Week 1 Matchups, In-or-Out, Notpportunity

You have to talk about Devante Adams because last year, Devante Adams had zero weeks without 80 yards or a touchdown. Last night, Devante Adams had 36 yards. Four receptions. MVS outpaced him. And this is a different offense. Different formations. It's one game. Devante Adams is going to be an upper echelon receiver. But you had an entire year.

where he was more consistent than he was last night. Yeah, I'm not... I'm not worried about it. Like, Devante Adams was in almost the entire game. 97% of the snaps while MVS was at 66% granted, he had to go out for some cramping. But the green bait line, they were just, they were outmatched by Chicago Bears, the pressure they were able to put on. So I'm putting...

The Devante Adams numbers. Usually like last year, even when they were outmatched, Devante Adams was able to overcome. We all just kept waiting for Adams to have that 30-yard play to save his, save his night. It just didn't come. All right. It's Friday. Put clan Friday. All right. Our first foot clan Friday of the season where we select a random foot clan member for a.

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various pieces that pay homage to the Foot Clan, into the show, and to the inside jokes, and I know that you're going to love it. So check it out on YouTube. YouTube.com slash the fantasy footballers, and we will break that out here this weekend. Let's get into some more news. News and notes from Around the League, presented by Sleeper. Hey, Judge. Yeah. Is there any way the show's not like two, three, four hours long? Probably, probably. I mean, Antonio Brown.

The news broke on yesterday's show, but we didn't get to talk about all the implications, and, you know, the Raiders are not planning on having Antonio Brown in week one. It's not clear if it will be a formal suspension. That is what most places reported yesterday. If we hear more on this recording today, Brooks, I want you to let me know. I want you to sound the Antonio Brown alarm that we just bought. It sounds a lot like circus music.

Wait, Jeremy, was that true? Oh, we got news? Do we have breaking news? Right. Hit the button. Okay. Breaking news. Mike, go ahead. I don't care if we're in the news section, but. That's like very inception level news. Yeah. Breaking news. We, a player has an extension. A wide receiver just got his extension. Oh, and it's not Julio. Nope. Amari Cooper? It's not Julio Jones. It is Tyreek Hill.

Oh, really? He got a three-year $54 million extension. It's so close to a special number. Almost. So Tyreek Hill, I thought you had Antonio Brown news for us. Nope. But Tyreek signs an extension. Interesting. There have got to be some clauses in that bad boy. Yeah, and it's definitely a lower risk. Three years at 54 million. That's not what Hill thought he was going to be signing about six months ago. I'm telling you, they're going to wave goodbye to Sammy Watkins after the season.

21 million dollar cap hit next year after paying Tyreek Hill. If McColl Hardman shows anything, we'll have to look. So there you go. Tyreek with an extension, Antonio Brown, he could lose his money. Depending on what this team wants to do, they could suspend them. They could try to avoid $30 million in guarantees. If they do, he'll never play football for the Raiders and we'll be living in the circus for the duration of the season. Right now, Borland, any updates at all about Antonio Brown's suspension?

He's shaking his head, no. Julio Jones yesterday. Oh, go ahead, Mike. I was going to say Drew Rosenhouse did go on ESPN this morning, was talking about that Antonio Brown's focus is to play football, to get back. And so that wasn't Antonio saying it. It was Drew Rosenhouse saying it. Trying to speak it into existence. Yes, it's still what you want to see. I mean, we all want Antonio Brown on the field playing football. Yeah, okay.

Well, there was also a report that the team captains have told John Gruden they're fine with whatever the organization decides to do with Antonio Brown. Yeah. And they had been in Antonio Brown's corner through the duration of the training camp season. So we'll see what happens. When you lose your teammates, that's not good for the snowball. That's when Lev Bell last year went from, I'm going to be back after a week to, wait. You guys don't need me? Fine.

Take my ball going home. Also, you have to bring this up. Julio Jones yesterday said in a press conference, I don't know if I'll play Sunday. He missed practice. They claimed it was rest. He says he's a little sore. This is all posturing. He is waiting for this contract extension that we have been waiting on for the entire summer. And here we are at the finish line. And they haven't got it done. So Julio's kind of throwing it out there that, hey, Zeke signed a contract. I thought I was playing, you know, he's been playing the,

you know, the quiet negotiation posturing situation, right? Like Zika has been the very in the press, play the press, I'm in Cabo. Julio's been doing the work expecting the team to pay him and it hasn't happened. So you need to monitor that. We all expect him to play, right? But things can change quickly. Yeah, I expect him to play. And then we also heard from Sean McVay, Todd Gurley, not supposed to be on a, you know, a play count, a snap count.

Sean. He also said the last... Sean. He said that in the playoffs last year. Tell the truth. You can't force it, can you? Tell the truth, Sean. You bringing up what happened in the playoffs last year is a perfect example. He said the exact same thing. And you know what? Maybe I believe him. He wasn't on a snap count. Sure. But they also didn't use him very much and split reps with someone else. He's just maybe making it semantics. But yeah, you can't just make this a...

You know, oh, man, Todd Gurley. Not that it matters. If you draft to Todd Gurley, you're playing Todd Gurley. Good luck. All right, and it is Friday, so let's talk injuries. What's it going to pay me to fly? Are you in or out? All right, in or out every Friday. We'll tell you what we're projecting for the injury situations around the NFL, and then we'll update you on Sunday. Sunday live. Mike will be on.

All streaming platforms, an hour before game time will get game day alerts out there. But right now, in or out, Odell Beckham Jr. In. Although the hip injury at this point has to be at least like a little twitch in the eye. Yeah, I mean, there's really nothing you can do. You drafted him high. You're going to play him. He's on the field. He's going to be on the field. Stefan Diggs with the injury scare the hamstring. Return to practice. He'll play. Yep.

Alshan Jeffrey showed up with a biceps injury on the injury report was limited on Thursday, in or out. Sucks to see a mid-week addition to the injury port, but he's in. They're not worried about his. He's just trying to get too swole. That's the problem. Been hitting that curl machine too hard, but he's going to play. Yeah, Robbie Anderson, in or out. Ian? Yeah, he'll play. Kiki QT. He's, we're finally out a wild card here, still limited. I'm going to say out.

Yeah, he's out of my lineup, even if he's in. You know, if he gets in the game and he's activated, who's to say he's not going to just re-injure whatever has been keeping him out? My eight-year-old first fantasy league this year had to decide between Kiki QT and Anthony Miller. And he went with Anthony Miller. Ooh.

Received eight. It's better that they learn the disappointment right at the beginning. That's the lesson of fantasy that you need to understand. There's a lot of pain. In or out, D.K. Matt Caff. He's upgraded to full. He's going to play. Jordan Reed. Still in the concussion protocol. He did participate a little bit in practice, but I expect him to be out this week.

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The breakdown on those games, you can go click one episode before. It's completely free to play any episode in your podcast app. You can just click them all you want. It's true. Just like a keyboard. But yesterday we preview those games, and today we've got nine matchups to get through. So, Falcons, Vikings, 47.5 point over under, Vikings, four point home favorites. What are the storylines you're paying attention to here? Are you benching Matt Ryan against the Vikings defense in Minnesota?

I am not. This is very much like Aaron Rogers, though, of last night. You spent that early pick on the quarterback, and now you've got to play him week one. And look, and Matt Ryan's a great quarterback. The storyline for him all comes down to Atlanta's offensive line. We're told, and we still continue to be told that it's been improved. But that thing looked like trash during the preseason. So that's the concern.

for Matt Ryan. Can his offensive line hold up in an already negative matchup? Yeah, on the road. I mean, all this noise in this offseason has been made about, oh, his dome schedule. Look.