Fantasy Football 2017 - Starts of the Week, Week 2 Matchups, Players to Watch

There's one loser of the competition, and that person eats something terrible. It's trash because I've won one. Today, here's what's happening. At lunch today, Mike, you are choosing Jason's. Jason, you are choosing Mike's. That is what is happening today. Oh, I like it. Okay? All right. So you are choosing. You're punishing one another. Get ready to eat a big old bowl of mac and cheese. Oh, man. I'm going to put meatballs on your mac and cheese so hard. All right. Brooks, you need to make sure.

All right. Don't you. I'm going to put meatballs on your mac and cheese so hard. Whatever you do, don't get me a cheeseburger. Yeah. Here's some fantasy football news. You want to hear about fantasy football. Breaking news. Odell Beckham Jr. Back at practice today for the first time. Just individual drills right now. He's not going full team. But if he's back at practice, please start this week. I think he starts. I've got more breaking news.

Uh-oh. You know, we joke about Jason being the boom-boom kicker of the week, which is on today's show, right? Like the boom-boom kicker the week? Oh, no. There's only one player in our League of Record that just spent $11 on a kicker. Dang it. I put a bid on him. I knew you would. I knew you would. Jason purchased Stephen Gaskowski. What was your bid, Mike?

It was just like two bucks. I was. I don't care. $11 is what Jason just paid for a kicker. Boom, boom. Guess who my boom boom, boom kicker of the week is? Unbelievable. I bid on him for zero. Look, my team right now, well, let's talk fantasy. What's the next match? This is fantasy. I'm giving them an insight into our league of record where you value kickers the very most of anybody. I don't value kickers the very most, but Andy has taught me this over time when you have to, like what he's doing right now with the David Johnson, sometimes you have to.

buy yourself weekly wins. You have to go, I need to win this week because I'm in a poor matchup. $11. I got him. Yes, you did. Was I second highest? All right. Let's move on to the. Probably. Move on to the matchups. The Tennessee Titans take on the Jacksonville Jaguars. I was. Jaguar. Dang it. That just means Jason overpaid. $43. 43 point over under the Jaguars are two point underdogs at home.

Mario da Bortals, you've got DeMarco Murray. A lot of people really disappointed in DeMarco Murray in week one. Look, I've seen DeMarco Murray play for long enough. I'm not going to put him in that, you know, I think they were disappointed because it was the matchup with Oakland. Yeah, that's why. But the thing is to focus on, Derek Henry didn't do anything either. And DeMarco Murray got the bulk of the touches. That's the important piece of that puzzle. It sucks. You didn't get fantasy output, but Murray is still the guy.

Yes, absolutely. And I believe basically his performance fell into like, I think only one time last year he had under 50 yards in rushing. So Linder Fournette had a great week one, impressive on film and off. He was a beast. T.J. Eldon is practicing in full. We'll be back this week. Chris Ivory spelled Fournette last week. And what was interesting is on quite a few third downs, they put Ivory in to be the pass catcher. I mean, what?

What is the deal with that? If you're going to, if you're going to have a guy who is maybe the past catching is a little iffy, just keep for an ad out there. Right. And you have TJ Yeldon who's. Well, Yeldon didn't play week. Oh, well, that's what I'm talking about. Unlike the Titans of the past and unlike the Buffalo Bills of this year, the Titans wide receivers were targeted 29 times, which was number one in the league. You saw a number of targets go Corey Davis way. I think the.

timetable of Corey Davis's relevance for fantasy was sped up immensely with his week one performance. I'm a big Cory Davis fan. I think Corey Davis is going to have a great year. Wide receiver two capable year. What about Eric Decker though, Mike? That was a disappointing performance fantasy-wise in week one. It certainly was. He was getting some target, some opportunity. It just didn't happen in week one. I actually am downgrading.

all the past catchers. I buy into Jacksonville's past defense. And Decker, Matthews, Davis, none of these guys are top options for you. So this isn't like I'm taking advantage of a matchup. It's I would prefer to bench all of them if I had the firepower on my bench. Yeah, I agree. It's the combination of good, good opposing defense, but also you don't usually know where it's going to go anyways. So I think this is a game where.

DeMarco Murray hopefully rebounds in a big way. I wouldn't want to start a single one of the pass catching options outside of Delaney Walker. Yep. Hards are leave. Jacksonville forced three fumbles last week. You just spoke about their defense. Are you streaming Marioita and are you playing the Jacksonville defense in this game at home against Tennessee? Mario can be very high scoring. Marioita, I think, is an okay stream. Even though you say I don't, I mean, when I.

Half of the equation was Jacksonville, but the other half was just you don't know where the ball's going to go to pick. Is it going to be Decker or Richard Matthews or Corey Davis or Tewan Taylor? You know, they have so many good options there. But, you know, similar to like with the Patriots, when we go, we're not sure if it's going to be Chris Hogan this week or if it's going to be. But you know Tom Brady usually is going to be okay. And I think this is one of those things where Mario de his combination of being a dual threat will allow him to be safe.

I don't have him as, you know, a top five guy this week because of the defense. But if you're streaming an option, I think he's, you know, he's much safer than Andy Dalton this week playing against a difficult match. The problem for the Jaguars, I mean, all those sacks, the offensive line for Houston was an abomination. I mean, okay, I'm talking about week one when I was watching what was happening. I mean, it was a disaster for both Savage and Watson. I mean,

pressure immediately. Calais Campbell was four sacks. Was a dominant. But my point on that is the Titans, much better offensive line. So I don't expect that kind of a defensive performance again from the Jags. I had to choose between Marquis Lee and Ellen Hearns to sign as a flyer, and I chose Marquise Lee this week. Yeah, Lee is the play for this particular matchup.

The Eagles take on the Chiefs this week. You have Carson Wins facing off against Alex Smith, the number one fantasy football quarterback. Chiefs are five and a half point favorites at Arrowhead, 47.5 point over under. You're looking at some opportunity here for both offenses. I think you're going to see, you know, it'll be neat to see what Kareem Hunt can do in his second week. He put up a performance that was nearly double any other fantasy running back in week one. So just I want to preface this, Phil Klan.

Prepare for a bit of a letdown because he's not going to get you 50 fantasy points this week. No, no, but what does he do this week against that Eagles defense? I think he is a great start. He's going to be in my running back one top 12 rankings if he's playing. He's a great running back, great opportunity. And you saw this, I mean, all his production to him, he played, I believe, around 57% of the snaps.

So he can do even more once he's building up the rapport. And Andy Reid has full comfort in leaving him in on third downs. So it's, Kareem Hunt is every week. He's already, every week started for me. For a lot of people where they got Kareem Hunt, though, they are going to have to make a decision. Like, would you play Kareem Hunter? Would you rather play Thai Montgomery against Atlanta? Because those are scenarios that could happen. Yeah, that's a, I think that's a fair point. A really good.

comparison. I would still lean Kareem Hunt by a hair. And the reality is if you've got both those guys, get one in your flex. I mean, you're playing both of those. I have both as a top 10 option for this week. But that being said, I do think that the Eagles defense is underrated. I don't think they get enough credit right now, you know, compared to, say, Jacksonville. And it's like, oh, their defense is awesome. I think the Eagles are a great.

you know, normal streaming. They're not a pushover. That's for sure. I like the opportunity that Alshan Jeffrey has in this game. I nearly made it in my start of the week. Marcus Peters does not shadow. So you're going to be able to put Alshon Jeffrey in positions to succeed. And I think with what we've seen from Carson Wins, this could be an Alshon Jeffrey game. You had the kind of breakaway broken play for Aguilar last week that I don't think anybody expects to happen repeatedly. I would expect Alton Jeffrey to have a better week, too. What do you do with the running back situation?

Philadelphia. Is it hands off? Yep. Okay. No thank you. All right. Aguilar, I think I had mentioned, you know, that because Marcus Peters was there and Alshan's there number one, that maybe Aguilar would be a better second option. But Philip Gaines is there. That's who he's going to be running into. So I'm kind of tempering my expectations on Aguilar for this week as well. New England travels to New Orleans. Wee.

That's the expectation. 56 point over under, six and a half point underdogs. The Saints are six and a half point underdogs. I think this is obviously a game where Tom Brady gets the opportunity to bounce back. I think James White has a great game. I think you see Brandon Cook's exacting some revenge on Sean Payton and unfortunately against me in our League of Record.

What are some sneaky plays from a game that should have some sneaky plays? You know, you saw Tommy Lee Lewis targeted on a couple deep balls last week by Drew Brees. So there has to be some sneaky plays. Yeah, Tommy Lee Lewis is the sneakiest of smarts. I think he's a great DFS.

Yeah, that's the only kind of sneaky start he is. Yeah, because the problem is you don't want to pick him up and take a roster spot because he might be okay this week. One for 50. Right, exactly. I would much rather pick up and play and have Chris Hogan, who people are disappointed with after week one. But the reality was he had down the field targets that just didn't connect. And now he's got a great matchup where the Saints are going to be able to score at home.

against the Patriots. And so then the Patriots are going to be able to score against the New Orleans Saints. You see, this is a great thing for fantasy football. So I think Chris Hogan grabs. I think Chris Hogan gets a touchdown this week. I've got him decently high in my rankings. He is the sneaky start. Who's going to score again? Chris Hogan. Oh, okay. What did I say? Well, I just, you were saying the Patriots are going to score in the Saints. The Saints are going to score in the Patriots. Everybody. Everybody is getting touchdowns. Kobe Fleener.

I like Kobe Fleener a lot. I mean, he's a fine play. Adrian Peterson. No. Actually, if you're looking for rushing touchdowns from Adrian Peterson, maybe you get it, but I think you're going to see double. I'm going to predict it right now going on record. You're going to see double the snaps that Peterson had last week.

So he's going to play 10 snaps. That's not true. You know he had more than that. 12 snaps. I think he'll see 16 to 20. Another sneaky play could be Alvin Camara, especially if they get down at home. You saw the usage. He was in on second downs. He was used in passing situations. I'm excited. He's another one of those guys that I could have answered the quick question with, who are you?

wanting to pay attention to because this is an opportunity to succeed as opposed to on the road in Minnesota. Danny Amidola listed now with a knee injury on top of his concussion. Come on, man. So this is why we like Chris Hogan. Yeah. This is not unexpected from Amandola. But honestly, if Amandola is cleared and he plays, you put him in. I will put him in my lineup. Even if you get a half out of him. Yeah. I will play. Which you will.

You'll get one half, but it'll be productive. The Minnesota Vikings, fresh off of their impressive offensive performance, take on the Pittsburgh Steelers, fresh off their disappointing offensive performance. The Steelers are six point favorites at home in this game, 45 and a half point over under. Vegas is siding with the rusty side of the Pittsburgh Steelers as opposed to any sort of trend. Bradford had a monster week. Big Ben.

got it done in the second half of that match of Dalvin Cook, Lev Bell. Lev Bell's certainly a disappointment in week one. Mike's talked a lot about him having no camp, no opportunity to kind of shake the rust off, but maybe Cleveland just has a very good rushing D. The thing is, the Vikings have a pretty good rushing D as well. Lev Bell, what's the ceiling this week? Is he going to be in your top five? Yeah, he'll be in my top five. But I don't, this will be like one of those weird weeks where he won't be my number one guy. He is right now, but.

I'm already evaluating that situation, but he'll still be in the top five. Oh, geez, that freaked me out. They're really startled me. I know. I tried to guess the pause, and you were not pausing, but I hit the button anyway. Danny Woodhead has been added to IR. So the earliest he can return is week 11. Jeremy Langford has been called up to the active roster. So Langford now joining the Buck Allen, Terrence West, rotation. Mike, good luck getting back into your thought after that. What?