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

I think Russ has a chance at the number one overall spot this week against Tennessee. Agreed. Oh, man. When I saw this in there, Russell is going to, oh, he's going to obliterate the Titans. He is going to carve them up like the chef he is. All right. He's going to be cooking. All right, Mike, your quarterback start. I'm going with Maddie Stafford. He is taking on the Colts. The Colts just gave up the ninth most points to the quarterback position of the one you were talking about Russell Wilson.

And meanwhile, Stafford was 10th against the Chicago Bears, and I think that the Bears might be a little bit of a better defense than the Colts. Russ beat them deep. Do we see a repeat on that Van Jefferson play right at the beginning of the game? To be determined.

But I think that Stafford. Tell me you didn't think that was Deshaun Jackson when you first saw it. Oh, totally did. I mean, 100% assumed it was Deshaun Jackson in week one. Yeah, you just, he was like, I knew that was going to have, oh, Van Jefferson. But while Stafford to me doesn't feel like someone where you're like, yeah, I've got top five upside this week. He feels like a real safe top 12 guy. Well, and more professional transitions. My wide receiver is Cooper Cup.

Goodness gracious. Because of the breakfast thing. Because of the breakfast, he's getting that cup of coffee. Is Cooper Cup of Coffee? Cooper Cup of Coffee going to be out there. Stafford had a Cooper Cup of Coffee? Oh, Stafford's got a Cooper Cup of Coffee on his team and it's going to be great. Or Robert Woods. His name is not conducive for breakfast jokes. Robert Woods, Breakfast. Say that. Fuck, Glenn, I warned you. I warned you at the top of the show that stupidity would flow. Yeah. So Cooper Cup a coffee. Cup of coffee. Cup of coffee. Look, that's Cooper. Cooper.

That's Kupa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa? Exactly right. Spell the same. Kupa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kofi. I would just. Lies. Thank you. And Peggy. I would encourage you, Fooklaan, to say this at home. Oh, Kupa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kappa Kofi is fun to say. But seriously, it did look like he was. Fun to play.

clear first read for Stafford, all the jokes about them getting breakfast early. They were in sync. He was fantastic. And I genuinely believe you want to take the shot now. Like he's someone that I would maybe even go look at trading for. And the matchup, the Colts couldn't guard anyone last week. I don't blame the Colts as much as I blame Russell Wilson. But Stafford Cup, they're going to be great here. It's, you know, Lockett had two touchdowns. And if you looked at the Gerald Everett play, Lockett was.

wide open for another third touchdown. It was just Russ's got to pick which guy he wanted to give a touchdown. So I think Cooper Cup's going to ball out. We have a bunch of players interconnected throughout these starts of the week because we love these games. And Mike Williams is my start of the week against Dallas. Yes. We talked about it. The game's going to be a shootout. He had 12 targets last week. He looked like a stud. He looked like a player.

doing the things he was drafted to do. He's healthy right now, and that's all that matters. I am chasing that first week performance with Mike Williams. I believe it's going to be a great week. So start him, flex him, whatever the case may be, Mike Williams is my wide receiver start. And a lower tier wide receiver I want to give some love to here is Jarvis Landry. I've mentioned it during the matchup. I want in on this. I want in on those 30 implied points.

Maybe it turns out that Nick Chubb rushes in four touchdowns, and it's a little bit disappointing, but he had an 18% target share. Since Odell has come to Cleveland, Jarvis is averaging five receptions in those games where Odell is not there. So I think that he is a safe wide receiver three play of the week. And we know that every once in a while, Jarvis just...

He has himself a game, and I think it's very possible this week. Well, you can't like Baker without knowing that drivers will be involved. So Jason, running back. My running back start of the week is David Montgomery. He was absolutely outstanding. One of the best-looking running backs in week one, and that was against the Rams top defense. Cincinnati looked fine last week, but that was in Cincinnati's home opener. Now they're going on the road. It's going to be an easier matchup than the Rams.

The Bears are both at home and favored. That is really predictive for touchdowns. So I think David Montgomery is someone. Honestly, this is probably the last time this year. We can make him a start of the week because, I mean, you know, at some point, I think he's got the Steelers on the schedule this year. And I probably play him no problem at that point. He just looked so good. They're going to lean on him. Remember when I had you at Jacksonville? Yes.

Well, I have Melvin Gordon at Jacksonville this week as my running back start of the week. Okay. He has Jacksonville is hashtag not good. Gordon will get plenty of opportunities. I think he's going to get goal line work in this game. He showed he can still break a big play. He also had three targets out of the backfield. That's something Gordon can do. Giovante only had one. They're going to split time, but there is plenty to go around in Jacksonville this week. Teddy Bridgewater can move the offense, and I think Gordon ends up in the end zone again.

And I'm going to go with Damien Harris taking on the Jets. Yes. Nearly a touchdown favorite. And, you know, plenty of implied points for the Patriots offense. 23 carries 100 yards. And he even saw some targets. What do you know? That's crazy. Damien Harris saw some targets. If he's going to see three targets. What do you do with him? I can't tell you right now.

I can't tell you, but he saw three targets. On a scale of James White to Sonny Michelle, how'd he do? He saw three targets. He watched them fly by. He saw three opportunities through the air, and he's going to get the groundwork. So I think that Damien Harris is a smash play this week. Well, on to the ever-important boom-boom kicker. Jason Moore's, ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom-boom kicker of the week.

Last week I sat down to poo. And this week, I stood up. And you can stand beside me with the Bucks Ryan suck up. Okay. Nothing like standing to poop. I did. See, that's where I went. And I also like how this is, I feel like I'm part of a story. That's right. Yeah. You can, is this? I'm going to weave a narrative through the year. I hope. I hope not. Also. Also.

I want to make sure I heard you correctly. Have you stood to poo before? You sat down to poo, but this week you stand up. And people can join you. It's going to fall a long way. That's right. This is a standing poop. This is a standing drop. It's not an often called for maneuver, but I don't know if I could do that. I don't think it's possible. Can you just poop standing up? Like, I mean, I don't mean like a crouch. I mean a full stand up. Just squeeze it out. I don't think you can do it. I mean, if you had to go. If you had to go.

I mean... You have to, like, at least be a frame with your legs out. Yeah, I don't... You have to? Or you've got it. I don't think you spread the cheeks with your hands. Oh, no. You got to. That'd be a mushy mess if you didn't. There's no, nothing. It's not going to go well clean-wise from a standing position. Regardless. Whew. Once again, delay, delay, delay before we elegantly move into a sponsor. We want to thank pristine auction.

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A little rub. A little soft wipe on the face. We need to shut this thing down. Pristineauction.com, use the code ballers. That'll do it. More matchups tomorrow. Foot Clan Friday coming up. Enjoy this game tonight. We've been surprised by these matches before. And I hope to be surprised again. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on join thefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter at the FF ballers.

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