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

I think he had a 70-yard touchdown. Touchdown, but it was a tap pass. It was a run. The referees in that Buffalo Bills game, they weren't having any of that nonsense. Oh, that's true. They called it a fumble. Yeah, when it didn't, when it wasn't completed by Josh Allen. Right. Allen had two rushing touchdowns, one passing touchdown. It was 15 for 22. And look, I called him before the game. I said, look, Tyrod Taylor hasn't worked out. I need you to show up. I said, Josh, just give me a game.

Give me a little momentum. Jared Goff, Pat Mahomes again, Deshawn Watson, another start of the week. Big games from those players. Any takeaways? I mean, I think Jared Goff going 29 for 36, for 354. Like, he's a Thursday night game this week. So fantasy owners. Yeah, but it's against that terrible defense that Josh Allen just dominated. Oh, Minnesota? Yeah. Yeah. That's the crazy thing. Minnesota is what? What's the record? One, one. And they got to play the Rams on Thursday night?

That's the same record as the Browns. And the Packers. Welcome to the NFL. Pat Mahomes. He didn't even need him in the second half, but he made some serious plays in Denver next week, then Jacksonville. He also broke Peyton Manning's record for TD passes through the first three games and is your auto start of the year. Yeah, I mean, he, again, I don't believe I'm going to start him in Jacksonville. You guys, I see Mike shaking his head, no.

But he's so fun to watch. And unbelievable, the way he scrambles, gets out of tackles, keeps plays alive, and then just teleports the ball to where it's going. I mean, the ball just disappears and reappears 20 yards. Well, he installs one of those zip lines. And then you hook the ball up to it. Yeah, with a just jet engine on the back. I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm just going to.

You know, I'm not just going to sit them against Jacksonville. I'm going to look at my options against Jacksonville. Because depending on my matchup in my league, I will also. And my opponent, it's going to be contingent on what I need. And if I don't feel like the ceiling is there for Mahomes against Jacksonville, then. Sounds like Jason's all about that third and two going with Chase Edmonds. No. You benching your best player? What are you doing? Talk to get out of here. Talk to me after the Jacksonville game. I certainly will. Great. We'll have a good. Alvin Camara.

Adrian Peterson, big week. Camar had 15 receptions on 20 targets. When you look at, look, Trequan Smith and Cameron Meredith and all these other options outside of Ginn and Thomas, it's Alvin Camer. He's a full-time wide receiver. He's a full-time running back right now. Monster game, you don't need to know to start him. You know that already. But Adrian Peterson, big game, 19 for 1, 20, and 2.

Impressive. Carlos Hyde from Thursday night, two touchdowns. How do you think about Peterson and Hyde moving for? I think about Hyde has moved up. Baker Mayfield, who, well, I guess technically Baker Mayfield is not yet the starting quarterback. Supposed to be announced today. No, it's supposed to be announced today. Yeah, he's supposed to be. They have announced the announcement, though. Correct. I still need to hear Hugh Jackson say the words from his own mouth. Yeah. And not.

He's still watching Tate. It's going to be a struggle. I mean, he's going to have to come out say, I committed to Tyrod Taylor. I committed. He's going to come out and say, Tyrone is still in the concussion protocol. Baker is our start of this coming week. I mean, regardless of who the- This is when we find is Hugh Jackson a man who holds his commitments or is he a man who likes to win football games? The, look, Baker's going to start, but regardless.

Of who the starter is. Hyde is moved up. No, not regardless. If Baker, no, it's not regardless for me. If Tyrod is still the starter, Hyde is who he won't. If Tyrod is still the starter, Carlos Hyde is still a, uh, uh, should start on almost every week.

fantasy option at running back. I mean, he's been solid this whole year. His snap counts and his, I mean, Nick Chubb is nothing. His production has been solid. Yes, I agree with that. But it's, he's, he jumps tier for me if Baker may feel the start. He definitely gets an upgrade. My point was that he is not bad regardless. Christian McCaffrey, 28 for 184 on the ground. Didn't even get involved in the passing game, but had a monster game, has the buy next week. So.

Keep that in mind. I mean, you've got two buys next week. He is on pace for 350 plus touches like Ron Rivera had talked about, and he is the guy, which speaks to, you know, what Jason reiterated in the off season, which is Norv Turner has a guy. And when you run for 184, you remain the guy. Sequin, another great week for him. And then Chris Carson. Yeah. Look, people, you know, you saw it with Sonny Michelle and Rex Burkhead. You generally have that first-round pedigree, the problem that.

involves, you know, you draft a guy in the first round he's going to play. I thought this would be the week that you'd see more penny. Despite the coach speak from Pete Carroll, it wasn't the case. 32 for 102 and 1 for Chris Carson. Game script was very much in the Seattle favor in this game, and that benefited Chris Carson. Do you read much into this? Are you upgrading Carson in your minds, or is this a product of just playing a very bad Dallas team and having a lead for the majority of the game? No, you have to upgrade Chris Carson.

You have to upgrade Chris Carson in your mind. Rashad Penny got three rushing attempts. And Chris Carson, what did he end up with? It was 32. 32, the number he wears. Look, if a guy gets 32 carries and the other one gets three, there's no more question as to who the lead dog is. And the fact that he dominated with it and they got their win and he played great. You have to go forward with Chris Carson. Wendell Smallwood.

You know, I have a note here from Brooks. I have a note from Brooks. It says Doug Peterson is a confusing man. Was that from you, Brooks? That's Kyle. From Kyle. Okay. Well, this was the risk when you heard about the quadricep injury to Chloe Clement on Friday was that maybe he's not healthy enough to carry a heavy load. Smallwood was more effective, gotten in the end zone. Do you add, is he a must add in this? No. In the case, okay.

No, this was a, this was a product of, he only had 13 touches. JJ being out and, and Corey dealing with his own injury. Darren Sprouls out, JJ out, Corey Clement injured. Okay, Wendell Smallwood, I mean, eventually. Next man up. Wendell Smallwood is like Buck Allen light. Like he just, he's around. And when you need him, he seems to be okay. I do believe that one of Wendell's smallwood's best features is how good he can make Buck Allen look.

Well, yeah, they have an agreement. Alex Collins, bounce back game, 18 for 16 and a touchdown, despite the fact Buck Allen scored a couple times, which he's prone to do. What do you think of Alex Collins? Is this what you wanted to see? Yeah, I mean, this is, he's the lead guy. And yes, Buck Allen is annoying because you see what Alex Collins could be if he got at all. He's not going to get all the work. It's never going to happen without an injury. But.

That doesn't mean that you can't trust Alex Collins either. Alex Collins could have had an even bigger game. I mean, the Buck Allen touchdown that came was originally not called a touchdown and looked like Alex Collins was going to get the shot, but then overturned on replay. So, I mean, both guys are startable, and you'd, of course, want Alex Collins ahead of Buck Allen simply from a volume standpoint. All right, let's talk about maybe the biggest story at the wide receiver position. Calvin Ridley.

Seven for 160. I'm sorry, seven for 146 and three on eight targets. Kind of a good game. And the truth is, he's just on fire in this game. He outperformed Julio Jones. And when we were talking about the wide receivers outside of Julio last week, the reasoning Jason Gave is starting Calvin Ridley over Mohammed Sunu was the ceiling. I think we've established that it is skyscraper levels for Calvin Ridley. This changes some things to me.

It's not go spend all your fab on Calvin Ridley. I don't have that perspective. You can weigh in. It changes things for me on maybe the baseline for a guy like Matt Ryan, who needs another non-Hulio electric weapon. Even without a great game from Kevin Coleman, even without Devante Freeman being active, Matt Ryan set the world on fire this week, and it was because Calvin Ridley was there.

Yeah, I mean, Sunu had a touchdown of his own and was fine. Everyone got one. Sunu is as good as he was last year, but is now properly irrelevant for fantasy because a better player is there. It does raise Matt Ryan's baseline for sure. And Calvin Ridley, now this is four touchdowns in the last two games. He's the clear number two and a startable asset in the right matchups. Now, we knew that this was one of those right matchups. New Orleans defense.

Has not looked like last year's. It's looked like the previous versions. And with the injuries to the Falcons defense as well, we knew this was going to be a barn burner. And it came true. So in the right matchups, I think you can start them. I agree. I wouldn't dump all my, you know, go out and chase the points for Calvin Ridley. But he's a first round wide receiver who was great in college and can certainly destroy his own. He can do what?

destroy a zone. Oh, I thought he said his own. I thought he could destroy his own. And that's why that's not nice to do. You have your own. You don't want to take care of your own. Yeah, I agree. But that zone, destroy it. Don't let me into that zone. Mm. All right. I'm moving on. Robert Woods, 10 for 104 and 2 on 11 targets. Cooper Cove got in the end zone in 90 plus yards from Brandon Cooks. This offense is just.

on fire. And the reality is for fantasy owners. Marcus Peters, we don't know the severity of his injury. A key to leave limped off. You saw the Los Angeles chargers get back into it a little bit. There's an opportunity here for the offense to be needed a little bit more than we thought. Yes. That's good for fantasy owners. It's great for fantasy owners. This team is killing it. I mean, golf is becoming very, very startworthy. Yes.

It's my eye. I'm sorry. Thursday night football. Do you play golf in that matchup? No. No. All right. That changed quickly. It's Minnesota and I don't know. I'm riding that game off as just a speed bump. Minnesota, they fell into the trap. I thought there was no way that Buffalo could be a trap game, but there they were and they absolutely crushed the Vikings. But I'm, I still believe they are a.

top tier team in the NFL. Who does Arizona take with the number one pick? That's a great question. That's a great question. We'll have an entire offseason to talk about that. We will. Probably a running back from their idiocy. Don't say that. We may never sing his name again. Sweet mercy. All right. Jordy Nelson, Tyler Boyd, Mike Williams, Albert Wilson, Joaquin Grant.

Big games. Boyd was the highlight for me, 6 for 132, now Green Miss time. But Boyd has become a tried and true and trusted option for the red rifle. And next week he gets the Atlanta Falcons. Oh, my goodness. The Falcons lost another safety this week. Tyler Boyd. Did you know that? Yeah. For the season. Tyler Boyd is going to be a startable guy for sure next week.

Now, we'll have a time to talk. Jason, you wanted to jump in there. I was just going to say the standout to me was Jordy Nelson. I mean, I, Jordy Nelson was written off for dead by this guy. And for the record, he destroyed his own. Jason pointed two thumbs at himself. Yes. Who has two thumbs and did not believe that Jordan Nelson would ever be a thing again, this guy. But, I mean, he was, he looked his same self, got those little, you know, crossing routes, you know, where he's just.

Boom. He's got the ball and nobody can catch him for some reason. I figured it out. When Jordy Nelson this offseason was looking for a new home, he's aged. He's getting up there. He had one of his long plays he would have scored a couple years ago. He got caught. He thought to himself, how do I on film appear better than I am? And he thought nothing better than lining up across Amari Cooper. I mean, that was smart. And look at it. It's worked.

Yeah. What do you do with Jordy Nelson? Would you rather have, I mean, is Jordy a pick up this week? And then would you rather have him over a guy like Tyler Boyd? Or would you rather have Boyd? Both of these guys are pickable pick up a bull and startable assets next week. But they are on a week by week basis. And so I would rather play Tyler Boyd because of the matchup with Atlanta. Jordy's got Cleveland and that sounds good. But Cleveland's defense has been.

pretty good so far this season. So I think I would rather have Boyd. Mike Williams, four for 81, two touchdowns. I thought he would score 10 times this year. And this will help. Certainly on pace. This will help. I know we're going to talk about it. Yep. So we'll move on. Will Fuller. Very nice game from Will Fuller. Thielen, pieced it together, PPR pickup of the week, pretty much. I mean, it was 14 trash. It was one of these. The garbage man can.