our Week three previews.
Speaker 1: We will start with Thursday Night Football, the Patriots and
Speaker 1: the Jets. This one had a little more juice maybe
Speaker 1: ten years ago than it does right now. This one
Speaker 1: could be a low scoring affair between these to these
Speaker 1: two AFC East opponents. But Lakwan, it has not been
Speaker 1: a great start to the season for Garrett Wilson. How
Speaker 1: worried are you about him? It's like a really tough
Speaker 1: matchup against Christian Gonzales and the Patriots defense.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm really worried about Garrett Wilson. Man. It just
Speaker 2: looks a little nasty to know that he has zero
Speaker 2: end zone targets right now, and he has a lower
Speaker 2: target share in the red zone. So we're waiting for
Speaker 2: the touchdowns to come from Garrett Wilson, especially the price
Speaker 2: that we all paid over the summer as a first
Speaker 2: round guy, We're expecting him to have this alpha target
Speaker 2: share and also come with the alpha production when you
Speaker 2: have a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers. But I think we
Speaker 2: all need to take a step back and realize this
Speaker 2: isn't the same Aaron Rodgers that had on that Green
Speaker 2: Bay Packers jersey. This isn't Aaron Rodgers that's stuck in
Speaker 2: the pocket, not really able to roll out and extend
Speaker 2: the plays and throw all platform like how we know
Speaker 2: and love him for. But it's more so zero completions
Speaker 2: outside the pocket, a really stuck in the mud type
Speaker 2: quarterback right now, to where you're just hoping that if
Speaker 2: there is going to be some type of scoring opportunities,
Speaker 2: that all these looks need to go to Garrett Wilson.
Speaker 2: I mean, the running backs had a forty percent target
Speaker 2: share last week, so it's a lot of dump balls,
Speaker 2: a lot of close to the line of scrimmage plays
Speaker 2: and passes. It's just I'm just a little worried right
Speaker 2: now for all the Garrett Wilson managers out there.
Speaker 1: I mean, can you get away from him? Though, Floria,
Speaker 1: I mean, you spent that again, late first early second
Speaker 1: round draft pick on him. It feels like you can't
Speaker 1: really get away from him.
Speaker 3: No, I have him on one team, and I'm kind
Speaker 3: of kicking myself because all summer I was like, I
Speaker 3: think Garrett Wilson is really risky because of his quarterback
Speaker 3: and I kind of let all of the hype get
Speaker 3: to me and be like, all right, I don't want
Speaker 3: to miss out on him. He had one target over
Speaker 3: ten yards last week. Like, it's not a Garrett Wilson issue,
Speaker 3: although I am starting to think we might push Garrett
Speaker 3: Wilson into the elite wide receiver category a little too early.
Speaker 3: Like justin Jefferson said, no disrespect, I'm that Garrett Wilson
Speaker 3: and proved it immediately.
Speaker 1: I want Garrett Wilson doing stuff like that.
Speaker 3: And we can only say quarterback is the excuse so long,
Speaker 3: but quarterback is the ex once again.
Speaker 1: Forget at least for right now, and we'll see what
Speaker 1: happens coming up this week. Not a great matchup on paper,
Speaker 1: but you gotta wonder at some point do they just
Speaker 1: start force feeding him targets to try and make this
Speaker 1: offense move. All right, let's get into the meats of
Speaker 1: Week three. We'll start with the Eagles and the Saints
Speaker 1: Philadelphia coming off a really tough loss on Monday Night Football.
Speaker 1: The Saints have been red hot? Lakwan, Can the States
Speaker 1: and the Saints stay red hot? Easier for me to say,
Speaker 1: can the Saints stay red hot? And when we finally
Speaker 1: get the Chris o'lave breakout game we've been waiting on?
Speaker 2: Yes, I think, you know, the Saints are red hot
Speaker 2: right now. I think they keep it up, and I
Speaker 2: think this could be the game Chris o'lave really shakes
Speaker 2: out and shows up and show out and put some
Speaker 2: big points on the board. I think, you know, last
Speaker 2: year we look at him only two games where he
Speaker 2: had twenty plus Fantasy points, and I think this will
Speaker 2: be the first game that he can crack off the
Speaker 2: season with a huge performance. Going against this Eagles defense.
Speaker 2: It's a little sketchy on the secondary where you have
Speaker 2: to worry about and actually have top priority concern about
Speaker 2: Rashid shaheat stretching the field where Chris o'lavey can find
Speaker 2: a lot of his work across the middle and being
Speaker 2: able to turn up field and get those yards and
Speaker 2: hopefully he could fall into the end zone this weekend.
Speaker 1: That would be great. It's weird because Rashid Shahid has
Speaker 1: become the air yards king that Chris olave had been
Speaker 1: the last couple of years. But either way, the Saints
Speaker 1: offense is eating through the first two weeks Lions and
Speaker 1: the Cardinals, Florio, is there anyone in this game that
Speaker 1: you aren't starting?
Speaker 3: Let's see, I'm starting both quarterbacks, I'm starting all the
Speaker 3: running backs. I'm starting the top wide receivers. Yeah, no,
Speaker 3: I'm starting everyone. The player though, that I will be
Speaker 3: keeping a close eye on is Sam Laporter because I
Speaker 3: think Jamison williams emergence and I think Jamison Williams is
Speaker 3: very for real, has really hurt Sam Laporter. He has
Speaker 3: been the first read on just nine percent of the throws.
Speaker 3: Jared Goff threw like forty five times last week, and
Speaker 3: Laporta had three targets. And the scariest part is in
Speaker 3: the red zone they're going to Jamison Williams over Sam Laporta. Yeah,
Speaker 3: so we know aman Ra Saint Brown is going to
Speaker 3: be the top target there. We know he's gonna eat.
Speaker 3: I need to see Sam Laporta do something. If he doesn't,
Speaker 3: if he comes away from week three with another dud,
Speaker 3: look you're starting him. But if he has another dud,
Speaker 3: panic alarms.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I didn't draft much Sam Laporta. I'm feeling good
Speaker 1: about that. I do have Jamison Williams in a couple
Speaker 1: of lineups this week, hoping that that keeps this thing
Speaker 1: going right now, the Texans and the Vikings look look
Speaker 1: on Minnesota's defense has looked very good the first couple
Speaker 1: of weeks. They had the Niners tied up and in
Speaker 1: fits any worries about CJ. Stroud going up against Brian
Speaker 1: Flores in his diabolical blitzing schemes, Man.
Speaker 2: This defense is bringing high pressure at a high rate. Man,
Speaker 2: And I feel a little worried about CJ. Strout in
Speaker 2: this matchup, being that they have a backup center there
Speaker 2: and that's where the Bears were attacking last week, where
Speaker 2: they were just getting after him man. So far this season,
Speaker 2: Strout has been sacked seven times, and if he's not
Speaker 2: going to have that time with this backup center in
Speaker 2: the right side of the O Lion having their struggles
Speaker 2: allowing a ton of pressure, a ton of hurries. So
Speaker 2: it's there you're looking at CJ. Strout not having the
Speaker 2: time to be able to dump off and deliver these
Speaker 2: big passes on a frequent basis, on a consistent basis
Speaker 2: throughout the game. That's why you see the score that
Speaker 2: it was with the Bears where they weren't really lighting
Speaker 2: it up. You see Niko Collins getting here, getting loose,
Speaker 2: but we need this at least on every drive. So
Speaker 2: it's more so concerned about the O line going up
Speaker 2: against his Vikings defense to have eleven sacks right now,
Speaker 2: and they have the highest q B pressure rate right now.
Speaker 2: So it's like, oh, man, I pray for CJ. Stroud
Speaker 2: to get out of that pocket and not take those
Speaker 2: hits that he told Caleb not to hit.
Speaker 1: You heard it hit, You heard it here first. This
Speaker 1: is the Tank Dell week. I think I think this
Speaker 1: is the week it happens. I think I think you
Speaker 1: to see him running those over routes kind of getting
Speaker 1: in behind the linebackers when they bring pressure. You got
Speaker 1: those safeties back a little bit, trying to prevent the
Speaker 1: deep ball. I think this is where you see CJ.
Speaker 1: Stroud and Tank Dell connect a lot this week. So
Speaker 1: everybody who has Tank Dell who's been worried about him,
Speaker 1: I think this is the week that you kind of
Speaker 1: feel okay about it. Ravens at the Cowboys. Look, if
Speaker 1: you got Lamar Jackson, you're starting him. If you got
Speaker 1: Dak you're probably starting him. Both these defenses are pretty good, though.
Speaker 1: Is there anybody Florial you feel super confident in this week?
Speaker 3: No, because it's the I actually would be trying to
Speaker 3: sit Dak Prescott. I have him as a sit and
Speaker 3: I have him in a league where I think I
Speaker 3: have the options to get away. It depends on who
Speaker 3: your other quarterback is. But yeah, I can't get away
Speaker 3: from Lamar Jackson. I still think you're starting Derrick Henry probably.
Speaker 3: I mean, see, okay, I changed my answer. I have
Speaker 3: the utmost confidence in CD Lamb. You could put the
Speaker 3: Monstars on the other side of the field and I
Speaker 3: will have the utmost confidence in CD Lamb. But besides that,
Speaker 3: it gets real shaky on the raven side. The tight
Speaker 3: ends are what I'm going to be watching a close
Speaker 3: eye on because in Week one they used two tight
Speaker 3: end sets on half their plays, it was the highest
Speaker 3: in the league. Last week it was a quarter of
Speaker 3: their plays. So which one was more matchup driven? That's
Speaker 3: what I need to find out because Isaiah l likely
Speaker 3: Mark Andrews is going to be a question we are
Speaker 3: going to get asked a lot this season.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we have a football version of space Jam. That
Speaker 1: was my takeaway. I mean it would be Mahomes. You
Speaker 1: had a lot of great, great analysis there, but my
Speaker 1: takeaways that we need a football version of space Ham
Speaker 1: for sure. Right it's time to see who will deliver.
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Speaker 1: think are going to go big in week three, So
Speaker 1: La Kwan who is reaching for the stars this week?
Speaker 2: Man, I gotta go with old man Adam Thielen, with
Speaker 2: Andy Dolon back at the quarterback position because last time
Speaker 2: we saw Andy Dalton fifty eight pass attempts. To where
Speaker 2: you're looking at this offense that has been capped, I
Speaker 2: would say by Bryce Young to where I think Andy
Speaker 2: Dolan still has it in them to be sneaky, get
Speaker 2: behind the behind the linebackers and find a way to
Speaker 2: find the end zone and make some solid plays. I'm
Speaker 2: looking at Andy Dolon and Adam Thlen's connection last season.
Speaker 2: In that game, I mean, Adam Thielen had one hundred
Speaker 2: and forty six yard hearts. People, he had eleven catches.
Speaker 2: Like this is something that I'm looking forward to in
Speaker 2: this matchup.
Speaker 1: All right, So Andy Dalton Adam feeling reconnecting here? Florio,
Speaker 1: who is your big time player for the.
Speaker 3: Week, Brandon Nyuk and Lakwan You probably wanted to ear muffs.
Speaker 1: For this right here.
Speaker 3: But after one game any we could say, Okay, it
Speaker 3: was just a game. But after we see something happen
Speaker 3: multiple times in a row, it starts to become a trend.
Speaker 3: I think the Rams secondary is officially a weakness that
Speaker 3: we can exploit in fantasy. They've allowed the most yards
Speaker 3: and touchdowns to receivers lined up out wide. They've also
Speaker 3: allowed the most two receivers on deep passes, which means
Speaker 3: speed has been killing them. We saw Jamison Williams doing
Speaker 3: in Week one, Marvin Harrison Junior did it in Week two.
Speaker 3: I love you, Trey White, thank you for all those
Speaker 3: years in Buffalo.
Speaker 1: But he's getting.
Speaker 3: Cooked out there right now on a weekly basis, and
Speaker 3: I think this is the week that Brandon Nyuk shakes
Speaker 3: off the rust, looks like Brandon Nyuk and just eats again.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think I can get a lot
Speaker 1: of work there. Obviously, Jordan Mace is gonna get a run.
Speaker 1: I like Juwan Jennings as a sleeper wide receiver in
Speaker 1: this game as well. For me, I'm going Joe Burrow
Speaker 1: and week one not great, Week two a lot better better.
Speaker 1: Week three, I think is when he really takes off,
Speaker 1: and I think this is when you see the Joe
Speaker 1: Burrow Jamar Chase connection really get going. Simple answer, Yes,
Speaker 1: I am picking on the Washington Commanders secondary because everybody
Speaker 1: else in the NFL has. Why shouldn't I. Look, this
Speaker 1: is a secondary that I think they're going to eventually
Speaker 1: get better. I think Dan Quinn's gonna get this group together,
Speaker 1: but right now it still needs a lot of work,
Speaker 1: and the Bengals have shown that they can still move
Speaker 1: the ball effectively. Throw in the fact that t Higgins
Speaker 1: could be backs. That's one more weapon for Joe Burrow
Speaker 1: to work with this week. I think he's gonna have
Speaker 1: a really big week. Three. Wouldn't be surprised if you
Speaker 1: see him as the QB one when it is all
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Speaker 1: the Rams. This one seemed a lot more appealing when
Speaker 1: the season started than it does right now because a
Speaker 1: whole lot of stars on both sides are injured. But
Speaker 1: uh Lakwan as the resident Rams homer here obviously, Pukaakua
Speaker 1: is alet, Cooper Cup is out. Is there a Rams
Speaker 1: receiver we can trust this week?
Speaker 2: I gotta say straight up no, I wouldn't recommend hanging
Speaker 2: your hat on any of these guys, just based on
Speaker 2: the lack of chemistry with some of these guys with
Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford, like Jordan Wittington, and then you have a
Speaker 2: guy who's familiar with Matthew Stafford to to Atwell, who
Speaker 2: doesn't always show up when needed. But I definitely appreciate
Speaker 2: too to at Well making that play last week against
Speaker 2: the Cardinals where he has some big yardage ability, like
Speaker 2: he has the upside to get some fantasy points in chunks.
Speaker 2: But with the O line all beat up, how it
Speaker 2: is man like, you can't really hang your hat on that,
Speaker 2: being that Matthew Stafford might not even have the time
Speaker 2: to breathe, to sneeze, to do anything to hand the
Speaker 2: ball off with the O line so beat up.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's just it's a rough situation. I
Speaker 1: don't think Matthew Stafford is startable, and I can't trust
Speaker 1: really anybody. I got a couple questions about DeMarcus Robinson.
Speaker 1: I can't. I just can't right now until I see
Speaker 1: something from this offense Sunday Night football, the Chiefs and
Speaker 1: the Falcons. I look at Atlanta coming off that big
Speaker 1: win on Monday Night Football. Meanwhile, the Chiefs beat up
Speaker 1: in the backfield, talked about the Kareem Hunt reuniting with
Speaker 1: Kansas City, but the floo Carson Steele real or mirage
Speaker 1: at least as a usable fantasy option.
Speaker 3: Maybe I don't want to find out, though. I think
Speaker 3: if you picked him up and you are in need
Speaker 3: of a running back this week, you could take the
Speaker 3: shot on him, Like if you lost Pacheco and you
Speaker 3: didn't love anyone on your bench and you grabbed him. Yeah,
Speaker 3: I think you could plug him in. I'm starting Samaje
Speaker 3: p Ryan myself in a number of leagues. I think
Speaker 3: p Ryan will see the pass game work, like the
Speaker 3: two minute drill, third downs.
Speaker 1: All of that.
Speaker 3: The ground, I'm thinking we'll see some sort of a
Speaker 3: split with Steele probably being on the heavy side of it.
Speaker 1: He is huge, he's got some juice. Andy Reid and co.
Speaker 3: Were clearly big fans of him there, and he's probably
Speaker 3: going to get a lot of the goal on work
Speaker 3: as well, which at the very least makes him.
Speaker 1: A flex option. Yeah. I mean, I think that's sort
Speaker 1: of the thing. He's gonna get a lot of. He's
Speaker 1: gonna get a lot more touches, it seems like than
Speaker 1: some I JP Ryan Soll. He's the guy that I
Speaker 1: would want if you're looking for a Chiefs backup running
Speaker 1: backs hard. We got two Monny Night games coming up
Speaker 1: this week. We got the Commanders and the Bengals. And
Speaker 1: I just saw a tweet from the Great rich Reebar
Speaker 1: Lakwan who mentioned that thirty seven point nine percent of
Speaker 1: the Washington wide receiver targets have come behind the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, highest rate in the league. The league average
Speaker 1: is eleven point three percent. Is it time to panic
Speaker 1: if Terry McLaurin doesn't produce this week?
Speaker 2: This is me hitting the panic button, Like what is happening? Like?
Speaker 2: I have way too many shares of Terry McLaurin for
Speaker 2: him to be going out there doing what he did
Speaker 2: last week. He had less than four yards per reception
Speaker 2: last week. We're looking at this offense. You're looking that
Speaker 2: Jayden and daniels Man. This is the quarterback he's been
Speaker 2: waiting for. He's completing over seventy percent of his passes,
Speaker 2: but these passes are all behind the line of scrimming,
Speaker 2: so short passes where Tarry mclauren, he's a guy of
Speaker 2: his caliber to be able to stress the feeld, make
Speaker 2: the plays downfield and catch the long touchdowns. Like we're
Speaker 2: not seeing this out of this offense, out of Tarry mclauren.
Speaker 2: Where I'm a little worried Man, I don't know where
Speaker 2: you know the production is coming at now, being that
Speaker 2: this is more of a run heavy offense. This is
Speaker 2: new for Terry. But it's like, Man, we waited all
Speaker 2: this time for him to actually get a quarterback. We're
Speaker 2: just not getting a production out just based on the
Speaker 2: offensive scheme.
Speaker 1: Should we be worried, Florio that we haven't seen more
Speaker 1: passing out of Jadeen Daniels. I mean, he threw the
Speaker 1: ball effectively in college. I know that doesn't always translate,
Speaker 1: but I'm it just I was expecting more in the
Speaker 1: air the aerial department that we've gotten from him so far. Same.
Speaker 3: My hope is that they're kind of slow walking in
Speaker 3: and they're gonna, as the year goes on, start to
Speaker 3: let him do more and more. But what I also hate,
Speaker 3: not only the fact that they're not letting him air
Speaker 3: it out, is the fact that this is a run joke.
Speaker 3: But it's true, Like Terry McLaurin is tethered to the
Speaker 3: left side of the field, which for a rookie quarterback
Speaker 3: outside the numbers on the left side downfield is the
Speaker 3: hardest place to throw the ball. Like, let's get creative
Speaker 3: with Terry move him around, put him in the slot
Speaker 3: at times, but at the very least give him two
Speaker 3: or three balls downfield the game where he could maybe
Speaker 3: go out and do something like I'm very excited with
Speaker 3: Jayden Daniels, but I need the play calling to change
Speaker 3: a little bit.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just I was really thinking this was going
Speaker 1: to be something more than what it is. It has
Speaker 1: not worked out so far this season for Jayden and Daniel. Look,
Speaker 1: I know it's only two games, so I'm not ready
Speaker 1: to pull the shoot. I mean, we've talked to Look,
Speaker 1: we talked about people have worried about Caleb Williams and stuff.
Speaker 1: It's two games in, Like, there's plenty of time for
Speaker 1: these guys still to develop. It just has not developed,
Speaker 1: i think at the rate that we thought it was
Speaker 1: going to so far this season. The other Monday Night game,
Speaker 1: the Jaguars at the Bills, one that we know Michael
Speaker 1: left Floria will be highly interested in on Monday Night,
Speaker 1: I'm similar situation. Right. Dalton kink through the first two
Speaker 1: weeks really has not been involved in what Buffalo was doing.
Speaker 1: Is it panic time on a guy that we like
Speaker 1: he was outside the top tier tight ends? Is it
Speaker 1: panic time if he does not come through against Jacksonville.
Speaker 3: If he does a bad Week three, I'll reassess, But
Speaker 3: as of right now, I'm not panicking when it comes
Speaker 3: to Dalton King Kid. I know he had a down
Speaker 3: Week one, but in Week two, if you watch the game,
Speaker 3: you saw the Bills had a concentrated effort to get him.
Speaker 1: The ball early on.
Speaker 3: What happened though it was a blowout where the Ravens,
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, the Dolphins could not stop the run at all.
Speaker 3: Josh Allen threw nineteen times for one hundred and thirty
Speaker 3: nine yards. We still saw Kinkaid be the number two target.
Speaker 3: We still saw him line up in the slot over
Speaker 3: sixty percent of his snaps, which we love. We were
Speaker 3: talking about it today. Those interceptions were good throws by
Speaker 3: two of that. If the wide receivers catch those balls
Speaker 3: and the Bills aren't playing on a short field with
Speaker 3: a multi score lead most of the game, we probably
Speaker 3: see a lot more daln Kin Kid.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think the other thing that we've seen from
Speaker 1: the Bills the first couple of weeks, they've been very
Speaker 1: run heavy. But I think it's also because they played
Speaker 1: two teams with kind of shaky run defenses. You know,
Speaker 1: like they made it a point to run the ball
Speaker 1: against against Miami last week. They made it a big
Speaker 1: point to run the ball in Week one against Arizona.
Speaker 1: So I think maybe that had something to do with
Speaker 1: after this week Ravens Texans Jets. That's a rough run.
Speaker 3: Probably not going to be able to just run the
Speaker 3: ball at will.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that is That is a rough stretch. So
Speaker 1: we'll see what Josh Allen and the rest of that
Speaker 1: Bills offense has in store coming up very soon. Here's
Speaker 1: a for all the concerns about, you know, maybe throwing
Speaker 1: the football. We're still fine with Josh Allen because he's
Speaker 1: still go all the way what he had with nine
Speaker 1: points last year. He's not going to do that all
Speaker 1: the time. That was a function of game script, I
Speaker 1: think more than anything else really. So it's time to
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Speaker 1: the Week three schedule and some of those guys out there,
Speaker 1: what is something that folks might look at you a
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Speaker 2: Rashid Shahed is going to put up a thirty burger,
Speaker 2: thirty plus fantasy points against this Eagles defense man. He
Speaker 2: is going to show up and show out. And we
Speaker 2: all saw CJ. Garner Johnson give up two weeks in
Speaker 2: a row getting burnt on plays just like this, Jaden Reed,
Speaker 2: Darnell Mooney. Is time for Rashid Shahed to finish as
Speaker 2: the wide receiver one.
Speaker 1: For Week three, the wide receiver. Okay, So I'm looking
Speaker 1: at the list of Rashid Shahed career touchdowns. He has
Speaker 1: eleven of them. Forty four yard run, fifty three yard receiving,
Speaker 1: sixty eight yard receiving, nineteen seventy six yard punt return,
Speaker 1: thirty four, fifty eight, forty five, thirty nine, fifty nine, seventy.
Speaker 1: What I'm saying is the man scores deep touchdowns. His
Speaker 1: shortest one is nineteen if he's connecting with Derek Carr
Speaker 1: is going to be on a big play and probably
Speaker 1: is going to go to the end zone.
Speaker 3: Congratually, contractively obligated to mention Patrick Claibon anytime you talk
Speaker 3: about Shiheit, He's been on it since day one.
Speaker 1: Since they one. For sure, you're also going big with
Speaker 1: a wide receiver this week.
Speaker 3: For yes, George Pickens. One hundred and thirty yards minimum
Speaker 3: and a touchdown. Why Because George Pickens is awesome. There's
Speaker 3: no doubt about his talent and everything. And I know
Speaker 3: if you just looked at the box score last week,
Speaker 3: you're like, wow, he was disappointing. What it doesn't show
Speaker 3: is that he had an amazing fifty one yard catch
Speaker 3: call back where it was perfect placement by Justin Fields.
Speaker 3: Pickens had the laid hands on it to come down
Speaker 3: with it with two defenders in his area. Then he
Speaker 3: had another touchdown called back as well. That's over thirteen
Speaker 3: fantasy points. Plus he drew a near forty yard pass
Speaker 3: interference flag on Patrick Sartan. Like, we know George Pickens
Speaker 3: can play. It looks like they are getting the chemistry
Speaker 3: him and Justin Fields. Plus I know the Chargers pass
Speaker 3: defense looks tough right now. They have faced Gardner Minshew
Speaker 3: and Bryce Young. I'm not sold on their pass defense yet,
Speaker 3: but I do think they might be able to slow
Speaker 3: down the Steelers run game, which leads to more passes.
Speaker 1: One hundred and thirty yards for George Pickens. I hope
Speaker 1: that leaves some for Pat Fryer Mooth, just because we
Speaker 1: know there's not a lot of volume in that Steeler
Speaker 1: passing game right now. Speaking of guys that played with
Speaker 1: Arthur Smith, John new Smith, I think he's going to
Speaker 1: be the third tight end this season have a twenty
Speaker 1: point game. We saw Isaiah Likely do it in week one,
Speaker 1: we saw George Kittle do it in week two. I
Speaker 1: think John new Smith the A dots is not gonna
Speaker 1: be high. It's gonna be a lot of short throws,
Speaker 1: all about four or five yards with the line of scrimmage.
Speaker 1: But I think the target volume is going to carry
Speaker 1: the day, and that's going to get him over the hump.
Speaker 1: They gotta go somewhere with Skyler Thompson. They can't just
Speaker 1: lean on that running game. They gotta throw the football.
Speaker 1: If they take away Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle, I
Speaker 1: think you're gonna see John Newsmith eat. That was drive
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