Take Checks + Hungry for More, TNF Breakdown - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/11

The two here. Talk about an island game with trust. Trusting the rookie doesn't seem like the best choice for this team. I am on the side of complete nervousness about every single one of those players. I think H.N. will play. And if I have H.N., I'm playing him. So I guess I'm not trying to spook people off of playing H&. I would do that. But Jeff Wilson played special teams in week one. Like, Is that why he was active? I mean, he got 15% of the snaps. And I think he got some touches because of the injuries that A. Chan and Mostard had. You know, A. Chan was a healthy scratch last year, week one. So, like, both Jeff Wilson and Jalen Wright are worthy pickups should somehow they be left on your waiver. But the order of how the touches it's going to go.

I think you're going to be holding your breath no matter who you're playing from that Dolphins backfield. Ian Rappaport came out yesterday, said that Christian McCaffrey is a long shot to play in week two. Where's the reporting before week one? Well, I mean, the reporting was the fact that he had been hurt five weeks ago and was not seen in preseason and practice in a limited capacity. But we were also getting the reports from beat reporters was. No, he's going to play. Yeah, he's going to be fine. He's fine. There was, there was, you know, hesitancy from the coaching staff. If you remember that, we had the weird quote from Shanahan, like, dude, please clear this up. But all the reporters that I saw were saying, no, he's going to, he will play. I offered Jason a trade this morning in Dynasty. I offered him Christian McCaffrey and a first round rookie pick for Brise Hall.

Oh, I would have turned that down. Yeah, I'm sure he'll turn it down. But the worry is that you're going to have a lingering injury from McCaffrey. Now, I think when push comes to shove over the course of the year, McCaffrey will get back. It's Achilles tendonitis and a calf strain that does not lead to tearing your Achilles in any. There's no correlation between Achilles tendonitis, which is a, there's a level of pain tolerance that goes along with that. They have the ability to put Jordan Mason in the lineup to run Debo Samuel as a running back and be fine. Jordan Mason could be what has changed this. But this is. Of like, if Jordan Mason went out there and fell on his face, maybe they're like, hey, Christian, we need you to get back in there. But Jordan Mason was so awesome that maybe they feel like, let's just rest Christian McCaffrey. I mean, it's this is a Super Bowl.

There's a team. They only have one goal. Their goal is not to make the playoffs. Their goal is to win a Super Bowl. And so, yeah, if I'm them and Jordan Mason has the hot hand and is looking good, I would rest McCaffrey as long as I could. McCaffrey could have played, according to David Lombardi of the Athletic, if it was a playoff game. Which they play Minnesota. Yeah, they play on the road against the Vikings this week. I mean, I think McCaffrey. McCaffrey wants to play. He does not want to miss one ounce. He doesn't want to baby this injury. He thinks he can play. When he thinks he can play, he's going to play. He's earned that with this team. Which I did. I read a blurb of that Minnesota installed new turf. I didn't dive into it, but like that could factor into this decision as well. So right now, Jordan Mason is a great start.

If your waivers went through and you got him, he's a great start. If Christian McAvary is active, he's a great start this week. And it could be longer. Right now it's saying a long shot to play this week, but he could play if it's the playoffs. I think this is when it matters. The week after Minnesota, they're on the road in division against the Rams. That is a game where, you know, that's more of the playoff environment, very, very, very important win. Yeah, yep. David Najoku ruled out for week two. The team is hosting Irv Smith Jr. and Jeff Swain to the practice squad right now. Jason, you had Najoku, right? Yes. Did you, what did you end up doing with him? I had to hold on to him because he wasn't ruled out. He wasn't marked out. I had to hold on to him and I hope that I did not have to wait until Sunday to be able to put him in my I are. So when I saw that he was ruled out, I was like, yes, baby. They at least gave you it now, but they did not give it to you before. What did you do it, tight in?

I ended up picking up Dallas Goddard, which I... You did not win the likely sweepstakes. I did not win the likely sweepstakes. I went... You went pretty soft. Well, I didn't go 81. I mean, yeah. That is one league, by the way. I am in nine leagues. I could have bid on likely in all of them, and I did. Nothing close to that. That league exclusively, I feel naked at tight end, and I wanted him. This, you got him. Yeah. For me, when I'm looking at the last player, you'll get the matchups and the fact that it's a, it's a temporary thing. I think I'm going to miss Najoku for three weeks. It dumps early, guys. You don't know what a dump is. All right. That was today's news and notes presented by USAA Insurance. Learn more at USAA.com slash insurance. Thursday night breakdown. The Buffalo Bills at 1 and 0 take on the Miami Dolphins who are also 1 and 0.

The DK Sportsbook line, Miami minus two and a half. The over-under is 49 beautiful Thursday night points that I totally don't believe in. And that gives an implied point total of 26 to Miami and 23 to Buffalo. Both teams were down big in week one. Both teams came back. They were both down 17 to 3. They both won their matchups. You know, overcoming Jacksonville. That's what Miami did at home and then Buffalo at home against Arizona. Last year, they had two matchups in week four, Buffalo 1, 48 to 20. That would have hit the over. And then in week 18, Buffalo 1, 21 to 14. That would not. Yeah. So, you know, in week one, I felt like both teams were very slow starters on offense. That was obvious. I think the Miami one was more surprising just because, you know, Buffalo, I think we expected some of the, you know, new offensive pieces to come along slower.

Whereas Miami was running back what they had and they still didn't get it done until late. But this is a fun Thursday night matchup. I mean, I think that's the headline. Josh Allen's going to play. And the reason I say that is because he's been dealing with an injury to his non-throwing hand. No concerns here for either of you. No. I mean, I hope he doesn't get hit in the hand. But in terms of he's going to play and he should play a full game and it should be full fantasy strength, Josh Allen. Two in week one, you know, he had a big plate at Tyreek, missed him on another one. We know that the running back room might be, you know, thinned out from a dependency standpoint. Like at the end of the day, you're not getting as much production if Devon A-chan isn't getting as many snaps, if Moser's not there. So there's the possibility that this is even more of a past heavy offense. I know Malik Washington's not practicing, but Jalen Waddle.

managed to return to the game. Jay and Waddle managed to be marked out on fantasy platforms and then score more points. Did he? Yeah, he was. Sleeper marked him out? Yeah, that he was actually marked out. I think it wasn't on the field. No, it was, it was just reported that he was out, I believe with a concussion. Yeah. And then he played the game, which is called a Waddle. Yeah. I mean, that is what he does. He finds a way to get injured every game but play. Still play through. And I expected to do it again. If you call somebody for like a dinner party and you cancel and then you still show up, that's a waddle. Yeah. That's what that is. Yeah. Because they declared you out. They cleared the place. They cleared the plates off. And then you're like, where's my food? Get out the way. I mean, he is like, it's every game. Yeah. This is. But he was five for one oh nine, baby. That was good. Do you think there's anything with the dolphins like?

I feel like they surprise people with their system and their speed. They kind of, they can really just shock a defense. But in this division, like Buffalo, I feel like has their number a little bit. They beat them both times last season. Interesting set, Tua has never finished inside the top 12 as a quarterback against Buffalo. And he's played a lot of games against Buffalo. So, you know, this is one where I. You know, it's nice that it's in Miami for, you know, your Waddle and your Tyree Kill and all that. And I'm not saying that you sit those guys. But I worry. Are you streaming quarterback? I think, I think Tua is someone I would, I would potentially look at other options. If I had golf, I would play golf. Okay. So you'd go Gough or let's say. That's interesting. Matthew Stafford against the Arizona Cardinals. Oh, gosh. I mean, I'm playing Tua against over both.

Okay. Really? Yeah. I mean, I'm fine with golf. Goff's fine. Where are you at you? But definitely over Stafford. Yeah, I would play him over Stafford. Okay. Brock Purdy. I've got Brock Purdy. One spot ahead. Okay. Tyreek and Waddle are easy starts. The other side, the discussion I wanted to get into was what we saw in the field from Dalton Kincaid in week one. Because so many tight-ins struggled, we didn't really drill down on a handful of them in terms of are you concerned? You know, Kincaid was one of those guys that. I was not personally super concerned about. Jason mentioned five past attempts in the first half. Hard to be targeted. When you throw the ball five total times, also when you watch the film, when you go back, you saw the Cardinals focused on Dalton Kincaid. And that makes sense for teams right now when they don't know what Keon Coleman has, how much you use Samuel, what Shakir is going to do. The offense in the passing game, if I was building a defense, it would be to stop Kincaid first until we know what other things are going on.

But he was out there. He was participating in nearly every route. He passed blocked one time. I love Michael Keaton. And he was seven for 84 against Miami last year. I think Kincaid is just a player you put right in your lineup. And I went out and got him this morning. Yeah. And that seven for 84 in Miami last year was in the Joe Brady version of this offense. That was week 18. So. You know, there's some concern of that, but I like Kincaid. I'm not too worried about the disappearance of week one. Keon Coleman, are you comfortable in week two, Jason? I mean, this would be a decision over other clearly startable assets for your team, most likely because of where he was drafted. Yeah, I mean, there are, I mean, obviously it depends on who you have.

I'm not looking to shove him in my lineup, even though I'm excited from some of the metrics he had. You're hungry for more that makes you do it. Yeah, so, like, there are players I would play him over. If you had JSN and you had Keon Coleman, and that's a flex decision, I would play Keon Coleman. Zay Flowers. I would play Flowers. Let's go down a tier. Xavier Worthy's Great Week 1. Oh, that's really interesting. Very limited touches. I imagine I'd go worthy. Yeah, I would go worthy. What if Hollywood's back? I guess you won't know because you got to play Coleman before you find out. Jamieson Williams, you're playing him. Oh, Jamo. Christian Kirk after the dud of week one, would you go roll Coleman out there? Yeah, I'd go Coleman. That's what I would do too. What about Jaden Reed with Malik Willis versus Keon Coleman? Oh, goodness gracious. I think I'll still play Reed. I'm going to go Coleman there. All right, one more for you, Jason. Okay. This one's going to be tough. Oh, I already know the name you're going to give me. Vlad McColkey. I knew that was the name.

Ladd McConkey, what would you do? No, that is... You're doing it now, too? I don't know. I love it. You're both banished. I'm going to go Keon Coleman because of the matchup here. Now, Ladd gets the Carolina Panthers, and that sounds good because you're like, oh, it's a bad defense. That is not good. The chargers are going to be up, and they're going to run the ball all game long. You are not going to have a lot of passing volume. usually against the Carolina Panthers. We saw this last year. And then they're one good defensive player. They just lost Derek Brown defensive tackle. Yeah, he's out for the season. So, yeah, I would go Coleman there. All right. What about the other whiteouts if you were trying to cast a die and have it land on somebody? Just the, Khalil Shakira would be the only deep play I would go with. Yeah. Over Matt Holland.

Yeah. I would not go anywhere else. And also a reminder, if you are going to start Keon Coleman, maybe you've got that. He is a flex type of player. But because he's playing on Thursday night football, do not have him in your flex. Put him in your wide receiver spot so that some rare late week injury to whoever your normal wide receivers gives you flexibility. Put your late game players, you know, the latest games of the week. Put them in your flex. And if you don't want to do like think about. it and look at every single player, the ultimate dashboard at join the foot.com. You sync your team. We show you your suggested lineup based on projections and based on when players play. So we will move guys around and show you how you should order your lineup if you want easy mode in terms of setting your lineup every week. Check that out at join the foot.com. I'll tell you what, man. Because I've got like eight leagues this year. It's really nice to just like you think for me.

Yeah, that's, I mean, that's what we're trying to do. So, um, I, and we do that for you every day, Jay. Yeah, you do. Mike and on. All right, quick break back with some mailbag. All right. We know you've got questions. You've got panic mode. You've got, uh, start, shit decisions. And we've got answers. So let's jump in. Mailbag. All right. Uh, thanks, Mike. Yeah. We're jumping in. If you have a question, you can go to the website, the fancy footballers.com. You can click that submitted question button. You can dial our voicemail hotline 302464 TFFB if you'd like, and we're going to turn to a voicemail to kick it off. Hey, Ballers, E.J. from Florida. I love the show. Quick waiver question. Somebody in my lead drop Malik neighbors, 12-te-P-R. Is this a full fab dump or does it matter who I have? Nope. Love the show. Bye.

That's all of it. That's all of it. You're going to go 100? I would go 100. Actually, I genuinely would not. I would try to make a trade if you've got fab trading in your league for a dollar. So I could go one-on-one and assure that I get them. I mean, the players like Malik neighbors should never be. Yeah, that's worth every penny for me. I mean, I think so. I'm just trying to think there is, the season is very, very long and to have zero fab. And the Malik neighbors. And Malik neighbors. Take dumps now, not later. That's a big dump. It's all of it. You're cleaned out. You're cleaned out, but it's worth it. Give me the number, Mike. Brandon and I, you kids waivers. Yeah, I guess that would be a full. And that feels the same. Yeah. It feels the same as that. So let's turn to another voicemail question. Hey, ballers. From New Somerville Beach, Florida. Fun fact, I actually went to high school with Rahim Moster when he played for our high school team.

a quick question. I just lost Puka Nakua to that injury, and I have a plethora of running backs. I've got Brian Robinson and James Connor on my bench. I have the opportunity to trade for Jameson Williams. I was thinking about offering Robinson. Just wondered what you guys think his value is moving forward and if that's a trade that you would like. All right. Appreciate it, guys. That's fine. The question is they're trying to trade for James and Williams, and they have a... excess of running backs. Brian Robinson for Jameson Williams is, that's super dupe. That's super duper easy. Super dupey. That's what I heard super. It's super dupe. That's super dupey. Super dupey. You saw Jaden Daniels take two goal line touchdowns this past week. Right. So Robinson. As, as people say, that's super dupey. Yeah. But James Connor. No. No, I would not trade James Connor for James. That would be stupid doppy. All right.

But, yeah, I think it's, I mean, William, Jameson Williams is an interesting, like, test the waters trading both directions. I mean, if you can get them cheap, get them. If you can get a ton for them, I would do that too. Yeah. Like if you can go, I'm going to tell you something. You're going to be able to, well, maybe people are smarter than this, but the Jameson Williams versus the big week one bus type of player is going to be an interesting thing because you could take Jameson and something. And maybe you get Brandon Ayuk. Maybe that's the trade that you could pull off. 24 points in week one, which is what I think you put up in our league. That's a lot. It's pretty powerful. And it was on an island game that everyone watched. And Brandon Ayuk ticked people off when they spent the draft capital and did nothing. So tried to take advantage of that. I, by the way, public service announcement, or no, there's just an announcement of all. Where's a button for an announcement? A declaration?

I am out of the Kyle Pitts business. He is gone. One week only. Oh, man. So I drafted him. Yeah. And on draft day, I traded him to you. Yeah. No, whoa, whoa, whoa. Literally. One round later. Yeah, one round later. Middraft. I drafted him. A round later. Traded him to you. Yeah. You got the week one. Yeah. Number one tight end, the drafted tight ends. Yeah. And you traded him away. for Dalton Kincaid. I thought it was really well timed. Kincaid was very disappointing. And like you said, Pitts was the number one tight end of the top 12 drafted tight ends. So that's how you capitalize. Anyways, we're moving forward. But I'm so out on Kyle Pitts.

Not really. I'm not really out of Kyle Pitts. Is it more of a Kirk Cousins concern or a Kyle Pitts? I'm very concerned about Kirk Cousins. I really am. Because Kyle Pitts, again, was 100% of the routes. This was a pro Dalton Kincaid and I couldn't have gotten Kincaid for Kyle Pitts at any other time of the year, in my opinion. I think Pitts will be fine. I think Kincaid will be better. So I wanted to go out and do it. And it wasn't straight up. It was pretty close to it, though. I think I threw Rashid Shahid in. who had the big week one and just tried to capitalize. But I thought I'd share that just so you don't associate me with Kyle Pitts from this point forward. All right. YouTube question. What are your thoughts on Jonathan Taylor after week one? He had zero targets. Yeah. That was going to be a concern. He was outrushed by Richardson. That was going to be a concern. He did get into the end zone, right? Yeah.

Yeah, 16 for 48 with the tutty. My thoughts are that you're going to have more variability to Jonathan Taylor than you did in years past. But that is pretty good. Like I'm assuming, Jason, would you Taylor, Connor, rest of season? I would still much rather have Jonathan Taylor. He is the more talented running back. I like the offense. He was out there on 96% of snaps. Yeah, that's great. Not every game is going to be good for every player. He is a great player. He's on the field. He will have his moments. We talked about this in the draft season about how he does not have the ability to finish as the number one overall. He has the physical ability. But in this team, I mean, he's done it before. But for this season, when you have a few goal line vultures and you're not getting the checkdowns from the pocket passer, you're.

Tippy top upside is ruined, but I think he's going to still be a safe, really good player this season. He plays against Green Bay this week on the road and then Chicago at home the next two weeks. Two good defenses. We will. It is. Yes, Green Bay is a good defense. But I'm just, I'm very curious how that game script goes out. If Malik Willis is, he's the starter. And maybe Malik Willis has improved, but. What we have seen of him is this is not an NFL starting caliber quarterback. He just got to the team a couple weeks ago. So what I'm saying is I think Jonathan Taylor is going to carry the ball.

a lot as they're salting the game. Yeah, in victories, this is, this is the type of team. Oh, you guys, you guys are both thinking that, uh, that Andy's going to win the ball game. I do. Yeah, I don't. I know. You, you, you, you said that, uh, yesterday, but I, yeah, you guys said they'd be on two and then I went and looked at the game and I was like, I don't think so. Right, but then we looked at the quarterback and said, oh, yeah, yeah, look, who plays quarterback for Pittsburgh? Uh, Justin Fields, former first round pick. Okay. I was saying. Okay. Okay.

So because he's a former first round pick, you love him. Malik Willis is bad. Yeah, I know. Like no redeemable quality as a quarterback. I mean, I'm not even going to hit the almost upset because they're not favored. I mean, the Packers are favorite in that game, I believe. So I don't even need to defend myself because the line is set at Andy. Andy's the line. Okay. I've already got the line. Mike's almost upset of the week. It's one and a half, I think, right? What is the line? Oh, Colts favor by three. Well, that makes life really easy. Al, if you have the drop, just hit it now. Just hit it. And that way you can get the, you know, nerves in your tummy. Mm-hmm. Jason, because whenever you, there it is. Andy's almost upset of the week. Get ready. Get ready. Packers win. Al, Al, we'll always get on board with that. I love it. It's a great take. Does Malik throw more touchdowns to the...

Packers or the Colts? Malik throws one touchdown. You want to know the whole game? You want to know the whole score, final score everything? Yeah, yeah. Malik throws one touchdown. You're saying to the Packers, though. Nope, I'm saying to his own team. One touchdown passes on the own team. He rushes for a second touchdown in the game. They kick three field goals on top of that. Wow. They're on fire. Yeah. No, that's not that much. That's really not that much. That is. That's 20 plus points. Yeah. They're going to score 23 points. and the Green Bay defense at home in Lambo with the crowd in the first home game are going to stifle Anthony Richardson. He's not going to have the big plays against Jair Alexander. And the final score of that game is 2313. I'm trying to quickly look through. Now, again, different team. I already look through the almanac, Mike. No, I'm saying Malik Willis. When Malik Willis was the starter, let's see, in 2022.

We already did this. We already did this. We already did this. 14 points. Okay. Yeah, yeah. They turn the, they turn the Colts over twice, getting short fields that lead to the touchdown in the field goals. I've already seen it. Okay. I've looked into the crystal ball. 2313 Packers. This isn't really an almost upset. No, this is just an upset. Yeah. Yeah, that's it's done. Do you happen to know if that touchdown goes to Jaden Reed? Are you asking? It actually, no, it goes to one of the tight ends. Oh, it's Kraft. Tucker. Craft gets it. Sorry, and then Malik runs one in. All right. He also throws two picks. They're pretty ugly. The picks are pretty ugly. Okay. Well, now at least we're being recent. But they're on deep passes, so it's like a punt. It's not a big deal. All right. All right. This question comes in from Josh in Connecticut. Hey, guys, and a full PPR, would you rather, who would you rather have on your roster rest of season? Brian Thomas Jr. or Ladd McConkey.

I just watched Brian Thomas this morning. Absolutely torched Jalen Ramsey on a couple routes. I am, there is no bigger Ladd-McConkie fan. He was on the shortlist for my guy. I've built him up. I'm happy with everything I saw. This is an easy, Brian Thomas. I mean, Brian Thomas, Ladd-McConkey will be a nice PPR option, a flex player this season. Brian Thomas showed me stuff on the field that. I think he's going to be the number one for a, you know, a downfield threat, a touchdown machine. Brian Thomas could be easily a top 24 wide receiver this season, but his upside if he hits. I mean, I think wide receiver one is in the range of outcomes for Brian Thomas. Jaden Reed without love or Brian Thomas versus Cleveland? I would say that one more time.

Jaden Reed without Jordan Love, so with Malik Willis, who will lead them to victory. Or Brian Thomas against Cleveland's defense, full PPR. I'm going to go Brian Thomas. I know Cleveland is a really good defense, but for all the things I just said, Brian Thomas showed like the one. All right. Who should I start in week two? This question comes in from Wet Willie. Okay. Chris Godwin against. Those are so gross. It's been a while. It's been many decades since I received a wet willie. Bring that around the office. That is just such a gross thing. That's what I mean. It's so disgusting. Can you imagine doing that to a stranger? I feel like you could get arrested. I don't think people do it to strangers. It, it, yeah, if he did it to a stranger, I would not. Now, wait a minute, Al. Tell me what you're saying here. Your dad still thinks they're funny. He does. Yeah, he does them to my son all the time. Oh, no. Poor.

Sawyer. How does he react with joy? No one is joyful. They got spit in here. And I mean, it's a little bit of a punishment to yourself, though, because you're getting, getting your finger all waxing. Well, you're not getting it. Well, you're not going deep, Mike. It's not a deep wet willy. Yeah, but if you're going, I mean, you're going in there coming in. You think you're waxing up. Oh, yeah. I don't think you're wax. You know, wet will you're not leaving without some wax. I hope you're leaving without wax. I hope you're leaving without wax. And I hope you're only giving one. Because if you go to do another wet willy and you got the wax, that's a real problem. That's an ear drum. That's an eardrum Danny. I mean, you can't stick that thing all the way in and pound the eardrum. That's just banished. Wet willies are banished. Wet willies feel like a remnant of the distant past. Al's dad is the last man allowed legally to do it.