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Wednesday night. Have we had a Wednesday night break down graphic before? No, because we've never had this segment. That hits pretty nicely. I don't even remember doing that jingle. I don't remember anything about anything. All right. You guys ready for our match? Let's do it. New England Patriots at Seattle Seahawks. Oh, look at those graphics. Yeah, we got some new graphics up there. YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers. All right, New England.

Goes to Seattle. Here we go. Super Bowl rematch the 12 at home over under 44.5. Vegas is, they have the line Seattle minus three and a half. You know, to me this one, I said this before the show. I know we were breaking it down. To me, this one screams like defensive battle because a lot of the times the defenses are a little bit out ahead of the offenses to start the season. I mean, I'm willing to be surprised. I think it would be more fun if I was.

But 44 and a half, not a huge over under. New England, they get to try out some new receiving options for Drake May. He goes out there 4,400 yards, amazing season. Now they've got to go on the road and play Seattle. He gets to try the A.J. Brown, Romeo Dobbs situation out. I think this is fun. I mean, Seattle, obviously, 2913 in the Super Bowl. Drake May was under fire. This was not a good game for Drake May. 52% pressure rate in the Super Bowl.

And man, you know, like any team opening the season at home is going to be, it's going to be electric, right? The crowd's going to be, but now it's Seattle. There is no louder place. Yeah. So I think the first few possessions are going to be wild. But here we go. We got Drake May v. Sam Darnel. We get to see Derryan Price in prime time to start the season as the primary back. We get to see the true.

Three down, Belcow, best back they got, Ramandre Stevenson. So where do you want to start when we break this one down? I think we should start with the fact that, you know, this is a team that scored 13 points against Seattle in the Super Bowl. They've got changes. They've lost Trayvion Henderson. You know, they won't have him. Going into that environment, it's going to be tough sledding, I think, for...

the Patriots on the road. I'm excited. I hope that, you know, I hope that the new wide receivers are what makes the difference. And instead of, you know, only being able to score 13 points against great defense, they're like, hey, we needed an AJ Brown that could go up in Moss against great cornerbacks, um, the way that he was doing against Rick Wullen and, you know, in, uh, inter-mural, inner team scrimmages this off season. Uh, that's the one to keep an eye on for me is just how does AJ Brown look week one? Cause this is a,

very, very tough matchup for him. Yeah, I agree. I mean, the expectations are, where are you super excited and where are you tempered when it comes to your start-sit decisions here? Man, I don't know that anyone in this, well, JSN, like, I mean, he's elite, but it's like everyone else is, I'm going to start them if I draft it. Week one breakdowns are pretty tough because, you know, you're,

Generally speaking, you should be playing the team that you drafted. We already kind of know who our starters are, except for maybe like a double flex. But these are, this is a scary matchup, especially on the Patriot side too. It's like. Yeah, I mean, Romeo Dobbs, you're not going to really wait and see it because you didn't draft them to start. Yes. Remondre, I think you start with the understanding it's going to be volume. Yeah, it's just going to be volume.

Here's something that we have not talked about. You talked about, Jason didn't say Bucky Irving's name too much. That was kind of a joke. Obviously, we've talked about him. This player's name has never been uttered. This player received 12 targets in the Super Bowl. This player, by all indications, is heavily involved in the offense. But Cooper Cup plays football for the Seattle Seahawks. Cooper Cup is a starting wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks. Can I say it again? 12 targets in the Super Bowl.

We'll see. Rashid Shaheed has a whole offseason with this team to further establish himself. That's a difference of, I'm fine, you know, keeping the eye on Cooper Cup of how involved he will be. I think, I think Shahid will be more schemed up, more targeted at this point of his career. So.

I would have some captain lineups in, like our old school, like, isolated DFS lineups. I'd Cooper Cups some captain lineups and just get surprised with a touchdown or two. But, yeah, I mean, getting to see the breakdown all the way across the board for Seattle's offense. Like, we know who JSN is. But how do those other guys get involved? George Hollani. How does Holani and Price that breakdown happen? If you're making a decision, you've got a deeper team. You're having to choose Ramandre or Judarian Price in week one.

Do you take the rookie at home with more competition? May not have a goal end. We don't know. Or do you take the high volume? You know, Ramander is going to catch a ton of passes. Which direction do you go there? I lean the price side. I mean, these are two tough teams to run on. But last year, I mean, the Seahawks, they give up 14 points per game to the running back position. They're at home. They're favored.

At least you are more confident that Ramandre will get the passing work. And we don't know yet with Price. I would say it's near a coin flip. But I, you know, if you drafted Price, you're probably you drafted him ahead of Ramandre. They're at home and they're favored. So I would lean that side. Would you play Price or would you ride the Marshaun Lloyd situation for a few weeks in Green Bay? Because I could see a lot of teams having both those guys. Lloyd going later.

I'm just curious. I know we're just acclimating getting started, sit decisions, but they're hitting hard. I have price just a couple spots ahead of Lloyd. The Ramandre play, so last year, Seattle allowing the highest running back target share. That's where it is. If you can get four or more receptions from Ramandre, it's going to end up being a decent start. Just so people know since the season's starting, all of our week run rankings are up on the site, the fantasy footballers.com.

all of our individuals and then the consensus rankings for week one with player projected points right now where do we have those guys right now we have remandre as a consensus we have remandre two spots ahead of geranium price just for the the context on there for player projections for the week

Hunter Henry dominates in week one, right? Isn't that what we're supposed to expect? He often does. If we're ever going to talk about him. First couple weeks of the season, and that is, you know, if you look across the board at how the Seahawks played defense last year, they shut down the running backs, shut down the wide receivers. They were average against tight-in, so maybe that's a place that they'll have to go with their corners locking down A.J. Brown and Romeo Dubs. Yeah, there are some of the top tier quarterbacks have like,

Pretty tough week one matches. Josh Allen going on the road against Houston week one. Drake May going on the road against Seattle in week one. I would not, again, this is your reminder that we'll repeat and ignore probably. Don't overreact to week one. It's a long season. Sometimes you see disasters. It's very possible. Drake May and this office doesn't look what they're going to look like adding these new pass catchers. There you go. You guys have any other thoughts on the breakdown? No.

mean go george so now you're you're fully rooting for george halani fantastic but jay we were like i know we've been more anti-priced yeah and so that we we need it makes sense it's just funny like if you're anti-price to just say that you love the other guy no matter what yeah okay as somebody that has hated other players i agree that is how it works you think i like remandre for real

I don't want to like it. Remandre. All right. Why don't we do a little mailbag? Give the people a little extra today. And, man, football tomorrow. Mailbag. Presented by Paramount Plus. Guys, guys, guys. Yes, sir. Yes. Do you realize we're in it? Listen to this. Listen to this question. Oh, no. It's the most perfect. We're in it. Oh, no. Chris in Michigan. Chris. Oh, no, Chris. Chris, I'm praying for you.

I believe Malik Willis outscores Josh Allen in week one. Should I make the switch? No. No, I wouldn't do that. No, not Josh Allen. You think Josh Allen can't figure it out? Well, let me say this. Last year in week 12, we saw Josh Allen on the road in Houston. He scored eight fantasy points. So he's going to need to figure it out more than he did last year in this opportunity. So you're pro.

No, I mean, I would still start Josh Allen. We've seen him in plenty of tough matchups where he overcomes. I can't fathom that, you know, he's incapable of outscoring Malik Willis. I mean, any week players can, you know, Malik Willis could outscore Josh Allen, but probabilities are rankings, how we would start players. If you're convicted. And you want to have a wild week one go do it. There are definitely situations where it's like guys drafted to start.

I wouldn't mind playing, like, Malik Wales. But not Josh Allen, but I'm saying, week one, we have Mahomes versus Bo Nix. Like, so you got Boe against the Chiefs defense and Mahomes off of his reconstructed knee against the Denver defense. Yep. I would, I'd be very open to play Malik Willis.

Over those guys. Yeah. Yeah. There was a clarity question coming in from Instagram. What is a onesie? I hear you say it all the time. I don't know what it means. Sure. A onesie is where in a standard fantasy football league, there is just one of those players in your starting lineup. So as in one quarterback, one tight end. So we'll say stuff like.

Hey, I'm going to take another running back here versus going to a onesie position. Because you're only required to play the one, and then running backs and wide receivers, you have to play multiples. There you go. Greg wants to know, California, should trade deals and DMs be talked about in the public chat? No. What do you mean? Should trade deals? Maybe the inner workings of DMs, is it faux pa to like talk about those in the public chat?

You know, is that maybe what the question is asking? Oh, yeah, like reveal. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah. This is, if that's what it is, like if you're talking, if me and Mike are discussing a trade and then I go air the laundry, right? Like I go put his comments or something in the main chat to try to leverage like leverage for another offer from somebody or like. If it's trying to leverage, I feel like that's pretty Bush League. If it's making fun of someone, I don't know. That's pretty fun. It.