Unsolved Mysteries + TNF Preview, Trade Decisions | Fantasy Football 2026 - Ep. 1978

productive but it's because the fact he can spread the ball around and they can play action pass and pick the spots and take deep shots around the goal line around the goal line what i've seen through two weeks is what we like if we think about like the last decade and what we think of chiefs and and mahomes and the fantasy outpouring it's like it's back it's creative it there was a play where it was like

You know, they rolled out on play action, which you have to play the play action on Kenneth Walker. He rolls out to the right and he can run it in or there's Rushie Rice or Xavier Worthy or Travis Kelsey and two defenders. And it's like they did a great job covering some of the options. But the designs were so good. It was just easy, so easy for Mahomes. He could have just picked whatever he wanted, whoever was open, throw the touchdown to him. I mean, he's got three touchdowns through two weeks. And I think.

I think Mahomes, for fantasy purposes, when he's around the goal line, it's kind of like how Jalen Hertz has the tush push. He gets kind of free touchdowns. The tap pass for Mahomes and the designs around the goal line, I think he's going to have a ton of touchdowns. I believe he's back for fantasy. Well, let me ask you the same question. What, six touchdowns? Yes. He said three. Well, I meant three each week. Three, yeah, three week one, one rushing, two passing, and three passing touchdowns week two.

Same question as Bryce Young. From week three on, Patrick Mahomes, is the quarterback, what? Five. Oh, gosh. That is hyper bullish for a guy that's been way outside of that for the past few years. I would put him. Who's the quarterback 11 the last two years? Would you rather Bryce Young every week or Patrick Mahomes every week? Easy Mahomes for me. I think maybe eight or nine is where I would put him. Look, not every game is going to be 47 pass attempts, and that's what we got in week two because Indianapolis kept up, right? Yeah.

I mean, Miami this week, you better get it early. Because if they're out ahead of this thing, you're not going to need to throw the ball 47 times. Well, he only threw the ball 27 times in week one, but he's still around the goal line got the touchdowns. Yeah, 184 yards passing. But over 20 fantasy points was a great week. I would feel far more confident with Mahomes returning. I mean, we've kind of just waited years of like, what is going on? What happened?

still looks like he's a... Matt Nagy. He still looks like he's a great player. Matt Nagy and, I mean, maybe we're oversimplifying things, but the Kenneth Walker edition is just... So if you have to say yes or no, what is your answer? Jason said yes. What's my question? Is Patrick Mahomes back? Oh, I would say yes. All right. I would say no. Lane in Idaho. Hey, guys, I've got a tough one for you. Would you rather have Giovante Williams or Jeremiah Love for the rest of the season? Oh.

I would probably take my shot on Jeremiah Love in that situation. Interesting. So I mean, this is literally, this is, this is talent versus opportunity. Javante, like the contract of Javante, the fact that Malik Davis, who had been, was being prepped to be the RB2 got hurt right before the season started. It's Javante's backfield. So you, then how do we feel about?

Does Jeremiah Love actually take over for the Cardinals? He'll get more and more work as the season goes along. That is just for sure. I mean, that happens for all of these rookie running backs, especially for... It happens for rookie running backs, not for the, what, number three overall pick? Yeah, he could be coming back from the ankle still. Yeah, absolutely. That's a fair point. This is an easy, Jeremiah Love for me. If I could trade Giovante, if I have him in...

any league i would go and offer him for love right now and i would expect you're going to get that turned down yep but it's definitely love i was just looking at i was so curious about the mat and aggie years here's mahomes fantasy finish i know there's a lot more there's tyriek but mahomes like i'm for it quarterback one four four one gets matt naggie a

11, 11. Matt Nagy's gone. How many Super Bowls did they win in those years? Oh, that's fine. I mean, I don't give a crap about that. Yeah, we're not the Super Bowl lures. Well, I, yeah, I mean, it's, no, I get it. For fantasy purposes, I understand it, but winning, like, Matt Nagy should get credit for that part of the equation. Right, but now they'll probably win with a lot of points. Yeah, they were winning before Matt Nagy. With a lot of points. It was awesome.

All right, another voicemail question. This is Courtney from Wisconsin. I was calling to see if you think I should bench Burrow for Shucks, considering he has now outperformed and scored him two weeks in a row. Thanks. Oh, man. Shuck versus Burrow this week. So Shuck gets the Las Vegas Raiders. Joe Burrow plays the Pittsburgh Steelers. Pittsburgh's been one of the best defenses so far in the league. And I mean, those AFC North matchups.

They can get dirty. I have. But I think the Raiders defense is outstanding. They're the number one defense, by the way. Fantasy-wise. The Raiders? Yeah. So, I mean, through two weeks. So I don't think either one is a cupcake. I like the fact that Shucks at home. I think in Pittsburgh is a challenge. I lean the Shuck side. Man, that's so crazy. But I think if you didn't give me the matchups, I'd say just stick with Burrow for more time. But I lean Shuck this week.

I agree exactly what you're saying. Obviously, Burrow is better than Chuck. The rest of the season, I would much rather have, bro. If you're playing matchups this week, I think you stay in the flames with Chuck leading the league in passing volume. The last time I think we saw Joe Burrow in Pittsburgh, he was the quarterback 18 through a touchdown. Tyler Shuck is dominating every single start-sick question on our website. For a good reason. The start-sit tool. Tyler Shuck or Bryce Young.

Tyler Shucker, Jared Gall, Tyler Shuck or Joe Burrow, Tyler Shucker, Drake, May, Tyler Shuck or Jordan Love. Because you want to know whether you should stay in the flames or not. And, you know, it's been good for Tyler Shuck. The Baltimore game wasn't some, like, wild, I guess he had the rushing touchdown. Yes, which was. He had the rushing touchdown. At the very end. Yeah, I mean, I was going to say it's been 23, 22 points. Would you play Tyler Shuck or Bryce Young right now?

I mean, Bryce Young has scored more in both weeks. It's Cleveland. Man. I probably would play Bryce Young this week. I told you, I'm worried about Kelvin Banks being out combined with Max Crosby this week. I don't blame you. I mean, it's... If Tyler Shuck went out there and it wasn't quite as strong this week, I would not be shocked. Okay, so based on what you're saying, what we just said, and I...

I don't know if we're going to scrub the tape after. We can do that. We have the podcast. Yeah, we can, we can. Who knows where we're in recording. What was just said was the order of starts to go. Oh gosh. Bryce young. Oh, gosh. You did. Oh, man. Yeah. Tyler Shuck. Joe Burrow. Disgusting. Yeah. I think. Do you have the. Make a note. Make a note right now of this moment. Clip it.

And I want to come back next week and see if we were right or wrong with the final results. But yes, that is my final answer. Also, if we're wrong, please do not bring it. Yeah, well, I don't know about this wee stuff. Yeah. Okay. Oh, gosh, I said that. You did. And you know what? If you're right, all the glory goes to you and you alone. Yeah, you're doing a high dog. I'm happy to do it for you. I want to say one more thing about Bryce Young. There is a chance that.

We have the magical equation in place with Carolina's defense, not being good enough on a regular basis. Like part of what we want to see, it might have said blazes, right? No, you just went southern for a little bit there. Bases. I do declare. I do declare. Bryce Young's defense is not very good. But the Panthers offense, it's magical. Like, you play fast.

You throw more than you're supposed to, and your defense is not that great? Cincinnati's defenses look vastly improved. Yes. The Saints have a good defense as well. Their defense is much better than Carolinas. I have, through two weeks, like, do we think that Deshaun Watson can get some stuff done against Carolina this week? Probably, they can probably move the football against Carolina. So from a game script perspective, the way the Cincinnati's defense has been playing in Pittsburgh's defense.

What's the overrunner of that game? I mean, that game's got to be like 40 points. That is, I mean, 40 and a half points, I bet. That's my guess. I don't know. Which game we, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh. We got, and that's the, 42 and a half, I'm seeing. Yeah, I mean, that's, and what's the, what's the overrunder in the Carolina game. 42 and a half. Son of a gun. But here, here's what I'll say. Son of a gun. Carolina, it's, it's harder to buy in because we have, we have, the track record is.

Oh, when I tried to persuade anybody to believe in Bryce Young for this year, it was like zero chance. Yes, the track record, which I think might still be the position. The track record is not just... Why is he called the Sandman in our... Because he puts you to sleep because he's so boring. You can... The Sandman? That was a throwaway from years ago. Oh, I don't remember anything about that. Who is? Bryce Young. On our site, it says he's the Sandman. I don't remember that. Delete it, Jason. I will delete that as long as I can add Meowvin Harrison. Yes, please make that happen.

One moment, please. Can I get the computer? The computer? What are you? What did you just do? I just tried to switch the page and hit the wrong. Okay. That wasn't like you thinking you were making an editorial change? Not at all. A decision. Okay, well, the computer confirmed it. So, Meowson Harrison, Harrison Jr. is there, and there is no more Mr. Sandman. Let me get through this. Because the track record is not just non-existence where you're like, like with Tyler Shuck.

He could be great. We just don't, he could be a boat. We don't know yet. Bryce Young's track record, awful. Awful. So this would be even more surprising. But this was the storm that made the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys the best for fantasy football last year. High-powered potent offense that has to throw all the time because their defense stinks. And if they really are going to trust Bryce Young,

We all believe in Tetaroa McMillan. I didn't like him in the draft because I'm like, we have Bryce Young's only going to throw for 200 yards a game. Yep, that was your argument. Then you're drafting him at his ceiling. I did not see this as a potential outcome for the Panthers. But maybe you want to like at least take some, put a couple chips into this and see what happens. I mean, right now Atlanta's not winning this division. Correct. No way. Tampa doesn't look in the division. Tampa doesn't look like it. Sox right now.

I would still take the Saints to win. But those are the two teams. But fantasy purposes, we might, we might have, uh, that's what I'm saying. We might have some George Clooney Marky Mark happening right now. This could be a perfect storm. Yeah. Could be. Yeah, the movie's okay. So I like what does this mean for? Is this is Hubbard someone that you should be trading for? Because, well, especially with, well, I don't know that you can now. He's going to catch the football. You can trade for Hubbard. I promise it's not untouchable.

Yeah. No, but you trade Javonte Williams for Chuba Hubbard. Yes. Oh, my gosh. Yeah, I think I would. Would I trade Javonte? I don't know if I do that. I don't know if I'd have the guts. That's, I mean, that one is like, I don't think I would do it, but I can easily see the path for Hubbard being better. Maybe you could get. He who dares wins. Hubbard. Isn't this guy back behind him right now? Yes. Yeah. Would you rather have Chuba rest of season or Trayvion rest of season, Jason? Trayvion.

He said that very definitively. I still think Trayvion's going to be very good. He can whiff on a bunch of past plays. He can run for two yards of carry on 80% of his carries. And I think he has a fine fantasy season because he's going to break long. Not there. He wasn't really paying attention. I don't know if he wasn't paying attention or he just didn't understand. I don't think he understood the question. Yeah.

If you don't know what we're talking about, he had a moment, Trayvion Henderson had a moment at a press conference where he was asked about like, it doesn't matter what he was asked about. He had no idea what was happening. He asked the guy like four times and was basically like, I don't know what you're saying. It was a dumb question. It was a dumb question. It was a dumber answer. I think, yeah, those will be some interesting guys over the back half of the season. So, AJ Dillon, to answer your question,

negative rushing yards last week. How many carries, though? Three. Okay, impressive. Total. Too many carries to have negative yards. Yeah, if you're on one carry. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Three attempts in total you went backwards. I've never doubted that AJ Dylan wants to do well. Oh, yeah. I believe his heart is in the right place. That was the mailbag presented by Paramount Plus. Paramount Plus is a streaming home to the NFL on CBS all season long. See you Sunday. All right.

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