Starts of the Week + Week 2 Breakdown - Fantasy Football Podcast for 9/14

There's no reliability here from the receivers. I think Travis Kelsey will be active in this game. So to me, it's Mahomes, Pacheco, and Kelsey. Is Pacheco and Otto, like you want him in your lineup this week? I do want him in my lineup. Yeah, I think so. The matchup is fine. The over under is great. And his utilization last week, you know, you had-16 opportunities. 16 opportunities, but you had Clyde get that, like, honorary start. You know what I mean? He started the game and started the season as like the first drive was his. And it's like, and okay, now let's get the better guy in here. And I think that as the season goes in, you'll just have Pacheco more and more involved. The only questions on the other side, I mean, people have been asking a lot about dropping Christian Kirk for other free agent options. He was only on the field 69% of the time. Nice. We have to understand that the addition of Calvin Ridley.

what it represents for the future of this franchise. Because we went in with two question marks. We didn't know how good he still was. And then we didn't know the participation. But like if I had just told you, for example, let's pretend that Jacksonville Jaguars out of Jamar Chase this offseason. You're not looking at one week and saying, oh, Christian Kirk's going to work himself back into the lineup. You're saying, There's a change of hierarchy completely at the wider. And I don't know if it's that far off of what they did. I think it's a nice illustration to highlight what the reality is for the Jacksonville Jaguars and for Christian Kirk and for Zay Jones. There is a new alpha in town. It is Calvin Ridley. He will dominate the target market share. But if you look at the Bengals, well, you're going to start T. Higgins because he's good and you don't just have one wide receiver dominate everything.

in a matchup like this against the Chiefs where you know the Chiefs are going to be scoring. This game is going to be going back and forth. They're going to be throwing a lot. I'm 100% fine taking a shot on Zay Jones or Christian Kirk. Evan Ingram should be good. They're going to throw the ball just a ton in this game. I'm far more confident in Zay Jones. Christian Kirk would be just that's a break glass for me. I don't want to drop him. Gabe Davis or Christian Kurt, Jason? That's a, that to me is. Probably Gabe Davis. Okay. Because I think both have volatility. Cadarius Tony or Christian Kurt. Christian Kirk. Okay. I've got, I'm going to say it. I'm going to say it. First one of the year because I can't stop saying it. Oh. Cadarius Tony scores this week. It's a touchdown guarantee. It's a touchdown guarantee Cadarius Tony gets into the end zone. I play him over Christian Kirk. I know, look, the stink of last week, I don't know if 10 days gets rid of it because of the Thursday night game.

I think if there is Tony gets into the end zone this week. In fact, I think he has a bounce back performance and has us talking about him. Do you have him on any fantasy rosters? Do you have him in the leagues you're playing? So I expect him to be in your lineup then. I'm not. Will you do it yourself? Will you put him in your lineup? Well, I did not make the contention. You should put him in your lineup. You said you think he's got a good game and. I think he scores a touchdown. I think he scores a touchdown. Wouldn't you want that in your line? Not necessarily. The team that I have them on also has Travis Calcium, not doubling up there. It could be like, it could be a touchdown in five yards. No, it's not a, it's not a stardom guarantee. I'm not doing it. You can't chicken me into it. I don't know what's going on here. I don't know what. I'm playing Zach Moss over him. I love piling on.

somebody if I can, but I don't know what's happening right now. All you got to do, you hear someone, you hear someone, you hear someone, yeah, get in on him, Mike. We've already got Al Bourne and putting an anytime touchdown scoring bet on Tony, who's only, it's only plus 250. What? But it's a guarantee. Yeah, because the biggest, oh, what did I? Starts of the week. Guess we're moving on. We're done with that. All right, starts of the week this week. My quarterback's Justin Fields. I'm going to go give the, the, encouragement to all of the people that drafted him. You don't throw the towel in after that first week. He threw a ton of passes. They weren't very far, but he did throw a bunch of them. They fixed it this week. He's going to run for 70, 80 yards. It's going to be good. Justin Fields. Yeah, I'm going to go with Trevor Lawrence from the game we just talked about. You saw in week one, the, you know, the Jags passed all over the place. Ridley is great. Zay Jones is making plays. You've got ETN involved.

I've got him ranked as my quarterback six this week in the highest over under. And last year, they faced the chief twice, played well against him in the playoffs deep into the game. And in week 10, 259 and 2, he was the quarterback 8 on the week. And this time he's at home with a 24 point team implied total. So I'm in on T law. For me, it is Jared Garf. Jared. Fourth highest team applied total of the week. Jared Goff's at home. Jared Goff at home is delightful for fantasy football. We watched this Seattle defense, who I thought they were going to be much better, but they got torn apart by Puka Nakua and Tutu at well. Oh, that's embarrassing. Puka Tutu. So Amunra-St. Brown is going to have himself a fine day. And Jared Goff, I...

Put my money where my mouth is. League of Record, I dropped Kurt Cousins to stream Jared Goff for this week. Jamir Gibbs is my running back start of the week. Welcome to the party, Jamir Gibbs. I don't know. I heard coach Guns Mahoney poking the bear saying, stop asking for more touches for Jamir Gibbs. He said, he said, well, we were going to, but now we're not because you've asked so many times. And then he said, just kidding, we are going to give him more. We love him. Look, this is the week you're going to. You're going to be very excited that you have Jamir Gibbs on your roster. Seattle, they're not going to stop Jamir Gibbs. He's going to have more opportunities. They've given up the fourth most fancy points to running backs last year. And this is the beginning of the every week start of Jamir Gibbs. Yeah, it really is. I'm going to try to trade for Gibbs. I'm writing a little note. Making some notes, skis. In all my leagues. Got it.

All right. I'm going to go Damien Pierce for my start of the week. Oh, I like that because I haven't. And I need this to be true. Well, one, he's super talented. Two, we knew that the matchup against Baltimore wasn't good. Three, we know that most matchups this year aren't going to be great because he plays for the Texans. He's not going to be in a ton of games where you expect it to be a close game or that they have a chance to win. Oh, but this one is he's got the Indianapolis Colts coming to town. It is a one-point game, basically a pick-em.

And in nine games last year, when he had 17 plus opportunities, he averaged 14.8 fantasy points per game. He's going to get the ball a lot in this game. It's going to be closer. And if they're in the lead, it'll be the Damien Pierce show. All right. Buckle up, everybody. Yeah. Because my three remaining starts the week. You're going to need them steel underpants. You slap them on. You protect yourself. You gird your loins. But you start. Zach. Oh my gosh. Zach Moss start of the week. You start Zach. Zach of the week. Oh, Zach of the week. He's taking on the Houston Texans. Jason already highlighted last year's week 18. Texans run defense allowed three rushing touchdowns to Baltimore this past week. He's going to be the primary running back for the Colts.

probably for the rest of the year. And I think that he has a player that you could have just picked right up off the waivers or traded for dirt cheap from someone who hates him. And you can play him as a running back too. My wide receiver start of the week is DJ Moore. It was a bad week one. They're going to design more work for DJ this week. You drafted him. You're freaking out. It's going to be better. Trust me on this one. Fifth most routes among all wide receivers in week one. Just saw two targets. They got into a bad rhythm on offense. I think it's going to change this week. And the Buccaneers, we saw them last week, give up, I don't know, 100 million yards to Justin Jefferson in the first half. You saw Jordan Addison have a big week. Third most fantasy points giving up. They are not a good defense. D.G. Moore takes advantage this week. Al Borland, keep them in your lineup. I will.

All right, at wide receiver, I'm going with T. Higgins, bounce back off the goose from eight targets. And it wasn't eight targets. If you haven't watched the video of all of his targets, it was one and a half targets and six, might as well just been punts in his direction. This week, he's going up against Baltimore. They were not tested last week by C.J. Stroud and Company. If you look at last season, they were 27th in passing yards. per game allowed 23rd and expected points added per pass attempt. And the last time that Higgins actually played a full game against Baltimore, he had 13 targets, was 12 for 194 and 2. You don't bench him in a game where the Bengals are sporting a 25 point team implied total. Zay Jones of the Jacksonville Jaguars against the Kansas City Chiefs. Zay of the week. Zay of the week. Yes, thank you. He led.

The Jacksonville wide receivers in snaps. He saw 22% of the targets. He saw 50% of the team's red zone targets. He went five for 55 and an insane touchdown. He's in the highest over under of the week. He's another player. I picked him up on playing him as a flex or wide receiver three. I know we're trying to breeze through these, but one thing worth remembering is Dave, Zay Jones was very relevant back half of last year. Yeah. And there was a rapport thing there with Lawrence and Zay Jones. He's the spot starter, man. That started to transpire. And I think that is continuing. All right. Is it my turn? It is. Tight-in start of the week is Dalton Kincaid against the Las Vegas Raiders. Buffalo, major change in their personnel in week one. They had 68% 11 personnel, which is a one tight-in set last year. They went to 25% in week one.

57% of them had two tight ends out there. Dalton Kincaid ran 38 routes in week one that was tied with T.J. Hawkinson for the most by a rookie tight end ever in the last decade. Wow. That's a qualifier forever just in the last decade. And I think that Dalton Kincaid's actually going to have a big week. Rookie tight end? Yeah. Scoffing? I am scoffing. I would never. I'm going to start of the week. Luke Musgrave. A rookie tight end for the Green Bay Packers. Look at you turning over a new leaf. It took you all two weeks. But not Kincaid. No, not Kincaid. It was an encouraging start for the Packers and the rookie tight end. He caught three of four targets for 50 yards. He was.

moments away from two bomb touchdowns, one of which was his one of those receptions where he fell down kind of awkwardly. The other was just a missed wide open play that he could have had another big touchdown with the kind of injuries to the receiving core. You expect Christian Watson to not be out there, maybe losing Aaron Jones for a little bit. I think Luke Musgrave can have a big game. And if you look last week, Atlanta. They had old man Hayden Hurst tear them up for 5 for 41 and a touchdown. So I think Luke Musgrave, who is out there all the time, running routes, they only asked them to block two times on passing plays, is a good start this week. And I'm going with Hunter Henry. Yeah, this is a great start to me. Somehow last week's tight end one of the week, he led all tight ends and receiving yards with 56, but he did have the touchdown as well. The Mac Jones and the Patriots offense looked far more competent.

And this is just, it's, it's Miami. That's who they are playing against. That's why I liked Gerald Everett, even though that was, it was the wrong player. The process was correct of Donald Parham had himself a mighty fine game, which of course means Mike Kisikki will be the one who comes down one for one with a touchdown. But the process says that Hunter Henry should have a good game. And he's talented on top of that. He's a very reliable pass catcher for Mac. All right, all of the rankings and the starts it tools on the website, the fantasy footballers.com. We've got articles coming out every week. We've got a brand new in-season app, completely free. Go to the Google Play Store, go to the app store, type the Fantasy Footballers. You will get our rankings, our StartSit tool, all of the articles, the podcasts. It's all on there. Completely free. Check that out. We do have one more segment, and of course tomorrow we will conclude all of the matchups, but first.

Jason Moores, ironclad, locked and loaded, 100% guaranteed boom, boom kicker of the week. Last week on boom, boom kicker, I went full suasy and declared my mission to vanquish every kicker. Like a man bent on war. Some say handsome as Thor. I bring the thunder like Judge Judy. Call me Gimley with my battle axe. I turn my foes into wax. Down goes the 49ers Jake Moody. Some, huh? Some. Thank you, mom. So it's always, uh, some say, some say handsome as Thor. So I just left that part out. Jake Moody is the pit, right? Okay, thanks mom. Thanks mom for calling me fat Thor.

What was your? Yeah, Jake Moody. Jake Moody's the pick, but he also went down in the story. Yeah, I'm taking them all out. That's the story this year. But you're also picking them. I'm picking them to now be vanquished by me after this week. So are we now? So it's all their swan songs. Yeah, so we're not starting him. No, no, no. You're starting him because this is the last chance. Oh, because he's taking them all out. It's violent. It's very violent. It's with an axe. It's pretty violent. Yeah. Some people say you look like Gimley. Right, some do. Thanks, Dad. All right, that'll do it for today's episode of the show. Thank you for tuning in. Like I said, we're back tomorrow with the rest of the matchups, the fantasy faceoff where one of us, not me or Mike, will be spinning the wheel of shame. Don't miss it. Take care. Goodbye. Thank you for listening to another episode of the Fantasy Footballers podcast. Join our fantasy football community on join thefoot.com. And follow us on Twitter.

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