Week 2 Matchups, In-or-Out, Storytime with Jason

Agreed. What about Darren Sproles? And if he doesn't play, is Corey Clement a play? Yeah. I mean, if Sproles doesn't play, they're not a one-back system in Philadelphia. Corey Clement should be in. Should be in. Corey Clement versus Philip Lindsay this week if Sproles is out. Asking for a friend. That's a great question. And I'm going to go, I'm going to chase the points with Lindsay. Marlon Mack, in or out. In. In. DeAndre Hopkins. Oh, come on. He's playing. Will Fuller?

He's back at limited practice. He is interesting. But Coach Bill O'Brien says he feels confident that Will Foller is going to play. So I'm going to say in. Devante Adams? In. Yeah. Corey Davis, hamstring. Limited Wednesday and Thursday. In. I think he's in as well. Ted Ginn. Yeah, in, of course. Veteran. What about Markey's good one with the quad injury? He hasn't practiced. I don't think he's going to play. And this becomes a very sneaky snart situation for Dante Pettis.

I agree with you. Marquis Goodwin, we just did. Deshawn Jackson. He's limited Thursday. I'm going to say out, but that's, yeah, that's, I don't have a good read on that one. Doug Baldwin. Out. Yeah, Doug Baldwin's likely to miss this week, maybe more. Austin Svarian Jenkins. He was dealing with the same injury before week one and played. All right. A reminder, everybody over at join the foot. You get game day alerts one hour before the main Sunday kickoff with the little up to the minute.

injury news so you don't miss nothing so you can start the right guys um i made an interesting trade yesterday going into the uh got got me some doug baldwin in your dynasty in the dynasty league some injured doug baldwin a lot of trades yesterday well let's let's get into that story time with jason guys i made a mistake i mean oh i

I've got bad news to share. And it's good, you know, look, this is advice for you at home on how to troll and how not to troll. Let's see if your jokes are funny or good or if they just hurt yourself. So yesterday in the listener league, I have Levi-on-Bel, so I'm dealing with what all Levi-on-Bel owners are dealing with. What do you do? Do you find a way to pair him with James Connor? Well, the James Connor owner did what he should do. And he said, hey, I'll give you James Connor for Joe Mixing. And I'm thinking, no.

No way am I trading Joe Mixen, a guy I love, for James Connor. You know, he'd be helpful, but that just wouldn't help my team. But I was desperate. After Joe Mix, and it was Jordan Wilkins on my roster. So I go, okay, here. It says, I'm going to do it. I offered Lev Bell. You're bailing out. For Jordan Howard to the James Connor owner, and he accepted.

Part of this was my dynasty team. I've got Joe Mix and Jordan Howard. These are two of my favorite guys putting my money where my mouth is. And then it's nice to have both leagues. I got the same guys to root for. That's fun. Whatever. So the trade goes through and I'm sitting there and I look at my roster. I'm putting my guys in the lineup. And I see that the other trade for James Connor is still there. He didn't cancel it. And so I'm going, I'm going to.

I'm going to get him good. I'm going to steal James Connor from him right after Get Lev Bell. I think it's way funnier than it is. And to your credit, you announced to the room, to the office. You said, guys, this trade is still here. Would it be funny if I just accepted this trade?

trying to troll him for not canceling the trade. Right. And I said beforehand, I go, I'm going to undo this in like two minutes. It's just a joke. I'll just let him sit in it for a second. He literally walked out of our office cackling. Oh, no, he ruffled. He went down. I thought it was the funniest thing in the world because the guy trades for Levi-on-Bel. And I'm like, ah, I took your James Connor. And so I'm rolling around laughing. I get back to my computer. I'm having a good time. And then I realize what I have done. I traded.

Joe Mixin for James Connor. And you thought it was a funny joke. I thought it was a funny joke. And I went, oh, no. What if he wants to just, if he's like, cool, thanks. Well, guess what? He was cool, thanks. He was pretty happy with me accepting that. So now we just flip off running back. You idiot. Look, and that's on me. If you are the troll and you get beat.

You accept responsibility. So this is not getting undone. You are now. I now own James Connor. You've made your bed. And I am anti-Levy on Bell. Wow. Stay out, Lev. Keep those legs fresh for next year. It's pretty funny. It's pretty funny. But you are the back-to-back listener league champion and things tend to work out. So we're taking this as a premonition that apparently Connor is just going to play for 10 weeks. Yeah. It's 16. Oh, my goodness. All right. We are going to jump into the rest of the fantasy forecast. If you missed any of the matchups,

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right we're back in the matchups and uh well let's start here the texans and the titans this game's in tennessee we expect marcus mariotta to be there the line is titans plus two with 44 and a half point over under what are we looking for in this game i know a lot of deshawn watson owners were disappointed i had somebody on twitter they they said uh you told me to play to sean watson

over Pat Mahomes last week. You ruined me. That's what they said. We ruined him. I took a look on fantasy pros. 133 out of 135 experts recommended Sean Watson last week. We should have been the two. And the truth is 133 were wrong. So Deshaun Watson in week two. Deshaun Watson in week two. Look, he's a guy that because of his rushing ability should be a fine start.

In my opinion, film-wise, I think he had a terrible game last week. I don't think he looked great in any capacity, but he didn't destroy your team. I think the Titans are a mid-level defense here, and he's someone you should be able to fire up. He also was lacking Will Fuller, who we expect to be there this week, which will help open things up for Hopkins. Will Fuller is a big deal for this offense in Watson.

Yeah, certainly. So I'm, I mean, if you drafted Watson, you're going to start him this week almost for sure. And we know that Watson annihilated Tennessee five total touchdowns. Last year. Yes. Yeah, last year. Not in the future. Like you can't see that already. Because that'd be nice. Maybe. That'd be pretty cool. Maybe. So it's Lamar Miller, you're playing him. Hopkins, you're playing him.

Bruce Ellington has that sneaky start. I don't know if... Is that only sneaky if Will Fuller's out? Yeah, that's where I was going to go. I'm not real interested in Bruce Bruce if Will Fuller is playing. The biggest question for this game is really Dionne Lewis, Derek Henry. Now, did you hear the news? No. Big news. Derek Henry is... Hughie Lewis-sized? Derek Henry is, quote, pissed about his performance last week. Hmm.

Guess what, Derek Henry? Join the club! I am also pissed at your performance last week because I needed you to come through with some more points. But they're at home and they're favored. This sets up, or at least projects to be very positive for Derek Henry, but it's still the Houston Texas. They're not favored. They're not. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah, they're plus two. The Titans are two-point underdogs at home. So Swip-swap what I just said.

And it's good they're at home, but yeah, this game, I would not, I think Houston's going to win it. So this is trouble for Derek Henry. He was my pump the brakes for a reason. I'm not. I'm only interested as Henry as a running back three this week. I agree. And the fact, the biggest problem with Derek Henry is there has to be like three or four sentences ahead of saying to play him. Yeah, that's a problem. You have to say a bunch of conditions in which you like starting Derek Henry. You know, Dion Lewis, listen to this.

highest yards per rush in 2017 in between the tackles at 5.6. He's a great running back. Showed it last week. All you have to do is open your eyes. Yeah, I agree with a lot of what you're saying, but I like both running backs. I would be fine starting. This is one of those games where I don't think you have to pick one, and it comes at the mutual exclusivity of the other having a fantasy relevant game. Again, last week, if that one penalty was not called that did not affect Derek Henry having a 60-yard touchdown.

Everything would be completely different. You know, and Houston, their defense and their defense of lines should be great, but it's been a while since they've really been one of the absolute toughest matchups against the run. So at home, I like Derek Henry. I've said from draft season, Dionne Lewis is greater sign than Derek Henry because he's game script proof. And should Deshaun Watson...

Go full ham and eggs and throw five touchdowns. You won't be seeing there, Kenry. So that's the risk. But otherwise, if this is a somewhat close game as Vegas sees it, they're at home, I think both guys will be relevant. And I see them both as, you know, running back that two, three cusp. Give me all the eggs and bacon that you have. Give me all of them.

The Colts, 0-1, take on the 1-0 Redskins. An impressive performance from the Redskins last week. They're 6-point home favorites, 46.5 point over under. Andrew Luck hits the road here. Played okay last week. Played well. This was a close game. They lost to the Bengals. The Redskins, I like their defense in this game. They're at home. They played well last week. I picked them up. I'm starting them this week. Major favorites at home.

Yeah, yeah, I love it. And they showed up in a big way last week, obviously Josh Norman and company. So what are our fantasy expectations from Andrew Luck, T.Y. Hilton. We saw a high target count for Ryan Grant, wide receiver in his debut for Indianapolis last week, and then the two tight ends, Ebron with the score, Doyle with the targets. And you have a hairy situation in running back. If Marlon Mac plays, Jordan Wilkins, you know, Wilkins was already a meh.

play and he's a ney play if uh yeah completely agree uh the only running back i would consider playing for the colts is if i'm in a ppr format nahim hines who was heavily involved and i expect he'll be heavily involved even when with the return of marilyn mac because they want to use him as that passing down specialist man that that takes a lot of belief