Bounce Backs + Waiver Wire Tilt, King of Texas - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/15

100 plus yards and eight games last year, including against Tampa Bay. I think we all imagine the Falcons will be trailing in this game. Do you think Calvin gets to 100? Calvin started the game pretty well, but the offense for the Falcons really fell apart in the second half. Part of that was their offensive line and their snap penalties. I think that the defensive line Tampa Bay is going to give them trouble. I'm going to sell. I don't think that the Falcons offense is fixed.

by going up against Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I'll buy it. Last week, you had, you know, huge games from Cooper, C.D. Lamb. You're going to have to come back in this one, and I think Calvin Ridley will have no problem. Tampa Bay Secondary got banged up last week, too. It's tough. This is one of the games that I want to go back and watch today of how did, you know, seeing it on Sunday, but you're still trying to absorb all the games. But I want to hone in on how did Matt Ryan really look. 100 yards is a lot.

And yes, the Dallas wide receivers got it done, but DAC is excellent. Dak is one of the best quarterbacks in the league right now. Is there a Matt Ryan problem or is it the play calling? I'm going to sell the 100 yard mark because that's just too high against Tampa. Alan Robinson at Cincinnati versus Cincinnati top 12 wide receiver week in a half PPR league. What do you think about Alan Robinson having a bounceback week in week two?

That's, it's really tough because I do think Alan Robinson by the end of the year finishes as a top 12 wide receiver. But his method of finishing as a top 12 is not necessarily to often be in the top 12 on a weekly basis. It's just to be very consistent, you know, rarely outside of the top 24. I do think he has a bounce back game. So this is one where it's like, I want to be in on Alan Robinson. I'm saying I'm pro him this week, but.

Top 12 is too high a line. I'm going to sell and I'm going to regret it next week. Yeah, it's really close. Last week he had 11 targets. He just ended up with 35 yards on 11 targets. That is not a great audition for Andy Dalton. You know, Alan Robinson gets to come off the field shaking his head again, which is like the permanent condition for him in the NFL. So if this game goes south somehow, right, like Cincinnati was.

Better than we expected last week. Yeah, their defense was surprising. This is the turning point if Dalton can't succeed against Cincinnati this week. Fields time? Justin Fields is going to be on the field a lot more. I don't disagree with that. We should be on Fields alert, which, I mean, that's an excellent point that we're early on in the week. If you have that extra bench spot and Justin Fields is out there, I think this is a good week to stash him.

Top 12, I got to sell that as well. I have Robinson just fringe right in that area right now, so I would take the under. All right. That was by yourself from pristine auction.com. Pristine auction use the code. Ballers get a $10 credit on some sweet sports memorabilia. Let's talk news. News and notes from around the league. Presented by Sleeper. Well, Rahe Mostert was, he was on the eight-week timeline. He is now on the...

all week timeline season ending his year to year knee surgery uh but good news jason oh yeah we're back carry on johnson signed to the practice squad for the ever revolving door of 49ers running backs if you want confidence in the current roster of running backs that they had this should give you confidence sure i mean it carry on johnson at this point with those knees are not he's not coming in and stealing the show

Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Rashad Penny is going to miss week two. Calf injury is probably going to miss more than week two. A lot of rumors that he might go on the IR. Even after waivers clear, Alex Collins is a name you should be aware of. He was inactive for week one, but he would be in that role. We saw it last year. So I think Alex Collins is active and is the backup to Chris Carson. And for what it's worth, I mean it's preseason, but Alex Collins actually looked like the best running back.

In the room. He's good. In the preseason, so. Dynasty waivers? He might be out there in some leagues. Hey, Ronald Jones, out of the doghouse going to start this week. Thoughts? Sure, wink. Yeah. Normally, I want my source to be the head coach who comes out and says these things. Which it was. Yeah. But this particular coach is Bruce Arians. Bruce the almighty liar, Arians.

There is a buy-law opportunity for Ronald Jones. Bruce, the almighty liar? I tried it out. It was great. Okay, thank you. I do think you could buy Ronald Jones on the cheap right now. You certainly could. I made a very, very affordable trade offer. I tried to trade Jalen Rager off of his good week to an Eagles fan for Rojo. He's a running back that has a path.

towards being successful, even if you're not going to play him this week. And I would not play him on this news. What a pathetic offer from you. I would never do something like that. I offered Dallas Goddard in exchange for Ronald Jones. To the eagle. For the same manager. We do have some COVID news. Hooray. Five Saints assistant coaches. One player. Michael Thomas was already on IR, but he's now on the COVID IR. So double IR.

Did it take you off the IR? Is this like a double negative? Multiplication situation? I don't know. But no, so far not going to impact the game this week from what we understand. The early rumors was that it might that you could have. I mean, we know that the protocols in the NFL this year. If you have a breakout on your team, you could have a for forfeit on Sunday. The, the, uh, count for no points for the other team. But the coaches were vaccinated.

So that they can be... The protocols, they can be back quicker should they get through this, the illness. Brooksie, we got any other news? No other news, nothing breaking. That's good. The 2021 season, one weekend. Grab the Sleeper app. News and notes brought to you by Sleeper. They have breaking news channel. You can get in there. And you can, well, be up to date a little bit earlier than your league mates. Shall we hop into the mailbag, dear friends? Let's open it up.

Mailbag. So you're talking about like a really big mailbag because we just hopped into it. We fit. Like a Santa Sack situation. We don't all fit together, but we do fit into it. One at a time. It's snug for me. But, yeah, no, I've always viewed the mailbag as a Santa Sack style. Have you? Yeah, always. And then do you open the letters from within it and then read them from there? I usually just reach in. But he wanted to jump in.

Well, yeah, then you would open. If you're already in, you're going to read it. It's a Santa Sack style, but you're not inside of it. Not usually. Okay. Not usually because you visualize it every time. If you have a question for the show, you can add to the website, the fantasy footballers.com, click the submit a question button. You can also dial the voicemail hotline 302464 TFFB. First question comes from Andy in Phoenix. Mike, how much are you spending on Elijah Mitchell this week? Currently, currently my waiver.

claim is sitting at somewhere between zero and $100. All right. Now I know where I can position my strategy. Thank you. I'm glad to narrow that range down for you. All right. Let's hop into a voicemail question. Hey, Baldy out of Phoenix. Why don't you call David Montgomery David Mopportunity anymore? Haven't heard that in the while. I feel like we should bring that back. Thanks. So David Mopportunity.

It's one of our worst. I liked it. What happened in the genesis of this was he was kind of a little bit Montgomery. The reality was he had so much work ahead of him and the opportunity to touch the ball really turned him into David Mopportunity. And the reality is he still has giant Mopportunity. But I feel like that's a little bit insulting.

to the player he's become. Because the reason he was David Mopportunity was because he was 100% opportunity, not talent. Now I feel like his talent is caught up. He's looking great out there, Svelte, break of tackles. But I do like the nickname. So we need to make an official ruling here as to whether we go back to the well on Mopportunity. I don't think so. I think I'm with you on that. And, you know, sometimes nicknames that good, just run their course. But.

I don't know. And sometimes nicknamed that bad run their course. Yeah, I mean 17 opportunities in week one. Oh, my gosh. All right, let's jump into another voicemail question here. Hey, ballers, Zach and Missouri, big fan. Quick question and a full PPR, which starts Sequin Barclay or Elijah Mitchell this week versus the Eagles. Thanks, love the show. Bye. Oh, so much pain. I mean, the answer is Elijah Mitchell. In my rankings, I have.

Sequin Barclay just behind Elijah Mitchell and Tyson Williams. I don't know. That's sentence. I know. It's crazy. I don't know that you can trust Saquan Barclay yet. There will be a time this season that he gets back to the full workload. He only had 10 rushing attempts, I believe, in week one. However...

His expectation of fantasy points for the attempts he got versus what he did was very negative. He was not good with the attempts he got. So it was kind of a double whammy. I think if you have an option to take the weight on Saquan, you would do that. And Elijah Mitchell fits that bill. As an option. Yeah, if you drop the Hagar to pick this guy up and you've got, you know, Sequan Barkley who barely scored. It's in Washington this week on Thursday.

Great defensive front. Right. You want to start your week with that? No, no, I don't. It's still hard to do emotionally. Let's play the game real quick. Oh, no. Sequin Barclay or James Robinson against the Denver Broncos. I'll go Sequin. I have Sequin ahead. Okay. Josh Jacobs against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I'll take Jacobs. Jay? Jay.

I want news on him, though. That's tough because you won't get all the practice supports on the toe. That is a risk, I guess. He still was dealing with that injury last game and had two touchdowns. I have Sequin ahead of Josh Jacobs in my rankings, and I'm now thinking I should flip that. Okay. Is that the end of the game? Yeah. I don't want to break people's hearts even more with the drafting of Sequin Barclay. Before we move further and further into this gigantic mail bag. Yeah, so big.

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