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

You know, well, I mean, he was carted off the field and didn't play. Alan Robinson, you're playing him. Yes. I like a bounce back week for Robinson. Tons of targets last week. David Montgomery, obviously impressive in week one. Darnell Mooney, still interesting. Still, I mean, you can take a shot here in this matchup. He was targeted seven times last week. They did not throw the – I mean, what happened to Mooney is the exact same thing that happened to Robinson.

Robinson had, I think, 11 targets. He only ended up with 35 yards. Mooney had seven targets. He only ended up with 26. There was everything underneath. And Mooney's special sauce is getting downfield. So hopefully their offensive line gives them a shot to do that against Cincinnati at home. And you can get a big play from Mooney. But he's in the Marquez Callaway category of Start Flex desperation play.

He also played 100% of snaps, which is something you didn't see last year. Yeah, Mooney is interesting. We'll see if the Bengals can get the same type of pressure that Aaron Donald can get. Cole Comet. We'll see. We'll see. Interesting. I would play him over Mike Gassicki and make that change if that's who you were rolling with week one, but he would basically be about the last starter in your league. The Houston Texans take on the Cleveland Browns.

D.K. Swartz book has this at Browns minus 12 and a half. Oh, brother. Over under is 47 and a half. All will be revealed about the Houston Texans in this game. I take the Browns minus 12 and a half if it were me. Really? Yeah, I would. I think it's going to be a bloodbath. I really do. I do too. I shared that I rewatch that, that Texans.

uh jaguars game and i've never seen a team play so poorly in a blowout victory they blew out the jaguars who just gifted every ounce of this game to them they didn't take it they just they were just gifted so um yeah i think the browns are going to really do bad bad things uh and and that means you can play baker

Would you play Baker or Joe Burrow? I'd play Baker at home. I think I would play Burrough solely because I don't expect the Browns to have to throw the ball much. I mean, this is a Kareem Hahn, Nick Chubb game where, granted, they could get up by Baker throwing, and Baker looked good. I'm happy with Baker, but I just...

don't think they're going to really need him, whereas I could see the Bears' offense doing something against the Bengals if I had to pick one of these. 30 implied team points for the Cleveland. That's a lot. At home, our consensus rankings have Burrow and Mayfield back to back with Baker one spot ahead. Okay. I'm switching. You're switching? I'm switching. Burrow to Baker. Yeah. Safer. Safer.

Nick Chubb, Cream Hunt, yes, and yes? Yeah, yeah, I'll do both. 47% of snaps for Cream Hunt. This is the same offense we saw last year. Jarvis Landry. I like it. I won in on this. Like I said, 30 implied team total points for the Cleveland Browns. I won in. Let's put this to the test here with what we saw last week. Brandon Cook's had a great game. Mark Ingram had a good game. David Johnson caught a touchdown passed. Are you playing any Texans in this matchup?

Are you willing to play any Texans? The only Texan I am willing to play would be Brandon Cooks. And I would prefer to not play him in this matchup. But we talked about this in the draft season. At the end of the season, Brandon Cooks is probably going to be a top 15 wide receiver. He's going to get it done. He always does. Or at least a top 24 option. He was good week one. He's just an actual really good option. He's a good player. Yeah, he's a good.

player he was drafted in the first round he's been good his whole career and he's the only got to throw the ball to so i am willing to play brandon i'm willing to play brandon cooks for as bad as the texans looked i thought taylor looked fine i thought he looked good for what you should expect from from a journeyman quarterback at this point of his career mark ingram the volume superstar of week one i am benching uh he's he's someone that you need the positive game script so

David Johnson, in my, like, in my season long, I don't think I'm going to take the shot at DJ. He was the pass-and-downs guy, but, like, in DFS, maybe, maybe. For what it's worth, Cleveland's defense was pretty impressive last week. They pressured Mahomes on 42% of dropbacks. They also only gave up, you know, 9.3 fantasy points, I think, to Clyde in that game. So that puts Ingram up against it, no doubt about it.

especially when you're sharing a backfield. Yeah, I would expect David Johnson to have more points in this game because of game script than Mark Ingram. And I would not start David Johnson. I love the defense for the Browns in this one if you can play them at home. And coming off a loss. You know, that's a tight game with the Chiefs. It came down to the wire. Moving on, the Rams. Travel to Indianapolis, taking on the Colts.

The Draft King Sportsbook line here, Rams minus three and a half on the road. Overunder is 48 and a half. And did you guys see? I think Matthew Stafford won the offensive player of the week. He did. He had a perfect passer rating. I found it egregious. Yeah. Kyler had five touchdowns. Yeah, you know, I find that to be shocking. I don't find it to be shocking in the sense that Stafford was, I think.

part of the reason or the main reason they won, whereas I think Chandler Jones, yes, stole that game. I don't hate it. He was perfect. That's fair. Kyler was very good, but under perfection. Man, but five touchdowns. Yeah. But the Rams here traveling to Indy, the Colts have an implied point total of 22, the Rams at 26. I mean,

Rams looked the way we thought they'd look. I mean, there were two-thirds of our NFC Super Bowl picks. Other than Jonathan Taylor going up against this Rams defense, are you trying anybody else out on the cold side of the ball? I mean, Naeem Hines.

Got a lot of work, so I'm okay flexing Heinz. Yes, that would be the, that would be the player. I would say Jonathan Taylor and Naeem Hines, you can, you can play. Jonathan, you will. Naeem Hines is a flex option. I'm not sure that I'm taking. I'm not chasing Pascal. I'm not chasing Pascal. I'm holding on Pittman. Jack Doyle, Moe, O'A Cox didn't do anything. So I think that's, that's it. Now, obviously with the conglomeration of that, that means no Carson wins. Yeah, this is another one of those tests of.

Let's find out the truth about week one because you saw both Johnny Taylor and Heinz. Both of them independently saw a 20 plus percent target share, which is that's outrageous that your entire offense is running through the passing game to the running backs. Let's see if that was just a scheme against the Seattle Seahawks or if that's the way that Carson Wentz is going to play. I think that's a good point is that a lot of these matchups in our previews, there are things that happen in week one where we're going to say,

Are we going to, is it going to happen again or was this a one-off? Because you don't know yet, even about the defenses. One of the things I'll point out is that Carson Wentz was hurried and hit and sacked as much as anyone this last week. Their offensive line didn't do a great job. And he, of course, held the ball too long. But their left tackle is something to watch. I think that when Eric Fisher, I'm not sure if he's going to be back.

in week two or not monitor that. But I wonder if when he is back, you see less passing to the running backs, less of those dump-offs, less of those being hurried in the pocket, get it to the running back type of place. But on the other side, you can play Stafford, Henderson, Cup. You should definitely start Robert Woods. I'd put him right back in there. And then Tyler Higby was out there for every single play of the game last week. Yeah. Five for 68.

They didn't have to throw the ball a lot. 26 pass attempts, some big plays. Higby looked the part to me as a critical piece in a very good offense. Yeah, I mean, he's got a very good baseline for the weeks where you don't get a touchdown. A lot of these tight ends that aren't the top options are touchdown or bust. He has touchdown or meh. And that's a lot better. Yeah. Buffalo traveling to Miami to take on the dolphins. Both, well, the dolphins won last week. Buffalo lost.

Draft Kings has this as bills minus three and a half on the road. The overrunners 47 and a half points. I do have the bills in this one, and I think that they will bounce back. They're a well-coached team. Josh Allen still put together an okay fantasy day. Like he didn't completely destroy you because he ran the ball. He had a couple of runs. It wasn't a pretty game against Pittsburgh. No. At all. But I still don't think you do anything.

rash with Josh Allen just because of a tough week one against maybe the best defense in football. Yeah, I was going to say, I went back and you've got to give credit to the Steelers defense. Watt was destroying things, and it's one of the most difficult defenses to play against. So while Josh Allen had a few passes that were his own doing, where it wasn't hurried and he threw it in the ground or he overthrew a guy, whatever, that happens. I think you are.

Completely right, Andy. Don't be scared off of these bills. The Dolphins are still a good defense. This isn't one of those. It's not like the bills are going up against Dallas and you have to force everyone in your lineup. I was impressed with him last week, to be honest. With the bills? No, with the Dolphins. Oh, okay. I was like, that's strange take. Yeah, that was a strange day. No, the Dolphins defense and just like holding up against New England. I thought Mac Jones played well and he still couldn't overcome this defense. They make big plays.

The defense makes timely plays, and that's, you know, the game should be close. It's a divisional matchup. It should be another close game. How are we feeling about Devin Singletary headed into Sunday if, if, which is, again, a big if. Zach Moss is inactive. People want to know what to do with Zach Moss. So they just freak out? Yeah, I think at this point you have to drop him. Like, how can you not freak out?

when at any moment your player is a healthy scratch because he is not part of the game plan. If he is active and part of the game plan, I don't believe you can play him. He is an insurance back to me. The only time that Zach Moss is going to be someone that you can start with confidence is only in the situation that he is the only back there. So.

He's not worth a roster spot unless you're just viewing him as insurance to Devon Singletary. So Singletary, though, we saw him be the guy, 76% of the snaps, 16 opportunities, including five targets. If Moss is gone, Singletary is probably in my lineup. I think this is an easier matchup, not a great one, but easier than the Steelers. It's really going to be a matter of, if Moss is active, I am.

Absolutely not because Singletary fumbled twice. So it's a matter of like, are they going to trust him? Or if Moss is active, they might, you know, it could be kind of the punishment. Like you got your chance. You fumbled twice. We lost the game. You're not the guy anymore. He's a scary start. Singletary is. Even with those opportunities. Like he, there was a time when he had a lot of opportunities and it still, you know, it was under double digit fancy points last week. Obviously tough matchup, but.

Still scares me a little bit. I'm with Jason. If Zach Moss is inactive, I'd be willing to play him. Miles Gaskin in this one had 14 opportunities, 54% of snaps last week, had five receptions. If you were starting Miles Gaskin or Eliza, oh my God. Eliza. And Peggy. So every time I screw that up, I'm getting Hamilton shot back in my face. You darn right. I mean, we don't get a lot of opportunities to talk about Eliza on this show. Only since you invented this ridiculous nickname.

Has he become, like there's something about saying missile. That throws me into Eliza. I like it. Sounds like a personal problem. Mitchell or Gaskin? I would go Mitchell. You know, obviously we saw what the bills did to Nanjee Harris last week. It was not good or kind. He was on the field 100% of the time. And I think he's a better talent. But in a PPR league, that's not to say you can't start Miles Gaskin. He had five receptions. But I mean, that's already.

If you get five receptions, you can't really have a terrible game. Yeah. It's dancing with the devil because you're not 100% sure that. There's also 9 for 49 on the ground. You're not 100% sure that the missile will be the guy in the matchup. But I think I would take that dance. I'd go Mitchell. All right. So Stefan Diggs, yeah, you play him. Beyond.