Speaker 1: Hey everybody, It's Thursday, September fifth, twenty twenty four. Welcome
Speaker 1: to the NFL Fantasy Football Show where we're back Baby.
Speaker 2: It's being your Man.
Speaker 1: Name j Marcus Grand joined by Michael Flooryo and Lakwan Joe.
Speaker 1: They special short episode here on Thursday as we get
Speaker 1: ready for Chickoff Ravens Chiefs tonight. We've got Packers and
Speaker 1: Eagles from South Paulo on Friday, so we'll dive into
Speaker 1: some of our week one calls.
Speaker 2: We'll give you.
Speaker 1: Our top scores, we'll give you our favorite sleepers and
Speaker 1: the guys the Baby will let you down in Week one.
Speaker 1: But first, fellas, let's get started with a fantasy headline,
Speaker 1: and it's the same headline now that it has been
Speaker 1: for the last couple of days. Mostly keeping an eye
Speaker 1: on Jamar Chase and his situation, Floryo. As you pointed
Speaker 1: out before the show, the latest we have seen is
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase in pads, crossing the street, presumably without the
Speaker 1: help of a crossing guard as the Bengals go from
Speaker 1: their workout facility to their actual practice field. Still don't
Speaker 1: know officially if he's going to be there for the
Speaker 1: Bengals season opener, they certainly have not come to any
Speaker 1: sort of contract agreement at the time of this recording.
Speaker 1: So Flora, I mean, I'll ask you, is there any scenario,
Speaker 1: Let's say he does somehow play, but we don't find
Speaker 1: out until maybe before kickoff.
Speaker 2: Is there any scenario where you bench Jamar.
Speaker 3: Chase if Jamar Chase plays, And I think it's learning
Speaker 3: to look more and more likely. Like I mean, back
Speaker 3: at practice two days in a row, Joe Burrow has
Speaker 3: already said like he kind of expects him to be
Speaker 3: out there, at least I read that last night. So
Speaker 3: I think if Jamar Chase plays, you play him in
Speaker 3: fantasy unless you have another stud option that you just like.
Speaker 3: If you're in like a shallower league than anything like
Speaker 3: twelve team or deeper, I think you roll with Chase.
Speaker 3: My personal conundrum Nicolette's team, I have to decide do
Speaker 3: we start Jamar Chase or do we go Rashid Rice,
Speaker 3: who I do consider to be kind of a stud
Speaker 3: on the bench. So I've been going back and forth
Speaker 3: on that. If you're in that kind of situation, maybe
Speaker 3: you could get away, but otherwise I.
Speaker 2: Think you have to go Chase. Nothing more.
Speaker 1: Stressful than having to set the significant others, would you play.
Speaker 3: Rice or Chase? Because I'm asking everyone.
Speaker 4: That I was about to jump in, like that's the
Speaker 4: scenario I had as an example where I'd rather play
Speaker 4: Rice if you're worried about that slow start against a
Speaker 4: really good defense like the Patriots are still one of
Speaker 4: those defenses you have to prepare for, and that's kind
Speaker 4: of probably why he's been at practice these last two
Speaker 4: days to prep for this game. So it's like if
Speaker 4: you have like another option that you could feel in
Speaker 4: because like a great example of having like a Cooper
Speaker 4: Cup or a Nico Collins as like you're one two
Speaker 4: three with Chase and it's like those are scenarios where
Speaker 4: like you could just plug and play both of those
Speaker 4: guys because they have.
Speaker 5: Favorable matchups this week and it's only week one.
Speaker 4: Like I'm not trying to be too stressed out saying
Speaker 4: line like I'm trying to enjoy football this week, so
Speaker 4: like avoid the headaches, man, Like, if you have other options,
Speaker 4: I'm starting the man, especially if the matchups are.
Speaker 2: Great, especially with y'all talk about Rashet Rice.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's like a field goal or two might be
Speaker 3: enough to beat the Patriots.
Speaker 2: You're not wrong about that. At least she Rice too.
Speaker 1: There's no Marquise Brown, so that potentially means more opportunity.
Speaker 2: For but she has my homes, so we got that
Speaker 2: stuff going on.
Speaker 1: Then it's there, it's done. It's a wrap. You're starting
Speaker 1: with sheet Rice for sure. All let's get let's get
Speaker 1: into some of our big calls for week one. We're
Speaker 1: gonna start big. We're gonna start with club dub. Normally
Speaker 1: club dubs, the guys we think you're gonna score twenty
Speaker 1: points or more. But let's go with who we think
Speaker 1: is gonna be maybe the top scorer of the week.
Speaker 2: Maybe it's a quarterback, maybe it's a wide receiver. Who
Speaker 2: will let me know who it is, Lakwan, Who is
Speaker 2: your number one scorer this week?
Speaker 5: It's Josh Allen. Man, this is Florio's guy.
Speaker 4: So I was just so surprised not to see him
Speaker 4: on your list on the show, sheet Man. But this
Speaker 4: Arizona Cardinals defense is trash. It's still trash.
Speaker 5: No notable additions.
Speaker 4: I mean, like Josh Allen's gonna go out there and
Speaker 4: like we were talking about it yesterday at breakfast of
Speaker 4: him putting that narrative, narrative, you know on his side
Speaker 4: for MVP, where it's like he's gonna go out there
Speaker 4: and show that he's still one of the elite quarterbacks
Speaker 4: out there, and like you're looking at this Cardinal secondary.
Speaker 4: They've been struggling, you know, from last season, and so
Speaker 4: it's like you have Curtis Sam, you have Kean Coleman,
Speaker 4: you have Close Shakir. So this is going to be
Speaker 4: a defense that's gonna have a headache with this Joe
Speaker 4: Brady offense. Man, Like they were four and most fancy
Speaker 4: points allowed to quarterbacks third and most touchdowns to quarterbacks
Speaker 4: top ten and most rushing yards allowed to quarterbacks last season.
Speaker 5: Josh Allen's going to be the Club dub winner this week.
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be so many points scored in
Speaker 1: that game. I like pretty much all the major pieces
Speaker 1: on both sides in that one.
Speaker 5: Some great matchups.
Speaker 1: Okay, so wait, now, Lakwan picks a Bill Florida, you
Speaker 1: pick a Ram. What the hell is happening on this
Speaker 1: show right now?
Speaker 3: Not only like I know where this is an audio
Speaker 3: only show, but that's the sound of the money gun.
Speaker 3: I still have the money gun from Club dub baby,
Speaker 3: I gotta pick this all up now, and yeah, that's
Speaker 3: but you heard it. Yeah, I'm going with Cooper Cup.
Speaker 3: I might not be a Rams fan, but I love
Speaker 3: me some Cooper Cup. And he is healthy. He was
Speaker 3: a wide receiver one down the stretch last year. And
Speaker 3: look when the Lions played the Rams in the playoffs,
Speaker 3: Matthew Stafford threw for three sixty seven and two. I think,
Speaker 3: just with everyone healthy, this is going to be one
Speaker 3: of the highest scoring games of the week. I went
Speaker 3: with the safe my safe pick here though, because the
Speaker 3: other name I was pretty I almost I had it
Speaker 3: typed out and then deleted. It was Malik Neighbors. But
Speaker 3: I thought that might be a little bit too bold
Speaker 3: for week one. I have a very bold prediction coming
Speaker 3: out later this week with him. But give me Cooper Cup.
Speaker 3: I think he eats in week one.
Speaker 1: All right, So you're taking Cooper Cup, I'm gonna take
Speaker 1: the guy on the other side of that game, because
Speaker 1: this is what you're gonna hear.
Speaker 2: If you're you're guarding this man, it's probably what you're
Speaker 2: gonna hear, very very.
Speaker 1: Quietly, whispered Jamar ch Jaalen Waddell DeVonta Smith, Kadarius Tony,
Speaker 1: Rashad Bateman, Elijah Moore, Rondelle Moore, Dwayne Escrits two too well,
Speaker 1: Terrace Marshall Junior, Josh Palmer, Theammi Brown, a, Mario Rodgers,
Speaker 1: Nico Collins, Anthony Schwartz, Deskits Patrick It's I'm on Ross
Speaker 1: Saint Brown listing off the names of all the guys
Speaker 1: who were drafted ahead of him. I mean, he has
Speaker 1: been an absolute stud. Look at that draft class. Really,
Speaker 1: Jamar Chase is the only one that really compares to
Speaker 1: him statistically so far in his career. He's gonna He's
Speaker 1: gonna light it up again and what's gonna be one
Speaker 1: of the higher scoring, more entertaining offensive games of the week.
Speaker 1: So give me ursba as Adam Rank or Patrick Claibonn
Speaker 1: might call him at this point. Moving on to the
Speaker 1: category we're calling the snore Lax, which made me chuckle
Speaker 1: when I saw it on the show sheet. It is
Speaker 1: our favorite Week one sleeper. Who are who are folks
Speaker 1: sleeping on this week?
Speaker 4: Lakwan oh Man, the Mario Douglas Man one hundred percent, man,
Speaker 4: I love this matchup like it's so juicy to where
Speaker 4: like I wish I could force him into some of
Speaker 4: my starting lineups this week, because man, you're looking at
Speaker 4: the Cincinnati Bengals defense man, they have absolutely been on
Speaker 4: the trash radar as well, especially coming from a guy
Speaker 4: that's going to be playing the slot, and both of
Speaker 4: their starting linebackers are terrible in covers. They allowed a
Speaker 4: seventy three percent and seventy eight percent completion rate when
Speaker 4: they're targeted. And you have a guy that's approven playmaker
Speaker 4: in this Patriots offense that can create after to catch
Speaker 4: sixty percent of his yards after to catch. Man, that
Speaker 4: is top five in the NFL. With notable guys like
Speaker 4: Deebo Samuel, you have guys like Rashid Rice, Like this
Speaker 4: is a top tier playmaker here that's going undrafted in
Speaker 4: a lot of leagues. So he is the Snorlax as
Speaker 4: Floria would say this week for me.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Pop Douglas Man. I think when we talk about
Speaker 1: Patriots receivers, his name hasn't come up a lot, but
Speaker 1: he does have a really good opportunity in this offense. Uh,
Speaker 1: you are going with a rookie as your your sleeper
Speaker 1: of the week, Floria, Yeah, get.
Speaker 3: The poke flute out. I think that's what it was called.
Speaker 3: You need to wake up to wake up snoorlax. I
Speaker 3: like Brian Thomas Junior this week because look, I know
Speaker 3: he was drafted a lot of teams, but he's probably
Speaker 3: sitting on a lot of benches out there, and I
Speaker 3: was just thinking about, like, what game I think could
Speaker 3: be really high scoring this week and Dolphins Jags outside
Speaker 3: of a couple of primetime games, I think figures to
Speaker 3: be one of the most high scoring games of the week.
Speaker 3: And if Dolphins are putting up lots of points, like
Speaker 3: I expect, the Jags are gonna have to throw the ball.
Speaker 3: They'll probably take a couple of deep shots. I think
Speaker 3: that'll go to Brian Thomas Junior. I'm hoping it's not
Speaker 3: Gabe Davis that kind of comes in and steals all
Speaker 3: of those targets. But Thomas, we know could play and
Speaker 3: everything obviously, like if you have Christian Kirk, you know
Speaker 3: to play him. But I think Thomas, if he is
Speaker 3: the number two wide receiver in terms of targets, has
Speaker 3: a chance to go out and have himself a sneaky
Speaker 3: big game.
Speaker 2: I'm curious to watch Brian Thomas.
Speaker 1: I had him projected just kind of for a mild
Speaker 1: medium total or whatever, but I think if he scores
Speaker 1: a touchdown that can certainly change. And I like Evan
Speaker 1: Ingram And speaking of tight ends, my sleeper for the
Speaker 1: week is noa Fan and I like this one. I'm
Speaker 1: starting to get excited about the Seahawks offense. I'm starting
Speaker 1: to get excited about what Ryan Grubb can bring and
Speaker 1: at Washington he really did like featuring the tight end,
Speaker 1: like using him over the middle of the field. And
Speaker 1: Fans is still an athletic player, has just never really
Speaker 1: been in a great situation offensively. A lot of his
Speaker 1: competition has gone no more Will Disley, no more Kobe Parkinson,
Speaker 1: so you don't have to worry about snare sharing those
Speaker 1: snaps and targets. So I think though Fan gets off
Speaker 1: to a good start, especially against the Broncos, who were
Speaker 1: absolutely awful. There was one thing that we knew last year.
Speaker 1: Start your tight ends against the Denver Broncos. They will
Speaker 1: probably be a little bit better this year, but I'm
Speaker 1: still willing to take that shot in the early part
Speaker 1: of the season.
Speaker 2: So those are sleepers for Week one.
Speaker 1: Now let's talk about the guys who will be the duds,
Speaker 1: the big name players who may leave you disappointed.
Speaker 2: And Lakwan, you went really really big here.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna go with Justin Jefferson, man, And like,
Speaker 4: I'm not telling you to go out there and bench him.
Speaker 4: I just want your expectations to be in order because
Speaker 4: his quarterback is Sam Darnold. And this Giants defense, man,
Speaker 4: this defensive line is under rated right now. They added
Speaker 4: Brian Burns, which is going to be a huge addition
Speaker 4: for them to get into the sack category because that's
Speaker 4: where they were at the bottom of the table. And
Speaker 4: then they bring over defensive coordinator Shane Bowen from the Titans. Man,
Speaker 4: and we already know that Titans defense kept guys out
Speaker 4: of the end zone. So I'm not really banking on
Speaker 4: Justin Jefferson to be lighting it up this week. So, man,
Speaker 4: this is going to be a hard game, you know,
Speaker 4: for Justin Jefferson with Sam Darno as his quarterback.
Speaker 3: Justin Jefferson, you heard it here.
Speaker 2: First, I didn't say that panic there will be in
Speaker 2: the Twitter streets.
Speaker 1: Just just panic in the Twitter streets if Justin Jefferson
Speaker 1: does not get off to a good start, for sure.
Speaker 1: So I said, I like the Seattle offense, but now
Speaker 1: you're saying that one of their guys is going to
Speaker 1: be a dud Florio.
Speaker 3: I hope I'm wrong on this because I have him
Speaker 3: on a whole bunch of teams and I think he
Speaker 3: is going to have a breakout season. But DK metcalf
Speaker 3: has to line up opposite of Pat Sartan in Week
Speaker 3: one and shout out to Certain he got that Terry
Speaker 3: Rozier money.
Speaker 2: Hey, I'm stealing that bit.
Speaker 3: By the way, anytime an NFL player signs, I'm finding
Speaker 3: a mediocre NBA player who makes the exact same amount
Speaker 3: of money. But DK like he easily could have a
Speaker 3: big game if he catches like a long touchdown or
Speaker 3: something like that. But not only am I worried about Certain,
Speaker 3: I'm worried about the fact that the Broncos really struggled
Speaker 3: against the run last year. So I'm thinking this is
Speaker 3: a Kenneth Walker game. I think he's in for a
Speaker 3: big Week one in a big season. I still think
Speaker 3: you start DK, just like Lakwan said with Justin Jefferson,
Speaker 3: just don't be surprised if he disappoints. And the thing
Speaker 3: is for DK, he's no one's won, he's most people's two,
Speaker 3: and in my bills, he's my three in a lot.
Speaker 3: So I'm okay taking the boombus risk with him as
Speaker 3: a three this week. But yeah, just just temper your
Speaker 3: expectation a little.
Speaker 1: Bit, so instead of a full cup of coffee, you
Speaker 1: may be getting some decaf metcalf in. We want just
Speaker 1: be prepared for that one.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 1: With that, we're gonna keep this big name wide receiver
Speaker 1: theme going. And I'm gonna say, Amari Cooper is gonna
Speaker 1: be a frustrating start in week one.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: We remember the end of the season and he was
Speaker 1: so much better with Joe Flacco at the end of
Speaker 1: the year versus with Deshaun Watson in the early part
Speaker 1: of the year. And you know, there has not been
Speaker 1: a whole lot of positive chatter around Deshaun Watson's on
Speaker 1: field performance, certainly in past season, but even in this
Speaker 1: this offseason, we haven't seen a lot of them. Just
Speaker 1: there's not a lot to really hang your hat on
Speaker 1: with this group. Throwing the fact that you've got a
Speaker 1: cowboy pass rush that is going to be fierce, You've
Speaker 1: got a very aggressive ballhawking secondary, and yeah, it's.
Speaker 2: A little bit of an a mari Cooper revenge game.
Speaker 1: But you know, I just have a feeling that it
Speaker 1: may be tough to get the football to him. I
Speaker 1: don't know there's gonna be a lot of points scored
Speaker 1: in this Cowboys Browns game. I think it's going to
Speaker 1: be one of the lower scoring games of the week.
Speaker 1: So there will be better games for a Marii Cooper.
Speaker 2: I just don't think they happen in Week one.
Speaker 1: But sort of like your point there with DK Metcalf Florio,
Speaker 1: Cooper's not going to be a wide receiver one for
Speaker 1: a lot of teams.
Speaker 2: He's a secondary option.
Speaker 1: So maybe you have somebody on your bench in shallower
Speaker 1: leagues that you like better, or maybe there's just a
Speaker 1: way to kind of flex him and try to mitigate
Speaker 1: what could be a disappointing day for Mary Cooper.
Speaker 3: Cooper might be the wide receiver I have on most rosters,
Speaker 3: so that one made me very sad.
Speaker 4: Oh starting line side note though, why isn't Joe Flacco
Speaker 4: a starting quarterback in the NFL? Because, like you mentioned
Speaker 4: that A Marii Cooper was so much better, which he
Speaker 4: was with Joe Flacco, So it's like, why didn't the
Speaker 4: Raiders or somebody pick him up. Man like Devonte Adams
Speaker 4: will be a first round pick if Joe Flacco is
Speaker 4: starting quarterback going into no.
Speaker 1: I mean, maybe you don't want a guy who was
Speaker 1: napping on the bench because you know he was up
Speaker 1: because he was up all night with the Like I
Speaker 1: get it. Like I'm not hating, like I understand, I
Speaker 1: understand how that goes. But you know, it's kind of
Speaker 1: hard hard to expect out of your starting quarterback.
Speaker 2: For sure.
Speaker 1: It's a short show we're doing, Like we're gonna do
Speaker 1: some short shows for you during the week, and not
Speaker 1: everyone will be the fully loaded shows that we normally do.
Speaker 1: Before we get out of here, Floyd, I'll start with
Speaker 1: you any last minute advice to get folks ready for
Speaker 1: week one, the big one.
Speaker 3: Take a Thursday night and Friday night players out of
Speaker 3: your flex spot. Put them in your wide receiver or
Speaker 3: running back spot. I know it's week one and we
Speaker 3: don't have to worry about injuries as much, but it's
Speaker 3: just a good habit to get into to just in
Speaker 3: case you ever have to sub one someone in or out.
Speaker 3: But I think when it comes to week one and
Speaker 3: I look, I tell people to draft rookies all the
Speaker 3: time and to take upside shots and stuff like that,
Speaker 3: But I think when it comes to setting your week
Speaker 3: one lineup, if you're debating between two players and one
Speaker 3: has like a clear cut safe role in their offense
Speaker 3: and the other one, we're not really sure of, go
Speaker 3: with the safer option in week one because we're figuring
Speaker 3: out so much. I know, we all talk like we
Speaker 3: know all the answers to the test, but the first
Speaker 3: couple of weeks we learn so much about usage and
Speaker 3: play calling and everything that if you have a guy
Speaker 3: that has guaranteed touches and guaranteed volume, I I'm opting
Speaker 3: to play those players in week one. I'll take my
Speaker 3: upside chances a little bit later in the season, but
Speaker 3: right now, I think if you want to start one
Speaker 3: to know, and a good way of doing that is
Speaker 3: just getting guys that you know are gonna be touching
Speaker 3: the ball and stepping on the field.
Speaker 4: Any tips from you will Kwan enjoy week one, go
Speaker 4: with your gut, getting the habit of going with your gut,
Speaker 4: and don't overthink it.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 4: It's just week one, man. I just want to enjoy
Speaker 4: the games this week I've said this so many times
Speaker 4: to like my friends, and they're texting me about, oh,
Speaker 4: should I start, Like dude, no, man, just enjoy the game.
Speaker 4: It's week one to get football back for the next
Speaker 4: five months. Man, I don't want people stressing out setting
Speaker 4: their lineups like this should be Christmas Day today. You
Speaker 4: know we're getting football that count. So man, go with
Speaker 4: your guys that you drafted, that you're excited about, and
Speaker 4: have fun.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say you just sort of treat it like
Speaker 1: the cheesecake factory menu, right, Like pick the thing you
Speaker 1: want and just close it. Don't sit there and like
Speaker 1: keep looking over stuff and overthinking it and that sort
Speaker 1: of thing.
Speaker 2: Also, there is a Friday game. Remember that too.
Speaker 1: If you have any Packers or Eagles, they play on Friday.
Speaker 1: It's not just Thursday to Sunday and Monday. Remember that
Speaker 1: and make sure you are paying attention to have some
Speaker 1: lineup set for the Friday games if you have any
Speaker 1: of those players that you want to start.
Speaker 2: So there you go. It is live now.
Speaker 1: The next time we talk to you, there will have
Speaker 1: been real football played.
Speaker 2: So get excited, get ready for it.
Speaker 1: It is going to be a long, but fun and
Speaker 1: hopefully prosperous season for a whole lot of folks out there.
Speaker 1: But that'll do it for this special edition of the
Speaker 1: NFL Fantasy Football Podcast.
Speaker 2: They happy, safe and healthy, do good and live well.
Speaker 1: Enjoy football tonight everybody, and we will talk to you
Speaker 1: again real soon.
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