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

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Hey, this is David Johnson, and you're listening to the Fantasy Footballers Podcast. To the Fantasy Footballers Podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Welcome in. Welcome into the show, Friday, September 11th. Andy, Mike, and Jason, the fantasy footballers, back with you.

A Friday episode. Had a moment last night when that football was kicked off. Oh. Oh, the, you're talking like the release of three months of clenched butt cheeks? Yeah. Yep. Three months. I had a lot more than three months. I, uh, no, it was, it was incredible. It was so much fun. Enjoyed the game with the family. I know you guys did the same. And wow.

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You can use that code ballers, and you get $10 off at pristineauction.com. Congratulations. Yep. Lewis, the old so-and-so. All right, reactions to last night's game. It was awesome to watch football. Fantasy reactions to last night's game. Oh, it's so many. It was awesome to watch Clyde Edwards Aller and David Johnson. Yes. Yeah, the big story of the night was Clyde Edwards Aller.

And it was like, no, just like everything else for 2020, it was like, here's what you're expecting, but here's what we're going to give you. And we still got the massive fantasy game for the rookie. You know, 25 carries 138 yards on the ground and a touchdown. But that's the wild part. I was expecting Clyde Edwards-Alair, maybe he gets 15 carries. And then you're like, he covers it with, you know, a handful of receptions, except.

He had two targets and no receptions. It was absolutely wild, but he looked, oh man, he looked so good. On that touchdown run, he just left two defenders absolutely broken on the ground. He looked electric. He is going to be incredible. To me, I'm... But, but... Oh, yes, voice of public opinion. But Mike.

He failed on all six of his goal line attempts. He certainly did. Did you know Lev Bell only had six goal line attempts all last year? He certainly failed. From my perspective watching the film, his offensive line failed him miserably for the vast majority of those. When you have to spin out of the way because JJ Watt is in the backfield only to be clobbered by somebody else, that's not on you. But the big news was the opportunity was there.

And he kept happening. I mean, I said this a couple times last night. I don't think he's a goal line back. He's not, he's not made for that role. He's certainly not a big bodied guy. And when you get on the goal line, is Nick Chubb a goal line back. Yes. Because he failed over and over last year too. I don't agree. I think Clyde is a goal line back. My point is when you got on the goal line, you had, you know, it was different because they were opening up holes through the 20s. It was once you get to that goal line package and the defense puts all their big guys in.

I don't think Andy Reid's going to keep that strategy going forward. He's a great offensive mind. He's going to get down to the goal line, and he's going to give it to Clyde Edwards a lair still, but not just to run it up through a jumbo package up the middle. Agreed. They're going to be more creative. So it felt like Kansas City just was toying with the Houston Texans the entire time. I don't think we saw anything unleashed from Kansas City. They're like, oh, wow, we can just give it to the rookie 25 times. So.

Yeah, you would look at last night. We did know what to expect. Clyde Edwards-Aler, no receptions. Right. In the game. No success on the goal line. Still a massive fantasy football week. He's going to have some huge games this year. He's going to be great. He's not Sequan Barkley, but he is a huge step up for this team. Low center of gravity, breaks tackles, and I was impressed with the debut. Mahomes was Mahomes. When you talk about just kind of toying with the defense.

It was a casual 211 passing yards, didn't have to do much in the second half, three touchdowns. The big story, I mean, it's week one, but Sammy Watkins, seven for 82 and a touchdown. Nine targets. Trade him. What do you mean? Trade him. Nobody has him. If you have him, trade him. I mean, you, I know it's one of those, well, it's because it happened last year, we just expect it.

But at the same time, it happened last year. He's always had a lot of targets. And I'm not going to hop on the put him into my starting lineup until he's done it three weeks in a row. Oh, that was the question I was going to ask is I was going to bed last night, laughing about Sammy Watkins doing his week one thing. And my son played him in our family league last night because he wanted somebody in the game. Genius. And.

I was asking myself, how many weeks does Sammy Watkins have to be fantasy relevant for me to believe? The answer in my head was five. Five weeks. The answer to me is two. If Sammy Watkins has another game of involvement, eight targets or so and gives me 40 to 50 yards, yeah, then I will play him. You fool. Certainly. Look, I totally get that. But this is now four straight good games for Sammy Watkins. They weren't fantasy relevant last year.

But this, he had a monster run throughout the playoffs and maybe something was figured out. I don't know. I'm not playing him next week. I'm not falling for it that quickly. All right. On the other side, Deshaun Watson, uh, I mean, frankly, Deshaun Watson was able to put it together with the soft chief's defense over the second half. Yeah, that rushing touchdown really saved some things. You think he missed, you think he missed, you think he missed DeAndre Hopkins at all? They.

looked like a team that needed a number one wide receiver. It's just one week, so I'm not going to incite panic in the streets for Houston Texans fans. But that looked like, I guess the comp would be for me. I'm going to a different sport. But back when LeBron James was all alone on the Cleveland Cavaliers and the play call was, LeBron, figure it out. Like,

That's what was happening to Deshaun Watson. They were saying, oh, Watson figured it out. And then Watson goes, oh, no, DeAndre Hopkins isn't here. I don't know what to do. David Johnson. 11 carries 77 yards on the ground, a touchdown. Three catches, 32 yards.

He looked pretty good for a game that was going completely sideways game script-wise for David Johnson's involvement. My favorite part of the game for David Johnson was when he got shook, something happened to his arm and he's on the sideline. And then he went full on from the prestige where he was the guy who was injured on the sideline. And then all of a sudden he's back in the game. And Duke Johnson is, in fact, the one who's leaving the field.

It was insane. Can we replace this injury with the other D Johnson? Yes. Yeah, Jason has David Johnson on a league of record and was in full Jason more panic tilt mode the second he walked to the sideline. I've been known to tilt quickly mid game. Will Fuller, 8 for 1, 12 was the only notable pass catcher.

Randall Cobb, 2 for 23, Brandon Cook's 2 for 20, Kenny Stills, zero catches. Fuller had one or two drops, but he was by far the best receiver on the field. Ten targets. Hear me out. I think Will Fuller sucked, and this was the result. I mean, he had 31% of the target share. He ended up with over 100 yards, and I don't think he had a particularly great game. He did not. And so...

The thing that has always really been bad about Will Fuller other than injuries is that even when he's been out there, he has disappeared. If you don't get the big blowup game, the floor is low. But maybe with this, Will Fuller, the floor is actually safe and you're still going to have the opportunity for big games. He showed me a lot as far as it wasn't him. He was the clear first read. Now, we can't overreact because Brandon Cook's

was barely in practice, missed some training camp, was limited, might still have been limited as far as his speed on the field. But from the takeaway from week one is that you can really trust Will Fuller as of this moment. You guys remember months ago when I said I thought the Texans would start 0 and 4 this year and be a disaster? Oh, it's Baltimore next week. Baltimore, Pittsburgh.

Minnesota the next three weeks after what you saw last night. They've got a chance to be one and three. Bill O'Brien will find a way to just beat Baltimore next week and that will count as like a 16 game out of jail free card. I take the bat on the other side of that one. No, he won't. He finds a way to win these games sometimes. But yeah, it doesn't. Didn't look great. Let's get into the news. News and notes from around the league.

right. Kenny Gawaday did not practice on Thursday. It was very limited today. He plays on Sunday at 1 Eastern. So Matt Patricia came out and said he wants to be careful. In or out. What do you think? I think he'll play. Yeah. I mean, I guess I think he'll play. Are you playing him is the more important question for fantasy football players? If I have a good pivot, a Deshaun Jackson level pivot, I would put in D. Jacks over Kenny Golladay.

Just to be safe. Kareem Hunt or Kenny Galaday in your flex. Why is that? Why such a specific question? Random choice of possible flex plays. I'm going to be honest with you. The difference there to me is my matchup. If I am great elsewhere and I look like I'm the favored matchup, I would put in Kreme Hunt just to make sure I don't end up with some zero. But if I need a big play and I'm playing a juggernaut in my league,

I think you got a role with Kenny Galladay, hope for a deep touchdown. All right. Cortland Sutton, big news yesterday. He went down with the shoulder injury in practice. Broncos fans had just stopped gasping from the Von Miller injury. Turned out to be a better than expected report. Sprained right AC joint. However, Cortland Sutton is the Monday night football game. We talked to our injury expert, Matthew Betts, who is now hosting a special injury blitz.