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

33. Oh, the good old days. That's where we're taking it back. The Falcons are the first team since 1933 to lose a game while scoring 39 points and zero turnovers. Up until Sunday, teams were 440 and 0. 440 and O is a decent record. Holy.

Moli. This ain't no, what was the stat we had last week? Oh, this ain't no Gardner Minshew. The first week while he wore mismatching socks. Right. Added one untied cleats. No, this is ridiculous. That is, that's, isn't Dan Quinn a defensive coach? Just think of the, look what matters. Come on, man. If Chicago, or if, if the Cowboys don't win this game in miraculous fashion, they have to go play Seattle. Yeah. I mean, I mean.

in Seattle next week. They could have started 0 and 3. Cam Newton, monster, monster game. Let me ask you guys. Are we back? Are we back? Are we all in on this? It was just normal Cam Newton. I know, but we were talked about last week. I'm saying that as a compliment to Camp. I'm saying if you ask before the season, what do you want to see? You say, yeah, I want to see Booty Scootin Cam Newton. I don't want to see some.

you know vague shadow of the past you know i tell you what what is not almost 400 yards passing that's what's not booty scooting is he put up nearly 400 passing yards to go with his 11 rushing attempts and the the patriots have showed their hand of once the ball is inside the five there is a plan

Yeah. It is the same play or it's the same formation every time you have the one running back in the backfield and then he scoots up into a full back position and Cam Newton figures it out. Now unfortunately, unfortunately he got tripped up. Cam Newton made an incorrect read on the final run. If he had just gone outside, I believe he would have waltzed right into the end zone. But the fact that this is the plan for for booty scooting.

He's got four rushing touchdowns in two weeks? I was going to say if he finishes the season with 32 rushing touchdowns, the way that when they get down near the goal line, the fact that it's just always the same thing and it's working 75% of the time. Right. I mean, if he has 20 rushing touchdowns this year, I'm not going to be shocked, which is a shocking number. Cam passed a rush for 444 of the 464 yards that the team accumulated.

That's insane. Matt Ryan in Monster Fantasy Day. Kyla Murray, great again. And he went 286 and one through the air, eight for 67 and two on the ground and ended up the quarterback five on the week because of these other monster performances. Crazy week. Has Detroit, Carolina and the Jets the next three weeks. Oh, yes. I mean, Kyler is set up to succeed. Tanna Hill, another very impressive week without AJ Brown. Looks great.

And unfortunately for Ryan Tannenhill, he runs into the juggernaut next week. That is the Minnesota Vikings defense. Yeah, I would start Ryan Tannenhill. Stream of the week. I don't know if you can stream him anymore. Well, he's got Pittsburgh and Buffalo the next two weeks after that. So this might be your final stream of Tannenhill. Sure. Well, my point is I think he should be rostered at this point. Since week seven last year.

He's been great for fantasy football. Let me check. Oh, every single week. He's just, he's dominant. He should be rostered. And to the point where, yeah, he's got a difficult schedule coming up, I think I would play him in those games. He's got some regression coming in terms of he's been responsible for all the touchdowns. I think Derek Henry has none on the year so far. No rushing touchdowns from Derek Henry. But.

I asked Jason this question. 24 passing attempts. Because this is not a panic alarm by any means about Derek Henry because he's getting, what, 27 carries a game. Second most rushing yards in football. But that's not the normal Derek Henry way that he has accumulated those type of rushes. I mean, we have not seen any big plays. We aren't seeing huge lanes for.

You're saying maybe draw some attention to the O line differences? Yes, the offensive line was the big question for Henry. Will it be as strong? Now, this is also vintage Derek Henry that the man just grows in strength as the winter approaches. He feeds on the cold. If you look at his first half versus second half splits. The abominable Derek Henry? Yes, he has some snowman going on there. But.

And then I asked Jason, I'm like, is there any concern for the high end? Are we going to get like multiple high end games where you're like, yeah, Derek Henry locked in top three type of a guy? I think so. Jason, I don't know what you think. I think we'll get some of those two, three touchdown games. Will you get them with the frequency that you drafted Derek Henry to be? What do you think, Jay? No, my answer was this is great. He's having.

bad games for what you're hoping and he's great. So his, his floor is so high and you're definitely going to get those games where he's got two or three touchdowns. I mean, there's just no way they don't happen, especially when, you know, it's a really soft defense that Derek Henry can run right through. And like you said, as the winter's coming.

Derek Yetty is going to be unbelievable. Oh my gosh. Jacksonville was supposed to be that soft defense and he carried the ball 25 times for 3.3 a carry. Yeah, but Jacksonville hasn't been, I mean, that was they've been better than we expected. A horrific defense coming into the year, but the first two weeks they've shown that they're not the trash can that projections had them. This is why we talk about strength of schedule prior to the season. There's too many people.

You know, 11 guys on the field, it's not like you can predict one player to be better or worse. And the Jaguars aren't as bad as we had thought. I want to give a shout out, honorable mention at the quarterback position. By the way, Mahomes ended up with a great game after just being stifled for the first three quarters. Gardner Minshu, 30 for 45, 339 passing yards, three touchdowns. Two picks, that one at the end of the game off the tip pass, unfortunate.

competitive again. I mean, they were driving down the field with an opportunity there. Minchu's been great. Miami, Cincinnati, Houston. The next three weeks. Those are the next three matchups for Gardner. Yeah. Not intimidating at all. At the running back position, it belongs, well, the king of the week was Aaron Jones. My goodness. 18 for 168. Eight targets, four catches, 68 yards, and a touchdown through the air. Some of these receptions were the stuff of.

Epic wide receivers. I mean, he was unbelievable. If you had Aaron Jones, you won. I mean, it would be so difficult to have lost with that level of a game. You would need Dan Quinn as your head coach to lose with Aaron Jones. Oh, yes. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Don't you apologize? That's what Dan Quinn deserves at this point. That's a good one. Tyrae Taylor considered week to week with the chest injury. So, yeah, we might not see him again.

Yeah, you're right. Aaron Jones was unbelievable, and you start to believe the touchdown numbers are just going to be there. New Orleans, Atlanta, the by week, the next three weeks for Jones. Chubb and Kareem. And Kareem Hunt from Thursday, big weeks. McCaffrey had a nice week before the injury. David Montgomery, who I think was Mike's taking it to 100 player this week. Yep. He went out with an injury in this game and still ended up 16 for 82, 3 for 45 in a touchdown through the air.

And now that this is a good touchdown too. This is now two weeks that David Montgomery has on film looked good as well. So the volume is there. We are grateful that he's returned from the neck injury. Because when you hear neck injury, you go, that's not good. But seems like he's all right. And he looks, he looks solid. And he gets to play Atlanta next week. All right. Ronald Jones was looking solid. And then he fumbled.

Leonard Fournette came in, went 12 for 103 and 2, five targets, four catches, 13 yards. How long was that the big touchdown? It was like a... Yeah, it was long. Not to take it away from him, but just, like, when you say 100 yards, you go, wow, he was tearing him up. Yeah, I don't know how long that one was, but he was, he did enough. And then you combine that with what Rojo, the fumble, and you are incomplete, who knows what Bruce is going to do now. I'm out, man.

I'm out. You're out on all options, including Fournet. Yes, that is correct. I will take the lumps. If Leonard Fournett does actually emerge and he is the guy, I will take that L. But right now, I am throwing the smoke bomb down and I am out. Well, here's the thing, Mike. Leonard Fornett could fumble. Yeah, exactly. I'm out. Yeah, I get it. I think this is one of the rarest occasions of the start of the week, Ronald Jones, still working out and yet maybe losing his job.

Yeah, it's ridiculous. Unpredictable. Montgomery, I talked about the big game. James Robinson, 16 for 102 and 1. He looked good, right? Yes, he's breaking tackles. He's getting chunk plays. He's the clear, you know, he's got that role on lockdown. You know, he was a huge waiver wire pickup, and I think he retains the job the rest of the season. I'm not worried about the Vino Ziegbo.

or Raquel Armstead if they come back, he's just looked too good, and the Jaguars have been playing well. Why would they go away from him at this point? He was down to 51% of snaps. He was up at 68% in week one. Looked great, like you said. Do you try to pick him up with that soft schedule? Mike mentioned about Gardner. It's Miami, Cincinnati, Houston. James Robinson, you feel like in a Dynasty League or someplace like that, you could go and acquire him.

On the cheap. It would have to be crazy cheap, though. The undrafted free agents, we see them from time to time come out or journeymen running backs that come out. They have a magical year. I'm not taking a long-term look at Robinson. You wouldn't give up a one? No. Oh, no. I would not either. No, no, man, no. No. No.

All right. I think I know your opinion on it. I'm not sure. You're offering, yeah, look, if someone offers me a one for James Robinson, they won't even be able to finish sending the offer because I will have already accepted it. James Connor, 16 for 106 and 1. This is the moment of the show we've all been waiting for where Andy Holloway drafts James Connor. He's in. One week happens. James Connor tweaks his ankle.

We're not completely sure that the injury is what kept him out, but James Connor was, James Connor missed the rest of the game, week one. All this chatter through the week that James Connor, who are we starting? Connor, you're starting Snell. James Connor, 16 for 106 on the ground with a touchdown, two targets. Andy, are you back in? What are you doing with James Connor? No, I'm not back in, but.

Because he's a difficult player to roster and start. But this is what we were saying. Well, first of all, during the week, we said start James Connor. Mike, you were very, you said that'd be the player to play in that backfield. And last week when the world became, you know, lifted Benny Snell on their shoulders and walked him through the streets. It was a very rudy-like moment. I have never supported James Connor, but I immediately tweeted, here's what's going to happen. And it's exactly what happened.

Mike, you made the point. James Connor, they want to use somebody on all three downs. They want somebody that's out there that they know that they can pass the ball to, and that's not Benny Snell. Benny Snell scored negative fantasy points this week. Yeah, this is two weeks in a row where Benny Snell has fumbled the ball. This is James Conner's backfield right now. Mike Tomlin is not a Bruce Ariens level coach where it's like one fumble and you're, look, guess who's not playing the rest of the game? But he...

It gets very upset by the fumbles. So moving forward, it's James Connor. Now, he can still get hurt because that's one of his specialties. He knows how to do that. And that's what makes him hard to roster and hard to start and hard to count on. But with the fumble by Snell, the limited work, three touches in the game, and James Connor actually producing for fantasy is 100% his backfield this week. Yeah, he's going to be great until he's injured. I mean, that's James Connor. And then he will, but he will be.

you know, injured in some games. Some players can play through injury. It just seems like James Connor can't. Jason, are you riding it out? Are you throwing the dice if you have James Connor right now or are you taking this moment to get out? Yeah, I would probably look to sell high. I don't, I mean, if you can't, I think you're fine to, you know, to roster him to start him, but you're always playing with fire, the injury fire when you start James Connor.