Week 1 Matchups, In-or-Out, Notpportunity

Okay, he's in a dome, but he's playing against a great defense. I think that matters a little bit more. It really is. I agree all about that offensive line. You know, you're still starting Matt Ryan, if you draft him. I think Kirk Cousins is going to have a great game as well. If Matt Ryan can throw the ball on this defense, you know, Julio Jones, he basically said in his press coverage, it's fair to say he's going to play on Sunday. We expect him to play. And if that happens, I mean, that's why Kirk Cousins was my.

was my start of the week because this should be a game where even though you've got two decent defenses, one really good, the offenses should be able to overcome here. Jason, you have Kirk Cous as your start of the week. Diggs should be out there. He's at home. I like that. Weirdest stat I've ever read. Falcons allowed the most passing yards in the red zone in 2018. I've never heard that stat before. Passing yards in the red zone?

That's the weirdest thing. Normally you kind of are concerned about passing touchdowns in the red zone, but apparently the Falcons allow you to pass the majority of the 20 yards. Right. Because they do, the Falcons are notorious. Their scheme, they allow receptions to the running back because they do that on purpose. That's what they want you to do because they believe that if you take the dump off, we're going to be able to tackle you for two to three yards or just a very negative type of play.

That may lead into that statistic. Now, Mike, you've talked a lot about, look, it's week one. We don't have very much to go on other than things from last year from a defensive standpoint. And, you know, you're going to kind of, you know, dance with the players you, you know, you draft it, right? Yes, you are. And so Devante Freeman, you're going to have them in there. Yep. You know, are you willing to start Calvin Ridley in this game?

Are you willing to flex him out there? He's our consensus wide receiver 27 on the week, which says that, hey, depending on your options. As a wide receiver three or a flex player, that's what Calvin Ridley is going to be week in and week out. Until we actually see consistency from Calvin Ridley, you know that he can score double-digit touchdowns as a rookie, but the consistency is probably going to be a problem. I think we'll know real quick.

What's going on with Dalvin Cook this year? Because he's at home. He's our consensus. I haven't at four, Jason three, Mike two on the week. The Falcons have been bad against past catching running backs, gave up the most receptions. Mike just brought that up. If we don't see the kind of workload from Dalvin Cook this week that we expect, would you be concerned that he's not, you know, doesn't have the ceiling?

No, because Dalvin Cook to me, I know both of you guys were super bullish on Dalvin Cook. And your love for him made it look like I didn't want him on my fantasy team, which is further from the truth. I think Dalvin Cook is a great player. I think he's going to be an excellent fantasy option. I'm still leaving a little bit of wiggle room in here, though, for Alexander Madison, who I think is a good running back. If we get to...

Or if the Vikings get to the two and all of a sudden Madison comes in, it's not going to shock me. I'm not declaring that's what's going to happen. I'm just leaving room for it. All right. You're in a pickle. You've got to start Austin Hooper or Kyle Rudolph. Which one do you start? Austin Hooper. I think, you know, this is the matchup where, you know, everything changes year to year, but it's the same defensive scheme. The Vikings were basically top 10 against wide receivers, running backs, quarterbacks, not against tight ends. That's maybe where.

you know, Matt Ryan can find a hole in the defense. So I would start Hooper. All right, Bingles, Seahawks. Games up in Seattle, nine and a half point favorites, Pete Carroll & Company, 44 point over under. That's got to put the Seahawks near the top of implied point totals there, what, 26.5 points. This should be a nice start to the season for Seattle. Yes. Right? And Chris Carson.

I don't think the Bengals defense is going to be vastly improved last year, 31st against the run, 30th against quarterbacks, 32nd against the tight-in position. Let's go Chris Carson. He's out there. Would you start flex Rashad Penny in a matchup like this? In a deeper lineup, we had a dynasty startup draft where we went wide receiver heavy. And so we are starting Rashad Penny this week. I say we because Mike and I are co-owners. Yes, we are. And this is the matchup.

where at least week one, like as the season goes on, Penny might become more valuable. You would hope for a matchup like this, where if you're up really, really big, you might be able to see Chris Carson and Rashad Penny both get more work as they're able to run the ball, not forced into passing downs and passing situations and game script in the fourth quarter. So yeah, I think in a pinch, you can pinch a penny. Okay. I get it now. It took me a split second there.

The name joke. Mm-hmm. Very nice. Also a famous phrase. It's nice that you don't lose. Wait, wait, wait. Hold on, Jason. What's the phrase? Oh, he's Googling it. Penny pinching. Okay. Okay. Yeah, that's fair. I'm just making sure. No, you had me scared. My fingers went to the keyboard. I was like, you went turn a phrase with pinch a penny. I just wanted to make sure that you didn't believe that the phrase was actually, I'm going to pinch a penny. A penny pinched is a dollar earned.

as they say. Old Benny Franklin. It's good to know that you are just as acute with your references well sick as you are well healthy. Cincinnati gave up the most passing yards per game last year. 275 a game, third most points per game. It's not been pretty. Tyler Lockett, light them up. Yes. Oh, yeah. And then you've got Russell Wilson as our consensus QB7 on the week. Per Evan Silva, Lockett caught 26 of 29 slot targets.

when Baldwin was out there last year for five touchdowns. We'll get to see what they want to do with Tyler Lockett, snap count, target share. It'll be really fun. Yes. And a great situation. On the other side of the ball, Joe Mixing, you drafted him to play him. You've got to play him. It's not ideal to be up in Seattle, but he should get the work. And then Tyler Boyd, without AJ Green at the beginning of the season, he's our consensus wide receiver 19 on the week.

Boyd is in a great volume situation. When you're looking at that line, I mean, Seahawks favored by almost 10 points. And I buy into that where the Bengals are going to be having to throw the ball. And Tyler Boyd is going to have, he's going to have to carry this offense at the wide receiver position. And I'm not playing him. I'm not playing him. But I'm very interested to see Tyler Eifford. It's been a long time since we have seen him be a healthy player.

When he is a healthy player, he is great, but he is far more often a injured player. I was holding my breath that you were going to say John Ross. No, no, no, we're good. I was holding my breath that you were going to say. Will Disley, back on the field. Would you play an effort over Will Disney, Mike? Yes. Wait, what about now? Well, now that the flute is in, Big Montana.

If Big Montana is actually back, then it will be, that'll be an incredible recovery. But yes, I'm going to go with Tyler Eifford over to Will Disley if I have to play one of these guys. And I'm with you on the game prediction there. This is not like the Redskins Eagles game that I think could be tighter than people think. This is a game where I think Seattle will manhandle. You'll see to Davian make his debut. And we'll see what that Seattle defense looks like in that running game.

Bringing it back. Chris Carson, Pete Carroll. Let's move on. The Colts, the Chargers in Los Angeles. Chargers' six and a half point favorites. It's a 44.5 point over under. Well, it's the Jacoby Brissette, Indianapolis Colts era. You know, it's going to be interesting going on the road against the Chargers defense that was pretty darn good last year. With Brissette, we have a brand new DFS segment coming up at the end of this show, which I'm very excited about.

I didn't go this route, but Jacoby Brissette is a good value. He was obviously priced lower going into week one. I'm, you know, he's a running back. He's a quarterback that can run. He's not primarily a running quarterback. But I think if they get down, he's a sneaky guy because everyone is so off of Andrew Luck that they're not giving Brissette the respect that he deserves and what he can do in his own right.

I agree with you, Jason. Marlon Mack going up against this Chargers defense. They were beatable on the ground. Last year, at least in terms of fantasy points given up, 23 a game, which is 24th in the league. I was going to say, if you want to test the Chargers defense, I'm okay going Marlon Mack. But I can't endorse Jacoby or the wide receivers. Look, the Chargers secondary is fantastic. Casey Hayward.

is one of the best shutdown corners in the entire league. So I'm not very excited for the passing attack. We do have breaking news on Antonio Brown. He just issued an emotional apology at the team meeting this morning with team captains standing beside him. So maybe we won't see a suspension. He's pulling those levers. He's speaking into the microphone just like the wizard does. Look, man. Wow.

Wow. I am thankful that we, you know, we can never go 10 minutes without an update from Antonio Brown. So, uh, okay. If you hear anything else, Borland, send it along, please. Uh, we, the tilt. People were tilt trading Antonio Brown yesterday. Oh, yeah. Oh, no. Oh, man. Okay. Well.

T.Y. Hilton is actually a player people will have to decide on this week because of where he dropped in drafts. And the fact that I was getting him in the fifth or sixth round at times towards the end of the draft season. So I think there will be starts at decisions with T.Y. Hilton. That's fair. That's fair to say. He's our consensus wide receiver 23. So we feel confident enough to get him out there. I do.

That feels too high. I think I need to move him down. I mean, you brought up Casey Hayward. See, the thing about Brissette is he doesn't have to always throw against Casey Hayward, but he's a shadow corner, and T.Y. Hilton will actually have to face him. So Brissette can go elsewhere. You could see some, you know, Paris Campbell runs. So it's one of those things where I want to wait and see if I can on T.Y. Hilton. Well, let's put it this way. And maybe because of where he's ranked right now, you said you might adjust him.

I'd like to go to bat for T.Y. Hilton. I'd like to put it on the line this week with the water bet for T.Y. Hilton. Let's go 11 fantasy points. Are you willing to go that way, Mike? 11 fantasy points. I'll go, I'll take the over. In half point. In half point. Are you willing to take that bet? 11. I'm in on the under. Yeah. Do you want in on it too? Yeah, I'll take the under. Waterbed. I was going to throw out some names here for Jason though. Andy's in. Andy's in.

Okay, Jay, these are players that you almost surely drafted after T.Y. Hilton and you can play them. So wide receiver just on the opposite side of the ball. Mike Williams. Yes. I would play him over T.Y. D.D. Westbrook. 100%. Okay. We're going to check it. Marvin Jones. Marvin Jones, yes. I think the upside of him having a two-touchdown game against Arizona is there. Okay. Last one I'm going to throw out here. Jarvis Landry.

Yeah, I mean, look, if something comes up mid-game for O'Dell Beckham, I think I'm taking all of those players over T.Y. Hilton. All right. The Chargers, well, let's, Eric I drafted him in the 14th round of a draft, which was the Megalabole, and I couldn't even believe it. It was three rounds after Mark Andrews. That is a mistake, in my opinion. He's still, any time. Yeah, like you got him too early?

No, no, that is not what I mean. Anytime that you have a tight-in that put up the kind of numbers that Eric Ebron did last year, not every tight-in can do that. And tight-ins are often... Not every quarterback can do that, too. Of course. Quarterbacks actually don't play tight-in, so you're right. Not every quarterback can feed Eric Ebron. Listen, Mike, who's the best friend of a quarterback in trouble?

Who's the best friend of a quarterback that is younger and establishing himself? Jack Doyle. It's a jike. Oh, my gosh. How stupid is that? Well, here's the thing. How can Jack Doyle be the best friend when Eric Ebron is sitting there?

And you can't give him the credit that he's due. And Jack Doyle gets credit that he didn't even do. For a tight end, you know, you want a touchdown. You want the touchdown upside. And if I have to put my money on Doyle or Ebron getting the touchdown, it's definitely Ebron. I realize Doyle is out there on more snaps because he's a great run blocking tight end. He's going to be in there all the time. There's also a great pass catching option for Jacoby. Sure. He's a nice pass catching option. But those passes are very...