Starts of the Week + Week 1 Breakdown, It’s Football Time! - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/9

Yeah, I'm going with Rahim Moster against Detroit for my start of the week at running back. Rahim Moster, he's not the new hotness. Trace Herman is the new hotness. He fell in drafts. There was questions about the back injury that really was never there. And the matchup is great. We talked about. According to football outsiders, Detroit ranked dead last in defensive DVOA last year. They gave up the fifth most rushing yards in 2020. And Moster is healthy. And he's going to have a...

phenomenal week. I love it. I'm going with Kareem Hunt's. Oh my. The Cleveland Browns are taking on the Kansas City Chiefs. D.K. has that over under at 54 the last time I had looked at it. And Kareem Hunt in losses, which the chiefs are heavy favorites in this one. Cream Hunt has performed better than Nicholas Chubb when they lose.

And the chiefs allowed the most running back receptions over the final four weeks of last year. I was just laughing at the very formal pronunciation of Nicholas Chow. I want to give the man his due. Right. That's nice. Respect the parents. Jolly old. It feels like his last name should be longer if you call him Nicholas. You know what I mean? Nicholas Chubbster. Mike, let me just say something. I like the call on Cream Hunt as a start of the week for all the reasons you outlaid. But I just want to flex for a second.

Since we, we run a team together. Yes, we do. And we've got Kreme Hunt. So obviously we've got to start him right. Would you start him over Rahim Moster? No, I'd play Moster. No. How about Derek Henry? I'll start Rahim Hunt. He's going to be on our bench our start of the week. That's right. We're champs in that league. You're flexing our roster? Yeah, darn right I am. I love it. All right. Antonio Brown is my wide receiver start of the week. Oh, man, I love it too. Takes on Dallas tonight.

ranked second among all wide receivers and percentage of routes targeted, which was one of our never not working segments. And Bruce Ariens, Tom Brady, giving him a vote of confidence recently. He is one of several players that you guys have persuaded me on over the course of the off season where I truly believe that he's going to be a valuable piece of the offense based on the evidence before me and the arguments you guys have made. So he is my start of the week for week one because he is somebody that you actually have to make a decision on, right? Where you drafted him.

You have to decide is it him or is it maybe a Devontas Smith, right? Like that could be a decision for your team and I would go AB. Absolutely. Another player who fell really far in drafts for, you know, what he's been over the last several years is Adam Thielen, who I will absolutely lock in my lineup. He's against Cincinnati. The Cincinnati secondary is super weak. Eli Apple now on his fourth team should be in coverage. And while we can have a.

Tyler Conklin versus Hernden Waterbet, the reality is with Irv Smith not there, Adam Thielen's going to be fine. He's probably going to get a touchdown this week, and I think he's a good start. I mean, the matchup couldn't be much nicer. And broadening that discussion on Thielen, there is no player that I have pursued more aggressively in the last week for season long than Adam Thielen because the pendulum has swung so far. The Irv Smith News really matters.

So I like that. Great start of the week. Mike, who do you have? I got Tyler Lockett. He's a my guy, so why not fire him up in week one? If you had any concerns about playing Tyler Lockett to end the season, the Colts allowed the second most wide receiver receptions over those final four games. Kenny Moore, who should be in coverage on Tyler Lockett. I fully expect him to play, but he got a little bit.

banged up this week. So maybe he's entering the game not fully at 100%. 14 end zone targets last year. I like Tyler Lockett and I'm not scared of the matchup. All right. My tight end start of the week is Atlanta's wide receiver two. That would be Kyle Pitts, the rookie tight end.

Philadelphia is vulnerable at the position. We've talked about it in our breakdown. They gave up some huge games last year, including 15 for 183 and 1 to George Kittle.

Kyle Pitts has wheels. He's going to get into space. Like literally. There's only one way that a man of that size can be that fast. And he must have wheels in his feet. Yeah, he's a motorcycle. No, he is, he's just, he only needs a few plays to have a big game. And I think the target count's actually going to be fairly high for him. They're going to put him into positions where they move them around. They run him, you know, in motion. And you saw just from a couple preseason plays.

You can get him the ball three or four yards down the field where a possession tight end would go down and he can turn the corner and, you know, really validate being the highest drafted tight end in NFL history. Yeah, I think the yards after catch are going to be good for him this game. I mean, you get him on the weak side of the defense, roll him out, sneak him out there, and he could take something to the house. My tight end start of the week is Logan Thomas.

Recently, we talked about it, but Curtis Samuel was quoted saying, ah, McGrein! So I don't expect Curtis Samuel to play. Should we put that on the record, Mr. Samuel? It's already on groin index. That is ACKKKKKK, exclamation point, exclamation point. But, you know, I think that that puts Logan Thomas as the second target. He becomes a very necessary player and the Los Angeles Chargers tied for the fourth most.

touchdowns allowed to tie-in last year, including some monster games to Kelsey and Waller, and the opposing starting tight-ins versus the Los Angeles Chargers.

They had over six targets a game, so it's a little bit of bankable volume with high upside. I like Logan Thomas. I hate this pick because you're so right, and I'm facing him in week one. Al Borland and I going head to head. He keeps saying Logan Thomas will be this year, last year's Logan Thomas, which he's probably right about at least for week one. Mike, why don't you close us out with, oh, why don't you go with one of my guys? I will do that. I'm going with Rams tight end, Tyler Higby taking on the Chicago Bears. The Bears were allowing double.

double-digit fantasy points to the tight-end position on a per-game basis. Last year, the matchup is especially good for yards after catch, which the Chicago Bears allowed a lot of those. And Tyler Higby, that's what he does. Jason Moore's Ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom, boom kicker of the wig. I choose to sit when I pee and I sit when I poo.

But your team can withstand victories with the Falcons Young Way coup. So let the record show. This podcast had two pee-poo jokes. That was the foreshadowing I was talking about. Oh, my goodness. Dean Peas. Any poos? So we kind of bookended the show with some sophistication. Some good pee-pee-pooh jokes. How does it make you feel, Brooks?

Are you content? You proud? Are you proud to be employed by the fantasy footballers? Not shocked at all. Not shocked. Okay. Part of what you signed up for. Oh, yeah. They don't even know the conversations around the office, do they? No. Thank goodness for that. What they also don't know is just, I mean, we had an hour-long show yesterday morning, and I don't know, eight seconds into hitting record. Jason was fighting for his life because he had to go to the bathroom. Oh, man.

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