Week 3 Studs & Duds, Rising Stars, Jason Tilt Watch

And he does nothing. He does Cooper things. So don't Amari Scooper him up. Is that what you said? That's exactly what you said. Yeah. Philip Lindsay ejected in week three against the Ravens for throwing a punch. These guys. Fantasy production went significantly downhill after his ejection. Yes. Didn't really do much.

Is there anything to worry about there? I mean, he just didn't play. I mean, that's... I don't know. He might face a penalty from the league remains to be seen. He was ejected in the game, so maybe the league looks at and says, okay, he served his punishment. The Cardinals chose Josh Rosen to come in and finish their loss out. Josh Rosen, let's say he takes over, which I think is a...

It's a pretty significant possibility that he takes over. They could have more changes in that offense. I don't know if you realize this, but Mike McCoy is not good at calling plays. I tweeted my disgust with Mike McCoy's third down play, which we all saw. Chase Edmonds on the field, game on the line, third and two, no David Johnson to be seen. And I think every David Johnson owner in the entire earth liked that tweet because it was their only cathartic way to deal with.

what was happening in sanity appalling unconscionable disgusting revolting and excusable these are words that i've used to describe mike mccoy's play calling yeah and and the problem is it you know it was it was really magnified on that play but it wasn't just that play it's not even just this game we've kind of seen it earlier in the game i was saying you know

The Cardinals were up 14 to nothing. They had not been on the field in quite a while after a long drive from the Bears, and they come out, and it's Chase Edmonds on first down. And then on second, and the entire drive, David Johnson did not come onto the field. And...

More than that drive did not last very long. I think the fourth or fifth play on that drive is when you started bleeding from the ears. Yeah. And so it's one of those things where, you know, we said a lot of people wanted to ditch him last week because of how bad the offense looks. And if you were to sell after that game in Los Angeles where he put up nothing, you're selling for pennies, I have David Johnson in our League of Record. This is part of my problems.

But yeah, I mean, coming off of a week where he was involved in the passing game, got the touchdown again, I'm going to look to see if I can capitalize on the name, on the value. And, you know, it's one of those things you have to be.

careful and cautious recommending because you cannot sell David Johnson who will still have opportunity and talent for nothing. But if you can utilize his name and two out of the three weeks being a double-digit touchdown scoring fantasy option and turn him into another great player, package him with someone, I'm going to look to do it and I would recommend to others to do the same.

How do you feel about Ezekiel Elliott in comparison to David Johnson, Mike? I mean, Zeke has had the same types of issues. Obviously, been a much better runner on the ground in terms of efficiency, but feels a little bit like the ceiling's been pushed down on those two players. Yeah, the ceiling has been pushed down on Zeke with Dak Prescott. His just... It's hard to blame it all on him when you have a depth chart that is led by Cole Beasley. But...

you still got to be better. If you're a quarterback in the NFL, you have to be better. You're not going to hold on to your job very long. It lowers the ceiling for Zeke because the offense is not going to provide as many scoring opportunities. But Elliott, at least, is not getting pulled off the field. Elliot is for Chase Edmonds. I mean, such an infinitely better option than David Johnson right now. You've got Zeke, who has 11 receptions through three games already.

Has been double digits every week. I mean, I would much, much rather have Zeke than David Johnson right now. When you watch David Johnson run, I think the diagnosis right now is he is pressing due to how bad the offenses. I do think that there is a glimmer of hope if Rosen starts because of change. Because of the fact that maybe David Johnson no longer is trying to put it all in his shoulders on every carry.

to sustain an offense that is anemic. I mean, to me, it looks like a guy pressing. Yeah, I don't disagree. I do not disagree, and I agree with the fact that Josh Rosen does bring hope with him, but I don't think that, I don't think Josh Rosen can fix the Cardinals offense. Are you signing Josh Rosen to be your quarterback in League of Record, Jason, to fix your offense?

Yeah, I want to go from my hopes of going undefeated to winless, so I am going to pick him on. It would be impressive. And look, we can't forget the other huge piece of news, maybe the biggest piece of news, Adam Schefter reporting that the Steelers are open now to trading Levion Bell. That is a huge change from their previous demeanor. And I think that, you know, I don't know that you can bank.

anything off of this, right? That doesn't mean he's getting traded, but it does give a huge thumbs up to James Connor in my book. It does help because from a longevity of this situation lasting standpoint, look, Levy on Bell came out and liked a tweet when someone posted a video of the last play he ran for the Steelers and said this might be the last play Levy on Bell's ever run, and he liked it.

So, passive aggressive social media. He agrees with that reality. And look, tonight, the Steelers, they are winless. They are facing a Bucks offense that has been on fire. It is not a foregone conclusion. They're not sitting here, you know, 02 and 1 after tonight. It's just, we haven't even talked about Josh Allen and the bills and what happened this weekend. That is.

The biggest surprise. Is there a survivor pool that isn't in existence anymore? I'm out. Can't be. Are they all over? All the pools done? Earliest finish for all pools. I was talking to Brad Ziegler from the Diamondbacks, the reliever. Right. He had two survivor pools. Yesterday he picked Jacksonville at home. Against the Titans. That's a pretty good. Yeah, it seems like a decent pick. It's easy money. And then he picked Minnesota at home against Buffalo.

And he no longer isn't any survivor. That Minnesota game, look, Foot Clan, I apologize. Okay, my start of the week, Latavius Murray, my boom, boom, Dan Bailey. First of all, don't drop Dan Bailey. Okay, what happened was, was unfathomable. What was it? You looked it up. I think it was 23 years. It's the biggest upset in 23 years. And by way of, you know, like the spread was so large.

By game time, it was like 17, 17 and a half points. It's unbelievable. I mean, this is the razor thin line in the NFL where you think things are foregone conclusions. And I could be wrong in this, but I believe McDermott took over defensive play calling in the second half of last week's game. He did. And obviously through this game. And the defense is what won this game. Yes, it was. If you came out Minnesota and you underestimated Buffalo and then they got on the board.

What happened then was, okay, let's get into a groove. Let's come back and win this game. And then the defense made a couple big plays, turned a ball over, and it was over. It was an avalanche. Yeah, Kirk Cousins' problems. We've talked about is he is a momentum quarterback. And when the snowball is rolling, when the hole is being dug, Kurt Cousins very rarely climbs out. Is that good for playoffs? No.

No, but he's on a team that should be able more often than not put him in very positive situations. But the left tackle from Minnesota, his lunch money is gone. He has no friends left. He has two black eyes. I mean, he just got worked play after play after play. And that's.

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All right, big weeks from Drew Breeze in Atlanta. Matt Ryan against New Orleans. That was a barn burner. 39 for 49 for 39 for 396 and 3 for Breeze. He also ran one in with a six spin move. That is embarrassing. The Atlanta Falcons did not tackle Drew Breeze. In the open field with two of them. They have to be legit embarrassed to like come out of the locker room.

Yeah, that was some sweet dad moves by Breeze. And then Matt Ryan lit it up. Jason's start of the week, 374 and 5. Goodness gracious. And Calvin Ridley kind of showed up. Oh, he helped. Welcome to the party. We'll talk about him tomorrow a little bit more. Well, we'll talk about him today, too, but for waiver implication. Cam Newton. Another great game from Cam. It's all he's doing. If you watch the Clay Matthews play.

where once a week, Clay Matthews picks a play in which to get past, you know, roughing the passer. If you watch that play and you saw the calls and you see how, you know, like Khalil Mack now, you know, he's going for the ball. A lot of these guys that, Von Miller says he does not go for the tackle. He goes for the ball now because you can't, you can't tackle, which I think is smart. You know, if you've got to adjust. That being said, players like Cam Newton really benefit from this rule.

these rule sets where you can't go after. I mean, because he just breaks out of tackles and he runs the ball and he ran the ball again. Two touchdowns on the ground, threw another two. A great game by Newton. Ryan Tannehill, one of our streamers this week, 17 for 23 for 289 and three. Which big game. Undefeated. Undefeated. Undefeated Miami Dolves. These these little, these tap passes are so stupid. You know, it's like some, I mean.