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

need to lean on the Deshaun Watson recipe of last night, which is if this game gets out of hand, if Baltimore gets out ahead, at that point, the softer secondary could open things up for, you know, Landry and Beckham. But it does seem like it's going, I mean, I think you're dead on. I think it's going to be a run-centric game. It's going to be something, you know, Kevin Stefansky is going to be putting his offense into place in this game against Baltimore.

So that 48 point over under, I lean on the underside. It sounds like you do as well. Nick Chubb, though, he's in your lineup. Mark Ingram, he's my start of the week at home against the Cleveland defense. Those 23rd against the running back last year. We'll see if they improve on that. But Ingram is a safe play. I don't know where you guys sit with Ingram. Do you play Ingram or, let's say, Lev Bell this week? I would play Mark Ingram, yeah. What about Rahim Mostard against Arizona?

Ooh, that's, man, that's a tougher call. Right now I lean most. I have them back to back in my rankings. I've got Ingram one spot ahead. I guess that's where I'll lean. Are you flexing Cream Hunt in this game? Are you waiting and seeing what this role is? I'm willing to flex them. This matchup is interesting. It's far more interesting to me than the Seahawks Falcons. There's going to be a lot of fantasy points in that game, but there are.

so many off-season storylines to unveil, like reveal yourself to us week one because you have how involved is J.K. Dobbins in that workload where it's been talked up a lot right now. The Cleveland Brown's offensive line, they spent, you know, big money, big draft capital trying to repair it. Odell Beckham, the core injury that he had last year, is he truly. Was that the reason for his crappy season? Yes.

The reason for the season? I mean, you know, was it the injury or, you know, has he lost it? Yeah. And then Nick Chub, Kareem Hunt, you know, is it, how much does that workload actually get split up? Does Kreme Hunt get utilized as much as he did at the end of last year? So this is a fascinating game. I don't, I don't disagree, Andy, of your take of, you know, I mean, we, AFC North games.

This is what they turn into. They turn into just brawls and fights and things like that of just grinding it out, you know, man football. Yeah. But so many things to, so many storylines to be watching in this matchup. And a plus matchup for you're tied in, Andrews. Oh, Andrews is going to be great. And I want the Foot Clan listening. You know I love Hollywood. I want to go to Hollywood. He's one of my guys.

This week is a bad matchup for Hollywood Brown. That's how I see it. I mean, you know, Denzel Ward, what's Hollywood's real trait, right? It's his speed. He's going up against a corner who is a real good corner in general. He's actually just one of the best out there, but who has four, three, two speed. I mean, if anyone out there can guard Hollywood, it's going to be someone like Denzel Ward. That's not a matchup I'm in love with, but that makes me think, Mark Andrews, goodness.

Yeah, Andrews is in line for a humongous year. In leagues where, you know, keeper leagues where I had Kelsey or Kettle, I was looking for ways to cash in on those guys. Because I think Andrews will move into the upper actual on this year. I think he has every shot to do it. This team is, it's still Hollywood and Andrews. I can attest that behind the scenes, you're trying to move your picks around, trade Kelsey away so that you could add a little bit of pick and then grab Mark Andrews, who you think.

could actually beat Kelsey this year. Yeah. Yeah, I think the path is there. The volume can go up. Los Angeles, the chargers, they take on the Bengals in Cincinnati. The chargers are three-point road favorites. It's a 42 point over under. What? The debut of Joe Burrow against Joey Bosa and company. I am optimistic about the fantasy options in Cincinnati.

but I am less optimistic about the rookie debut of Joe Burrow against this Chargers defense, even though they don't have Derwin James. They are a formidable group, and it just takes one or two Joey Bosa plays to tilt a rookie in their debut. So I love playing the Chargers defense in this matchup. We get to see Tyrod Taylor behind center. Yeah, the storylines that I'm watching for in this game,

I mean, number one, it's AJ Green. We have not seen him play football in quite some time, allegedly had his first, you know, like 100% practice in quite some time as well. So how is that connection there right away for AJ Green and the rookie quarterback? Is he in your guy's lineup? I know you guys were believing in him. You drafted him many, many places. So are you starting in full practice, participant? I'm very, very willing to.

to start him. Where I drafted him, though, it was, you know, sixth, seventh round. So he was my third, sometimes even my fourth wide receiver. So I'm not forced to play, but I'm... You're playing to Sean Jackson over A.J. Green this week because of the matchup? Probably. That's the way I lean to. What about Hollywood Brown? I would... I would play Brown. I'll play Hollywood. And Jarvis? I'll play A.J. Green over it. And then on the other side, Awesome Eckler.

Talk about something that's... Austin Excellent. That spent... That was an exhaustive off-season discussion. What is Austin Echler? I mean, we know he's very good. Talent has never been the question for Austin Echler. You are 100% starting him. But it's what is the workload that we've been dreaming of? We'll talk about him later, too. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Let's go. It's not even about awesome, excellent. He's...

He's a starter, for sure. But the question is Justin Jackson, Joshua Kelly. Yeah. Like, I want to know who's the next man up. Who's, how's that, you know, carry breakdown going? At the end of every draft, I'm sitting there and I see Justin Jackson. I see Joshua Kelly. I ended up taking neither in this league of record draft, but I'm like, oh, wait, well, one of them is going to have a big workload. I mean, there's probably 150 to 200 carries to be distributed beyond Austin Neckler.

and I don't know where they're going to go. You know, you kind of buy into the rookie, but then you see Justin Jackson had a lot of success towards the end of camp. Oh, my goodness. All right, Kenan Allen's the only wide receiver that you can start in Los Angeles, Hunter Henry, start of the week at Tighten. There will be targets to go around in this matchup, and we'll see if the Bengals' defense improved upon, you know, last year they were 28th against the opposing quarterback. Tyrod Taylor. Taylor's a fine start to me. I think so.

Like, I'd start Taylor over Burrow in the same matchup. For sure. I'm not, personally, I'm not starting any receiving option for the Bengals in this matchup. I think Joe Mixon has a good week. That's kind of how the Chargers offense or their defense is set up. He doesn't know how to have a bad week. Oh, he sure does. Go back to the beginning of last year. He knows how to really have a bad week. No, that's something I'm going to eventually say. Oh, great. Yeah, that's late. That's for later. That's good news. But I do think this is a fine matchup for him this week.

All right, Tampa Bay travels to New Orleans. What a matchup this is. Unbelievable. The Saints, the Buccaneers, storylines of plenty. Saints are three and a half point favorites. 48 point over under. I, so Kyle has plugged in some interesting information, our editor, Kyle, the Borgogan, interesting information about this matchup. I had not seen this factoid. It's amazing. Tom Brady's team.

is an underdog in a regular season game for the first time since 2015? Are you freaking kidding me? This is unbelievable. How does it feel, Tom? Take that. It feels pretty great to be Tom, I think. By the way, New Orleans only gave up one 300-yard passer at home last year in those eight home games. So Brady's got a challenge to begin his...

Dave, you know, to begin his buccaneer career. Yes, he does. Well, you know who's going to take him over the top? Leonard Fournett. Oh, yeah. I'm not starting Leonard Fournette. I'm not starting Ronald Jones. I'm not starting LaShawn McCoy or Kichon Vaughn. The running backs for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are not a game I want to play with in week one. You don't want to play Yotsie?

No, I mean, last year, New Orleans was fourth against opposing running backs in terms of fancy points given up. You mixed that with all of the things Jason just said. Alvin Camaro, though, he's in your lineup. Yep. Breeze and Brady, if you drafted them to be your quarterback, they're in your lineup. Yep. Mike Evans, you know, you'd like to see him there for Brady to have the opportunity to have a great debut. But, you know, you could see, I mean, who benefits from?

Evans leaving in terms of target share. I would have... Do you actually look at Grankowski this week? I would think it would be the tight end, but that's another Yotsie play. Like, you've got all the dice in the can. You're shaking them up and you're hoping that your guy is the one that ends up getting the receptions or the touchdowns. It's, Jay, how are you feeling about, you know, Gronk, O.J. Howard, Cameron, Brate. I have been completely hands off on Rob Gruncke.

I'm willing to be wrong. I'm willing to be wrong on Garnkowski, but reports I'm hearing from trusted friends in the industry. You can't rely on it. He's coming off. He didn't play football last year. He didn't have any preseason to get acclimated. Are you going to wild out and start Rob Grunkowski in his first week? I won't. I mean, if you drafted him and you want to call your shot, then start him. This isn't, you know, the worst matchup in the world, especially if Mike Evans is out. I don't believe that it's Gronk.

It will be some weeks. Gronk's going to finish the season with five touchdowns, you know, so he's going to get his. But I think O.J. Howard has a better fantasy season than Rob Gronkowski this year. Which is not to say you're starting him. Right. Yes. I'm not, don't hear what I'm not saying. Will you start any Buccaneers under any circumstance? Chris Godwin is locked in. I'll start Chris Godwin. I'll start Tom Brady. Obviously.

Justin Watson is a superstar. Oh, we're going back to last year. I think Scotty Miller has the opportunity here in this game to pick up targets. Yeah, Scottie Miller, their last year's rookie pick, the first wide receiver taken by this regime of the Buccaneers, does appear to be the third wide receiver.

for this team, that speed guy on the outside that we saw Brashad Perriman in that role last year. But keep in mind, Brashad Perriman did not succeed for fantasy in that role. It was only when the two starters went down and he changed to a different role. So I'm not expecting enough targets outside of Mike Evans and Chris Godwin to be confident elsewhere. The Cardinals go to San Francisco to play in the post-apocalyptic.

Landscape. Oh, my goodness. You've seen some of those videos? Stay safe, everybody. Oh, my goodness. They're actually monitoring air quality in San Francisco as to whether they can legally play this game. It sounds fair. Because if it gets over a certain point, which is not really in a threat to do, they've been practicing outside there. If you listen to Mike Shanahan or his dad, Kyle Shanahan. My son's team is practicing outside. Yeah, he's the authority on all air quality matters. I don't know if you knew he's been put in charge of that.

But Kyle Shanahan's been talking about the fact that air quality control. It looks worse than it is. But 49ers are six and a half point favorites now. It's a 48 point over under. That line has moved down twice. Arizona played San Francisco very close last year in week nine. San Francisco won by a field goal. In week 11, it was a close game at San Francisco out on top in that one as well. But that line has changed a couple of times. It's pretty high over under.

I wanted to make this the almost upset. I was too afraid of the Homer calls. Sure. But I do think it will be a competitive football game, in part because of San Francisco's issues at the wide receiver position going into week one. Brandon Ayuk and Debo Samuel, both dealing with injuries. It sounds like Iyuk is going to play, though. Debo Samuel, I do not think that he plays. But you have the compounding factor of a brand new rookie then. Yeah, both.

Guys, though, were full DMPs, did not participate in Thursday or Wednesday practices. It's really hard to install a rookie week of without practicing. So, yeah, I mean, I see what you're saying. I do love that the line is high because I think that this is more of an offensive game than a lot of people are expecting with the San Francisco 49ers' fantastic defense.

Yeah, so if you drafted Kyla Murray, I mean, you had to take him high. Maybe you're a little bit concerned about this matchup. Do remember two of Kyler's best fantasy games were against the San Francisco 49ers. He was a top 10 quarterback both times. Kenyon Drake, that was when the revelation happened. He got traded to the Cardinals. You had no idea if he was even going to be the starter. And then he came out and had a very fine game against the San Francisco 49ers. So.