Fantasy Football - Week 2 Studs & Duds + True DAWGS! - Podcast for 9/15

Yeah. Put up like 9 million yards. By the way, Kyle's like a whoopsie right now. Fun Kyron Williams story. He was not, he was not that bad. He was 17 for 66. But there was, uh, there was the point of the game where we were expecting his routine touchdown. The Rams were doing weird stuff. And then it happened. And we, and Al Borland, who's got, uh, he's got Karen Williams over there. You put the hand up and you were cheering. Yep. And then we saw the name. I cashed my bet. We saw the name Corum on the back of the jersey.

that I didn't cash my. Do you care about that? Corum getting a token goal on carry there? A little bit. I would say so. Surprised you. Kyran and Corum split carries a little bit more what, you know, going into the season, they talked about, hey, we might share the workload a little bit. And I said, I expect it to happen. I'm not that concerned. Still 19 opportunities for Kyran. Exactly. I think this is going to be the norm. And I'm not that concerned. Still, if you compare him to other running backs, was way better. But the one thing I didn't expect to happen is to have Kyron taken off on the goal line. I'm not a huge fan of that Dud's graphic back behind you, Jason. No? Is it because of how ugly you are? Yeah, that's not a great graphic. Remember when you didn't have a tooth? I remember when he didn't have a tooth. No, that's accurate. That's a hair line. The hair line is not accurate yet. That's Jason's hair.

I wish. Do you want that thick, luscious locks? Wide receivers, we got to talk about it, AJ Brown 5 for 27, and then Devante Smith got banged up. I mean, we were hoping that No Goddard meant great things for AJ Brown. I don't know if you, like, there's a little bit of a disinterested feel to what I saw from AJ Brown. Now, he had eight targets, but there was a little bit of a, like, Maybe these guys are getting taken out of the game by the game plan, and maybe we're getting a little bit discontent out there on the outside. I mean... Two weeks in, are you... What's your posture right now with A.J. Brown? Like, the name is powerful enough to where you could absolutely trade A.J. Brown despite the two bad games. There would be tons of buyers out there. It's just a matter of whether or not... I would not sell him cheap for pennies on the dollar by any means. This is...

Sometimes we overthink it, right? A.J. Brown is still a great wide receiver and he's on a great team with a great quarterback. So good fantasy production will happen this season. But we're also seeing a team where right now Jalen Hurts is 29th in total passing yards through two weeks and they're two and oh. They don't have to do much. And that is, you know, if I could trade A.J. Brown for preseason value. Would you trade it for by Thomas Jr.? Yeah. Yeah, because I think that the total passing yards, the total passing yards, total passing attempts, opportunities are much better for Brian Thomas. It's been a bad two weeks for Brian Thomas Jr. 4-4-49 and the mistakes in this week. The targets have been there. Travis Hunter got a little banged up in the game was just three for 22, six targets. There was a lot of Diamie Brown. There was a lot of Parker, Washington. There was some Britain Strange. There was some Travis E.N. There was some Bayshall-Tooten.

There was moving the ball all over the place. So that is something to watch. I mean, Travis Hunter, he either is a thing. And you drafted him. He played 100% of snaps, by the way, 100%. Wow. He either is a thing that could take away a little bit from Brian Thomas in the future. Now, the targets, they, I think the passer rating for Trevor Lawrence is 18. when targeting Brian Thomas Jr. His past rating targeting everybody else is much better. It's just been a bad connection so far. We talked about Drake London. You said that you were concerned about Brian Thomas before this game because of Travis Hunter and the fact that the actual targets might not go his way. Where would you be on that AJ Brown versus Brian Thomas? I would do it for the same reasons that you said, which is that your targets are king. Brian Thomas Jr. is going to be a squeaky wheel. He's younger.

He was so explosive. And I just, I feel like AJ Brown has to take advantage of fewer opportunities in less time. So yeah, I would rather a Brian Thomas Jr. I feel like in a lot of leagues, that would be cathartic to both managers. Just like every league that has. Oh, you just like, yeah, this guy's giving me too bad performance. Yeah, I need a fresh start. Would you rather have Drake London than both those guys? Yes. I think so too. We had DJ Moore just five for 46. We had Keon Coleman, just three for 26. Yeah, that was a bummer. That was also very few passing yards and need to pass for Buffalo. I would, if it's a by-low chance, if you believe in Keon, like I do, I would actually go after him. Yeah, I mean, we said going into this week, like, if the bills are up big, they're going to run the ball, they're going to take the foot off the passing accelerator.

Week one against Baltimore when they were down, Keon Coleman had a great game. And it showed to me that Keon Coleman stepped up and he is good, but it won't always be like week one because they just don't need it to be. Hollywood Brown hugely disappointing. Same with Juju, five for 30 for Hollywood in a game where they needed him and they couldn't get it done. Garrett Wilson, he went as the Jets went, four for 50. And so, yeah. Yeah, you need more. Cortland Sutton just won for six. He was behind Troy Franklin in this one, target percentage wise through two weeks. He still is behind Troy Franklin, who is leading the way on that team in target percentage. Yes, that is true. True, baby.

You guys remember when I told you there's no way I'm making Marvin Harrison Jr. or my guy? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Because I finally got to that point. I wanted to believe all the offseason. You had him on your board for most of the offseason. Well, look, he published some pictures. Oh. Oh. Oh, is it a little purring action? Look, Marvin Harrison. It's weak. It's weak. Miaovin Harrison Jr. Yes, thank you. Two for 27. Goodness gracious. I wasn't willing to get all in on Marvin Harrison because. I needed to see it in a real game. I'm tired of the off-season discussion. I'm tired of the weightlifting pictures. I want to see a player that looks, I don't know, 10% as good as Malik neighbors. There are jags all over the place at wide receiver that make a big catch, right? How many times has Mack Hollins made a phenomenal catch? We did it again. Yeah, Matt Collins caught a touchdown. Look, Marv, I'm sorry. The truth is Marv is good, not great.

That is exactly what he's been through his entire career so far. He doesn't regularly win and have huge separation. Yes, he comes down with a, you know, an over-the-shoulder catch from Kyler from time to time. It is, you know, they gave him a goal. I like the goal line attempt. It was a terrible pass and a terrible play doing the back shoulder fade. But guess what? Larry would have caught it. I'm sorry. And you're wearing the Cardinal on the hat. I'm going to be as critical as. I'm going to be realistic with Marvin, and he is not a fantasy football superstar right now. They're, you know, the commentary during the game, they're like talking about Kyler and Marv and like, Marv, does he ever ask, you know, does he ever the squeak was he asking for the bar? He's like, oh, no, that's not part of his, not part of his temperament. They're saying it like it's a good thing. I hated when they said it. I hated it. It's a terrible thing. No, he never asks for the ball. He never demands the ball. Be selfish. Not polite. We don't want a polite wide receiver.

No, every good wide receiver. You gotta have a little bit. You get in there first. Diva in you, just a little bit. Yeah. You don't got to be Antonio Brown, but come on, man. Yeah, take a penalty. Hit him in the face. I wish he had the cat in him. He's got a little kitten. Kitten Harrison Jr. All right. That was pretty hard. But yeah, two for 27 says it all. There's a game that the Cardinals won and we're up 27 to 3 and it was in no part due to Marvin Harrison. Is Michael Wilson had the dog? Yeah. Michael Wilson got it done. Tray McBride's got the dog. Oh, Tray. Stop holding the door. Let it hit somebody. Tray McBride's got the wolf, man. Ricky Pearsall, four for 56. That one was a bummer, especially when you see Joanne Jennings, who was like, there was no way I was playing Joanne after the injury. I was okay with Pearsall. And that was backwards. You saw a balancing in Indianapolis. You saw Josh Downs get more involved. Michael Pittman just four for 40 in this game.

Look, that's part of the weekly process. You've got to let things settle out. Wide receivers in general. And paths are tanning outside of, you know, top tier guys who even top tier guys, they're inconsistent at times. We might be ready to move off of Stefan Diggs. I don't know. He's four for 32. Kishon Booty seems like a better play. He only had one target Booty did, but thankfully that target was in the end zone and was a touchdown and was an awesome, a difficult catch. I'm really wanting some clarity. on the Patriots receiving core. It was a great game for the Patriots, but didn't go as expected. I'm hopeful that Booty retains that wide receiver one role going forward. How'd you feel about Ced Tillman and Jerry Judy? Tillman caught a deflected pass touchdown, but he was two for 20, I think. So I actually felt when I look at how that worked with the four receiving targets, Judy, Tillman, Najoku, and Fanon, it was.

wonderful to see Joe Flacco throw the ball basically 50 times. I mean, you know he's going to go out there and throw the ball so much, but it was against a very difficult defense. And Flacco could not move. I mean, when he had to run, man, it looked like Andy out there trying to pick up the first down with his legs. I take that as a compliment. Yeah. You look like an NFL athlete, Andy. Let me, Joe Flacko. Let me lay it out for you, okay? The good. 90 passing attempts in two games from Joe Flacco. The bad. I mean, Joe Flacco's got two total touchdowns and three interceptions, and he's taken some sacks. And there's, I don't know. He's not everything, right? Like, he's okay. Yeah, he's not good enough to where you have to start him in bad matchups. Not him. Obviously, you're not going to start Joe Flacco because he doesn't move. But his weapons, I think, in decent matchups,

You're fine starting them. Now next week, Green Bay Packers, who I think might have the best defense in the league, yeah, that's where, okay, I'm not going to trust that Flacco is able to get the ball downfield accurately with pressure in his face. And you're not going to be able to trust Cam Ward to do that with Calvin Ridley, I think. Calvin Ridley, another dud game. Three for 57. Okay, whatever. But let's look at this. We didn't get to mention Epic Iommanner, who we should have in the Suds because he did catch a touchdown pass and was heavily involved again.

But through two weeks, fancy points per game. Iow Manor ahead of Ridley. Target percentage. Ridley's at 23%. Iow Manor's at 21%. By the way, Iow Manor, 100% of snaps this week. Targets per game, 7 and 6.5. Receiving yards per game, 42 and 34. It's close enough to where one guy is sitting on waivers in 95% of leagues. The other guy was drafted. Yeah, I mean, Iyo Manor, I think, is the wide receiver you want going forward, especially, you know, the longer that the season goes, the more that the young guy will get better. I am very skeptical of what we've seen from Cam Ward through two weeks. Obviously, week one, very difficult defense. This game, a very difficult defense. So Indianapolis is coming to town. We'll learn more next week. But like his highlight, Cam Ward's highlight.

was a awesome pass was a cautionary tale it was it we you know how to marry you know who we've seen make really cool plays like that Russell Wilson will Levis oh yeah I mean it looked like a will levis it was it was awesome it was very around who should not be named in Tennessee please didn't see the play he had pressure come in the pocket he weirdly runs towards the pressure and and but. Awesomely. Awesomely runs to the right side of the field. He's scrambling and then throwing throws so, I mean, such a difficult. I mean, it was like a 40 yards. 40 yards in the air over coverage. Looks like 80 yards. And touchdown. Awesome highlight. But it was like epic. You don't want to do that. You don't want to throw that ball. It was it looked like a 40 yard pass, but how many yards did he actually accumulate from it?

Because it was, it was like 10 yards or so. It was ill-advised and yet worked. So we'll just be happy there. By the way, this is why Zach Hertz's name is coming up because Sam Laporta, three for 26. Mark Andrews, one for two. T.J. Hawkinson, oh, this one's scary. One for 12. Evan Ingram, one for 12. David Nujoku, four for 40 with Harold Fanon involved again. Kyle Pitts, dip back down to four for 37. You have reasons to start trying to find an emerging higher target option the way that all of these drafted tight ends like Hawkinson. Hawkinson, I would move. Four catches in two games? Mark Andrews should not be allowed back in this list, rest of year. Okay? Because there's not, you need, big boy pants. You need big boy pants. We are, I have no idea. You did drop a touchdown. I have no idea what will be. Oh, he did. And it was just. It was like what? Is there.

There's no way I'm playing Mark Andrews. Hawkinson, I would play. I think I'd play Ertz over him while J.J. McCarthy's getting everything figured out. Evan Angroom, yeah. Nogoku, I'd still stick with him and Leporta. I am not on Nijoku anymore. No? No, I'm not personally. I understand why you want to say out 45 passing attempts, but look, you either have to say that, I mean, what do you think of Harold fan? Harold Fanon is a good player who will be on the field and do exactly what he's doing the first two weeks the rest of the season. So do you have confidence in both of those guys? Kind of. I think both are startable. Okay. Obviously, if an injury happens to either one, the other becomes, I think, a top five tight end every single week. Yeah, I mean, Fanon had basically the same line as Nojoku, right? I don't have it in front of me, but it's kind of my worry. Five for 48. Yeah. I think maybe.

The worry is that you won't really get any ceiling there. Two touchdowns through two weeks. If you don't score, are you ever happy? No, I don't know. It's a floor play where you can start either one of them, but you're not getting 15 points out of either. The next two weeks are tough, but then the schedule does kind of open up for a stretch. So maybe you want to pivot away from the Cleveland guys until then. All right, that was Studs and Duds presented by Lowe's. Loz knows Sundays are for NFL football. Earn your Sunday with Lowe's, official partner of the NFL. It's a great time to remind you tomorrow is a waiver wire show. We have two more games tonight. We will be watching those unless you live on the East Coast and then you're too tired. You'll watch one game. You'll watch one game. But tomorrow's a waiver wire show. It's a great time to remind you the waiver wire tool inside of the ultimate dashboard at JointheFoot.com is customized to your league.

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