Week 2 Matchups + Losing Impressively, Wheel of Shame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/17

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Welcome in. Back again, Friday, September 17th. Jason Moore, Mike Wright, Andy Holloway. Hey, everybody. Howdy, partners. Don't make me bring my Southern lawyer back on this show. We won't. Welcome into the Fantasy Footballers podcast. More matchups to get into today. Some news. We'll be talking about that Thursday night game that once again delivered.

Primetime games are being... Jason. Hey, oh, man, I was... They're outstanding. I thought that thing was going to be a news fest. And it was for the first, like, quarter and a half. And then, oh, brother, that was a great game. It was. That was just a lot of fun. Yeah, I mean, I think the key for the giant success in this game was just elevating Daniel Jones to that number one spot on the running back depth chart. That was the key. It certainly helped. He's so good at that. Yes.

Also, sneaky fast. Defenders, you don't need to bite on Saquan quite as hard as, I mean, it was like the same play. It was like, I'm going to hit it to Sequin. Psych, psych, I got you again. It's like, stop biting in so, you just maybe guard the edge too. Have you seen Daniel Jones or something unassuming about that man? And have you seen Sequin Barclay? I don't, I mean, I think you might be wrong, Jay. If you don't bite on Barclay.

It turns into that 41-yard run. But it was the edge guy. The edge defender kept, like when they're faking sake one up the middle, that edge guy's like, I'm going to get him. Dude, just guard the rollout from Daniel Jones. Well, we'll break it down momentarily, but it is Friday. Friday is a spectacular day to win a Chris Godwin signed jersey from pristine auction.com. And, well, today, this Friday.

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Right back into the Thursday night breakdown. So we're talking about Daniel Jones. He rushed for a career high 95 yards. You also had J.D. McKissick with a career high, 83 yards receiving on five receptions. This was not the week one, 21 to one Gibson versus McKissick game. True. And so let's react first to the Washington running back room. Gibson was 13 for 69.

I think where he really hurt you was two for four in the passing game. So last week when he didn't score, you still survived because he was, you know, more involved in the receiving game. This week you saw McKissick. Oh, gosh. The snap goblin himself running out on the field. And look, I. What's that a goal I'm carry?

Two minutes drill is mine. Oh, those were quotes. We were playing a clip from the field. Look, this was the problem with believing Gibson could go to the next level is the players that live in the next level, they get the two minutes. And they get the receiving work. And you can't argue with Ron Rivera on a.

success basis. I don't know. They won week one and lost week two. So, oh wait. No, they should have lost. You need to flip that around. Oh, goodness. Okay. Well, it's the McKissick show. So the exact opposite of what you said. Fire him up. Five for 83 through the air. You know, Gibson's great. And we can talk and write stories about what a great wide receiver he was in college.

but that doesn't seem to make Ron Rivera want to play him or run routes from the outside. So what do you do? Yeah. A couple of pedestrian weeks from Gibson. A couple of, yes, fantasy pedestrian weeks, but, I mean, he, on the field, Gibson has been tremendous. I mean, week one, 20 carries. And if I'm not mistaken, I think that's the highest mark of.

his career. Oh, no, he hit 20 carries one time or twice last year. So that was very encouraging to see that type of usage. He had, unfortunately, you know, the two fumbles that took him out of the running back two range. But week one was still solid. And week two, 13 carries for 69 yards. A guy he's averaging over five yards of carry, we would hope that he would get more work. And it almost.

It should have cost Washington the game that at the end there, where Gibson could have racked up a couple more carries, patted that yardage a little bit more, they decided to throw deep on their side of the field, and it turned into an interception that Washington didn't end up ultimately paying the price for. So I'm holding with Gibson. I know there is, I've seen my timeline. People are freaked out by Gibson, but this is.

This is still very similar to what he was doing last year. He just hasn't scored a touchdown yet. Which we thought regression was potential. It was certainly a potential. But for a player who already has 160 rushing yards through two weeks and he hasn't scored yet, that's a little bit of an anomaly, that the touchdown regression should go to his favor. Feels a little bit like Kenyon Drake start to last year.

For Gibson? Possibly. Where Drake came on a little bit later and was better. But Gibson looks like he's passing the eye test in a big way. Well, let me ask this question then. You have this information before the draft that you lose your quarterback in Ryan Fitzpatrick and you've got J.D. McKissick used as he's been used.

Does it change how you would have drafted Gibson? I don't think so. I think he would have been drafted just about the exact same spot, less hopeful upside of having that top five, top three type of finish. But I think his baseline still puts him right about where you would have drafted him. The only question to me would be if actually if someone else like a D'Andre Swift would have maybe supplanted him. You know, so that would have moved him back one spot.

It's hard to be upper echelon without receiving work. Yes. Or getting into the end zone 11 times like you did last year. And does the switch of this? We don't know yet because we're only one week in. But because Heineke was the full-time starter, did that completely switch up what the game plan was where last week Heineke wasn't game planned for and they stuck with Gibson? Is that what's happening now? I don't know. I think you can be.

Very excited about Terry McLaren's involvement, 14 targets, go-to receiver. Had a couple plays that could have broken long as well that, you know, didn't. He had a touchdown. This was an exhale that you had on Terry McLaren after week one and with the quarterback switch. Logan Thomas, solid again, five for 45. It was Ricky Seals Jones that got the touchdown, though. What a great catch. That was a very nice. And Heineke deserves a ton of credit. Like, he was.

Very efficient. 34 for 46. He was. He made some impressive throws that, you know, I don't know if it was just great coverage on the Thursday night football game, but you kind of got the perspective of some of these throws where he was under duress. And that's a pro quarterback. It's really, really good news for Terry McLauran because you're now not afraid of.

what happened at quarterback. I don't know that you're excited about any other option. On the other side of the ball. Yeah, let's go over there. Sterling Shepard has been extremely involved going back to the end of last year. Obviously, more of a PPR guy, but he's gotten touchdowns. He had one week one, didn't get one today, or last night. But he seems like a...

Do you believe he has made the transition into a reliable flex option? Nope. I still not in? Correct. Not in yet because you... What was he week one? He was great. Oh, I fully supported starting him this week once Ingram was ruled out. So here's what's happening in the office right now. There is no Evan Ingram. There is no Sequin Barkley in the passing game of any sort.

Will there ever be? And you still have Kenny Gallaudet and, you know, you got Darius Slayton. Tony's had no targets. I'm not saying that you can't give him a shot. But he feels, I mean, he's kind of like starting Jarvis Landry. So anytime you'd feel comfortable starting Landry, I'm fine starting Shepherd. So, you know, I don't know what that means.

But I don't think, I think we've seen enough from Shepard over multiple years where he gives you a string of PPR effective games and then some that aren't. And maybe this is the year that he does it. But I just don't feel confident yet. Okay. And then moving over to Saquan Barkley. Yeah. 13 for 57 had a 41-yard run, which means that there was 12 for 16 on the other carries. There was a point.

during the game where Sequin Barclay had already ripped off his 41-yard run, and he had 39 rushing yards on the day. And here's why I want to kind of focus on that a little bit. This is who he was his rookie season. You know, after the big explosion, I mean, he crushed for fantasy his rookie year on the back of a lot of receiving work as well. But in the rushing game, this is what it was. Every single week, it was.

All or nothing where he had his physical traits are he can rip off this 41-yard run at any given moment. But if he doesn't, he ends up at like two yards per carry. When he doesn't hit that home run, Jason, are you concerned about Sakel and Barclay in this offense where he's not getting two targets or two receptions yesterday for 12 yards in inefficient running? I brought up.