Fantasy Football Podcast 2015 - Starts of the Week, Daily Dose, Matchups, News

Wait, Tate. Now I'm blanking on the... Watson. Not Tate, Watson, Benjamin Watson. Yep. Because the Cardinals have... You can't bank on things year to year, but you know what you can bank on. Death, taxes, Cardinals sucking against tight ends.

It's amazing. Different head coaches, different defensive coordinators, different personnel. The one consistent is that they cannot, in Arizona, there's like a law. There's no such thing as tight ends. You cannot guard tight ends. All right, so some other starting wide receivers on the Cardinal side, Larry Fitzgerald, John Brown. We think it will be Brown. In terms of. Instead of Floyd.

Yes, yes, we do. I think Ellington has a good start to the season. I would expect good things from him in this game. I think Ingram is an okay play. I think the Cardinals do pretty good against the run. They've talked about for the running backs, they've come out and said it's going to be a very hot-handed approach. As of now, Chris Johnson is listed second on the depth chart. He will get carries. Which is an abomination for our boy, David. All right. So the Saints Cardinals game, I do think Breeze has a good game.

I think Drew Brees is going to a good season. Do you see he changed his mechanics? Drew Brees. What? He worked on his mechanics all off. His car was just constantly breaking down. Yeah. All right. Ravens Broncos. This should be a great game. I think it's going to be a very close game. It's in Denver, Flacco and Peyton. Are you, when is Flacco start worthy for you? Where is he in your rankings? Let me check my rate. I need to see it first. He's...

He's a low end too for me right now. But it's, he, Flacco is really hard to predict week to week because he comes out and just gives you 115 yards no touchdowns. And then other games, he puts up 250 with four touchdowns.

Yeah, he's quite a ways down the list for all three of us. But exciting to see what he does in the Tressman offense. Do they change? Do they stay the same like they've been talking about or do they start airing now? We're going to see some huge fantasy questions we've been talking about for months in this game. With the Tresman offense and with the new Peyton Manning, you know, is it Peyton's team or is it Coob's team? You know, there are so many questions that are going to be answered here in this game. So there's also some really, really great, I think, starts.

in this game. You've got CJ Anderson. I would have no problem running him out there. He's like one of my top five guys this week. For set, you finally get to see. Is he going to catch...

passes a lot out of the backfield. We expect it with Tresman, but that's something you have to watch week one because they didn't show it at all in preseason. All right, Kamar Aiken, is he a sleeper start if somebody needs somebody? Yeah, absolutely. If you're desperate for a wide receiver league. If you're desperate for a wide receiver right now, somehow that just happened in your draft, Aiken's going to start. Yep. And obviously you're starting DT, you're starting Sanders. And real quick, too. A note on Steve Smith, he...

He puts up really, really good numbers in the beginning of the year. He averages something like 92 yards per game on season opener. So I think Steve Smith is a very strong start in this one. Let's talk about the Bengals and the Raiders. We get to see Amari Cooper make his debut, Crabtree make his Raider debut, Latavius Murray behind center, and a new coach. So the Raiders, are they going to be different this year? Is this their year?

This might be their year, but I don't think this is going to be their week. And I know you're high right now on Amari Cooper, week one, Andy. I am much higher than both of you guys. I have way higher than both of you guys. And for me, it's because of matchup. I think the Bengals D is a really strong play this week. Very fair. And so, you know, I'm high on Cooper. I'm high on Latavius Murray. I'm okay on Derrick Carr, but I've got them all ranked pretty low this week. Your ranking for Amari Cooper is inexcusable to me. Where do I have them? 49.

Well, we'll see. We'll see what happens with the Bengals D and, you know. Mike's is okay, 34. Drake Kirkpatrick, man. He is very good. He is a very good DB. And if I think the game turns very quickly into the Raiders have to throw.

because I think the Bengals are going to be a very solid offense. And if the Bengals know what you're going to do, they're able to shut you down. Very low-scoring projection in Vegas. So that's why pretty much almost everybody, if you look at this game for me, I've got A.J. Green, you know, not super high. Pretty much most of the guys in this game, I'm just not in love with, even the guys that I really like for this year. So just not expecting a lot of firepower here, week one.

Fair enough. If you are, so talking tight-ins from the last game in this game, Tyler Eifford or Owen Daniels, who are you starting this week? Owen Daniels. A lot more points going to be going up in that game. Yeah, that, I think I'm going to stare at that decision down in many leagues. I'm sticking with Eifert right now. They're back-to-back in my rankings. I was just going to check mindsets. I was like, definitely Owen Daniels. Oh, they're back-to-back for me. And Eifert being the second option.

for the Bengals, which I believe he is the second option in the passing game. Well, if that's the case, he's going to have a great season. They're backed back for me. That's why I like it. Fair enough. All right, Titans. He's very attractive. Who? Tyler Evert. That is a strange comment. He's a handsome, fancy man. Yeah, he's a handsome. When you're a handsome man, you're a better fantasy player. This is... Yeah, look at Tom Brady. No? I didn't know where this was going. I'm just moving on. It's going nowhere. All right. You're just...

Out of the blue saying Tyler Eifford is a nice looking gentleman. Yes. Okay. Tennessee Titans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This is a great, hilarious matchup between the teams that got the two quarterbacks. So you get to see Marriota and Winston face each other on week one. How does this game pan out to you fantasy-wise? Because I think probably the perception is not a lot of value there. Is that the reality? I'm rolling.

Vincent Jackson out. There is concern on Mike Evans. While I think he plays, I think he'll be limited. And the reports are coming out that the game plan is going to be very Vincent Jackson heavy. I don't know why they would leak something like that. But you have to believe it's true. I think Winston's going to sling the ball and Vincent Jackson is going to be the guy to go get it. We got Louis Murphy is going to be in if Mike Evans is out. And it's also a...

Austin Safarian Jenkins, alert if Mike Evans is out, he would be a decent flyer this week. You know, if Mike Evans is playing in week one, I'm still leery of him. So if he plays, to me, I don't really want him. I think I would start someone else, you know, a flex type guy over him. Kindle Wright or Mike Evans this week. Kindle right, 100% for me. For me, yeah.

I might take the just touchdown chance with Evans. You've definitely got it. You've definitely got it. But I think with Evans, if Evans plays, he's more of a decoy. And I think Vincent Jackson is going to be a good option. So, you know, let me talk for a second about some other NFL players, NFL trading cards. I love trading cards, sports cards, guard games. I've always played card games and things like that. The Topps huddle app.

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You can collect and grow your team, but that's not all you can do with the Tops Huddle app. You can actually play your cards in real games so that it's just like fantasy. You can earn points in real time for what the players are doing on the fields. It's a blast to play. I had a couple guys in for last night's game. So for any football fan, especially fantasy football.

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on the defensive side. Cowboys had a good year last year, but okay, Mike, it's time. It's time, Mike. Okay, what are we doing? It's time. Who are you starting? Dallas running back. Oh, who am I starting? Come on, Mike. Tell the world what to do here because we don't know. We just need your advice. You're the fantasy hitman. Take one of these guys out and give us the answer. I need more information. But it's too late. No, it is not too late because you can wait up until Sunday night to make that decision.

Well, but the people, they got a busy weekend ahead of them. This is their last chance. There's a last chance to set their lineup. They need to know from the hitman who to start. It's an obvious pick for you. So I would still start Joseph Randall, even though I think that he could be outtouched this weekend. Okay. Joseph Randall or T.J. Yeldon. Give me Yeldin. Yeah. Give me Yeldin. I think I'll go with this.

I think I still have Randall higher. The Giants give up so many points to running backs. Are you starting any giant running backs ahead of Joseph Randall? No. Okay. If you're starting a Giants running back, who are you starting? I would start Andre Williams and just hope I get that touchdown. Fair enough. I'm not counting on. That's a standard format. If you're in PPR, you can throw Varene out there and see if he gets a couple catches. We did not say anything about Heath Miller from the Thursday night football game, but he had a very good game and was targeted.

quite often and we should expect that for at least another week without Martavis and Levi-on-Bel in the mix. Definitely expect it from Jason Whitten just the same. That's why I mentioned it is because like Witten and Donnell are both kind of in that middle tier of guys that you probably got late and are just rolling out there this week. Any thoughts on the tight-in position in this matchup?

I think it's going to be used a lot. This game seems to me like one where in the first quarter, they're both going to pretend like they're running teams, and then it's just going to end up being the Eli Manning, Tony Romo show, where they're throwing back and forth, putting up a lot of points. These games, yeah, exactly. Tony Romo and Eli, they're going to be on the sideline playing catch while the teams run the ball. These games almost always are high-scoring games. You know, those early season, especially week one, Cowboys.

Giants, these are fun, exciting, high-scoring affairs, and that normally happens through the air. So I think your tight-ins, your wide receivers, and quarterbacks in this game, I love. I like nearly all players involved in this game, but I have an extra like for Larry to know, which I will talk about in a little bit. Okay. Teaser. Fair enough. All right. Eagles, Falcons. Bananza.

I cannot wait for this game for so many reasons. I have Julio Jones shares in most of my leagues. Two high-powered offenses, we expect the Kyle Shanahan debut, the Eagles offense with so many new pieces, and just seeing what they can do with it, whether they go for two quite often. We don't know what Chip Kelly's going to do. He's a crazy person. Chip Kelly doesn't know what Chip Kelly's going to do. No. Until he does it. So...

People had asked me, and I'm going to go out here and just mention this, they said Brady or Bradford, week one. Tough decision. I had to make it on my own team earlier this week. I went with Bradford. Now, we knew Brady would have a good game, and he did. He had four touchdowns in the game last night. So high pillar to reach.

for Sam Bradford in week one. Is it possible that he surpasses Brady or is that kind of now out of the question because Brady had such a huge week? It's possible, but I would not expect him to pass it. That's what I think. I definitely think you're not completely wrong yet because the Eagles, I'm so stoked to see this game. He had three touchdowns in a quarter, right? That's 12 in a game. You heard it here first. 12 touchdowns from San Bradford. Here's my prediction for Bradford.