Week 3 Studs & Duds + Free Willy - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/27

He might score fewer points than who you trade him for. So the end of season ranking is not the only thing that matters here. I agree. That's a good point. And we'll talk more about it, I think, in the coming few days, especially with waiver wire and trade opportunities. Maybe you want to pick somebody up. And the two for one gives you the chance to do that. Cooper Cup. Oh, man. Cooper couple touchdowns every week. Oh, please. 12 targets, nine for 96 and two. He is really not. You can't stop him.

You can only hope to contain it. Yeah, I mean, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. They say that. Wide receivers get breakfast with your quarterbacks because it works. Devante Adams had 18 targets and the quickest screening of a concussion in the history of the world. Oh, goodness gracious. I couldn't find the gift, but what I wanted to tweet, have you ever seen the super lazy guy doing the metal check wand?

Yes. That's what came to mind was just like, all right. Yeah. And Adams said after the game that it just, it was a really hard shot to the chest. I hope he's telling the truth. Yeah, I mean, it didn't look like it. It looked like a man who was knocked out. And if this was years ago, but if you guys remember that incredibly terrifying hit against Chicago, I think it was where he was.

where Adams was held up by a couple defenders. And then someone came running in and helmet to helmet. And it was very scary. So Adams already has a history of this. The NFL came out and issued a statement that they believed that the protocols were followed well and that they trust the independent neurological doctor there. And so, you know, he obviously came in, looked good. 18 targets led.

wide receivers in receptions this week. Najee led all players in receptions, which is ridiculous. Although Gisicki was pushing that too. Something to talk about in tight-in waivers tomorrow, but with Jacoby. Emmanuel Sanders, what a game, two touchdowns, five for 94, ran the most routes among Buffalo wide receivers. Truthfully, you had good games in PPR leagues from all three Buffalo wide receivers. You had Diggs, Beasley, Sanders, all relevant.

Sanders ended up with the touchdowns in the monster game, but we were very excited to start him after what we saw last week in the involvement. So it's nice to see that pan out. Justin Jefferson looked great. Nine for 118. Mike had a prop bet with KJ. Osborne, and he kept every pass he kept hoping would go to KZ Osborne. And it would always be Jefferson. It was an absurd 10-leg parlay. And I just, KJ. Osborne, I needed like, like.

Two yards. Jamar Chase is good. Four for 65 and two. Now, do you want music? Music bad? I guess he does. Sure. I'll take music and a camera, please. Jamar Chase, I apologize. I apologize to you directly. You're good. And while I was not the, you know, you weren't my number one. Oh, here comes.

And I thought that there was no chance in the world that you could pay off a fifth round value in fantasy football in your rookie season. And I apologize because I think I was wrong. And you look very good. Did you still qualify? No, no, no. No, I don't think that was qualified.

I'm saying I think, I believe I was wrong. Well, I think I was wrong or I was wrong. Those are two sentences different. Yes, that's what I'm saying. Okay. Well, you know, there's a long season. Oh, no, no, that's what I'm saying. Conditional apology. It's no different than me saying Mike Williams is like, there's no guarantee what's happened so far happens all year. He's, here's my full, real, unconditional apology.

I did not think you'd be able to come into the NFL right off the bat and be worthy of that pick. I talked about trading for you midseason and things like that. Wrong, wrong, wrong, unconditional. Full apology for Jamar Chase. You look excellent. You have four touchdowns in the first three weeks. All other rookie wide receivers combined have three. Good on you. And my sincere apology. Will it stick? Deshaun Jackson three. No, not with him. Deshaun Jackson had three for 120 and one.

He is a desperation play. Yep. And AJ Green, six targets, five catches, 112 yards. Will it stick, Mike? I mean, that's what, we have two good games now? Yes. For AJ Green? Yeah, what it did? Yeah, we did. That's two good games and two good games for Christian Kirk. Meanwhile, I have.

I have to imagine he's in the poopy pants club here, but Ron Dale Moore. Yeah. It was, or... Rondale, less. Yeah. It was extremely disappointing. And will it stick? I would say it'll stick kind of like, you know, when you, the quarter machines at the grocery store, you get the little guy who's got the sticky hands. Yeah. You throw him at the wall. And he does stick. But then he kind of slides down and he sticks again. Nothing that happened this weekend. Slice down. Sticks again. Yeah. So it's going to

Kyler's playing out of his mind, and it's going to bounce between the wide receivers. Even Hopkins is like, it's not the hyper-focusing on one player. You will not do well to chase the previous week's best not Hopkins player. We set it on the show last week. And this doesn't change anything for that.

Yeah, I mean, Tyler Murray is completing 76% of his passes. The last two weeks, 81 and 82%. He's averaging 335 passing yards per game. He is setting the earth on fire. What I like about green is that they do use him in the red zone. He's big. He was able to stand there and be big and catch a bomb Hail Mary where he just stood there. I mean, but green, Kirk, and Moore are going to have weeks.

on the weeks that you don't expect them to. Yeah, well, I think sometimes you can actually see it coming. Andy, you know, two weeks ago, you called the A.J. Green. There was a great. Rashad Breeland. Exactly. The matchup was great. And you know where A.J. Green's going to be on the side of the field because Cliff Kingsbury doesn't.

you know, change things up. This week, we kind of could see it coming because of the Hopkins injury. Hopkins was talked about as being a possible game time decision. He was a little hobbled. I mean, we talk about Rondell Moore. He had one yard completely disappeared. He only had...

20 fewer yards than Hopkins who had 20. Hopkins was not really involved in this game. And then fast forward one more week, the Los Angeles Rams are there, and you have to imagine Jalen Ramsey is going to be on a hobbled Hopkins. So you might be able to call this next week as well. But I think as the season progresses, AJ Green is not, I don't believe he's looked special on film. I think he's, like you said, been a really big body on a good offense.

try to call and pick your moments. Yeah, Rondale was not out there for a lot of snaps. So the biggest thing is if you want to just bank on availability being out there on a play, like having started Rondale in a couple of leagues and never seeing him on the field, that hurts. At least when you have a wide receiver out there. Oh, gosh. Okay. Someone just dropped in an A.J. Green on Deep Targets chart where he was 122nd last year and he's second right now. Wow. On pro football focus is rank. Really? Yeah. Okay.

When you have three-game sample sizes, things be crazy. Still better than 120 seconds. Certainly. Conklin, Kelsey, Kittle. Hey, Kittle looked good. Seven for 92. Wish you would have scored because I was hope when he'd be the number one tied in this week. Obviously with the start of the week. That was the prediction. And he didn't. Oh, my gosh, he led the 49ers and rushing yards in the first half with a nine-yard run. Gisicki, 12 targets, 10 catches.

Gisicki will talk more about if, if this is what you're going to see from Jacoby Brissette, target wise, it's important. Mark Andrews, five for one or nine, nice bounce back. Tyler Higby, five for 40 in a touchdown. Logan Thomas scored again. And Jason, I'll let you. Oh, the Muth, Pat Friar Muth. Oh, Pittsburgh Steelers rookie tied in. The Muth was Luth all over the field. Got that touchdown.

I mean, he didn't really do anything. Would you play him if, uh, no, have you, if Juju and Deonti are both out? I, I don't want, oh, man. No, I don't, I wouldn't because I just don't think the Steelers are going to score much. And I think the only way that the Muth has, what if they unleash him? You can't unleash the Muth in year one or any rookie title. I don't think you can contain them. You can only let him Luth. Yeah, it's stupid, but it's fun to say. It sure is.

pooped in his big boy pants. I don't think that moniker could be more appropriate for any player than the first one we want to talk about here. Justin Fields was handed a fresh, clean pair of big boy pants this weekend, an opportunity to start at quarterback to, as we said last week, seize the job, take hold with a firm grip. And, well, don't check the drawers. Overflowing with...

I mean, it is a nasty, nasty pair of drawers that he had to take off after this game. Six for 20 for 68 yards, took nine sacks. The Bears averaged 1.1 yards per play versus Cleveland, which is the second fewest by any team in a century. This is going back to leather helmets, right? I think this predates helmets. When they didn't even know how to throw the football.

I mean, every single time that I looked up and saw him, which wasn't often because when they got the ball, they then quickly got rid of the ball. But when I looked up, you saw a guy snap the ball, stare down a receiver, who was heavily covered. Always.

I mean, kudos, kudos to Cleveland's defense. That cannot go unstated. They looked great. Their defensive line was great. They made fools of the offensive line. And their dbs were all over the wide receivers. But it doesn't change the fact that he would take the ball, stare down one receiver, throw it to him no matter how many guys are on him. And then predictable results happened. It looked like a, it looked like a.

first-time college freshman being thrust into a game that he was not ready for. Against Bama? Yeah, yeah. And it really just... And it compounded. As the game, as it went on, he didn't improve, he almost devolved. And people want to blame Nagy for Fields struggling, and they want to blame Dalton for Dalton struggling. But, I mean, Nagy played a part in what took place. Obviously, didn't put Justin Fields into a position to succeed.

Miles Garrett played a part. Everybody played a part, and everybody deserves Blaine. Yeah, and the worst part, the worst part of all of it was three carries for 12 yards. I mean, the baseline from a mobile quarterback, if he wanted to go out there and run for 50, 60 yards, or let's just call it 68, since that's what he threw for. He could. He has the physical ability, but, yeah, that was, that was.

One of the most disappointing performances in a while. I had him in our Draft Kings Head to Head to Head Challenge. So I am personally. I finished a third place, bro. That's a bronze medal for me. Yeah, it's not bad. Yeah, so, no, he was clearly very disappointing. The expectations were high and the results were lower than you thought possible. And to, I'll just throw him in here now. We don't have to talk about him when we get to wide receivers.

Alan Robinson is one of the biggest busts through three games. I would say the biggest bust. Yeah, maybe based on just having three full games of playing football combined with draft capital. I tend to agree. AJ Brown at least has a touchdown. I guess Robinson scored in week two and was somehow still irrelevant. Here's the thing. This is why we brought up last week that things might not be better when you switch to a rookie quarterback. This is why you should be afraid.

if the switch ever happens in San Francisco or at least have an awareness that it's not all roses like it's also thorns I mean for Mooney for Robinson for Montgomery I mean what's the future for David Montgomery in an offense that looked this abysmal and so at this point I'm rooting I'm hoping Dalton comes back healthy that's what I'm hoping for the ancillary for the