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running option. No more expectations of Khalif Raymond getting a 34.6% target share after week one. He better not. I picked him up a couple places. I will say this. He's who you need to keep your eyes on. Snap percentage. If Rome is healthy now and is fine and Rome played 48% of the snaps. If he goes up and plays, you know, what we would expect and he's up at 70% of the snaps and Khalif Raymond is gone and you could see these three wide receivers, wide receivers being Colson Loveland is one of them.

playing the majority of snaps, I think we'll see what we were hoping for. But if this week Khalif Raymond goes out there and is playing 50 or 60% of the snaps because he knows the system. He came over from Ben Johnson with the Detroit lines. He's just a good enough veteran player to mix in and they've got packages for him all the time. I think that's going to prove to be really problematic for Luther Burton, for Roma Dunzee, and potentially for Colson Loveland if there's a fourth mouth to feed. I think Raymond is year 10 for Raymond. I think you look at him a lot like Kendrick Bourne in Week 1 for Arizona, where

The involvement, it was high. The defensive packages accounted for Adunzei and Burden and didn't account for a Raymond to be able to have such a big role. Yeah. So it was impressive. And what I love is I just like Caleb taking what's available. You're going to be a better quarterback. By the way, 72% completion percentage in week one. That's a good start. Never had a game like that last year. That was the struggle.

10 carries 65 rushing yards last week for Caleb Williams. Get ready for this week. I mean, Minnesota Blitz on 74% of plays last week. The highest in the NFL, Flores is a master. I mean, Minnesota won. They didn't seem like a team after losing Kyler two seconds into this game with the deficit they had against the Packers. They could win that game, and it was the defense that stepped up. Philadelphia 1-0 taking on the 0-1 Tennessee Titans. Now, Philly minus 7 on the road.

over under 39 and a half to me that that line is actually respectful it is indicative of philly's office 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 does you watch tennessee no yeah so respectful that's so respectful of 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 um i i was really blown away when i tried to trade your my guy for a different my guy oof call it call it they call that a dante pettis uh yeah no never had an in season trade before that's true um no i 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 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 2 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 now I'm sticking to do 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, that 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. Dantavian Wix, spot start? Yeah. They layer 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 rushing game for the Eagles. Pat Bryant or Wix? Wix. Wix's numbers of like routes and snap count and everything. Like it's strong. The targets weren't there as much as you would like if you're Dantavian Wix truth or a player. But step one is.

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Yeah, I mean, the defense is on the division. Yeah, they're good. Yeah, but it's weird. In the hindsight, you'd be like, well, that was the 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. I. They almost lost to the Falcons. Yeah, I don't know, man. With Cooper Rush.

Look, 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 don't like it. You don't like that the Falcon's 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 didn't.

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 AJ Brown upside situation. And you look at it now and it's like, my gosh, why did you get rid of Kishon 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.

instantaneously you lose AJ 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 Demerio Douglas if there was ever a time Romeo Romeo where for art thou Romeo you were not 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? Then 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. 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 also, 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.

Oh. 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 a 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 Romandre, 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 Romander 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 reception 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.