WEBVTT - What Happens Inside the 5 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.880 Welcome to Fantasy Football Weekly, a production of I Heart Radio. 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.799 Time now for Fantasy Football Weekly from I Heart Radio, 0:00:10.280 --> 0:00:14.080 your weekly source for the nation's best fantasy speculation and 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:24.560 advice Leagues dot Com. Here's your host, Paul Welcome to 0:00:24.600 --> 0:00:28.760 the love fest for Damian Pierce, also known as Fantasy 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:31.560 Football Weekly. I am Paul Charge and my co host 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:35.800 today or Scott Fish and Matt Harrison. Hello, guys, Damian 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.760 Pierce wasn't available to come in and co host today. Sorry, 0:00:38.880 --> 0:00:41.720 And it's a good thing because we'd be spooning right 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:45.040 now if he did. That would be that's the level 0:00:45.080 --> 0:00:47.600 of regard. That's a weird thing to do. But you 0:00:47.640 --> 0:00:50.519 never spoon with me. No, I like Damian Pierce more 0:00:50.520 --> 0:00:53.199 than I like it. I have photo evidence that negates that. 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:57.320 It's uh. It's been a great start for this preseason. 0:00:57.360 --> 0:01:00.680 But we're gonna talk about all of the camps, all 0:01:00.720 --> 0:01:03.680 thirty two camps. What are the big stories from each 0:01:03.720 --> 0:01:05.760 of the teams. Will also talk about some of the 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:08.240 key things you need to know from what happens inside 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:11.759 the five yard line. We'll answer three tough questions. We'll 0:01:11.760 --> 0:01:14.960 talk about the vacated targets from around the league and 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:20.360 identify our blacklist players that we will not draft. Not 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:23.880 I was gonna say never draft, but there's a point 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:27.560 at which I would be grudgingly chacked my guys. But 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:31.600 it's like four rounds after they're gonna go. Yeah, it's 0:01:31.600 --> 0:01:35.640 it's always ADP centric. It's based on that and no 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:39.080 small part. Let's let's start our tour around the training 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:44.640 camps with the Panthers. Yeah, not much here. Baker Mayfield 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:47.560 won the job. There's a little bit of talk of Higgins, 0:01:47.560 --> 0:01:50.680 who has good chemistry from with Baker in camp and 0:01:50.760 --> 0:01:54.320 also because he was with Cleveland with Baker Mayfield, that 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.120 he might be a guy that gets in a in 0:01:56.240 --> 0:02:00.400 some decent rotation snaps. Only in your probably twenty four 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:03.800 round leagues are you're gonna worry about that though? Um 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.240 At Let's go to the Raiders. Kenyan Drake was cut 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:10.280 this week. Josh Jacobs now controls the backfield with Brandon Bolden, 0:02:10.320 --> 0:02:12.960 Ameer Abdula, and Zamir White. I'll do for some sort 0:02:13.000 --> 0:02:16.120 of role. I want nobody except for Jacobs, just because 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:17.720 I think he has more of the goal line role. 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:22.440 But also Darren Waller hurt again with an undisclosed injury. 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:26.400 Josh McDaniels is noncommittal on Waller's availability for Week one. 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:30.080 A couple of weeks ago identified Darren Wallers outside of 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:32.839 the safe tight ends that we talked, I think there's 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:36.200 three safe tight ends. That's it. The Packers starters did 0:02:36.200 --> 0:02:37.920 not play on Thursday night, but I'll just mention this. 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.680 Jordan's love continues to look very inconsistent. I don't think 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:43.960 they've got really any kind of viable answer there. Romeo 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:47.000 Adobbs played briefly on Thursday, didn't do much. I'll note 0:02:47.040 --> 0:02:48.920 that all the presumed starters did not play, and that 0:02:48.960 --> 0:02:54.079 means you're presumed starting wide receivers are Alan Lazard, Sammy Watkins, 0:02:54.120 --> 0:02:58.600 and Randall Cobbs. And Watkins and cob are going undrafted 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:01.480 in many leagues, and these are starting wide receivers and 0:03:01.520 --> 0:03:05.559 an Aaron Rodgers led offense. Let's go to the Washington Commanders. 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:09.960 Uh Ron Rivera says Gibson will be the primary kick returner, 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:12.800 but the reporters still also expect Gibson to lead the 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:16.520 backfield and touches. He's really really slipping. I'm probably not 0:03:16.639 --> 0:03:19.280 drafting to unless he gets down into the eight to 0:03:19.360 --> 0:03:21.799 ten rounds. It should be noted though he did do 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:25.040 some kick return work in practice and stuff last year too, 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:27.000 we just didn't know about it. Let's go to the 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:30.120 Buffalo Bills man Zack Boss and James Cook both looked 0:03:30.120 --> 0:03:32.240 pretty good in the second preseason games. So we've got 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:36.840 a singletary Moss Cook triple headed backfield yuck, and O J. 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.760 Howard as a cut candidate. Yeah, that wouldn't surprise me. 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:43.960 Not a triple backfield, no bueno fantasy. Let's go to 0:03:44.000 --> 0:03:46.800 the Texans. Wherever you've got Damian Pierce ranked, it's too 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:50.160 low in the preseason. You're looking for rookies who display 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:53.120 traits that will translate into the regular season against full 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:57.680 time defensive starters, and Pierce looks special. The burst, the footwork, decisiveness, 0:03:57.680 --> 0:04:00.000 goal line carries. We believe in catch, although he has 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:03.080 have been used that way so far. Lovey Smith during 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:05.960 the game on Thursday night, said quote, we are a 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:10.480 running team. Yeah, it's game on, baby pet Hamilton's there. 0:04:12.320 --> 0:04:14.920 Damian Pierce, Uh, if you want him, you're gonna have 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:19.760 to go fourth round, third round to get Damian Pierce, 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:22.559 who I believe at this point is moved to roughly 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:25.240 number one among rookie running backs. All right, let's go 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:29.600 to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Yeah, so for the Buccaneers, 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.760 Brady's back with the team. That that whole drama thing 0:04:32.880 --> 0:04:35.520 is over. But the bigger news is their old line 0:04:35.640 --> 0:04:39.200 is sitting on three offensive line injuries. Two of them 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:42.440 gonna miss most of the season. Third probably be back 0:04:42.600 --> 0:04:44.479 by week one, but we're not sure yet. But that's 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:46.600 that's some huge hits to that line. I remember they 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.800 lost two players in the offseason, want to retirement one 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.440 to free agency. All right, let's go to the Cleveland Browns. 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:55.000 Matt Jacoby Brissette officially your starter for the first eleven weeks. 0:04:55.000 --> 0:04:57.279 By the way, Josh Rosen is the other quarterback on 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:00.520 roster right now, and he looked awful in that last 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.760 preseason game for the Colts. Your kicker. We don't do 0:05:03.800 --> 0:05:05.839 a lot of kicker talking on the show. Rod Regal 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:11.200 Blanketship contender Jake Verity to win the kicking job. Um, 0:05:11.400 --> 0:05:13.640 we know that he's not a deep field goal threat, 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:15.600 but he kicks indoors and he's on a good offense. 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:18.560 Presumably good offense. He's got the best name among all 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:24.400 the kickers and regal Blanketship. Yeah, that's great song called 0:05:24.400 --> 0:05:27.480 blanket Ship by a band called Dive d I I V. Also, 0:05:27.800 --> 0:05:30.839 he also plays with legos and goes into train camp 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.600 on like those wheelie shoes and stuff. He also wears 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.080 his glasses. He's like one of the only players who 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:39.360 wears glasses on the field with your kicker. Why not? 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:43.160 I believe we're up with the Lions. Scott not much here. 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:46.520 Jamison Williams sent to the reserve list. Not really a 0:05:46.560 --> 0:05:49.200 surprise though, because he wasn't expected back to late October 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:53.400 at the earliest. Anyway, jets Zack Wilson's status won't be 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:57.799 updated until likely after Labor Day. Denzel Mims has requested 0:05:57.800 --> 0:06:00.240 a trade. Breece Hall hasn't quite flashed and enough to 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:03.040 steal the backfield from Michael Carter and Tevin Coleman. If 0:06:03.040 --> 0:06:06.919 you're drafting Hall, don't plan on starting him for the 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.359 first few weeks at least that it might be like 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:12.400 a Jonathan Taylor Marlon Max situation, or at Adrian Peace 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:16.680 and Chester Taylor situation. The talent should have went out eventually, 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:20.520 but I mean, he's Roger Craig's cousin. I mean, he's 0:06:20.560 --> 0:06:23.560 got some talent there in the bloodlines. For the Chiefs 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.440 on Thursday night, Juju Smith Schuster still getting over injury, 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:28.800 he didn't play. Uh Skymore got the start with the 0:06:28.800 --> 0:06:31.719 first team offense. They targeted one one down deep throw, 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:35.800 but otherwise mostly just return work. Ronald Jones got first 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:39.320 team reps, which was interesting. He ran hard, but almost 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:42.240 entirely between the tackles, and it's what he has been 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:44.600 a cut candidate all camp my theory as they are 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:46.960 trying to trying to put him out there for a 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:51.720 seventh compick, good luck, Yeah, exactly. Um. For those who 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:54.640 invested in Isaiah Pacheco, he was the third back in 0:06:54.680 --> 0:06:57.800 the game, but did get some first team work. It's 0:06:57.839 --> 0:07:01.560 increasingly unclear what Pachenko's playing time might be, and I 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:03.920 still I think there's some real risk and drafting him. 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:08.000 We'll see though. Uh. Seahawks Scott uh sounds like Pete 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.240 Carroll and the Seahawks are gonna play super flex this 0:07:10.320 --> 0:07:12.960 year for the team, They're good, They're gonna they're gonna 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:17.280 have both Drew Lock and Judo Smith's quarterbacks. Really, the 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.160 truth is there's there's still no Carter back decision made. 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:22.840 It's still up in the air and no timetable for 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.920 ken Walker to return from his hurtnea surgery. They had 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:29.400 previously hoped week one. Now it's sounding like not. Let's 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:32.320 go to the Broncos. Matt not a ton going on 0:07:32.400 --> 0:07:35.560 in Denver, but tackle Tom Compton was placed on the pup, 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.560 meaning he'll miss the first month of the season for 0:07:38.560 --> 0:07:40.640 the rams Um. We don't do a lot of backup 0:07:40.680 --> 0:07:42.800 tight end talk, but let me mention Kendall Blanton got 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:45.240 released in a surprise. Remember at the end of last year, 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:46.800 he got a bunch of reps when Tyler he was 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:48.920 on and he looked pretty good and then they caught him. 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.600 And this puts Higbie into a position for a pretty 0:07:52.600 --> 0:07:55.640 sizeable snap count because the guys behind him are just 0:07:55.840 --> 0:08:00.280 zero threat Bryson Hopkins and Roger Carter. You know if 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:04.120 you are if you sleft tight end deeply enough, Tyler 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.920 Higbee back on the radar, Let's go to the Eagles. 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:11.520 Scott Slime Sanders still dealing with that hammy issue has 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.760 been for weeks now and now Week one is starting 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:16.119 to be in doubt. That's that's not a good sign. 0:08:16.280 --> 0:08:19.000 Slime Sanders. That's his nickname, Miles Sanders. I didn't know 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:23.000 that it might be. I don't know that's his nickname 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:25.440 for a while though, I had never heard that, And honestly, 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:27.760 I'm pretty impressed on myself right now for having figured 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:31.040 out on the fly. Yeah, that's pretty good. Scott plays 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:35.360 with them in a league, by the way, probably, but 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.760 I play that bet everyone pay with During this show, 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:43.640 Miami Dolphins Matt Jalen Waddle has an undisclosed injury and 0:08:43.640 --> 0:08:45.760 has done little more than stretching with the team over 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:47.640 the last week. We've still got plenty of time, but 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.600 it's worth watching for the Vikings tight end Irv Smith 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:53.760 returning to practice, adding some hope that he's gonna be 0:08:53.760 --> 0:08:56.559 ready for Week one because it's a thumb injury, though 0:08:56.559 --> 0:09:00.000 he's not catching passes, just doing individual drills. Vikings are 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:03.880 prove their backup quarterback situation, acquiring Nick Mullins this week, 0:09:03.920 --> 0:09:06.400 which adds some safety to the whole offense and the 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:10.320 Minnesota receivers specifically. And continue to watch the backup runners. 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:12.880 We've said this for most of the past three shows. 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.680 Can A want Ty Chandler as they could eat into 0:09:15.720 --> 0:09:19.079 Alexander Madison's role as the primary backup to Dalvin Cook 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:23.240 Dallas Cowboys. Scott, Yeah, big one here. They lost Tyron 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.200 Smith on their old line who used to be a 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:28.959 beast and still has been good for the last few years. Um, 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.960 it's just a big blow for that old line. Uh. 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.760 The other news is Gallup is going to avoid the pups, 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.040 so they're hoping he'll be ready sometime in the first 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:40.200 four weeks. Clearly with that news, and Jerry Jones said 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:42.720 the team is still gonna run through Zeke, but Paulard 0:09:42.760 --> 0:09:46.000 is going to be involved. And Dak Brescott mentioned Poulard 0:09:46.040 --> 0:09:49.480 as a pass catcher, so maybe maybe Paula will be 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:52.560 pretty flexworthy for you. He was last year. New England 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:56.080 Patriots Matt Damien Harris left practice with this week, also 0:09:56.160 --> 0:09:59.720 with an undisclosed injury. He won't play in the preseason finale. 0:10:00.160 --> 0:10:02.800 Things are shrouded in mystery in New England always with 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:05.640 their running backs. But in my mind right now, I 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:09.959 draft Romande Ramandre Stevenson above Damien Harris right now for 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:13.520 the last two or three weeks, that is where I 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:17.400 think it flipped. Like last week, they're pretty close on 0:10:17.440 --> 0:10:19.880 ADP depending on where you are. Some some to have 0:10:20.120 --> 0:10:23.480 Harris higher still, but yeah, for the Saints, Jameis Winston 0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:26.240 declared himself ready to start Week one. He's recovering both 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:27.720 from an a c L injury from last year and 0:10:27.720 --> 0:10:30.920 a foot injury from this preseason. Michael Thomas has got 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.880 a hamstring injury. He's missed several days of practice, but 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:38.640 presumed ready for the opener. How about the Giants Scott 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.560 so Colin Johnson, who is set to take some starter 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:45.480 snaps towards Achilles uh Darius Tony has both knee and 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.400 hamstring injuries. He's dealing with. Ricky Seels Jones goes to 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.679 injured reserve Sterling Shepard was activated, but he's coming back 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:54.720 from an achilles and and I'm not sure Kenny Golladay 0:10:54.760 --> 0:10:58.040 even exists anymore. So it is se Quon Barkley and 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.080 Daniel Bellinger season in New Has there been a fall 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:05.920 from grace any faster than Kenny Golladays? Mean two years ago, 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.600 he it looked like he was one of the ten 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:11.360 best receivers in the league. I don't know Michael Thomas 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:13.360 has something to say about that. You know, it's a 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:15.600 good point. We'll see how this year goes. But at 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:19.000 least Mike Daniel Belinger is a nice tight end sneaky sleeper. Honestly, 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:21.120 that's true. At least Thomas and they both have had 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:25.040 injury issues, but Thomas has been unable to play. Let's 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:27.960 go to the Titans next man. It's just kind of 0:11:28.000 --> 0:11:31.040 the wide receiver room kind of shaking out. Robert Woods 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:34.400 looks like the pure top wide receiver by a long shot. There, 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:36.959 trail On Burke's finally back on the field though. That's good. 0:11:37.320 --> 0:11:40.600 Nick Westbrook Keen is listed as the starting slot wide receiver. 0:11:40.920 --> 0:11:42.360 But the sneaky wanted to keep an eye on is 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:45.040 Kyle Phillips, who's flashed all the way throughout camp and 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:48.719 he's returning punts really well. Mitch Robiski was named the 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:52.280 starter for the Steelers, although that designation may not last 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:54.320 all that long. Can you pick? It look very good 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:58.520 in the previous uh preseason game, and the Steelers are 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.800 at Cincinnati in week one. It's easy to imagine at 0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:06.760 Cincinnati Steelers get drubbed in week one and that might 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:11.360 be and that maybe that might be the So right now, 0:12:14.480 --> 0:12:21.360 name the starter and then it could be what it's yep, 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:25.959 there we go. Uh, your handcuffed? Naji Harris, by the way, 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:27.960 may not be Benny Snell. Keep an eye on Jalen 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:31.920 Warring about a lot of a lot of extra work. 0:12:32.360 --> 0:12:36.600 Let's go to the Falcons. Scott Kyle Pitts was inducted 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:39.560 into the Pro Football Hall of Fames week after a 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:43.200 fifty two yard catch as a wide receiver. In fact, 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:46.240 it was so good that the Falcons cut fellow wide 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:52.240 receivers Torontowe Allison and autumn Tate Bengals Joe Burrow increasing 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:56.080 practice activity after getting his appendix removed a few weeks ago, 0:12:56.120 --> 0:12:58.959 that's good news. Jeff Wilson gives the appearance of being 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.559 the backup behind Elijah Mitchell. Got all the first team 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:06.040 run on Thursday. Trey Lance played, showed some scrambling ability 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:08.839 and improvisational skills, but really wasn't asked to do a lot. 0:13:09.080 --> 0:13:11.079 And I learned and I not I did not realize this. 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:15.560 Jimmy Garoppolo not allowed to practice with the team. He's 0:13:15.600 --> 0:13:20.720 doing his own practices on a separate field, presumably because 0:13:21.320 --> 0:13:24.360 they don't want him to learn secrets about the team 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:27.480 and then they'll get traded and wanted they don't want 0:13:27.520 --> 0:13:30.160 him injured. They don't want anything to happen. So yeah, 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:35.000 very that's very bizarre. The one year there's no major 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:38.920 preseason injuries too. Yeah, well, now Jim Patrick would like 0:13:38.920 --> 0:13:41.199 to have but yes, almost not. I'll just go to 0:13:41.240 --> 0:13:45.479 the Cardinals. Uh. You know, Benjiman seems to have separated 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:48.280 himself and is likely to be the backup to James Conner. 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.120 That role had had some fantasy value with Chase Edmunds 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.880 last year. People thought it'd be Darrell Williams, but now 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.080 he appears to be a cut candidate. Wow, all right, 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.880 let's let's hit the Jaguars man. Trevor Lawrence targeted christ 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:03.600 In Kirk eight times in preseason game number two. That's 0:14:03.600 --> 0:14:05.960 an insane amount of targets to receive in a little 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.600 less than half of play. He could be in line 0:14:08.640 --> 0:14:11.440 for a lot this year. Also, James Robinson targeting Week 0:14:11.480 --> 0:14:14.120 one for his return to play, so that backfield is 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:16.520 getting murky, and it is getting a little bit murky. 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.360 I don't think Robinson is gonna be a factor, but 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:21.040 we'll find out that Ravens Gus Edwards went on the 0:14:21.080 --> 0:14:24.040 pup list and will miss at least the first month 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:27.800 of the season. Mike Davis is your very possible Week 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:32.040 one starting running back. Going undrafted in virtually all fantasy leagues, 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:35.680 Mike Davis could be your starter there. JK. Dobbins is 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:39.720 trending towards availability, but probably not a workhorse role in 0:14:39.800 --> 0:14:42.840 week one. And then last thing that I need to 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:47.160 mention because we've put this guy on your radar three 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:53.880 weeks ago. Isaiah likely continuing to blow minds. Backup tight end, 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:57.080 fourth round rookie, maybe not even really a tight end 0:14:57.120 --> 0:14:59.160 when you look at him, he's he's a hundred like 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:01.600 higher thirty five. I changed what I said. There's not 0:15:01.680 --> 0:15:04.800 three safe tight ends. There's Mark Andrews, there's Pits, There's 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:09.040 Travis Kelsey and Isaiah likely Isaiah likely. They're gonna Ligne. 0:15:09.600 --> 0:15:12.000 There's no competition on what there's no white outs on 0:15:12.040 --> 0:15:15.200 this team outside of Bateman. They're gonna, like Isaiah likely 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:18.400 likely their number two wide receiver. I'm not I'm not 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:20.280 saying that's out of the question. By the end of 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:24.120 the year, Isaiah likely could be the deep facto number 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:28.200 two receiver, like Kyle Pitts is a receiver in Atlanta, alright, Sure, 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:32.480 Final two teams, Chicago Bears, Scott You just in case 0:15:32.520 --> 0:15:35.520 people heard about Khalil Herbert Gain injured last week going 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:38.480 off on a cart. He was back at practice the 0:15:38.560 --> 0:15:41.120 next day. It was a total non issue. Just in 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:44.280 case you heard about that, all right. And lastly the 0:15:44.360 --> 0:15:48.280 Los Angeles Chargers. Lots of minor camp injuries for the 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:52.280 second tier Chargers. Donald Parham has a hamstring, Favorite Palmer 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:57.720 concussion protocol, Isaiah Spiller ankle injury. Oh, there's a lot 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:00.480 of interesting guys that are riding the find. It looks 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.680 like those starters in l A are going to be 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:05.960 ready to go. Though. I love Josh Palmer had the huge, 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:09.560 the huge, had the huge game preseason game last week. 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:13.240 I'm still very much on board. It's just a concussion. 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:16.960 They're they're not big deals. Put some dirt on that concussion. 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.560 That's right. When we come back, what's happening inside the 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.320 five will tell you about the easiest touchdowns your fantasy 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:26.000 team can get. When we return to Fantasy Football Weekly, 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:55.120 It's Fantasy Football Weekly. Paul Charchie and Guillotine Leagues dot Com. 0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:59.080 Scott Fish and Matt Harrison with you as well. Next 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:03.080 two segments devoted to one of my favorite preseason topics, 0:17:04.040 --> 0:17:09.160 what happens inside the five yard line? Last year there 0:17:09.160 --> 0:17:14.800 were almost six hundred touchdowns from inside the five yard line. 0:17:15.000 --> 0:17:17.000 This is the part where you always make us guessing. 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.479 And I was gonna I was gonna be prepared this 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:29.360 year and very close. There's These are the easy touchdowns 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:32.359 that can propel your fantasy team when you need somebody 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:34.679 to score from distance, Like let's look, get Miles Sanders, 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:37.720 who has to score from distance or just not score 0:17:37.760 --> 0:17:39.800 at all. Well, and then sometimes they just don't score 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.919 it all, as opposed to Boston Scott, who you know, 0:17:43.040 --> 0:17:46.200 picks up these easy touchdowns and they end up scoring giants, 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:49.000 so end up scoring the same fantasy points. By the way, 0:17:49.080 --> 0:17:51.919 I demand that every time Scott's on the show and 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:56.120 Boston Scott is mentioned, you do a Boston accent. Demand 0:17:56.160 --> 0:17:59.720 this say chowder. No, I can't even say it with 0:17:59.760 --> 0:18:06.840 an accent. By the way. You know, so we're from 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.240 where I'm from, you know, up on the Minnesota Iron 0:18:09.320 --> 0:18:11.919 Rage on the border of Canada, where you got Canadian 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:16.680 plus Minnesota. We don't have I don't have any access 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:19.119 up there. They do. We're gonna go through every team, 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.159 tell you the one thing you need to know about 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:26.879 that team's predilections inside the five yard line. And we 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:31.080 begin with the Panthers. Scott, Yeah, yeah, based on last year. 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:33.120 I don't think I can go based on last year, 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:36.440 because the Panthers ran it with Newton and uh Sam 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:38.320 Donald early in the season. If you remember, he was 0:18:38.400 --> 0:18:41.120 running the ball near the goal line constantly. They ran 0:18:41.200 --> 0:18:45.280 ten times and scored seven times inside the five. Very good. 0:18:45.440 --> 0:18:49.560 Baker's run ten times in his career inside the five, 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:52.080 that's not really a thing he does. In fact, he's 0:18:52.080 --> 0:18:54.960 got several kneel downs inside the five. That role is 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:57.959 going to McCaffrey, who back in his full nineteen year 0:18:58.240 --> 0:19:00.680 he had twenty of the two attempt inside the five. 0:19:00.680 --> 0:19:03.600 It's gonna be all McCaffrey. It'll almost certainly be McCaffrey there, 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:06.720 perhaps even as a receiver inside the five. The Panthers 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.240 only through it last year nine times inside the five 0:19:09.280 --> 0:19:14.239 years how many times? Nine times? Let me mention this, 0:19:14.400 --> 0:19:16.119 We talked about it every year. When you do this segment, 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:20.840 you're looking at an ideal conversion rate on on touchdown 0:19:20.880 --> 0:19:23.280 scored on plays that start inside the five is about 0:19:23.280 --> 0:19:26.840 fifty the great You know, the really good effective players 0:19:27.080 --> 0:19:30.280 are at about a fifty percent conversion rate. If you're 0:19:30.320 --> 0:19:33.560 running back with ten carries from inside the five, you'd 0:19:33.560 --> 0:19:36.480 like to see about five touchnowns. So I just want 0:19:36.520 --> 0:19:38.400 to put that out there. Since you brought it up, Matt, 0:19:38.480 --> 0:19:42.200 let's go to the raider. Last year, Josh Jacobs took 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:45.520 thirteen carries inside the five and scored seven times, So 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:48.120 just above that fifty percent mark. That was pretty good. 0:19:48.600 --> 0:19:52.600 Josh McDaniels is the new UH coach in Las Vegas. 0:19:52.600 --> 0:19:56.879 His Patriots offense featured one of the heaviest run attacks 0:19:56.920 --> 0:19:59.240 in the league from inside the five last year, so 0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:01.439 I think Josh Acops might be in a good spot 0:20:01.520 --> 0:20:04.520 to convert a lot of touchdowns this year. People aren't 0:20:04.520 --> 0:20:06.520 talking about him very much. I aren't talking about him, 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:08.360 but this is the kind of data we love from 0:20:08.359 --> 0:20:11.760 inside the five. The Packers former receiver Davante Adams, he 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:15.400 leaves behind the most receptions, most targets, and most touchdowns 0:20:15.440 --> 0:20:18.920 since So ask yourself this, what are the will the 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:22.160 Packers do without Davante Adams? Will they just ask somebody 0:20:22.160 --> 0:20:28.919 else to fill that role, could be um or do 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:31.280 they start running the ball more. This is never, This 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:33.119 is not. For years, it's been a team that runs 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:36.000 much inside the five. They've thrown a lot more. Maybe 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:38.359 there will be some extra opportunity for Aaron Jones and 0:20:38.400 --> 0:20:42.600 a J. Dillon. Let's go to the Washington commanders. What's 0:20:42.600 --> 0:20:45.560 happening inside the five? So Washington passed the ball ten 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:47.800 times inside the five last year to wide receivers and 0:20:47.880 --> 0:20:53.120 tight ends. One completion brutal, So hopefully they run it more. 0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:55.760 They read it twenty three times last year with just 0:20:55.960 --> 0:21:00.280 Gibson alone. He had of their rush attempts in side 0:21:00.280 --> 0:21:02.800 the five, he only converted a third of him though, 0:21:03.359 --> 0:21:12.800 that feels like it's below Um, I'm gonna go check over. Yeah. So, 0:21:12.800 --> 0:21:15.399 so are you saying Brian Robinson right now? Without saying 0:21:15.400 --> 0:21:17.960 Brian Robinson. I like the fact they ran it twenty 0:21:18.000 --> 0:21:20.880 three times inside the five last year, and if Brian 0:21:20.960 --> 0:21:23.800 Robinson has that role and a better conversion rate, And 0:21:23.880 --> 0:21:27.240 I'm just saying you're not really you're not saying I 0:21:27.280 --> 0:21:31.080 don't believe Yes, yes, depending down on this, Yes, and 0:21:31.200 --> 0:21:34.560 Brian Robinson, Yes, that should be good. Matt. What's happening 0:21:34.560 --> 0:21:36.760 with the Buffalo Bills? Inside the five, it's kind of 0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:40.040 a mess. Uh. Devin Singletary and Josh Allen tied for 0:21:40.080 --> 0:21:43.159 the most rushing attempts for the infrared zone for the 0:21:43.200 --> 0:21:47.760 bills of seven apiece. Singletary converted four touchdowns. Allen had three, 0:21:47.840 --> 0:21:50.080 by the way, so that's not bad. Zack Moss but 0:21:50.400 --> 0:21:53.720 also had five carries for three scores. So this is 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:57.160 a true committee approach in the five that makes Buffalo 0:21:57.320 --> 0:21:59.639 even worse on the running back spectrum for me. You 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:02.399 know who not in a committee for carries inside the 0:22:02.440 --> 0:22:06.080 five for Buffalo Josh Allen. Well I mentioned him too, 0:22:06.119 --> 0:22:08.680 and he's like right in the third of all of them. 0:22:08.720 --> 0:22:11.080 So it's like, well, that's great for Josh Allen because 0:22:11.080 --> 0:22:14.040 you're starting for other reasons too. For the Texans, Houston 0:22:14.160 --> 0:22:18.879 ranked last in passes and passing touchdowns and Rex burkehead 0:22:18.960 --> 0:22:22.520 led the entire team in touchdowns from inside the five 0:22:22.680 --> 0:22:26.720 with two. Massive Pierce is going to do that in 0:22:26.720 --> 0:22:29.760 Week one exactly yet. Have you noticed We've managed to 0:22:29.760 --> 0:22:32.760 work in Damian Pierce's name now four times in two 0:22:32.840 --> 0:22:34.879 segments and I don't even played the league with him 0:22:34.960 --> 0:22:39.520 or anything. That's the amazing part. Scott Tell me about 0:22:39.520 --> 0:22:41.800 the Bucks inside the five yard line. So I just 0:22:41.840 --> 0:22:44.640