Week 3 Matchups + Packers in Peril, Wheel of Shame! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/25

See you Sunday on Paramount Plus. You're streaming home for the NFL on CBS all season long. That's right, football fans. Stream your live local CBS games every NFL Sunday all the way through the AFC championship game. Follow the league's biggest stars, can't miss matchups, and the season's biggest storylines, and catch additional coverage with NFL Today, NFL Today plus CBS Sports HQ, Fantasy Football Today, and more. So sign up and sign in.

to Paramount Plus today, and we will see you Sunday for another thrilling season of the NFL on CBS streaming live on Paramount Plus. Well, this one should be fun. The Rams, one-on-one, taking on the one-on-one Denver-Dimber Broncos, the Vegas line, the Rams minus two and a half. In Denver. Over under 44 and a half. Mike, you got Blake Corerman as your start of the week. Kyron and Blake, you're playing them both? Yes.

And then Puka, not expected to play again. Devante Adams was insane last week. He was 32% target share, has a 42% targets per outrun with Puka off the field as a ram. And, yeah, you know the equation here. I mean, Terrence Ferguson is the fun, exciting upside secondary target because you saw nine targets. You saw a concerted effort to make him.

a focal point in the passing game that led to 14 and a half fantasy points and a touchdown. And he dropped two big plays. Like he should have had a bigger, a bigger day. Yeah, I mean, he's super like it's sort of cheat code-esque because Ferguson really is like a big slot receiver and you get to play him a tight end. Seems to be the rules. If your last name is Ferguson and one of the top targets. And one of the top wide receivers is out, then you're a great option for fantasy football. This is simple.

Fantasy is so simple. Just look for the name, Ferguson. I would say, so looking at him on Sleeper, what I am seeing is his roster percentage at 23%. So still pretty widely available. And I would agree, like, if you're in the Juan Johnson tier. Oh, my gosh. And you get news that, I mean, I think it'd be pretty shocking at this point with what we're hearing that if Puka plays. But once you get the official word that Puka is going to be out,

I would put Terrence Ferguson in over someone like you want. Terrence Ferguson must be rostered in every league. To me, if you, you look at like, okay, Sam Leporta, amazing, great, better offense. I feel like there's more target opportunities here for Ferguson or Tyler Warren against Houston. Ferguson to me is like, now that we know Puka's not playing. And unfortunately, I think when Puka comes back, this isn't a rest of season.

just Terrence Ferguson's going to be awesome. He might be the receiver three for this team, but the receiver three is usually irrelevant for this team.

The first two are pretty doggone good, though. So while either's out... And to clarify, Puka's not been ruled out. Yeah. Oh, I thought you said... No, no, no. He's not expected to play. I thought you said he was definitely not. That's what I was saying. We need the official words. We don't believe he will. I just want to be a little... Nasty question for you, Jason. Ferguson, by the way, if that's your matchup this week, I just want to see it on socials. I'd go Ferguson. Terrence Ferguson or the doctor. Dalton Schultz. Yeah, I...

Make me an appointment. If Puka is out, then I think I would go Terrence Ferguson. Just chase the upside. Yeah, the youth, the athleticism, and I think both are going to get a ton of targets. I think the Broncos defense is what talks me into the other side of that one. Okay. I mean, last year. If there's appointments available. I know a lot of people have been seeing the doctor lately. Yeah. But how about the other side? How about the other side? The Broncos. I mean, Waddle is in.

Man, we're starting less Broncos than we were before, aren't we? I mean, Bo Nix is no longer in the conversation. No, I think that's it. I'm not. The Waddle, check out. The running back room is a disaster of who's actually active. And Tyler Badee will get work with whatever other dude gets activated. Right now, Dobbins is a full practice, Harvey's a full practice, and Jonah Coleman's a DMP. And you're playing the Rams. I'm not, I think it's a trap to play a.

Broncos running back right now. Yeah, I can't disagree. The Eagles are two and no taken on the Chicago Bears who are one and one. Oh, man. Who have the third lowest, fourth lowest implied point total of 18.5 this week. They were going to break the scoring record. Oh, gosh. Philly minus four and a half over under 41 and a half.

I mean, this is just a pretty simple. This is a bummer. This is a bummer situation where you literally look at this game and you don't have to say anything fantastic about the Eagles offense to know they're going to win the game. Because I don't think Chicago can put up enough points. Now, maybe Ben Johnson is a miracle worker and a Bayesian and Keenham can find. I mean, they have weapons. I don't want to give them no chance, but it's four and a half road favorites. That's heavy. And.

You know, I don't think Monong guy's going to play in this game. He's been a DMP two straight days. We'll see. We have a DMP for Tyson's agent, who is the better of the backups. He's actually shown the ability to, like, he'll take a shot down field. He'll take a shot to the, you know, to the outside. I don't know if Keenham still has it. It's just a bummer. No Caleb Williams in this game. Adunzee Burden, Loveland. I don't think you want to go there against the Eagles. Not really. And.

It just sucks. It's like the air has come out of the sales here for Chicago. And you just have to be patient. Like, to me, Loveland's going to be okay this year. I believe that. He's not my, my guy. I believe that as somebody who believes in the talent of Colston Loveland, the run that he had at the end of last year, and the fact that this is not an incompetent franchise that will avoid getting the ball to one of the best players at the position. But I don't think it happens this week, and it might not happen for a few weeks. Yeah, I love Case Keenum, the dude.

His last start was negative fantasy points. And that was in 2023. He's 38 years old. I thought he was only doing the state farm commercials. Yeah, I mean, yeah, put it in the backup. He wasn't supposed to be the backup. He was the backup to the backup. He's like, ah, shoot. He talked up, Ben Johnson amazingly talked about how he's the greatest. He's worked with so many great head coaches. And this is the best ovens of mine he's ever seen. I'm sure they can scheme up some stuff. But Case Keenum, this version of him,

I agree. It's just not going to be able to get it done. I know that the Eagles have looked not great, almost lost, and probably should have lost the Tennessee Titans last week. But Case Keenham at quarterback is going to be a...

I mean, it's just almost impossible. And Swift seems like, okay, he might be alone. You know, they're going to need him. A guy might not be active. And you're probably still starting him. But this is, I mean, you're still starting him. You're going to have tough sledding. The defense with Carter there, they're going to plug the line. They're going to play a ton of guys in the box. I don't expect easy.

gains for Swift. No, it just lines up as a tough game for that offense altogether. On the other side, you have injuries all over the place. We lost Alice Goddard, so he's not a part of the offense. Eli Stowers is on IR and not going to be a part of this team, it seems like. So right now, no tight end option. Saquan Barclay was the only running back. They injured Saquan Barclay. To practice, Shipley and Tank, both out.

on Thursday. He was limited. The big waiver pickups. It's just like Jonah Coleman. The old rope of dope. It's like Donald Coleman. The guy that comes in with the opportunity gets hurt immediately. The starter is back. And then did not practice Thursday? Devante Smith, the hamstring, which by the way, the hamstring is what bothered him preseason. I will say, oh, I didn't see that. He didn't practice Thursday. I will say it's Thursday, but this is the Monday night game. Okay. So that's like missing a Wednesday practice. But yes, you need to be aware. What do you guys think of?

So with, you know, the tight end situation and it being the ever surviving Zachary who just keeps getting jobs, do you want to stash Mackay Lemon more? Yeah, for sure. I think McKay Lemon is a great stash right now. I went back in. You watched the tape. I watched the tape. That convinced me. I watched the tape this last week. And obviously, bad game. He didn't do anything. He caught one pass, I believe. Better than week one. Yes, better than week one.

He was used everywhere. He lined up in the backfield. He lined up at the slot. He lined up outside. He was, you know, running routes in all three levels. He was, you know, leaking out for a screen. He was working the middle of the field. He was going deep. He was on the field and running routes. And he looked good. He was getting open. It just, it didn't work. It didn't happen last. I'm seeing, let me double check them on the, oh, that was the fourth quarter. So Lemon ran.

80% of the routes. Oh, he was, he is, that's full time. Totally out there. More routes than Dantavian Way. He's a good player. And so to me, they need him a lot right now. And I, I believe he will be super involved. He's a, he's a good quality first round rookie wide receiver who's out there getting opportunities. It just hasn't happened yet. I also feel like Velae has gotten a lot of attention as a viable too. Well.

The season's almost the exact same for Dantavian. Oh, Wix, absolutely. They are averaging the same points per game, targets, target share. Both guys have been good. You need to think of Wix as a startable player. Absolutely. Wix or Downs as the final question? I'll play. I'll go Wix. I'll play Josh Downs. All right. Let's jump in to the face-off. Fantasy face-off, presented by prize picks. I think Jason's made it known, but he is sitting here with the Wheel of Shame once again. Maybe.

because of the guy that didn't perform last night. Hey, I can't lose again with Jordan Love this week, baby. Because he already played. So unfortunately for you, Jay, you got to spin it again. Will of shame. All righty. Let's see.

Spin that wheel. Yes, yes, yes. You lucky, lucky man. All right, what are we got? We got toe jam, clown nose, egghead. Polly. Oh, Polly. Oh, Polly wants. Oh, no. Oh, no. Mike, do you want to? Oh, and crackers. Mike, do you want to feed the parrot? Here, let's bust open these saltines here. So that you're equipped. Yeah, I'll take some.

I'm probably just going to throw them at him. I don't mean if that's just, Jason. How big is your mouth hole? Not big enough for a cracker. We're just going to throw it. Oh, my Lord. This is, guys, this is a real problem. I missed. Here you go, buddy. Here, have a cracker. I want some crackers.

Do you need to, does someone need to read your line for you? 100% they have to read my line. I am about 30 seconds from death. You got some air holes. You're fine. Here, have a cracker. I can't breathe. I just can't see. Yeah, just have a cracker. Is this my nose? Am I eating through my nostril? You are eating through the side mouth. Yeah, the classic parrot side mouth. Oh, he's eating the crap. All right. Start us off here. All right. I'm going, my green goblin is quarterback, Bryce Young. I'm taking.

159.5 passing yards. I'm taking the more. All right. Doing it looking good, Jay. I am, guys, let's have some fun. James Winston, 17 and a half passing completions. And I will take the more. Okay. Winston completions? Yeah. I wonder what Jason's doing.

Jay, do you have any idea what you're doing or do we have to figure this out? I have a couple different ideas. I made several lineups. Well, you've got to go with the one you told them. Why don't we throw it up on the board? Yeah, we'll read it for it. Jason has Daniel Jones less than 219.5 passing yards. Oh, you hate her. But that makes sense. This board is saving him today. The Texans defense, as well as the fact that he hasn't thrown for that so far this season, you know, it. Quiet parrot.

All right, we are at Running Back. I am going to go with Blake Corum. I'm taking my start. 46.5 rushing yards. I'm taking the more. I actually had this one selected early in the week and it didn't move. So Blake Corum more than 46 and a half rushing yards. I like it. What are you doing with your hands? I'm wiping crumbs and crackers off. That's what you're doing. Ken Bone Walker. Kenneth Walker.