Speaker 1: Hey everybody, It's Wednesday, September eleventh, twenty twenty four. Welcome
Speaker 1: to the NFL Fantasy Football Show where we're just making
Speaker 1: adjustments and trying to get better. It's me and your man,
Speaker 1: MG Marcus Grant, joined by Michael f. Florio and Lakwan Jones.
Speaker 1: We are through week one headed to week two. We
Speaker 1: got a full show for you today. We are previewing
Speaker 1: the entire week to slay and we are giving you
Speaker 1: our fantasy hot takes. We are going to start with
Speaker 1: some fantasy headlines and also sore doubles as a preview
Speaker 1: of the TNF football game. And help us out with that,
Speaker 1: we are bringing in our friend and NFL Network reporter
Speaker 1: Cam Wolf. You can find him on Twitter at Cameron Wolf.
Speaker 1: He is down in South Florida ahead of the Bills
Speaker 1: and the Miami Dolphins, and Cam, let's just jump right
Speaker 1: into it because the big thing that everybody wants to
Speaker 1: know is last week we saw Devon a Chan and
Speaker 1: Raheem Moster both get banged up in that game for
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins. What is the status on the Dolphins
Speaker 1: backfield heading into Week two?
Speaker 2: Yeah, right now, where Moster is ruled out for Thursday
Speaker 2: and Devon a Chan is going to be a game
Speaker 2: time decision, so a Chan will be the one we're watching.
Speaker 2: What his status is leading up to Thursday. I got
Speaker 2: a chance to watch him in practice today. He returned
Speaker 2: back there on the field.
Speaker 3: He looked really good.
Speaker 4: I watched him closely.
Speaker 2: No limp, I didn't spot it. He caught all passes
Speaker 2: and did all drills with the running backs as normal.
Speaker 2: Now they were going like seventy five percent speed on
Speaker 2: a walk through. But he looked like a guy to
Speaker 2: me ready to play in some capacity Thursday. Now with
Speaker 2: the ankle, you're always a little cautious. Does he start
Speaker 2: to play and is limited on a snap count or
Speaker 2: is he able to finish? But as far as him,
Speaker 2: his action looked like a guy ready to play. I
Speaker 2: didn't notice any extra taping or bracing on his ankle,
Speaker 2: and he did finish the game on Sunday. It sounds
Speaker 2: like talking to Mike McDaniel, both of these injuries are
Speaker 2: a little bit subject to the sh short week playing
Speaker 2: Buffalo on Thursday don't get the full time to recover,
Speaker 2: so I wouldn't expect any long gapses for him, and
Speaker 2: I anticipate at this point for you to see some
Speaker 2: version of a Chan tomorrow.
Speaker 5: So cam with a Chan banged up, though, who's the
Speaker 5: next man up that fantasy managers should be running to
Speaker 5: the wire?
Speaker 3: Togain?
Speaker 4: Yeah, that's the big question, right.
Speaker 2: I would estimate that if I was handicapping this situation
Speaker 2: and so many a Chan plays, Jeff Wilson should lead
Speaker 2: the other backs in touches. Jeff Wilson was the guy
Speaker 2: who was active last week. Jalen Wright, I get it.
Speaker 2: He is the high upside play. He's the rookie draft pick.
Speaker 2: He's got crazy speed that fits with Mike McDaniel. He'll
Speaker 2: play this week definitely, and I think he'll have a role.
Speaker 2: But from what I've heard talking to them and kind
Speaker 2: of encamp, Jeff Wilson's just a little further along with
Speaker 2: his knowledge of the scheme and just kind of their
Speaker 2: comfort with him. And so I'd imagine that you see
Speaker 2: Jeff Wilson filling more of the Raheem Mostert role. Now,
Speaker 2: if you don't have a Chan, then maybe Jalen Wright
Speaker 2: assumes the a Chan. But my thought is that Rahem
Speaker 2: Moster's initial backups Jeff Wilson and eight Chan's initial backup
Speaker 2: is Jaylen Wright.
Speaker 4: That is smart usage by the Dolphins. I would say,
Speaker 4: now I'm the one on the show right now wearing
Speaker 4: a Josh Allen shirt, so I have to ask you
Speaker 4: about the team on the other side. And don't think
Speaker 4: we didn't notice the Tyreek and Demorrow Hamlin pictures behind you.
Speaker 3: Awesome eyes.
Speaker 4: How do you think the Bills will attack this Dolphins
Speaker 4: defense this week?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think They're going to try to see how
Speaker 2: healthy Jalen Ramsey's hamstring is. That's what the Jags did
Speaker 2: last week. Of course, Ramsey missed a lot of practice
Speaker 2: as he dealt with the hamstring injury and then obviously
Speaker 2: got the big contract, but they used him a little
Speaker 2: bit on a snapcount last week. He played about seventy
Speaker 2: seventy five percent of the plays, and Brian Thomas Junior
Speaker 2: definitely tested him with a lot of those deep plays
Speaker 2: and he got a touchdown off of them, also got
Speaker 2: a pass in the Ferans penalty, and so I wouldn't
Speaker 2: be surprised if Josh Allen tries to test.
Speaker 4: Them with that deep ball.
Speaker 2: Anthony Weaver is a new defensive coordinator there, and so
Speaker 2: one of the interesting things we saw throughout camp and
Speaker 2: in Week one is they're willing to throw the blitz
Speaker 2: a little bit more than Vic Vangio was. They're willing
Speaker 2: to move their cornerbacks a little bit more than Vic
Speaker 2: Vangil was, and so I think you're gonna see a
Speaker 2: little bit more versatility in that scheme. And they think
Speaker 2: they have some familiarity with Jordan Poyer there, who played
Speaker 2: with Buffalo for the last seven years. There's been a
Speaker 2: lot of talk about him revealing the secrets to how
Speaker 2: to stop Josh Allen. I don't know if he has
Speaker 2: any secrets, but I do know that if Josh gets
Speaker 2: in trouble, as we saw last week, he's going to
Speaker 2: take off with those legs and may leap over a
Speaker 2: Dolphins dB. So I wouldn't be too worried if I
Speaker 2: was a Bills fan as far as that, but the
Speaker 2: Dolphins do think they have some tricks up their sleep.
Speaker 1: Definitely gonna be interesting to watch a huge matchup in
Speaker 1: the AFC East to get things started in week two.
Speaker 1: Check out Cam Wolf obviously see them all week long
Speaker 1: on NFL Network.
Speaker 3: Should be a fun one. Cam appreciate you stopping.
Speaker 6: Bye, Appreciate you fellas.
Speaker 5: Well.
Speaker 1: Let's trot attention to the rest of Week one because
Speaker 1: we've got a whole lot of games to get through
Speaker 1: right now. We will start with the Raiders at the
Speaker 1: Ravens Las Vegas coming off a tough loss. The Ravens
Speaker 1: coming off a tough loss in the season opener as well. Lakwan,
Speaker 1: what are you watching in this one?
Speaker 5: I'm gonna be watching Zamir White, man, because this may
Speaker 5: be another matchup where you're gonna be like, ah, I
Speaker 5: need the Zamir White points. But the Ravens allowed less
Speaker 5: than seventy five rushing yards last week to the Chiefs,
Speaker 5: and the verdict is still out on Zamir White actually
Speaker 5: being productive in this Raiders offense. I mean holding Isaiah
Speaker 5: Pacheko to the rushing yards that they did in the
Speaker 5: offensive total under seventy five rushing yards. You gotta look
Speaker 5: at Zamir White and starting lineups as a question mark
Speaker 5: because you had Alexander Madison, who ran twenty two routes
Speaker 5: and finished as a top twenty Fantasy running back. The
Speaker 5: dude had more Fantasy points than Bijon Robinson in Week one.
Speaker 5: That looks insane, man, and like, even with the opportunities
Speaker 5: less than forty percent of the snaps, Like, I need
Speaker 5: to understand what's going to be happening with Zamir White
Speaker 5: this season.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm big on Alexander Madison this week, same game
Speaker 1: scriptware lends to him getting a whole lot of opportunities
Speaker 1: the Chargers at the Panthers. The Chargers coming off of win.
Speaker 1: The Panthers looked pretty awful this past week, and for me,
Speaker 1: I want to see more from JK.
Speaker 3: Dobbins.
Speaker 1: And look, I'm willing to admit I'm taking the l
Speaker 1: on this one. I didn't think JK. Dobbins was going
Speaker 1: to really be a fantasy relevant option this year, but
Speaker 1: he came out immediately improved that he could be the
Speaker 1: RB one for Jim Harbaugh and Greg Roman in that offense.
Speaker 1: Couple of long breakaway runs. Yeah, he doesn't have a
Speaker 1: long speed right now. I think he's still sort of
Speaker 1: working back up to that, but still looked very explosive
Speaker 1: at times. Did get about sixty percent of the snaps.
Speaker 1: Also a little bit more contributing in the passing game
Speaker 1: as well, so it looks like he could be putting
Speaker 1: Gus Edwards in the back seat and Kamani Viadala. Well,
Speaker 1: he might not be an option for you, at least
Speaker 1: in the very near term, but they like the options
Speaker 1: like the matchup this week against Caroline, and I think JK.
Speaker 6: Dobbins deserves to be in a lot of fantasy lineups.
Speaker 1: In Week two, Saints at the Cowboys, Dallas and New
Speaker 1: Orleans both coming off wins Florida.
Speaker 3: What are you paying attention to.
Speaker 4: That Saints offense? They were able to pick apart the
Speaker 4: Carolina Panthers. But to me, it's kind of like when
Speaker 4: a coach throws like the varsity team against the JV team.
Speaker 4: Obviously the varsity team is going to look amazing. Now
Speaker 4: they got to play not just someone on their caliber,
Speaker 4: someone better than them, I would say, in the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 4: and this really tough defense. So Derek Carr look good.
Speaker 4: I know people are excited about the tight ends. They
Speaker 4: use three tight ends. I'm not excited about any of them.
Speaker 4: But I want to see if the Saints offense can
Speaker 4: respond against a tough defense like the Cowboys. If they do,
Speaker 4: I'll be willing to put more trust in them moving forward.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Derek Carr had a huge game.
Speaker 1: I don't know that anybody believes in Derek Carr necessarily,
Speaker 1: but if he does something this week, I think we
Speaker 1: got to start to pay attention to that one. The
Speaker 1: Buccaneers and the Lions. Tampa Bay looks very explosive. We
Speaker 1: know the Lions can score points. What are you keeping
Speaker 1: your eye on?
Speaker 3: Look?
Speaker 5: One, is Baker Mayfield the real deal? I mean, look,
Speaker 5: he had a awesome showing out there with four touchdowns
Speaker 5: no interceptions, which is kind of rare for Baker in
Speaker 5: his career. He's only done it four times. So I'm
Speaker 5: looking at Baker Mayfield this week, man, like, can he
Speaker 5: do it? Can he put up three hundred plus yards?
Speaker 5: I mean Stafford did it last week, but not that
Speaker 5: many touchdowns, And I'm thinking, can Baker keep the same
Speaker 5: energy going out this week? I mean you, honestly, it
Speaker 5: helps when you have him Mike Evans playing like he's
Speaker 5: twenty three years old again, and when you have Chris
Speaker 5: Godwin back in the slot, and then you have this
Speaker 5: third round pick Jalen McMillan looking like a special player,
Speaker 5: like this is really going to be the game. I
Speaker 5: keep my eye on if this stamps him. As you know,
Speaker 5: Baker Mayfield is a top ten you know fantasy quarterback again.
Speaker 1: I certainly like Baker Mayfield this week also helped they
Speaker 1: got Liam Cohen, a Sean McVay disciple who's running the
Speaker 1: offense out there now in Tampa Bay.
Speaker 3: Moving on to the Colts and the Packers.
Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson got off to a great fantasy start last week.
Speaker 1: The Packers offensively got off to a great start, but
Speaker 1: they lose Jordan Love and for me, the big question
Speaker 1: heading into week two can we trust any of the
Speaker 1: Packers wide receivers? And right now, for me, the answer
Speaker 1: is no, or at least I'm willing to wait and see.
Speaker 1: Jayden Reid was amazing, Christian was able to get into
Speaker 1: the end zone. We saw targets for everybody in the offense.
Speaker 1: But Malik Willis has never proven that he can get
Speaker 1: it done on this level. Obviously a very small sample
Speaker 1: size with his time at Tennessee and got the one
Speaker 1: play at the end of the game there.
Speaker 3: For Green Bay.
Speaker 1: But just a lot of real questions that need to
Speaker 1: be answered, and I'm not sure that I'm willing to
Speaker 1: take a chance on any of the Packers wide receivers. Look,
Speaker 1: maybe you do have to play Jaden Reed because of
Speaker 1: where you drafted him and who else you have on
Speaker 1: that roster. But it's gonna be scary hours right now
Speaker 1: for the Green Bay passing game. This feels like a
Speaker 1: week against Indianapolis where we see the Packers lean on
Speaker 1: Josh Jacobs, maybe Emmanuel Wilson a little bit against a
Speaker 1: run defense. I gave up a lot of yards to
Speaker 1: the Houston Texans last week, but I'd be very, very
Speaker 1: nervous if I had to start a Packer wide receiver
Speaker 1: in Week two. Browns and the Jaguars Neither one of
Speaker 1: these teams really super impressive in Week one, Florio, what
Speaker 1: are you trying to keep an eye on this week?
Speaker 4: I'm wondering if the Jaguars are going to be fantasy crushers,
Speaker 4: not in this sense of like are they going to
Speaker 4: completely flop because I know it was Week one and
Speaker 4: they had a lead and stuff like that, but look
Speaker 4: at how the volume was distributed in Week one. Gabe
Speaker 4: Davis had three targets, Brian Thomas had four, Christian Kirk
Speaker 4: had four, Etn had three, Evan Ingram had four. So
Speaker 4: there's five guys right there that they're spreading the ball
Speaker 4: around pretty equally. And then even in the backfield, right,
Speaker 4: like Travis, Etn is supposed to be this back that
Speaker 4: we could trust. He's gonna get all the work. Twelve
Speaker 4: carries for Etn, twelve carries for Tank Bigsby, and Bigsby
Speaker 4: was the better looking runner of the two in Week one,
Speaker 4: not just the fumble that went out of bounce for Etn,
Speaker 4: but he had forty four rushing yards Etn did. Bigsby
Speaker 4: had seventy three on the same number of carries. If
Speaker 4: work in the backfield and in the passing game is
Speaker 4: this spread out, this is going to be a nightmare
Speaker 4: for fantasy week to week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they said that Tank Bigsby was gonna be more involved.
Speaker 1: I don't think we believed it. No, we probably should
Speaker 1: have believed it. We'll see if this is a short
Speaker 1: term thing or if this really is the way of
Speaker 1: the world in Jacksonville for this year. Forty nine ers
Speaker 1: at the Vikings. Both these teams coming off really nice
Speaker 1: wins in Week one. Now, granted the Vikings got theirs
Speaker 1: against a bad Giants team, but there's a win.
Speaker 3: Nonetheless.
Speaker 1: Uh, for you, Lakwan, anything that you are really focusing.
Speaker 5: On in this world, it feels yucky.
Speaker 6: To talk about your.
Speaker 5: Friends miners like, yeah, that's kind of crazy you put
Speaker 5: that in the show shape for me to talk about it.
Speaker 5: But I like my guy, Jordan Mason, Man put up
Speaker 5: monster numbers against the Jets, So are we going to
Speaker 5: be able to ride this hype train stress free? And
Speaker 5: I think we can.
Speaker 6: Man.
Speaker 5: I think Jordan Mason put on a great showing monster numbers,
Speaker 5: and that forty nine ers oh line created massive holes
Speaker 5: for him to really get busy in those trenches man.
Speaker 5: And there's some upside here with him running sixteen routes
Speaker 5: you only call it one pass, but it's good that
Speaker 5: they're going to be putting him out there to see
Speaker 5: what he can do. So I think if he puts
Speaker 5: up monster numbers against this Vikings defense again, who beat
Speaker 5: up a broken Giants offense, So I'm not really scared
Speaker 5: of this Vikings defense holding Jordan Mason to a limit.
Speaker 5: So it's like, Man, if he opens up this full
Speaker 5: playbook and they lean on him and he puts up
Speaker 5: another massive week, I think the forty nine ers got
Speaker 5: to think about they're going to be putting CMC on
Speaker 5: ir Man to save them later in the season.
Speaker 1: That sounds like ram fan talking, yes, sir, because the
Speaker 1: Rams are very close on the schedule in this one.
Speaker 1: I think that's that's you're talking with your heart happen. Also,
Speaker 1: though they think Brandon and I you probably with more
Speaker 1: snaps this week too. That's one more thing the Vikings
Speaker 1: have to pay attention to defensively, which could go and
Speaker 1: help Jordan Mason, Seahawks and the Patriots. I think everybody
Speaker 1: was surprised to see New England get the win over
Speaker 1: Cincinnati last week. But the thing I'm really looking to
Speaker 1: see is can dk Metcalf bounce back because last week
Speaker 1: was not a great week for him. He ran up
Speaker 1: against Patrick Certan most of the day and did not
Speaker 1: have a great game, just three catches for twenty nine yards.
Speaker 3: This week, though, he might run up on Christian.
Speaker 1: Gonzales, and last week, Gonzales really put the clamps on
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase when they faced off against each other.
Speaker 3: Over the course of the game.
Speaker 1: Chase just three catches for fourteen yards, and afterwards the
Speaker 1: quote was I was gonna let him get a new contract.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I love that.
Speaker 4: Oh my god.
Speaker 1: Now there are no concerns about dk Metcalf playing for
Speaker 1: a new contract right now, but Nonetheless, Christian Gonzalez really
Speaker 1: trying to make a name for himself as one of
Speaker 1: the top corners in the league, and especially at a
Speaker 1: passing game that was not very explosive in Week one.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of folks are hoping that DK
Speaker 1: can bounce back, but the matchup makes me a little
Speaker 1: bit nervous heading into Week two.
Speaker 4: Confident corners are always my favorite players.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's great, man, you talk your stuff. Man,
Speaker 1: he got there and make it happen. Jets and the Titans.
Speaker 1: It was not a great game for Aaron Rodgers in
Speaker 1: week one. Is he who you're watching in week two?
Speaker 4: Florio, Yes, I watched Aaron Rodgers extremely closely in week one,
Speaker 4: like literally every snap. I wasn't watching anything but how
Speaker 4: Aaron Rodgers was moving in the pocket. And look, he
Speaker 4: still has the arms strength, one of the most talented
Speaker 4: throwers of the football to ever walk the planet. But
Speaker 4: I think he moved very awkwardly. I think at the
Speaker 4: first sign of pressure he was looking to bail out.
Speaker 4: And he had a year plug to get ready for
Speaker 4: this game. He now gets a short week before his
Speaker 4: second game is first game where he has to actually
Speaker 4: bounce back from playing. Plus. What I found really curious
Speaker 4: the forty nine Ers blitzed the second lowest rate in
Speaker 4: week one, and they didn't really create all that much pressure.
Speaker 4: I think after seeing what Rogers how he moved, teams
Speaker 4: are probably gonna start blitzing a lot more. The Titans
Speaker 4: definitely blitzed a lot more in week one, they created
Speaker 4: more pressure. How is Rogers going to handle that and
Speaker 4: how is he going to look on a short week
Speaker 4: is something that I'm very concerned about.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's sort of that bounce back.
Speaker 1: Everybody's going to try to figure out how that Achilles
Speaker 1: feels and how can you keep him in the pocket
Speaker 1: and maybe force him to get rid of the ball
Speaker 1: a lot quicker giants at the Commanders. Both teams defensively
Speaker 1: looked pretty awful in week one. Lakwan, what should we
Speaker 1: be paying attention to?
Speaker 5: You have to keep your eye on Wanda Robson. The
Speaker 5: dude had twelve targets thirteen fantasy opportunities because he had
Speaker 5: one rushing attempt. This is a guy that's a dynamic
Speaker 5: player that can honestly get Daniel Jones back on track
Speaker 5: this week going up against this Commander's defense that looks
Speaker 5: to be still trying to figure some things out to
Speaker 5: where this could be a great confidence booster for Daniel
Speaker 5: Jones to get Wando Robinson, who's the security blanket, and
Speaker 5: there's some benefit benefits in fantasy to be a security
Speaker 5: blank I know we both and all remember that the
Speaker 5: Panthers offense was terrible, but Adam Thielen was a top
Speaker 5: ten Fantasy wide receiver the first eleven weeks. That's majority
Speaker 5: of the Fantasy playoffs, so that going into the Fantasy playoffs,
Speaker 5: So we're looking at Rondo Robinson having twelve targets. Man,
Speaker 5: you got to keep your eye on the guy that's
Speaker 5: getting those type of opportunities.
Speaker 1: The target volume is great, the average depth of target
Speaker 1: yeah so great.
Speaker 5: He's a guy that can create out there to catch.
Speaker 1: So if we can split the difference somewhere along the way,
Speaker 1: it's time to see who will deliver.
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Speaker 1: You're talking about the players we think you're gonna have
Speaker 1: big weeks in week two and Lakwan, who do you
Speaker 1: think goes big this week?
Speaker 5: I'm swinging big man. We're going Keenan Allen, and I
Speaker 5: think going up against this Texans defense, there is some
Speaker 5: opportunity for him to have a big week because they've
Speaker 5: given up a ton of big plays last season, and
Speaker 5: last week we saw with Anthony Richardson, there's still some
Speaker 5: concerns there. And look, I know Caleb bombed the debut,
Speaker 5: but so did CJ.
Speaker 3: Stroud.
Speaker 5: I think this is bounced back season for Caleb to
Speaker 5: really get on track to get somebody's time throws because
Speaker 5: the fumble, you're gonna be making some mistakes. They're trying
Speaker 5: to get the timing. And then that first quarter deep
Speaker 5: shot that he took to Allen on his first target,
Speaker 5: I know Allen is hoping to get that on target.
Speaker 5: So there is big playability here this week for Keenan
Speaker 5: Allen going up against this Texan secondary because man, Anthony
Speaker 5: richards showed up and showed down on the deep throws,
Speaker 5: and I think we can get Keenan Allen to the
Speaker 5: end zone in one of these all right now, Florida,
Speaker 5: who you got?
Speaker 4: I love Keenan Allen this week as well, but don't
Speaker 4: call me a homer. I'm going with Devon Chan who
Speaker 4: I'm just gonna say, like last season, he faced the
Speaker 4: Bills twice. First game, eight carries, one hundred and one
Speaker 4: yards two touchdowns, and then the second time he played
Speaker 4: him ten for fifty six with a touchdown. Speed. Look,
Speaker 4: I know speed kills all defenses, but in the past
Speaker 4: speed he particularly killed this Buffalo Bills defense. Trust me,
Speaker 4: I watch it and I get very frustrated. But I
Speaker 4: think a chan as long as he plays in Kem
Speaker 4: Wolf said he expects him to play and kind of
Speaker 4: look like himself out there, I think he is going
Speaker 4: to eat and with no Raheem Moster are and having
Speaker 4: ten full days to recover, as long as he is
Speaker 4: healthy and capable of handling more work, I wouldn't be
Speaker 4: surprised that they put even more on his plate this week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, very interesting to see how they're gonna split things
Speaker 1: up with he Moster already ruled out for Thursday night.
Speaker 1: For me, it's gonna be Dereck Henry, and I know
Speaker 1: it's sort of a disappointing start to his Ravens career,
Speaker 1: just over ten points for him. A lot of that
Speaker 1: was game script. We saw a lot of justice Hill.
Speaker 1: I think game script works the other way this time
Speaker 1: in Henry's favor against the Raider defense that struggled mightily
Speaker 1: against JK. Dobbins and the Charger rushing game. I think
Speaker 1: they're gonna have their hands full trying to slow down
Speaker 1: Dereck Henry and Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 3: I think both those players run.
Speaker 1: Wild, and then late in the game with the Ravens leading,
Speaker 1: You're gonna see a lot of King Henry trying to
Speaker 1: ice the clock and close it out. I think for
Speaker 1: everybody who was left frustrating by Derek Henry last week,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be very happy with your returns this week.
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Speaker 1: Camry Rams at the Cardinals Big showdown in the NFC West.
Speaker 1: And for me, I want to know who steps up
Speaker 1: with Puka Nakua not available now that we know he's
Speaker 1: on injured reserve and out for at least a month.
Speaker 1: The questions are flying, Is it DeMarcus Robinson. I know
Speaker 1: Tyler Johnson was a very popular waiver wire ad. He's
Speaker 1: gonna run a lot of those same routes. If you
Speaker 1: watch the waiver wire hot sauce on NFL Fantasy Live,
Speaker 1: Jordan Whittington's name came out of Adam Rank's mouth, and
Speaker 1: let's look throw out Kobe Parkinson as a nice sleeper
Speaker 1: tight end option running those seam routes, running in the
Speaker 1: middle of the field, so the underneath routes. Matthew Stafford
Speaker 1: is going to obviously Pepper Cooper Cup with targets, barreials,
Speaker 1: they go. I think there's a lot of options. We're
Speaker 1: gonna find out how Sean mcmay is gonna play it.
Speaker 1: Coming up this week, Steelers at the Broncos. Looks like
Speaker 1: we're not gonna get the Russ Wilson revenge game against Denver,
Speaker 1: But what else are you keeping your eye on?
Speaker 4: Truly, when they acquired Russell Wilson, I thought this was
Speaker 4: the game, this was the line for But I'm watching
Speaker 4: to see if we could trust either of these offenses period.
Speaker 4: I mean the Broncos had no one useful in Week one.
Speaker 4: I know Cortlan Sutton got a lot of volume, but
Speaker 4: their backs were splitting it. Bo Nick struggled. He had
Speaker 4: the rushing touchdown for them. And then with the Steelers, Yeah,
Speaker 4: maybe you could trust Naji Harris for volume, but they
Speaker 4: were using three running backs justin fields led them in rushing.
Speaker 4: George Pickens is the only one I feel confident about
Speaker 4: because he'll get downfield targets, but even he was coming
Speaker 4: off the field way more than I'd like to see.
Speaker 4: Pat Fryarmuth was basically getting running back air yards on
Speaker 4: his throws. So Arthur Smith again, I don't really feel
Speaker 4: good about either of these offenses. Again, for me, it's
Speaker 4: George Pickens or Buss probably for both of these teams.
Speaker 3: Yeah, just a buh. That's kind of how I feel
Speaker 3: about it.
Speaker 1: Bengals and the Chiefs LaQuan, they played some really great
Speaker 1: playoff games against one another here in the regular season.
Speaker 3: What are you keying on Xavier Worthy?
Speaker 5: Can he make another splash this week? And I think
Speaker 5: he can because the Bengals defense allowed the most big
Speaker 5: plays last season. So what do we really think Patrick
Speaker 5: Mahomes is about? To do with Xavier Worthy lighting it
Speaker 5: up on the perimeter. I mean, the Bengals defense has
Speaker 5: a ton of distractions to deal with this week. You
Speaker 5: have to still worry about Travis Kelsey killing you in
Speaker 5: the middle. You have Rashid Rice that's going to be
Speaker 5: a guy that's going to be getting the yards after
Speaker 5: to catch. So there's a lot of concern here. And
Speaker 5: Xavier Worthy, He's going to leave a couple of guys
Speaker 5: in the dust at the Bengals defense keeps playing this way.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it looks like a big play waiting to happen.
Speaker 1: I don't know how many touches he gets, but he's
Speaker 1: going to be explosive whenever he has the ball in
Speaker 1: his hands. Sunday Night Football, it's the Bears and the
Speaker 1: Texans game Number two for Caleb Williams. He's a number
Speaker 1: two for CJ.
Speaker 3: Stroud.
Speaker 1: I just want to know if the Bears offense is
Speaker 1: going to look any better. Obviously it did not go
Speaker 1: great for them offensively. The defense helped carry them to
Speaker 1: a win, and it just sort of felt like a
Speaker 1: lot of rookies right. The game is a lot faster
Speaker 1: at this level than it was at the college level,
Speaker 1: but we have seen Kayleb Williams have a lot of success,
Speaker 1: very capable, smart quarterback. We want to see how the
Speaker 1: Bears make adjustments. I know, Lakwan you said you liked
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen. I think there's opportunities for he for DJ Moore.
Speaker 1: The Texans defense certainly no slouch at all. But I
Speaker 1: do think that we're gonna see some different changes, some
Speaker 1: different looks in the offense, and we'll see if this offense.
Speaker 6: Could be a little bit more productive than what we
Speaker 6: saw in Week one.
Speaker 3: Monday Night Football.
Speaker 1: It is a battle of the birds, the Falcons at
Speaker 1: the Eagles, Florio, what is your focus here?
Speaker 4: Will kirk Cousins take more than three steps? Because, like
Speaker 4: you know, like when you cut the back of your
Speaker 4: heel and like en choose and you're trying not to move.
Speaker 4: That's how kirk Cousins played quarterback like. He did not
Speaker 4: leave the pocket, he did not scramble, there was no
Speaker 4: play action, and at no point was he putting his
Speaker 4: back to the defense. He can extend plays with his legs.
Speaker 4: The air yards was extremely low. I get it. He
Speaker 4: is less than a year, not even close to a year,
Speaker 4: fully removed from the torn Achilles. We should have had doubts,
Speaker 4: and some of us did, but like it, last week
Speaker 4: was as bad as it possibly could have been. And
Speaker 4: now I know it was TJ. Watton Steelers and they're
Speaker 4: not gonna face them every week. But the Eagles upfront
Speaker 4: can create pressure themselves, so big, Michael Panics, you are
Speaker 4: on notice right now.
Speaker 3: I'm hopeful.
Speaker 1: I'm hoping that Kirk Cousins bounces back this week, if
Speaker 1: for no other reason, for Kyle Pitts and Drake London.
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Speaker 1: time now for hot takes. We're gonna get spicy as
Speaker 1: we finish out the show. Lakwan make it hot.
Speaker 5: Ooh, I'm bringing a heat once again this week. Fire
Speaker 5: content only Greg Dorch going up against my Rams. It's
Speaker 5: gonna finish as a top fifteen wide receiver because, man,
Speaker 5: we are established he's Kyler's most reliable target. I think
Speaker 5: we kind of know this, but man, we're looking at
Speaker 5: this Rams pass rush and I think that Kyle would
Speaker 5: zone in on doors to kind of be that guy
Speaker 5: that can conver keep these drives alive. We already know
Speaker 5: that Kyler Murray and Greg Dorsch has the chemistry, so
Speaker 5: I'm going to predict he might even sneak in for
Speaker 5: a touchdown this week. Man, you guys got to joint
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Speaker 3: Slumber said, Lam, what are we talking about?
Speaker 4: Let's go. Man. Hey, if he's if you're right, all
Speaker 4: credit to you, But I don't. I don't think I'm
Speaker 4: taking this ride with you.
Speaker 3: No, how spicy are you getting? Floria.
Speaker 4: So one of the fourteen receivers ahead of Greg Dortch
Speaker 4: this week will Belk Neighbors. I'm not backing off after
Speaker 4: one game. I know Milik Neighbors was upset that he
Speaker 4: didn't get the ball more. They're already talking in New
Speaker 4: York like, why was he not getting the ball?
Speaker 6: More?
Speaker 4: I think Brian Dable and the staff are going to
Speaker 4: watch the tape and the stats show it as well.
Speaker 4: He was the only Giants receiver that had a positive
Speaker 4: EPA went targeted, which means every other player when you're
Speaker 4: throwing the ball to you are losing value except from
Speaker 4: Elik Neighbors. He gets the Commanders who just allowed four
Speaker 4: touchdowns last week, allowed the most yards and touchdowns to
Speaker 4: wide receivers, and Daniel Jones actually has a history of
Speaker 4: success against them. So I was wrong last week predicting
Speaker 4: the Neighbors breakout. I think it happens this week.
Speaker 6: I would love to see it.
Speaker 1: As for me, Baker Mayfield is going to be the
Speaker 1: top passer in the NFL. This week we saw Bake
Speaker 1: Bake come out and do very good things against the
Speaker 1: Washington Commanders. Yes, the Lions are a better defense than
Speaker 1: Washington is, but I think between going to Mike Evans
Speaker 1: working Chris Godwin out of the slot, I like Jaln
Speaker 1: McMillan as a sleeper. This is going to be a
Speaker 1: back and forth game, a high scoring contest. I think
Speaker 1: Baker stays hot for the first two weeks of the
Speaker 1: season and he's going to be your QB.
Speaker 6: One when it is all said and done. So there
Speaker 6: you go.
Speaker 1: Those are our hot takes for Week two. In the meantime,
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