Week 1 Matchups + Clyde Debuts, In-or-Out - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/11

podcast, an exclusive podcast for Jointhefoot.com supporters after the Friday practice reports come out. Betts is putting out a 15-minute quick injury update podcast. So if you want to get that, go to join the foot.com. He said, I do think he can play. It's a matter of whether he decides to get an injection. He's not expecting him to practice, though. How much confidence can you really have going into Monday night? If you don't have a pivot on Monday night, you can't.

play court no no no because of the monday night you got a look you got to bail out and maybe uh maybe this changes things for jerry judy so i'll that's the bigger question to me jason is it i guess we should be talking about sutton but i want to talk about jerry judy because he's the new exciting rookie are you more more likely to put jerry judy in a lineup as a flex play now um i i don't i don't yet

I mean, I was already willing to put him into the lineup, so I am willing. But I don't look at this injury and say, now I have to start Jerry Judy. It's a tough matchup. They've got the Titans. And that's part of why I'm not going to trust Sutton, week one, not knowing, you know, first of all, whether he'll be there. And second, how it will impact his production in a tough matchup. You have to pivot.

Noah Fant, a better play because of potentially more target share? He's interesting, yeah. Mike Evans, what's the latest on the hamstring? So this one really sucks. He was back at practice on Friday, but the matchup we've seen Mike Evans kind of be stinky stink against the New Orleans Saints and Marshawn Lattimore. So what did he have? He had a full-on goose. Yeah, he may have done that. And then four for?

Look, it was bad. It was bad. Let's move on to the future. Tough matchup, hamstring injury. I don't like it. I'm probably still playing him. It sounded like you were not going to play him. And then you ended with, but I'm probably going to play him. It's difficult week one. Yeah. Not to play who you drafted. It's one of the biggest challenges that fantasy football players have is not going into this, being able to pivot out of a higher draft pick for a lower one.

Right. To kick the year off. Well, let me ask you this, Mike. We share a team. We have Mike Evans on that team. Would you rather play Sammy Watkins? Whoops. Yes, I would like to do that. Can we go back in time? I'm the commission. So, yeah, let me make a note here. Deante Johnson has a recent foot injury missed practice on Thursday. He should be good to go, though. Okay. David Montgomery, upgraded to full. This is bananas, the recovery that the groin of Montgomery has seen.

Powerful recovery. Yeah. Oh, McGregor. No, no, no. The important thing here is if you need a start, he should be available. He should be out there. Yep. Yesterday we had my, you know, we talk about Miles Sanders. It's kind of like if Miles Sanders is on the field, you're going to play him this week. He was limited yesterday. Do you think he's in? I do. And I would like to say this is.

As excited as I am for football. This is the stupidest week one injury report that we have ever had. Ever. We reject this injury report. Like Miles Sanders, second round pick. Kenny Galladay, second third round pick. Mike Evans, second round pick. This is stupid. Injuries are not fair. Well, and these things... That's how you know real football is back. But these things should happen after, you know, they play football. Right. Like, you draft. I mean, we drafted the day before.

And it was too soon. What happened? Scrimmages. They're a dangerous game. Yep. Any other injury news? I mean, do you think Jalen Rager's out there? You're not playing Jalen Rager, are you? I'm not playing him, but I think that he's going to show up and get some snaps. We think Devante Parker will be in there? Yep. All right. Any other injury updates that you need after this podcast? Like I said, we have a new Injury Blitz podcast at jointhefoot.com that you can check out.

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the Raiders and the Panthers and the Colts in Jacksonville. So if you want those breakdowns, they're on yesterday's episode of the podcast, and you can check those out. Let's start here. We have the Seahawks traveling to Atlanta to take on the Falcons. This game has a tight line. The Seahawks are actually two-point road favorites. This was very close to my almost episode of the week.

49 point over under that has moved up in recent days. And we get to see the debut of Jamal Adams on the defensive side of the ball for Seattle, whether they can bring back that secondary of old. But what are the big storylines for you in this game? Jason, you have Matt Ryan. You talked about it yesterday. He's your start of the week expecting big things.

Yeah, I mean, I expect this is a game that could very easily hit the over, could have a lot of points scored. You have two solid offenses, two good quarterbacks. And, you know, you lost Jadavia and Clowny on the Seahawks side. Obviously, they did add Jamal Adams, which will be very helpful. But I think that this is two offenses that for the most part are together.

You know, there's no relearning for Julio and Matt Ryan or relearning for Russell Wilson and Tyler Lockett. Todd Gurley is really the only new offensive piece here between these teams. I do like the matchup. That's true. Hayden Hurst is out there as well. I like the matchup. I think Todd Gurley is going to be what all eyes are on on the Falcon side. You want to see.

what we saw from David Johnson last night. You want to go, wow, there's some burst. He looks good. He's able to, you know, carry a full workload. And you also want to see what is that workload like? Are they going to say, look, he's on a one-year deal. We're just going to give him the rock and let him, you know, wear the tires out, or are they going to try to limit him and save him? That would be a big storyline from week one. I can't imagine that they limit him.

This is a coach that has to win or get fired. They're not going to be, and they're no chewing for the playoffs. It's not like when he was a ram and they're like, well, let's save him for later because we know we're a good team. They need to win week one. It's just a matter of what you're saving for later and what you're not. I mean, they've been impressed with Brian Hill and if Todd Gurley is Todd Gurley of old, let's use him. If he's not, you aren't increasing your chances to win by playing him. So that's, does he have it?

That's the question. The thing I'm looking for here is Hayden Hurst. We know that Seattle was very similar to the Arizona Cardinals. They were a very plus matchup for the tight end. Matt Ryan has... NFC West coaches got together. They said, I want you all... They all got hypnotized into thinking the tight end on the opposing team doesn't exist. Yeah. Now, Jamal Adams is a pretty good bandaid for that. So that's what I'm looking for.

What is the usage of Hayden Hurst? You're playing Hayden Hurst though. Oh, yeah. Look, if you drafted Hayden Hurst. Yeah, you're not making a pivot at this point. You're playing him in what was a very plus match up last year. But let's see what type of target share does Hayden Hurst actually get with two. Does it match the praise that Matt Ryan has just been showering upon Hurst over the offseason? On the other side of the girly match of Chris Carson is going to be out there for Seattle.

that's something that I am watching closely. One of the things that I was staring down in our recent draft was, what do I believe about the workload for Chris Carson? Practice reports are good, obviously. Chris Carson is a great player, struggle with the fumbling issues, which caused some pivots for this offense. But Carlos Hyde is there, also had a good camp. And DJ Dallas, does he start taking some third down reps away from Chris Carson? These are some of the questions I want to answer it in week one.

It's one of the reasons that I went for the ceiling of James Connor in our League of Record draft over Chris Carson was because I am a little bit concerned. He had every bit of everything last year for Seattle. And I wonder if, you know, you combine a little bit more Russell Wilson focused offense with some more bodies in the backfield, whether that workload goes down. So we'll see it this week. Atlanta.

kind of middle of the pack against the running back position last year. Obviously, you're starting Chris Carson in week one, but that's something I'm going to be watching. Jason, you love Tyler Lockett. He's your start of the week. Yeah, I mean, he's one of my guys. He's got the rapport with Russell Wilson. And I think both Tyler Lockett and DK Matcalf are great starts. I don't, you know, it's not like, oh, this is a Tyler Lockett game. So it's not a DK Metcalf game. I believe that those two will both have good games every time the other one has a good game.

And Russ will. It's more a matter of are they passing the ball? And I think that the Falcons can keep up here. And then at the tight-in position, are you? No. Look, we all want to go to Disneyland. But look, it's Greg Olson for now. If you were starting one, it's Greg Olson. I did hear Russell Wilson very recently heaping a lot of praise on Greg Olson.

So it sounded like to Russ, he was there. He was one of their biggest, you know, offseason acquisitions in his mind. And, you know, I think you could do worse. I probably wouldn't start Greg Olson. But I, that makes me not consider Will Disley. The Browns travel to Baltimore to take on the Ravens. Ravens are seven and a half point home favorites here. It's a 48 point over under. I would have actually expected this line to be larger for Baltimore at home.

But it's a divisional game. You know, is this going to be another one of those defensive slug fest? Is this going to be more of the same Lamar Jackson we saw last year? It's going to be, this is the bounceback year that you want to see from Cleveland. It has to start in Baltimore, though, Jason. Yeah, if you are playing against the Ravens and Lamar Jackson, what do you need to do as a team if you want any chance of winning? You have to control.

the time of possession. You have to keep the ball out of Lamar Jackson's hands. You've got to keep your defense fresh. That means you have to run the ball, left, right, and center, and your offensive line has to beat their defensive line, and you control the clock. That's what I expect the Brown's game plan to beat. We already know the Ravens game plan is going to be run the ball as much as anybody in, you know, league history and then throw it deep. My point is this could end up being a game.

that ends quicker than most as there's so many, you know, rushing plays possibly meaning under on the score and a little bit of sadness for some of the past catching options. I don't know how much that will affect O'Dell Beckham and Marquis, Hollywood Brown, two of fantasy, you know, his favorite wide receivers out there. But I don't view this as a great matchup for either one of those players. Yeah, you might.