Week 2 Waivers + Bounce Back or Buns? - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/15

there last year how much he targeted Justin Jefferson, which is probably pretty smart to do. He's very boom bust. He can have a 70-yard touchdown at any minute, but it's tough to count on backup quarterback and then transitioning back to Kyler and seeing if it works when you have other guys you can pick up. Yeah. And I'll throw out one more name. I would not. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Good. It's nasty. People will not like it. But I do think Cleef Raymond is worth.

Oh, no. I know. Oh, no. Look, this is a fool me once. No way. Totally. That's the Chicago Bears, by the way. He's done that for Detroit before. Yes, he has done it for Detroit before, where he played with Ben Johnson and knew that system. He came in and played, you know, 60% of snaps played 60, 40 wide to out to inside. You really believe this. So, well, those are facts, but I do believe those. But I would say that.

He is, he's not a guy I expect to be great or take over. But all the Luther burden, yes, all the Luther burden love and hype and all that jazz, you know, we, we still have not yet to see it. This is a guy who play with Ben Johnson for a while. He was on the field. Well, Zakias was that last year for them.

Yeah, exactly. Luther Burton couldn't beat Zakias last year. And I think Kleefe Raymond's better than Zakias. But I'm not sitting here saying, I'm saying maybe put, if you've got an extra roster spot, do a zero dollar bid in case he becomes a thing. I mean, it's rare for a guy in what? Like this is like year 10. This is, you know, like the button said, nasty. But I think he should be rostered in case. All right. We'll take a break. We'll talk tight ends.

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Let's talk the tight-in position. There's names that matter. It's wild because one of these guys was not rostered in our league of record until the Bowers injury. And the Bowers manager went out and picked up Dallas Goddard and didn't miss a beat because Dallas Goddard was four for 77. I don't know. I've heard the Brock Bowers news, man. Day to day. Well, it's Coobiak. He's totally going to play this week. Truth telling.

I actually think he's back in like really, maybe not this week, but next week. Yeah, maybe next week. I mean, it's been very, very positive. We should have brought it up on yesterday's show. It's hard because Kubiak has, he already lied to us. Yeah, I get it. I get it. But I mean, the initial report from others was one to two weeks. And then post-surgery, they said, hey, this was a trim. This looks like one to two weeks. I'm optimistic. We will see the.

All the positivity was from, like, reporters and people talking to Kubiak, all the reports from people who know medical procedures are like, mm-mm, mm-mm. Yeah, but- Oh, it surprised me. Yeah, yeah, because they're- Former trims are usually, I mean. They just don't know the details. Yeah, we don't know the details. I don't know if there's like, you know, like when you're getting your hair cut, like, oh, I'm taking six inches off or I'm, you know, just trimming the trim. I don't know. You don't want to get a bowl cut. No, not on your knee, Jay.

I don't know if you're a long hair guy ever in your life. A six inch trim off of your hair? I am today. That's not a trim. Sure. But my point is, we do have data on this. That's a lot of hair. On this procedure. I don't know if they're all the same, but it's usually three or four weeks. Well, here's what I need to once again say out loud. For goodness sakes, can I get anybody to believe in Dallas Goddard? I said it all offseason. Yes. Which, by the way, in case you're curious, this was the Titan three last year.

Did you know that? He's a tight in three. And then you remove A.J. Brown, and it's very clear that the presence of Devante Smith does not match A.J. Brown in terms of demand of targets. The presence of Devante Smith, he's going to have his days. But I said it last week before the game. I said it all offseason. Dallas gotter came out, and he's four for 77 and two touchdowns. He plays 95% of snaps. The offense desperately needs him. Mackay Lemon is on pace for negative 85 yards this year.

They desperately need Dallas Goddard. He's going to catch the ball every week. He's always going to be a touchdown threat. And he's sitting there in a lot of leagues, not too many because some listened, I guess. But I would get him onto your roster. I think every week, Dallas Goddard is going to be a competitive player. Eli Stowers is on IR and irrelevant. Did you see? So Eli Stowers, their second round rookie pick, who I know we were on the IR now. He's on the IR. Yeah, he's soaps hurt with his hamstring. Did you see the interview with him?

Like it was the day before they put him on IR. He was talking about how he's really excited for week one. He's ready to go. No. This is not an injury. No. No, it's not. No, this is, we don't need you right now. You need to get better. I'm not ready. Yes, exactly. But look, to me, Goddard is the number one pickup on my list. And then close behind is John Johnson. You know, take advantage of the fact he didn't get involved during the league in that game.

He's a go-to target. Still seven targets. You know, I'd rather flex Juan Johnson than Devon Vela if it's me in a regular week. Man, just a Velae hates him. Well, it's not hate. It's just neutrality. I'm just neutral about Devon Vela. I think there's, I mean, if I start Kendrick Bourne, I might get the same thing. If I start Pat Bryant, I might get the same thing. It's not, I just don't, I just don't think Velae is a special talent able to emerge to be a superstar. That's all. It's just.

I think he's a wide receiver 2-3, and I think Joanne Johnson is special around the goal line. So I like Joanne Johnson. He's less rostered. I love. I love Juan, too. We're all in on Joanne Johnson. At the tight-in position, I think it's great. He's obviously still rostered in most leagues, but he's available in about 40% of leagues. My number one.

tight-end pickup. Obviously, if Dallas Goddard was there, Juan Johnson's there, if I need a start. Those are your top two? Those are the guys that I feel most confident starting. I would follow that up with actually Hunter Henry. I think the matchup for the next two weeks is really good against tight-ins. And without AJ Brown, he might come in. And it's just like, who could throw a touchdown to a tight-in? Great. But if I already have someone, I'm, you know, I'm not really like I have to get someone else in there to play.

I would be picking up Kenyon Sadiq. I agree. I do actually agree. He only played 42% of snaps, which is on one hand, it's a reason not to pick him up. Oh, he's not very involved. But as a rookie who was missing the majority of camp, when he was out there, he was targeted three times, got all three. He was given a handoff, which he scored on. So he had a touchdown in his rookie week one. I think that there's a player that.

Absolutely. I mean, he will be picked up in every league. But it's like the upside of him. You think he'll get picked up in every league? I think he'll be ignored in a lot of leagues. I think someone in most leagues will take a shot on stashing him in the hopes that he is a very highly drafted guy. And 33% roster right now. I bet he doesn't give it above 50. I think he'll be ignored this week. Yeah. I think he's a great pickup because players of this caliber first round picks.

with the talent of Sadiq, you're going to see a workload increasing over the course of the year. I mean, we saw... Do we have an injury update on Omar Cooper? Omar Cooper? Omar Cooper. Omer Cooper. Whatever is... That first round guy that no one cared about. Who had a great catch? And we was like, oh, hey, look at Cooper. Then he got hurt. So, okay, high ankle. So he'll be out for quite a while. Which part of the problem for both of those guys was the fact that you...

just drafted two guys that kind of work in the same area of the field. So, yeah, I think Sadiq is. Would have been, I mean, talk about Kenyan and Sadiq's quarterback, Jason. Man, one of the best on target accuracy, I think the best on target accuracy percentage in week one. Hey, Jacobi was number one in PFF.

Yeah, I saw that. I think Gino was, Gino was in top five. Yeah. People were not happy with the PFF rankings this week. Because Caleb Williams is at 20. What are you doing? Josh Allen was doing. Josh Allen was in the top 12 either, who against the number one defense was, I don't know, just perfect. Let's just focus on Gino Smith. But Gino Smith and Jacoby. They got that one right. Yeah. Two other things. I would have been in on Britain Strange if I knew that BTJ was out. I thought that would have been a good spot start. That's fair.

Michael Mayer, I think he's going to get targeted as long as Bowers is out. He's a good one to two weeks start. And then the Muth, you know, if you want to chase his five for 46, you can do it. And then the question, one of the questions that came in would you drop Fanon for Goddard. And I, I would not want to drop Fanon. Right. But I, if, look.

If you had to play one of them, you would play Goddard. So if you only have one roster spot... I probably don't drop him. No, I wouldn't either. You probably have someone else to drop. Yeah, yeah. Defensive options for this week, why not target them Browns? Deshawn Watson is sure to make the fumballiest interception-est mistakes. And you're not saying... So that's the Buccaneers. Yes, right. Sorry, the Buccaneers' defense faces the Brown. There you go.

The 49ers face Miami. Those are the top two of the week. Packers face the Jets. We'll see. And then the Chiefs. Was that a, you're getting a little bullish on the Jets offense? That's me saying I don't know that that'll be a smash play after one week, but it should be. But it's in New York. I mean, it's not like.

I'm not as in on that as I would be like, I loved what I saw from the Chiefs defense last night. And the Colts looked a little rumbly bumbly during the week one. The Chiefs are a great pickup. They were my most drafted team coming into week one simply because I don't feel like Indy is a team you can't play against. They could be okay. But for a good defense, like what we saw on the Chiefs, following that.

you get the Miami Dolphins and the Las Vegas Raiders. So you've got like a month of a really good start for the Chiefs defense. I will shout out the Carolina Panthers. Absolutely. I know they got roasted. It's the Chicago Bears. They're going to do that to everybody. How about Cooper Rush? If, yeah. I mean, you have the that built-in. If it's Cooper Rush, then I might want, yes. I was like, if it's Cooper Rush, I might play the Panthers over the bucks this week. That's going to be pretty close. But you get the two for.