How We Feelin? + TNF Preview, Trade Q's - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/16

Don't forget McLaren's super year was like 11 touchdowns. And so you had what, Anthony Williams and Diggs was a touchdown in week one? It wasn't all good. Some of the things that... What do you feel shaky about after week one? Some of my opinions I feel shaky about in both directions. Speaking of the Ravens offense, Mike, I was worried about Derek Henry with the loss of the offensive line, the loss of their fullback. Like, will this work for Henry? Yeah. He was fine. He's immortal. Totally okay. I was...

optimistic that with Kevin Petulow out of the way and Sean Mannion taking over kind of the ping pong we've seen over the last like six years for the Eagles where good coordinator, bad coordinator, good coordinator, bad coordinator. Week one, I was so uninspired by the Eagles offense and not just the play, but like that it just looked like more of the same like where's a good offense can. Right. Is this really just a Jalen Hertz problem? And then my biggest fear.

because he's my guy, is I still have zero doubts on the talent of Carnell Tate. Cam Ward. Here, Jay, you intended. Yes, thank you, Mike. Your intentions were good that Carnell Tate was going to be a great player. You know, we talk about, when we talk about the worst teams in the league, which we've done a lot this offseason, we have brought up, you know, the Cardinals, the Jets, the Dolphins, the Browns. Those teams are like, who's going to get that number one pick?

It might be the Titans. I mean, the Titans might be the worst than all of them. Mine are easy ones. It's obvious. A. Chan, Malik, Dolphins, Week 1, not good. We'll see what it looks like over the next couple weeks, but the schedule's tough. I expected more. Hopefully, Chris Bell can get, like, better involved. I mean, Caleb Douglas was a success story from Week 1, 5 for 94 in his debut playing 92% of snaps or something.

Marvin Pitts. I mean, Marvin Harrison and Kyle Pitts combined for one catching week one. I was kind of hopeful for both of those guys. So we'll see if it's prescriptive or just an anomaly. But those three situations I feel nervous about. Sure. I'm, you know, I was kind of apathetic on Justin Jefferson of feeling just, man, I don't know if I'm not willing to take that risk. And this one is still is TBD because if you had.

If I knew that Carson Wentz was starting for the Minnesota Vikings. How funny. It's so absurd. If we knew that the third string quarterback from two weeks ago was going to be starting, we'd obviously love Justin Jefferson. Because I know that he's capable to get Justin Jefferson the ball. And he forces him the ball. He's just, he's like a top tier. I'm sorry, he knows that Jefferson.

needs to get those targets. And when he's not open, it doesn't matter. You just throw him the ball. And it was week one, but Steelers backfield, man, it looks like it's just a mess. And on top of the, you know, the Steelers were very pass heavy. They were pushing the ball downfield. I mentioned this in the, um, on the dynasty show that's coming out today. So you can, you can check that out as well. But like how bad I came away from watching DK Matt Keff. It was so horrible.

But the opportunities were there. Like this isn't just garbage checkdowns to D.K. Metcalfe. I made offers on him this week. These are like big boy high A dot. If D.K. Metcalf can actually come through with the opportunities, which again, he didn't. He stunk. But you want, like, you got to buy into situations and offenses and like just hope that the player can come through with what they're being asked to do.

Just to be clear, you were optimistic the Steelers backfield would have value. Yes. It didn't look that way in weekend. No, it didn't. It looked like a split mess. Okay. Let's do some news. News and notes from around the league. Dejohn Stribling placed on IR with the ankle injury. This was news that broke moments ago. Don't worry. He's doubtful on sleeper. That.

Just broke, Jason. That will get fixed momentarily. Jacoby Lane is expected to undergo wrist surgery in the coming days, potentially as soon as Wednesday, could miss about a month. The update to the Josh Jacobs situation, we found out yesterday that his ex-girlfriend who's involved in the case filed a motion to seal evidence and discovery materials in the criminal case. It makes it more challenging for video footage to be released by anybody. It's not just his side that wants to file for that. It's her side.

And she wants to protect her privacy is what she said in the documents. So the room. I don't know the NFL can get the tape. The reporting after Jacobs did this was that the NFL was still trying to get the video. They want to see that as part of their investigation to know what to do. Then after that was reported, her team did the same thing and filed the seal. And so I don't know if the NFL will go against the.

You know, the filings and wishes of the victim. The video opened them up to like a year-long suspension or something like that to me. You know, we've seen, I mean, the Ray Rice situation is an example where we never saw him again. Right. What is your expectation? I mean, I think maybe it'll be a six-game suspension. That's mine. To put it, time served. You know, like games missed, credited towards maybe he's back in week seven. Yeah, I think that would, if.

If I had to make any sort of projection or moves based off of the evidence, that's what I would go with. The Brock Bowers news has been positive and it continues to be. The knee injury is not overly serious. According to ESPN's Dan Graziano, the team felt he could have played this week if necessary. And it's possible he returns this week. But they do not want to play him until he's 100% certain. Until they're 100% certain, he's not being affected by the need. I believe you'll see the latest. The latest to see him as week four, according to Dan Graziano.

Okay. So he's that is that not serious. What are we doing? So two more weeks off maybe. He might play this week. The latest you'll see him is week four. Okay. Come on. All right. Come on. Omar Cooper, junior high ankle sprain. A lot of rookie injury news, by the way. Lane, stribling. Omar Cooper. Week to week, we'll see. I don't think he has a lot of value in fantasy. Dylan Samson's placed on IR by the Browns. What was the name of the? Rahim.

Rahim Sanders. Yes. He did get playing time and he is kind of a dynasty. This was part of the Judkins problem of how Todd Monkin has run his offenses. It doesn't matter who the primary grinder on the ground is. And if they're able to catch the ball, which Judkins is, he always had someone else. And when Dylan Samson went down, they're like, hey, all right, Rahim, now it's your job. So it just really hurts the...

The ceiling and the floor for Judkins. All right. We'll take a break and we'll talk some Thursday night football. Get into some mailbag and help you get ready for week two. Thursday night breakdown. All right. The Detroit Lions want to know by the skin of their teeth. Barely. Yeah. Buffalo Bills want to know. One two point conversion. By the skin of their team. I mean, both these teams. They were in nail biters.

Vegas line Buffalo minus five and a half at home over under 54 and a half. Let's just call it. Let's just call it. We round up around here. Buffalo 30 point implied total. 255 of course. Yeah, to 55. If it's 53 and a half, we don't really care. Honestly, if it was like 55 and a half. Yeah, we probably round down. Lions implied point total 24.5. I mean, that's a huge overrunner, 54.5. That's awesome. I mean, we did not see.

either of these like defenses able to stop people in the second half Houston moved the ball three touchdowns for Montgomery Tyler Shuck got it going they they were awesome in the second half against the lions this should be fun this should be really fun I mean football dreams are made of yeah the weather is great you know no worries because it's in Buffalo the time of year there's nothing in the way of a ton of fantasy points and

Congratulations, Andy. He doesn't want to see me smile. There's people listening that need advice, Jason. Here's what I would say. On this game, really? Since 2021. There have been 41 games since 2021 that had an over under a 53 or higher. And the highest scoring of those 41 games was Buffalo against Detroit, 48 to 42. And that was in 2024. This should be a lot of fun. You got this.

New look, Buffalo offense with Joe Brady. He did his best. He did the Ben Johnson. He tore the shirt off in the locker room. Yeah. Didn't work. He doesn't work out. He doesn't work out as much of Ben Johnson. Yeah. If you're going to pull that move, people when it happens have to go, oh. Yeah. They've got to be surprised. I'm surprised. Yeah. I mean, when he did, I was like, oh. Yeah. That's what I thought. That's what I thought it would look like. Okay, you did that. Yeah.

I mean, look, it's cute. I'm not, it's better than me doing it, but when Ben Johnson's the standard, don't do it. Josh Allen, play him. Jamir Gibbs, yep. By the way, Josh Allen, most rushing touchdowns since the beginning of 2023, that's crazy among quarterbacks, 44 of them. Gibbs has the most rushing touchdowns among running backs. Kyle, he's got the most all time, right?

Most all time is Josh Allen. So Alan's the most among quarterbacks. You say most since this time, you could just go back to the beginning. You pick any date you want. I guess he just wanted to let us know he scored 44 times since 2023. Ah, okay, okay. But so Allen's the most among quarterbacks. Gibbs is the most among running backs, 51 of them.

since 2023. And then don't worry, Amun Ra is the most among wide receivers since 2020. So all of them since 2020. James Cook just broke their all-time rushing touchdown record as well a year ago. So Alan Gibbs, Amun Ra the most, and if anybody's got all three of those guys, you're in good shape. How are you feeling about Jameson Williams coming off of a disaster of a game? It really was. I mean, the volumes there are nine targets, but it was four for 45 with

How many were credited? Probably three drops. He was tackled at the one-yard line. I was mostly optimistic about the utilization. The drops, they can happen. Yeah, they come and go. But the plays where, look, they would have been big plays if he held on to the football. And so I wasn't too discouraged. I mean, 36% of the first read targets, I don't think they're going to go away from that. They've said it publicly that they're not worried about the drops. So.

pretty I mean in this game yeah you can't fire him up you can't ask for more Jameson Williams to me if people are disappointed in that first week I think you should go trade for him the utilization I agree was perfect the worry was like okay Sam Laporte is on the field is he going to run the same amount of routes is he going to have that participation the amount of targets nine targets a 95% route participation 77% outside it was

everything you want other than catching the ball, and that's going to happen sometimes. So Jameson Williams is... Just ask George Pickens. A must. Yeah. I think he's an absolute must start. So that's easy. I mean, I think golf, when you look at the matchup, you are going on the road. We don't love golf on the road as much, but did I mention the 54.5 point over 100? It's pretty delicious. I think he's streamworthy. I mean, Stroud was fine. Yeah, I think in this case, I think you're streamworthy there. DJ Moore, fire him up.

If you, spot starts in this game, I don't think Khalil Shakir is a bad spot start in a game with this high of and over under a 30 point implied point total. If you're looking for ones in that category, I mean, he's a go-to guy for Josh Allen. Six targets last week. Yeah. I mean, you just could do worse, is my point. Yeah, not everything is going to be a top-end player. You got to fill out an entire roster. You just picked up Debo. Yeah.

Would you rather play Debo or? I would. I would as well. We like Purdy this week, too. Kincaid and LaPorta, I think, are both in play. Absolutely. This is not a complicated game. No, that's what I would say. People don't really need our advice here. It's like, yeah, do you have a lion on your roster right now? Isaac Tesla. No, that's right. But that's not someone that you probably are rostering right now. He's not rostered. If you already have a lion or a bill on your roster, plug them in your lineup.

Also, the biggest advice we can give you is get them out of your flex. Yes. And put them into your, you know, your running back or your wide receiver spot. Now we're helping. Leave flexibility. James Cook will be fine. The excitement here is just. Wee. Wee. Yeah, start them all. I mean, I look at every name. Alan, Cook, Moore. Put your hands in the air. Yeah. And get ready. And wave them like you just don't care. What a game. This is going to be so fun. It is really. Oh, man, look about those dudes back there.

I mean, I know that we have had... You can do it, guys. There are plenty of matchups in the past with a over 50 point over under, which is exciting, that disappoints. Yes. It happens. This is the NFL. And, you know, I can't fathom a world where this game... Maybe it doesn't hit the over because it's so high, but I can't fathom a game where it's like...