Week 3 Waivers + Someone to Blame - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/22

Start your engines, folks. It's time to go for a ride. Welcome to the fantasy footballers podcast with your host, Andy Holloway, Jason Moore, and Mike Wright. Oh, welcome in. Tuesday, September 22nd, Mike, the fantasy hitman, Jason Moore. I'm Andy Holloway. Welcome to the fantasy footballers. You do know the date? I don't know. You just said it like you were telling me what date is.

You knew the date already? You pay attention to that sort of thing? I knew it was Tuesday. Yeah, I mean, we don't pay attention to the date. Nope. We know it's waiver day. That's what we know. We're going to talk about waivers. We're going to talk about the fact that Jason and I were facing each other in the listener league. Oh, you did. And he needed, I'm going to write it. You dirty dog. Diving right in. And Jason just needed 40 points, Al. Did you know this? He just needed 40 points. I did. And he had.

I thought it was over. I genuinely. Before the game. And it was. Yesterday morning. Yesterday morning. I was like, oh, I lost to you and listener. And you're like, no, not necessarily. I'm like, I need 40 points. Yeah. From two players. Devante Adams. DeVante Adams and. Jackson Dart. Jackson Dart. And I'm like, okay, that's doable. If Jackson Dart gets 25 and Devante Adams gets 15.

Now Devonte Adams got like, what, 35? Devonte Adams got 35 fantasy points. Did you win? No. It's just unfair. Sometimes you just have to laugh at how things work out. I mean, laugh to stop from crying. I mean, we are losing quarterbacks by the second. Jackson Dart. Oh, man.

Goes down with an MCL spraying the report later in the game was that he, I mean, he was on the sidelines and he wanted to come back in the game. It doesn't seem like it's going to be some season. He just saw what happened to Caleb yesterday. Right. He's like, I'm not doing that. He's like, tell them, I'm, I want to back in. Yeah, the other guy was like, do you want a towel? He's like, no, get that towel away from me. It's the full. Hold me back. Guys, hold me back. Hold me back. Hold me back. I'm going to fight that guy. Oh, his PR team was like calling the, let him know. Let him know. Let him know he wanted to go back in. Well, I mean.

what do we we have like 70 snaps all time with like neighbors and dart on the field and we just can't get these guys like neighbors got hurt shoulder injury popped out of place pop back into place that'll be a situation to monitor the early report on jackson dart left mcel injury MRI today gonna miss some time giants need to some sort of cleansing there is dark spirits that was in that room i mean i felt so bad can you imagine when was the last one the finals

No, because it started last year. But here's a thing. I don't remember the last time that if I was a Giants fan, I would be as excited as I was, I would say, five minutes before this game. Like, you had the hope. Well, the Eagles game. Last year, the Thursday night football, the upset of the Eagles was like, that's when everything, energy changed. Sure, but then, you know, when you lost neighbors and you lost Cam Scataboo,

Coming back this year, you're like, we have this trio of young, exciting players. You got, you know, Brian Burns, you got, you've got a core. And but will it work out? Is Dart good? Is Scataboo healthy? Is Malik Neighbors going to be back, week one? And week one comes around and you're like, this is, it's happening. Yes. Oh, week two, we're in prime time. Right off the bat, right to jail. It was just like, your hope, your hope is gone.

Yeah, 28 to 6. We didn't get Pooka Nakua. He was out. So, Devante Adams just went for 8 for 195 and 2. Apparently, he's still good. Yeah, that got settled. The worries about week one, also a goal line opportunity. I did not think week one was prescriptive. Did you see Sean McVeigh come out and say what he said about their schedule plans? He's like, or maybe like in week one you have a dumb something coach that just messes up your team's schedule.

Terrence Ferguson filled in. That was the- Jason. Yeah. Hey. Six for 54 and a touch down. I had picked him up in, well, I drafted him all across the world. All across the nation. And then I dropped him after week one everywhere. And then I picked him back up everywhere. And in one league, I felt really dumb because I dropped Travis Kelsey to pick him up. And I feel a little bit okay now. I mean, I, you know, one week, TVD, but. Yeah. No puka.

The leading receiver in the NFL helps. It feels a little Jake Ferguson-esque. Kyron Williams and Blake Corum were almost identical. 12 carries each, 85 yards for Kyron, 79 for Corum, and both had a role in the receiving game. Kyron caught a receiving touchdown. On the other side, it pretty much went haywire when Jackson Dart went out. James Winston was bad. 11 for 27 coming in. Unable to move the football, Malik Neighbors, one catch for one yard.

and that's cool one hurt shoulder yeah it was apparently it popped out he popped it back in and didn't want to leave the game because they had lost uh jackson dart already did seem like he left the game for the rest of the game um nightmare remember you asked me if i wanted like uh neighbors or cd lamb after week one yeah and it was a very seemingly easy like uh seems like the neighbor side might be better maybe neighbor no one week at a time people yeah one week at a time i mean you have to

The amount of injuries we underwent this week, you have to remember that this is normal. Yep. And your team, if you survive, which the league median in our league of record was in all-time low. It was like 91 points this week. So most teams didn't score a lot of points. Yes. That's very unfortunate for them. That is partially true. In our league, it was a little bit more.

Top heavy? Yeah, I think it was accelerated by one team scoring 215 points, the all-time highest score ever in our league without having a tight end, basically. That would be you and your disgusting face. Yeah, I mean, if I, boy, I'm winning, I'm winning week one and two boys. You have, you've won them both. I mean, I have a hundred more points than Mike and Mike is second in the league and his four and oh.

Two weeks. But it doesn't matter because it's week two. You got to hope you can survive. It was fun. I had no stress this week. I mean, it was a good time, but a long season. The game, you know, as we start to gather data sure looks like even worse for Dallas of their defense not being fixed. The Rams are going to be, they're perfectly fine. Their defense is going to be unbelievable. The problem.

It was in the trenches. The Rams defensive line just would go right through. The Giants could not protect whoever was the quarterback. You can look at James and go, man, those numbers are horrible. James Winston was just under duress all the time. This was not, I mean, James is a backup quarterback. We love him because he's fun. He's a goofy guy. He generally comes in and just doesn't care and he gives you fantasy points.

but there was nothing he could do. And this team did not have Miles Garrett. I know. Week one was the, holy crap, maybe the Rams are the super team that fails. I think they're going to be just fine. Well, having the lockdown corners that they have and then adding Miles Garrett to the mix, it's unbelievable what they're going to be able to do. It's going to be a dude. A nightmare for other teams. And for your fantasy teams.

Yeah, I don't know what you're going to do. You're just going to see handoffs and screen games against the Rams? I don't know. They're going to have to figure it out. And then they protected Stafford. Like, Stafford sat back in the pocket and just picked people apart. It was awesome. 327 and 4. Yeah, it was a bounceback week for sure. Let's talk some news. News and notes from around the league. Well, the Falcons have named Michael Pennix Jr. is their starter for week three against the Packers. It'll be Thursday night. So we get to watch the Falcons in prime time.

I can't believe that I'm genuinely so happy that Michael Pinnock's playing. Like, this is the way to do it. This is the way, now Michael Pinnock's is riding in on, you know, on a white stallion just to rescue the Falcons. It is I, Sir Michael Pinnock's. Is it going to look very good in Green Bay on Thursday night football? It's going to look so much better than Cooper Rush. It can look bad and better, which is awesome.

Well, and Drake London now you can look at as an option. Yeah, Kyle Pitts and Drake London, now you're at the very least. Like whatever you drafted, whatever you hoped or thought in your draft, now you get to find out. That's it. Now you get to at least have a chance of whatever you thought when you drafted them. Maybe it is. Because the first two weeks we've said it, like you have to throw that in the garbage. Cooper Rush was objectively not an NFL quarterback. He was a third string. Yeah. I mean, objectively he was.

Because he played NFL quarterback. Objectively did not play starting NFL quarterback quality. Sure. Like his little name placard. It says quarterback. With a a asterisk. It's not. It's not. Kyler Murray cleared concussion protocol. We'll start in week three against the Buccaneers. Are you adding Kyler anywhere? I think so. I think he is, he was almost my stream of the week. He would have been my number two to go with. I know it's Kyler and he's not that great. Then change your stream, sir.

Hey, I told you you could go with Kyler. No, the one that you have. Well, it's the best one. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But Kyler this week, he's coming off a concussion, which is Larpin over here. Historically, you know, that's not going to impact production, you know, like coming off of an ankle injury or something like that. No, his talent can impact that. For sure. But he's going on the road to Tampa Bay. And so, I mean, we just saw Deshaun Watson be okay against the Buccaneer. So, you know, you could do worse on the waiver wire.

Ben Johnson said Caleb Williams would be considered week to week with the hamstring injury. He is month to month with the meme. Oh, man. Mike McDonald said quarterback Sam Darnold is on track to practice this week. Whether he returns this week is yet to be determined. I had heard week four. This would be week three. We'll see what happens. Your boy, Tom Pelliserra reporting that J.K. Dobbins is good. Yeah, no, he's good. After week two's injury scare against the Jags, definitely good. He's good.

Zay Flowers has a good shot to play in week three against the Cowboys, Mike. We'll take that. Welcome back, Zaymond. That sounded like the plan from before is kind of like rest a week, give them some extra time and come back. But what a nice matchup. Because they're like, guys, it's the Saints. No problem. Flowers rest up one week. We'll get this dub. We'll get you back. Oops. Maybe you should have just gone snap count. You know, like have them active and be like, we're just going to put them out there for four or five. We're going to need 45 plays.

Mike Evans will have to be managed this week, said Kyle Shanahan. Andy Holloway hinted he'll have to be managed this year. Yeah. Yeah, that's true. That is, I mean, unfortunately, Mike Evans is awesome and injury prone. So, you know, we expected this to be a bit of a bumpy ride. And when he's active, you should be happy about it. But didn't have a huge week and then hurt himself. He's made of older laughy-taffy now. You know, it's like.

If you pull it, if you pull it, it's going to break. And that's unfortunate. You know meat. Alec Pierce will attempt to rehab his heel and ankle to avoid surgery. I don't think it's going to go well. He had a hard time coming back from the surgery, likely to be placed on IR. They hope he can come back later in the season, but at any moment you can find out he underwent surgery. Correct. And I think that this is a player that I would drop. I mean, if I've got a completely empty IR spot. Landmine.

If I've got a completely empty IR spot, okay, throw him there. There's no reason to drop someone when you can hold on to him for free. If not, I would not roster him for the next month, hoping that he doesn't get surgery, hoping that he's back one month from now, then not knowing is he going to reagravate it when he's back. I'm not going to be able to play him right when he's back for sure. There's no way. I'm 100% with you. You don't have room on the bench to mess around with.

the what-ifs of later in the season for Alec Pierce. It really feels like this guy is going to not be himself until next year. The Raiders, Clint Kubiak said Brock Bowers will practice this week. I think there's an expectation. Or will he, Kubiak. Oh, you don't believe anything he says? No. I think he'll practice. But he is a liar. He is an absolute liar. There's a pair of pants that are on fire. Yeah. And they're in Las Vegas. Colts.

Probably more than one pair of pants on fire in Las Vegas. That's true. What are you saying? That is probably very true in a number of ways. We will defend the honor of Las Vegas. The Colts signed former Giants wide receiver Darius Slate. And this is actually a great fit for this team. A competent wide receiver with a history with Daniel Jones that can substitute and be Alec Pierce light in this offense. They needed somebody. They needed Al-9 Mitchell. Lequan Treadwell heavy.

Also, Slayton probably gets to hang up on the Giants. Like if Malik Neighbors is hurt, I would imagine they would be like, Slayton. He's like, I got a new team. You leave me alone. Charlie Kohler and David Najok who have been placed on IR for the Chargers who also lost an offensive lineman and defensive linemen. That means that Arronday Gadsden Jr. will be the tight end one for this team starting in week three. Yep. We'll be talking about him on the waiver show today. And then.