Starts of the Week + Week 2 Preview, Thanks Khloe! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/17

over under 39 and a half to me that that line is actually respectful it is indicative of philly's offense not looking great and in my opinion this line would be bigger in a normal situation yeah 39 and a half is a low score though it's still a touchdown favorite on the road is

You should take that as disrespect. Did you watch Tennessee? No, yeah. That's so respectful. That's so respectful of Tennessee. Tennessee deserves to be minus 14 and a half based on what we've seen in week one and most of last year. They, they scare the tarnation out of me and they need Cam Ward to take a step forward. I was really blown away. Are you going to try to trade your my guy for a different my guy? Oof.

They call it, call it, they call that a Dante Pettus. Yeah. No. Never had an in-season trade before. That's true. No, I still believe in the, in the, uh, talent of Carnell Tate. Price picks has his projection at six and a half targets. I mean, that enough? Probably not from Cam Ward. Yeah. Probably needs like 12 or 13 targets from Cam Ward to catch eight of them, but, um.

I'm hopeful going forward. This is not a good matchup against the Eagles. I expect the Eagles defense to completely shut down the Titans offense. And if I can bench Carnell Tate for, you know, another, you know, wide receiver two option, I would. Carnell wait and see. Yeah. Don't play him. I'm not playing any Titan. You can't make me do it. I was going to say it. And I'm sticking to it. You can't make me do it.

If I was to start one, it would be Cornell Tate still. I think he has the ability to take any play to the house. The running backs is, you know, you thought the disgusting late round pick of Tony Pollard is like, well, at least we know. He's a starter. I mean, they were a 50-50 split, the routes, the snaps. You know, it was, Taj was on there just as much as Tony Pollard was. Dallas Goddard is the, he's got one player.

Devante Adams has more receiving touchdown since the beginning of 2025 than him. Do you realize this? This is not, this is, this is a long run here. I love, I love Goddard as one of the breakout guys this year. I mean, I know you've talked about Kincaid. There's some other guys that may have staying power. I think Goddard does. Duntavian Wix, spot start? Yeah. Valet or Wix? Uh, oh, between the two of them? I'm going to go valet. I think I'll get more targets. And I could see this turning into a, uh, uh,

a rushing game for the Eagles. Pat Bryant or Wix? Wix. Wix's numbers of like routes and snap count and everything. Like it's, it's strong. The targets weren't there as much as you would like if you're a Dantavian Wix truth or a player. But step one is he's out there. Yeah, 94% of route participatory. He is there too. So that has a lot of value. We'll take a break. We'll talk.

Some more matches. Pittsburgh 1-0, New England, 0-1. Of course. New England minus 5.5. Home opener for them. Overrunners, 41.5. Last year, it was 21-14 in week three. Pittsburgh won that game. Goodness gracious. The defense. So the Patriots lost to the Raiders and Pittsburgh? Yeah, I mean, the defense won the division. Yeah, they're good. Yeah, but it's weird. In the hindsight, you'd be like, well, that was this.

team that went to the Super Bowl for the AFC. That's gross. They had that schedule. I, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, oh no. Oh, no. Andy's almost upset of the week. They almost lost to the Falcons. Yeah, I don't know, man. With Cooper Rush. Look, I, the second I hit that button, the Falcon was nodding real quick. Are you on board with that one, Falcon? I dig it. Yeah, I mean, I.

I don't like it. You don't like that the Falcons on board? I get it. No, I mean, I don't like that. I push that button. The overrunner is very low. Okay, that's number one. It's a pretty big line. That's number two. You lose AJ Brown. And from the moment that he went down, I didn't see cohesion in the offense. I think there's a lot of pressure on Drake May this week, a lot. Yes, I would agree with that. And you're at home. Pittsburgh is hard-nosed. They play tough.

The defense is formidable. In week one, I know it's just one week. I mean, they gave up seven points to, I mean, it was Atlanta, right? It was Drake London, did nothing. You know, I don't want to say, you know, you have T.J. Watt, he had the big defensive play. I just think it'll be a close game. They might not win it. That's why that button says almost in it. I get away with both. But look, this game is, it's an interesting one to me. And Drake May right now is an interesting start decision for people because you lose.

The oomph, right? You lose the big A.J. Brown upside situation. And you look at it now and it's like, my gosh, why did you get rid of Kisham Booty? That's what I'm looking at with the Patriots. It's like, Kishon Booty was your big play. It worked great with McDaniels all the time. And instantaneously, you lose A.J. Brown and you ship this guy off for nothing. And you need somebody else to step up and you're telling me, oh, it's got to be Romeo Dobbs and Matt Collins and DiMario Douglas.

If there was ever a time, Romeo. Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore art thou Romeo? You went out there last year, last week. The utilization of Romeo Dobbs coming off of the contract was very head scratching of like that feels like there's information that we don't have access to because you're like, how do you pay a guy that much money than you're playing in like half of the snaps? And I was, there were, there's some social media whispers of.

of Kyle Williams getting more play this week. Yeah, I don't, I think that's good for the Patriots. They need electricity. They need something that pops. Yeah, the question with Drake May. And not Pop Douglas, because that's not electricity. No. Question with Drake May is like who.

Who would you start over him? A couple of guys. Purdy, for sure. I would start Purdy. I would start Jackson Dart. I would start Jordan Love. I would start golf tonight? Yes, absolutely. Those four guys, I would start over me. I've got May as my quarterback 12, so he's still in there. And don't hear us saying that Drake May sucks for the rest of the year. This is awesome. This is matchup. This is like low over under. After losing your top receiver and not seeing anything good last week, just something to be cautious about.

They do get Trayvion Henderson back. He was a full participant in practice on Wednesday. So a Wednesday full participation means he's almost certainly playing this week coming off of an ankle. I would expect that. I don't know if he'll have limited snaps based on coming off the injury or variable's hatred for him, either one. But they need him. They need some, like you just said, they need juice. They need electricity. They need explosiveness in this offense. If you had to play one wide receiver for the Patriots.

As a spot start, what's the name? Disgusting. Let's put them in the flux and you're allowed to say Hunter Henry too. It should be Romeo Dobbs. How do you not go Mac Hollins? That's the craziest part. It should be Romeo Dobbs. Yeah, I think I go. I think it's Mac. I think I go Mac as well. Farts. Drake May completed three of eight attempts.

Beyond 10 yards in week one. When we. And three picks. When we ascertain who the number one wide receiver start would be, and it's a mac hones with farts, I see you're almost upset. Okay. This offense does not look like they are primed right now. You're going to need a lot from remandre, or you're going to need something special from Trevion. They've got to do it in the running game, I think. And, you know, that's tough. Last year, at least.

The Steelers were the second most difficult matchup for running backs. And, yeah, and let me say, in week one, Bejohn beat the crap out of the Steelers with receiving, so. We do generally see the running backs take over for absences in the secondary, so Ramonder and Travo might get targeted a lot. The one thing I'll say is that Rabel's team generally bounce back from defeat in a good way, so maybe they get it done. Are you starting RICO or Jalen Warren? I'd pass on both this week. I would try to as well.

You know, the... It's worth noting RICO had more snaps, but less utilization from Jalen Warren. That is such a confusing situation where I'm like, so who gets the work this week? Watching them, they were both bad. Oh, yeah. Like, Warren was 10 for 46. Rico was terrible. In the second half, like Warren ripped off two decent runs. But the majority, you know, six targets for Jalen Warren, five for 27 versus two for six.

most of Warren's perception yards came on a trick play. Green Bay's 0-1-1, they take on the New York Jets who are 1-0. That is a sentence I wasn't sure we'd say ever. But there you have it. Vegas line, Green Bay on the road, 3.5 point favorites over under 44.5. It's not a huge line. It's just not a huge line. It's not. This game is outstanding because like,

Al won't work for us. He will not be here. The Jets could be 2 and 0. I know. Which means the Packers are 0 and 2. Like this would be. That's not happening. Unbelievable. I'm going to give some credit while we can. This was our policy putting on the Cardinals gear. I'm going to give credit to the Jets in week one. I'm going to give credit to Gino Smith for completing 79% of his passes. That was old school Gino. I'm going to give credit to Frank Reich who had.

the fifth highest play action rate in week one and did some things that actually seemed smart. Get some motion, bro. Put some players in positions to succeed. He had a play where he had five tight ends on the field. Yeah, I'm going to give credit to their offensive line. How many facts did they give up? No, absolutely. The time that Garret Wilson had, or that Gino Smith had to throw the ball was outstanding compared to what this offensive line was last year. They put a lot of investment in it, and there was a hope. You always have these teams that are like, ah, they had a bad offensive line. They tried to improve it.

Hopefully it's a little better. One week only, and, you know, they were against the Titans. But the offensive line looked massively improved. Gino was the most pressured most sat quarterback last year in Las Vegas. That must have been a relief fading back to pass and having a chance. Play Breece Hall. He had a great week one. Garrett Wilson, yes. Keep your eye on Kenya and Sadiq. And that's it. And that's it. On the other side, Christian Watson, what a week. I think you can play him and Matthew Golden unquestionably. You know, Golden led the team in rounds and target share.

Golden is such a good trade-for target. I agree. I mean, what we saw in week one was the hope, and he did enough to where it's like, hey, he did stuff with the ball on his hands. Last year, he was a half-time player. He played around 50% of the snaps in his rookie season. Twelve targets. And this year, week one, 82% of the snaps, he led the receiving core in snaps. So bright days are ahead for Matthew Golden. What about for Marshawn Lloyd?

Oh, man. You hope that he shows something here, right? Like last week, very difficult matchup, looked outrageously bad. Jumped around behind the line, just looked indecisive, bad vision, nothing good. Like, I didn't see anything from Chris Brooks or Lloyd to make me believe. However, they were going up against a really, really elite defense. And this week, they get the jet. So I wouldn't be surprised if Marshawn Lloyd rips off, you know.

two or three 20-yard runs and looks outstanding. So I think we just got to pump the brakes on the judgment from week one. I think you could still probably start Marshawn Lloyd because he's going to get carries in a decent matchup while they're favored. 44% snaps compared to 55% for Chris Brooks last week. Yes, but 13 carries compared to seven carries. So when Lloyd's on the field. Makes me nervous out of minimum. Yeah, for sure. I can get that. But the carries were for Marshaun Lloyd. The routes were.

Chris Brooks, I don't believe, ran a route. Huh? I don't think he ran around, did he? Chris Brooks? I guess he had 2% target share last week. Yeah, no, he ran some routes. One target? Just saying, like, it was split. If you drafted Lloyd, that's not how you wanted the season to start, but I think it improves for him. The Cleveland Browns, O and one, taking on the O&1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tampa Bay,

Give me the bucks and the points here. Jason went on to tirade flushing the whole Browns team down the drain yesterday. It was a dirty bowl. It'll get better in week three with Shadour. It's going to be Watson again. Do you start, and let's make this one quick and easy. Do you start a Brown? No. Okay. Baker Mayfield probably not tempted to start him this week. I'm perfectly fine. You're fine with it? Would you play golf or Baker?

Goff. Yeah, I wouldn't goff. But I just say, like, Baker is still, he still has high potential. Jacksonville beat the crap. Like, Trevor Lawrence was awesome. They beat the crap out of the Browns. And if they get way up, it's because Baker was a part of it. Bucky logout. Are you, are you just, like, benching and watching Gainwell and Godwin? It was more than the actual output for Godwin that concerned me. Yeah, he didn't look spry.