Week 1 Studs & Duds + Monday Punday - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/13

I believe it's the lowest yardage for a five touchdown game since 1948. That is correct. 148 yards passing on 14 completions. Five of the 14 completions were touchdowns. The man can see? Yeah, I mean. The man can't. Why can't he throw him for more than 150 yards? Because he didn't need to. He just can't, because he's throwing touchdowns, Jason. What do you want him to do? This is one of the most obvious non-prescriptive performances of the week.

because he threw no interceptions. He threw for 148 yards. He did throw an egregious, awful interception that got called back on an egregious awful penalty call. That's true. I mean, that was ridiculous. But I think Winston is going to be fine. I would agree. But this team was absolutely dominant on the defensive side. They've got a great rushing game. And I think Winston is somebody that you are going to need. You can't lean on yardage for Winston this year.

because the team isn't Bruce Ariens Tampa Bay Buccaneers with, I mean, 20 pass attempts. What's the last time James Winston started a game and had 20 pass attempts? Oh, I'm sure it's happened lots of times, but he didn't finish that game. Oh, okay, fair enough. But yeah, I mean, this is, he's got a great matchup next week at Carolina. So maybe he's in that conversation of, you know, he obviously can score touchdowns and Alvin Camara can get tap passes for touchdowns for days. But yes, he is not going to be a top.

You know, what was he like, the quarterback three this week? Russell Wilson. He's good. 18 for 23, 254 and 4. Indianapolis is not a slouch defense. They were on the road, and he torched them and made a couple of ridiculous throws, dropped it in the bucket for Tyler Lockett. He looked great. New offensive coordinator situation was great, so feeling good. So far.

Jalen Hertz, 27 for 35. This one felt good. 7 for 62 on the ground. Jason started the week, 264 and 3 through the air. I think we all kind of came away saying, look, solid performance from Jalen Hertz. You know, you got to see a little bit of Devonsa Smith flashing. You saw Goddard. You saw Jalen Rager make a play. You saw Kenneth Gainwell and Quez Watkins. Yeah, Kenneth Gainwell was very surprising that he was.

He was the two. Boston Scott was not involved at all. Yeah, it was all Kenneth Gainwell as the change of pace back from Miles Sanders. And I'm assuming Devante Smith made the wide receiver list, but just in case he didn't, he's that dude. Like, he was the guy out there for everything. Jalen Rager is kind of the number two wide receiver who he came through with a touchdown. But Devante Smith has immediately established himself as it.

You were projecting it, but you can't always just say like, oh, the first one rookie is going to be the man. Yeah, he's the man. I think behind him, it's it's actually murky. I think it's it's Rager, it's Watkins, it's the tight ends, but I wouldn't put one in any order than the other. Yeah, I agree. What it will be interesting is that obviously he did this.

against Atlanta. And Atlanta just looked not good. So next week against San Francisco, we'll see because they're obviously a better defense. How much better I don't know, because Jared Goff.

I don't know if you know this, but in standard scoring, you know, Tom Brady, Dak Prescott, they had these great monstrous weeks. They were outscored by Jared Goff. I mean, you guys saw. I mean, it was a devastating injury to Jason Barrett, ACL tear. Yes. Backbone of the secondary. And all of a sudden, now you're talking about Richard Sherman going back there. Now you're talking about, you know, them finding another solution. And they didn't, you know, once they lost Verrett, they just, they kind of fell apart. Yes. And I think Jalen Hurts is going to have no.

Problem putting up fancy points. Tom Brady attempted two and a half times more passes than James Winston and put up a monster week. Dak, we saw it. Great week from Dak. Very impressive. If we didn't already say so, he's healthy. And then, you know, Matthew Stafford was 20 for 26. I expect this office to be super efficient because they just know how to set him up for, it's a lot like San Francisco with Jimmy Garapolo. You know, the designed.

pass plays are so well planned and executed that efficiency matters and touchdowns are going to matter for a staffer. And do not let the small passing attempts number fool you. This is a team that was passing nonstop. They did not run the ball early until they were basically in that, you know, in a neutral game script, they were they were only passing the ball. Right. But.

his, you know, they went three and out a couple times or it was a deep bomb that just finishes the drive. You don't get more pass attempts. And then they were up. So I, I am really looking forward to seeing what Matthew Stafford can do. And I mean, you know, they talked about it ad nauseum on the broadcast. But it does seem like his best friend is Cooper Cup. And, you know, if I could go. They get in two hours before practice and they have breakfast together. If I could go back in time.

Based on week one knowledge, I would certainly move Cup way up. I think he's going to be, I think this game was a little bit more prescriptive than just a week one outlier. You want a wide receiver that has breakfast with the quarterback. I mean, we've set it for years. We've set it for scrambled eggs together. That's the narrative I chase. I love breakfast, you know, and so I want a wide receiver that is with me on that. Imagine what the show would be like if we shared breakfast. Oh, we should do that.

Yeah. But then we'd have to get up earlier. If you bought breakfast, I would definitely share it with you. Okay. Running backs. Oh, hey, he's back. Christian McCaffrey. You know, let me ask you a question about this game because Christian McCaffrey, it's not a surprise. He's amazing. It's nice to see. So good. Nine for 89. Also had 21 carries, 98 yards on the ground. Had 25 fantasy points didn't score.

which is something that is incredible for a player on your roster. Did you see my tweet from last night? I did not. So I was curious because he's the number one running back on the week. I expect him to stay there after tonight's games. He is? And I went back over the last 32 games before I got bored the last couple of years to see if anyone had ever been the running back one without a touchdown.

And it had only happened one other time. And that was... And that was Christian McCaffrey who did it then. I mean, if you can be the number one running back without scoring a touchdown, you're... It's absurd. Unstoppable. And in the weeks when he scores, he wins you the week. Yes. Let me bring forward something from this game because both of these players fit into the studs category. And...

I, one thing I would be doing, and you can correct me, I'm concerned about Robbie Anderson. 100,000 percent. Nine targets, 98, or 89 yards for Christian McCaffrey, one catch for Robbie Anderson. Now, it was a 57-yard touchdown. Saved his week. But you know what? That's what he did in New York. He had the one big play with Sam Darnold in New York.

Last year, he was their Christian McCaffrey. He was their PPR short yardage solution. McCaffrey took all of it. So if it were me with Robbie Anderson, I would be shopping that one for 57 in a touchdown. Do you agree? Yeah. Again, we're trying to say it's week one. Let's not overreact. But it's hard to not overreact to the.

The talk through the offseason is when Christian McCaffrey is back, it's going to affect somebody because he's going to come in and he's going to see a bunch of targets. What is that going to be? Because last year it was DJ Moore had morphed into the deep threat and Robbie Anderson was getting all the underneath stuff. Well, now DJ Moore is still running some deep stuff, but he's the number one wide receiver on this team, as he should be.

But Robbie Anderson dropping to three targets is terrifying. I am the resident Robbie Anderson, Truther here. I have him in tons of leagues because where he was going in drafts, I felt like he was undervalued. I still feel that way that he will outperform where he was drafted, but I'm with you guys 100%. This game was perfect for you to be able to trade him. You know what I mean? Like he had three targets. Terrace Marshall.

had six targets. Obviously, Christian McCaffrey is the number one receiver for this team. 153 target pace after one week for McCaffrey. He ended up with a good fantasy game and plenty of managers. Did not watch. Do not look deep enough to realize that the target volume and the reception volume. He had a good fantasy week. You can capitalize on that and trade him. And that's not to say you need to trade him. He's going to be worthless. You can't start Robbie Anderson. Agreed.

He will have decent games, but he's not going to be the volume guy that we hoped is how it looks to play out. And the volume saves you from wrecking your week. Yeah. Here is one of the few running backs that looked 100% like a workhorse, Joe Mixing. Yeah. 34, 33 touches. Forrest eight missed tackles. That was the most of any running back in week one. 29 carries.

outstanding performance from Joe Mixon and pretty impressive for the Bengals altogether on the offense with Joe Burrow coming back from injury. Yep, they get to take on Chicago. What were you laughing at, Jay? I was laughing at the fact that Joe Mixon had 29 carries, 127 yards and a touchdown and Christian McCaffrey beat him without scoring a touchdown. It was ridiculous. Yeah, yeah, it was. But, man, Mixon's going to get the rock a ton until.

unless he breaks down. Yeah, it was really a little bit surprising, but the majority of the game, the Bengals were winning. So the pass versus run is something to stay tuned to. We expected this to be a very pass-happy team based on what we've seen in the last couple of years was Zach Taylor. But that's also because they, you know, they've usually been losing. So who knows? If they're good, Joe Mixa could be awesome. Nick Chubb did his thing on 15 carries, two touchdowns. Jamal Williams, DeAndre Swift.

Both players ended up with monster or impressive fantasy games. Jamal Williams actually had fewer carries than D'Andre Swift, but had a touchdown nine targets, eight for 56. DeAndre Swift, 11 targets, eight for 65. When you combine that with Hawkinson's targets, all the targets went to the running backs into the tight-in position. Tyrell got hurt. You know, Tyrell...

concussed. I mean, he gets hurt every year. I mean, this is the third consecutive year for Tyro Williams where he has hurt on like week one. So not surprising there, but. Even then, he didn't leave until the third quarter. And, you know, DeAndre Swift looked great. He is no longer on the groin index.com. He should be fine. So this was interesting. And both backs over 100 yards and a touchdown. It'll be interesting to see if you have confidence to play.

play Jamal Williams going forward. Certainly you have confidence fully in D'Andre Swift. Yeah, I feel like Williams is going to be more of a desperation flex by week Phil. We're Swift. Look, Anthony Lynn likes throwing the ball to his running backs. He's gone from Los Angeles and the Chargers now. Austin Eccler had no targets in this game. Yeah. And here's DeAndrneux Swift out targeted Christian McCaffrey.

That's true. So, I mean, you're talking about he was probably the number one most targeted running back in week one. I don't have that number right in front of me, but I... Has to be. I mean, that's a... And their defense is going to struggle every week. It's a large product of the game script of San Francisco was up, what, what, 20-something points? It's going to be every week. No, I know that by the, if all you saw was the box score in that Detroit closed that gap, they were down massively, but they're going to play against Green Bay, Baltimore.

the next two weeks. I think Jamal Williams is in, yeah, I would say slightly better than Desperation Flex. I think he's an okay flex. Yeah, yeah. All right, Melvin Gordon, 11 for 101 and one. Monster touchdown run. Giovante Williams had 14 rushes. He had more carries than Melvin Gordon. Yeah, but I don't actually, I mean, watch the game and this game was out of, out of hand. So.

They gave the last, like, drive or two drives to Giovante Williams when the game had nothing left. So I would look at it as a wash. I think they're going to mix both guys in equally. I think that's where it's a positive for Javante Williams. Melvin Gordon saved the entire game. What was it, like a 70-something yard touchdown run. So that means before that carry, he was 10 for 30. When you were watching, not the breakaway run, and I'm not.