Week 2 Studs & Stinkers + Injuries, Injuries, Injuries! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/21

We'll see. The 49ers. No matter what, you've got a hurt shoulder, a hurt knee, and a backup quarterback. That's if everything goes well. That's if the MRI comes back and says, good, it's not torn. It's not been a good month for the Broncos. They almost came back and won that game. I mean, Driscoe looked no different than Locke to me. He had a plan and he executed. The 49ers survived the New York Jets.

on the scoreboard, but physically Jimmy Garoppolo missed the second half with the high ankle sprain. He's going to miss a week, so he'll have Mullins again. Rahim Moster suffered a mild MCL sprain. Tevin Coleman exited the game with a knee injury. Nick Bosa tore his ACL most likely. Hugely impactful injuries to the 49ers. Jerich McKinnon's going to be part of the show tomorrow. We don't know how bad the injury is.

for Kevin Coleman. Rahim Moster, it's a mild MCL sprain. I'm sure you guys both saw the 80-yard touchdown. Of course. On the first play of the game. That was the fastest... He broke his own record. He broke his own record. It's the fastest play in five years. How did this guy go undrafted? What? That's... Jason and I were talking about this, watching the game of how did the NFL miss so badly? And it wasn't... He didn't just go undrafted. He...

It took him forever to earn his way up. I mean, some teams he was here, there, never getting any snaps, and then he finally gets this opportunity. How does a player this good, a player who can make these types of special plays just go unnoticed in training camp? This is why the 40 is such a sham in so many ways. Sure. Put pads on a player. I mean, Rahim Oster just set the record for the last five years.

That's faster than any Tyreek he'll play. That's faster than any play by any of these other record setters. No John Ross runs or anything like that. Put pads on them and have them run because apparently Mosterts faster than all of them. I couldn't believe he got the edge and just disappeared. But now he's got the MCL sprain and we're going to be. To be fair to the 40-yard dash, he ran a 4-4-2. So he was already very fast. Fair enough.

Yeah, I imagine he wasn't slow on that one and the pads get on. He ran a five too. I don't know what happens. When the pads get on. No, but look, do you have the 49ers matchup for next week? We can grab that. Yeah. Get me that matchup because you're going to have Nick Mullins. You're going to have Derek McKinnon. The Giants. Okay, so they'll be fine. Great. I was going to say maybe you pick a defense to start against these guys.

So they go down to injury and they get Jets Giants back to back. Okay. Cool. Well, that'll be an interesting matchup. All right, this was huge news. Nobody saw it coming because apparently it happened just before game time. Tyrod Taylor aggravated or suffered a chest injury before kickoff. The actual, you know, we were prepared after hearing this that this was more of a wink, wink injury. Sure. Because you want to get Justin Herbert in there.

Okay, no big deal. Yeah, he's hurting, right? He's hurting. And it would have been par for the course with Baker Mayfield coming in when Tyrod was in Cleveland. But from what we're hearing, you know, prior to kickoff, Tyra Taylor experienced difficulty breathing, was taken to the locker room, then transported to a local hospital. He's been discharged. Anthony Lynn came out and said, if he's 100%, he'll be our starter. Seems like right now.

If I had to put my money on it, Justin Herbert's going to start another week. Yeah. What's wild to me is, you know, got to be balanced here. Showered absolute praise upon Anthony Lynn over the offseason hard knocks. Looks like an incredible man. There is some weird decision making going on from the punt in overtime. When you have fourth and short of your, we're trying to, quote, extend the game instead of, quote, win the game.

That's a quote from Mike Wright. And then you're rookie. The future of your franchise almost beats Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. And instead of just saying we're going to evaluate, you're like all in on Tyrod who couldn't move the ball at all in week one against a really bad Bengals team? The most likely thing here is that Tyrod misses another week. Herbert's okay. And they decide to go forward with Herbert.

Regardless of injury. Herbert impressed me. This, you know, this is a situation where he didn't get, you know, he wasn't the entire first team rep in practice. He was not prepared to come in and be the starter that game. And he can throw the football. He played very well. So, yeah, I agree with you, Andy. I do think Herbert will probably secure the job rest of season. If he does, it will be the best thing for Austin Echler. It will be the best thing for Keenan Allen. Yeah. All right, Will Fuller. Hey, here we go.

We're back. Hamstring injury in the second quarter. Yep. Supposedly came back out on the field after halftime as a missed that was never targeted. Yep. So it will be Brandon Cooks moving forward as the one for the team. And obviously very tough matchup this week with Baltimore, but nobody really did much on that side of the ball. They could have used DeAndre Hopkins. Cam Acres rib injury in the first quarter, Darrell Henderson came out and looked outstanding.

Yeah, this is a mess, man. This Rands backfield is a disaster. I took McVeigh at his word towards the back half of the, right before the season started, that he really wanted to use all three backs. And so it looks like Henderson, Malcolm Brown, who got goal line opportunities that didn't cash in on, and now Cam Acres with the injury, I mean, that's going to be a tough situation. Yes, very difficult. Somebody will produce.

Sure. In that position. But who? And which week? Good luck. And that's why we spend the wheel of random for that back. Random? No. Oh, okay. Yeah. All right. Yeah, that's the random backfield. I love it. Well done, Mike. That's good for our show. That's what I'm here for. Sterling Shepard exited early with a toe injury, potentially turf toe MRI today. If it's turf toe, Sterling Shepard will miss a few weeks. Yeah.

Paris Campbell carted off the field with a leg injury, did not tear his ACL MRI today. Sammy Watkins, he received his first catch of the game in the fourth quarter and immediately was concussed. Yeah, it was a bad hit. It was a bad hit. Yeah. Breschad Perryman exited early with an ankle injury. Chris Hogan exited with a rib injury. And this is all after Goloday, Godwin, A.J. Brown, Kittle, Lindsay, Crowder, Doyle, and James White, who.

Thoughts and prayers with James White, his family. Absolutely tragic news, the passing of his father. And that was on the hearts and minds of everybody watching last night's game. So, yeah, it's, this is why Jason, and we say on the show, you don't win your league at the draft. Because best laid plans get laid out.

in the middle of the week. And you have to pivot. You have to adjust. Depth is crucial for your fantasy roster and learning how to work the waiver wire, trade with your league mates, and position yourself. You know, what you're going to have to do now is you're going to have to pick up players tomorrow on the waiver show, and you're going to have to play matchups. And we're getting more data. We're getting more information. That's part of why we have the streamfinder tool.

on join thefoot.com, and we've got strength of schedule data that is now starting to accumulate. And yes, we're only two weeks in, but it's two more weeks than we had when the season began. So this is when you start to outwork your league mates, and you can really find an advantage. And we're going to try to help as much as we can. All right, before we get into the studs. Oh, some good news finally. Yeah, studs. That's goodness. Those are good players.

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Emerald Lagasse, just Russell Wilson throwing everyone a touchdown. It was unbelievable. And they should have lost the game. It was just another Seahawks Patriots battle. I mean, just down to the wire. Interesting play call at the end. I just kept thinking. Russ comes out on top because, of course. I kept thinking like, you know, you're Pete Carroll.

You win these games. You're a defense and run the ball team. Now you're letting Russ cook and you score a ton of points, but you're not controlling the time of possession as much. And all of a sudden, you're here ready to lose this game with Russ having five touchdown. So I'm just hoping they don't close the kitchen, you know, leave it open, let him do his magic. Also this week, I believe they play against the Cowboys. That'll be fun.

Well, yeah, Russ, with five touchdowns, you know, to be fair and balanced, this was a mistake to let him throw at the end of the game. I mean, they could have put this game away by running the football. If you don't trust Chris Carson to get a yard, you launch it down the field, you give the ball back, and you could have lost. The only thing I will say for the, it absolutely looks like he's cooking. And Russell Wilson could do this. So I promise that this is not me here trying to start a grease fire.

in the chef's kitchen. He only threw the ball 28 times. Now, Russell Wilson, this is what he can do. He can throw five touchdowns on 28 attempts, but 28, 28 attempts is not 35 to 40. So, you know, like he, this isn't full cooking yet to me. This is Russell Wilson is just one of, he's a top three quarterback in the NFL.

His efficiency is so incredible. Yes. It's so incredible. Pretty much two perfect games. MVP frontrunner right now. Well, he's got some competition. Joshua Allen. Oh. The stallion. Excellent. Josh Allen, my friend. What do you think so far, Mike? I am blown away. The change of philosophy. You want to talk about they've changed to let someone cook. They're letting Josh Allen cook. This is not.

the cromagony buffalo bills of the last couple years. I mean, they're letting Josh Allen open it up over 400 yards. Passing yards. Not rushing yards. Passing yards for Josh Allen. He's completing, I think, over 70% of his passes. How many interceptions in two games? Oh, my goodness. Is he at zero? Zero. Listen to this. Listen to this. 700 plus passing yards, six touchdowns, and no interceptions through the first two weeks of a season in history. Peyton Manning, Tom Brady.

Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen. Only four players in history. I am absolutely shocked in a great way by the improvements that Josh Allen has made. And the tip of the cap, sir, you are... I don't want this to go south, so can we just wrap the season right now? I made my Allen MVP prediction, and I just want to wrap it after two weeks, please.

It looks good. And he's still running the ball. So the fantasy points are just seemingly endless right now. There were all the questions coming into this season. Who's going to take that? Pat Mahomes, Lamar Jackson, leap. The common answer was Kyler. But Kyler will, you know, he cost you a fifth round pick. Josh Allen might be the correct answer by the end of the season. They did have to come back against the Miami Dolphins. Yeah. Yeah, the dolphins kept it very competitive. Dak Prescott.

It was a bad start and a great finish. 450 passing yards, three rushing touchdowns. He is the first player in NFL history with 400 passing yards and three rushing touchdowns in a single game. That was a freaking wild game. It was. Absolutely incredible. What was that on site? Thoughts and prayers to the Falcons fans. Yeah. Look, here's the stat here. This was from Adam Schaefter. Since 19...