Starts of the Week + Week 2 Breakdown, Elijah Missile! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/16

seven plus targets is possible for for cedric wilson in a game that uh is it still the highest over under of the week i believe it might be the second highest but it's uh it's at i want to say 55 what yes it is okay let's go a 55 point over under i don't think the cowboys are going to be able to stop the charges and how does it not hit the over i don't know like and i feel like it's going to be 70 points and lawrence just ended up with the broken foot

Correct. We talked about that on the green room show. To Marcus Lawrence. Yes. For Dallas is hurting. I do think Cedric Wilson is interesting, but it is difficult in fantasy to want to rely on at best the target number three. But he is a guy that could be involved. Here's a name specific, I think, for a lot of leagues have IR spots. And what's going to happen to half of every team in every league is you're going to have a player.

That's just ruled out this week. He's not there. And you're going to, you're going to be able to slide him into your IR. And the players that you want to pick up in that situation are backup running backs who are one injury away from complete massive relevance. And to me, that's Alex Collins, running back for the Seattle Seahawks.

Rashad Penny was the backup. He went down. Alex Collins has always performed admirably when given the chance, including last year. If something were to happen to Chris Carson, I would want Alex Collins stashed because he'd be the big waiver pickup of the following week. Trying to get ahead of it the way, like if you had picked up Elijah Missal last week, it would have not cost you $91 in fab. All right, that was never not working. Get up to 100% of dandruff protection. That's never not working with head and shoulder, scalp, shield technology available at walmart.com.

News and notes from Around the League, presented by Sleeper. O'Dowell Beckham Jr. has been ruled out for week two for the Browns. He was kind of a surprise last week to be ruled out. Now you kind of roll your eyes and go, does he come back? I mean, the social media vague booking is vague tweeting. It's not good. It's not good. Like you wonder.

you know, is this a medical staff decision? Is this a head coach decision? Is this a we always win games without you decision? I don't know. It's just he has taken a long time in assuming that this is dealing with the injury he dealt with all camp recovering from the ACL. It's been a long time. I cannot fathom that let's say he's active week three. You really going to start him in the first action?

in a year and a half off of injury? Like I'm not. I mean, I wouldn't have drafted him, but my point is it is getting dicey for Odell. Yeah, it is. I think he is one of those landmines on rosters right now. He's hurting you. You have to get back from injury. Then you have to prove that you can be fantasy relevant to be started. And it's feeling less likely that that's going to happen, at least in the first half of the year. Now, Anthony Schwartz and.

Donovan People's Jones, like these guys are going to be involved in this offense other than Jarvis Landry because they Landry is what he is, right? He's going to be more of an underneath receiver along with Hooper. But Schwartz had a heck of a week one. He did. He is a burner. Sub 4-4, he's in the 4-3s. I think his pro day was 4-27. And his Schwartz was very.

Your sports is as big as mine. It was as big as mine on the field this last week. Josh Jacobs didn't practice due to toe and ankle injuries. I'm not surprised about that. I mean, you're coming off a Monday night game and you weren't going to be practicing if you watched him come off the field every time last week. He was hobbling all over the place. If he played Jacobs, I do wonder. That was some lucky, lucky touchdown strikes. It was. It was. And I think he started last year with a couple.

like a two or three touchdown game too. You wonder if the toe, like if they switch cleats on the sideline, they were talking about putting the steel plate in for like turf toe. Like you could have a situation here where maybe you cash in on that two touchdowns right away. Yeah, he was, I mean, yards per attempt is certainly not everything. But he ended the day with 10 for 34 and one reception. But because he scored two touchdowns, he was very fantasy relevant.

It looked rough, man. Yeah, very rough. Baltimore was a tough matchup, so you did get lucky. But if you could package trade Josh Jacobs plus another player and trade up for a running back that disappointed in week one, maybe you get lucky and you can nab of an actual stud running back. What do you do? Like yesterday on the live show in the afternoon, we talked about whether you can kind of cash in on like a Tyson or a Elijah missile. Sorry, missile.

I've got to pronounce that correctly. Would you rather have Jacobs or Eliza, Elijah? I'm not going to be able to. Eliza. And Peggy. Okay. All right. Off to a good start. Jacobs or Elijah Missile? As of this moment, I would probably still rather have Jacobs because he's done it. We know his role is secure. But it is interesting that I'm going.

hard on waivers after Elijah and wanting to capitalize on, and he plays Pittsburgh this week, followed up by Miami. No Evan Ingram tonight. So ruled out again. Hollywood Brown is not practicing due to an ankle injury. So I actually think Sammy is a nice streaming option this week, something I never in a million years thought I would say. He got you, Andy. He fell right into his trap.

He got you big time. Can't wait to revisit this one. I can't believe I said that out loud. Devante Freeman was brought up by the Ravens to their active roster. This one was very surprising to me. I mean, he's, I talked about it. Last year he actually had games for New York where he looked good. Levion Bill never looked good last year. Yes, this is where it's strange and surprising to me is that they've worked both of these guys out.

They chose Lev Bell first and brought him onto the practice squad. And then they got to see him. And then Gus Edwards. Maybe that was it. And then Gus Edwards covered. It's like the role in the offense may be different now than the one they thought they were signing Lev Bell for. Yeah. So this remains to be seen what will happen with Tyson, Murray, and Freeman. All right. Not sure about Will Fuller's role. That's what Brian Flores, head coach of the Dolphin said. Playing the bills, probably a.

I mean, you could try it. I mean, he's a deep threat. So he's a big play player. I would probably play Will Fuller this week over Marquis Callaway. But I'd prefer to bench Fuller and wait and see what happens. Prefer to bench. Well said. But they did. They paid him some money for a one-year deal. Trenton Cannon signed by the 49ers collecting running backs. Everybody. That was today's news and notes brought to you as always by Sleeper.

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Fantasy Forecast. All right, into the matchups we go. The Cincinnati Bengals travel to Chicago to take on the Bears. Drafking Sportsbook line here, Bears minus two and a half. The over under in this game is 46 points. Okay. Bengals surprised a lot of people. They won at home in week one against Minnesota. It was an overtime game. This is a revenge game for Andy Dalton. Oh, yes, of course.

So, I mean, what a narrative that is. I know, Mike, you have some strong feelings about the beard game. Oh, I love Dalton's beard. Oh, you're a big fan? Oh, I think he was a helmet off, yes. Yeah, yeah. Hold on. The Andy Dalton with the beard looks, I mean, it looks like a GQ guy. Absolutely. But with the helmet on where it's the fiery red mustache. That's all you see. It's.

It's interesting. It's very interesting. I've never seen anything like that where a guy helmet on, you're like, what's going on there? And then helmet, I feel like, oh, man, that's a handsome fella. Yeah, he's pretty. It's terrifying with the helmet. Like, legitimately, he looks at the camera and it's like, ah, maybe that's better for him. What happened? You're not playing Andy Dalton. No. Oh, no. Joe Burrow, you're not playing him?

Against Chicago. Chicago got beat by a couple deep plays last week, but their defense was pretty good. Yeah. I have them winning this game. I was hoping we would talk about that. The Bears, they weren't as bad as the end of the game numbers. No, they weren't at all. And then, you know, you're going to play Joe Mixon. 33 opportunities last week. This is the workload that you signed up for when you invested in Joe Mixon in the draft. It's why.

There was reason to be excited. There's still the overarching, okay, do you get a full season of Joe Mixon and 33 opportunities? That's 33 chances to get hurt, obviously. You got them week two. But you got them in week two. And they, you know, they were pretty impressive on offense altogether.

I would agree with that. That's one of the things you said you don't play Joe Burrow. I think you can play Joe Burrow in this match. Not because of the matchup, but because of Joe Burrow. I think they need a little bit of credit. I was critical of the draft capital of Jamar Chase. He showed up. He said, I'm here for real. T. Higgins looked great. He was dominating the first three quarters, had to leave and get an IV. So he missed the fourth and overtime. But this offense was.

was clicking, and I think it's TBD about the Minnesota Vikings defense from last week. Was their defense better, and the Bengals overcame it? Or was their defense just not that much better as, you know, was hoped, and that's why the Bengals were good. This is a real true litmus test against the Bears. I think if Joe Burrow comes out and has a Christmas test, Jason. Yes. I can't believe that worked.

If it's great, then I'm all in on the Bengals, you know, being a good enough offense. But I do think if you've got Burrow on your roster, I'm not terrified to play him. Chase, then Higgins, then Boyd. Is that how you'd order the whiteouts? I would still go Higgins than Chase than Boyd, but I get it. I mean, the big play potential, we saw it from Chase. Again, Higgins was the target leader at one point, and then.