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

Four for 40 last week on four targets, 86% of snaps, 6.3 fantasy points. To me, I'd rather watch and get a little more upside somewhere else, but maybe, like, I'd play valet over Godwin. Yeah, I agree. You must hate Godwin. I was just trying to give you a win here, Mike. Trying to give you one. Well, my win was, I started valet last week. And won. And it was awesome. Yeah, New Orleans. Oh, and one, speaking of valet, taking on the 1-0 Baltimore Ravens.

Baltimore minus eight and a half. So, you know, you have a situation here. Same line, these two games. Really? This one, I saw it this morning and I was eight and a half. I saw it this morning and I was like, wow, that is. Respect what they did in week one. Jeez. That's crazy. Eight and a half over a touchdown. They just win. It was a whooping by Baltimore in week one and the Saints, the Saints had a nice comeback. It looked real bad for a while. I do think it's a pretty big one. Well, it looked.

They did have to have a comeback, but, I mean, number one, like, Shuck was, like, just horrifically bad for the beginning on the first half, completed 46% of his passes, 85 passing yards. But, like, that game was very tight for a long time. Yeah, 7-0-0-14-0. Like, the Saints' defense, they were holding as long as they could before the line started to put up points. And it's, I don't know, eight and a half is. It's a tough environment to go to Baltimore.

and play this team, I think, for Tyler Shuck. There are certain situations, I think, that are maybe more conducive for him. But an outdoor game in Baltimore, I guess that's the viewpoint. I don't know. The overrunners, 46 and a half. That puts Baltimore at the fourth highest implied point total of the week. It was an exciting week one for both of these teams and the players therein. I mean, Alave and Valle were great. Shuck ended up great. The main situation, I think, of kind of some concern was that Travis H. Ann Jr.

You know, week one, had a lot of opportunities. It didn't turn into a ton of fantasy points, but, you know, kind of similar to maybe A-chan. The real A-chan's week, like A-chan Jr. and A-chan were very similar in, like, a lot of opportunities, but not a lot of production. Yeah, but it was only nine carries, but nine targets is, that's, his floor is okay, and there'll be bigger ceiling games. I'm not saying I'm a, I'm not a huge Travis A-chan Jr.

fan or supporter, but when you're that utilized, things will improve. How worried are you about Zay Flowers? He did not practice on Wednesday. He did not practice today. I have felt like you. He didn't practice at all, non-participation? Non-participation today. Yeah, we're seeing that come through. I had figured he'll sit at least a week. Thankfully, it's not a long-term thing, but I would expect him to be out. So Andrews start of the week, that's part of the why there. I mean, Mike and I start of the weeks of tight-in are exactly the same.

Yeah. Nico and Zay Flowers. It's questionable to play. Injury opportunity. Exactly. Derek Henry, please do. Lamar Jackson. Uh-huh. Rashad Bateman, if you're in a pinch. Eight and a half point home favorite. I mean, he's going to catch the ball. The wild thing about Zay Flowers being out is... You should be able to just say that. Yeah. But I have no idea. I don't know if it's going to be like Devontes Walker plays heavily in this game and gets some targets.

The Elijah Surat has felt buried. How is this an eight and a half point line? Derek Henry. Yep. And Lamar. Yeah, I mean, just the. But it's wild. Rashad Bateman played so many snaps last week. So many snaps. And I believe he had a target. Let me confirm. Yeah. He didn't. One target, no receptions. Played 78% snaps. He should be okay this week. He really should. I think he probably will be.

27 and a half point implied point total. And you've got Mark Andrews running around. You've got no Jalen Lane anymore. I would love to be able to come in here and say Jalen Lane breakout week after Flowers misses. But I think Bateman will be fine. I really do. That's what stinks is like. What did I say? Jalen? Jacoby Lane. Sorry. It's like Rashad Bateman. He's got to be up on the Mount Rushmore's of like it. It should work. Cardio King. Yes. I would never trust it.

It's what I... I would never... I agree with Andy's analysis of it should work for my teams. I'm not doing it. If you give me 97% of snaps with Lamar and two guys missing, I think you're going to be fine. I really do. I totally... I will be the guy attaching my name to Rashad Bateman. I totally think you should be. Right. Yeah. But Jay, are you going to start? No. No, I would not start. I'm not either. You know, there was more snaps than he's played in any game last year?

Bateman? Yeah, I just looked at it. And no catches. No, but I mean, you've got to trust some of those underlying the opportunities matter. Yeah, I don't know. Rashad Bateman, I don't know, he keeps doing it to us. Man, I just feel like this line is mind-blowing to me. I... The Saints, they've got to stop Derek Henry. Good luck. He faced... Derek Henry faced a stack box and 50% of his carries last week and ran for 144 at 6 a carry. Only 50?

50% of the rush attendance. Dang. But I mean, Stack. Declan Doyle's doing good work. You've got you got stack boxes against Henry that low? I mean, I feel like 50% is a lot. No, no, I don't think so. I can't imagine historically that's what he. 50% is very high. Is it? Okay. Okay. Yeah. Tyler Schuck, you're probably not messing around this week or are you playing him? I'm very curious about this. The Ravens, I mean, last week they obviously dominated against the Colts, but were.

I'm not sure how much of that was the Colts or not. I probably won't be playing Shuck, but I'm very excited to see how he fares in this matchup. I do think Olave is a must play, and Velae is one of those, you know, break glass in case of emergency. I would play Vailay over Rashad Bateman personally. Veilet or Caleb Douglas? I'd play Vailet. I'd play Velae.

Cincinnati 1-0 Houston 0-1 Vegas line Houston minus 2 and a half Overrunners 46 and a half Two guys that dominated the news and notes today The borough back injury The Nico Collins injury Which we did have an update He's not practicing on Thursday And it was a diagnosed as a grade one hamstring injury Which is it could be worse There's worse grades Yeah I mean like it can spell a few words I get it Thank you swish

What? No, I'm sorry. That's just the sound that came out. Yeah, it was natural. Okay. We didn't try to. Yeah, like I feel like we got to get like our billboard back up on the back screen real quick or something to fix that situation. I need a shower. I retract. Okay. I retract my joke. That's not what got us on that billboard, Mike. No, no, no. I'm just saying that joke wasn't. Or maybe it was. All right. Burrow Brown, Chase and Higgins. Start them all if they're active. Absolutely. Just understand that.

I think week one was a little bit of an anomaly for this Texans defense. So I would say that I won't be surprised if there's a bit of a tempered output from these guys again. It's in Houston. And that defense is very good and not as bad as it looked in week one where Josh Allen managed to carve them up. So can Burrow with a hurt back carve up the Houston defense? I don't know. That's the question to me is Burrough's health matters a lot for this game because this is a...

tough defense. I mean, we went into last week talking about, you're going to start Josh Allen because he's Josh Allen. But, reminder, the last time Josh Allen played against this team last year, he was terrible. I don't, I don't remember if he even scored 10 fantasy points. It was, it was hard sledding against this defense. Now, obviously goes in there with, you know, the new scheme and a healthy dog and Kikade and DJ Moore and dominated. But if Joe Burrow is hurt,

That version of him, I don't know if you can carve up the Texans. That is... Just saying it might be a little slow for week two. I would try to find a different option than Burrow. I would definitely try to find it because you could get knocked out of the game. You could have a reduced performance. You didn't love what you saw in week one regardless. I have Burrow outside my top 12, which feels weird. Feels so weird. Yeah, let me see where I have him because, I mean, Purdy, I would much rather play. Yeah, all those names were he said we would play over Drake May.

I would play over Joe Burrow. I think the biggest, not that people have the question. I'm not there where you guys are. He's still, he's still a QB8 for me. Okay. Yeah. Like, Purdy is higher in my ranking, so I have that one. I haven't met nine. Would you play Burrow or Herbert against Las Vegas? Because that matchup is juicy. Potentially. I'd play Burrow. We talked about Dalton Schultz already in this game. You started the week from Mike. We talked about the wide receiver.

Pivots, I mean, it could be K. Sean Booty. It could be Dalton Schultz. It could be Xavier Hutchinson. It could be Jalen Knoll. Jalen No, I think Jailen Knoll is in a like a good weekend stash type of a player. Monty, three touchdowns last week. Can he repeat the? No, he can't. The madness. And then Woody Marks, 50% of snaps and was very efficient on his touches. It wasn't like Monty took the headlines. He got the touchdowns, but just giving, you know.

Four point, what was he last week for Woody Marks? He was nine for 42, four point seven to carry, one target. It will be a committee situation. It reminds me, like, situationally, it's like, it's very close to what happened in Jacksonville last week where it was like, okay, the snaps were really split, Tutin got the work, but it was like. Yeah, Woody was 51%. I think they both were. And it's like Tutin was good on his, his opportunities.

He just didn't score any touchdowns where, so David Montgomery with a multitude of touchdowns is this, and this is not an in a anti-Montgomery, it's just a, he won't be what he was in week one. I don't think. Do you care about Mike Gassikis, he's five for 78 in week one? I mean, I looked at the- He is the wildest player. The box score last year, man. He played all the time and he just, he only had one good game last year. He, and he was barely on the field. Yeah. He just was.

Which is exactly what he was last year, by the way. His snap count percentage last year was 38%. Week one, it was 33%. I would not chase that. I wouldn't chase it right. He just, he is the guy though. Fluke. When Jamar and T. Higgins, like when one of them misses, you're like, oh, Mike is sick, he's going to see some targets. And apparently last week it was when those two guys are deleted from. They're strapped. Yeah, with their seatbelted out there. Then Mike is sick he's just going to eat. It's weird.

Anything else from this game, Jason, you want to touch on? Are we good? Not really. I'm just hopeful that Joe Burrow is healthy enough to take this fantasy star team and not just disappoint drastically this week against the Texans. I'm skeptical. At least they have FLACO. They do. That was fantasy forecast presented by prize picks. Guaranteed picks drop in the app every Monday. Price Picks run your game. Tomorrow.

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